I’ve bookmarked (if I live long enough to not give a (decreasing) fuck and on a personal only basis – I’m slowly heading that way, what with it all) taking up trad pipe smoking.

Quite. Pipe as wide as her skirts and heroically gusting until she vanished,

My Aunt Maude Swore A Ouija Board Would Never Quite Cockle Your Head And Thus Only Clip Clop The Leys.

Adolf Hitler.

Where’s the AW Village Rover when you need it ?

Don’t hassle the guy. If/when he wants to he will.

That’s the stuff 🙂

THIS:

In the mid 60s, The Stones were ahead on record while The Who were still developing, although Substitute, I Can See For Miles etc are right up there, and as for live, Rock & Roll Circus is where The Who clearly […]

On the Yes theme, this got to #36, so I think that qualifies as a bit of a hit.

Dig it:

It does indeed. A bona fide prog chart hit.

Over in the US, this was such a game changer and life saver for the band record contract wise that they were more than happy with it:

This was the less successful follow up:

Good find !

OK – I would say this is definitely psych/Prog, from the treatment given to it by The Shulman Bros:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yjj8jLS8XM

Curious how no one has yet mentioned the Jeff Lynne in the room.

Good shout Johnnyc.

I would posit that this gorgeous song from Jon and Vangelis is definitely Prog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6_p5CV5plc

Your Renaissance post brought this to mind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baIMbA7Mcok

Good call on Tull, and even better re. Renaissance. I’d forgotten them.

Also, Genesis ‘I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)’ and Yes ‘Wondrous Stories’, and not forgetting the truly marvellous Moody Blues eg. ‘Nights In White Satin’, ‘Ride My See Saw’, ‘Voices In the Sky’ and ‘Question’.

No it is not psychedelic at all.