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Hadn't spun this one in years so it was a nice trip in the Wayback Machine to give it another go. It's aged quite well - in fact it's better than I remembered. Bachdenkel was a trio of Colin Swinburne, Peter Kimberley and Brian Smith. They were one ...
Record Label:  Ork Records
Style:  Progressive Rock
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Debut disc from this eclectic British trio led by master bassist Colin Hodgkinson. With instrumentation of sax, bass and drums the music was a mix of jazzrock, prog and blues - all at the same time!
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Collection of 3 previously unreleased BBC sessions from 1973-74. Four of the tracks have never been released in any form.
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Beautiful and mature solo album from Iona's guitarist. Subtle but at times intricate Bainbridge's Celtic influenced music will be a field day for fans of Steve Hackett, Gordon Giltrap and even Lorena McKennitt. He mixes up acoustic and electric guita...
Record Label:  Open Sky
Style:  Progressive Rock
British based BoP's fifth album finds vocalist Lance King gone only to be replaced by Biomechanoid's John K. Lance is a great singer and so is John K...but the change has really pushed the band into a new exciting direction. First off the music is no...
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This one is a real crazy package. CD 1 is a nicely constructed remastered compilation taken from the band's first four albums. CD 2 is a live set from 2004 with new vocalist (now departed!) John L.. That would be cool by itself but the piece de resi...
Record Label:  Massacre Records
Style:  Progressive Metal
US edition of the latest from this superb US melodic metal band. This fits as a logical progression from Ten More Tales. Lots of prog moves balanced by some AOR moments - which is basically the Balance of Power formula. So you get intricacy and melo...
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Remastered edition of the first album from this great Italian band. Be warned - this is not exactly the same band that later recorded Ys. This lineup fractured after recording the album, which is much more in a straight ahead hard rock vein although ...
Record Label:  Sony BMG
Style:  Progressive Rock
Released in 1976 on ELP's Manticore label, this is the English version of Come In Un'Ultima Cena. My preference is for the Italian version but this one is mighty damn fine too. This gets the royal treatment from Esoteric Recordings and is the first C...
Record Label:  Manticore/Esoteric Recordings
Style:  Progressive Rock
Probably the best known version of all the Banco albums, this is finally seeing a CD release outside of Japan. This was released on the Manticore label back in 1975. In essence its a re-recording of their first album with English vocals...but its not...
Record Label:  Manticore/Esoteric Recordings
Style:  Progressive Rock
In 1991 Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso inexplicably decided to revisit their first two albums. The band completely re-recorded the albums and in fact expanded on some of the earlier versions of some of the songs. Shockingly it worked really well. There w...
Record Label:  Virgin Dischi
Style:  Progressive Rock
Japanese K2 24bit remastered mini-LP edition of the obscure primordial effort originally released as a limited edition by Raro Records in 1989. This is material that was recorded for the band's first album in 1969 but was never released. Recorded bef...
Record Label:  BMG Japan
Style:  Progressive Rock
In 1991 Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso inexplicably decided to revisit their first two albums. The band completely re-recorded the albums and in fact expanded on some of the earlier versions of some of the songs. Shockingly it worked really well. There wa...
Record Label:  Virgin Dischi
Style:  Progressive Rock
Brilliant third album. While the long epic tracks are of course creative genius sometimes it's the shorter tracks like "Non Mi Rompete" that solidify the work.
Record Label:  Ricordi
Style:  Progressive Rock
Perhaps more familiar under for the English version known as "As In A Last Supper". WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO OFFER THIS ABLE AT A PRICE THIS LOW - GRAB IT WHILE IT'S ON SALE!!
Record Label:  Virgin Records
Style:  Progressive Rock
Soundtrack recording to the 1975 film. Frankly never a particular favorite of mine although it has many fans. Di Giacomo sat this one out and the Nocenzi brothers virtually wrote all the music. As soundtracks go it's quite nice. As a Banco album it...
Record Label:  Virgin Dischi
Style:  Progressive Rock
This sadly marked the end of the band's progressive era. The songs are a bit shorter than before but Di Giacomo's vocals are as brilliant as ever. Like Garafano Rosso a second tier effort from the band. Not a bad one but not a great one.
Record Label:  Virgin Dischi
Style:  Progressive Rock
Live recording from 1979 features great material but unfortunately they screwed around with the arrangements too much.
Record Label:  Ricordi
Style:  Progressive Rock
"Frankie Gilcken - Lead Guitar/Harmony vocals
Frank Ferrara -Lead vocals/Bass
Tony Diorio - Drums/lyrics
Disc One - Death of a Country (Unreleased album recorded in 1971)
Disc Two -...
Record Label:  Rise Above Relics
Style:  Hard Rock
New instrumental fusion trio consisting of Neil Citron, Percy Jones, and Walter Garces. Neil Citron may be familiar to you with his recording/touring with Lana Lane and Erik Norlander although he also has an extensive discography of solo work. Walte...
Record Label:  Declassified Records
Style:  Fusion
This was the 1973 solo album that Peter Banks recorded while he was a member of Flash. Crazy list of musicians performing on the album including Jan Akkerman, John Wetton, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, as well as Flash bandmates Ray Bennett and Mike Hou..
Record Label:  Esoteric Recordings
Style:  Progressive Rock
Tony Bank's first solo album, originally released in 1979, is given a fresh breath of life with a new stereo mix courtesy of Nick Davis. This was done at the same time that Rutherford and Collins recorded solo albums as well - between the time of And...
Record Label:  Esoteric Recordings
Style:  Progressive Rock
Record Label:  Favored Nations
Style:  Jazz Rock
Second solo album from Porcupine Tree keyboardist Richard Barbieri. The album is all an all instrumental collage of proggy soundscapes and trip-hop. Former Japan co-hort Steve Jansen mixed the album and Steven Wilson mastered it. P-Tree drummer Gav...
Record Label:  K-Scope Records
Style:  Progressive Rock
Record Label:  Picap
Style:  Jazz Rock
Beautiful 2 CD collection of BBC radio broadcasts from 1974-1976. The booklet is almost worth the price alone, featuring the usual great documentation from Mark Powell who over saw the project.
Record Label:  Polydor
Style:  Progressive Rock
Record Label:  Eclectic
Style:  Progressive Rock
Double live CD of Les Holroyd's edition of Barclay James Harvest backed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The show was recorded on April 6, 2006 in Amneville, France. Pretty good representation of the band's work.
Record Label:  ZYX
Style:  Progressive Rock
BJH basically parallelled Genesis at this time - they lost a key member, streamlined their roster and sound and got even more popular. Recorded in 1979 it features the band sans Wooly Wolstenholme, the king of the Mellotron. The overall sound is a bi...
Record Label:  Eclectic Records
Style:  Progressive Rock
Limited edition release of John Lees' Barclay James Harvest's live performance at the second High Voltage Festival at Victoria Park, London on July 23, 2011.
Record Label:  Concert Live
Style:  Progressive Rock
Great live album released in 1978 but for some reason the CD version has been out of print for years (I've never actually seen it but I believe it exists). This one has all their killer tunes but now it's been made even better. This remastered editio...
Record Label:  Eclectic Records
Style:  Progressive Rock
Amazing deal on this new 40th anniversary reissue. It comes with 7 bonus tracks, cool liner notes PLUS a bonus DVD with the album in hi-res (24/96) stereo, and the original quad mix in hi-res as well. Second album, released in 1971 features two of th...
Record Label:  EMI/Harvest
Style:  Progressive Rock
Seminal UK band that started in the 60s and has always been associated with the prog movement (at least peripherially) due to their heavy reliance on Mellotron and orchestrations. The band has always been lumped in with The Moody Blues and probably no...
Record Label:  EMI
Style:  Progressive Rock
Second album, released in 1971 features two of the band's signature tunes "Mockingbird" and "Galadriel". After this album Robert John Godfrey left to form The Enid. This CD features the usual Mark Powell lavish treatment - extensive bonus tracks, lin...
Record Label:  EMI/Harvest
Style:  Progressive Rock
Third album from this orchestral prog band, recorded in 1971. This remastered edition comes with six bonus tracks and new liner notes.
Record Label:  EMI
Style:  Progressive Rock
BBC "In Concert" performance recorded at the Paris Theatre in London on 11/16/72. The band is backed by the Barclay James Harvest Symphony Orchestra.
Record Label:  EMI
Style:  Progressive Rock
This was the fourth studio album for the band and their last with EMI Harvest as it was considered to be somewhat of a flop. I'm not sure why as it sounds pretty damn good to me! Lots of Mellotron goodness. Comes with 10 bonus tracks!
Record Label:  EMI
Style:  Progressive Rock
Their first album for Polydor, recorded in 1974. This features some of their most famous material: "Child Of The Universe", "The Great 1974 Mining Disaster". Remastered with 5 bonus tracks.
Record Label:  Polydor
Style:  Progressive Rock
Great great album if you dig Mellotron. Not overly complex prog with more of an emphasis on drama and melodies. Nicknamed the "Poor-man's Moody Blues" by the press and that about sums them up. Nice one.
Record Label:  Polydor
Style:  Progressive Rock
Classic English mellotron based prog. Remastered with 5 bonus tracks.
Record Label:  Polydor
Style:  Progressive Rock
Great epic mellotron laden prog from these UK stalwarts. Considered one of their best by the cogniscenti. Remastered edition with 5 bonus tracks.
Record Label:  Polydor
Style:  Progressive Rock
With this 1978 release the band was getting more overtly commercial. The songs are more concise for one thing. I guess this is right around when they were really hitting huge popularity in Germany - perhaps Polydor was trying to break them to a large...
Record Label:  Polygram
Style:  Progressive Rock
Remastered edition of the band's 1987 album comes with a few bonus tracks (some incosequential single edits truth be told) as well as fresh liner notes and photos. Not a lot of "prog" happening here.
Record Label:  Eclectic Records
Style:  AOR
Remastered edition of the band's 1987 album comes with a few bonus tracks (some incosequential single edits truth be told) as well as fresh liner notes and photos. Not a lot of "prog" happening here.
Record Label:  Eclectic Records
Style:  AOR
1990's Welcome To The Show finds the trio far removed from the prog days of old...but they made a hell of a lot of bread! This remastered edition features 3 live bonus tracks, new photos and liner notes.
Record Label:  Eclectic Records
Style:  AOR
1990's Welcome To The Show finds the trio far removed from the prog days of old...but they made a hell of a lot of bread! This remastered edition features 3 live bonus tracks, new photos and liner notes.
Record Label:  Eclectic Records
Style:  AOR
"November 2006 saw a highly successful UK tour by John Lees' Barclay James Harvest. Featuring founder BJH members John Lees & Woolly Wolstenholme, the tour featured some of the finest music from the BJH canon. Perennial classics such as "Mockingbird",...
Record Label:  Esoteric
Style:  Progressive Rock
I believe this is the first time this has appeared on CD...if not it's been out of print for aeons. This is the first solo album from Pete Bardens after he left Camel. Recorded in 1979, right around the time he hooked up again with Van Morrison. Alth...
Record Label:  Arista
Style:  Progressive Rock
Second solo album that Peter Bardens recorded for Transatlantic in 1971. Bardens emphasized his blues rock roots on this one. Probably for completists only but still given the royal treatment from Esoteric.
Record Label:  Esoteric Recordings
Style:  Blues Rock