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]Category: Album Reissues
Stackridge – Lost And Found: The Reunion Years 1999-2015 [4CD 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]The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams – A Good Thief Tips His Hat
My introduction to The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams came about five years ago through a friend who lived in New York’s Hudson Valley. He sang the praises of a local band out of Sleepy Hollow that I just had to…
View More The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams – A Good Thief Tips His HatThe Alan Parsons Project – Pyramid (Super Deluxe Box Set)
Pyramid was the third studio album by The Alan Parsons Project (APP), the progressive rock ensemble comprising the engineer/producer Alan Parsons and the songwriter, musician and manager Eric Woolfson. Originally released in May 1978, it followed the successful and eclectic…
View More The Alan Parsons Project – Pyramid (Super Deluxe Box Set)Jade Warrior – Borne On The Solar Wind: The Vertigo Albums
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 AlbumsGentle Giant – The Missing Piece (2024 Steven Wilson Remix)
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)Yes – Talk [30th Anniversary: 4CD Boxset]
Talk, the fourteenth studio album by British progressive rock legends Yes, was first released on 21 March 1994 and is often referred to as the ‘lost’ Yes album. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the album has been reissued as a…
View More Yes – Talk [30th Anniversary: 4CD Boxset]Baker Gurvitz Army: Since Beginning: The Albums: 1974-1976 | Live 1975
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 1975Jethro Tull – Live: Bursting Out (The Inflated Edition)
Live: Bursting Out (The Inflated Edition) is the latest classy release in the deluxe edition remasters of classic Jethro Tull albums, which have become ‘must-buys’ for so many fans of this iconic band. Steven Wilson once again oversees the remixing…
View More Jethro Tull – Live: Bursting Out (The Inflated Edition)Squackett – A Life Within A Day
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…
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