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jackhammer · 11-13-2008, 10:35 AM

Artists as diverse as The Orb, Clannad, Charlie Mingus and Jose Padilla have created some excellent Instrumental stuff (The Orb are really an instrumental band, so that may be a little unfair). Prog bands are known for instrumentals but they are'nt (IMO) neccessarily always the best. This is one of my favourites from the master known as Frank Zappa:

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Artists as diverse as The Orb, Clannad, Charlie Mingus and Jose Padilla have created some excellent Instrumental stuff (The Orb are really an instrumental band, so that may be a little unfair). Prog bands are known for instrumentals but they are'nt (IMO) neccessarily always the best. This is one of my favourites from the master known as Frank Zappa: __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”