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Amon Düül II: Flawless An incredible album from one of the most influential German bands in the history of progressive music. Mystifying, primal, shredding, groaning, cosmic, unearthly, complex - all at the same time. Amon Düül began in the late 60's as a commune, then split into two bands Amon Düül and Amon Düül II. They started off in the early seventies with some noisy German-electro-industrial kind of music, but later graduated to prog rock. Their best output is from the early to mid 70's period, and includes the albums Yeti, Dance Of The Lemmings, Wolf City, Vive La Trance, Hijack and Made In Germany. With the double album Dance Of The Lemmings began their "classic" period: spacy intrumentals with prominent hard-rock guitar. It's similar in vein to Popol Vuh, which is no wonder as they have shared members.

Ash Ra Temple: Schwingungen / Seven-Up Ash Ra Tempel was the legendary German electronic group that spawned Klaus Schulze, though, at that time, guitarist Manuel Gottsching was the prime mover. Their music is very spacy and psychedelic, in the manner popularized by early Hawkwind and Amon Düül II . Seven-Up features Timothy Leary, with his "altered-state" interludes. Half of Seven-Up is psych-blues weirdness interspersed with acidic, spacy freakouts, while the other half is more of the echo-guitar sounds we all know and love, only this time with extra layers of sound created by flute and keyboards, and featuring a guest spot by acid-guru Timothy Leary reading some prose underneath the sheets of sound.

Franco Battiato: Studio Collection Battiato is the best progressive soloist in Italy. Now very popular.

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

David Bowie: Hours The White Duke is truly back! And what a gorgeous homecoming it is. In Hours, he incorporates trip-hop, ambient, synth-pop, glam, and a couple other styles. David Bowie has indeed mastered the art of rejuvenalization and pushing the boundaries of musical genius to infinite dimensions. Another classic from an artist who is still essential.

BOSTON: Third Stage

Captain Beefheart: The Dust Blows Forward [BOX SET]

Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Wendy Carlos (a.k.a. Walter Carlos): A Clockwork Orange Wendy Carlos has been setting the standard by which all other electronic music is judged ever since her first release, Switched On Bach, in 1968. More recently Beauty In The Beast (1986) exploded the possibilities of alternate tunings and showed itself to be years ahead of the rest of the pack. And now Wendy bursts forth again, this time utilizing all of her resources -- alternate tunings, digital orchestrations, real live singers, and of course her own composing skill. The depth of field, the density of content, and the uncanny accuracy of her "synthesizing" (you can't tell real from synthesized) make this a recording to be studied for years to come.

Wendy Carlos (a.k.a. Walter Carlos):Tales Of Heaven & Hell

Phil Cody: Phil Cody

John Coltrane: John Coltrane & John Hartman [Remastered]

John Coltrane: A Love Supreme

Bob Dylan + The Band: Before The Flood (live)

EMPIRE Empire Burlesque
BURLESQUE

Bob Dylan: Empire Burlesque

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Trilogy

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery

Brian Eno: After The Heat

Exceptions:Five Finger Discount

EKSEPTION (the legendary mellotron-bass-guitar Bach-band): Selected Ekseption

Falco (dead 1998): Greatest Hits

Fletwood Mac: Rumours A legendary album.