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Another Frost* tune. Enjoy!




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^ Thanks Will. Those two Frosty* Live performances are the icicle on the cake to their studio albums. Thumbs Up
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Neo Prog Britannia: A-Z Album Links 

 5 stars 1993: Galahad - In a Moment of Complete Madness - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mMxLu3aNY-OGF6-VwUYWRh1gCMCZREXmU
 4 stars 1994: Galahad Acoustic Quintet - Not All There - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nO2mqd6dlsAwux7y6MWUp-degbj4Wto00
 5 stars 1997: Galahad - Other Crimes and Misdemeanours - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mo1SgNUBOfTt_ERXwpokYOzn000xhjBsg
 5 stars 2012: Galahad - Beyond the Realms of Euphoria - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoRNXsrOuZ-VmsMVzVmu1hVu3dGhZctbv
 5 stars 2018: Galahad - Seas of Change - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRPsgusgtBk
 4 stars 2020: Galahad Electric Company - When the Battle is Over - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lbleRrPsgxKIu1fCV3HqOmGIVGbgwgGpg
 4 stars 2021: Galahad Electric Company - Soul Therapy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQvVbjvf8YNSfREInKQiXs7YdaqSQ_Ho4

 5 stars 2011: Gandalf's Fist - Songs from the Solway - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kRMeCI2wHmI8OhFvklBv8qRLSje73fLJQ
 5 stars 2012: Gandalf's Fist - From a Point of Existence - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lX_Xw6ScGw1Om0LIdACFFd-FxlPDx6OQg
 5 stars 2013: Gandalf's Fist - A Day in the Life of a Universal Wanderer - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n8lgt-kSPbZJKlRgy8YEQqFhRFShTvJ5o
 3 stars 2019: Gandalf's Fist - The Clockwork Prologue - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ml07VvwDIJlbto6Qs1gD-vk7Fvvud9REg
 5 stars 2021: Gandalf's Fist - The (Re)Master and the Monkey - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lGeXMa3-zopFgj9ez6otVPiWckCZ3P29Y

 4 stars 2013: Peter Gee - Paris



 4 stars 2016: The Gift - Why the Sea is Salt
 4 stars 2019: The Gift - Antenna

 4 stars 2001: Glacier - Monument - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4i5vZtDSBc

 4 stars 2013: Ian Gordon - Retrobution - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2cN7Juas2c

 4 stars 1992: Grace - The Poet, the Piper and the Fool
 4 stars 1994: Grace - Pulling Strings and Shiny Things - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFtsuu8UBz4
 4 stars 1996: Grace - Poppy

 4 stars 2015: Grand Tour - Heavy on the Beach
 5 stars 2019: Grand Tour - Clocks That Tick (But Never Talk) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kkTxOJG8BJV01Aod6fTRwNk2BMxnziQ6s





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GALAHAD    The gallant knights of Neo Prog have never had a major record deal, but Galahad boldly went where many bands have gone before by creating their own independent label. It can't be easy for a Neo Prog band to make a living in the cut-throat music business these days, so when times are hard and money's too tight to mention, Galahad's singer Stuart Nicholson has been known to moonlight as a garden gnome to rake in some extra cash.  Smile




 5 stars 1993: Galahad - In a Moment of Complete Madness - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mMxLu3aNY-OGF6-VwUYWRh1gCMCZREXmU
 4 stars 1994: Galahad Acoustic Quintet - Not All There - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nO2mqd6dlsAwux7y6MWUp-degbj4Wto00
 5 stars 1997: Galahad - Other Crimes and Misdemeanours - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mo1SgNUBOfTt_ERXwpokYOzn000xhjBsg
 5 stars 2012: Galahad - Beyond the Realms of Euphoria - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoRNXsrOuZ-VmsMVzVmu1hVu3dGhZctbv
 5 stars 2018: Galahad - Seas of Change - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRPsgusgtBk
 4 stars 2020: Galahad Electric Company - When the Battle is Over - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lbleRrPsgxKIu1fCV3HqOmGIVGbgwgGpg
 4 stars 2021: Galahad Electric Company - Soul Therapy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQvVbjvf8YNSfREInKQiXs7YdaqSQ_Ho4


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GANDALF'S FIST    A band said to be from the mythical land of Mordor, somewhere deep in the Middle-Earth of Cumbria. You may not believe that, but you'll believe in the awesome power of Neo Prog when you hear this incredible band for the first time. The music of Gandalf's Fist can best be described as being like an iron fist inside a velvet glove, with delicate pastoral Folk passages combined with hard-driving Rock which packs a powerful punch. All in all then, for Gandalf's Fist, making great music together is just a force of Hobbit. Smile

 5 stars 2011: Gandalf's Fist - Songs from the Solway - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kRMeCI2wHmI8OhFvklBv8qRLSje73fLJQ
 5 stars 2012: Gandalf's Fist - From a Point of Existence - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lX_Xw6ScGw1Om0LIdACFFd-FxlPDx6OQg
 5 stars 2013: Gandalf's Fist - A Day in the Life of a Universal Wanderer - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n8lgt-kSPbZJKlRgy8YEQqFhRFShTvJ5o
 3 stars 2019: Gandalf's Fist - The Clockwork Prologue - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ml07VvwDIJlbto6Qs1gD-vk7Fvvud9REg
 5 stars 2021: Gandalf's Fist - The (Re)Master and the Monkey - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lGeXMa3-zopFgj9ez6otVPiWckCZ3P29Y


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PETER GEE    The bass player with Pendragon and the son of a Church of England vicar, so if you're looking for prog with a religious flavour, then you've come to the right place. Peter Gee's discography doesn't quite reach biblical proportions, but his devotional music certainly does. You don't have to take my word for it though - just take a look at the ecclesiastical album titles below. Hallelujah! Smile



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GENIE CRIES    A trio of Brothers Gordon, making three of a perfect pair in this latest in a long line of Neo Prog incarnations. Genie Cries may sound like many Neo Prog bands who've gone before, but there are limits to how far you can deviate from a well-trodden path in the vast progosphere. Smile
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GHOST OF THE MACHINE    A brand new Neo Prog band from Yorkshire whose outstanding debut is a cut above the rest. Thumbs Up




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THE GIFT    This London-based Symphonic Neo Prog band are The Gift that keeps on giving, making their three superb albums the ideal Christmas gift for any discerning prog fan. Smile

 4 stars 2016: The Gift - Why the Sea is Salt
 4 stars 2019: The Gift - Antenna
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GLACIER    You won't find many glaciers in England's temperate climes, but this is one Neo Prog band who will warm the cockles of your heart with their one and only monumental album. 
Glacier recorded two later albums, but they appear to have melted away - probably as a result of global warming. Geek

4 stars 2001: Glacier - Monument - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4i5vZtDSBc


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GRAND TOUR    Not to be confused with the comedic frantic antics of Messrs. Clarkson, May & Hammond (Aka. the Top Gear team), this is the Grand Tour, Neo Prog style, although the band don't appear to have toured much beyond their native Scotland so far, but given time, this grandstanding band could be HUGE! Clap

 4 stars 2015: Grand Tour - Heavy on the Beach
 5 stars 2019: Grand Tour - Clocks That Tick (But Never Talk) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kkTxOJG8BJV01Aod6fTRwNk2BMxnziQ6s



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GREY LADY DOWN    Up periscope! Grey Lady Down are from the city of the dreaming spires with a band-name inspired by a submarine disaster movie starring Charlton Heston. There's no chance of this superb band disappearing below the waves any time soon though as they blow many other Neo Prog bands out of the water. Among their many accolades, Grey Lady Down have been voted the fourth-best band from Oxford. Tongue





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IAN GORDON    And then there were three... For a long long time, Ian Gordon's eleven albums were about as rare on YouTube as seeing a mad mullah officiating at a bar mitzvah, and then three arrived all at once, just like buses. Ian Gordon was previously in a band called Drama (not a YES tribute band) of which little is known as there's no sign of the band on YouTube either. Anyway, putting that minor detail aside, Ian Gordon's three currently available albums represent the heavier end of the Neo Prog spectrum (I'm thinking Anathema & Porcupine Tree), so they should appeal to the Metalheads amongst us. The Horror Show album is especially good value for money too, as the first three tracks on the album are all over 20 minutes long and there are ten tracks on the album in total. Beware though, the subject matter is darkly atmospheric with a menacing sense of foreboding. Oh, the horror of it all! Dead
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GRACE    An indefatigable band from Stoke on Trent who are quite possibly the first ever Neo Prog band with their first self-titled album released way back in 1981 (although listed as a 1979 album here on Prog Archives). Grace are a band that's never been graced with the success they so richly deserve during their forty year career, but at least they deserve a medal for trying. They're now into their third incarnation with the release of their latest album in 2019, proving once again that you can't keep a good band down. Smile

 4 stars 1992: Grace - The Poet, the Piper and the Fool
 4 stars 1994: Grace - Pulling Strings and Shiny Things - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFtsuu8UBz4
 4 stars 1996: Grace - Poppy

You know you're getting old when members of a Neo Prog band now look older than you are. Confused



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 4 stars 1985: Haze - Cellar Replayed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxurAtcS9xU
 4 stars 1987: Haze - Stoat & Bottle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPt1ITVExM0


 4 stars 1991: Tracy Hitchings - From Ignorance to Ecstasy


 4 stars 2022: John Holden - Kintsugi

 4 stars 2015: Steve Hughes - Tales from the Silent Ocean - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kz_KG6gWDRSQIpZzHVn6o6FWGGbjY8q54
 4 stars 2020: Steve Hughes - From the River to the Sea (Refloated) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mkvA7cyRDFMQGw2gH6mcjqw4dGOVLLC8c
 2 stars 2022: Steve Hughes - Project 38 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMOYHvNCalc
 2 stars 2022: Steve Hughes - More Channellings: Book One - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wluEwMqmcRE
 2 stars 2022: Steve Hughes - More Channellings: Book Two - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qRWt6bwXoI
 2 stars 2023: Steve Hughes - Visions of the Star Water Caves - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n12ggjYMwd35-4v63Iwqs5XIgPU88SK0U


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HAZE    Another indefatigable Neo Prog band who never give up. Following the release of three unsuccessful albums in the eighties the band went turtle up and decided to call it quits. Not to be discouraged though, they reappeared briefly as Mother Turtle in the nineties. Just to remind us all that they're still around, Haze reverted back to their original name in the 21st century, as well as releasing a Live anniversary album every ten years. Unfortunately, there's no sign of Haze's debut album on YouTube. Oh well, C'est La Vie. Wink



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HIGH SPY    A Neo Prog outfit who appear to be very adept at espionage, as very little is known about this secretive Midlands band outside of ProgArchives hallowed halls. One thing I do know, is that High Spy hill in England's Lake District offers splendid views over the valley of Borrowdale, provided you've remembered to bring your climbing gear. Smile



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TRACY HITCHINGS    Sadly, Tracy Hitchings is no longer with us, having passed away in December 2022 after a long illness at the age of 60, but her music is destined to live on forever, both for her landmark solo album and most notably for her long 20-year career with Neo Prog band Landmarq. We Love you Tracy, Always and Forever in our Hearts.  Broken Heart

4 stars 1991: Tracy Hitchings - From Ignorance to Ecstasy






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JOHN HOLDEN    One of the newest artists to emerge on the Neo Prog scene, John Holden's latest album "Kintsugi" refers to the Japanese art of mending broken pottery, which is something of a lost art here in the West where we would more than likely end up making a mockery of our crockery. Tongue

 4 stars 2022: John Holden - Kintsugi
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