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Phil Lynott's Grand Slam - Slam Anthems

The Irish rock band Thin Lizzy got its start late in 1969, but didn’t achieve much recognition until 1975 with the single “Boys Are Back in Town,” by which time they’d...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2023-10-07)

Hugh Hopper - Jazzloops / The Stolen Hour

As a bassist and composer, Hugh Hopper’s legacy is assured by the work he did in Soft Machine and elsewhere, but there was another side to his creativity. He was ever pushing the boundaries...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2023-10-04)

Heretic / Hiro Kawahara - Complete Works

Some of the best kept secrets of the Japanese progressive music scene were the bands and projects of Hirofumi Kawahara — Osiris, Astral Tempel, and Heretic — probably because they...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2023-08-23)

Us and Them - An Introduction to Us and Them

As Fruits de Mer Records turns 15 this year, Keith Jones decided to begin releasing a series of retrospective albums of some of the artists who’ve been on the label since its early days. Plus...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2023-07-10)

Kraan - Porta Westfalica 1975

1975 was a great year for Kraan, and certainly a transitional period, having released their excellent double-live LP, Kraan Live, at the end of the previous year following a string of...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2023-07-08)

Barry Schrader is a retired Professor Emeritus at the Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts and has also taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara, California State University at Los...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2023-06-05)

Carl Weingarten - The Simian River Collection 1980-2020

Anytime one comes across an artist who has over four decades worth of releases, covering a wide range of styles and ideas, a fair question to ask is “Where do I begin?” In the case of...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2023-06-02)

Nick Nicely - Afterworld

Fruits de Mer Records has just released the fifth album by the enigmatic nick nicely, a dive into nick’s hidden world behind the curtain of his legendary eternal track completion process,...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2023-05-17)

Jacqueline Nova - Creación de la Tierra: Ecos Palpitantes de Jacqueline Nova (1964-1974)

Jacqueline Nova was a Colombian composer who lived from 1935 to 1975, working primarily in the field of electroacoustic and avant-garde music over the period from 1964-74; prior to the publication...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2023-05-06)

Timelock - Louise Brooks (2022 Edition)

Timelock is a Dutch band that started in the early 90s, and if Louise Brooks is anything to go by, their style is firmly in the accessible vein of the 80s neo-progressive bands that went...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2023-04-28)

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