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PARADOX ONE – 25TH ANNIVERSARY RELEASE “DIMENSIONS OF PARADOX ONE” NOW LIVE
This compilation spans 25 years of the Paradox One project and can be purchased for the modest price of £7. Please feel free to use the...
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1 day ago1 min read
PARADOX ONE – 25TH ANNIVERSARY RELEASE “DIMENSIONS OF PARADOX ONE” NOW LIVE
This compilation spans 25 years of the Paradox One project and can be listened to on BANDCAMP. Please feel free to use the following link...
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LORENZO BEDINI – WHO NEVER WAS (Bandcamp/ distributed by Burning Shed) (2025)
Lorenzo Bedini is from the prog band Airbridge. I like his ‘mission statement’ – “a hand-crafted album, on which all instruments and...
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PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI – THE MANTICORE STUDIO ALBUMS (1973-1977) (2025) (4 X CD) (Esoteric) (release date: 18th April)
This is a major release from Esoteric/ Cherry Red. I reviewed these albums (along with a compilation called “River of Life”) back in...
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6 days ago2 min read
CAMEL – THE SNOW GOOSE (Esoteric Recordings) (2 x CD + Blu Ray) (1975/2025)
The latest in a series of classic Camel reissues this 50th anniversary edition has some bonus tracks in the form of outtake ‘Riverman’...
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JETHRO TULL –CURIOUS RUMINANT (Inside Out) (various formats) (2025)
24 albums in, six decades in the music business (a concert to mark this already enthusiastically reviewed in DISS), Ian Anderson,...
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VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR – WORLD RECORD (Esoteric Recordings) (2 x CD + Blu Ray) (1976/ 2025)
The last record by the classic Hammill/ Jackson/ Banton/ Evans line-up until 2005’s “Present”, I don’t endorse the theory that somehow...
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JON ANDERSON & THE BAND GEEKS- LIVE – PERPETUAL CHANGE (Frontier) (2025)
Jon Anderson has assembled what is essentially a tribute band for a live album named after one of Yes’s songs. Indeed, most of the music...
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Feb 252 min read
CAMEL – MIRAGE (Esoteric Recordings) (1974/ 2025) (2 x CD + Blu-Ray)
After their MCA debut, “Mirage” was the band’s first album for Decca (Deram). Strangely enough it failed to dent the U.K. charts but did...
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Feb 251 min read
CAMEL – MOON MADNESS (Esoteric Recordings) (1976/ 2025) (2 x CD + Blu-ray)
Less vocals and more instrumental than previous albums, “Moon Madness” is another strong album from the Camel canon, featuring tracks...
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Feb 251 min read
CAMEL – NUDE and PRESSURE POINTS (Esoteric Recordings) (1981 & 1984/ 2025) (2 X CD + Blu-Ray)
With music written by Andy Latimer and lyrics by Susan Hoover, “Nude” tells the story of a Japanese soldier who, after being lost in the...
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Feb 202 min read
KING CRIMSON – RED (DGM/ Panegyric) (2 x CD and 2 Blu-Rays) (2025)
Yes, it’s another 50th anniversary Prog Rock classic. I guess many of you will already be familiar with it. According to Discogs there...
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Feb 181 min read
ELEGANT SIMPLICITY – FALLING DUST & DURING AND BETWEEN (2024/2025) (Bandcamp)
These are the two latest singles from Steven McCabe and couldn’t be more contrasting. ‘Falling Dust’ is, in the artist’s own words,...
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Feb 181 min read
NORTHERN FAITH – LIVING ST AIDAN’S DREAM (Northern Soundscapes) (2025)
Tim Hunter has informed me of a new single on his Northern Soundscapes Bandcamp page. This is a new 2 track single about St Hilda and St...
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Feb 141 min read
MIKE RATLEDGE – R.I.P. (1943-2025)
A Canterbury school teacher’s son, Mike Ratledge was born in Maidstone in Kent and grew up with classical music, He met his friend Brian...
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Feb 41 min read
JAZZ SABBATH – THE 1968 TAPES (Blacklake CD & LP/ Bandcamp) (2024)
The title is tongue in cheek alluding to the ‘urban myth’ that Jazz Sabbath’s first album in 2020 was by a lost jazz group who were...
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Feb 41 min read
KING CRIMSON – SHELTERING SKIES: LIVE IN FREJUS, FRANCE, AUGUST 27, 1982 (DGM – CD/ 2xLP)
As it happens Adrian Belew are currently touring similar music with Beat, with Steve Vai as Robert Fripp. This is the first ever vinyl...
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Feb 32 min read
BANCO – SEGUENDO LE TRACCE (1975/ 2024) (Maracash Records)
Recorded live at the Verdi Theatre in Salerno on 23rd April, 1975, this vintage concert is now enjoying a 2 x CD release (with 16-page...
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Feb 31 min read
BLIND GOLEM – WUNDERKAMMER (2024) (Maracash Records/ Bandcamp)
If you are an aficionado of heavy progressive rock in the vein of Deep Purple and especially Uriah Heep, look no further than Blind...
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Feb 31 min read
ONRICO- BETWEEN DREAMS AND BELIEFS (2024) (Mylodon Records/ Bandcamp)
Onrico is another group who wear their hearts on their sleeves, and it’s hard to believe that this is their debut, and one that is sure...
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