Album Reissues – Page 23

Procol Harum – Exotic Birds and Fruit (Expanded Edition)

This 3CD set reissued by Esoteric Recordings consists of Procol Harum’s seventh studio album, Exotic Birds and Fruit. Originally released on the Chrysalis label in April, 1974, this was the band’s return as a five-piece and going back to their…

IQ – Ever: 2018 Remix – 25^th Anniversary Collector’s Edition

“The perfect opportunity to finally get it right, as I heard it in my head”, is how IQ’s guitarist Mike Holmes describes the major motivation for IQ re-releasing their 1993 classic Ever in a special 25th Anniversary Remix edition. This…

Curved Air – Phantasmagoria [CD/DVD Expanded Edition]

Esoteric Recordings are hitting another home run for me, this time with a reissue of Curved Air’s third studio album, Phantasmagoria. Originally released on the Warner Bros. label, Curved Air were riding high at the time with the original line-up…

Grobschnitt – 79:10

Hello, My Dear Friends! If summarising Novalis’s career in Schmetterlinge was a daunting task, Grobschnitt’s 79:10 has proven to be a herculean one. Not only was Grobschnitt’s career longer and more varied with some arguably better results, but the depths…

Procol Harum – Grand Hotel [CD/DVD Expanded Edition]

It’s been a busy year so far for Esoteric Recordings. They’ve reissued albums from Curved Air, Chris Squire, Seventh Wave, and Procol Harum. Since reissuing the first four Procol albums three years ago I’ve wanted to see the label release…

Jon Lord – Windows [Remaster]

This for me is a very welcome release indeed as I am a big admirer of Jon Lord’s work. One of his songs was very helpful to me at the time of my father’s death, sadly I never got to…

Atomic Rooster – Sleeping For Years: The Studio Recordings 1970-1974

The discovery years for this reviewer were in the early ’70s, when I spent each and every Saturday morning leafing through endless album covers, with the eager anticipation of uncovering that week’s musical gem. A risky selection process at that…

Barclay James Harvest – Barclay James Harvest (Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set)

This 3CD and 1DVD boxed set consists of the recent Esoteric Recordings reissue of Barclay James Harvest’s self-titled debut album, originally released in 1970. Esoteric have a good relationship with the band, previously reissuing expanded versions of Octoberon, Live Tapes,…

Comus – First Utterance

47 years ago, one of the most surreal and scariest albums ever came out on the Dawn label. I was only 23 years old in 2008 when I first heard Comus’ music on a progressive rock podcast, it just took…

Twelfth Night - Fact and Fiction Definitive Edition

Twelfth Night – Fact And Fiction: 3-CD Definitive Edition

Let’s cut straight to the chase – Fact and Fiction is one of the greatest Progressive Rock albums released in the 1980s, and yet for some strange reason it never achieved the success its sheer inventiveness, lyrical excellence and fluid…

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