Box sets can be a dicey proposition. As a huge fan of their documentary approach to an artist or scene, they can contain everything you need to know in terms of popular output while also addressing rarities and other surprises.…
View More Vanilla Fudge – Where Is My Mind? The Atco Recordings 1967 – 1969
‘Here begins an Exercise in Pointlessness…’ are the opening words from a very old tape demo recording by Peter Jones used on the new documentary disc ‘Inside the Cocoon’, about the making of Tiger Moth Tales’ remarkable 2014 debut album…
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The name Bill Bruford is known to many music fans, mainly due to his work with Yes and King Crimson, but as this collection shows he is much more than just a member of those ground breaking bands. After leaving…
View More Bill Bruford – The Best Of Bill Bruford: The Winterfold And Summerfold Years [3CD Box Set]![Various Artists – Pour A Little Sugar On It: The Chewy Chewy Sounds Of American Bubblegum 1966-1971 [3CD Box Set]](https://theprogressiveaspect.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Various-Artists-–-Pour-A-Little-Sugar-On-It_-820x450.jpg)
The years 1966 through 1971 were heady times for music. In ’66 alone, the Beatles released Yesterday and Today and Revolver. By 1971 they were history. Spurred by the rivalry between the Beatles and Beach Boys, rock music embraced a…
View More Various Artists – Pour A Little Sugar On It: The Chewy Chewy Sounds Of American Bubblegum 1966-1971 [3CD Box Set]![Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet: 2024 [6 Disc Box Set]](https://theprogressiveaspect.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Porcupine-Tree-FOABP_TPA-banner-820x450.jpg)
Steven Wilson is the curator of his own back-catalogue. He is also a highly sought-after music producer, especially in relation to spatial audio remixes of existing material. So it is of no surprise that he has been in charge of…
View More Porcupine Tree – Fear Of A Blank Planet: Deluxe Edition [6 Disc Boxset]![John Cale - Ship Of Fools: The Island Albums [3CD Box Set]](https://theprogressiveaspect.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/John-Cale-Ship-Of-Fools-820x450.jpg)
I have always been musically drawn to outsiders, to wonky pop, avant pop, call it what you will, and anything slightly, and sometimes a lot off-kilter. An early satisfier of that strange appetite of mine was John Cale, whom I…
View More John Cale – Ship Of Fools: The Island Albums [3CD Box Set]
A Distant Shore is the debut release from Tracey Thorn as a solo artist, that was originally released by Cherry Red Records in 1982 when Tracey was 20 years old. At this time, she was still officially in a post-punk…
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Back in the distant past of my youth I was beginning to discover many styles of music, in 1971 I discovered Hawkwind with their, then, new release In Search of Space which remains one of my favourite albums from their…
View More Hawkwind – In Search Of Space (2CD/Blue-ray Box Set)![Eyes Of Blue – The Light We See: The Recordings 1969-1971 [3CD Box Set]](https://theprogressiveaspect.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Eyes-Of-Blue-–-The-Light-We-See-820x450.jpg)
How often have you wished that obscure, short-lived band you once enjoyed had just made one more album? It doesn’t count when they reunite several decades later, of course, because their energy and influences will have changed completely. For some…
View More Eyes Of Blue – The Light We See: The Recordings 1969-1971 [3CD Box Set]
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]