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| 5 UU’S - Highly complex rock 7% SOLUTION - Hawkwind/Floyd style. Great! A CHINESE FIREDRILL - Chroma Key and Porcupine Tree followers will enjoy this http://www.myspace.com/joeyvera ABIGAIL’S GHOST - Much like Porcupine Tree. Very good! ACUITY - Progressive rock with long tracks and guitars/synths at the forefront. Nice! AD INFINITUM - New group but performing more of a seventies style of prog rock. Very good! ADVENT - Gentle Giant inspired prog AFTER ALL - Good rock/psych with prog touches from 1970 AFTER THE FALL - Symphonic prog with ELP leanings AGENT COOPER - Hard and heavy neo progressive AHLEUCHATISTAS - Post-Beefhart avant garde, technical power trio. http://www.myspace.com/ahleuchatistas AJALON - Christian prog rock AKACIA - Neo progressive with long tracks ALASKA - This is very much like Yes ALBATROSS - Mega rarity of heavy keyboard prog ALWAYS ALMOST - X-Echolyn AMARAN’S PLIGHT - Prog rock with a heavy edge and made up of members of Spock’s Beard, Royal Hunt, Under The Sun and Shadow Gallery AMBER ASYLUM - Dark, brooding chamber work full of chilling emotional beauty AMBER ROUTE - Floating electronic symphonic music ANCIENT VISION - Reminds me of Jethro Tull ANDEAVOR - Leger De Main offshoot. Heavy symphonic ANGELIC PROCESS, THE - Ambient drone metal. This album scares me! http://myspace.com/theangelicprocess ANIMATED EGG, THE - Instrumental psych with some progressive moves. Pretty dang good for 1967! AORTA - Prog/psych from 1968 & 1970 ARABESQUE - Recently discovered 70’s prog gem on the Shroom label ARCHITECTURAL METAPHOR - Ozric style spaceyness ARMAGEDDON – Heavy psych from 1969 ARNOLD, HORACEE - 1974 fusion classic with Jan Hammer ASIA - Hard rock with mellotron AT WAR WITH SELF - Instrumental prog/fusion/metal by Snelwar, Manring & Zonder ATAVISM OF TWILIGHT - Excellent instrumental prog rock. 4 long tracks. Recommended! ATLANTIS - Symphonic rock that sounds like a cross between ELP & UK ATLANTIS PHILHARMONIC - Classic keyboard progressive from 1974 ATLEE - Hard rock from 1971 ATTENTION DEFICIT - Improvisational rock on Magna Carta AUDIOSYNCHROCY - Great progressive/fusion with Gentle Giant and Zappa influences AURORA - Previously unreleased 70’s prog fusion ala Mahavishnu AVANT GARDEN - Long out-of-print instrumental progressive bliss made up of guitar, bass, drums, flute and sax. Very last copies! AZIGZA - Great mix of prog/eastern/ethnic/jazz etc... AZURETH - Symph/prog with great guitars and Marillion-style keys BABY GRAND - Art rock in Toto, Steely Dan style from 1977 & 1978. BABYLON - 70’s Genesis-like masterpiece BAD DOG U - Wonderful instrumental progressive fusion. Recommended! BAGSBY, DAVID - Fusion rock and predominantly instrumental BANCHEE - Psychedelic guitar rock from 1969 and 1971. BARTEL - Hammond keyboard led mix of jazz, rock, blues and prog from 1970 BEAT CIRCUS - Nine piece ensemble that play an interesting mix of new and old-time jazz http://www.myspace.com/beatcircus BECK, JOE - Blend of rock, jazz, blues and psych from 1968 BEDEMON - Black Widow label release of Pre-Pentagram doom rock recordings BELLER, BRYAN - Wonderful fusion by Mike Keneally’s bassist with guest appearances by Mike and also Nick D’Virgilio BERRY, ROBERT - With Steve Howe, Simon Phillips and Jordan Rudess BIG ELF - Deep Purpleish prog BIG PICTURE - Neo progressive BIRDS AND BUILDINGS - Excellent Deluge Grander progressive offshoot with keys, guitars, drums, flute clarinet and sax. Reminds me a bit of VDGG http://www.myspace.com/birdsandbuildings BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC - Jazz/Avant Garde ensemble BLACKFOOT - 1st album from 1975 by these hard rockers BLACK SEPTEMBER - Keyboard prog in ELP direction featuring Michael West BLACK SHEEP - 1975 Pre-Foreigner rock like Spooky Tooth & Free BLISS - Heavy psych/rock power trio from 1969. BLUE SHIFT - Very much like mid-seventies style Yes BOLT - Instrumental heavy guitar rock/prog BONE - Instrumental fusion rock with Hugh Hopper BOOM - Fusion rock BOOMERANG - Rock and roll from 1971 BOUD DEUN - Great complex instrumental prog BOZZIO, TERRY - With Trent & Wayne Gardner, Tony Levin, Billy Sheehan, Jordan Rudess, John Petrucci and James LaBrie BOZZIO LEVIN STEVENS - 3 piece powerhouse of fusion BOZZIO, TERRY & BILLY SHEEHAN - Fusion rock BUBBLEMATH - Very similar to Echolyn. Great debut! BREMNER, PAUL - Izz guitarist BREW, THE - Heavy psych from 1969 CAIRO - ELP influenced progsters CALIBAN - Celtic and folk approach from this Tempest offshoot CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO CALLIOPE - 1969 rocker with covers mixed in with some originals CANNATA CANVAS - Excellent symph/prog that reminds me a lot of Camel CARNEGIE - Another long lost prog classical symphonic gem with three keyboard players CARTOON - Compilation of “Cartoon” & “Music From Left Field”. Good canterbury prog CASEY, RICH - Predominantly instrumental prog rock by multi-instrumentalist Casey. From pastoral to heavy it’s a very good debut! CATHEDRAL - Legendary US prog like a cross between Crimson and Yes CATHEDRAL - English sounding neo progressive CELESTIAL O’EUVRE - Blend or symph/prog and AOR. You’ll hear hints of Yes, Genesis and ELP CEREBUS EFFECT - Predominantly instrumental blend of blistering fusion and symph/prog. Recommended! CEYLEIB PEOPLE, THE - Wonderful prog/psych from 1967 with woodwinds, mellotron, sitar and Indian vibe throughout CHAKRA - Mega-rare late seventies prog similar to Yes CHAOS CODE - Great symph/prog CHARACTER - Heavy neo progressive CHEER-ACCIDENT - Intense, complicated progressive from 1988. Quite an amazing album! CHROMA KEY - Melancholy soundtrack from Kevin Moore (Dream Theater, OSI) CITRON, NEIL - Heavy guitar rock by Lana Lane guitarist CLAUDIA QUINTET, THE - Jazz rock ensemble CONCRETE RUBBER BAND - Religiuos psych/prog/folk mega rarity from 1974 CONDELLO - Psych rock from 1968. CORPORATION, THE - Surprisingly good progressive from the late 60’s with flute, loads of organ CORYELL & THE BRUBECK BROTHERS, LARRY - Classic fusion album COSTELLANO, TONY - Fun blend of prog/fusion/rock/jazz COVENANT - Killer intense keyboard driven progressive. Fantastic! CRUCIBLE - Gone is the Genesis influence and into a new direction on this one CURIOUS WORKS - Long out of print short length CD (about 30 minutes) of fine neo prog led by the powerful vocals of Marissa Von Bargen CRYPTIC VISION - Blend of Yes, Rush and Kansas D’ARCANA - Very good progressive band with a sound all their own but do borrow from time to time from bands such as VDGG, King Crimson and Yes DARK AETHER PROJECT - Space/prog DARLING - Intense complex progressive fusion of rock, jazz and classical elements DAVEY, ALAN - Spacey prog on Black Widow label DEADWOOD FOREST - Wonderful debut of mellotron laden prog with an early English slant DELUGE GRANDER - One of the best American albums ever! Banco meets Anglagard meets Crimson with lots of tron and long tracks DIN WITHIN - Reminds me a lot of Spock’s Beard. http://www.myspace.com/dinwithin DISCIPLINE DIVINE IN-SIGHT - About the best Christian prog band I have heard. Solid first effort! DJAM KARET - Prog/fusion/r.i.o. instrumental group DOSE - Fusion band performing renditions of Kenso, Satriani, Isildur’s Bane, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson DRAGONFLY - Obscure guitar rock record from 1970 DRAMA - Instrumental progressive fusion DREAMSHIP - Beautiful concept symphonic album created entirely via the internet DREAM THEATER DRNWYN - Folk rock obscurity from 1978 DYONISOS - Similar to mid-period Pink Floyd E MOTIVE - Like ELP. Great! E.A.S. - Texas symphonic rock on Mellow EASTER ISLAND - Comeback release after over 20 years of absence!!! ECCENTRIC ORBIT - Keyboard progressive in ELP/Triumvirat style. Great! ECHOLYN - One of USA’s best prog groups EDEN’S CHILDREN - Late 60’s power psych trio ELDERS, THE - 1973 heavy psych with some real good organ riffs ELECTRUM - Instrumental symphonic rock trio with a fusion twist ENCHANT - Neo prog ENGLISH, AARON - Nice prog by this keyboard player/singer. Kind of Tony Banks style but with a Timothy Pure like sound EPHEMERAL SUN - Great dark symphonic with angelic female vocals ESPERS - One of the best modern day acid folk-psych bands. http://www.myspace.com/espers ETHERFYSH - Very good electronic in Tangerine Dream style ETHOS - Classic dual keyboard prog rock EUCLID - Heavy rock from 1970 EUPHORIA - Heavy psych from 1969 EXPLORERS CLUB - All-star lineup of powerful prog on Magna Carta EYESTRINGS - Related to Discipline and quite similar FALSE PROPHET - Lost 70’s gem heavily influenced by Rush FANG, FORREST - Mix of atmospheric eastern music and electronics FAR CORNER - Excellent chamber rock. http://far-corner.com or http://www.myspace.com/farcornerband FARPOINT - Nice symph/prog. http://www.myspace.com/farpointmusic FAT - Heavy psych rock from 1970 & 1976 FENNER, LELAND & O’BRIEN - Late sixties delicate singer/songwriter folk FERRIS MUDD - Very much like the melodic side of Porcupine Tree http://www.myspace.com/ferrismudd FIELD, THE - Raw progressive with mellotron FINNEUS GAUGE - Echolyn related performing great complex fusion FIOCCHI, JOHN - One of the finer acoustic guitarists I have heard FIREBALLET - Brilliant classical progressive masterpiece FLORIO, MIKE - Fine debut by this keyboard player accompanied by other musicians. ELP and Kansas are the first things to come to mind. FLUTTR EFFECT - Blend of progressive, classical and pop with female vocals, electric cello, midi marimba and occasional heavy guitars FLYING ISLAND – Instrumental symphonic prog & fusion FONYA - Spacey prog by one-man band FORD THEATRE - Prog/psych from 1968 FOREVER EINSTEIN - Complex instrumental fusion rock FOREVER TWELVE - Symph/prog with female vocals. FOSTER III, JACK - Prog rock, classical and jazz concept album with Robert Berry & Trent Gardner. www.myspace.com/jackfosteriii FRAMESHIFT - Nice prog with James LaBrie of Dream Theater FREEHAND - Nice blend of prog and fusion rock FRENCH TV - Mixes prog with fusion. Great! FROGG CAFÉ - Great mix of prog and fusion with lengthy tracks FULTON, DAVE/GILES REAVES - Stunning electronic music straight out of the 70’s Berlin school. Recommended! GENESIS - Rock from 1968 GEYSIR - 1974 prog/folk/psych gem by this American group stationed in Iceland GHOST CIRCUS - Nice blend of prog and AOR. http://www.myspace.com/ghostcircus GLASS - 70’s keyboard fronted prog trio GLASS HAMMER - Symph prog. Start with Chronometree. http://www.myspace.com/glasshammer11 GOLIATH - Hard progressive from 1972 GRANICUS - Great hard rock from 1973. GRATTO - Side project of Leger De Main with the solid guitar work from Chris Rodler GREYHAVEN - Very nice heavy neo symphonic that will appeal to both prog and prog metal fans GROVES, CARL - Salem Hill leader solo work GUERIN, SHAUN - Symph/prog by the late Guerin who was in various progressive tribute bands. HAMSTER THEATRE - Blend of avant garde, folk and world music HANDS - 70’s prog rock a la G. Giant HAPPY THE MAN - Brilliant 70’s prog full of originality HARLEQUIN MASS - Renaissance/Genesis flavored symphonic rock HAYSTACKS BALBOA - Heavy organ progressive from 1970 HEALING FORCE - Tribute to the great jazz musician with Henry Kaiser and Mike Keneally. HEAVY CRUISER - Hard rock from 1972 featuring Neil Merryweather HELMET OF GNATS - Fantastic instrumental top-notch fusion. Recommended! HELP - Top-notch psychedelic rock HERMETIC SCIENCE - Mix of classical, jazz, new age and ELPish prog HERU AVENGER - For fans of space and krautrock. HIGHER CIRCLES - Reminds me a lot of Rush with a melodic approach HOBSON’S CHOICE - Excellent keyboard symphonic/progressive HOLDING PATTERN - Brilliant mellotron-laden instrumental prog/symph HOOK, THE - California power trio that released these 2 albums in 1968 & 1970 HOPE - Melodic progressive/psych with two keyboard players from 1973 HOUSTON FEARLESS - Organ/fuzz guitar psych from 1969 ILUVATAR - Great neo prog INFINITY - Great previously unreleased prog from late 70’s like Gentle Giant & Starcastle ILLUSION, THE - Psychedelic rock from 1969 INTRA - Another newly discovered long-lost 70’s American prog group recorded in 1976. Like Yes, Gnidrolog. Great! INVISIGOTH - Blend of goth, prog and metal. http://www.myspace.com/invisigothmusic IT - Great instrumental abilities and complex melodies make this stand out IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY - San Francisco progressive folk from 1969 & 1970. IZZ - Mix of Spock’s Beard, Crimson, ELP & Genesis. http://www.myspace.com/izzmusic JELLY JAM - Morgenstein, Tabor, Myung project mix of rock, fusion & metal JEREMY JEREMY & PROGRESSOR - Instrumental symphonic space rock as Jeremy teams up with X Religion guitarist Progressor JET JAGUAR - Space rock in Hawkwind style with an excellent version of Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun. http://www.myspace.com/jetjaguarrocksinspace JOHNSON, RICHARD LEO & GREGG BENDIAN - Interesting mix of acoustic guitar and percussion of all sorts. Amazing stuff! http://www.richardleojohnson.com/guitar/music.html JUGHEAD - Power pop with Ty Tabor & Derek Sherinian K2 - Great mellotron laden symph/prog with Allan Holdsworth, Ryo Okumoto, Shaun Guerin and Ken Jaquess KALABAN - Great prog rock! KAMPMAN, ERIC - Symphonic keyboard work by Ex-Now keyboardist KANSAS KAPLAN BROTHERS, THE - Unique mellotron melancholy prog. They perform a cover of Epitaph KOPECKY - Mix of progressive & fusion rock. http://kopecky.8m.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/kopeckymusic KOPPERFIELD - Organ/guitar dominated heavy progressive from 1974 KRAKATOA - Excellent symphonic rock with violin. Recommended! KRISTYL - Excellent Christian guitar prog/psych from 1975 KULJU, DAVE - Instrumental progressive fusion led by Electrum guitarist. This is some hot stuff and highly recommended! KULL, BRETT - Solo from Echolyn guitarist. Singer-songwriter style KURGAN’S BANE - If you like Rush and Saga then grab this LABRIE, JAMES - Dream Theater vocalist LAND OF CHOCOLATE - Similar to Echolyn with a taste of fusion LANDS END - Lush symph prog LANE, LANA - Heavy neo rock/prog LARVAL - Cuneiform release that brings to mind King Crimson but with an avant garde edge LEGER DE MAIN - Very good aggressive prog LEONARD, KEVIN - Solo work by North Star Keyboard wizard LEONARDO - Based on the reknowned painter the cast includes members of Magellan LEVIATHAN - 70’s prog hardrock at its best LEVIN, TONY - With Terry Bozzio, Trent & Wayne Gardner, Mike Portnoy, Jordan Rudess, John Petrucci and Steve Stevens LIFT - Includes Caverns of Your Brain + unreleased material. Essential mellotron prog! LIGHT, THE - Long out of print art rock like a cross between Kansas and Styx LIGHTHOUSE - Classic rock with horns from 1972 & 1973 LIGHTS OUT: SAN FRANCISCO - Rock, soul, blues and jazz LINCOLN STREET EXIT - Hard-hitting rock from 1969 LINDENMUTH GROUP, SCOTT - Fusion LINN COUNTY - Heavy organ prog/psych from 1968 LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT - With Tony Levin, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy & Jordan Rudess LITTLE ATLAS - Sounds a bit like Kansas & Spock’s Beard LITTLE KING - Mix of prog and AOR LOAD - Keyboard prog trio. Excellent! LOLLIPOP SHOPPE, THE - Garage psych rock from 1968 LUNAR CHATEAU - Prog rock trio with pop elements MADDEN, MIKE - Drummer from Matter. Utilizes plenty of percussion as well as Theramin & Mellotron MADRIGAL - Sophisticated prog like a cross between Echolyn, Kansas & Happy The Man MADURA - Post Bangor Flying Circus rock/jazz/prog from 1971. Has some solid organ riffs throughout MAESTRO, LOUIE - Multi-instrumentalist with great use of keyboards MALONE, SEAN - Pre-Gordian Knot progressive/fusion/classical/metal MAMA LION - Suprisingly good progressive blues rock led by Janis Joplin sound-alike Lynn Carey and featuring Neil Merryweather on bass and James Newton Howard on keys. From 1972 & 1973 MEADE, LAURA - Nice pop by Izz vocalist MAGELLAN - Hard neo prog MAGIC ELF, THE - Instrumental fusion MAGUS - Saga meets Floyd MAHAVISHNU PROJECT, THE MAN ON FIRE - Similar to Rush MARKS AND LEBZELTER - May be the craziest record I have ever heard MARTZ, JASUN - Two and half hours of music including the classic mellotron-led classical/ambient/prog The Pillory MASKE, DAN - Primarily instrumental lush keyboard symphonic with 22 minute track. http://www.danmaske.com or http://www.myspace.com/danmaske MASTERMIND - ELP on midi guitar MATHEMATICIANS - High caliber instrumental fusion MATTER - Great instrumental rock with Crimson and Heldon influences MAXIMUM INDIFFERENCE - Great instrumental heavy prog like Rush MAXWELL’S DEMON - Instrumental prog rock in the Anglagard realm MCCRITE, MARK - Rocket Scientist guitarist MCGILL, SCOTT - Finneus Gauge guitarist performing prog fusion MCGILL, SCOTT/MICHAEL MANRING/VIC STEVENS - Fusion/prog rock/metal MCLUHAN - Progressive jazz rock with long tracks MERRYWEATHER, NEIL - Heavy mid-seventies guitar space rock METAPHOR - Nice symphonic rock in Camel style MIGHT COULD - 3 guitarists playing in similar style to California Guitar Trio MIND FURNITURE - Progressive rock made up of two long suites with hints of Kansas and Jethro Tull. Very good! http://www.mindfurniture.com/media.html MIND SKY - Excellent prog/symph that seems influenced by Genesis and The Flower Kings MINDLESS OTHER GODS - Rush style prog MINGO (LEWIS) - Great instrumental prog fusion by Ex-Santana percussionist with lots of keys and African percussion. From 1976 MIRTHRANDIR - Genesis, Gentle Giant-like 70’s prog classic. Highly recommended! MOHODISCO - A must for Ozric Tentaclites MOLOCH - Heavy rock and blues from 1972 MONOLITH - Three piece symphonic rock group that reminds me of ELP MORSE, ALAN - Great fusion by Spock’s Beard guitarist. Fellow members of Spock’s participate as well as ex-Beardian and brother Neal MORSE, NEAL - Former leader of Spock’s Beard. http://www.myspace.com/nealmorse MORSE PORTNOY GEORGE - As the title states, these are all covers MORSE, STEVE - Of Dixie Dregs fame MORSE, TIM - Keyboard progressive trio with heavy hints of ELP, Genesis and Kansas MORTICIA - Doomy prog mixed with David Bowie-like vocals. Although new it certainly sounds out of the 80’s. On Black Widow Records MOTHER MALLARD’S PORTABLE... - Synthesizer ensemble MUFFINS, THE - Avant garde & progressive MULLMUZZLER - Song based prog rock MUTZIE - Heavy raw acid psych blues from 1970. MYRIAD - Reminds me of Rush MYTHOLOGIE - Leger De Main side project. Energetic prog with female vocals. Solid! NATIONAL STEAM - Great space NDV - Spock’s Beard drummer. Mix of progressive & pop NELSON, PAUL - 22 minutes of hot instrumental guitar led fusion NETHERWORLD - Legendary prog rock from 1981 NEW AGE - Very rare keyboard prog heavily influenced by Keith Emerson & ELP NEW BLIZZARD SYMPHONY - A prog Christmas album performing original tunes NEW EDEN ORCHESTRA - Nice rock opera NEW ST. GEORGE, THE - Folk rock with female vocals NEW SUN - Symphonic rock with excellent axe work NIACIN - Magna Carta releases of funky prog with ELP leanings NIGHTALES - X-Paragone in Camel vein NO NATION - Fine rock opera with guests Mike Pinder and Jon Anderson http://www.myspace.com/nonationmusic NON CREDO - Curious blend of opera and R.I.O. with female vocals, clarinet, percussion, glockenspiel and other strange sounds. Unique! NORLANDER, ERIK - Lana Lane composer. Comparable to Emerson and Wakeman NORTH STAR - Keyboard dominated progressive NORTHWIND - Fantastic previously unreleased prog/symph from 1977. This was their 3rd and best effort. NOW - Great harmonic prog with nice melodies NUGENT, TED & THE AMBOY DUKES - Great sound quality by these heavy rockers OBLIVION SUN - Happy The Man offshoot and not too dissimilar. www.myspace.com/oblivionsun OCTOBER - Classic 70’s dual keyboard and violin symphonic rock OCTOBER PROJECT - Latest release by this well-known celtic band OKUMOTO, RYO - Spock’s Beard keyboard superman ORPHAN PROJECT - Art rock band in the style of Kansas, Styx & Yes OSI - Features Mike Portnoy, Steve Wilson & Sean Malone OTHER SIDE - Slight Kate Bush approach. Solid first effort OZ KNOZZ - Blend of progressive, rock and jazz OZONE QUARTET - Great fusion rock PALERMO BIG BAND, ED - Big band versions of Zappa classics PANGAEA - Very refined slick prog rock PARMENTER, RYAN - Creative progressive pop by the front man of Eyestrings PARALLEL MIND - Instrumental keyboard filled symph/prog trio with William Kopecky. Great! PARANOISE - Great progressive world rock with a heavy edge PARMENTER, MATTHEW - Solo album by Discipline leader. If you like Discipline then you will this PAULY, HENNING - Frameshift and Chain solo album in more of rock setting with some prog moves here and there PAVLOV’S DOG - Seminal rock/prog group PEACE & QUIET - Classic rock from 1971 PENTAGRAM - Kings of doom rock. Black Widow releases PENTWATER - Blend of prog and rock PERAINO’S KINGDOM COME, VICTOR - 1975 mega-rare mellotron gem PERHACS, LINDA - Stunning delicate folk by this mystical singer/songwriter PERSEPHONE’S DREAM - Nice progressive with female vocals and spacey atmospheres. PHIDEAUX - Great projects of prog/rock and psych PIG IRON - Acid bluesy rock from 1970 PINNELLA, MICHAEL - Symphony Xkeyboardist. Great symph/prog keyboard workout PLANET P PROJECT - First of a progressive rock trilogy by renowned artist Tony Carey. Definite Pink Floyd feel here PLANET X - Heavy instrumental fusion rock with Derek Sherinian & Tony MacAlpine PLANTS - Psych/folk with tremendous 19 minute krautrock-like track PLATYPUS - Blend of prog, fusion & rock PLUM NELLY – Heavy psych/prog from 1971 POHL, BILL - Excellent fusion POLESTAR - Hard prog with a cosmic Twist POLYPHONY - Progressive rock masterpiece from 1972 and in ELP direction POWER OF ZEUS - Late 60’s psychedelic rock PRAVDA - Melodramatic prog rock PRESTO BALLET - Very good debut album that harkens back to early Kansas PRISM - Pre-Hands prog rock PRODUCT - Porcupine Tree meets Marillion PROGDAY - Strawbs, Djam Karet, Nathan Mahl, Trettioariga Kriget, Wobbler, Sonus Umbra, Gert Emmens, The Muffins, Guy Manning. Lots of previously unreleased tracks! 100% goes to Progday. Support Progday and buy this CD! PROJECT LO - With Bon Lozaga and Percy Jones PROTO-KAW PUDDLE JUMPERS, THE - Folk rock PULSE - British-sounding rock from 1969 PUPPET SHOW - Seventies prog musical influences led by an aggressive vocalist PYE FYTE - Crazy new symph group that reminds me of Supersister & Airlord QUARKSPACE - Space rockers QUICK, BILL - Folk rock monster rarity originally released in Spain in 1973 QUIET CELEBRATION - Mystical music with an Eastern vibe. Reminds me of Jade Warrior QUILL - One of the top 5 USA 70’s prog records. Heavy hammond symphonic with 2 side-long tracks. Essential!!! RADIO PIECE III - Canterburyish RAIN - 1972 melodic prog rarity with soft organ and well-crafted songs RAIN OF THOUGHT - Wonderful prog by Ex-New Cross members RAM - Excellent heavy prog from 1972 RASCAL REPORTERS - Like the Muffins of Henry Cow RAZOR WIRE SHRINE - Instrumental heavy aggressive progressive fusion REALM - If you like Yes circa “Going For The One” then this is a must RED MASQUE, THE - Really great dark progressive with Anglagard and Magma influences REID, CURTIS - Excellent instrumental guitar-filled fusion RELAYER - Neo prog RH FACTOR - Leger De Main offshoot but this time in a Dream Theater style of metal prog RING OF MYTH - Very good prog like Yes RIPPER - Death metal on the Black Widow label ROACH, STEVE - Electronic music guru ROCKET SCIENTISTS - Neo prog ROCKETS, THE - Pop psych from 1968. RONGEY, KURT - Nice symph/prog that reminds me a bit of Camel ROOLAART, ANTON - Symph/prog that lies somewhere between Pink Floyd and Yes. Nice debut! ROOTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS - Really great energetic prog with Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant and Pink Floyd influences but at the same time quite unique RUDESS, JORDAN - Dream Theater wonder keyboardist SALEM HILL - Good prog SANCIOUS & TONE, DAVID - Highly underated outstanding symphonic fusion SANCTUARY - 70’s rocker with side long track and make good use of flute & mellotron SCAPELAND WISH – Echolyn & Spock’s Beard fans will love these SCIENCENV - From prog & symphonic to jazz & fusion & electronic this band seems to run the gamut. http://www.myspace.com/sciencenv SHADOW CIRCUS - Unique art rock with catchy melodies. SHADOW GALLERY - Power prog SHADOWFAX SHANTI - Prog/rock blended with Indian music from 1971. Very good! SHERINIAN, DEREK - Former Dream Theater keyboardist. Mix of metal and fusion SIMMONS, JEFF - Bluesy pysch from 1969 by ex-Zappa bassist. SIMON APPLE - Terrific progressive pop very reminiscent of Kevin Gilbert SINGULARITY - Like Porcupine Tree. Excellent! SLICK, GRACE - Her most symphonic effort led by the powerful voice of Grace SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM - Absolutely wild mix avant/prog/opera/metal/classical SLYCHOSIS - Prog band from Mississippi with influences from Marillion, ELP and Yes to Alan Parsons Project, Rush and Hawkwind SMITH, BOB – Heavy psych from 1969 SMOKIN’ GRANNY - Fine prog fusion SNOPEK, SIGMUND - Profound prog artist SOMNAMBULIST - Heavy prog with mellotron & Crimson/Metallica influences SONIC ABANDON - Instrumental spacy fusion duo led by Bon Lozaga & recorded live SONIC MUSIC - Keyboard filled symph/prog resembling Genesis and ELP SORCERY - Hard rock with prog elements SOURCE, THE - New young prog band with certain elements of Yes, Beatles and even Moon Safari SPADA, TONY - Fantastic instrumental fusion by ex-Holding Pattern guitarist SPIRALING - Pop-porgressive fronted by Tom Brislin (Camel) SPIRITS BURNING - Mix of electronics/ethnic sounds by Daevid Allen, Steve Wilson & friends. http://www.myspace.com/spiritsburning SPOCK’S BEARD - Top progsters ST 37 - Space psych on the Black Widow label ST. ELMO’S FIRE - 70’s prog STARCASTLE - The American version of Yes STEEL BLUE - Heavy fusion rock STEELE, JIM - Excellent instrumental keyboard progressive trio with some fusion, jazz and space thrown in as well STEEPLECHASE - Hard rocker from 1970 STILL - Echolyn offshoot with a different edge STORM AT SUNRISE - Excellent heavy prog with hammond organ and Deep Purple sound STRATER, GARY - Electronic ambient music from former Starcastle bass player STUERMER, DARYL – Guitar fusion by the Genesis guitarist SUBARACHNOID SPACE - Instrumental space rock for Ozric fans SWEATHOG - Driving rock from 1971 & 1972. SYNERGY - Electronic keyboard wizardry by Larry Fast SYSTEMS THEORY - Great electronic space rock with lots of mellotron SYZYGY - Intense prog rock from the new Wits End TALAMASCA - Post Harlequin symphonic rock with lead and backing female vocals TARANTULA HAWK - Instrumental grungy space rock TASSLER, STEVE - Solid solo effort by Starcastle keyboardist TEMPEST - 10TH ANNIVERSARY Contemporary Celtic prog TEN JINN - Neo prog with x-Happy The Man guitarist Stan Whitaker TEN POINT TEN - Progressive Christmas album. One of the best I’ve heard TESSERACT - New symphonic rock with violin THESE TRAILS - Island west coast folk from 1973 with male & female vocals THINKING PLAGUE - Avant garde/R.I.O. masters THIRD ESTATE, THE - Classic fuzz guitar with folk influences at times from 1976 THIRTEEN OF EVERYTHING - For fans of Izz, Spock’s Beard and Echolyn. Solid debut! THUNDERDUK - Guitar rocker from 1974 THUNDERPUSSY - Heavy rock concept masterpiece TIME OF ORCHIDS - Fantastic avant/rock/prog. Recommended! http://www.myspace.com/timeoforchids TIMOTHY PURE - Moody Blues/Pink Floyd style. Great! TITAN - Brilliant space rock in Ozric, Ash Ra Tempel, Schulze style. A must! http://www.myspace.com/titanaut TOMBSTONE VALENTINE - One of the top American space rock bands TOPPER - Private keyboard prog from 1977 TOUCH - One of the very first progressive albums to emerge out of the late sixties. TRAINER, PHIL - Great folk rock recorded in 1972 in the U.K. with help from members of Trees TRANQUILITY - Folk rock from 1972 TRANSATLANTIC - Prog super group TRANSIENCE - Lands End hiding under a different name TRAP - Crimson meets French TV TRIGGERING MYTH, A - Excellent prog TRIPOD - Quite crazy high energy progressive mixed with jazz rock TRISTAN PARK - Neo prog/pop TRUTH & JANEY - Hard rock classic from 1976. http://www.myspace.com/truthandjaney76 U I BLUE - Nice symphonic with female vocals and help from Glass Hammer’ers. Will appeal to Iona/Mostly Autumn/Clannad fans U TOTEM - Avant garde/RIO UMPHREY’S MCGEE - Wonderful progressive jam band UNDER THE SUN - Neo prog heavily influenced by Kansas and Styx UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, THE - Symph/prog led by Bill Pohl and Kurt Rongey. Somewhat like Camel and Happy The Man UNIVERSE - Prog rocker from 1977 with plenty of spacey keys UNOBSTUCTED UNIVERSE - Progressive jazz rock from 1976 including 2 side-long tracks UPSILON ACRUX - Magma-like instrumental bliss UT GRET - Avant Garde with Henry Kaiser VALERIE PROJECT, THE - Espers offshoot and not too dissimilar (acid folk-psych) but a bit darker. Great stuff! http://www.myspace.com/thevalerieproject VALHALLA - Heavy organ prog/rock from 1972. VERTICAL ALIGNMENT - Excellent symph/prog with special guests Fred Schendel & Steve Babb (Glass Hammer) and Carl Groves (Salem Hill) VISUAL CLIFF - Instrumental prog rock/fusion VOGT, ROY - Instrumental fusion by this monster bass player. Stan Lassiter guests on guitar and Chester Thompson on drums. Great! VOLARE - Great Canterbury style prog WALKER, CARLTON - Nice symphonic rock opera. http://www.carltonwalker.com/music.html WALSH, STEVE - Kansas vocalist WATKINS, KIT - Happy The Man keyboardist WATSON, KEN - Blend of rock, jazz, electronics, classical WAYBRIGHT, LEAH - Instrumental soft progressive featuring 3 Happy The Man members and comes in a lavish package WEEKS, GREG - Surrealistic dreamy work by this gifted singer-songwriter WEST, ANDY (WITH RAMA) - Heavy eclectic progressive by Dregs’ bassist WEST, MICHEAL - Fantastic keyboard works a la Rick Wakeman WESTON, RAY - New project by Echolyn lead vocalist WHITE, LENNY - Wonderful prog/fusion concept album by this legendary drummer WHITE WING - Pre-Asia (USA band) of mellotron laden mix of heavy and light prog WINDFLOWER - Delicate Alaskan acid folk rock from 1975. Male/female vocals, violin, flute, mellotron. Nice! WINTERHAWK - Hard rock & progressive in Budgie/Triumph and Rush vein. WITSEND - Pre-Syzygy heavy symphonic WIZARDS FROM KANSAS, THE - Legendary hippie rock from 1970. WOLLAN, GREG - Melodic progressive with a Genesis, Camel and Yes edge to it. WOODENHEAD - Jazz fusion mixed with symphonic rock and R ‘n B WORLD TRADE - Magna Carta release and similar to the other groups on the label WOVEN HAND - Great band that brings in dark medieval European folklore into their music as well as North American Indian tribal rhythms www.myspace.com/wovenhand WYATT-WHITAKER - Side project by Happy The Man members. Does not stray far from the Happy The Man sound. Very good! WYZARDS - Like a mixture of Threshold, ELP & Rush XEN - Neo prog with an Enchant connection YAMADA, TAIHO - Spacious synthesizer based soundtrack YETI - If you like the dark side of Magma then this for you YETI RAIN - Dark ethereal ambient project with Bill Kopecky (bass, percussion) and Roger Ebner (wind synthesizer, percussion). Quite haunting! http://yetirain.com/ YEZDA URFA - One of USA’s best ever. Brilliant Gentle Giant like progressive rock YOKE SHIRE - Roots are firmly in classic rock with Kansas, Rush and Tull influences as well YOUNG, MICHELLE - Kate Bush fans will enjoy this. Original pressing! ZAZEN - Progressive new age ZEN CARNIVAL - Fine progressive band with the first album in the Camel/Genesis direction and Bardo more Porcupine Treeish ZEN ROCK & ROLL - Fine prog rock with 3 long mellotron filled tracks and a definite Genesis influence ZERFAS - 1973 heavy psych with some progressive moves. ZOLDAR & CLARK - Post Jasper Wrath and one of the best 70’s USA symph/prog albums with lots of mellotron, synths, flute etc... http://www.myspace.com/zoldarclark77 |