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Porcupine Tree- C/C
Tim Bowness ' Butterfly Mind
The Pineapple Thief - Give it Back
Gazpacho- Fireworking at St Croix
Tangerine Dream - Raum

Recently released by Bruce. A familiar tune for some, reworked......

https://fb.watch/fMoy6YAgCE/

Same interview suggests that Gavin makes all the big decisions in the band.

All sounds very strange

Gavin seems to have added his talents to old songs by The Pineapple Thief. Added a whole new dimension to them. Anyone heard them yet ?.....

Through no fault of their own the band found themselves in the web of prog. Thankfully, as time has gone on, and like Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson, they have managed to free themselves and blossom....

I do enjoy most of the albums mentioned here but Tim's 'Lost in the Ghost Light', I think, is sensational. Its essentially a story of a rock star who is now in his later years and casting his mind...

Fresh stock of Soord Sessions now inat Burning Shed

I have just been reading that this project has raised over 5000 pounds for various charities. The book has been endorsed by Steven Wilson and is an amazing read.

What I find quite wonderful is that, if you are fortunate to get a special edition, you get virtually a reinvention of the whole album in acoustic format. Or something else altogether different. They...

Took me a little while to get into it. Very subtle. Certainly getting into it now.

Just been reading about the Soord Sessions set. Its almost all sold out. Not certain if it's due for a re-run

Your list was a fair assessment I thought. I would just say that the latest album has had more of an impact on me having seen the recent on line gig. That was so impressive particularly the recent...

I couldn't because the albums can be so very different. Depends which period of the band you enjoy more.

From memory I seem to remember he had issues with either visa or passport. All In all it was a very difficult trip for him. Although I'm sure he has mentioned it was an enjoyable experience

He did, you are absolutely correct

In fact some of the artwork for Your Wilderness album were photographed during that mammoth journey following Wilson around

That made me laugh.

That said though, I don't mind Steven Wilson's new album. And Love you to Bits by No-man. I find them a refreshing change.

But you are right. I wouldn't mind a couple more...

Like Bowie, The Beatles, King Crimson, Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree and many other greats, The Pineapple Thief are certainly developing 'periods' that different music fans prefer. Not comparing any...

As this thread is about live material I would highly recommend Bruce's latest release The Soord Sessions. Recorded live from his studio during lockdown these sessions cover acoustic versions of songs...

In the meantime take splice in the Porcupine Tree ebook titled Footprints. It really is encyclopedic

https://stevenwilson-footprints.com/

Released by fans of the band. This book runs to over 1000 pages. Requires a donation only. Anyone gone for it yet ?

Some wonderful stuff being made available and more titles being added. Notice some have been added since original releases made available.

Well summed up. Not everyone will enjoy them. Same for any band. But for those that do, they certainly seem to be hitting the spot. The tour of America appears to be going very well

Reading reports, the band appear to be going down a storm on the current tour.

It wasn't a dig honest. I understood what you meant. It was more me just pointing that out

Hope the gig lives up to your expectations. Let us know what you think. Enjoy

And I get that the focus will be on Gavin. But, when the gig is over I think you may be pleasantly surprised.

I have seen TPT three times on their Dissolution tour and, as a band, they are very...

I have friends on it, as in not just friends on the ether, but people I know in the real world. Just not taken myself off it yet.

Is that truly the real question?......Quite often throughout my life I have bought records that I have not gotten into until I have heard the music played live. And quite often we have clicked. Was...

I have seen them on the tour, and I admit to being in the minority given the enthusiastic attendance, but I found it all a bit boring after half hour in. Unlike other bands from the past, who gave us...

Yes, no issue with magazine

But obsessive reviewers make for incredibly funny reads. Same review over and over again. All that changes is album title

If proof was ever need that awards, like this, were a waste of time then this is it.

The 'best' album category is won by those with the largest fanbase. Nothing to do with the album itself.
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https://coventrygigs.blogspot.com/2018/05/white-noise-st-johns-church-delia.html?m=1

https://coventrygigs.blogspot.com/2017/02/big-big-train.html?m=1

Yes that's the guy. I did get my mirage cd off him after a long wait. But loads of promises went unfulfilled

Yes that's the guy. Bloke was a menace

I also got burned by Roy wossisface. Thing is that Nektar were not the only band. I think Caravan got done by him. Didn't they write a song 'Liar' as a reminder. Happy to give this project my...

Ticket sales going well apparently. Down to last 100 for Quebec

Album up for pre order now

Thanks for the heads up on all this. The set looks incredible.

One question I do have, and apologies if already discussed, but......

Earlier this year I saw it advertised that a deluxe box set...

20 dates announced for America and Canada towards end of year. I have read all the pro's and con's about this band. But they are where they are. I will say, however, having seen them a couple of...

Able to pre order very soon

In total agreement

Yes you do hear David Gilmour particularly in the early album

Enjoyed their previous albums. Seems as though another, titled Seed, is on the way.

https://coventrygigs.blogspot.com/2019/01/freedom-to-glide.html

Not really prog, but fairly sure both Steven Wilson and The Pineapple Thief had brief but healthy showings in UK charts on more than one occasion. Maybe Anathema also?

Think the pineapple thief...

Thing is though, when the apparently offending title was released, I had never heard the term 'prog rock'. Maybe others had back in the mid 70s.

So does the offending title even qualify for this...

Agree with the sentiment of the original post but could dilution be the problem.

Take TV shows for example: Years ago there were only a few channels so the vast majority of viewers tended to watch...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZYe-v2Yn8U

New band for me. Enjoying the latest album that was produced by John Mitchell. Might be of interest to some.

Not sure I hear the similarities between PT and TPT, but some clearly do, and they are not for everyone, but the reports coming back from their recent tour have been incredibly positive. Big...

Wonderful gig, simply wonderful

I think I kind of get what he is saying about Pink Floyd being pop. Back in the 70s (pre 'prog') and they were known as progressive. But you listen to 'prog' now, and Pink Floyd bear no resemblance...

That sounds like modern "prog" in a nutshell to me. All the same. I think the whole genre is in a loop right now

The interest in the Nick Mason tour does not surprise me in the least. Pink Floyd were huge. So big that a tour that has any sort of association will do well. This will awaken fans of the band who...

Totally how I feel about them, assuming how it was meant to sound.

Unlike a lot of bands The Pineapple Thief are unpredictable. They never sit on their laurels. It would be so easy now to write a...

I take it you are all aware of the dates put up today

To add, we were not on the guest list. The guy I went with sorted tickets as you would do normally. Guess though, with so few tickets to be had, he/we got lucky

I was at Dingwallls on Sunday. The guest list did look big. You could see it as we got to the entrance of the venue. But the place was rammed and very hot. Even though the place had tiers it was...

Meant to say that Druid are mentioned in attached article

http://coventrygigs.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/the-old-grey-whistle-test.html

Not so much a speech, more a bit of a history lesson for those unfamiliar. And how the sound of that guitar inspired one of his songs. Nothing worse than that.

Whoever it looks like, it has now been vandalised

Yes, i remember all that nonsence. I was had as well, bought the Mirage CD, went to a gig in Manchester on a horrible evening weather wise and promised the earth with other music that never...