Taylor's Universe - From Scratch (2015)

July 22, 2015, 8:57 am

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Robin Taylor is quite a prolific Danish guitarist, recording and performing both as a solo artist and also leader of Taylor’s Universe since the mid 80s. Each new release contains new compositions bringing some familiarity with things past and surprises of new things to come. For this outing, From Scratch, the Universe is Robin (electric and bass guitars, keyboards, percussion, etc.), Karsten Vogel (sax and bass clarinet), Claus Bøhling (electric guitar), Thomas Thor Viderøulstrup (miniMoog), and Klaus Thrane (drums). Guests include Finn Olafsson (electric guitar), Jakob Mygind (sax), Carsten Sindvald (sax), and the voices of Jytte Lindberg, Louise Nipper, and Jan Fischer...

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Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy (1975) (1989, Castle Communications CLACD 175]

July 22, 2015, 10:03 am

≫ Next: Shaa Khan - Anything Wrong? (1979) [Reissue 2009]

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Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy (1975)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 268 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 118 Mb
Scans Included (JPG, 600 dpi) | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock, Progressive Rock | Castle Communications #CLACD 175

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Return to Fantasy is the eighth studio album released by British rock band Uriah Heep. With the experienced John Wetton as the new bassist, the band finally made the UK Top 10, reaching #7. Return to Fantasy remains one of Uriah Heep's best selling works. The singles were "Return to Fantasy" and "Prima Donna"...

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Shaa Khan - Anything Wrong? (1979) [Reissue 2009]

July 22, 2015, 3:38 am

≫ Next: Fjieri - Endless (2009)

≪ Previous: Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy (1975) (1989, Castle Communications CLACD 175]

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Second album from this German space rock band gets its first release on CD and given the deluxe treatment courtesy of Sireena Records. While it doesn't hit the heights of The World Will End On Friday its still quite a good album. Definite nods to Nektar, Yes, and most definitely Grobschnitt through out with keyboards quite prominent and tasty guitar leads the order of the day. Comes with two live bonus tracks recorded at a recent band reunion.

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Fjieri - Endless (2009)

July 22, 2015, 5:23 am

≫ Next: Yes - Going For The One (1977)

≪ Previous: Shaa Khan - Anything Wrong? (1979) [Reissue 2009]

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10 years in the making, Fjieri's debut album Endless represents the satisfying conclusion to a meticulously executed labour of love.The band, led by Stefano Panunzi and Nicola Lori, are joined by an impressive cast of guest musicians, including Mick Karn, Tim Bowness, Andrea Chimenti, Peter Chilvers, Nicola Alesini and Porcupine Tree members, Gavin Harrison and Richard Barbieri.Co-produced by Barbieri, the album artfully combines Ambient and Progressive Rock influences to create a sophisticated sound that incorporates delicate atmospherics, rich melodies, looping rhythms and hard-hitting riffs.Recalling aspects of Rain Tree Crow, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Eno, King Crimson and No-Man, Endless is a powerful debut statement from an Italian band in the ascendant.

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Yes - Going For The One (1977)

July 22, 2015, 2:09 pm

≫ Next: Phil Manzanera / 801 -‎ Listen Now (1977) [Remastered 2000]

≪ Previous: Fjieri - Endless (2009)

Yes - Going For The One (1977)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1988 | Atlantic, 250 379 | ~ 259 or 112 Mb | Scans Included
Progressive Rock

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Going for the One is perhaps the most overlooked item in the Yes catalog. It marked Rick Wakeman's return to the band after a three-year absence, and also a return to shorter song forms after the experimentalism of Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans, and Relayer...

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Phil Manzanera / 801 -‎ Listen Now (1977) [Remastered 2000]

July 23, 2015, 12:02 am

≫ Next: Ozric Tentacles - Live At The Pongmasters Ball (2002)

≪ Previous: Yes - Going For The One (1977)

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Phil Manzanera had no problem filling his mid-'70s downtime away from Roxy Music. His guitar graced some 20 albums, like John Cale's Fear, Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets, and Nico's The End. This outing from his all-star side group is slicker than his 1976 live debut album, but no less worthwhile; some 16 musicians are credited. The sound is sleek and sophisticated; even lyrics aren't exempt from creative twists, as shown on "Listen Now"'s glistening jazz-pop -- which cleverly juxtaposes its title against a bouncy "now, now, listen" chorus.

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Ozric Tentacles - Live At The Pongmasters Ball (2002)

July 23, 2015, 3:52 am

≫ Next: Victor Brady - Brown Rain (1970)

≪ Previous: Phil Manzanera / 801 -‎ Listen Now (1977) [Remastered 2000]

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Recorded at the final gig of the band's 2002 sell out UK tour, this two hour concert captures the very essence of the Ozrics live experience with a frenzied capacity crowd at London's Shepards Bush Empire. The DVD includes classics from Ozric Tentacles' vast back catalogue as well as previously unreleased material and the odd 'space-jam' where the band free themselves from the shackles of rehearsed material and let the music wander into unknown territory.

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Victor Brady - Brown Rain (1970)

July 23, 2015, 2:49 am

≫ Next: Tomas Bodin - Cinematograaf (2008)

≪ Previous: Ozric Tentacles - Live At The Pongmasters Ball (2002)

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Victor BRADY hails from St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. He moved to mainland USA sometime in the 60's, and established himself as a popular and influential performer of the steel drum, performing in Central Park on a regular basis. Brady himself doesn't quite like the notion of coining his instrument of choice a steel drum - for him that is a cruder instrument consisting of a large 55 gallon steel barrel. Brady prefers to call the more refined instrument he plays a steel piano.

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Tomas Bodin - Cinematograaf (2008)

July 23, 2015, 4:38 am

≫ Next: Yes - Tormato (1978) [1989, Atlantic 18P2-2889, Japan]

≪ Previous: Victor Brady - Brown Rain (1970)

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New instrumental album keyboardist Flower Kings, published them on his own label.Excellent soothing music, listen to easily and peacefully as the soundtrack to a film about the ocean and nature. Very sincerely!

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Yes - Tormato (1978) [1989, Atlantic 18P2-2889, Japan]

July 23, 2015, 2:25 pm

≫ Next: John Wetton - Battle Lines (1995) [1996, Blueprint BP240CD]

≪ Previous: Tomas Bodin - Cinematograaf (2008)

Yes - Tormato (1978)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Atlantic, 18P2-2889 | ~ 264 or 104 Mb | Scans(png) -> 113 Mb
Progressive Rock

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The '70s model of Yes runs out of gas. Recorded in a morale slump and an impending haze of drink, Tormato's decent tunes are sabotaged by Rick Wakeman's increasing penchant for cheesy textures and the band's thin overall sound...

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John Wetton - Battle Lines (1995) [1996, Blueprint BP240CD]

July 23, 2015, 10:48 pm

≫ Next: Galaxy-Lin - G (1975)

≪ Previous: Yes - Tormato (1978) [1989, Atlantic 18P2-2889, Japan]

John Wetton - Battle Lines (1995/1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 369 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 133 Mb
Scans Included (JPG, 300 dpi) | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Blueprint Australia #BP240CD

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A reissue of an album originally released in Japan in 1994 under the title Voice Mail, 1995's Battle Lines continues John Wetton's career path over the preceding 15 years -- there's more pop than prog in his prog pop, in other words. Basically indistinguishable from a late-period Asia album, the ten tracks on Battle Lines were mostly co-written by Wetton and keyboardist Bob Marlette. The re-release garnered a new cover and bonus track - acoustic version of the title track.

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Galaxy-Lin - G (1975)

July 24, 2015, 2:12 am

≫ Next: Empirical Time - Songs, Poems and a Lady (2013)

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Galaxy-Lin - G (1975)
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | covers
Rotation/Universal 018 439-2 | rem: 2002 | 470Mb

An interesting jazz-rock outfit that used mandolin as their main instrument, instead of guitar. The group was launched in 1974 by Robbie van Leeuwen (vocals, mandoline; ex-Shocking Blue) and existed for two years. Other featured members: Rudy Bennett (vocals, ex-Jupiter), Dick Remelink (sax & flute; ex-Ekseption, in 1976 to Trace), Hugo van Haastert (mandoline; left the group temporarily in 1975 to work with his own band, Triad, but returned soon thereafter; his replacement was Hans van Vos, ex-Lemming), Peter Wassenaar (bass, ex-Blue Planet) & Peter Rijnvis (drums).

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Empirical Time - Songs, Poems and a Lady (2013)

July 24, 2015, 1:43 am

≫ Next: Zip Tang - 3 Studio Albums (2008-2013)

≪ Previous: Galaxy-Lin - G (1975)

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Songs, Poems and a Lady is a notable proof, which is eligible to be one of the most eminent debuts of this latest season. It is an album which is a sort of auditory analepsis, embellished with the strength of young intentions and a strong know how. It is a pleasure for the ears and so I can suggest to every prog rock and symphonic rock fan to listen to this album and enjoy the music of this Italian band.

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Zip Tang - 3 Studio Albums (2008-2013)

July 24, 2015, 2:59 am

≫ Next: Satin Whale - Lost Mankind (1975) [Reissue 1998]

≪ Previous: Empirical Time - Songs, Poems and a Lady (2013)

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Nowadays, the best expressions and attitudes of progressive rock are able to form eclectic mixtures, yet they mostly embrace independent striking values, being either classy, new-waved, drenched, alternative, powerful or sensible, underground or mainstreamed, artistically rooted or experimentally diluted. Up this kind of a scale, Zip Tang, a four-piece band from Chicago, prefers to play something from the classic influences, the nice modern art and the bit of indispensable jam and "new music" - in a manner that, currently, gets optimistic praises, plus in a musical attractive empathy that can score, further on, more and more important progressive qualities...

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Satin Whale - Lost Mankind (1975) [Reissue 1998]

July 24, 2015, 4:17 am

≫ Next: A Euphonious Wail - A Euphonious Wail (1973)

≪ Previous: Zip Tang - 3 Studio Albums (2008-2013)

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When SATIN WHALE recorded their second output they have found more to an own discrete style on the one hand but unfortunately they've lost some the power from their debut as well. Thus with good reasons after that one and their Live record "Whalecome" they vanished in the haze more or less. The album starts a bit tame with the first three tracks but with the 11 minute + long "Go Ahead" comes certainly the best and most versatile track on here with great sax and flute play. "Trace Of Sadness" is a powerful organ driven rocker, "Song for Thesy" is very much dominated by flute, reminding a bit to FOCUS and has some nice drum and marimba sections between the vocal parts.

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A Euphonious Wail - A Euphonious Wail (1973)

July 24, 2015, 4:37 am

≫ Next: Yes - Drama (1980) [1989, Atlantic 7567-81473-2]

≪ Previous: Satin Whale - Lost Mankind (1975) [Reissue 1998]

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Heavily influenced by San Francisco bands (Big Brother and the Trucking Company and The Jefferson Airplane quickly come to mind), the Santa Rosa, California-based A Euphonious Wail was roughly five years behind creative and popular tastes. Not that it seemed to matter given a financially struggling Kapp Records went ahead and signed the quintet to a recording contract. Built around the talents of drummer Doug Hoffman, keyboardist Bart Libby, singer Suzanne Rey, singer/guitarist Steve Tracy and bassist Gary Violetti, the band's self-titled 1973 debut teamed them with producer Brian Ingoldsby (Lowell Levinger of Youngbloods fame reportedly also helped out). While "A Euphonious Wail" had a couple of nice moments, for the most part the LP was surprisingly lame and uninspired. As lead vocalists Rey and Tracy had decent, if unexceptional voices (though Rey tended to screech in the higher registers).

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Yes - Drama (1980) [1989, Atlantic 7567-81473-2]

July 24, 2015, 12:09 pm

≫ Next: The Syn - Live Rosfest (2015) [CD + Bonus DVD]

≪ Previous: A Euphonious Wail - A Euphonious Wail (1973)

Yes - Drama (1980)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Atlantic, 7567-81473-2 | Germany | ~ 224 or 105 Mb | Scans(png) -> 62 Mb
Progressive Rock

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For this one album, ex-Buggles Geoffrey Downes and Trevor Horn were drafted in to replace Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman. It rocks harder than other Yes albums, and for classically inclined fans, it was a jarring departure; but it was a harbinger of Yes and Asia albums to come...

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The Syn - Live Rosfest (2015) [CD + Bonus DVD]

July 24, 2015, 4:31 pm

≫ Next: Phil Manzanera - Diamond Head (1975) [Remastered 1999]

≪ Previous: Yes - Drama (1980) [1989, Atlantic 7567-81473-2]

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The Syn featuring, some of the music world's best progressive rock musicians. Following a fairly quiet time for The Syn while their legendary vocalist and songwriter Steve Nardelli has been the force behind the first eco town to be built in the UK, the iconic pre-Yes band from the 60's returns with a live CD recorded in 2009 at Rosfest in Philadelphia on their Big Sky tour and a 2 films bonus on a single DVD 'The Syn in the 21st Century' and 'The Making of Big Sky', the latter charting at number one on the Amazon VOD chart in America. Big Sky studio album was voted the best progressive music album of 2009 by USA Progressive Music magazine and much of that music is featured on this remarkable live album, described by Precision Mastering as "the finest live album we have worked on". The bonus DVD features the 23 minute film The Making of Big Sky and 20 minute The Syn in the 21st Century.

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Phil Manzanera - Diamond Head (1975) [Remastered 1999]

July 25, 2015, 12:34 am

≫ Next: Roger Waters - Amused to Death (1992) [2015, Columbia/Legacy, 8843093782]

≪ Previous: The Syn - Live Rosfest (2015) [CD + Bonus DVD]

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Diamond Head is the first solo album by Phil Manzanera, issued in 1975. It was originally issued in the UK on Island (who was handling all E.G. recordings) and in US on Atco. The sound quality on the US album left a lot to be desired, so the UK import was a popular seller in the speciality record shops who sold Roxy Music and other UK bands.

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Roger Waters - Amused to Death (1992) [2015, Columbia/Legacy, 8843093782]

July 25, 2015, 3:57 am

≫ Next: Fire - The Magic Shoemaker (1970) [Reissue 2009]

≪ Previous: Phil Manzanera - Diamond Head (1975) [Remastered 1999]

Roger Waters - Amused to Death (1992) front

Roger Waters - Amused to Death (1992)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Columbia/Legacy, 8843093782 | ~ 381 or 178 Mb | Scans Included
Progressive Rock

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War is Roger Waters' great muse, the impetus for so much of his work, including the semi-autobiographical 1979 opus The Wall. The Final Cut, his last album with Pink Floyd, functioned as an explicit sequel to The Wall, but 1992's Amused to Death acts as something of a coda, a work where Waters revisits his obsessions -- both musical and lyrical -- and ties them together with the masterful touch of a mature artist...

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