Artist	Song
Yes	Siberian Khatru
from Ultimate Yes (2004)
Genesis	Eleventh Earl of Mar
from Wind & Wuthering (Remastered) [Bonus Video Version] (2007)
Rush	La Villa Strangiato
from Chronicles (1990)
Renaissance	Day of the Dreamer
from A Song for All Seasons (2005)
Kansas	Journey from Mariabronn
from Kansas (Bonus Track Version) (2004)
The Moody Blues & London Festival Orchestra	Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)
from Anthology: the Moody Blues (1998)
Chris Squire	Hold Out Your Hand
from Fish Out of Water (2007)
Camel	Rhayader (Instrumental)
from Echoes (1996)
Brian Eno	Baby's On Fire
from Here Come the Warm Jets (2004)
U.K.	In the Dead of Night
from U.K. (2003)
Caravan	In the Land of Grey and Pink
from The Show of Our Lives - Caravan At the BBC 1968-1975 (2007)
Colosseum	The Machine Demands a Sacrifice
from An Introduction to Colosseum (2009)
Curved Air	Phantasmagoria I
from Phantasmagoria (2005)
Argent	Lothlorien
from Ring of Hands (2009)
Styx	Father O.S.A.
from The Complete Wooden Nickel Recordings (2005)
Jethro Tull	Thick As a Brick (Edit No. 1)
from The Very Best of Jethro Tull (2007)
Supertramp	A Soapbox Opera
from Crisis? What Crisis? (2002)
Brand X	Virus
from Manifest Destiny: Trilogy I (2003)
Jon Anderson	Top of the World (The Glass Bead Game)
from In the City of Angels (1988)
Starcastle	Elliptical Seasons
from Starcastle (1992)
Henry Cow	Bittern Storm Over Ulm
from Unrest (Remastered) (2005)
Traffic	Paper Sun
from Heaven Is in Your Mind (2000)
Trapeze	Seafull
from Medusa (1994)
Happy the Man	Shadow Shaping
from 3rd: Better Late.... (2010)

Comment:

Renaissance emerged (as did Led Zeppelin) from the ashes of the Yardbirds, and (unlike Zep) was fronted by a female vocalist with a three-octave range. Their marathon-length "Day of the Dreamer" features not only her celestially crystalline vocals, but also a mid-section pulse-quickening keyboard extravaganza. At the spectrum's opposite end, Henry Cow takes just over two minutes to pack a beginner's course in surrealist music into their free-jazz-influenced "Bittern Storm Over Ulm." With a lineup consisting of future Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Deep Purple members, the unjustly underappreciated Trapeze, whose "Seafull" closes out our playlist, was among the first to unite the worlds of prog rock and metal, paving the way for the likes of Rush…and Spinal Tap.

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