1973: THE GOLDEN YEAR OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK

Never mind Tie A Yellow Ribbon, here’s the prog.

or those addicted to the pop charts, 1973 was all about Sweet, prog’s first peak: that’s allowable). After an opening section that gives a standard yet nonetheless entertaining run through of what prog is and where it came from, with sidesteps into the basics of krautrock and Canterbury, this volume examines 20 key prog albums from that year.