30 March, 2019

Playlist - 30 March 2019

8pm
Genesis Duchess (1980) (Duke)
Camel Sasquatch (1982) (The Single Factor)
Rush The weapon (1982) (Signals)
Ariel A hard way to go (1974) (Strange Fantastic Dream)
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Down undergroundsville (1974) (b-side of Hernando’s Hideaway / bonus track on reissue of Wangaratta Wahini)
Vangelis Antarctica Echoes (1983) (Antarctica OST)
Vangelis (feat. Jon Anderson) So long ago so clear (1975) (Heaven And Hell)
Vangelis Pulstar (1976) (Albedo 0.39)
Ariel Confessions of a psychopathic cowpoke (1974) (Strange Fantastic Dream)
9pm
Billy Thorpe Children of the sun + We’re leaving + We welcome you + Solar anthem (1979) (Children Of The Sun)
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs Most people I know (1972) (single only, The Complete Havoc Singles)
Focus House of the King (live) (1973/2004) (A History Of Progressive Rock)
Focus Carnival fugue (1973) (Focus III)
Freedom To Glide Silent land (2018) (single only)
Quiet Child The great fade (2019) (Clara)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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The time, 1972; the place, the Sunbury Rock Festival; for your listening pleasure, Thorpie, who would have celebrated his 73rd birthday yesterday...

23 March, 2019

Playlist - 23 March 2019

Tonight, Seasons Of Change takes a rather hazardous journey though the good, the bad and the (occasionally) ugly musical terrain of cover versions of classic songs….including a pigeon pair of songs originally written by Mike Rudd (Spectrum, Ariel) and re-recorded in 1974 in the UK by Manfred Mann with his Earth Band.

8pm
Annie Haslam    Ripples (1995) (Suppers Ready – Genesis Tribute)
Transatlantic    Return of the giant hogweed (2009) (The Whirlwind)
The Flower Kings    Cinema show (1998) (The Fox Lies Down: A Tribute To Genesis)
London Symphony Orchestra cond. David Palmer, feat Steve Hackett (guitar)    Entangled (2017) (1987) (We Know What We Like: The Music Of Genesis)
Unitopia    Yes medley (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band    Launching Place (1974) (The Good Earth)
9pm
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band    I’ll be gone (1974) (The Good Earth)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra    Shine on you crazy diamond + Dogs of war (live, 2006) (ASO Plays Pink Floyd)
Dream Theater    Stargazer (2009) (Black Clouds & Silver Linings)
Keith Emerson & Dweezil Zappa    Run like hell (2007) (Pink Box: Songs Of Pink Floyd / Progressive Rock Trilogy)
Transatlantic    Can’t get it out of my head (2014) (Kaleidoscope)
Sky    Vivaldi (1980) (Sky 2)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - see the PBA-FM website for more information.

Here's a cover that didn't make it into the playlist - Spectrum on ABC TV's show GTK in 1970, and their version of Ross Wilson's song "Make your stash", with a tune arranged from "The Planets" by classical composer Gustav Holst. The song eventually ended up in the hands of Manfred Mann in the UK and in 1973, along with new lyrics, got to #9 in the charts as "Joybringer":

16 March, 2019

Playlist - 16 March 2019

8pm
Moon Safari The ghost of flowers past (2008) (Blomljud)
Arcane Instinct (2015) (Known/Learned)
Caligula’s Horse To the wind: Dream the dead + Will’s song + The hands are the hardest (2017) (In Contact)
Touchstone Shadow (2008) (Discordant Dreams)
Lonely Robot Why do we stay (2017) (The Big Dream)
9pm
Dave Gilmour A boat lies waiting (2015) (Rattle That Lock)
Pink Floyd Sheep (1977) (Animals)
Ozric Tentacles A gift of wings (1990) (Erpland)
Three Wise Monkeys Choke (2013) (Perihelion)
Camel Nimrodel/The procession/The white rider (1974) (Mirage)
Andy Salvanos   Mosaik (2018) (Solar Cycles)
Windchase Gypsy (1977) (Symphinity)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - see the PBA-FM website for more information.

No surprise that the trippy song by Brisbane band C.Horse has an equally trippy promo video, all inspired by the album cover art:


09 March, 2019

Playlist - 9 March 2019

Tonight, selections from the musical legacy of two wildly different musical souls who passed away during the past week; talented kiwi soul/funk singer Leo De Castro and French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier. Plus in the Birthday Book this weekend, Robin Trower (guitarist with Procol Harum) and Robert Calvert (Hawkwind).
  
8pm
Ariel    I am the laughing man (for Leo) (1975) (B-side to Yeah Tonite single / reissue of Rock & Roll Scars)
King Harvest    Wichita lineman (1971) (single only / Leo de Castro & Friends)
King Harvest    Jumpin’ Jack Flash (Part 1 & Part 2) (1971) (single only / Leo de Castro & Friends)
Friends    Freedom train (1972) (single only / Leo de Castro & Friends)
Friends    B.B. Boogie (1972) (single only / Leo de Castro & Friends)
Johnny Rocco Band    She’s knocking on my door (1975) (Rocco / Leo de Castro & Friends)
Leo De Castro‘s Babylon    Suspicious minds (1978) (single only / Leo de Castro & Friends)
McPhee    Indian rope man (1972) (McPhee)
The Nice    Rondo (1967) (The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack)
9pm
Jacques Loussier    Prelude No.1 (1959) (Play Bach No.1)
Jacques Loussier    Prelude No.1 (2000) (Toccata - Jacques Loussier Play Bach)
Jacques Loussier    Concerto in D major (2000) (Toccata - Jacques Loussier Play Bach)
Jacques Loussier    Toccata (1965) (Play Bach At Champs-Elysees)
Hawkwind    Quark, Strangeness and Charm (1977) (Quark, Strangeness and Charm)
Robin Trower    Day of the eagle (1974) (Bridge Of Sighs)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - see the PBA-FM website for more information.

A stunning performance by Leo De Castro from GTK with the Aussie band King Harvest and the first half of their cover of the Rolling Stones song:

And also some classic Jacques with his Trio, filmed here in concert in Leipzig, the town where J.S. Bach composed so much of the music that was to become his formidable legacy...

02 March, 2019

Playlist - 2 March 2019

Tonight a selection of music from the legacy of the gifted Mark Hollis, best known as the leader of the English band Talk Talk. Plus great Aussie music from Quiet Child (Adelaide), Over Unity (Perth) and Ben Craven (Brisbane). 

8pm
Mark Hollis    The colour of spring (1998) (Mark Hollis)
Talk Talk    I don’t believe in you + Happiness is easy (1986) (The Colour Of Spring)
Mark Hollis    The gift (1998) (Mark Hollis)
Porcupine Tree    Time flies (2009) (The Incident)
Quiet Child    Cannonfire march (2013) (The Coming Storm)
Talk Talk    Life’s what you make it (12” mix) (1986/2001) (Remixed)
9pm
Pink Floyd    Fearless (1971) (Meddle)
Kate Bush    And dream of sheep (live) + Under ice (live) + Waking the witch (live) (2016) (Before The Dawn - Live)
Over Unity    Near (2011) (Collide the Space)
Ben Craven    Critical mass part 1 + Critical mass part 2 (2016) (Last Chance To Hear)
Talk Talk    Life’s what you make it (1986) (The Colour Of Spring)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - see the PBA-FM website for more information.

The sight and sound of Adelaide band Quiet Child, from their own Youtube channel:

R.I.P. Mark Hollis, from 1986, Talk Talk and what was (fair to say) a sort of musical rebirth with the remarkable Colour Of Spring album: