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Rock with strings

Good day fellow musicheads! This goes against my inner rock child, but as I age (gasp), I find myself digging rock/pop string section Lps. Moody Blues made the definitive expression with Future days and the Zombies Odyssey is amazing. This seems a predominantly British genre, and at times very pretentious (haha), but one has to applaud the ambition. Any other suggestion? Also, I'm pretty content with the sacd version of Future Days, but curious to see what others have. Safe and happy upcoming Turkey Day to all. And...go Lions!

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czarivey
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Check out David Cross who had also been in King Crimson;
Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McLaughlin) with Jerry Goodman on violin;
Soft Machine with Rick Sanders on violin.
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lowrider57
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The aforementioned artists using violin in their compositions is different than what the OP is referring to. He's talking about massed string sections.

Even Siouxsie and the Banshees added cello to their later works. Nothing wrong with adding a "Classical" labelled instrument to Rock music if it adds to the creative process and the end result.
loomisjohnson
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buffalo springfield, expecting to fly
temps, just my imagination
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jafant
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I will go w/ Rock's 1st (3) concepts albums;
Days of future Passed
Pet Sounds
Sgt Pepper

these (3) offerings set the gold standard and will continue to stand the test of time. Brilliant.

Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
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phasecorrect OP
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Add 3 more:

Pretty things- S.F. Sorrow
Floyd-Piper
Who+Tommy
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