A new day yesterday : UK progressive rock & the 1970s / Mike Barnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnes, Mike, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Progressive rock music--Great Britain--History.

Progressive rock music.

Rock music--1971-1980--History and criticism.

Rock music.

History.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 616 pages, 24 unnumberd pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Omnibus Press, [2020]

Summary:

Progressive rock - a genre formed out of a creative surge in the late Sixties and throughout the Seventies - originated and flowered most spectacularly in the UK. Made by young musicians for a young audience, prog music looked towards new horizons by synthesising rock, jazz, folk, classical and other styles.

Contents:

Chapter 1 It's All Too Beautiful: Psychedelia and the British Psyche p. 8

Chapter 2 Notes from the Underground p. 29

Chapter 3 Hyde Park Incident: King Crimson Part One p. 45

Chapter 4 The Drive to 1974: King Crimson Part Two p. 64

Chapter 5 Orchestral Variations 1967-74 p. 75

Chapter 6 Suburban Spacemen: Pink Floyd p. 91

Chapter 7 And Did Those Feet...: Ladies and Gentleman - Lemerpal, Aker & Son p. 116

Chapter 8 Kick out the Jams to Jerusalem: Genesis p. 137

Chapter 9 Swings and Roundabouts: Yes p. 162

Chapter 10 Stand up and Be Counted: Jethro Tull p. 184

Chapter 11 From a Whisper to a Scream (Including Lighthouses): Van Der Graaf Generator p. 203

Chapter 12 "Plus... Tubular Bells!": Mike Oldfield & Virgin Records p. 219

Chapter 13 Sock in Opposition: Henry Cow p. 230

Chapter 14 Knights in Beige Terylene on Acid: The Moody Blues p. 247

Chapter 15 The Moody Poor Man's Blues: Barclay James Harvest and Renaissance p. 255

Chapter 16 Divertimento No.l: Notes on Drugs p. 266

Chapter 17 In Search of Space: Arthur Brown and Kingdom Come p. 270

Chapter 18 In the Garden of England: The Birth of the Canterbury Scene p. 279

Chapter 19 Can a Wyatt Man Sing the Blues?: Rock Bottom & Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard p. 299

Chapter 20 Pilgrims' Progress: Caravan p. 304

Chapter 21 Counting out Time: Egg p. 313

Chapter 22 All Roads Lead to Homerton: Hatfield And The North and National Health p. 319

Chapter 23 The 'What I Was Doing Was Too Simple for Them and What They Were Doing Was Too Complicated for Me' Blues: Kevin Ayers and Soft Machine Post-Wyatt p. 330

Chapter 24 Divertimento No.2: Notes on Fashion and Youth Tribalism p. 335

Chapter 25 Surrey Super Novas: A Brief History of Gracious p. 345

Chapter 26 What's Sauce for the Goose: Camel p. 354

Chapter 27 So-Called Journalists: Seventies Rock in the Media p. 364

Chapter 28 Divertimento No.3: Funny Foreigners p. 378

Chapter 29 A Jazzy Collection of Antiques, Curios and Battered Ornaments: Colosseum, Greenslade, Pete Brown and Centipede p. 384

Chapter 30 All You Need to Do Is Sit Back and Acquire the Taste: Gentle Giant p. 398

Chapter 31 Ray Charles, the Godfather of Progressive Rock?: Procol Harum, Traffic and Family p. 410

Chapter 32 Come All You Rolling Minstrels: Seventies Folk Rock p. 431

Chapter 33 Divertimento No.4: Notes on "It" p. 446

Chapter 34 She's a Rainbow: Sonja Kristina and Curved Air p. 456

Chapter 35 The Cats in the Grove: Hawkwind, Quintessence, Third Ear Band and the Ladbroke Grove/Notting Hill Freak Scene p. 466

Chapter 36 Divertimento No.5: Notes on Politics p. 484

Chapter 37 Electrick Gypsies: Steve Hillage and Gong p. 493

Chapter 38 The Art School Dance Goes on Forever: Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Quiet Sun and 801 p. 509

Chapter 39 Divertimento No.6: Notes on Festivals p. 520

Chapter 40 1974 - the Tipping Point p. 527

Chapter 41 There's Gonna Be a Storm: UK Punk p. 543

Chapter 42 The End of the Century p. 561.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780389202

1780389205

OCLC:

1150894003