It’s understandable that one could be sceptical of a release such as this. After all, Mr Wakeman has cashed in on his Yes connection as well as his own back catalogue more times than I can possibly count. Yessonata certainly…
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Esoteric’s Stackridge collection is finally complete after their string of (mostly 2CD) reissues of the band’s 70s albums last year, as well as the live 2CD+DVD of The Forbidden City released in April this year. It might seem like a…
View More Stackridge – Lost And Found: The Reunion Years 1999-2015 [4CD Box Set]
Early in my days as a prog rock reviewer, Anubis’s sophomore album A Tower of Silence fell into my lap and I was instantly smitten. While it only got an 8/10 from me at the time, I found that it…
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Jade Warrior – a name that has cropped up many times in my exploration of 70s prog, but a path I’ve not had the courage nor motivation to travel down until now. By reputation, they’re a more psychedelic, experimental group…
View More Jade Warrior – Borne On The Solar Wind: The Vertigo Albums
As I mentioned last year in my review of Interview, I had not delved into any Gentle Giant releases beyond their eighth album, given how sharply public opinion seemed to drop off after that. The appearance of this Steven Wilson…
View More Gentle Giant – The Missing Piece (2024 Steven Wilson Remix)
Carmen was one of the most unusual and original outfits to emerge from the original progressive movement in the early 1970s. Hailing from America but based in the UK while singing songs about Spain, Carmen concocted their own brand of…
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Boogaloo Club, Zagreb, Croatia Saturday 8th June 2024 Eurovision 2024 was a stressful event for fans of the contest with Palestine protests happening in and around the venue, the disqualification of one of the most popular acts this year and…
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Last year, I fell down a Baker Gurvitz Army rabbit hole with Esoteric’s excellent Neon Lights five-disc set. As I said at the time, I was convinced to purchase the collection of three studio albums that Esoteric put out in…
View More Baker Gurvitz Army: Since Beginning: The Albums: 1974-1976 | Live 1975
Prog has always been about the fusion of genres, but Middle Eastern influences are rarely represented. Enter Asia Minor, forming in Paris in the early 70s and releasing only two albums before splitting in 1982. The Turkish trio brought fresh…
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Esoteric’s series of reissues keep bringing me opportunities to discover or reassess albums I’ve overlooked in the past; some are newer than others, it seems. As I found with Nektar’s Remember the Future, it was worth giving the album a…
View More Squackett – A Life Within A Day