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Originally Posted by Anteater
I'm pretty sure both Yes's Close To The Edge and ELP's Tarkus beats Supper's Ready chronologically in regards to putting out epics. Great review though! Always been a Foxtrot fan here.
Interestingly enough, the longest song I could find pre-prog was this little 30 minute plus gem from Seventh Sons back in 1964.
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After I had made that comment I started thinking VDGG, and yes, of course,
Pawn Hearts was released in 1971, and features "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers", which clocks in at 23 minutes. Still, very close...
And Yes (!) I forgot "Close to the Edge" (the suite) but still it's only (!) 18 minutes plus long. As for "Tarkus", only 20 minutes (nearly 21). So even chronologically and in terms of length, it seems Genesis still remain the first to achieve that milestone.