Seasons Of Change: Prog Radio, Adelaide, Australia

G'day, please join me for another edition of Seasons of Change this Saturday night (Australian time) with a selection of progressive rock from Australia and around the world, with the emphasis on music for the festive season, including a selection of Jethro Tull recorded live at St Bride's Church (London).

8pm
Jethro Tull    Holly herald (2003) (The Christmas Album)
Steeleye Span    The holly and the ivy (1972) (single only, B-side to Gaudete)
Steeleye Span    Gaudete (1972) (Below The Salt)
Mike Oldfield    In dulce jubilo (1975) (single only)
Loreena McKennitt    Seeds of love + Coventry carol+ God rest ye, merry gentlemen (1995) (A Winter Garden)
Procol Harum    A Christmas Camel (1967) (Procol Harum)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    I believe in Father Christmas (1977) (Works Volume 2)
The Orb featuring David Gilmour    Metallic side: Metallic Spheres/Hymns to the sun/Black Graham (2010) (Metallic Spheres)
9pm
Dream Theater    Octavarium (2005) (Octavarium)
Unitopia    The garden (2008) (The Garden)
Renaissance    Islands (1970) (Renaissance)
10pm
Jethro Tull    selection from Christmas At St Brides 2008
Sky    Troika (1983) (Cadmium)
Emma Horwood    Noël nouvelet (2010) (Angel Song: A Christmas Blessing)

David64T wrote: Meltdowner wrote: I think it was a very good year for RPI though. I'm sure it was! Sadly I don't have a lot of RPI and what I do have access to is the better known RPI from the '70's (PFM, Banco).  I am open to suggestions on 2014 RPI though!

I think the most obvious is the latest Logos album although my favourite is between Ad Maiora's self-titled and Syndone's Odysseas, both amazing albums.

I hope the streaming works now, it wasn't working last week

"Seasons Of Change" is heading into something of a Summer break for a few weeks until an Australia Day special on 24th January. Tonight, turning the clock back 40 years with a selection of music from 1975: amidst some classics and oddities, this includes classic Australian music from Sebastian Hardie, Ariel and the eclectic Rainbow Theatre; and, from across the Tasman, Dragon and Split Enz.

8pm
Steeleye Span
Rush
Curved Air
Hatfield and the North
Ariel
Renaissance
Tangerine Dream
Genesis
Camel
Hawkwind
9pm
Rick Wakeman
Split Enz
Caravan
Sebastian Hardie
Kansas
Gentle Giant
10pm
Procol Harum
Rainbow Theatre
Pink Floyd
Dragon
Van der graaf Generator
Barclay James Harvest
Chris Squire
Queen

Similar programs are planned for the next few weeks - no updates here on the forum for now but program details will still be available on the usual Seasons of Change playlist blog.

Meltdowner wrote: I think the most obvious is the latest Logos album although my favourite is between Ad Maiora's self-titled and Syndone's Odysseas, both amazing albums.

G'day, please join me for an all Australian edition of Seasons of Change this Saturday night (Australian time), for the Australia Day weekend:

Edited by David64T - January 23 2015 at 17:21

Meltdowner wrote: ^ Good to have you back, another great show this week: I'll add Ben Craven and Cybotron to my list of artists to check: thanks for the information about Rainbow Theater by the way. Good to know you'll play some TD next week. Have a nice holiday

Thanks MD! It's always interesting to put together a program of exclusively Australian music, given that the musical styles range from the "head music" of the early '70's through to the heavy/technical/djent bands that make up so much of the "progressive rock" scene here in Australia these days; the typical "old school" symphonic prog style is rather rare here.

Ben Craven has put out some great music and I'm looking forward to his new album. His first solo album came out on vinyl too - and I can testify that the Roger Dean artwork he commissioned looks terrific full size!  I probably prefer Cybotron's earlier releases over the Implosion album, their earlier music does stretch out a bt more -  but sadly Implosion is the only one I have on CD. Black Devil's Triangle is a good track, lots of those great retro synth sounds, and the bonus tracks on the reissue are also very good!

^^ I celebrated your holiday by listening to only Australian albums I wanted to check: that Ben Craven album, the first from Rainbow Theatre, Four Moments and Blueprint from Sebastian Hardie and the album from UPF. Every one of them is amazing
I saw that Ben Craven LP, but the shipping costs from Australia are frightening I already have many LP size Roger Dean artwork to look at though

^That seems promissing! I listened to Phaedra last week, it's the only TD LP I have so far. I'm interested to hear that Renaissance recent concert, since I'll probably see them in a few months

G'day, please join me for another edition of Seasons of Change this Saturday night (Australian time) with a selection of progressive rock from Australia and around the world,  tonight turning the clock back to 1970 with some fine music from the Sydney band Kahvas Jute plus more recent music from The Black Galaxy Experience (Melbourne). Since it was Waitangi Day yesterday in New Zealand, there's a feast of music from across the Tasman (Split Enz, Dragon and Airlord), plus some classic Italian prog rock (to accompany the Carnevale festival here in Adelaide this weekend). And it's happy birthday this weekend to Roye Albrighton (guitarist and singer with Nektar), Tim Blake (Gong, Hawkwind) and Huw Lloyd Langton (Hawkwind).

8pm
Gentle Giant    Playing the game (1974) (The Power And The Glory)
Karmakanic    Who’s the boss in the factory (2008) (Who’s The Boss In The Factory)
Karmakanic    Turn it up (2011) (In A Perfect World)
Banco (Del Mutuo Soccorso)    Danza deigrandi rettili (1972) (Darwin)
Locanda delle Fate    A vette un istante di quiete (1977) (Forse le lucciole non si amano piu)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    Four holes in the ground (1974) (The World Became The World)
Neon Leaves    Rites and the passage (2013) (Cinema Verite)
9pm
Nektar    New day dawning (feat. Norweigan Wood) (1973) (Sounds Like This)
Nektar    Recycle / Cybernetic consumption / Recycle countdown / Automation Horrorscope / Flight to reality / Unendless imaginations (1976) (Recycled)
Ozric Tentacles    There’s a planet here (1994) (Arborescence)
The Black Galaxy Experience    Clean cut (2013) (End Transmission EP)
Kahvas Jute    Free + Parade of fools (1970)  (Wide Open)
10pm
Hawkwind    The fifth second of forever (1980) (Levitation)
Hawkwind    Dust of time (1980) (Levitation)
Gong    Castle in the clouds (1973) (Angels Egg)
Hawkwind    Hurry on sundown (1970) (Hawkwind)
Split Enz    Walking down a road (1975) (Mental Notes)
Airlord    Is it such a dream (1977) (Clockwork Revenge)
Dragon    Darkness (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind)
Split Enz    One step ahead + Split Ends + Pioneer + Six months in a leaky boat (live, NZ, 1993) (Greatest Hits: Live)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)

Meltdowner wrote: David64T wrote: Glad to hear that MD - yes, we have some talent here in Australia, it's just not very thick on the ground. I have the UPF CD now too, will play a little more from it in future. I can relate to that, there are only 4 classic Prog albums from here that I consider gems And I will gladly listen David64T wrote: Too true! Them vinyl record things are both bulky and fragile, a bad combination for freight purposes really and yes I wouldn't recommend freight from Australia to Europe. Ben's LP is a thing of beauty though... I bought my first LP from the UK last week and I was already hesitant to do it. A beauty indeed! David64T wrote: I've not got much TD either - I find the reviews here on PA are a good starting point as to what to acquire since TD put out so many albums!  You're right, I listened to a lot of TD albums and I'm far from listening to half of it I really enjoyed the Italian music yesterday... also Nektar and Ozric Tentacles

Thanks MD!  The Ozrics are never far away from the program;  Nektar tend to get picked less often, but along with Camel they were one of the first bands I got into when I borrowed a cassette tape of "Remember The Future" from a public library here in Adelaide.

^^ Nice, I also got into Prog thanks to the public library, but it was a CD copy of "Echoes", the Pink Floyd compilation


Edited by Meltdowner - February 13 2015 at 17:21