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Magnum - Progressive Classics

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This English "pomp-rock" (as those silly British metal mags used to call it) band has been around for donkey's years. Wide spread fame always seemed to elude them however, but given...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2000-05-01)

John Wetton & Richard Palmer-James - Monkey Business 1972-1997

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When was the first time you heard “Exiles” or “The Great Deceiver” and were taken aback about the lyrics? It’s a pretty strange role to find yourself by trying to fill...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-05-01)

Iva Bittová - Iva Bittová & Classic

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I’m still pinching myself to prove it is no dream: an American label actually has released a CD collection of recordings by Miss Bittová, the Moravian violinist / vocalist...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 2000-05-01)

Chrome - Chrome Flashback / Chrome Live / The Best Of

Cover art When I first heard Chrome back in the early 80s, my initial reaction was “Ouch!” All I heard was a wall of distortion and mangled vocals – their brand of art-punk was too much punk and too...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2000-05-01)

Can - Box

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Can's legacy in the progressive rock/experimental field is nothing short of legendary. What has been lacking is any real tangible support for the myth in the form of easy access for present day...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2000-05-01)

Brukkene Bruse - Steinstolen (The Stone Chair)

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Over the past few years, the Northside label has been issuing collections of Scandinavian folk music, some of it strictly traditional and some of it brought up to date through use of modern...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2000-05-01)

Area - La Mela di Odessa

Cover art First off: to the best of my knowledge, this is a bootleg recording, of dubious legal origin, and the sound quality is marginal at best. If that scares you away, no need to read on further. Area...  » Read more
(Posted by Steve Robey 2000-05-01)

Various Artists - Desde el Otro Lado & Eleanor Hovda - Ariadne Music

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These two released by the witty label OO Disc are good representatives of the label's overall sound directions. The compilation begins with an ‘electroacoustic samba’ which puts in...

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(Posted by Jerome Schmidt 1999-11-01)

Melodic Energy Commision - Moon Phase Compendium

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Rarely does one uncover psychedelic music from the late 70s or early 80s, so when one finds a pair of albums as anachronistic as these, and as good as these, one is obliged to wax superlative....

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1999-11-01)

JPP, Troka, Loituma & Frifot - History, Smash, In the Moonlight & SummerSong

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Here we have new releases by some of the more traditional of NorthSide’s Scandinavian artists, three from Finland and one from Sweden. You’ll find no electronic textures on these discs,...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 1999-11-01)

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