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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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