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crimhead wrote: manofmystery wrote: crimhead wrote: Vibrationbaby wrote:  I don`t understand why all these magazines include a CD that drives up the cover price. They all say free CD when it should say free magazine with CD.  I agree. The Prog issue is selling for $15.99 @ Borders. I'd like to get it but like you said it's like paying for a CD and getting the magazine free.   The cover price was bothersome to me as well but moreso because there is no way to get a feel for the actual content because of the idiotic adition of outside packaging.  I didn't want to spend $15 bucks on a prog magazine whose packaging indicated it was so heavy on new bands I don't really care for.  For those who've bought it: how much do they delve into the past and what classic bands to they feature? There are some nice stories about Yes,Wakeman,Asia,ELP and PF in it. Very few reviews on books,CD's etc. There is quite a bit on new bands. Next issue will have Radiohead,Mars Volta,KC and VDGG. Not sure if I will plunk down the $15 again though. 13 issues of Classic Rock airmailed to you 3 weeks prior to them being on the shelves here is $116.11, $232.22 for 2 years. They don't even give you a discount for ordering 2 years like most mags do. Nothing on the website about Classic Rock presents Prog.

 

manofmystery wrote: crimhead wrote: Vibrationbaby wrote:  I don`t understand why all these magazines include a CD that drives up the cover price. They all say free CD when it should say free magazine with CD.  I agree. The Prog issue is selling for $15.99 @ Borders. I'd like to get it but like you said it's like paying for a CD and getting the magazine free.   The cover price was bothersome to me as well but moreso because there is no way to get a feel for the actual content because of the idiotic adition of outside packaging.  I didn't want to spend $15 bucks on a prog magazine whose packaging indicated it was so heavy on new bands I don't really care for.  For those who've bought it: how much do they delve into the past and what classic bands to they feature?

There are some nice stories about Yes,Wakeman,Asia,ELP and PF in it. Very few reviews on books,CD's etc. There is quite a bit on new bands. Next issue will have Radiohead,Mars Volta,KC and VDGG. Not sure if I will plunk down the $15 again though.

13 issues of Classic Rock airmailed to you 3 weeks prior to them being on the shelves here is $116.11, $232.22 for 2 years. They don't even give you a discount for ordering 2 years like most mags do. Nothing on the website about Classic Rock presents Prog.

I know. I once picked an issue on Glam Rock for $2 (the distributor used to drop the unsold copies at a local second hand shop). I was mostly interested in the CD which had some 15 new(er) glam bands. For the most part, they were really just bad hair metal bands that likely wanted to avoid that tag.
And frankly, I can't see any music scene or genre that can't generate 15 new & good bands with at least one decent song.

 I don`t understand why all these magazines include a CD that drives up the cover price. They all say free CD when it should say free magazine with CD. 

Great stuff !

I think the mentions re PA are in the next issue - although their parent magazine Classic Rock did make a small mention of us this month, effectively saying if you want to know anything about prog rock, here is the site to be.

So far as advertising is concerned, unfortunately that's the way over here with virtually every magazine on the shelf...

I've got dibs on any second hand issues found floating .

Yeah, I think I`d go for the case of beer. I was unable to open it but from the looks of the cover it looks a bit on the commercial side. Pink Floyd is the main feature. I mean how much more do we need to know about PF. Occasionally you see the odd prog review in the UK magazine Record Collector. Last month they had a short review on Frumpy 2 and three Hawkwind re-issues.

I `d like to see a magazine that has the guts to devote itself to lesser known prog bands both from the early days up to the present.


Edited by Vibrationbaby - April 28 2009 at 09:37

So this means we might find it here in the USA too.. It sure took its time to get here !

Vibrationbaby wrote: I don`t see anything in the latest issue that has anything to do with prog unless you want to count the Geddy Lee interview or the review for Rush`s millionth compilation CD.

That's the regular Classic Rock magazine. There is a separate quarterly Prog version.