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Orchestrated Rock...Uriah Heep and others

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zau-okpFssg

Released in 1971 Salisbury by Uriah Heep was always one of my favorite Prog Rock albums and groups.

I recently re-listened to the re-mastered title track on my high end system for the first time. Kind of blew my mind. 16 minutes long.

I concluded that I’ve always enjoyed orchestrated rock, which probalby started with Neal Young’s Harvest.

Any suggestions of other classic rock groups that used orchestration would be appreciated.

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immatthewj
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The version of The Wall that Roger Waters did ("Live In Berlin") featured at lest a couple of different orchestras on at least a couple of tracks.

Elton John did a CD with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in '87.  

immatthewj
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. . . and then there is the hard to find bootleg of when Alice Cooper and his band got together with The London Philharmonic and laid down an impromptu jam session.  They rocked out on Dead Babies.    

77jovian
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for the sake of completeness, The Electric Prunes, "Mass in F Minor"

czarivey
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Porcupine Tree and Procol Harum wasn't mentioned here. Pure symphonic rock

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1111art OP
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Thanks SimonMoon, once you mentioned PFM I knew we had similar tastes.

 

Just ordered Wobbler , and Anglagard.

 

Appreciated

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