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Available online from Issue 13

October 1997

80 Pages

Victoriaville 1997, Fifty Foot Hose & Silver Apples, Boud Deun, The Grand Parade, Progfest '97, Prog-Est '97), Exposé Concert Series, Hawkwind - 25 Years On, Spirit and Randy California, Cast, Carl Weingarten, Aldo Tagliapietra of Le Orme, Peter Banks, Dave Brock, Simon House

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Mike Oldfield - Voyager

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What Vangelis is to Greece, and Kitaro is to Japan, Oldfield is to the British Isles. This maestro of the epic had taken a predilection for infusing his tone poems with the piquancy of Celtic music...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1997-10-01)

Mugen - Sinfonia della Luna

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Originally released in 1984, a pretty dark time for all types of prog, this Japanese symphonic outfit put out a release that shines like the moonlight its title refers to. Mellow, smooth, and...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1997-10-01)

Neil Ardley - Kaleidoscope of Rainbows

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Now this is not at all what I'd expect this label to release, an album of Canterbury-influenced fusion. More like something that should be on Voiceprint. Ardley is a synth / keyboards player...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-10-01)

Oho - Vitamin Oho

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Oho is an American progressive rock group in the symphonic style that unfortunately didn't get to release this album when it was recorded, and was only reissued by Little Wing many years ago on...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-10-01)

Pageant - La Mosäique de la Rêverie

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Having heard well over a hundred Japanese symphonic progressive rock releases from the early 80s to the present, ranging from mediocre to excellent, there are two that come to mind immediately as...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-10-01)

Pete Bardens Mirage - Live Germany 1996 (AKA Speed of Light Live)

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Two live albums by a new band prior to any new studio is an unusual policy. Live in Germany is marginally better than the last live disc (which was an ill-fitting convergence of Camel and...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-10-01)

Richard Bone - Metaphysic Mambo

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This is the fifth album by Richard Bone that we have reviewed in these pages, and with each successive release he further refines his style, one based in ambient programmed electronic realms,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-10-01)

Richard Thompson - You? Me? Us?

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A double CD release from well-known folk rock pioneer, Richard Thompson is an event to celebrate in the 90s. Richard has spent most of his prolific career ignored by the mainstream, starting with...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-10-01)

Rick Wakeman - Simply Acoustic

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Recorded live at the Cavalry Chapel in Costa Mesa, CA in March 1994. Simply Acoustic is a solo piano retrospective through his career work with Yes, David Bowie, and even Cat Stevens....

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-10-01)

Roedelius - Pink, Blue and Amber

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The alchemist of musical impressionism, Roedelius continues to bring delight to the ears of those who have retained their sensitivity for making sense out of music that exists largely in the...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1997-10-01)

Saga - Pleasure and the Pain

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This year marks the 20th anniversary of Saga. Pleasure and the Pain marks their 12th studio album, and in many ways is an apt title. This release marks a return to the 4-5 minute rock song...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1997-10-01)

Scott McGill - The Hand Farm

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Those who are looking for great guitar chops in a free form jazz-rock format need look no further than this new release by New Jersey guitarist Scott McGill and his trio; a casual listen to any of...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-10-01)

Simon House - Yassasim

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For those unfamliar with Simon's past, he was member of Hawkwind for several years (twice), he has toured and played with ex-Hawk Nik Turner and fronted his own "ambient" band, Spiral...

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(Posted by Dane Carlson 1997-10-01)

Steve Hackett with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Here I am beset by another serious classical work by guitarist Steve Hackett on the new classical label, Angel (which also released Jon Anderson's Change We Must and Ian Anderson's...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-10-01)

Steve Roach / Stephen Kent / Kenneth Newby - Halcyon Days

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Teaming Steve Roach up with Lights of a Fat City / Trance Mission musicians almost seemed like an inevitability to me due to their mutual fascination with didgeridoos. And there are a lot of them...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-10-01)

Strawbs - Deadlines

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Deadlines was the last album by the third incarnation of the Strawbs. It was their most progressive work since 1975's Ghosts, when prominent keyboard work (then from John...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-10-01)

Tales - Pictures of Asia

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Tales is the alias of French electronic composer Jean-Luc Hervé Berthelot. With Pictures of Asia, he takes the listener on an imaginary cinematic tour of Asia, up the Ganges river,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-10-01)

Ten Jinn - Wildman

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Judging from the information on their web page, Southern California-based Ten Jinn has been through several changes in the last few years. Happy the Man fans might recall that former HtM guitarist...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1997-10-01)

Tesseract - Tesseract

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Joining the ranks of ever more new American prog bands is Tesseract from the Bay Area. Led by keys man, vocalist, and guitarist Don Tillman, this quintet serves up a debut brimming with a variety...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 1997-10-01)

The Enid - Anarchy on 45, Members One of Another & Healing Hearts

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I love the liner notes of Anarchy on 45, showing Robert Godfrey at his clever and witty best as he likens the Enid's rollercoaster career to "...subversion in a suit and...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1997-10-01)

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