are indeed superb. 'Il Banchetto' is a personal favourite.

Aphrodite's Child:

My favourite track is from the CD The Kindness Of Strangers, with original singer Neal Morse, as opposed to live version on YouTube. PLAY LOUD.

Francais n'est pas?

Fraser says they sound exactly like Yes..
I'm sure I don't know what he means...(I like 'em though)

Sebastian Hardie.
(Some may say that Focus albums were studied)

The Japanese version of Genesis from the 1970's

I'd say Focus albums were distilled, concentrated and intravenously supplied! but nice one - I've never heard those guys before (and I'm more than casually acquainted with Aussie prog!)

Speaking of which...

Sebastian Hardie changed their name to Windchase just after this.
Taman Shud came up in the surf scene of the late 60s and released what must have been Oz's first concept album called (I think) "The Goolutionites and the real People"
Happy days.

including members of Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, Marillion and Dream Theater

Lets have a big hand for Focus. Something less obvious but still delightful.

live tv clip from 1976. See Nash the Slash before the bandages!

Magma. Here is the last section of the classic Mekanik Kommandoh, from a recent gig with Christian Vander, and crew going doolally:

Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple

Astonishing tricky Crimsonesque prog from the 1990s if i recall correctly.

Witthüser & Westrupp - Schopfüng.

I'm old, confused and I have no idea where they're from or if they're Metal, Prog, Goth or that emmo stuff I've read about, but this is my top 'earworm' at the 'mo.
Ta Planet Rock!

skip to 3:20 for the tune, I just like the way it hits the ground running

Bo Hansson - svensk prog

Toppen! And top 40 UK album

...the splendid Spectrum. Manfred Mann's EB covered their first single and its B-side (the single, 'I'll Be Gone', having been a freak huge hit for Spectrum in Australia), but otherwise they're unknown outside of Oz. My pal Trevor down under regularly hangs out with Spectrum main man Mike Rudd at a Melbourne coffee emporium. Mikre and Bill (bass, big moustache) are still Spectruming, but their organist of yore disappeared in the early 80s and hasn't been seen since. A shame - their finger-picked electric guitar and moody organ sound was quite unique and beguiling...

from Germany. This is one of their shorter tracks.

Their label is German, but I've no idea where they are from.

Sound good, anyway.

..from Finland, I give you Wigwam.
Widdly sax, crazy time sigs and truly odd vocals.
It's the very thing that would cause your dad to say "Call that a tune?"

...I've just ordered the Wigwam 'Being' CD from amazon - never heard of them, or heard a note of them before! Sounds incredible...

Here's the similarly dazzling Mellow Candle from Ireland:

...it's 'Gandalf' (Ian McKellen not pictured) - a track from his best (by far) Lp, 'Magic Theatre':

..and it never fails to reveal new things to me.
Check out "Fairyport" too.
They released an album on Virgin called "Nuclear Nightclub" and its OK, but by then they'd lost Jukka Gustavson and become a little more conventional.
Got to love Mellow Candle.

It was later covered by Jimi Hendrix, who liked to jam with H & K when he visited Sweden.

Others to consider are Ars Nova (Japan), Le Orme (Italy), Bo Hansson (Sweden), Trace (a spin-off from Dutch group Focus), Par Lindh Project (Sweden), Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (Italy) and Riverside (Poland).

I mentioned them and posted a clip!