Classic Rock Presents Prog magazine

I sympathise with those outside of the UK who have to pay extortionate prices for the magazine (NZ$35?? ), but the price we pay in the UK is the average for a specialist music mag.

If it's the case that only a UK publisher is producing such a magazine, that's a shame - we Brits would have to pay a similarly ridiculous price if it were published in say the USA alone...

As far as the CD is concerned, it's the usual policy for Classic Rock to give away (however you define the word 'free') CDs with a couple of known artists & a slew of unknowns to give the new bands exposure. On the back of the latest CD I bought the Astra album 'The Weirding' (excellent), but unfortunately have been unable to track down any releases from Haken.

Jim Garten wrote: I sympathise with those outside of the UK who have to pay extortionate prices for the magazine (NZ$35?? ), but the price we pay in the UK is the average for a specialist music mag. If it's the case that only a UK publisher is producing such a magazine, that's a shame - we Brits would have to pay a similarly ridiculous price if it were published in say the USA alone... As far as the CD is concerned, it's the usual policy for Classic Rock to give away (however you define the word 'free') CDs with a couple of known artists & a slew of unknowns to give the new bands exposure. On the back of the latest CD I bought the Astra album 'The Weirding' (excellent), but unfortunately have been unable to track down any releases from Haken.

Got the third issue yesterday too - only had a brief glance though thus far, but in addition to all the above, there's a small article on our very own Tinyfish (incidentally, even the sister magazine Classic Rock is pipping Tinyfish for big things )

Buy it - it's great. Thoroughly good articles and interviews, and it is especially nice to see the Italian Prog piece, plus a very rare Ant Phillips interview.

Worth every penny.

crimhead wrote: Jim Garten wrote: Got the third issue yesterday too - only had a brief glance though thus far, but in addition to all the above, there's a small article on our very own Tinyfish (incidentally, even the sister magazine Classic Rock is pipping Tinyfish for big things ) How is the CD in issue 3?

Good. Track list is:

Pendragon - Indigo
Konchordat - Motion
Breathing Space - Clear
The Wishing Tree - Hollow Hills
Darwin's Radio - Breathe It In
Knifeworld - The Wretched Fathoms
Porcupine Tree - Time Flies (Edit)
The Resonance Association - The Moment Has Passed

Jim Garten wrote: I sympathise with those outside of the UK who have to pay extortionate prices for the magazine (NZ$35?? ), but the price we pay in the UK is the average for a specialist music mag. If it's the case that only a UK publisher is producing such a magazine, that's a shame - we Brits would have to pay a similarly ridiculous price if it were published in say the USA alone... As far as the CD is concerned, it's the usual policy for Classic Rock to give away (however you define the word 'free') CDs with a couple of known artists & a slew of unknowns to give the new bands exposure. On the back of the latest CD I bought the Astra album 'The Weirding' (excellent), but unfortunately have been unable to track down any releases from Haken.

toroddfuglesteg wrote: Prog Metal........... I think I will give that a miss due to some tax bills which requires my full attention.

Don't let that put you off - there's only really a couple of articles on Prog Metal (and the one on Opeth is very much worth reading); the main article is one on Rush (who they consider to be the godfathers of PM)

Jim Garten wrote: toroddfuglesteg wrote: Prog Metal........... I think I will give that a miss due to some tax bills which requires my full attention.  Don't let that put you off - there's only really a couple of articles on Prog Metal (and the one on Opeth is very much worth reading); the main article is one on Rush (who they consider to be the godfathers of PM)

Thanx. The Italian scene report and the feature on my alltime favorite band (Rush !!) means I will dress up as a fox and play my bagpipe later today at the local railway station. The collected money should get me a copy of this issue. 

I got the Classic Rock magazine from my postman earlier today, btw.

Jim Garten wrote: Jim Garten wrote: As far as the CD is concerned, it's the usual policy for Classic Rock to give away (however you define the word 'free') CDs with a couple of known artists & a slew of unknowns to give the new bands exposure. Correction - I now have it on good authority that bands have to pay to get their tracks on free CDs given away with music mags... Personally I think this is outrageous, but hey - just call me naive. Thieving s

This has been the norm for the last 20 years, Jim. Several record labels made a good profit of doing this years ago. That was before it was normal to include a free CD with music magazines. It is called business and it is still a business as long as anyone agrees to pay.

I remember I paid 1500 DMs (that's Euros today) for one track on a CD our German distributor gave away and even sold to their customers. That was back in 1995.

Edited by toroddfuglesteg - August 12 2009 at 12:22