November 2006
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CD’S (PROGRESSIVE)
ARGENTINA ANACRUSA AQUELARRE - New digipack editions ARCO IRIS - 1st album BAUER - New studio CHANETON HABITAT ORION’S BEETHOVEN - New digipack edition SPINETTA (JADE) - New digipack edition STALINGARD - Dark electronic/folk/avant garde/neo-classical. Interesting mix! 2112 - Like Rush VITALE, LITO - Great new album on music created for a ballet WILLIAM GRAY - Excellent concept progressive project. Reminds me quite a bit of some Ayreon’s biggest works AUSTRALIA MARSHALL BROTHERS BAND, THE - Chris Neal produced prog/symph rock from 1975. New jewel case release SAWYER, PHIL - Folk rock from 1971 with nice acoustic guitar and soft organ CANADA DIONNE, VINCENT - Half of Dionne · Bregent but this time completely electronic. Very good! NORDSTROM, MONTE - Half of Ptarmigan and half as good. Does have some nice mellotron throughout PTARMIGAN - Classic west coast dreamy progressive folk from 1972. New issue with nice booklet including biography and photos. Fantastic! CHILE ASTRALIS - Symph/prog with fine keys and guitars. One of the best from Chile in recent years. Note that this is not the band Australis OPUS - Instrumental progressive trio (guitar, bass & drums) and similar to Tryo FINLAND AARDVARK - Fantastic progressive that sounds straight out of the 70’s referencing Nimbus, Kaamos and Nova. Recommended! TASAVALLAN PRESIDENTTI - New studio! FRANCE ANGE - New cheaper jewel case release of their previous studio album ATOLL - Finally available again! EYE TO EYE - Ex-ADN prog rock with a heavy Marillion influence with some Pink Floyd moves as well MOVING GELATINE PLATES - Great progressive fusion back in print PATAPHONIE - 1978 classic with a mix of RIO and fusion SARCASME - 70’s style prog rock by this band made up of 2 guitarists, bass, drums and flute. Ange, Pink Floyd and even Deep Purple influences GERMANY ALIAS EYE - 3rd album HIGH WHEEL - Excellent live album by one of the better current German prog bands PASSPORT TANGERINE DREAM THIRSTY MOON - Long Hair releases of this great 70’s progressive jazz/kraut rock band ITALY AELIAN - First album is now available again after many years being out of print AUTICADA - Symph/prog with some heavy lush guitar playing. Reminds me a lot of Arpia! BANCO GOBLIN - New pressings L’ASSEMBLEA MUSICALE TEATRALE - 2nd folky album from 1978 PFM - Excellent new instrumental album ROCK PROGRESSIVO ITALIANO - Amazing hard cover book in full color of album covers, group photos and discography. CD includes tracks by Osanna, Delirium, New Trolls, Quella Vecchia Locanda, Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno, Area, Panna Fredda, Le Orme, Procession, Metamorfosi, Genco Pure & Co., Osage Tribe, Libra, Cherry Five and Motowns 7 SAMURAI, THE - C.A.P., Tempano, Taproban. Another great collaboration with each track averaging 25 minutes TAPROBAN - 3rd album YUGEN - Brilliant progressive with mellotron and avant garde leanings. Anglagard meets Happy The Man meets Univers Zero JAPAN APOCALYPSE - Progressive space rock with some amazing guitar and keyboard moves. Excellent! ASTURIAS MAGICAL POWER MAKO - Probably their best album MR. SIRIUS - New mini lp sleeve editions of this great symphonic band MEXICO LEDESMA, J. L. FERNANDEZ NETHERLANDS LADY LAKE - Previously unreleased tracks (live) mostly from the 1979-81 period NEW ZEALAND LAMP OF THE UNIVERSE, THE PUERTO RICO ASTRID PROLL - Guitar driven space rock. Will appeal to fans of Kingston Wall, King Crimson and the last few Porcupine Tree albums SWEDEN A.C.T. CYKLONMANNEN - Another great progressive concept album by Rikard Sjoblom (Beardfish). Trace meets Ekseption FLOWER KINGS, THE MECKI MARK MEN - Organ progressive from 1970 U.K. AFFINITY BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST CARMEN - Excellent 70’s flamenco progressive COMBINATION HEAD - Instrumental symph/prog that reminds me a lot of 70’s Camel. Outstanding! FOGGY - Japanese pressing of rare folk rock from 1972 FRY, MARK - Mellow dreamy folk released in Italy in 1972 GRAVY TRAIN IONA - Nice new studio album LANCASTER, JACK/RICK VAN DER LINDEN - Highly underated instrumental symphonic fusion album MIGHTY BABY - Laid-back prog/rock/psych/acid folk from 1971 MONUMENT MORAZ, PATRICK PINEAPPLE THIEF - New studio! PINK FLOYD’S THE WALL REVISITED PROTOS - Excellent instrumental symph/prog private album from 1982. Mix between Genesis and Camel-like sounds SINCLAIR, DAVE STAINTON, LISBEE - Soft melancholy prog with the beautiful voice of Lisbee. References include Kate Bush, Michelle Young & Rain (performs on the disc as well) VULCAN’S HAMMER - 1973 folk rock with male/female vocals WAKEMAN, RICK WATER INTO WINE BAND - Acoustic folk rock from 1973 USA GOLIATH - Hard progressive from 1972 LANE, LANA NORLANDER, ERIK SPOCK’S BEARD - New studio album STEELE, JIM - Excellent instrumental keyboard progressive trio with some fusion, jazz and space thrown in as well TRIBUTE CD’s GIANT FOR ANOTHER HOUR - Dan Bornemark & Helena Josefsson, Blissful Behemoth, Glenn Liljeblad, Tomas Stark, Joe Brozio, Ant Bowles, Dionysus, Andy Kubicki, The Region Of Where, Glen Burg, David Kowalski VARIOUS ARTIST CD’s: 7 SAMURAI, THE - C.A.P., Tempano, Taproban. Another great collaboration with each track averaging 25 minutes JAPANESE MINI LP SLEEVE ATLANTIC BRIDGE CARMEN GRAVY TRAIN HERON LANCASTER, JACK/RICK VAN DER LINDEN MONUMENT MORAZ, PATRICK MR. SIRIUS PASSPORT PROGRESSIVE METAL TWISTED INTO FORM - (Norway) ZERO HOUR DVD’s ASIA BRUFORD GILMOUR, DAVID INDACO - With Banco members Rodolfo Maltese & Pierluigi Calderoni IQ KRAUTROCK NACHT - Joy & The Hit Kids, Wonderland, Amon Duul II, Wiithuser & Westrupp, Petards, Xhol Caravan, Organisation, Can, Tangerin Dream, Et Cetera, Guru Guru, Floh De Cologne, Rattles, Passport, Eloy, Ton Steine Scherben, Kraftwerk, Birth Control, Broselmaschine, Joy Unlimited, Popol Vuh, Frumpy, Epitaph, Kraan, Scorpions, Atlantis, Kin Ping Meh, Grobschnitt, Tiger B. Smith, Achim Reichel, Gift, Tritonus, Hoelderlin, Randy Pie, Udo Lindenberg, Epsilon, Novalis, Jane, Michael Rother, Dieter Moebius, Ruphus Zuphall, Lucifer’s Friend, Hotzenplotz, Emergency, Dies Irae, Subject Esquire, Karthago, Seesselberg, Franz K., Ougenweide, Klaus Schulze, Embryo, Elster Silberflug. Over 10 hours of amazing video! NORLANDER, ERIK & FRIENDS PFM PINK FLOYD STRATOS, DEMETRIO YES BOOK's ROCK PROGRESSIVO ITALIANO - Amazing hard cover book in full color of album covers, group photos and discography. CD includes tracks by Osanna, Delirium, New Trolls, Quella Vecchia Locanda, Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno, Area, Panna Fredda, Le Orme, Procession, Metamorfosi, Genco Pure & Co., Osage Tribe, Libra, Cherry Five and Motowns LP's BAKERY LEVI SMITH’S CLEFS LUTHA PAATOS - Very limited colored vinyl pressings! |