Wondrous Stories

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Various Artists
Wondrous Stories

[ Universal Music / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 5 August 2010

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Charting the rise and popularity of progressive rock from its psychedelic routes in the 1960s through to its heyday in the 1970s, 'Wondrous Stories' is the definitive prog album.

Progressive rock was one of the most important and influential trends within rock music and enjoyed its heyday in the early to mid 1970s before the arrival of punk swept it away.

Groups such as Yes, ELP and Focus were taking the basic elements of rock n roll and fusing them with musical virtuosity and classical influences. Many of these groups sold albums in enormous quantities without even making tracks available as singles.

Charting the rise and popularity of progressive rock from its psychedelic routes in the 1960s through to its heyday in the 1970s, 'Wondrous Stories' is the definitive prog album and features all the biggest artists and tracks of the genre in an album that is a one of a kind.

Including artists such as Yes, Rush, Supertramp, Peter Gabriel, ELP, Caravan, Mike Oldfield, Marillion, Camel, Gentle Giant, Uriah Heep, Iron Butterfly and Jethro Tull, 'Wondrous Stories' promises to deliver the full compliment in prog rock legends!

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1. Wondrous Stories - Yes
2. Living In The Past - Jethro Tull
3. Crime Of The Century - Supertramp
4. The Spirit Of Radio - Rush
5. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
6. Rhayader - Camel
7. Dust In The Wind - Kansas
8. The Kettle - Colosseum
9. Gypsy - Uriah Heep
10. Hold Your Head Up - Argent
11. Paper Sun - Traffic
12. Silver Machine - Hawkwind
13. Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group
14. Perfect Mystery - Gong
15. Mocking Bird - Barclay James Harvest
16. Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin) - Mountain
17. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly

Disc 2:
1. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
2. Fanfare For The Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3. Hocus Pocus - Focus
4. Kayleigh - Marillion
5. Radar Love - Golden Earring
6. A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
7. Northern Lights - Renaissance
8. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
9. Joybringer - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
10. Catherine Of Aragon - Rick Wakeman
11. In The Land Of Grey & Pink - Caravan
12. The Four Horsemen - Aphrodite's Child
13. Playing The Game - Gentle Giant
14. Jig-A-Jig - East Of Eden
15. Jail Bait - Wishbone Ash
16. Theme (Paganini Caprice In A Minor No. 24) And Variations 1-4, Paganini, Niccolò - Andrew Lloyd Webber