Supernatural Fairy Tales: The Progressive Rock Era is a 5-CD compilation of progressive rock from around the world. It was curated by Archie Patterson of Eurock, and released by Rhino Records in 1996. The cover art is by Roger Dean, a longtime cover artist for the genre.
Reviews of the set generally note the difficulty of summarizing such a broad and far-reaching genre, as well as the obvious omission of several big-name bands whose music could not be licensed for inclusion. However, several lesser-known tracks from a broad variety of bands make the set an interesting listen.
It was rated three stars by AllMusic.
Track listing
Disc 1 America - The Nice Paper Sun - Traffic Repent Walpurgis - Procol Harum Private Sorrow/Balloon Burning - The Pretty Things Legend Of A Mind - The Moody Blues Kings & Queens - Renaissance Sympathy - Rare Bird Under The Sky - Pete Sinfield Searching - Klaus Schulze Sunrise - Kingdom Come
Disc 2 The System/Babylon - Aphrodite's Child Death Walks Behind You - Atomic Rooster Der Vierte Kuss - Ash Ra Tempel Killer - Van der Graaf Generator Oh Yeah - Can Knife-Edge - Emerson, Lake & Palmer In The Land Of Grey And Pink - Caravan It Happened Today - Curved Air Hocus Pocus - Focus Prophet/Marvelry Skimmer - Wigwam
Disc 3 Perpetual Change - Yes Lothlorien - Argent Ladytron - Roxy Music Radio - Supersister Dear Little Mother - Savage Rose The Musical Box - Genesis Roll Over Beethoven - Electric Light Orchestra New World - Strawbs Celebration - Premiata Forneria Marconi Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Parts 1 & 2 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Disc 4 Dancing With The Moonlit Knight - Genesis Siberian Khatru - Yes Virginia Plain - Roxy Music Warrior - Wishbone Ash Warinobaril - Lard Free Mozambique - Amon Düül II Round And Round - Strawbs Questions And Answers - Nektar Fils De Lumiere - Ange Ritorno Al Nulla - Le Orme Without Words - Clearlight
Disc 5 Star Palace Of The Sombre Warrior - Seventh Wave Perfect Mystery - Gong Free Hand - Gentle Giant War - Henry Cow/Slapp Happy Andra Satsen - Samla Mammas Manna Let's Eat (Real Soon) - Hatfield and the North Traccia II - Banco Troller Tanz (Ghost Dance) - Magma It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl - Faust Mummy Was An Asteroid, Daddy Was A Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil - Quiet Sun Radar Love - Golden Earring Inca Roads - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
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