January 2009
| CD’S (PROGRESSIVE) ARGENTINA NEBBIA, LITTO - 3 early 70's albums which are more folk mixed with prog & singer/songwriter. AUSTRALIA SEBASTIAN HARDIE - Japanese imports of symph mellotron prog at its best. BELGIUM CECELIA EYES - One of the best instrumental prog/post-rock/shoegaze albums I have ever heard. Stunning! http://www.myspace.com/ceciliaeyes IRISH COFFEE - Heavy organ/guitar prog from 1971. New Thors Hammer edition. www.myspace.com/irishcoffeeband UNIVERS ZERO - http://www.myspace.com/universzero BRAZIL DIALETO - Prog rock/fusion with a bit of King Crimson influence but at the same time quite unique. http://www.myspace.com/dialeto FRITSCH, ELOY - Electronic symphonic music by Apocalypse keyboardist. CANADA D PROJECT, THE - New mini lp sleeve edition. http://www.myspace.com/thedesbiensproject DIRECTION - Hard to find 2nd album of prog/symph with French vocals that lies somewhere between Morse Code and Ange. http://www.legroupedirection.com/albums.html EXCUBUS - Amazing keyboard driven prog rock with heavy organ and mellotron outbursts. 4 tracks from 1974 and 4 from 2008 that fit right in. MAHOGANY FROG - Instrumental mix of intense prog, Canterbury and jazz rock. http://www.myspace.com/mahoganyfrog SENSE - New mini lp sleeve edition. http://www.myspace.com/sensemusik SIGNS OF ONE - Rare earlier album by these proggers in Rush and Saga style. http://www.myspace.com/signsofone VILLE EMARD BLUES BAND - Mix of prog rock, jazz fusion and rock with members of Contraction & Harmonium. http://www.myspace.com/villeemardbluesband CZECH REPUBLIC BLUE EFFECT BOHEMIA - Modry Efekt related release from 1978. Certainly one of the top prog albums to ever come from Eastern Europe. Sounds like Modry Efekt mixed with fusion with bass, guitar, drums, keys, sax, clarinet and flute. FLAMENGO ESTONIA MEGAN QUARTET - Long tracks of instrumental progressive jazz made up of guitars, bass, keyboards, drums & sax. http://www.myspace.com/meganquartet FINLAND ANCIENT BEAR CULT - Great Celtic folk with flute, lute, hurdy gurdy, bouzouki, recorder, sitar and lyre. http://www.myspace.com/ancientbearcult COREY & MAPLE - Progressive melodic space rock at times similar to Pink Floyd. http://www.myspace.com/coreymaple FRANCE ABACAB - Short and sweet album by one of the very best of the modern French progressive bands and a bit in the Ange direction. A must! www.myspace.com/abacabfr FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA - http://www.myspace.com/forgasbandphenomena LOUVETON, JEAN PIERRE - Nemo solo. http://www.myspace.com/jplouveton DANTE’S INFERNO - Nuova Era, Yesterdays, Little Tragedies, Lady Lake, Greenwall, Nemo, Nexus, Atlantis1001, Flamborough Head, Colossus Project, Court, Willowglass, Wicked Minds, Brighteye Brison, Matthija Herder, Garamond, Ars Nova, Il Castello Di Atlante, Groovector, Consorzio Acqua Potabile (CAP), Ozone Player, Sinkadus, Viima, Notabene, Entrance, Advent, Contrappunto Project, Armalite, Corte Aulica, Raimundo Rodolfo, De Rossi E Bordini, Tempano, Nathan Mahl, Simon Says. HALLOWEEN - New mini lp sleeve edition of this symphonic masterpiece. HECENIA - New mini lp sleeve edition. LARD FREE GERMANY AQUA - Post-Wyoming organ-led progressive rock from 1972 with some additional tracks from 1978 & 1981. ARGOS - Symph/prog in mid-seventies Genesis style with a slight Gentle Giant edge and a bit of fusion thrown in for good measure. Recommended! http://www.myspace.com/returntowhatever FAITHFUL BREATH - 2nd album recorded in 1977 and not released until 1980. Mellotron-laden symphonic with side-long track. GRAVESTONE - 2nd album released by Garden Of Delights. GURNEMANZ - Fantastic folk rock from 1972. HEALING ROAD, THE - 2nd album. http://www.myspace.com/hphess JOY UNLIMITED - Garden Of Delights editions. KONTRAST - Post-Out Of Focus & Embryo kraut rock freak-out rarity. MARTIGAN - New studio album of new prog. http://www.myspace.com/martiganartrock OHR OS MUNDI OUT OF FOCUS PANCAKE - 2nd album from 1977. P205 - Hard progressive from 1975, 1976 & 1978. REICHEL, ACHIM - 1974 album. ROUSSAK, ANDREW - Keyboard-led prog rock in Emerson, Wakeman style. http://www.myspace.com/andrewroussak RUFUS ZUPHALL - http://www.myspace.com/rufuszuphall SCHNITZLER, CONRAD SUN - Prog/jazz/fusion obscurity from 1980. HUNGARY BENKO, LASZLO - Obscure instrumental electronic/progressive/classical 1990 work by Omega keyboardist. ISRAEL POLIKER, YEHUDA - Special 20th Anniversary edition of this legendary folk/prog/singer-songwriter epic from 1988. ITALY BALTARO, PAOLO - Solo album by Arcansiel vocalist/songwriter. Not far from what Porcupine Tree is doing these days. http://www.myspace.com/paolobaltaro CAGE - 2nd album of symph/prog/fusion. http://www.myspace.com/progressivecage MAPPE NOOTICHE - Predominantly instrumental progressive space rock. Excellent! http://www.myspace.com/mappenootiche WATCH, THE - New mini lp sleeve edition. http://www.myspace.com/thewatchmusic JAPAN ARS NOVA MEXICO CAST - New mini lp sleeve edition. http://www.myspace.com/cast HELLO MADNESS - Post-Elfonia top-notch neo prog with a bit of pop that sounds more English than anything. Excellent! http://www.myspace.com/hellomadness HUMUS - Complex prog not unlike Loch Ness. New mini lp sleeve editions. http://www.myspace.com/humusmexico NETHERLANDS KAYAK - Latest studio some how missing from the website. SPLINTER - 2nd album by this Spock’s Beard/Flower Kings influenced Dutch group. http://www.myspace.com/splinteronline NORWAY KERRS PINK - New mini lp sleeve edition by this symph/prog band in Camel style. PORTUGAL FORGOTTEN SUNS - New studio with a harder edge. http://www.myspace.com/fsuns RUSSIA LITTLE TRAGEDIES - New mini lp sleeve edition of their brilliant new album. http://www.myspace.com/littletragediesband VESPERO - 1st album of fantastic space rock. http://www.myspace.com/vesperomusic SWEDEN BARR - Fantastic progressive folk. http://www.myspace.com/barrmusic MAGNOLIA - Hard proggers 2nd album. http://www.myspace.com/magnoliarock TRETTIOARIGA KRIGET - http://www.myspace.com/trettioarigakriget SWITZERLAND METAMORPHOSIS - New studio! http://www.myspace.com/metamorphosischband UKRAINE KIUILA - Nice blend of ethinc/ambient/electro-groove music with a Middle Eastern slant. http://www.myspace.com/kiuila U.K. BEGGARS OPERA - http://www.myspace.com/beggarsoperaofficial CATAPILLA - New mini lp sleeve edition of their great 2nd album. http://www.myspace.com/catapilla7172 DR. STRANGELY STRANGE - New digipack of Vertigo folk classic. http://www.myspace.com/drstrangelystrange DUMMER BAND, JOHN GENESIS GENTLE GIANT GUN - Nice Repertoire issues by this hard rock trio from 1968 & 1969. IF LEGEND - Rock and blues originally released on Vertigo in 1969, 1971 & 1972. MAN MIRKWOOD - Hard rock mega-rarity from 1973. MOODY BLUES, THE NO-MAN OSIBISA - Prog/jazz with African percussion from 1971 by this multi-national (Ghana, Grenada, Antigua, Trinidad & Nigeria). Roger Dean covers. PENDRAGON - New poor-mans edition without the DVD. RA - 2nd symph/prog work. http://www.myspace.com/robandrewsra RENAISSANCE - Of course one of the great live albums of all-time. STEVENS, JOHN - 3 Jazz works from 1977. STRAWBS - http://www.myspace.com/thestrawbs & http://www.myspace.com/strawbsmusic THISTLETOWN - Stunning prog folk by a band that lives on a boat in Cornwall in a time warp. Reference Mellow Candle or Carol Of Harvest. Recommended! http://www.myspace.com/thistletown THREE MANY ARMY - Post-Gun heavy rock from 1971. TIPPETT GROUP, THE KEITH - Jazz rock with Elton Dean from 1971. TRAMLINE - Bluesy rock from 1968 & 1969. UKZ - New Eddie Jobson (UK) project with Trey Gunn, Alex Machacek, Aaron Lippert & Marco Minnemann. http://www.myspace.com/ukzband VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - Back in stock! YAK - Instrumental symph/prog with heavy Genesis and Camel leanings. Part of the neo prog movement in the early 80’s, they disbanded in 1984 and recently reformed. http://www.myspace.com/yaktunes USA 3RDEGREE - Prog rock somewhere between Yes, Izz and Echolyn. http://www.myspace.com/3rdegreenj BURNT NOODLE - The Field offshoot of excellent progressive psychedelic space rock. CHEER-ACCIDENT - 16th album and as wild as ever! http://www.myspace.com/cheeraccident GUTBUCKET - Jazz, avant garde, fusion, prog and just pure zaniness. http://www.myspace.com/gutbucket SOURCE, THE - 2nd studio album. Great! http://www.myspace.com/thesourceband SPADA, TONY - 1st solo album reissue of prog/fusion by Holding Pattern guitarist. Excellent! http://www.myspace.com/wwwmyspacecomholdingpattern VISUAL CLIFF - Instrumental prog/rock/fusion. On Freedom Within and Into The After they have added a vocalist. http://www.myspace.com/visualcliffmusic VENEZUELA RODULFO, RAIMUNDO - Great new album! www.myspace.com/raimundorodulfo VARIOUS ARTISTS CD’s DANTE’S INFERNO - Nuova Era, Yesterdays, Little Tragedies, Lady Lake, Greenwall, Nemo, Nexus, Atlantis1001, Flamborough Head, Colossus Project, Court, Willowglass, Wicked Minds, Brighteye Brison, Matthija Herder, Garamond, Ars Nova, Il Castello Di Atlante, Groovector, Consorzio Acqua Potabile (CAP), Ozone Player, Sinkadus, Viima, Notabene, Entrance, Advent, Contrappunto Project, Armalite, Corte Aulica, Raimundo Rodolfo, De Rossi E Bordini, Tempano, Nathan Mahl, Simon Says. PSYCHEDELIC GEMS 7 - Join In, Mystic Eyes, Smiling Understatement II, Firestone Group, Reaction. PSYCHEDELIC UNDERGROUND 11 - Saffran, Aigues Vives, Amon Duul II, Frob, Waniyetula, Madison Dyke, Eulenspygel, Gravestone, Da Capo. PSYCHEDELIC UNDERGROUND 14 - Emma Myldenberger, Joy Unlimited, P2O5, Faithful Breath, Out Of Focus, Aqua, Sun, Gravestone, Pancake. JAPANESE MINI LP SLEEVE CD’s ARS NOVA GENESIS LARD FREE OHR - (GURU GURU - UFO, GURU GURU - HINTEN, MYTHOS - SAME, ANNEXUS QUAM - OSMOSE, ANNEXUS QUAM - BEZIEHUNGEN) (5 CD REMASTER LIMITED EDITION BOX SET) SCHNITZLER, CONRAD STEVENS, JOHN VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR DVD’s 3RDEGREE BLUE EFFECT IRISH COFFEE - www.myspace.com/irishcoffeeband KAYAK LP’s BALTARO, PAOLO GENESIS HEALING ROAD, THE PERERIN RADIUS, ALBERTO |