Favorite instrumentals?

[Ceasar’s Palace]

The first one that I thought of was this one:

https://youtu.be/4mWQoB6L85c

[Ceasar’s Palace]

Musn’t forget this:

https://youtu.be/JNvB4QANipg

[Gilly Goodness]

The first one that I thought of was this one:

https://youtu.be/4mWQoB6L85c

Exactamundo. My fave, more melodic and celtic than Hergest Ridge and TB. Hadn't heard it for 40 years or so until this year. Thankyou YT.

Now I'm all over MO. Everyday. He is a genius.

[Yorkshire Square]

I pulled Return to Ommadawn this afternoon. I think it stands up well to the original and to much of his later work.

Current listening to Fleet by Arc (Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve). If you like instrumental music, you need to check out DiN, Boddy's label, lots of great stuff including Robert Rich, Markus Reuter and Node. https://din.org.uk/

[carlmarx38]

First a Disclaimer.....: Generally speaking, I'm NOT a fan of Tales From Topographic Oceans. When I first bought the album in 1980 (age 15), I was slowly developing into a serious YES fan, had seen them on 2 consecutive tours (1979. 1980), and had most of the studio and live albums. I have almost no memory of listening to TFTO for the first time....I'm pretty sure that TRSOG put me to sleep the first time I played it, and it took me several weeks (if not months) to finally listen to all 4 sides.

However, with the reissue of the Steven Wilson mixes in 2018, I made a startling discovery : my problem all along had been with the vocals ! With the release of the Instrumental Mixes (only available on the Blueray edition BTW), I suddenly gained a new appreciation for the whole sprawling mess ! Although I have slowly/finally developed a love and appreciation for the full versions of The Remembering and Ritual (with vocals) the Steven Wilson intrumental mixes are now my Go-To versions of the album as a whole.

(side note : Sacrilege I know, but I like the new cover artwork for the Steven Wilson version
better as well !)

[Gilly Goodness]

First a Disclaimer.....: Generally speaking, I'm NOT a fan of Tales From Topographic Oceans. When I first bought the album in 1980 (age 15), I was slowly developing into a serious YES fan, had seen them on 2 consecutive tours (1979. 1980), and had most of the studio and live albums. I have almost no memory of listening to TFTO for the first time....I'm pretty sure that TRSOG put me to sleep the first time I played it, and it took me several weeks (if not months) to finally listen to all 4 sides.

However, with the reissue of the Steven Wilson mixes in 2018, I made a startling discovery : my problem all along had been with the vocals ! With the release of the Instrumental Mixes (only available on the Blueray edition BTW), I suddenly gained a new appreciation for the whole sprawling mess ! Although I have slowly/finally developed a love and appreciation for the full versions of The Remembering and Ritual (with vocals) the Steven Wilson intrumental mixes are now my Go-To versions of the album as a whole.

(side note : Sacrilege I know, but I like the new cover artwork for the Steven Wilson version
better as well !)

Intriguing. Will investigate.🌋

[pianozach]

Classical music aside, there are probably tens of thousands of Pop and Rock instrumentals, a thousand of which are noteworthy.

Sure - there's some Yes instrumentals - of which there aren't really that many: The Clap from TYA, the four from Fragile, Evensong from ABWH, and the bonus tracks that seem to basically unfinished ideas.

I'll take the Beatles road

There's the rudimentary Cayenne, which isn't all that noteworthy. But there's Cry For a Shadow, and Flying.

There was also a jam that went by the name of 12-Bar Blues. That was pretty unremarkable.

[Mr. Holland]

Well, of course Rush has made some excellent intrumentals:

La Villa Strangiato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK1hmDpa8bo

YYZ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdpMpfp-J_I

[Mr. Holland]

Malignant Narcissism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Dsoe7XwP4

Main Monkey Business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF0IeMF749M

[Mr. Holland]

I also love this one from Toto: Jake to the Bone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hftXMa1564

[Mr. Holland]

This is another favourite of mine, Stanley Clarke, School Days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDveBbJkVqo

[John Vehadija]

Hey Mr. Holland, because we kept gettin some spam, I limited the number of links in the post to 4, now changed it to 6

Sorry about the inconvenience, should be ok now

[Soundwaveseeker]

Genesis has a whole mountain of instrumentals:

Horizons (a Hackett classical solo)
After The Ordeal
Hairless Heart
The Waiting Room
Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
Los Endos
Wot Gorilla
Unquiet Slumbers/In That Quiet Earth
Dukes Travels
Naminanu
Submarine
The Brazillian
Do The Neurotic
7/8
Phret

I ripped a CD-r of those instrumental tracks, makes a great CD
How did Do The Neurotic or Naminanu end up as B-sides? Those are album contenders

[Mr. Holland]

Hey Mr. Holland, because we kept gettin some spam, I limited the number of links in the post to 4, now changed it to 6

Sorry about the inconvenience, should be ok now

Thanks! And no problem. It just took me a while before I figured why I couldn't post.....

[Ceasar’s Palace]

Well, of course Rush has made some excellent intrumentals:

It’s the only way you’ll ever catch me listening to Rush.