29 November, 2013

Playlist - 30 November 2013

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including a classic musical epic from the Australian band Sebastian Hardie and a more recent selection from the terrific "psychedelic folk rock" band The Lammas Tide from Perth. There's a musical feast from Greece including the band Aphrodite's Child, which in the early 1970's featured both the keyboard wizard Vangelis and the singer Demis 'Forever and ever' Roussos. And the birthday hats are out this weekend for Roger Glover  (Deep Purple).

8pm
Pink Floyd    Echoes (1971) (Meddle)
The Lammas Tide    Fothersby (2011) (High Tide)
Aphrodite’s Child    The four horsemen (1972) (666)
Vangelis    Heaven & Hell 3rd movement (1975) (Heaven & Hell)
September Code    B4U (2012) (Remembering Mirrors)
Voyager    To the morning light (2003) (Element V)
The Atlantics    Wedding cake island (2009) (Bombora, soundtrack)
9pm
Sebastian Hardie    Four Moments suite: Glories Shall Be Released/Dawn of Our Sun/Journey Through Our Dreams/Everything Is Real (1975) (Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Ayreon    Progressive waves (2013) (The Theory Of Everything)
White Willow    Now in these fairy lands (1995 / 2013 re-issue) (Ignis Fatuus)
Muse    Starlight (2006) (Black Holes & Revelations)
Domino    Caravan (2013) (Where the Desert Meets The Sea)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)
10pm
Roger Glover    The Feast + Love is all (1974) (Butterfly Ball)
Gillan & Glover    She took my breath away (1988) (Accidentally On Purpose)
Deep Purple    Perfect strangers (1984) (Perfect Strangers)
Procol Harum    In held twas I (live, 1971) (Live In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
Marillion    Seasons end (1989) (Seasons End)
Urtekk    Euphonics (2013) (Urtekk EP)

22 November, 2013

Playlist - 23 November 2013

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including recent new music from Adelaide bands Projected Twin, Solar Soma and Unitopia, and more from a recently re-issued classic recording from Australian band Blackfeather. New music from The Flower Kings (Sweden) and Ayreon (The Netherlands). And it's happy birthday to drummer Bev Bevan  (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra).

8pm
Procol Harum    A salty dog (1969) (A Salty Dog)
Yes    Close to the edge (1973) (Close To The Edge)
Beardfish    Sunrise (2007) (Sleeping In Traffic Part One)
Nektar    New day dawning (1973) (Sounds Like This)
The Move    Don’t make my baby blue (1970) (Shazam)
Electric Light Orchestra    Do ya (1976) (A New World Record)
Electric Light Orchestra    Sweet talkin’ woman (1977) (Out Of The Blue)
9pm
Unitopia    Journey’s friend (2008) (The Garden)
Projected Twin    Pain of a promise (2013) (Earth Vs. World)
Solar Soma    Islands (2013) (So Much For Style)
Muse    Ruled by secrecy (2003) (Absolution)
The Flower Kings    Desolation road (2013) (Desolation Rose)
Ayreon    Progressive waves (2013) (The Theory Of Everything)
10pm
Blackfeather    Seasons of change Part 1 + Mango’s Theme Part 2 (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
Renaissance    Mother Russia + Ashes are burning (live, 1975) (Live At The Carnegie Hall)
Urtekk    Euphonics (2013) (Urtekk EP)

15 November, 2013

Playlist - 16 November 2013

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including recent new music from Brisbane's Ben Craven and a recently re-issued classic recording from Australian band Blackfeather. New music from Haken (UK) and Aisles (Chile). And it's happy birthday to guitarist Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) and the late Australian jazz musician John Sangster.

8pm
Ben Craven    Great and terrible potions (2011) (Great And Terrible Potions)
Jethro Tull    Aqualung + Locomotive breath (1971) (Aqualung)
Jethro Tull    Hot mango flush (1999) (Dot Com)
John Sangster    The owl and the pussycat + The beautiful pea green boat (1980) (Uttered Nonsense)
Magenta    Gluttony (2004 / 2009 remix) (Seven)
Aisles    4:45am (2013) (4.45am)
9pm
Haken    The cockroach king (2013) (The Mountain)
Haken    Streams (2010) (Aquarius)
Deborah Conway    Alive and Brilliant (1993) (Bitch Epic)
Tommy Emmanuel    From the hip (1991) (Determination)
Muse    United states of Eurasia + Resistance (2009) (The Resistance)
Tangerine Dream    Stratosfear (1976) (Stratosfear)
David Bedford    The phaecian games (1976) (The Odyssey)
10pm
Blackfeather    The Rat (Suite) (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
Steve Hackett    Blood on the rooftops + A tower struck down + Firth of Fifth  (live, 2009) (Out Of The Tunnel’s Mouth)
Steve Hackett    How can I? (1978) (Please Don’t Touch)
The Executives    Moving in a circle (1968) (The Executives / Peculiar Hole In The Sky : Pop-Psych From Down Under)
Inside Looking Out    Morning Sun (1970) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky : Pop-Psych From Down Under)
Urtekk    Euphonics (2013) (Urtekk EP)

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09 November, 2013

Playlist - 9 November 2013

After last weeks grim post-Halloween edition of SoC, normal service is resumed this week with another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including recent music from Adelaide band Projected Twin and classic music from Australian bands Spectrum and Tully. And it's happy birthday to Greg Lake (singer and bass player with ELP and - originally - King Crimson),  Roy Wood (ELO, Wizzard) and record engineer and producer Roy Thomas Baker (best known for  his involvement with giving Queen their classy sound).

8pm
The Flower Kings    Calling home + Afterlife (1999) (Flower Power)
Muse    New born (2001) (Origin Of Symmetry)
Muse    Supermassive black hole (2006) (Black Holes & Revelations)
Ozric Tentacles    Aura borealis (1999) (Waterfall Cities)
Djam Karet    Topanga safari (1991) (Burning The Hard City)
Electric Light Orchestra    The  battle of Marston Moor (1972) (ELO: The Collection)
Roy Wood & Wizzard    See my baby jive (1973) (Wizzard Brew)
9pm
King Crimson    21st century schizoid man (1969) (In The Court Of The Crimson King)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Lucky man (1970) (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
Spectrum    Fiddling fool (1971) (Part One)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 + Thank you + Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Queen    Killer queen (1974) (Sheer Heart Attack)
Hawkwind    Paradox (1974) (The Hall Of The Mountain Grill)
10pm
Projected Twin    Post secret + I’ll fall for anything (2010) (Earth To World)
The Dixie Dregs    Intro + Freefall + Country house shuffle + Cruise control + Take it off the top (live, 1979) (King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents)
The Dregs    Road expense (1980) (Dregs Of The Earth)
Jeff St John And Yama    Nothing comes easy (1967) (single only, So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘n' Roll Star)
Urtekk    Euphonics (2013) (Urtekk EP)

01 November, 2013

Playlist - 2 November 2013

This week, 2 days after Halloween, a creepier than usual serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, with music from Dream Theater, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant and the not so soothing tones of Peter Hammill with Van der Graaf Generator. Plus an hour of generally downbeat music from Australian bands Anubis, Kettlespider and Hibernal. But amidst all the witches, ghosts, vampires and general paganism, it's also happy birthday to keyboard wizard Keith Emerson and wide-ranging contemporary genius Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree and assorted other pastimes).

8pm
Lou Reed    Perfect day (1972) (Transformer)
Affinity    Three sisters (1970) (Affinity)
Jethro Tull    The witches promise (1970) (single only  / 20 Years Of Jethro Tull)
Dream Theater    Forsaken (2007) (Systematic Chaos)
The Alan Parsons Project    (The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether + To one in paradise (1976) (Tales Of Mystery And Imagination)
Atomic Rooster    Death walks behind you (1971) (Death Walks Behind You)
Gentle Giant    Black cat (1971) (Acquiring The Taste)
Van der Graaf Generator    Darkness 11/11 (1970) (The least we can do is wave to each other)
9pm
Anubis    Tower of silence + Weeping willow + And I wait for my world to end (2011) (Tower Of Silence)
Hibernal    Losing touch + No turning back (2013) (The Machine)
Kettlespider    Revelations + New eyes (2012) (Avadante)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Bakery    Dying in the dark (1971) (Single only, Golden Miles - Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
10pm
The Nice    America (1968) (single / Nice Hits Nice Bits)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    The three fates (1970) (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
Emerson Lake & Powell    Touch and go (1993) (The Sprocket Sessions)
Porcupine Tree    Waiting Phase One + Waiting Phase Two + Dislocated day (live, 1997) (Coma Divine – Recorded Live In Rome)
Steven Wilson    Drive home (2013) (The Raven That Refused To Sing)
The Lammas Tide    The Devil’s stone (2011) (High Tide)