Playlist - 29 June 2013

This week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great new and classic Australian music including Anubis, Tully and The Break. And it's happy birthday to Ian Paice, the long-serving drummer from Deep Purple.

8pm
Deep Purple    Perfect strangers (1984) (Perfect Strangers)
Deep Purple    Son of Aleric (1991) (Knocking At Your Back Door: The Best Of Deep Purple In The 1980’s)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)
The Ghostwriters    The wolves close in (2007) (Political Animal)
Midnight Oil    Stars of Warburton (1990) (Blue Sky Mining)
Midnight Oil    Bullroarer (1987) (Diesel And Dust)
Midnight Oil    Dream world (1987) (Diesel And Dust)
Rush    Presto (1989) (Presto)
9pm
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Tank (1970) (Emerson Lake and Palmer)
Emerson Lake & Powell    Touch and go (live in studio, 1986) (The Sprocket Sessions)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Black moon (1992) (Black Moon)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 + Brother sun + Toward the sea + Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Sound Of Contact    Pale blue dot (2013) (Dimensionaut)
Nosound    I miss the ground (2013) (Afterthoughts)
Days Between Stations    Eggshell man (2013) (In Extremis)
10pm
Anubis    Tower of silence (2011) Tower Of Silence)
Andy Salvanos    Juggler's song (2007) (Closer)
Deep Purple    Highway star + Child in time + The mule (live, 1972) (Made In Japan)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 22 June 2013

Tonight - a night of epic music, or musical epics, including great Australian music from Spectrum, Unitopia and Tommy Emmanuel. It's happy birthday to 2 Todds - US legend Todd Rundgren (soon to tour Australia) and Todd Hunter, the mainstay of one of the most successful "Aussie" bands to come from NZ, Dragon - tonight, a selection from their now obscure 1974 album "Universal Radio". And the Saturday night musical bus continues it's cultural explorations with music from Sweden (The Flower Kings, never far from Saturday night) and Russia (The Grand Astoria). Plus a last minute selection: some epic folk from Melbourne group Underlander from their excellent CD from last year, "Treason Songs".

8pm
Yes    Awaken (1977) (Going For The One)
The Flower Kings    World of adventures (1999) (Welcome Back To The World Of Adventures)
Kansas   Magnum opus (1976) (Leftoverture)
Todd Rundgren    I saw the light (1972) (Something/Anything?)
9pm
Renaissance    Ashes are burning (live, 1976) (Live At The Carnegie Hall)
Spectrum    The Sideways Saga (1971) (Milesago)
Dragon    Universal Radio (1974) (Universal Radio)
The Grand Astoria    Space orchid vs massive drumkit (2013) (Punkadelia Supreme)
10pm
Unitopia    Tesla + Gone in the blink of an eye (live, 2011) (One Night In Europe)
Underlander     Jim Jones at Botany Bay  (2012) (Treason Songs)
The Mars Volta    Tetragrammaton (2006) (Amputechture)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 15 June 2013

This week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great new and classic Australian music including Sebastian Hardie, Voyager and Andy Salvanos. And it's happy birthday to singer Steve Walsh (Kansas) and Australian music legend Mike Rudd (Spectrum and Ariel and too many other bands to list).

8pm
Sebastian Hardie    I wish (2012) (Blueprint)
Sebastian Hardie    Openings (1975) (The Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Mostly Autumn    Evergreen (2009) (Live 2009)
Voyager    Pulse 04 + Falling (2007) (Univers)
Andy Salvanos    Mind your matter (2007) (Closer)
9pm
Spectrum    I’ll be gone (1971) (single, mono version / bonus track on re-issue of Part One)
Indelible Murtceps    We are indelible (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose / Ghosts: Post-Terminal Reflection)
W.H.Y.    Woman of steel (1983) (single only)
Spectrum    Sensible shoes (live, 2003) (Forever Young Music Presents: Series One – Seasons Of Change)
Ariel    Rock & roll scars (1975) (Rock & Roll Scars)
Kansas    Opus insert (1976) (Leftoverture)
Steve Walsh    Glossolia (2000) (Glossolia)
Steve Hackett    Narnia (1978) (Please Don’t Touch)
Steeleye Span    Padstow (1989) (Tempted and Tried)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Trevethy quoit (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
Fisherman’s Friends    Cadgwith anthem (2010) (Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends)
10pm
Yes    I’ve seen all good people (1970) (The Yes Album)
Steve Howe    Small acts of human kindness (2002) (Skylines)
Chris Squire    Lucky seven (1975) (Fish Out Of Water)
Ozric Tentacles    Jurassic shift + Eternal wheel (live, 2007) (Sunrise Festival)
Spocks Beard    Afterthoughts (2013) (Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 8 June 2013

This week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great new and classic Australian music including Unitopia, Caligula's Horse, Spectrum and Healing Force. It's happy birthday to singer Annie Haslam (Renaissance), keyboard wizard Francis Monkman (Curved Air, Sky) and it's a "magician's birthday" to Mick Box the guitarist from Uriah Heep. And the United Nations have declared the 8th day of June to be World Oceans Day...

8pm
Rush    The camera eye (1981) (Moving Pictures)
Caligula’s Horse    Silence (2011) (Moments from Ephemeral City)
Spectrum    Fiddling fool (1971) (Part One)
Renaissance    In my life (2001) (Tuscany)
Renaissance    Northern lights (live, Japan, 2001) (In The Land Of The Rising Sun)
9pm
Nektar    A tab in the ocean (1972) (A Tab In The Ocean)
Unitopia    Justify (2005) (More than a Dream)
Kalacoma    Ear to ear (2013)  (Spiral Eyes)
Uriah Heep    Traveller in time (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Grand General    The fall of Troy (2013)  (Grand General)
10pm
Francis Monkman    The Long Good Friday s/track: Main Theme + Overture (1981) (The Long Good Friday s/track)
Curved Air    Propositions (1971) (Air Conditioning)
Sky    Cannonball (1979) (Sky)
Caravan    The love in your eye + Virgin on the ridiculous (live, 1974) (The Show Of Our Lives)
The Wild Cherries    I’m the sea (stop killing me) (1971) (Single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (July 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell + Amy (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 1 June 2013

This week, on the first edition of Seasons Of Change for Winter, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great new and classic Australian music including Anubis, Bakery, and Fraternity. And it's happy birthday to Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, the late drummer John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) and "space whisperer" Gilli Smyth (Gong).

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971)  (Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Bakery    Holocaust (1972) (Momento)
Anubis    The passing bell (Parts I – VI) (2011) (A Tower Of Silence)
Led Zeppelin    Black dog (1971) (The Runes Album)
Led Zeppelin    Moby dick (live, 1976) (The Song Remains The Same)
9pm
Mother Gong    La demadri (1989) (The Owl And The Tree)
Gong    The isle of everywhere (1974) (You)
Tommy Emmanuel    Hellos and goodbyes (1990) (The Journey)
Tommy Emmanuel    The journey (live, 1995) (Classical Gas)
David Bowie    Life on Mars (1971) (Hunky Dory)
Kingbathmat    Behind the wall (2012) (Truth Button)
10pm
Banco (Del Mutuo Soccorso)    L’albero del pane (1975) (Banco)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    Celebration (live, 1974) (Cook)
Genesis    Watcher of the skies + The return of the giant hogweed (live,1973) (Genesis Live)
Led Zeppelin    Achilles last stand (1976) (Presence)
Kettlespider    Comatose (2012) (Avadante)