Progressive Rock (Prog Rock) Complete DiscographyThis web-page has detailed descriptions and background information on Progressive Rock (Prog Rock) .
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Progressive rock (also referred to as prog rock or prog) is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of the 1960s as much as take its rightful place beside the modern classical music of Stravinsky and Bartók." Progressive rock bands pushed "rock's technical and compositional boundaries" by going beyond the standard rock or popular verse-chorus-based song structures. The Oxford Companion to Music states that progressive rock bands "...explored extended musical structures which involved intricate instrumental patterns and textures and often esoteric subject matter." Additionally, the arrangements often incorporated elements drawn from classical, jazz, and world music. Instrumentals were common, while songs with lyrics were sometimes conceptual, abstract, or based in fantasy. Progressive rock bands sometimes used "concept albums that made unified statements, usually telling an epic story or tackling a grand overarching theme." Progressive rock developed from late 1960s psychedelic rock, as part of a wide-ranging tendency in rock music of this era to draw inspiration from ever more diverse influences. The term was initially applied to the music of bands such as Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Soft Machine, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, ] reaching its peak of popularity in the mid 1970s. |
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The complete album and record discography of Progressive Rock (Prog Rock) |
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Park Lane , EPIC AL 35716 / JE 35716 Price 7.99$ |
USA | ||
| ISLAND ILPS 9101 |
"Ahead Rings Out" was the debut album by British blues-rock band Blodwyn Pig, released in 1969. The band had been formed in 1969 by Mick Abrahams, the former guitarist of Jethro Tull, and sales of "Ahead Rings Out" rivalled those of Jethro Tull's next album, "Stand Up", reaching No. 9 on the British album chart. The album contains a healthy mixture of various styles of progressive blues and "The Modern Alchemist" displayed the jazz influence and saxophone skills of Jack Lancaster. |
1969 | UK / England |
White Spoon Records Spoon 004 / 66.22.237-01 |
Monster Movie is the debut album by the German krautrock band Can, recorded and released in 1969. After the release of their first two singles in 1968, Can produced an album that was to be their full-length debut, entitled Prepared to Meet Thy Pnoom, but no record company was willing to release it. Monster Movie was Can's attempt to make a more accessible record for commercial release. |
1989 | Germany |
| Warner Bros Records K 46092 |
"Second Album" was the second album released by British Prog rock group "Curved Air." It reached No. 11 in the UK Charts on 9 October 1971, and "Back Street Luv" became a UK No. 4 chart hit on 7 August 1971. |
1971 | UK / England |
EMI Harvest SHVL 777 A2-B1 Price 71.99
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This is the album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in June 1970. It was their fourth studio album and the first with the classic Mk II lineup. |
1970 | Gt Britain |
Philips 6314 001 (6314001) Price 7.99$ |
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Harvest EMI Records SHSM 2027 / 0C 056-06 953 Price 7.99$ |
Gt Britain | ||
Manticore 87 302 Price 27.99$ |
This is the fourth studio album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1973 and the first under their Manticore Records imprint. It fuses rock and classical themes. Lyrics were co-written by Greg Lake with fellow ex-King Crimson member (and, beginning with this album, frequent ELP collaborator) Peter Sinfield. Cover art is by H. R. Giger. |
1973 | Austira |
"Brain Salad Surgery" is the fourth studio album by progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1973 and the first under their Manticore Records imprint. It fuses rock and classical themes. Lyrics were co-written by Greg Lake with fellow ex-King Crimson member (and, beginning with this album, frequent ELP collaborator) Peter Sinfield. Cover art is by H. R. Giger. |
1973 |
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1972 |
Germany | ||
ISLAND ILPS 9155 |
This the second album by the British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1971. |
1971 | UK / England |
Manticore K43505 Price 14.99$ |
is the third studio album by British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, originally released in 1972. |
1972 | UK
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United Artists Records UAS 29 218 XD Price 27.99$ |
"200 Motels" is the 1971 American-British musical surrealist film cowritten and directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer and starring The Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel and Ringo Starr. The film covers a loose storyline about The Mothers of Invention going crazy in the small town Centerville. This soundtrack album was released in the same year. |
1971 | Germany |
TMOQ TradeMark Of Quality Price 43.99$ |
this bootleg is 200 Motels Live - although it is also known as Contempo '70 by some collectors to avoid confusion with the official 200 Motels release. |
1971 | USA |
DISCREET DIS 59201 Price 21.99$ |
This is the album by Frank Zappa, his eighteenth, released on March 22, 1974 |
1974 | Germany |
DISCREET DS 2234 / 31,936 Price 27.99$ |
This is the album released by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart in 1975. The live portions were recorded on 20 & 21 May 1975 at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas. Studio tracks were recorded in January 1975 (during the sessions which produced One Size Fits All and much of Studio Tan). |
1975 | USA |
REPRISE Records REP 44020 Price 27.99$ |
"Chunga's Revenge" is the album by Frank Zappa, released on October 23, 1970. Zappa's first effort of the 1970s marks the first appearance of former Turtles members Flo & Eddie on a Zappa record, and signals the dawn of a controversial epoch in Zappa's history (this era is both hated and loved by Zappa fans in equal measure). Chunga's Revenge represents a shift from both the satirical political commentary of his 1960s work with The Mothers of Invention, and the jazz fusion of Hot Rats. |
1970 | German |
REPRISE 44209 Price 34.99$ |
This is the 1972 jazz fusion album by Frank Zappa. Composed and recorded during Zappa's period of convalescence following his assault in London, the album, along with its "twin brother" Waka/Jawaka (July 1972), represent Zappa's foray into big band fusion, the logical progression from Hot Rats (1969), which used a much smaller lineup. |
1972 | Germany |
REPRISE Records RS 6356
Price 24.99$ |
"Hot Rats" is the second solo album by Frank Zappa. It was released in October 1969. Five of the six songs are instrumental ("Willie the Pimp" features a short vocal by Captain Beefheart). It was Zappa's first recording project after the dissolution of the original Mothers of Invention. In his original sleeve notes Zappa described the album as "a movie for your ears." |
1969 | Germany |
WORLDWHITE Hi-Fi Concert Serie WWA 13 Price 79.99$
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this unofficial album was most likely recorded in 1971 in the Ahoy Hallen in Rotterdam |
1971 | Holland |
VERVE 2317046 Price 97.99$ |
Lumpy Gravy is the debut solo album by Frank Zappa, recorded with a group of session players he dubbed the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra. |
1968 | UK / GB |
CBS 25251 Price 14.99$ |
This s the 1983 album by Frank Zappa. The album is named after a 1950s song, written by Donald and Doris Woods, which Zappa covers as part of "The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou". |
1983 | Holland |
Barking Pumpkin Records ST-74203 Price 24.99$ |
This is the 1985 album by Frank Zappa. It was originally released in two slightly different versions in the US and Europe. The album's title is a reference to the lobby group, the PMRC, who were campaigning to require record companies to put warning stickers on albums they considered offensive, and to Zappa's former band, The Mothers of Invention. Collector's Info: album cover black text on white background, custome black inner sleeve, label: Pink Barkin Pumpkin Records , Matrix / Stamper codes (hand written) "ST-74203-1-A-SH1 GF FZ HOTUNE 818-Pumpkin SLM-11027" / "ST-74203-1-B-SH2 EF FZ HOTUNE 818-Pumpkin SLM-11027-X" |
1985 | USA
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DISCREET DIS 41000 Prie 37.99$ |
This is the seventeenth studio album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. Released on September 7, 1973, it was followed by Zappa's solo album Apostrophe (') (1974), which was recorded during the same sessions. |
1973 | Germany |
DiscReet Records DIS 49207 Price 24.99$ |
This album "FRANK ZAPPA & MOTHERS OF INVENTION - One Size Fits All FOC" includes the original custom inner sleeve with album details, complete lyrics of all songs by and artwork/photos |
1975 | Germany |
AMMAZING KORNYFONE Price 47.99$ |
is an unofficial recording of Frank Zappa Live Ahoy Rotterm 1971 and studio recordings 1968-1868 |
1971 | |
DISCREET 2DS 2202 31,792 Price 17.99$ |
This is the live album by Frank Zappa & The Mothers, which was released in 1974. Most of the songs were recorded at The Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, California on December 8, 9 and 10, 1973. The material taken from the Roxy concerts was later amended with some overdubs in the studio, while the "Elsewhere" tracks ("Son of Orange County" & "More Trouble Every Day") were recorded on May 8, 1974, at the Edinboro State College, Edinboro, Pennsylvania (and parts of "Son of Orange County" on May 11, 1974, at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois (late show)) and do not contain overdubbed material |
1974 | USA
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CBS 88339
Price 23.99$ |
is the live double album with studio elements by Frank Zappa made up of material recorded in 1977 and 1978. |
1979 | Holland |
CBS 85804 Price 14.99$ |
is the album by Frank Zappa, released in May 1982. It features five tracks composed by Zappa, and one song, "Valley Girl", co-written with Moon Unit Zappa, his daughter, who provided the spoken monologue mocking some of the Valley girls at her school including "Gag me with a spoon!". |
1982 | Holland |
CBS 66368 Price 47.99$ |
As the title implies, the triiple LP album consists solely of instrumentals and improvised solos, largely performed on electric guitar. |
1981 | Holland |
EMI Pumpkin Industries 2402343 Pric 27.99$ |
is the rare French releas, released in October 1984. Its opening and closing tracks are covers: "The Closer You Are", which was written by Earl Lewis and Morgan Robinson and originally released by The Channels; and "Whippin' Post", originally recorded by The Allman Brothers Band. Zappa also produced and arranged the album. |
1984 | France
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CBS 88516 Price 27.99$ |
This album "FRANK ZAPPA - Tinsel Town Rebellion DLP FOC" is the double live LP album released by Frank Zappa in 1981. The album was conceived by Zappa after he scrapped the planned albums "Warts and All" and "Crush All Boxes", and it contains tracks that were intended for those albums. |
1981 | Holland |
Blue Label Bizarre MS 2094
Price 72.99$ |
This is the 1972 album by Frank Zappa, . The album is the jazz-influenced precursor to The Grand Wazoo (November 1972), and, as the front cover indicates, sequel of sorts to 1969's Hot Rats. According to Zappa, the title "is something that showed up on a Ouija board at one time." Collectors Info: Genuine First Pressing, on Blue Bizarre Label with RE1. Later pressings / issues have been released on the Reprise label. Label info: Warner Seven Arts, Bizarre Custom Inner Sleeve, Matrix / Stamper codes (hand written) "MS 2094 31456-1" / "MS 2094 31457-1" |
1972 | USA |
CBS 88560 Price 14.99$ |
This album "FRANK ZAPPA You Are What You Is 2LP FOC" is the double album by Frank Zappa. |
1981 | Holland |
DISCREET DIS 69204 2-D-1-2290 LC 3152 Price 32.99$ |
. This is the live double album by Frank Zappa. It was recorded at a series of concerts at the Palladium in New York City in December 1976. |
1977 | Germany |
Warner Bros WB 56298 Price 23.99$ |
This is the 1976 rock album by Frank Zappa. This was Zappa's only release on the Warner Bros. Records label. Due to a lawsuit with his former manager Herb Cohen Frank Zappa's recording contract was temporarily re-assigned from DiscReet Records to Warner Bros. |
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DECCA SKL 4990 , ZAL 8839P, |
This the first album by Genesis, released in March 1969 on Decca Records in England (London Records in North America). It was produced by Jonathan King, who discovered them in 1967 while the members of Genesis were pupils at Charterhouse School, King's alma mater. |
1969 | England
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Green Label GAMMA 8.521
Price 27.99$ |
is the eponymous debut album by Québécois band Harmonium released in 1974. It was their most folk driven album |
1974 | France
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Green Label GAMMA 8.517 Price 14.99$ |
iis the second album by Quebec band Harmonium, released in 1975. The album marked a departure from the folk rock sound of the band's self-titled debut album towards a unique progressive rock sound, and also marked the growth of the band, as members Serge Fiori, Michel Normandeau and Louis Valois were joined by Pierre Daigneault and Serge Locat. |
1975 | France |
CBS 88234 Price 23.99$ |
is the third and final album from Harmonium. It was released as a double-LP in 1976 and is considered by some critics to be one of the most important Québécois albums in popular music. |
1976 | Holland |
Liberty LBG 28672 |
This album "HAWKWIND . Hall of the Mountain Grill" is the fourth studio album by space rock band Hawkwind, released in 1974. It is regarded by many critics and fans as a career highlight. |
1974 | UK / England
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Green Chrysalis CHR 1044 / ILPS 9145 |
JETHRO TULL - Aqualung Gatefold UK England | 1971 | UK England |
Polydor 2310269 |
This is the s Polydor International album release cover, controversially, with a photo of group of nude women, which was replaced after Experience Hendrix took control of Hendrix' recordings. |
1968 | UK / England |
Barclay 0920069 Super Panache |
"Electric Ladyland" is the third and final album of new material by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It is the only Hendrix studio album professionally produced under his supervision. |
1968 | France |
2-Color Atlantic 940.056, XBLY 940.056 |
1967 | France | |
Reprise REP 64017 |
This album "JIMI HENDRIX - Sound Track Recordings from the Film " is the soundtrack to the 1973 documentary film, Jimi Hendrix and the second live album by him. |
193 | Germany |
John Coletta. Harvest 1C 064-64 803 Price 37.99$ |
This album is the 1982 solo album by Jon Lord, featuring a largely conventional eight-song line-up, no orchestra. Jon Lord uses synthesizers more than before, principally to retain an intimacy with the material and to create a jam atmosphere . |
1982 | |
Black Label CBS 84101 Price 7.99$ |
1980 | Holland / Netherlands
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CBS Price 9.99$ |
1978 | USA
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JET Records JET LP 230 Price 14.99$ |
1980 | England
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Man are a rock band from South Wales whose style is a mixture of West Coast psychedelia, progressive rock, blues and country-rock. Formed in 1968 as a reincarnation of Welsh rock harmony group ''The Bystanders''. |
1971 | England |
Blue Label Verve V6-5013 / MGS-672 Pirce 57.99$ |
is the second album by The Mothers of Invention, led by Frank Zappa. Absolutely Free is, again, a display of complex musical composition with political and social satire. The band had been augmented since Freak Out! by the addition of saxophone player Bunk Gardner, keyboardist Don Preston, guitarist Jim Fielder and drummer Billy Mundi. Fielder quit the group before the album was released and his name was removed from the album credits. |
1967 | USA
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Blue Label Bizarre RS 6370 Price 43.99$ |
is the album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, released in 1970. It consists of both studio album and live |
1970 | USA |
Black Label Verve 2317 069 Price 27.99$ |
is the fourth studio album by the Mothers of Invention. Released on December 2, 1968 on Bizarre and Verve Records with distribution by MGM Records, |
1968 | Great Britain
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Reprise Records REP 44150
Price 14.99$ |
is a live album by The Mothers, released in 1971. It was the twelfth album by Frank Zappa. It was produced by Frank Zappa, and mixed by Toby Foster. |
1971 | Germany |
Verve V6/5005-2 MGS 296 Price 47.99$ |
This album "MOTHERS OF INVENTION - Freak Out! DLP FOC" Freak Out! is the first album by American band The Mothers of Invention, released June 27, 1966 on Verve Records. Often cited as one of rock music's first concept albums, the album is a satirical expression of frontman Frank Zappa's perception of American pop culture. |
1969 | USA
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Reprise Records K 44179 Price 47.99$ |
is the live album by The Mothers, released in 1972 . It was recorded live on August 7, 1971 in Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles. |
1972 | UK
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Reprise MS 2024/1 Price 37.99$ |
This is the fifth studio album by the Mothers of Invention, released as a double album in 1969. Uncle Meat was originally developed as a part of No Commercial Potential, a project which spawned three other albums |
1969 | Germany |
VERVE Records V6-5045 / MGS 1250 Price 47.99$ |
iThis s the third studio album by The Mothers of Invention. Released on March 4, 1968 on Verve Records |
1968 | USA
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REPRISE RS 2028 Price 59.99$ |
Original First German Pressing with German releases of the album featuring a metal baby caught in a rat trap (Rat Trap Cover). This cover was not approved by Zappa. |
1969 | Germany |
| Orange RCA Victor SF 8163 / LSP 4448 / ZPRS 9053 |
1971 | UK England |
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Red Label Virgin 206 927 |
This is the first studio album by British singer, musician and songwriter Peter Gabriel and the first of four with the same eponymous title. it was produced by Bob Ezrin. Gabriel and Ezrin assembled a team of talented musicians, including Robert Fripp of King Crimson, to record the album. |
1977 | |
The Famous Charisma Label 6302 201 |
PETER GABRIEL - 4 aka Security "Peter Gabriel" is the fourth album released by the British progressive rock musician Peter Gabriel. This album was originally released as Gabriel's fourth eponymous album, this album was released in the USA as "Security" |
1982 | |
White Label 207 587bel Virgin |
PETER GABRIEL - So | 1986 | Germany / Netherlands |
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RENAISSANCE - Ashes are Burning Sovereign Capitol "Ashes Are Burning" is the album by progressive rock band Renaissance, released in 1973 It was the first of several Renaissance albums to feature an orchestra playing along with the band on some songs. |
1973 | England |
| Decca TXS 103 |
ROLLING STONES - Their Satanic Majestic Request "Their Satanic Majesties Request" is the psychedelic rock album by The Rolling Stones recorded and released in 1967. Its title is a play on the "Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires..." text that appears inside a British passport. |
1967 | Germany |
| 1979 | Germany | ||
Bronze 205 474 Price 11.99$ |
URIAH HEEP - Head First | 1983 | |
INT 148.811 DMM Price 17.99$ |
URIAH HEEP - Live in Moscow / Cam B Mockbe - FOC In mid-December 1987 Uriah Heeo flew into the sub-zero temperature of snow covered Moscow and prepared to become the first Western Rock band to paly in Russia |
1987 - 1988 | |
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The WHO - Tommy Gatefold | 1969 | France |
Atlantic ATL 50 096 (U) |
YES - Relayer Gatefold album cover This album "YES - Relayer" is the seventh studio album from the English progressive rock band Yes, released in 1974 on Atlantic Records. It is the only Yes studio album to feature Patrick Moraz, who replaced keyboardist Rick Wakeman earlier in the year. |
1974 | |
Atlantic Recording Corp ATL 80 001 Price 14.99$ |
YES - Tales from Topographics Oceans This is the sixth studio album from the English progressive rock band Yes. Presented as a double album with one track on each side, its concept is based on singer Jon Anderson's interpretation of four Shastric scriptures from a footnote in Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda |
1973 | |

