June 2012
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U.K. Prog, Volume 10: 1972b Space Is Deep (Notes)
This is the second and final volume covering 1972.
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1. Kingdom Come: Time Captives 8:18
From the Polydor LP Journey
After the demise of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, the band’s leader established Kingdom Come—we heard from them back on Volume Seven, which covered 1971. Just a year later, the band’s sound was almost completely different. Drummer...
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U.K. Prog, Volume 10: 1972b Space Is Deep
The second of two volumes covering 1972.
Download the mix here.
1. Kingdom Come: Time Captives 8:18 2. Stackridge: Purple Spaceships Over Yatton 6:40 3. Matching Mole: Instant Kitten 4:59 4. Hawkwind: Space Is Deep 6:23 5. Khan: Space Shanty (including the Cobalt Sequence and March of the Sine Squadrons) 9:00 6. Bram Stoker: Fast Decay 3:46 7. CMU: Archway 272 6:19 8. Gentle Giant:...
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“I would psychopathically hound DJs at Q107 or WAVA to play this or that song. I...”
– —Travis Morrison of Dis. Plan/Hellfighters responds to David Lowery’s music-stealing essay by revisiting his many memories of stealing music. I know from spending some days in the DP tour van, dude is serious about his World Party. (via tinyluckygenius)
I can identify with Travis Morrison...
anythingcouldhappen asked: #11
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anythingcouldhappen asked: #11
1984, we traded in our two-tone Datsun B2-10 (one of the colors was yellow, the other was rust) in for a Chevy Caprice Classic station wagon as big as a yacht. I was four, but I still remember the day—it’s one of the earliest days in my life that I have very clear memories of. I...
natepatrin asked: 17, 20.
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rgr-pop:
1: my top 10 favourite bands.
2: my top 10 favourite albums.
3: my top 10 favourite songs.
4: top 10 most attractive musicians in my opinion (dead or alive).
5: do i listen to mp3s/cds/cassettes/vinyls.
6: most overrated bands.
7: most underrated bands.
8: a guilty pleasure.
9: the first band i really liked.
10: the first album i bought...
whenyrlivinginafascistdream asked: excellent blog -- interesting conceptually (i'm really into the idea of canonicity), very good writing. rare to encounter someone who will a) write about prog and b) write about it in a way that is neither too self-serious nor exoticizing of the material. also, I see you have some connection to Duke -- I'm actually at my place of employment in Durham right now, but I'm a UNC student...
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U.K. Prog, Volume 9: 1972a Thrones & Realms...
So it’s 1972, and you’re a prog band, which means you’re probably doing one of three things: breaking up, preparing a shift toward more conventional music, or doubling down, filling one side of your album with a single song and tracking down Roger Dean to have him paint weird causeways and extraterrestrial birds on your album sleeve. 1972 was perhaps the peak year of British prog...
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U.K. Prog, Volume 9: 1972a Thrones & Realms
Welcome to 1972, the heart of UK prog’s golden age. Notes will come late today.
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1. Genesis: Watcher of the Skies 7:23
2. Wishbone Ash: The King Will Come 7:06
3. Gracious!: Blues Skies & Alibis 5:00
4. Asgærd: Time 5:12
5. Catapilla: Charing Cross 6:45
6. Jade Warrior: Three-Horned Dragon King 6:10
7. Morgan: War Games 7:04
8. Emerson Lake & Palmer:...
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Be-Bop Deluxe: “Sleep That Burns”...
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U.K. Prog, Volume 8: 1971b Travelers in Space and...
We’re still in 1971, and just as the first volume from this year emphasized the eclecticism of the prog banner, this one reaches all over the place from hard rock to symphonic sounds to late psych, jazz-rock, and pompous, evil sax riffs.
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1. Gentle Giant: Pantagruel’s Nativity 6:50
From the Vertigo LP Acquiring the Taste
Gentle Giant was among the most...
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U.K. Prog, Volume 8: 1971b Travelers in Space and...
The second of two volumes covering 1971. Get it here.
1. Gentle Giant: Pantagruel’s Nativity 6:50 2. Mogul Thrash: Going North, Going West 12:06 3. UFO: Silver Bird 6:55 4. Yes: South Side of the Sky 7:58 5. Gong: Fohat Digs Holes in Space 6:23 6. McDonald & Giles: Tomorrow’s People - The Children of Today 7:03 7. Raw Material: Ice Queen 6:46 8....
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olepbr asked: Could you put up the Earl's Court version? Having trouble finding it. Really enjoyed the Hollywood Bowl version!
robmitchum.: Announcing: Chronologies →
robmitchum:
I’m going to start a new writing project here, and I hope you will enjoy it. Here’s the idea: I’ll choose an artist, listen to their entire discography to date in order of release, and write a little something about each release. Simple.
I have a few reasons for taking this approach. The most…
This is going to be great.
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U.K. Prog, Volume 7: 1971a Halcyon Days (Notes)
As I said in my notes for Volume 5, the early 1970s were progressive rock’s heyday in the U.K. On the two 1971 volumes, you’ll see a lot of new bands, mixed in with a healthy sprinkling of old friends. This was a fluid scene, and we’ll see some of the turnover in the way musicians who might have appeared on the last volume in one band are now popping up here in another.
Another...
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U.K. Prog, Volume 7: 1971a Halcyon Days
U.K. Prog, Volume 7: 1971a Halcyon Days
The first of two volumes focused on 1971. Download here.
1. Electric Light Orchestra: 10538 Overture 5:32
2. Audience: Jackdaw 7:28
3. Still Life: Don’t Go 4:37
4. Uriah Heep: Look at Yourself 5:09
5. Jan Dukes de Grey: Mice and Rats in the Loft 8:21
6. Motiffe: Analogy 6:17
7. Kevin Ayers: There Is Loving/Among Us/There Is Loving 7:23
8. Kingdom...
