Album Reissues – Page 18

Spirit – Two Sides Of A Rainbow

The release of this album made me very happy indeed, as I used to have it on vinyl many years ago (on the Illegal Records label). This new sonically improved version not only acts as a decent reissue, it expands…

The Babys – Silver Dreams: Complete Albums 1975-1980

“Is this Prog?”, I hear you asking. Well the simple answer to that is clearly ‘No’. It is, however, superiorly crafted AOR from a British band whose history certainly makes for interesting reading, especially when you consider the various bands/careers…

Ken Hensley – The Bronze Years: 1973 – 1981

Ken Hensley was a founding member of Uriah Heep from their earliest inception right through to June 1980 after the Conquest world tour, at which time he felt he had gone as far as he could with the band and…

Klan – Mrowisko

By the end of the seventies, progressive rock music got stuck in a rut. The big bands struggled with their (musical) direction and did not always release their best work. Moreover, there was the emergence of punk, a musical movement…

Jethro Tull – Stormwatch [40th Anniversary Box Set]

The concept of the digitally remastered reissue has been a marketing staple for many years now, but it’s only relatively recently that the box set complete with the ubiquitous hi-res copy and/or the 5:1 surround version has competed for your…

Marillion – Afraid of Sunlight: Deluxe Edition

One of the things I most admire about Marillion is their ability to take risks and try new things, both in terms of their sound and their approach to marketing the band itself. To the former, Marillion have continued to…

Refugee – Refugee [3CD Box Set]

This review covers the recently released boxed set of three discs from Esoteric Recordings, comprising the sole album, recorded in 1974, for the Charisma label by Refugee, a trio of Patrick Moraz (keyboards), Lee Jackson (bass and vocals) and Brian…

Fruupp – Wise As Wisdom: The Dawn Albums 1973-1975

Sometime in 2011, just before each of Fruupp’s albums reached their respective 40th birthdays, I happened upon two interesting looking CDs in an independent music shop in Leeds. They were the middle two albums from Fruupp’s sadly short-lived career, Seven…

Gong – Love From Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973 -1975

Released as part of this alternative rock band and musical institution’s 50th anniversary, Universal/Virgin send us this large box of enticing shiny things from Planet Gong, approaching us in a descending orbit around our burning planet. It’s landed over there…

Caravan – The Decca/Deram Years: 1970 – 1975

Caravan are a legendary Prog band from Canterbury whose elegant and whimsically lyrical music has captivated many listeners over the years. They released a stunning selection of albums of consistently high quality in the mid-1970s and are still around today…

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