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I find the 1978 reunion album Encore by Brian and Julie to be quite good and recommended.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WM5hS6CVHg

Patti Smith "In Excelsis Deo"/"Gloria" from Horses. The words "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine" and they way they are sung pretty much gets one's attention right away.

Kate Bush - "Sat...

I've been buying from Wayside since 1988. Or maybe it was 1987. Kind of hard to remember exactly.
I think I first got their catalog way back in 1985. Sill wish I had it.
Somewhere stashed away I've...

Lester did a follow-up review years later where he changes his original opinion:

https://extendplay.wordpress.com/tag/lester-bangs/

"Two that really stand out to me are his essays on Miles...

Kavus Torabi had recommended on Facebook the new Aksak Maboul album "Figures" so I'm a least going to get that one.

I'm also going to get a few more from Richard Barbieri.

For me it would have to be Van der Graaf Generator's Pawn Hearts.
It would be interesting to witness how "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" was created.
I remember reading somewhere that during the...

Very nice!

That does seem likely.
Thanks!

So, I thought I would check out a few episodes of The Wild Wild West on youtube but they are horribly cropped?
The title card displays "THE WILD WILD" and just the very top parts of the word "WEST"....

Oh, thank you so much Kavus!

Hello Kavus,

Will this Friday Bandcamp offer of waiving their revenue share apply to a pre-order on your new release?
...

Best news I've read yet today!

Maybe the poster was referring to Jem, a New Jersey based import records distributing company that was active back in the 1970's?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jem_Records

I sent another email this morning before I left for work and just now got back home to find a reply from Jonny, so I'm all set now!

Thanks much for that.

But that address is what I used and have not gotten a reply yet.

I'm thinking that they are perhaps overwhelmed with a lot of orders.

I'll resend and see what happens.

I too intend to use PayPal but I've always been under that assumption that one should never hit the back button when ordering online. I replied to the confirmation email to let them know that I...

Pre-ordering is now up at Planet Gong:

https://www.planetgong.co.uk/

£96.00 not including shipping but includes a poster that I believe will only be available from them.

I saw the band in July of 1979 on their tour for the album and I remember them doing this song and having an anvil on the stage. Robbie Steinhardt made quite an striking impression hitting that thing...

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Analyzed: Van der Graaf Generator / The Aerosol Grey Machine [2019 edition - disc two]...

Mine arrived Saturday (May 4th) afternoon.
I've opened it and looked it over and ripped the cds to flac files for portable use but have not listened to it yet.

Also, for those interested in such...

I just ordered it using PayPal and £59.99 GBP = $79.78 USD.

I bought this one on vinyl from Wayside a long time ago. Time for an upgrade!

OK! Got it this morning and will give it a listen soon. I've got Måltid, No Make Up & 1983 and really like 'em so I'm sure to enjoy this one too.

I've always found that Krakatoa album's title to be an amusing play on the Kraftwerk song lyric I had to give it a try.

It made for good company for a Friday morning commute!

I'm in total agreement about Guy Evans not getting his due.

And I think that Hugh Banton doesn't get enough praise either.
I'll admit that he's not a fleet fingered virtuoso like Emerson or...

I downloaded this from Bandcamp several days ago and have only listened to it twice and I have to say I'm quite knocked out by this one.
It's got an intensity that I didn't expect and that's a good...

re: White Witch debut

Yeah, that's a horrible album cover but IMHO it contains an (almost) great slightly psychedelic / Gothic / stoner / southern rock album.

Those three cats in the front obviously had been indulging in the catnip...

Buddy Red Bow - Journey to the Spirit World (1983) title track:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHbyEnpmg6w&list=RDhHbyEnpmg6w&t=16

Not featured in this song, but the entire album has...

I just found out a few days ago that British pianist Keith Tippett (King Crimson, Centipede, Mujician, etc) suffered a heart attack last month and has had a rough recovery due to pneumonia...

Not sure if these are really my "top 5" but are just now off the top of my head:

Yamashta / Winwood / Shrieve - Go (1976)

Traffic - Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory (1973)

Miles Davis -...

OK, not progressive but they still might be appreciated here: Minutemen opening for R.E.M. December 1985.
I had never heard anything by them before that evening but left the venue a confirmed...

A not very impressive list and not very progressive:

Styx - 1976, 1977 & 1978

Kansas - 1976 & 1979 (don't remember much of the '76 show - I was way too wasted!)

ZZ Top - 1977 & 1981
...

I love Sonar's music but have thought that what it really needed was someone like like Fripp or Torn weaving some snake like guitar among all their interlocking parts.

I'm glad that this has...

I signed up on their website and added the album to my shopping cart but got a message en français that essentially said that they could not sell it to me because of where I live (USA). I know that...

This is one of those great recordings that I have to be just in the right mood to enjoy. And when I do it really satisfies.

I've never heard Crisis in Clay, so I need to check that one out.

A stunningly beautiful album and one of my favorite for listening to soon after waking in the morning.

Also highly recommended and it's not really too out of place here.

There's much on it for...

Whenever I can, when it starts to snow, I give "Crystal Lake" a listen.

Perfect...

Apologies if this one's already been mentioned.

Van der Graaf Generator "The Boat Of Millions Of Years"

I think it's fantastic. It is just as good as any tracks that made it into The Least We...

Elton John - "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SZ6J6fjw9w

I like that the Mellotron is played as a "lead" (at 2:44 through 3:07) which I don't think happens as...

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia to Cantata #29

It's the first track on Wendy Carlos' famous Switched-On Bach album.

That is the only version I'm familiar with so this arrangement sounds a bit...

It's from a radio broadcast of Shakespeare's King Lear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_the_Walrus#Incorporation_of_text_from_King_Lear

Two possibilities that I can think of right off the bat (and I'm certain there are many others) are "America" by The Nice which incorporates themes from the symphony into a cover of Leonard...

Another one to consider, and an example of more accessible 21st century Sylvian, is the 2005 release Nine Horses ‎– Snow Borne Sorrow
...

All of the Popol Vuh soundtrack music for the Werner Herzog films.

Seven Samurai (七人の侍 - Shichinin no Samurai)

I've only ever heard his tune "Vista Cruiser" on the SST Records No Age instrumental music sampler compact disc released back in 1987 or so.
I really liked that song and was always on the lookout...

And by all means don't forget to ask for an autograph!

Certainly the inspiration was this illustration from a 19th century astronomical atlas:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Sidney_Hall_-_Urania's_Mirror_-_Libra.jpg

I really can't say for certain what real country music might be, but I will say that anything with an auto-tuned vocal is certainly NOT real country music.

I'm a technical manager at a Chuck E...

I know a lot of people are going to hate this movie sight unseen just because of the apparent large amount of fiction applied to it. As a Miles fan, I don't care. I think this will be very...

I was lucky to see ELP back in 1977 at the Indianapolis Market Square Arena before they were forced for financial reasons to get rid of the orchestra for the remainder of that tour. One of the best...

Power Tools:
Bill Frisell, electric guitar
Melvin Gibbs, electric bass
Roland Shannon Jackson, drums

Released one album, Strange Meeting, in 1987.
I really wish they had continued on.

I used to lurk there (don't think I ever posted much myself) starting back in 1997 or so until AOL got rid of newsgroups whenever that was.

The only odd user that I can remember from way back then...

Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias - Anarchy in the UK


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oTj4BBpiIk

Anarchy in the UK done do-wop style!

Will Purdue University have to stop claiming their marching band has the "World's Largest Drum"?

Probably not, but it looks tiny compared to the one in the picture above.
...

I can't really give any good explanations as to why the following are, to me anyway, summer albums:


David Torn - Cloud About Mercury

David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees, Gone to Earth

Rain...

I've had the cd for a few weeks now, but only listened to it once. Seems to me to be an improvement over the previous cd issue. Other ears may hear differently...

I've really can't judge because I've not auditioned a pair, but the apparent consensus of the audio community is that Beats headphones are a fashion accessory and not very good audio equipment.
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Around 75 titles, some have multiple copies on different formats.

3 favorites? there's no way to reasonably choose...

Burnt Weeny Sandwich

Roxy & Elsewhere

The Yellow Shark