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Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Rick Wakeman - Six Wives
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow

Most will be scratching their heads and thinking WTF !!! LOL

Operation Mindcrime tour. I was there. Theme be damned. That was a great gig.

Anything by Wakeman..went to see him at our local theatre..just him and a guitar player..mussta been 50 tops in the audience !..he came out, sat on a stool with a bottle of Stella, told some amazing stories about his life and career and played some amazing keyboard including six wives,journey to the centre of the earth, et al. Absoluteley mind blowing stuff..one of the best gigs I have EVER been to..made you feel like you were a guest in his front room..brilliant!

Had to go digging through the vinyl to get the brain cells going.

Camel - The Snow Goose
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot
Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick

War of the Worlds has to be right up there
Pink Floyds - The Wall

@ Duke Bocks.
Anything by Wakeman..went to see him at our local theatre.he came out, sat on a stool with a bottle of Stella, told some amazing stories about his life and career.

Kev, If you haven't read Grumpy Old Rock Star, it's a must.

this was in the 80's Stuart..he was a grumpy old rock star even back then...lol

Kerrrrect.

The book is an absolute scream though. I would imagine most of the anecdotes he has used over the years are in it.

Im off to waterstones this weekend m8..lol

Rod definately Scenes From A Memory

Three completely different ones but all masterpieces-

Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Misplaced Childhood - Marillion
Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa

The Lamb Lies Fown On Broadway Genesis

The Wall

War Of The Worlds

Olias Of Sunhillow ( have this on CD ) :-))))

Quadrophenia

All great albums

Best wishes

John

Came in to say this; Dream Theater Metropolis Part 2 Scenes From A Memory

Jeff Wayne - War of the Worlds
Rush - 2112
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

Probably a load more but it's too early!

Shaun

OK so now I read the thing properly.

Rush 2112.......?

Ok.. It's not technically a concept album as there are a few unrelated songs on it but the whole 2112 story is considered a concept!

From Wikipedia:

In the year 2062, a galaxy-wide war results in the union of all planets under the rule of the Red Star of the Solar Federation. By 2112, the world is controlled by the "Priests of the Temples of Syrinx", who determine the content of all reading matter, songs, pictures - every facet of life.

In the year 2062, a galaxy-wide war results in the union of all planets under the rule of the Red Star of the Solar Federation. By 2112, the world is controlled by the "Priests of the Temples of Syrinx", who determine the content of all reading matter, songs, pictures - every facet of life.

A man discovers a guitar and learns to play different music. When he goes to present this to the priests of the Temples, they destroy the guitar. He goes into hiding and dreams of a world before the Solar Federation. Upon awakening he becomes distraught and commits suicide. As he dies, another planetary battle begins resulting in the ambiguous ending "Attention all planets of the Solar Federation: We have assumed control."


:P


Shaun

Hemispheres. Side one ;-)

I never really got into 2112 ( or twelve minutes past eight as I call it)

Prefer side two to be honest but Hemispheres is incredible

Best wishes

John

@ Shaun: yeh yeh..but are the choons any good? ;0)

Yeah Hemispheres is a pretty incredible album really.. Definete Concept as well (Cygnus X-1 part 2 really isn't it?)

Shaun

@Duke

See for yourself!

Rush 2112 part 1

Genesis - The Lamb lies down on Broadway. 1974

No real meaning to it whatsoever! Plot based on some chap called Rael..and a Lamb. But Production, lyrics, musical performances, concepts and imagination on another planet. 'Back in NYC' 'Fly on a windshield' it all just so unique...

Of course: Rush -
2112 Side 1
Hemisphere's Side 1

Drum bloke.

Have you heard the new 5.1 mix...... :-0

Incredible

Cocteau Twins - Garlands

It was weird in 1982 still sounds as weird now!

Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X

The Police - Outlandos d'amour/regatta d'blanc

Punk reggie/new wave, i was like 10 and omg!!

When I listen to that Rush stuff .. It blows me away those guys are just so good Ive not listened to 2112 in 20 odd years it still sounds incredible !!!!not only the musicianship its the production wow .
could beach boys "pet sounds" be considered a concept album? its fantastic

@ John FV

5.1 ? No ? on DVD then ? I'll look out for it..

# Posted by Rumble Fat Band - 29/01/2010, 00:09 (GMT)


Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage

Absolute Stuart- fantastic concept. I think 'You are what you is' was a concept Album too ?

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
t'Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Rush - 2112/Hemispheres
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Tool - 10,000 days

...predictable I know but it's all good sh1t!
Jon

Aye there's some damn good stuff on Joe's Garage.
Jon

Forgot all about Dark side of the Moon!! Played it enough times with Pink Floydish!

Shaun

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery
Floyd - Dark Side
Genesis - The Lamb
Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Rick Wakeman - Six Wifes Of Henry viii
The Who - Quadrophenia
Genesis - Supper's Ready - Almost half of Foxtrot Album
Jeff Wayne - W O T W
Camel - Snow Goose

Just to name a few

Drum Bloke

Part of 70-75 box set. Lots of great stuff on there. All CDs in 5.1 ( Trespass is incredible) and rare extras

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Marillion - Brave
Dave Greenslade - The Pentatauch of Cosmogon
War of the Worlds

@ Rick Nice one mate.

Patrick Moraz - The Story of I. Bought this just after he Joined Yes, played it over and over , then lost it during one of many house moves. Would love to find a copy again.
Wakemans - Criminal Record


How far back do we go with this? Tho Deff not a concept album until many years later, Holst-Planet Suite and Vivaldi's Four Seasons may well be amongst the early Concept works.

rush-caress of steel
rainbow-rainbow rising
and, with delirium there-king crimson-in the court of the crimson king (ah! sweet memories of illicit substances, afghan coats strewn on the floor in a darkened room and hotpants(!!) bliss!) :-D

TOMMY - The Who.

Did Moonie play Uncle Earnie in the Film, or was it he sang Tommy's holiday camp ?

Quadrophenia
black album-the damned

Mark

several marillion albums...
several queensryche albums...
several rush albums...

oh and a metallica album... err... St.Anger.. which told the tale of how a metal band can really abuse its fan base and churn an extremely poor album.. i think they pulled it off personally. ;-)

Thanks for the you-tube links Shaun was good to hear it again..been a while.
P.S. I was being ironic....lol

oeeer..Ive got this 'orrible vision of Viking in an afghan coat and hot pants!!!!!!...shoot me someone !!!

@duke bocks-lol!!-believe me, kev-when those - ermmm-happenings?-happened there were scarier things than that going on (and off!!), i can tell you!! :-D

don't know if it qualifies as a concept album, but if you listen to Tunnel Of Love by Springsteen and equate it with what was going on in his life ... it's brilliant in its autobiographical honesty.
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