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Yes - Something's Coming & Beyond and Before - BBC Recordings 1969-1970

Early Yes has always been a mystery to most fans. Who would've imagined that this hodgepodge of psychedelia, jazz, and vocal pop would become the leading English progressive band of the 70s?...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1998-07-01)

You Are Here - You Are Here

You Are Here are a new band out of Toronto with this eponymous EP as their debut. First off, I should point out that while a keyboard player is present, this quintet have a much newer and younger...

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(Posted by Pam Thompson 1998-07-01)

The World Comes to Seattle —
WOMAD USA 1998

The first WOMAD (World Of Music Art and Dance) festival was in 1982, inspired in large part by Peter Gabriel’s love of music from around the world. Since then, there have been festivals in various locations in Europe, Africa, and Asia on a regular basis, but aside from a short tour of one-day mini-festivals in 1993, WOMAD has never gained a foothold in North America. The festival has finally found an American home in Redmond, Washington at Marymoor Park, not far from Seattle. 1998’s WOMAD USA is the first of many projected annual festivals, and if they can all be as interesting and varied as this one, I wish them a long and healthy life. One of the things that sets WOMAD apart from other festivals is the chance to interact with the artists in workshops, discussions and interviews.

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(Posted by Jon Davis 1998-07-01)

The Smell of Incense / Ethereal Counterbalance - What Do You Want?/Magick Brother b/w Plug

What’s this? Are the pot headed pixies at it again? Wait a minute, this is not a reissue but an incredible and impeccable Gong cover by those psychedelic Norwegians The Smell of Incense. The...  » Read more
(Posted by Henry Schneider 1998-05-05)

0.720 Aleación - 0.720 Aleación (AKA Unidos Mexicanos)

Mexico in the mid-80s was a fertile breeding ground for all kinds of new and unusual progressive music; bands like Iconoclasta, Nazca, Banda Elastica, Nirgal Vallis, Decibel, Delirium, and others...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1998-02-01)

50 Ft. Hose - ...Live... and Unreleased

Supposedly the first show of their reunion and it shows, I saw them earlier this year, and that show was much much better than this disc, but I'll give 'em a break. They're one of my...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1998-02-01)

A Heavy Dose of Lyte Psych & An Overdose of Heavy Psych

These two 60s compilations assembled by Birdsongs of the Mesozoic leader Erik Lindgren hew closer to the foundation of progressive rock than do better known, garage oriented anthology series such...

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(Posted by Michael Draine 1998-02-01)

Alan Stivell - Zoom 70/95

Thanks a lot — trying to sum up Alan Stivell's career in a paragraph is like summing up World War II in a book — there’s too much to say and where do you start? I have all...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1998-02-01)

Alien Planetscapes - Life on Earth

Alien Planetscapes proudly proclaim to be the oldest space rock band in America. An admirable distinction that at 17 years I certainly can't discount. The only argument I might present is that...

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(Posted by Mac Beaulieu 1998-02-01)

Alpes - Patrice Moullet - En Attendant Noe

With a signature sound almost indescribable, Patrice Moullet is back with another Alpes release. Imagine a mad scientist living alone in the mountains, inventing, designing, and constructing his...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1998-02-01)