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CROOKED MOUTH Britain's got talent, but you'll find most of it right here on ProgArchives - not on TV. Crooked Mouth are a Scottish band led by Ken Campbell, who says he's tired of quality prog playing second fiddle to the mindless pap we hear played on the radio every day. That's a sentiment we proggers can all agree on. Crooked Mouth perform music as a labour of love and to raise money for charity, and they say they're not out to make money, which is just as well, bearing in mind how hard it is for a virtually unknown band to make a living in the cut-throat music business these days. 2003: Crooked Mouth - Crooked Mouth - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPzRKtZ9eE8d7N3oIMZF0YpZeKwchmO6g 2007: Crooked Mouth - Hold in the Sun - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kB6NuEi2DEG6uUaDIvkucYZTreNXWATXE 2015: Crooked Mouth - One Bright Midnight - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lCwXZr7TFbbS_DhPhrU3weXbu1HYx3Xco |
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CRAFT A rare collectors item for fans of The Enid. When William Gilmour (no relation) and Martin Russell left the aforementioned band, they formed this one-album project. The First Signs were that this promising band could go far, but it was written in the stars that they were destined not to last. 1984: Craft - First Signs - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lw0lcVcEjOLCYKgoq2x5AoGOIdPjw7P20
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COUSINS & CONRAD Who's that with the oh-so-familiar warbling voice? Why, it's none other than skipper Dave Cousins of the Strawbs, sailing the High Seas together with able seaman Conny Conrad on guitars and keyboards. 2005: Cousins & Conrad - High Seas - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8iHNX1i7rljz08SsQpHXfX7WLXg6LX1o
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CITIZEN CAIN A Symphonic Neo Prog band who are so obscure to non-proggers that if you look them up on Wikipedia, it'll lead you straight to the door of Orson Welles' newspaper empire. Are they snakes in the grass or just Serpents in Camouflage? One things for sure, Citizen Cain are mighty fine Citizens of Hope and Glory in the magical realm of Neo Prog. You don't have to take my word for it though. Just take a look at band member "Cyrus" below, who looks like he's auditioning to be the new Albus Dumbledore in the next Harry Potter movie. 1992: Citizen Cain - Serpents in Camouflage - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mEZKra_oQNVNNozRq3k3PBv-lSKSvQGHI 1994: Citizen Cain - Somewhere But Yesterday - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljpYQW3kKi_sfmYyUvaThutakDIIRQ-rA 1997: Citizen Cain - Raising the Stones - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kkrtNe0LIVJEZI8n3CrxY7wRgchesM9iw 2002: Citizen Cain - Playing Dead - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQwSLLcoFbLkVtxNQ8c1miYNKUsAkzX00 2012: Citizen Cain - Skies Darken - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mTXMG9bSzM_TzjvpyNxOGtVOUm0ovybK8 Edited by Psychedelic Paul - September 07 2023 at 02:26 |
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CHALCEDONY Chalcedony is a form of quartz, and in common with the mineral, the four albums listed below are real gems. Eveshka Ghost (great name!) is the man behind the symphonic music of Chalcedony. Eveshka is the Mozart of Prog, having composed The Fantasy Sonata while he was still in short trousers at primary school, which must have made him the envy of his schoolmates, when most kids of that age can only aspire to be the school conker champion. Eveshka Ghost is certainly not lacking in musical inspiration, but he may have been lacking in imagination by naming his four albums Chapters One, II, III & IV, although a series of uninspired (or non-existent) album titles never did Peter Gabriel's career any harm. 2007: Chalcedony - Chapter One - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kW5PnzqcVPNZgbU1zgGbexe243QBAqcns 2011: Chalcedony - Chapter II - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mbmJpRP8MGoXjfmJ7cltQh9EQWXYFbtmU 2015: Chalcedony - Chapter III - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mvGKMnqCzVyMK6vurrq8vRDGIW0V6mLZI 2019: Chalcedony - Chapter IV - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCDwP5sk070OhQsjVEmEWw95eCESW1qqY |
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CAMEL Camel emerged from Guildford like a Mirage with the release of their first album in 1973. The band have since gone on to become as legendary as the flight of The Snow Goose, with its annual long migration from Canada to Mexico. Their fourth album was a concept album, released at a time when the concept album was King. When record buyers listened to the final track on the album, Lunar Sea (Lunacy), they may have thought they were experiencing a temporary bout of Moonmadness, as the song played on endlessly, in what's known as the "terminal groove" effect. Camel's next critically acclaimed album had their loyal fanbase performing Rain Dances of delight and they were Breathless with anticipation for the follow-up album. Who can forget the stark image of the crucified astronaut on the cover of I Can See Your House from Here, where he's metaphorically Nude and alone in the endless depths of space. The Single Factor determining his fate is whether there's a spacecraft waiting nearby to come to the rescue, or whether he's doomed to drift endlessly through space like a Stationary Traveller, when all of his hopes will be crushed like Dust and Dreams in a Harbour of Tears. Camel had a return to form in 1999 with the release of their Rajaz album, which gave A Nod and a Wink towards their classic 1970's albums. 1973: Camel - Camel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3iRBCmFzEGg8QuVyfAUr05ilgjPWUH-5 1974: Camel - Mirage - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4-oCE2y-CrE1LA1_zjHWcWP82PPCngaH 1975: Camel - The Snow Goose - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-E4oCUFb3iPPuQZ3IAh_9LpBh76MJYQU 1976: Camel - Moonmadness - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nyGHrNV07De1VA_TDOmy8b8V9hdj8yxS8 1977: Camel - Rain Dances - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lACysOFHgWHq-1HaQPQl6Dat2pKlp774U 1978: Cemel - A Live Record - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m4-adu0ifiojsm-vz-PLACrpKN_AwxEXI 1978: Camel - Breathless - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsYXqtYjMYfMMJVy2zovBFi_KFCnZZTT 1979: Camel - I Can See Your House from Here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mY9QnwL06xz0RACCIkp0pTOrgDBaev5Sw 1981: Camel - Nude - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kIekOFMMIc9WnSq2QpGuwZcwwaAIa5Pv8 1982: Camel - The Single Factor - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPmo393DXHIcCQzz57AUxynXHuBqs9FdM 1984: Camel - Stationary Traveller - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVoHLI_LXfji959PEEdKmuvju9WaAg-lX 1984: Camel - Pressure Points - Live in Concert - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5BFJgXr2uDDJTT-64OuQLvOo3oH47D2l 1991: Camel - Dust and Dreams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aHHd0iIl6M 1995: Camel - Harbour of Tears - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zrh-PzFdu8 1999: Camel - Rajaz - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbbAtWt9NH2_fWqOZdxUewUtx5Sx7Llny 2002: Camel - A Nod and a Wink - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3KNGtTa3WA PETER BARDENS The keyboard player with Camel throughout much of the seventies, Peter Bardens' long solo career stretches Further Than You Know. 1970: Peter Bardens - The Answer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmyHE7zQoGE 1971: Peter Bardens - Peter Bardens 1979: Peter Bardens - Heart to Heart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTmtbAugs14 1987: Peter Bardens - Seen One Earth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfjg5hKus44 1988: Peter Bardens - Speed of Light - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqCrW4lVNhU 1991: Peter Bardens - Water Colors - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lZn6_VhPF893rmCeNSE2J2rfcWD9gNZ9E 1993: Peter Bardens - Further Than You Know - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kFcG9ddsp1fnfhT5AFDBdeTP9o7TJtUl8 1994: Peter Bardens - Big Sky - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l974uB5luS3aeiDTyuaiVGOjYeM-Os2Uw 2002: Peter Bardens - The Art of Levitation Edited by Psychedelic Paul - February 16 2024 at 06:45 |
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2008: Caamora - She - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3vJ0AyC8Ob5aQ72D4XKYjq2b2YxosM_8 Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 21 2023 at 13:21 |
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2008: Caamora - She - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3vJ0AyC8Ob5aQ72D4XKYjq2b2YxosM_8 1973: Camel - Camel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3iRBCmFzEGg8QuVyfAUr05ilgjPWUH-5 1974: Camel - Mirage - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4-oCE2y-CrE1LA1_zjHWcWP82PPCngaH 1975: Camel - The Snow Goose - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-E4oCUFb3iPPuQZ3IAh_9LpBh76MJYQU 1976: Camel - Moonmadness - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nyGHrNV07De1VA_TDOmy8b8V9hdj8yxS8 1977: Camel - Rain Dances - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lACysOFHgWHq-1HaQPQl6Dat2pKlp774U 1978: Camel - A Live Record - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m4-adu0ifiojsm-vz-PLACrpKN_AwxEXI 1978: Camel - Breathless - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsYXqtYjMYfMMJVy2zovBFi_KFCnZZTT 1979: Camel - I Can See Your House from Here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mY9QnwL06xz0RACCIkp0pTOrgDBaev5Sw 1981: Camel - Nude - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kIekOFMMIc9WnSq2QpGuwZcwwaAIa5Pv8 1982: Camel - The Single Factor - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPmo393DXHIcCQzz57AUxynXHuBqs9FdM 1984: Camel - Stationary Traveller - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVoHLI_LXfji959PEEdKmuvju9WaAg-lX 1984: Camel - Pressure Points - Live in Concert - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5BFJgXr2uDDJTT-64OuQLvOo3oH47D2l 1991: Camel - Dust and Dreams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aHHd0iIl6M 1995: Camel - Harbour of Tears - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zrh-PzFdu8 1999: Camel - Rajaz - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbbAtWt9NH2_fWqOZdxUewUtx5Sx7Llny 2002: Camel - A Nod and a Wink - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3KNGtTa3WA 1992: Casino - Casino - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuiJcwuIZqFG-xmGuMPI4HVV1UhUy0V7 2007: Chalcedony - Chapter One - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kW5PnzqcVPNZgbU1zgGbexe243QBAqcns 2011: Chalcedony - Chapter II - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mbmJpRP8MGoXjfmJ7cltQh9EQWXYFbtmU 2015: Chalcedony - Chapter III - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mvGKMnqCzVyMK6vurrq8vRDGIW0V6mLZI 2019: Chalcedony - Chapter IV - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCDwP5sk070OhQsjVEmEWw95eCESW1qqY 1992: Citizen Cain - Serpents in Camouflage - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mEZKra_oQNVNNozRq3k3PBv-lSKSvQGHI 1994: Citizen Cain - Somewhere But Yesterday - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljpYQW3kKi_sfmYyUvaThutakDIIRQ-rA 1997: Citizen Cain - Raising the Stones - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kkrtNe0LIVJEZI8n3CrxY7wRgchesM9iw 2002: Citizen Cain - Playing Dead - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQwSLLcoFbLkVtxNQ8c1miYNKUsAkzX00 2012: Citizen Cain - Skies Darken - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mTXMG9bSzM_TzjvpyNxOGtVOUm0ovybK8 2005: Cousins & Conrad - High Seas - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8iHNX1i7rljz08SsQpHXfX7WLXg6LX1o 1984: Craft - First Signs - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lw0lcVcEjOLCYKgoq2x5AoGOIdPjw7P20 2003: Crooked Mouth - Crooked Mouth - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPzRKtZ9eE8d7N3oIMZF0YpZeKwchmO6g 2007: Crooked Mouth - Hold in the Sun - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kB6NuEi2DEG6uUaDIvkucYZTreNXWATXE 2015: Crooked Mouth - One Bright Midnight - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lCwXZr7TFbbS_DhPhrU3weXbu1HYx3Xco 1970: Cressida - Cressida - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVvqgURy2L9fDZtPgzwM8vNqIqHXuTrPw 1971: Cressida - Asylum - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l8mmXdkBerhUswzqNrQD7jb-79DHj7KqA 1993: Cyan - For King and Country - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wacxgQvJe8A 1994: Cyan - Pictures from the Other Side - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aDaHGNq-7U 1999: Cyan - The Creeping Vine - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPDzwvBXPs2O9TH7eJy-ZYzhdJ5gqClmi 2021: Cyan - For King and Country (Re-recording) Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 04 2023 at 05:09 |
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BEGGARS OPERA Beggars Opera are a Scottish Symphonic Prog band who've been around seemingly forever, or at least since the beginning of the prog era anyway. They formed in Glasgow in 1969 and released their first aptly-titled "Act One" album in 1970. They followed it up with five more albums in the proggy 1970's years:- "Waters of Change" (1971); "Pathfinder" (1972); "Get Your Dog Off Me" (1973); "Sagittary" (1974); & "Beggars Can't Be Choosers" (1975). They made a brief comeback in 1980 with the "Lifeline" album and then took a VERY long hiatus before returning with the "Close To My Heart" album in 2007. Their most recent album "Mrs. Caligari's Daughter" was released in 2012. Altogether, Beggars Opera have recorded fourteen studio albums throughout their long lifetime, although they've never quite made it to the "big league" despite their undoubted musical talent. The "Act One" album, reviewed here, was reissued on CD in 1997 with two bonus tracks added to the original five songs on the album. Let's have a listen to the album now and find out if beggars really CAN be choosers. Opening the curtain on "Act One" comes "Poet and Peasant", a fast and furious fugue of supersonic Emersonian organ virtuosity. This booming and bombastic Baroque piece is very loosely based on the music of the obscure Austrian composer of light operas, Franz von Suppe. Light opera has NEVER sounded quite like this though. This is a wild and dynamic organ jamboree where traditional Classical music is thrown completely on its head and given a healthy burst of pompous and powerful Prog-Rock, in true "Roll Over Beethoven" fashion. The wonderfully expressive singer sounds like he's having a great time too with some magnificently over-the-top operatic vocals, in the style of David Byron of Uriah Heep. Hold on tight now because entering stage right is "Passaglia". Can you handle it as this is George Frideric Handel played as you've never heard him played before. Again, the keyboard player is going hell for leather on the Hammond organ with no let-up in the incredible pace. There's also a flambuoyant flourish of funky guitar in an exhilarating extended solo in the middle section. This powerfully percussive piece has all the unstoppable power and explosive energy of an Exocet missile, with you the listener as the target. The next song "Memory" is another rapid-fire machine gun delivery of sound with the dynamic duo of Hammond organist and wild guitar player battling it out together while the drummer pounds away relentlessly on percussion. Apparently, when Beggars Opera acted as the support band for the Tremeloes way back in 1970, they blew the Tremeloes off the stage, and it's easy to see why when you listen to this energetic high-voltage album. This explosive music has all the flash and thunder brilliance of a boxful of fireworks that's been accidentally set alight. Side Two is occupied by two 12-minute-long suites. There's more manic musical mayhem with "Raymond's Road". It's a soaring and symphonic sonic blast of incredible intensity with the amplifiers turned all the way up to eleven. Is it Bach or is it Mozart? One thing's for sure, you've never heard Classical music played quite like this before. You may not have heard Symphonic Prog played quite like this before either. This is no Moonlight Sonata. This is more like Widor's Toccata on anabolic steroids. It's an adrenalin rush of rip-roaring organ-powered Rock and there's even a riotous rendition of the William Tell Overture thrown in for good measure too. Rossini would be rocking and rolling in his grave to this music. The breathtaking speed of the high-energy Hammond organist on this album is just phenomenal. You really have to hear it to believe it. We're charging ahead next with "Light Cavalry" and this cavalry aren't stopping for anyone. The band of musical brothers are charging ahead with all guns blazing in a storming symphony of sound. The music gallops along relentlessly at incredible pace in this canorous cavalcade. It's time to dismount now though as we've finally reached the end of the album. Phew! That was a blast! It's Bach to the Future for this dynamic, classically-inspired blast of powerful Symphonic Prog. It's an album to put on your Chopin Liszt the next time you head Orff into town on Debussy, although you may have to Handel disappointment and come Bach empty-handed, as it's a case of Haydn seek with finding this rare album treasure in the record stores these days. Look out for their amazing 2007 comeback album with Virginia Aurora Scott, where Beggars Opera sound like a different band altogether, which indeed they were by this time. 1970: Beggars Opera - Act One - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lGFoVuyyLaVIryIo64TUfVyjPODYQnMpo 1971: Beggars Opera - Waters of Change - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kcOgyAqk7WPyHNczXtT6mabYRWsUQla2Q 1972: Beggars Opera - Pathfinder - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lIVwws7fMUuRRl4clJggvLaYnMJl9D29s 1973: Beggars Opera - Get Your Dog Off Me! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m3B5E1fCBDCTGT9-72AoXcUd7UPSt5PKA 1974: Beggars Opera - Sagittary - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kRDqkeHzfr0K1zSLnd_1tPwIjEESWgWBM 1975: Beggars Opera - Beggars Can't Be Choosers - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lMbfEGEq18w-ANLjnXwNN8cfMkXqMcZcw 1980: Beggars Opera - Lifeline - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ePvJwiCLQk 1996: Beggars Opera - The Final Curtain - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lvZUlZT4XH06ZqQgwwlgx4g22vQ1XlqkA 2007: Beggars Opera - Close to My Heart - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lL0jl1ClQ8JLBvpUID-TGLmmaYDFnTlkw 2009: Beggars Opera - Touching the Edge - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mOylk6nBDgdvso9IS_ZZizue72jM62FiQ 2010: Beggars Opera - All Tomorrows Thinking - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_li9Vz5228HLFXWKXRpSNRnTfJM38BXrco 2010: Beggars Opera - Suddenly Ahead Ahead - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kvbeDzY-m4x_muIlFRRa-bNbcUDUJpofw 2011: Beggars Opera - Lose a Life - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lOiXShQTUHG506iFSHw2G2MfbLf9I96N4 2011: Beggars Opera - Promise in Motion - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m0VuGD4NlZjFS0W2fDEv3IfSuQLh9ctqM 2012: Beggars Opera - Mrs. Caligari's Lighter -http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lm-14WTatkJd8pQP823dpFagbeuGgcWz0 2023: Beggars Opera - The Leap - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mQT80bEj2sTT_Bd7aIbS8f9QCfeOdSvL4 Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 21 2023 at 02:48 |
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DAVID BEDFORD (1937-2011) The loneliness of the long-distance progger.... David Bedford was once a member of Kevin Ayers and the Whole World, as well as working with Mike Oldfield on The Orchestral Tubular Bells, but it's David's solo works that he's best-remembered for now. There's no need to go the whole marathon with David Bedford's seven albums though. Just check out The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which features narration by actor Robert Powell - who's still sometimes mistaken for Jesus Christ. 1972: David Bedford - Nurses Song with Elephants - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXNAC8k6dR5FYRMoKk0r1k5d-ZCBTKR1M 1974: David Bedford - Star's End - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kFnIjqWJktymSW4Ndska2riUg6RAzCFWw 1975: David Bedford - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDSGlZikA8F3bhi3dq0vTvzlmNbMRjrTY 1976: David Bedford - The Odyssey - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lPT5Jm6f_BbPkTd2ZZKprNRTZnerA2sSE 1977: David Bedford - Instructions for Angels - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDYi8FOKEVBOt7wRS3DsuYiFHDKvYUO1o 1983: David Bedford - Star Clusters, Nebulae & Places in Devon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjzrvBUSJz8 1985: David Bedford - Rigel 9 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQB4fuswuNgZtP9_cxbm-DOqBEL_xkEKw Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 19 2023 at 06:55 |
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BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST Barclay James Harvest are the featured artist today as we Once Again delve into the history of Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories. They're one of the few bands who've maintained the same core line-up over the years, consisting of John Lees (guitar), Les Holroyd (bass), Woolly Wolstenholme (keyboards) and Mel Pritchard (drums). Who can forget the cute picture of Baby James Harvest poking his head out of a plant pot on their fourth album cover. Here at ProgArchives, Everyone is Everybody Else in the vast progosphere, where the classic albums of BJH appear like Time Honoured Ghosts. The eighth month of the year was October On the ancient Roman calendar, making it the perfect name for the eighth Barclay James Harvest album. The band took a short break, but weren't Gone to Earth for long before returning with their best-selling album of all time in 1977. In the XII Kingdoms of Prog, Barclay James Harvest reigned supreme and the Eyes of the Universe were upon them again in 1982 for their Concert for the People in Berlin. This landmark gig for BJH preceded a Turn of the Tide in the Cold War when a Ring of Changes were on the way and the old Soviet leaders became Victims of Circumstance, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. For a brief moment in history, the world became a safer place with no more Face to Face Cold War confrontations between East and West with the ever-present threat of nuclear Armageddon hanging over the world. History didn't end in 1991 though, and in the prophetic words of Messrs Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Welcome to the Show that never ends, because there were new threats on the way in a new century. Caught in the Light of a beautifully clear morning on 11th September 2001, an airliner flew perilously low over New York City..... The River of Dreams would soon be shattered forever. 1970: Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nFSIfNxs6gIBOTbbIPO1JWh2mwEyVbAIU 1971: Barclay James Harvest - Once Again - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n5o7PlPBG160N9cL12Ofp3nheud8OXi9U 1971: Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7sqXxBX6jnIktjJObqPD6GFPPdJZrUn0 1972: Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k8dD4x9nW6_Ju8k4fWqoEflWLUgTZaswA 1974: Barclay James Harvest - Everyone is Everybody Else - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCjiub0x7T8niJz1AsTxasRH4HNRqXRdk 1974: Barclay James Harvest - Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kyrBzeN9N2cOnVYVoGdMmc3uBfrU6iPtI 1975: Barclay James Harvest - Time Honoured Ghosts - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_leiWJFRrHO1N9EVkZilqdkKpJ9MHhMQ3Q 1976: Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPjOR-QOirPDTZO7deXpta4B3zmZmmGe8 1977: Barclay James Harvest - Gone to Earth - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lVED_Dbce_ZX9KdJ_t-r0Ck_3EYCSpQvg 1978: Barclay James Harvest - XII - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kjGHXsSVu3dnqxeFw9V5pflmi9gwOo8L8 1978: Barclay James Harvest - Live Tapes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mys9jREEuWQYXMdv75TEAcykqSq-9apWg 1979: Barclay James Harvest - Eyes of the Universe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mkQCE_CS4KRfbDHZN3InfqMcF3h0k1k8U 1981: Barclay James Harvest - Turn of the Tide - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmCu7zmMp0bEPRj4DwppY3kkM38oUolew 1982: Barclay James Harvest - Berlin: A Concert for the People - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kio5pd2F0ddkxjfb0IjzzMM-OtL2i_Kmo 1983: Barclay James Harvest - Ring of Changes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDSFg2np6VvahTK2tyX6EENdRzRUtsbIQ 1984: Barclay James Harvest - Victims of Circumstance - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mydkINhzpKx30cXSe9ymCQi2R-dMHEx4A 1987: Barclay James Harvest - Face to Face - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k4yyyyQm_lQ0CR79Fh3kxRLiWTLtsGesE 1988: Barclay James Harvest - Glasnost - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5ZJHkxU4l6Ht-vlboWhZKe_mNBbZI6hI 1990: Barclay James Harvest - Welcome to the Show - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nLlpK2fvl859Ilx9ORrPKfdYRJ_A517tc 1993: Barclay James Harvest - Caught in the Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_neYhLxswZR-65axpRUWF1wASUtQRbVQjo 1997: Barclay James Harvest - River of Dreams - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVPGzOHIIgz-bPr5ZullgVQtREMChQBMb 2004: Barclay James Harvest - Live: The Ultimate Anthology - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5FjwTyqIHY&t=11s 1977: John Lees - A Major Fancy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mf10db81zfqA0_y7f4CjUixhdbmPu2qb4 1999: Barclay James Harvest Through the Eyes of John Lees - Nexus - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kAmeC36vZPFOmBhQGLzhmJFFW6IAsyy9k 2013: John Lees' Barclay James Harvest - North - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mFI67BUyEvgaqyFaLV188CMEwdsjqADM0 2018: John Lees' Barclay James Harvest - The 50th Anniversary Concert - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kX5HmaMi2fod1CFg0J4rBEOiMk9UCcBAE 2002: Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd - Revolution Days - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqa4bZva1FI 2006: Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd - Classic Meets Rock - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mbsg_xAdIkaz_ORiSusXDnGeVRFf8Lq2I 2016: Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd - Retrospective - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUMRNPrux1WA682Ki6n_mYk2tXs8eOPgk 2009: Woolly Wolstenholme & Maestoso - Uneasy Listening - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mS--foGRmQujWGvy2tpkDMUIjX9F_xwhQ Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 18 2023 at 04:46 |
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Symphonic Prog Britannia
TONY BANKS I have A Curious Feeling you're going to like Tony Banks' solo albums, no matter whether it's one of his Soundtracks such as The Wicked Lady, or one of his classical compositions such as Five, Six Pieces for Orchestra, or even Seven: A Suite for Orchestra. Tony Banks has never been "The Fugitive" from Genesis, having played on all fifteen of their studio albums, but he's Still managed to find the time for solo projects, as well as the Strictly Inc.. duo (with Wang Chung), ensuring he's managed to maintain a healthy Bankstatement over the years. 1979: Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaZNDtZYIu_lPp8J6V-yV58 1983: Tony Banks - The Wicked Lady (soundtrack) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbA4hra8QBSFdWWtIF-pWfM 1983: Tony Banks - The Fugitive - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYg8xzL6MAaDqlX52D1Rcwq 1986: Tony Banks - Soundtracks - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_knyWJqXxEA1AE9KjqbFuDAUp-8q3FjP38 1989: Tony Banks - Bankstatement - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kNn1YT59bL8HXHE-LYqTAYiW9u4oXj_D4 1991: Tony Banks - Still - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m1tDp-UEkfHHx72wQ2fMSIDZ07zwM6msQ 1995: Tony Banks & Wang Chung - Strictly Inc. - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mF5Ouqe2jNOBx24GWdarE8smLW3_3nVa0 2004: Tony Banks - Seven: A Suite for Orchestra - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYItEOl_weawg8Oo5_FgZAQ 2012: Tony Banks - Six Pieces for Orchestra - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZgaAG7-M7TKny5b6yJZ3zE 2018: Tony Banks - Five - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrOS9uTOtsdpvMYZqpdZmGwKpzNQlgQaE Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 11 2023 at 11:35 |
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PETER BANKS (1947-2013) The first guitarist with YES and also a member of The Syn (with Chris Squire), Empire and Flash. Described as "the architect of prog" by radio DJ and journalist Danny Baker, Peter Banks came up with the original name for YES, which was maybe not the most inspiring of band names, but it was a big improvement over Mabel Greer's Toyshop. 1973: Peter Banks - Two Sides of Peter Banks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv9UoDYiV5c 1994: Peter Banks - Instinct - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7UWr7vmkYTXi7oUzD-PkL7ZAI5haKeKo 1995: Peter Banks - Self-Contained - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kTeLftyksmREDrahruaJMwf3gHxaPauSA 1997: Peter Banks - Reduction - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ldzfO8KG5Rhc9VbCO3kB0nRhVr3Zr_qfI 1999: Peter Banks - The Roots of YES 1964-1968 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mZotoOTn_HVX3SDY7SoWWaX_tAzMkRXkI 2018: Peter Banks - Be Well, Be Safe, Be Lucky: The Anthology - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kLwuSwKHW3vlDyyyw1sElO6M60ShCpHGE 2020: Peter Banks & David Cross - Crossover - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_laGGJfaub0OJxVZdcr-HSxtO9AkFwo8z0 THE SYN The original band of Peter Banks and Chris Squire, so it'd be a Syn not to include them here. 2021: The Syn - Flowerman: Rare Blooms from The Syn 1965-1969 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mAut_B_yCLasMwB9FUDaovaFy_9vv6CEM FLASH A band formed by Peter Banks after he left YES, and the six Flash albums listed below prove they were no mere Flash-in-the-pan. 1972: Flash - Flash - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1CrKFYDrJxO78VZ83FCj69j8TW0JBJF8 1972: Flash - In the Can - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLZEpY6AUho3dkwXow4rbRb 1973: Flash - Out of Our Hands - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKS2uQ7qCQ79buCH2BF9tEM 1997: Flash - Psychosync Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJr3jczWmfZlq_ok4esv2zR 2013: Flash - In Public - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLvdKDJKLNDdCtegD90HZuF 2013: Flash - Featuring Ray Bennett & Colin Carter - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIGqCixyMeGfkSnM9uP-iPc EMPIRE A Crossover Prog band with a heart full of Soul, led by the "architect of prog", Peter Banks, and also featuring the gorgeous soulful vocals of foxy lady, Sydney Foxx. Empire recorded three superb albums in the mid-1970's - imaginatively titled Mark I, Mark II & Mark III - which wouldn't see release until the mid-1990's, followed by a contemporary 2020 tribute album recorded in memory of Peter Banks (1947-2013), released under the band name, The New Empire. Think of YES with a soulful female vocalist instead of Jon Anderson and that's the sound of The New Empire. 1974: Empire - Mark I - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP0IenmeCOtw6daQ1uJ50eyWPJKt9Q_Tq 1977: Empire - Mark II - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m5G-IhfGVmxZsntGoQgvTZC23ifEMIops 1978: Empire - Mark III - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mHPheN5xMvOvRkoTI0J30Y9SMm-bkLAos 2020: The New Empire - Second Lifetime - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mvF2MbGvRM1YXpKT775LekNR9SeaaHJK8 YES Peter Banks appeared on the first two YES albums, but Time and a Word has it that during the recording of the second album, there was a Magnification of tensions within the band with so many Fragile egos at stake. In the ensuing Drama, there was Talk of Peter Banks being unhappy with many of his guitar parts being orchestrated. He was reportedly Close to the Edge of quitting the band he loved, but he was asked to leave YES anyway, leaving him free to sail the Topographic Oceans alone in The Quest for perfection, where he would ultimately gain the Keys to Ascension. 1969: YES - Yes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLifQFWY_emBhCsPSwTv0bWscPv1FviWi6 1970: YES - Time and a Word - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kxZ_UfjS0e2GOzJV3BRZ0kONloNagZHtk Edited by Psychedelic Paul - September 15 2023 at 01:53 |
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1973: Peter Banks - Two Sides of Peter Banks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv9UoDYiV5c 1994: Peter Banks - Instinct - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7UWr7vmkYTXi7oUzD-PkL7ZAI5haKeKo 1995: Peter Banks - Self-Contained - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kTeLftyksmREDrahruaJMwf3gHxaPauSA 1997: Peter Banks - Reduction - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ldzfO8KG5Rhc9VbCO3kB0nRhVr3Zr_qfI 1999: Peter Banks - The Roots of YES 1964-1968 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mZotoOTn_HVX3SDY7SoWWaX_tAzMkRXkI 2018: Peter Banks - Be Well, Be Safe, Be Lucky: The Anthology - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kLwuSwKHW3vlDyyyw1sElO6M60ShCpHGE 2020: Peter Banks & David Cross - Crossover - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_laGGJfaub0OJxVZdcr-HSxtO9AkFwo8z0 1979: Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaZNDtZYIu_lPp8J6V-yV58 1983: Tony Banks - The Wicked Lady (soundtrack) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbA4hra8QBSFdWWtIF-pWfM 1983: Tony Banks - The Fugitive - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYg8xzL6MAaDqlX52D1Rcwq 1986: Tony Banks - Soundtracks - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_knyWJqXxEA1AE9KjqbFuDAUp-8q3FjP38 1989: Tony Banks - Bankstatement - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kNn1YT59bL8HXHE-LYqTAYiW9u4oXj_D4 1991: Tony Banks - Still - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m1tDp-UEkfHHx72wQ2fMSIDZ07zwM6msQ 1995: Tony Banks & Wang Chung - Strictly Inc. - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mF5Ouqe2jNOBx24GWdarE8smLW3_3nVa0 2004: Tony Banks - Seven: A Suite for Orchestra - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYItEOl_weawg8Oo5_FgZAQ 2012: Tony Banks - Six Pieces for Orchestra - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZgaAG7-M7TKny5b6yJZ3zE 2018: Tony Banks - Five - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrOS9uTOtsdpvMYZqpdZmGwKpzNQlgQaE 1970: Barclay James Harvest - Their First Album - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nFSIfNxs6gIBOTbbIPO1JWh2mwEyVbAIU 1971: Barclay James Harvest - Once Again - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n5o7PlPBG160N9cL12Ofp3nheud8OXi9U 1971: Barclay James Harvest & Other Short Stories - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l7sqXxBX6jnIktjJObqPD6GFPPdJZrUn0 1972: Barclay James Harvest - Baby James Harvest - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k8dD4x9nW6_Ju8k4fWqoEflWLUgTZaswA 1974: Barclay James Harvest - Everyone is Everybody Else - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mCjiub0x7T8niJz1AsTxasRH4HNRqXRdk 1974: Barclay James Harvest - Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kyrBzeN9N2cOnVYVoGdMmc3uBfrU6iPtI 1975: Barclay James Harvest - Time Honoured Ghosts - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_leiWJFRrHO1N9EVkZilqdkKpJ9MHhMQ3Q 1976: Barclay James Harvest - Octoberon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPjOR-QOirPDTZO7deXpta4B3zmZmmGe8 1977: Barclay James Harvest - Gone to Earth - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lVED_Dbce_ZX9KdJ_t-r0Ck_3EYCSpQvg 1977: John Lees - A Major Fancy - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mf10db81zfqA0_y7f4CjUixhdbmPu2qb4 1978: Barclay James Harvest - XII - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kjGHXsSVu3dnqxeFw9V5pflmi9gwOo8L8 1978: Barclay James Harvest - Live Tapes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mys9jREEuWQYXMdv75TEAcykqSq-9apWg 1979: Barclay James Harvest - Eyes of the Universe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mkQCE_CS4KRfbDHZN3InfqMcF3h0k1k8U 1981: Barclay James Harvest - Turn of the Tide - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmCu7zmMp0bEPRj4DwppY3kkM38oUolew 1982: Barclay James Harvest - Berlin: A Concert for the People - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kio5pd2F0ddkxjfb0IjzzMM-OtL2i_Kmo 1983: Barclay James Harvest - Ring of Changes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kDSFg2np6VvahTK2tyX6EENdRzRUtsbIQ 1984: Barclay James Harvest - Victims of Circumstance - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mydkINhzpKx30cXSe9ymCQi2R-dMHEx4A 1987: Barclay James Harvest - Face to Face - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k4yyyyQm_lQ0CR79Fh3kxRLiWTLtsGesE 1988: Barclay James Harvest - Glasnost - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k5ZJHkxU4l6Ht-vlboWhZKe_mNBbZI6hI 1990: Barclay James Harvest - Welcome to the Show - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nLlpK2fvl859Ilx9ORrPKfdYRJ_A517tc 1993: Barclay James Harvest - Caught in the Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_neYhLxswZR-65axpRUWF1wASUtQRbVQjo 1997: Barclay James Harvest - River of Dreams - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVPGzOHIIgz-bPr5ZullgVQtREMChQBMb 1999: Barclay James Harvest Through the Eyes of John Lees - Nexus - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kAmeC36vZPFOmBhQGLzhmJFFW6IAsyy9k 2002: Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd - Revolution Days - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqa4bZva1FI 2004: Barclay James Harvest - Live: The Ultimate Anthology - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5FjwTyqIHY&t=11s 2006: Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd - Classic Meets Rock - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mbsg_xAdIkaz_ORiSusXDnGeVRFf8Lq2I 2013: John Lees' Barclay James Harvest - North - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mFI67BUyEvgaqyFaLV188CMEwdsjqADM0 2016: Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd - Retrospective - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUMRNPrux1WA682Ki6n_mYk2tXs8eOPgk 2018: John Lees' Barclay James Harvest - The 50th Anniversary Concert - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kX5HmaMi2fod1CFg0J4rBEOiMk9UCcBAE 1972: David Bedford - Nurses Song with Elephants - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lXNAC8k6dR5FYRMoKk0r1k5d-ZCBTKR1M 1974: David Bedford - Star's End - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kFnIjqWJktymSW4Ndska2riUg6RAzCFWw 1975: David Bedford - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDSGlZikA8F3bhi3dq0vTvzlmNbMRjrTY 1976: David Bedford - The Odyssey - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lPT5Jm6f_BbPkTd2ZZKprNRTZnerA2sSE 1977: David Bedford - Instructions for Angels - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lDYi8FOKEVBOt7wRS3DsuYiFHDKvYUO1o 1983: David Bedford - Star Clusters, Nebulae & Places in Devon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjzrvBUSJz8 1985: David Bedford - Rigel 9 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQB4fuswuNgZtP9_cxbm-DOqBEL_xkEKw 1970: Beggars Opera - Act One - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lGFoVuyyLaVIryIo64TUfVyjPODYQnMpo 1971: Beggars Opera - Waters of Change - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kcOgyAqk7WPyHNczXtT6mabYRWsUQla2Q 1972: Beggars Opera - Pathfinder - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lIVwws7fMUuRRl4clJggvLaYnMJl9D29s 1973: Beggars Opera - Get Your Dog Off Me! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m3B5E1fCBDCTGT9-72AoXcUd7UPSt5PKA 1974: Beggars Opera - Sagittary - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kRDqkeHzfr0K1zSLnd_1tPwIjEESWgWBM 1975: Beggars Opera - Beggars Can't Be Choosers - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lMbfEGEq18w-ANLjnXwNN8cfMkXqMcZcw 1980: Beggars Opera - Lifeline - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ePvJwiCLQk 1996: Beggars Opera - The Final Curtain - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lvZUlZT4XH06ZqQgwwlgx4g22vQ1XlqkA 2007: Beggars Opera - Close to My Heart - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lL0jl1ClQ8JLBvpUID-TGLmmaYDFnTlkw 2009: Beggars Opera - Touching the Edge - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mOylk6nBDgdvso9IS_ZZizue72jM62FiQ 2010: Beggars Opera - All Tomorrows Thinking - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_li9Vz5228HLFXWKXRpSNRnTfJM38BXrco 2010: Beggars Opera - Suddenly Ahead Ahead - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kvbeDzY-m4x_muIlFRRa-bNbcUDUJpofw 2011: Beggars Opera - Lose a Life - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lOiXShQTUHG506iFSHw2G2MfbLf9I96N4 2011: Beggars Opera - Promise in Motion - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m0VuGD4NlZjFS0W2fDEv3IfSuQLh9ctqM 2012: Beggars Opera - Mrs. Caligari's Lighter -http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lm-14WTatkJd8pQP823dpFagbeuGgcWz0 2023: Beggars Opera - The Leap - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mQT80bEj2sTT_Bd7aIbS8f9QCfeOdSvL4 Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 21 2023 at 02:50 |
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AUTUMN There's a whole new world of music out there just waiting to be discovered in the vast topographic oceans of prog. Autumn are one of those bands who almost slipped the net, having recorded one amazing album back in 1977, but which then sunk without trace 20,000 leagues under the sea (How far is a league anyway!??) to the bottom of Davy Jones' locker. Now, thanks to being netted by the World Wide Web, this long-lost album treasure has re-emerged on the surface 22 years later in 1999 and we can all now enjoy it in the Autumn of our days. 1977: Autumn - Oceanworld - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXf9nPYXpys Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 06 2023 at 11:53 |
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ASIA A Prog-Rock supergroup with the original line-up featuring prog legends John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes & Carl Palmer. Asia were formed from the apparent break-up of three other prog bands, namely, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson and YES, although none of the three bands ever really broke up - they just took a long extended break on the tropical island of Hiatus. 1982: Asia - Asia - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ljvv0bOTxgh77Aa8LR7r5Ki8QRrnxO1UU 1983: Asia - Alpha - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kQHrcGw-VurdkLm4fmkIyam0eQstZBG1k 1983: Asia - Live at the Budokan, Tokyo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0KT9JgioEg 1985: Asia - Astra - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lraqar9sMcAW72R8XQDXI7G-t1-RPJco4 1990: Asia - Access All Areas: Live in Nottingham - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeXBtp5Kymc 1990: Asia - Then & Now - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G1Ci2B5tdpNwMPqr2MocbAu 1992: Asia - Aqua - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ng5dsGOX4sdicI7uGu--fec7maqtzOtAk 1994: Asia - Aria - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G0aNwQAXCW81uB7RoLadC10 1996: Asia - Arena - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mTk_I7iX7Brpk3-U4yQu-vXpQLWdRP10E 1999: Asia - Rare - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G3O-sQA6e7v_vg4TYOp_QM4 2001: Asia - Aura - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G1RBJij2jafHLFSSBSJB-bk 2004: Asia - Silent Nation - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTCHZJbJm7G0gVlQQwnt0XBRwibsXkzjm 2007: Asia - Fantasia: Live in Tokyo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hytNsWdL6BM 2008: Asia - Phoenix - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mwjDWxwOwxsNzmcuYdjD6-5iziCHU56 2010: Asia - Omega - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nyzDU41XZcLyMtohXgkfUfcEbGJfZgPgM 2012: Asia - XXX - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5mwjDWxwOwzi8E7Ul6yoggvrb_fPjw28 2014: Asia - Gravitas - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mnXrUqdMNOpPM3yfdVyYKfftB7LQBtkB0 2014: Asia - Recollections: A Tribute to British Prog - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lG160InK3t42Z3zzzHk4n3eHTCABc-eWg Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 06 2023 at 07:33 |
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AQUAPLANAGE A band who've gained a lot of traction from their close association with Fragile: a YES tribute band. 2008: Aquaplanage - Aquaplanage - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n2wsq2EnCgKE0PUGUScum3gugvWrJlHCc Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 02 2023 at 06:35 |
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ANDERSON BRUFORD WAKEMAN HOWE A short-lived band with a long-lived reputation. The eponymously titled ABWH album is often regarded as a YES album in all but name, but who's the mystery bassist filling Chris Squire's mighty boots? That's none other than Tony Levin of King Crimson fame. 1989: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kpgOvZmoj4ybrrEegEEIZNe3JKt90Umio 1989: ABWH - An Evening of Yes Music Plus - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLesS8G23t0LHpei-6jCPfuB-mgxHzvbYW JON ANDERSON needs no introduction, but the longstanding frontman of YES deserves an introduction anyway, so here goes..... He was born in Accrington, Lancashire in 1944. Anderson was a member of his brother's band, The Warriors, during the mid-1960's and he joined YES bassist Chris Squire's band, Mabel Greer's Toyshop in 1968. They changed the name of the band to YES later that same year. He was the lead vocalist on all but one of the YES albums from the first self-titled album in 1969, through to the "Magnification" album in 2001. The only exception was the 1980 "Drama" album which featured Trevor Horn on vocal duties. Jon Anderson was also the frontman on the "Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe" album, a YES album in all but name. He had a long-lasting musical partnership with Vangelis, recording four sophisticated albums of Electronica together as Jon & Vangelis:- "Short Stories" (1980); "The Friends of Mr Cairo" (1981); "Private Collection" (1983); & "Page of Life" (1991). He joined with fellow YES member Rick Wakeman in 2010 to record "The Living Tree" album. Jon Anderson's most recent collaboration was the "Better Late Than Never" (2015) album with Roine Stolt of The Flower Kings. This album, "Olias of Sunhillow" (1976), is the first of Jon's fifteen solo albums, with his latest album "1000 Hands: Chapter One", released as recently as 2019. His second album "Song of Seven" (1980) is also in the progressive mould, before he branched out into other avenues of music, such as regular Pop/Rock and New Age albums. "Olias of Sunhillow" is a concept album, recorded at a time when the concept album was King in the weird and wonderful world of Progressive Rock. The album tells the story of an alien race looking for a new world to colonise, following the destruction of their home planet in a volcanic catastrophe. Jon Anderson wrote all of the music and lyrics, and played all of the musical instruments featured on the album, so this really IS a solo album, in the true sense of the word. Let's don the flares, Afghan coat and platform shoes now as we travel back in time to those halcyon Prog-Rock days of the mid 1970's. The album opens in dramatic style with the the sound of rumbling waves in the instrumental "Ocean Song". We then hear the exotic sound of a synth, which somehow conjures up images of the mystical East with its oriental vibe. This acts as a prelude to "Meeting (Garden Of Geda)", a buoyant and uplifting song that sounds like a more melodic and harmonic version of YES. The lyrics tell a story of a spacecraft embarking on a journey to escape a doomed planet:- "There stands Olias to outward to build a ship, Holding within all hope we retain, The frame will be so built to challenge the universe." ..... This is "YES lite" without the constant changes of tempo, sudden key changes and crashing chords that we've become so accustomed to over the years from classic YESSONGS. The "Olias of Sunhillow" album is still very much in Progressive Rock territory, but it's gentle and melodic Prog-Rock with a New Age oriental feel to it. Our journey across the universe continues now with "Dance Of Raynart, a beautiful instrumental number, featuring the gentle sound of a harp combined with mesmerizing keyboards. This leads us into "Olias (To Build the Moonglade), a passionately uplifting song full of optimism, as the alien colonists begin building their spaceship. Onwards now to the mysteriously titled 7-minute-long, three-piece suite,"Qoquaq �n Transic"/"Naon"/"Transic Tö". It's a gorgeous-sounding oriental instumental, opening to the sound of gently melodic swirling synths. This transposes into "Naon", a bright and breezy happy-clappy New Age chant, before returning to the redolent sound of the oriental synth in "Transic To". Our space colonists now embark on their journey across the universe with "Flight of the Moorglade", to close out Side One. This is an ebullient and uplifting song which is positively aglow with optimistic exuberance. Just take a look at these inspiring lyrics:- "The first to venture, First to gain, Exploring daylight, Clearer than the Talloplanic view." ..... No idea what the "Talloplanic view" is, but it sounds good and the joyfully intoxicating music is guaranteed to put you in jubilant mood and high spirits, without the aid of any alcoholic beverages. We enter "Solid Space" now with the opening of Side Two. We're in full Symphonic Prog mode here with this rousing and restorative piece of music. It's a surging, tympanic and superlative song, bursting with glorious optimism. Okay, that's enough adjectives for now, so onwards we travel through space to "Moon Ra"/"Chords"/"Song of Search". Yes, it's another three-piece suite (no, not two armchairs & a sofa). "Moon Ra" is another New Age chant. If we weren't travelling through space, then this is the kind of jolly and vibrant song you might hear New Age revellers chanting as they dance around a tree (possibly naked) by the light of a silvery moon. This leads us onto "Chords", which, not surprisingly, is a song full of bright and uplifting, reverberating major chords to elevate the spirits up into the stratosphere and beyond. The three-piece suite concludes with "Song of Search", a hauntingly atmospheric piece of instrumental music to transport you to a higher plane of musical existence. This is soothing and sophisticated melodic prog that reaches the places that other prog-rock albums can only aspire to. We drift gently back to Earth now with the closing song on the album, "To the Runner", a joyous and jubilant hymnal melody. The music is all aglow with some positively inspirational and spiritual vibes. If only they played music in church as good as this, it might be enough to turn an atheist into a religious devotee! You don't HAVE to be a YES fan to enjoy this album, because "Olias of Sunhillow" is a gently melodic and harmonic departure from the sound of YES, but if you ARE a fan of YES, then the familiar sound of Jon Anderson's voice may be enough to inspire you to go out and buy the album. It's still Progressive Rock, but it's Prog-Rock given a New Age oriental twist, in true Jon Anderson style. If I could choose just one word to describe the beautiful music contained within this marvellous album, it's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! 1976: Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MdPa3vbmz8
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AFTER THE FIRE As a "Symphonic Prog" band, After the Fire quickly fizzle out like a damp squib, but as a New Wave band, they're firing on all cylinders. 1978: After the Fire - Signs of Change - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_khU67U1Zcl_K_pLLhqvljHQq2QOQLirrg 1979: After the Fire - Laser Love - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPcTOx34g9XTh-dzGAK0Aks-3InSFp70c 1980: After the Fire - 80-f - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIcrhqxuvJXhHy4TmypITxmIlkkqaV2U 1982: After the Fire - Batteries Not Included - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLexoNUKqpjdaruzl7czolrp91A8spOe4q 1983: After the Fire - Der Kommissar - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nO1dTLjxxkudooT-7RSQuZaLu0ivUU43w 2006: After the Fire - AT2F - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUY1Wo3s8MeBRz_wl-ltgf1gr5Mr2t6pA 2006: After the Fire - Live at Greenbelt....Plus - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3nvBsidfiL8kAtVZfY74vtAkOaWNiARM 2009: After the Fire - Radio Sessions 1979-1981 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lL13vht3Z866IjxYw7Rl6skKyivCZlneY |
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