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6 days ago2 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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6 days ago1 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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6 days ago1 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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Jan 281 min read
JETHRO TULL – CURIOUS RUMINANT single (2025)
With a new album on the horizon, the mighty Tull has released a stunning 6-minute long single. Poignant piano and strummed acoustic...
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Jan 242 min read
NEKTAR – JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EYE (1971/ 2025) (Cherry Red 6 x CD/ Blu-Ray boxset)
Coming out round about now is an album that most certainly needed a significant sound upgrade from its original issue and this will...
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Jan 171 min read
FIFTH DAUGHTER – STELLAR SEASON (Fruits de Mer Records) (Release date: late February, 2025)
Although a new band, a duo in fact, one of Fifth Daughter’s members James Howarth has collaborated with the KLF and Martin ‘Youth’ Glover...
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Jan 132 min read
FALLING A RECORDS: a plea
Thanks to Barry Lamb and Peter Ashby for a copy of their annual report. Why is this post here? Because, for over 25 years now I have been...
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Jan 132 min read
CAMEL – Music Inspired by THE SNOW GOOSE (1975/ 2025)
Another album that will be 50 years old on 25th April: strangely enough despite four albums being reissued by Esoteric Recordings in 2025...
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Jan 111 min read
NOSTALGIA TRIP #2 – i/e – THE MAGAZINE OF PROGRESSIVE AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC
To be honest I don’t know what happened to i/e. I am looking at the second edition from winter, 1992 and find advertisements for the...
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Jan 111 min read
ACID DRAGON: THE LATEST ISSUE
The magazine starts as always with Thierry’s candid editorial on the state of music and the world. Reading through the magazine there is...
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Jan 102 min read
THE NEW YEAR – ALBUMS THAT ARE 50 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR – PINK FLOYD – WISH YOU WERE HERE (1975)
Before I get on with the backlog of reviews of new music (Keep sending the music though!), I thought I would prewarn you of some notable...
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