Just a point: if I had to justify the music I listen to as being labelled progressive (which I don't) then I would venture that it is progression of the actual songs themselves, as in, they progress through different moods, tempos, using other instruments, soft passages, louder ones, instrumentals and so on, and that the "story" in the lyric often progresses too. I certainly wouldn't try to say that Spock's Beard or Arena or Willowglass are pushing any boundaries, but if I had to defend the prog rock title, although it's a poor argument at best, this is how I would do it.
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