On 03-15-97 GEORGE ERDNER wrote to KENNETH NEWMAN... 
 
 GE> I never heard of Christian Decamps or Ange. 
 
        They were one of the most popular bands in France in the 
        1970's, probably the most popular prog band France ever 
        produced, at least in terms of record sales. They were in 
        the Moody Blues, Genesis, Barclay James Harvest sort of 
        vein but with a very French flavour, i.e. emotional 
        singing. 
 
 GE> And before I typed 
 GE> this reply, I made a trip to several record stores, including one that 
 GE> specializes in older, hard-to-find vinyl recordings, and the owner of 
 GE> it never heard of Ange either. 
 
        Then perhaps you over-estimated his expertise. All of 
        their albums, over a dozen, are in print, but only in 
        France. You would have to order them special, or more 
        likely get them from a reputable US mailorder house 
        specialising in prog, such as Wayside or Laser's Edge. 
 
 KN> There's your faulty leap of logic. 
 
 GE> I'm going to have to start using those d*** ":)" thingies. It never 
 GE> dawned on me that anyone would fail to get what I thought was an 
 GE> obvious joke about the offical definition of Prog-Rock. 
 
        Welcome to cyberspace, where there is no such thing as an 
        obvious joke, I'm afraid. 
 
 KN> The logic is fine, your premise is incorrect. Socrates is 
 KN> not a horse. 
 
 GE> What band did Socrates play in? 
 
        I believe there actually was an obscure prog band called 
        Socrates. Let me check.... Nope. Sounds like an obscure 
        Italin band circa 1972, tho..... 
 
                                Cheers, 
                                Kenneth 
 
         
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