1973: The Golden Year of Progressive Rock

1973 was a pivotal year for progressive rock, with influential bands like Yes, Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, The Electric Light Orchestra, and King Crimson releasing their best-selling albums. This book is a comprehensive and knowledgeable guide to an era when music incorporated multiple sections, rich textures, intricate time signatures, inspired arrangements, and diverse influences performed by skilled musicians.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 11 March 2022
Publisher: Sonicbond Publishing

1973 was a pivotal year in the development of progressive rock, with influential bands like Yes, Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, The Electric Light Orchestra, and King Crimson releasing some of their best-selling albums. This book takes a journey through this creative period, exploring symphonic rock, the Canterbury scene, Krautrock, fusion, progressive folk, art rock, space rock, album artwork, and much more. It also looks in depth at albums by Mahavishnu Orchestra, Greenslade, Rick Wakeman, Gong, Le Orme, Can, Kayak, Gentle Giant, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Renaissance, Caravan, Nektar, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, and Magma.

However, this book is more than a nostalgic trip down memory lane; it is a comprehensive and knowledgeable guide to an era when music incorporated multiple sections, rich textures, intricate time signatures, inspired arrangements, and diverse influences performed by skilled musicians. It was possible to take a dip in topographic oceans, encounter pot-head pixies from a distant planet, and still be home in time for larks' tongues in aspic.

Weight: 236g
Dimension: 148 x 209 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789521658