Classic studio albums include Close To The Edge by Yes, Foxtrot by Genesis and A Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull. We also saw the emergence of prog rock in Italy with early albums by PFM and Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso.
The live albums recorded by progressive rock bands in 1972 include:
Argent BBC Radio 1 In Concert 1972 and 1974
Badger One Live Badger 1972
Barclay James Harvest BBC In Concert 1972
Camel On The Road 1972
Emerson Lake & Palmer The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults vol 1 1971 1972
Emerson Lake & Palmer The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults vol 2
Emerson Lake & Palmer Live at the Mar Y Sol Festival ’72
Gnidrolog Live 1972
Hawkwind Space Ritual Alive 1972
Hawkwind Greasy Truckers Party 1972
Hawkwind At The BBC 1972
Hawkwind BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert 1972
If Europe 72
If Fibonacci’s Number More Live If
Jethro Tull Concierto en Vivo 1972
King Crimson Ladies of the Road 1971 1972
King Crimson Earthbound 1972
Yes Yessongs 1972
Yes Progeny Seven Shows From Seventy-Two
Yes Progeny Highlights From Seventy-Two
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Space Ritual Alive is the first live album released by heavy space rock group Hawkwind. It was recorded in Liverpool and London in December 1972 on the tour to promote the Doremi Fasol Latido album.
Hawkwind had a hit single earlier in the year with Silver Machine. It’s not on this live album but I thought I’d post a video of the group performing it in 1972 to help get you in the mood.
Let’s take a step back to rare early seventies progressive rock with Gnidrolog Live 1972 which was recorded in my home town of Birmingham, UK.
The group is best known for the Lady Lake album which is a missing gem of British progressive rock. Think of them as a cross between Jethro Tull and Van Der Graaf Generator but with humour.
Yessongs was the first live album by progressive rock group Yes in 1972 and it was a triple promoting the Fragile and Close To The Edge studio albums. It is now a double CD.
This album challenges the idea that progressive rock live albums aren’t exciting. I’ve even wondered myself whether some groups are better in the studio than live but Yes show they are terrific.
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