The prog legend Chris Squire was celebrated for his inventive and unmistakable bass work in Yes, but he truly delivered something special with his only proper solo album, released in November 1975. Strictly speaking, that’s not his only ‘solo’ outing…
View More Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water (50th Anniversary Edition)
This is my 7th Nektar review for TPA and 9th overall, if you count my old DPRP reviews. That’s how committed I am to charting the tale of Nektar, in whatever haphazard order the reissues will come. This time around,…
View More Nektar – Magic Is A Child (Remastered & Expanded 3CD Edition)
Back in late 1973, a gifted young guitarist by the name of Gary Boyle, who had played with various bands, most recently Stomu Yamashta’s East Wind, decided that he had to form his own band to further explore the fusion…
View More Isotope – Upward Curve: The Recordings 1973-1976 (3CD Boxset)
Quicksilver Messenger Service arose in the heady days of San Francisco’s magical 1960s golden era. The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana and Steve Miller Band were all making inroads into the local music scene before entering the national (and, eventually,…
View More Quicksilver Messenger Service – Who Do You Love? The Recordings 1967-1972
Back in 1975, Robin Trower was starting to be big news. His latest studio album, For Earth Below, was doing well on both sides of the Atlantic, and his label, Chrysalis, was looking to capitalise on this success. An opportunity…
View More Robin Trower – Live! (50th Anniversary Edition)
Lemon, a Cherry Red label, has appeared to have got hold of the Cleopatra Pink Floyd Tribute albums (a few of which I reviewed back in the summer of 2023) and is now reissuing them in 3CD boxsets. The first,…
View More Various Artists – Animals Against The Wall: A Tribute To Pink Floyd Volume II
Three years ago, I was introduced to the Scottish heavy metal act Holocaust through their 6CD box set that compiled their complete early 80s recordings. With their debut EP and LP, they managed to make a splash in the new…
View More Holocaust – Dance Into The Void: Complete Recordings Vol.2 1989-2003
Blodwyn Pig formed way back in the late Sixties by guitarist and vocalist Mick Abrahams following his departure from Jethro Tull, shortly after the release of their 1968 debut album. Abrahams was uncomfortable with the musical direction Tull was heading…
View More Blodwyn Pig – The Recordings 1969-1974 (3CD Boxset)
No, this isn’t déjà vu; we did review The Turn of a Friendly Card three years ago. But that was Esoteric’s four-disc edition. Now, in their infinite wisdom, the powers that be have sought to re-release this album – along…
View More The Alan Parsons Project – The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Expanded Edition)
Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson’s partnership began as a business relationship with Woolfson managing Parsons’ career as an engineer/producer off the back of his impressive work with the Beatles and Pink Floyd in the late sixties and early seventies. Their…
View More The Alan Parsons Project – The Eye In The Sky (Expanded Edition)