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CURLEW – EAST/ WEST/ ALSO (Cuneiform Records) (DL) (Release date: 28th March, 2025)
The line-up was George Cartwright – saxophones; Tom Cora – cello; Davey Williams – guitar, Ann Rupel – bass and Pippin Barnett – drums....
Mar 251 min read
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CHRIS COCHRANE COLLAPSIBLE SHOULDER BIG BAND – LIVE 2019: A MAP OF BOOKS (Cuneiform Records) (Release date: 28th March, 2025)
This album captures two concerts with a dizzying array of players and instrumentation. It starts with a Robert Pollard rocker – “Here we...
Mar 251 min read
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RECORD STORE DAY 2025 (Saturday, 12th April)
Yes, it’s here again. I thought it might be useful to list some albums (NB 20 in all of hundreds) being released on RSD, concentrating on...
Mar 212 min read
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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...
Mar 171 min read
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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 listened to on BANDCAMP. Please feel free to use the following link...
Mar 171 min read
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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...
Mar 172 min read
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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...
Mar 172 min read
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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’...
Mar 122 min read
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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,...
Mar 121 min read
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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...
Mar 121 min read
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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...
Mar 121 min read
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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...
Feb 252 min read
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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...
Feb 251 min read
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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...
Feb 251 min read
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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...
Feb 202 min read
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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,...
Feb 181 min read
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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...
Feb 181 min read
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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...
Feb 141 min read
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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...
Feb 41 min read
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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...
Feb 41 min read
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