Lady Fantasy - Camel

Lady Fantasy (12:44) is one of two long tracks on either side of Camel's 1974 album Mirage, their second studio album. There are three parts to the piece, Encounter (3:47) , Smiles for You (1:25) and Lady Fantasy itself (7:32). The first and third parts include lyrics while the middle part acts as a sort of instrumental bridge (although there is plenty of instrumental work on guitars and keyboards in all three parts). All four members of the band are credited with composition.

Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Tarkus (20:59) takes up the first side of the original 1971 album of the same name, a name invented by Emerson. The albium was ELP's second studio album. The Tarkus track divides into seven parts of between 1:16 and 4.13 minutes - Eruption, Stones of Years, Iconoclast, Mass, Manticore, Battlefield (by Lake only, the rest being either by Emerson or Emerson and Lake). Three parts have lyrics (Stones, Mass and Battlefield). Emerson composed his parts in just six days on an upright piano at his London home. The band then rehearsed it for another six days, then recorded it. Emerson used a bit of Prokofiev to form a bridge between the two part of Eruption, which is in difficult 5/4 time.

King-Bird - Trace

The track King-Bird (22:01) is found on the second studio album by the Dutch trio Trace, their 1975 album Birds. It takes up the whole of the second side of the original vinyl album. The track is divided on the album into as many as 19 different sections, some shorter, some longer. The shorter runs are called avenues and the longer ones are given bird names. At the beginning of the track we hear church-like bells, organ, and bird calls in the background. The keyboard (piano,organ,harpsichord, synth), bass and drums instrumental track includes a pop song (Preacher Bird) sung by bassist Iaap van Eick and a track where bass features but no drum solo.