Category: Progressive Rock Live Albums

Progressive Rock Live Albums

Progressive rock or as it’s better known prog rock grew out of the 1960s psychedelia as groups extended the length of their songs (compositions?) with longer instrumental passages to create something almost symphonic at times.

Progressive rock was possibly the dominant musical force in the early 1970s with hard rock and the one that the punk rockers objected to most when they staged their revolution in 1976/77.

The big prog rock groups were Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson and Emerson Lake & Palmer plus many smaller groups and they loved releasing live albums.

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Prog rock live albums include:

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso – Seguendo Le Tracce 1975
Barclay James Harvest – Live Tapes 1977
Camel – A Live Record 1974 to 1977
Deep Purple – Inglewood Live in California 1968
Emerson Lake & Palmer – Welcome Back My Friends 1974
Emerson Lake & Palmer – Works Live 1977
Genesis – Genesis Live 1973
Genesis Seconds Out 1977
Genesis – Three Sides Live 1981
Gnidrolog – Gnidrolog Live 1972
Hawkwind – Space Ritual Alive 1972
Jethro Tull – Bursting Out 1978
King Crimson – The Night Watch 1973
King Crimson – Absent Lovers Live In Montreal 1984
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma 1969
Pink Floyd – Live At Wembley 1974
Pink Floyd – Is There Anybody Out There? 1980 & 1981
Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound Of Thunder 1988
Pink Floyd – Pulse 1994
Rush – All The World’s A Stage 1976
Rush – Exit Stage Left 1980 & 1981
Rush – In Rio 2002
Van Der Graaf Generator – Vital 1978
Van Der Graaf Generator – Real Time 2005
Yes – Yessongs 1972
Yes – Yesshows 1976-78

Magenta Live On Our Way To Who Knows Where 2011 2012

Live On Our Way To Who Knows Where is a live album by Welsh progressive rock band Magenta.

This was recorded on their tours of Europe in 2011 and 2012.

Magenta Live On Our Way To Who Knows Where

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Colosseum Theme For A Reunion 1994

Theme For A Reunion is a live album by Colosseum.

It finally gives us the complete Cologne concert from their reunion tour in 1994. Two previous albums had featured songs from this concert – LiveS The Reunion Concert 1994 and Live Cologne 1994.

Colosseum Theme For A Reunion

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Il Balletto di Bronzo Trys 1996

Trys is a live album by Italian progressive rock group Il Balletto di Bronzo.

It was recorded live at Progressivamente Rock Festival in Rome on September 6, 1996.

There studio album from 1972 called Ys is considered by many to be a classic of the genre.

Il Balletto di Bronzo Trys

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Frank Zappa Imaginary Diseases 1972

Imaginary Diseases is a live album by Frank Zappa.

It was recorded between October and December 1972. After the 12 concert Grand Wazoo tour (captured on the Wazoo album) with a big band of 20 personnel, Zappa cut back to a smaller band for the rest of 1972 on what is known as the Petit Wazoo tour.

Frank Zappa Imaginary Diseases

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Area Are(A)zione 1975

Are(A)zione is a live album by Italian progressive rock group, Area.

It was recorded at various concerts in 1975:

  • in Milan (Parco Lambro),
  • Naples (Festa dell’Unità),
  • Rimini (Festa della Gioventù)
  • Reggio Emilia (Teatro Comunale).

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Alphataurus Live In Bloom 2010

Live In Bloom is a live album by Italian progressive rock group, Alphataurus.

It was recorded live on 6 November 2010 in Bloom di Mezzago in Italy.

The band released one studio album in 1973 which was much praised, started on a second and then broke up. After more than 35 years, the band reformed, albeit with a different singer.

Alphataurus Live In Bloom

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