Sonicbond 1973 & Peter Hammill

Geoffrey Feakes – 1973: A Year in Progressive Rock / Richard Rees Jones – Peter Hammill On Track: Every Album, Every Song

Sonicbond’s series of books by amateur music enthusiasts continues with these two volumes, and before I go any further, I would simply say that the many and mostly, if not all, amateur enthusiasts, are all far more disciplined than me.…

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Remembering Alan White

Remembering Alan White

We’re in the 2020s now, a half century since progressive rock’s so-called ‘classic era’, which is at least another twenty years since the musicians that occupied it were born. We live in an odd time where many of these bands…

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Fading Lights

Genesis visited the Netherlands. And no, I wasn’t there. A conscious decision. In 2007, however, I actually made it, together with a couple of close friends, also big fans of the British prog legends. I even bumped into some former…

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Yes - Close to the Edge 50th Anniversary

Too Bad

Imagine: you are looking for a new electrical appliance and after some research at home you arrive at your favourite brand. The choice falls on one of their top appliances. You have prepared yourself well, your choice did not come…

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TPA Best of 2021

TPA Best Albums of 2021

Happy New Year! Well, hopefully things will start to show an improvement at last. Despite the restrictions on social gatherings, live music and fun in general, the boffins at various music-making facilities around the globe have been beavering away to…

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Yes

Yes?

“Was sich liebt das quält sich” Self-proclaimed Yes-fanatic Alex Driessen reveals that the unconditional love for his ‘club’ does not necessarily lead to positive reviews… I have previously proclaimed my love for English prog legends Yes on these pages. The…

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ELP - Jerusalem score

Inauguration

In the mid-1970s I discovered Emerson, Lake and Palmer, the British supergroup. After listening to all of the Yes albums from front to back and vice versa, I ended up with the famous trio. The phenomenal album Brain Salad Surgery…

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