Playlist - 3 September 2022

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single version / Seasons Of Change: The Complete Recordings 1970-1974)
Glasshouse    It burns (2005) (Nothing Comes Of Thinking EP)
Glasshouse    Disappointment (2006) (Restore Factory Settings)
Glasshouse    This city (2006) (Restore Factory Settings)
Drawn From Bees    All the world’s a stage (2010) (Fear Not The Footsteps Of The Departed)
Drawn From Bees    English line (2008) (The Boy And The Ocean)
Drawn From Bees    Long tooth setting sun (2008) (And The Blind Shall Lead The Way)
Drawn From Bees    Stand against the storm (2011) (Cautionary Tales For The Lionhearted)
Drawn From Bees    The well draws no water (2012) (The May King And His Paper Crown)
Drawn From Bees    Web of thieves (2014) (Web Of Thieves)
Drawn From Bees    Gravity (2017) (single)
9pm
Thieves’ Kitchen    Of sparks and spires (2013) (One For Sorrow, Two For Joy)
Days Between Stations    In utero / Visionary (2013) (In Extremis)
Ghostwriters    The wolves close in (2007) (Political Animal)
The Break    Five rocks (2009) (Church Of The Open Sky)
Midnight Oil    Outbreak of love (1993) (Earth And Sun And Moon)
Genesis    Abacab (live) (1982) (Three Sides Live)

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Playlist - 30 April 2022

R.I.P Klaus Schulze German electronic music legend - tribute planned for next week.

8pm
Genesis    Squonk (1976) (A Trick Of The Tail)
Genesis    Twilight alehouse (1972 / 2007) (single / Genesis 1970-1975)
Madden & Harris    A simple song (1975) (single, bonus track on Fools Paradise re-issue)
Sebastian Hardie    Windchase (1976) (The Windchase)
King Crimson    Satori in Tangier (live) (1984 / 2016) (On And Off The Road CD#8)
Midnight Oil    Sleep (1984) (Red Sails In The Sunset)
Andy Salvanos    Free range eggs (2007) (Closer)
9pm
United Progressive Fraternity    Seeds of life (2019) (Planetary Overload, Part 1)
Sound     Coffee psychology (2020) (Listen)
Viriditas    State of the art (2021) (Green Mars)

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Playlist - 17 April 2021

Tonight featuring music from a very early album by the NZ band Dragon, during their prog-rock period; plus, from the Birthday Book, music featuring Noel Crombie (Split Enz, Schnell Fenster and others), Peter Garret (Midnight Oil) and Lee Kerslake (The Gods, Uriah Heep, Living Loud and many others).

8pm
Uriah Heep    Poet’s justice (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
The Mute Gods    Atheists and believers (2019) (Atheists And Believers)
Mostly Autumn    Tennyson mansion (2012) (The Ghost Moon Orchestra)
Split Enz    Strait old line (live) (1993) (Greatest Hits Live!)
Split Enz    Dirty creature (1982) (Time And Tide)
Schnell Fenster    Buried alive (1990) (OK Alright a Huh Oh Yeah )
Split Enz    Maybe (1975) (Mental Notes)
Split Enz    Shark attack (live, NZ, 1993) (Greatest Hits: Live)
Sound    Shudafar (Adelaide, late 90’s / 2020) (Listen)
9pm
Dragon    Vermillion cellars (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind)
Dragon    La gash lagoon (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind)
Dragon    Sunburst (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind)
Rush    The big money (1985) (Power Windows)
Midnight Oil    Bullroarer (1987) (Diesel And Dust)
Midnight Oil    Stars of Warburton (live, Brisbane, 1990) (1992) (Scream In Blue)
Yes    Siberian khatru (1972) (Close To The Edge)

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The Enz, yeah:

Neil and Noel being grilled mercilessly in 1983...

What a difference 12 months makes - Dragon on ABC TV in 1976:

Playlist - 14 November 2020

Tonight featuring selections from the musical legacies of two Aussie musicians: Bones Hillman (Midnight Oil) and Jac Kreemers (Madder Lake).

8pm
Midnight Oil    Shakers and movers (1990) (Blue Sky Mining)
Midnight Oil    Feeding frenzy (1993) (Earth And Sun And Moon)
Midnight Oil    Beds are burning (live) (1992) (Scream in Blue Live)
Neil Murray    Is nothing gonna change (1993) (These Hands)
Freedom To Glide    Rain (Part 1) + Anywhere Else But Here + Path Of Reason (May 2012) (Rain EP)
Freedom To Glide    Stolen souls (Dec 2014) (digital single)
Madder Lake    Mother ship (1974) (Butterfly Farm)
9pm
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets    Interstellar overdrive (live) + Astronomy domine (live) + Lucifer Sam (live) (2019) (Live At The Roundhouse)
Pink Floyd    Wots…Uh, the deal (1972) (Obscured By Clouds)
Aragon    Rocking Horse (Act 2) (2018) (single only)
Voyager    Saccharine dream (2019) (Colours In The Sun)
Midnight Oil    Gadigal land (2020) (Gadigal Land)

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The late Bones Hillman with the Oils live in 2017, at the Domain:

 

And from a very different time and place - Melbourne, circa 1973 - a hairy Jac Kreemers on drums with the other equally hairy members of Madder Lake; in an ABC TV studio with their best known song, which was usually stretched out into a jam of at least twice the length when playing live:

Playlist - 28 December 2019

It's the last edition of Seasons Of Change for 2019 and also for the decade. It is also Proclamation Day here in South Australia, the anniversary of the day in 1836 when the state of South Australia was proclaimed and established as a province, at a cermony by the old gum tree at Glenelg, so:
- from 8pm, a selection of fine music from some of the South Australian artists who have never been far away from Saturday nights; then
- from 9pm, a selection from the musical legacy of some of the talented performers who passed away during the last 12 months, including Chris Wilson, Leo De Castro (Friends, Johnny Rocco Band, etc) Geoff Gray (Flake), Dr John, Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith, etc) and the marvellous Jacques Loussier.

Next week's edition of Seasons Of Change will feature a selection of music released during the last 12 months.

8pm
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Sevenhill 1873 Johann Pallhuder SJ + Stephenston 1875 The Speculator’s waltz + Knockaruna Quorn 1879 The Farmers + Pichi Richi 1879 The Railways (2006) (Land Of The Vast Horizon)
Andy Salvanos    Solar cycles (2018) (Solar Cycles)
Southern Empire    Hold (2016) (Southern Empire)
Solar Soma    Islands (2013) (So Much For Style)
Unitopia    More than a dream (2005) (More Than A Dream)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974, compilation)
9pm
Chris Wilson    Born under a bad sign (live) (1992) (Alimony Blues CD single)
Chris Wilson    Wolves (1992) (Landlocked)
Friends    Freedom train (1972) (single only / Leo de Castro & Friends)
Flake    Violet Jam Part A: Down in Rio (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Dr John    Right place wrong time (1973/1995) (In The Right Place)
Cream    White room (1968) (Wheels Of Fire)
Jacques Loussier    Prelude No.1 (1959) (Play Bach No.1)
Midnight Oil    Short memory (1982) (10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1)
Midnight Oil    River runs red (1990) (Blue Sky Mining)

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 And here's a little more from...

Dr John

Chris Wilson

Leo de Castro (with Friends, broadcast May 1973)

A mere snippet of Jacques in 1975...

and Jacques again in 2004...

Playlist - 18 May 2019

8pm
Rush    The Spirit of Radio (1980) (Permanent Waves)
Unitopia    More than a dream (2005) (More Than A Dream)
Drawn From Bees    Lights on (2010) (Fear Not The Footsteps Of The Departed)
Big Big Train    The transit of Venus across the sun (live) (2018) (Merchants Of Light)
Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Silbury Hill (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Kapunda 1856 The Cornish Miners (2006) (Land Of The Vast Horizon)
Andy Salvanos    Lightwaves (2019) (digital single)
Midnight Oil    River runs red (1990) (Blue Sky Mining)
9pm
Bill Bruford’s Earthworks    My heart declares a holiday (1987) (Earthworks)
King Crimson    Red (1974) (Red)
Yes    Five percent for nothing + Heart of the sunrise (1972) (Fragile)
Rick Wakeman    Catherine of Aragon (1973) (The Six Wives Of Henry VIII)
Yes    Wonderous stories (1977) (Going For The One)
The Wild Cherries    I’m the sea (stop killing me) (1971) (Single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
The Wild Cherries    Krome plated yabby (1967) (single only / Down Under Nuggets)
Lobby Loyde    Relgon hall (Home of Lord Nezim) (1976/2006) (Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths of Klimster)
The Purple Hearts   Early in the morning (1966) (single only)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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It's highly recommended to check out the official Drawn From Bees Youtube channel, for a plethora of interesting  promo videos from some talented people:
Drawn From Bees playing "Stand against the storm", live in 2012...

and a more recent promo video featuring animation by Ainsley Herd...

Playlist - 2 September 2017

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Levi Smith's Clefs    Relief from a lighted doorway (1970) (Empty Monkey)
The James Taylor Move    Magic eyes (1967)  (single only)
Threshold    Lost in translation (2017) (Legend Of The Shires)
Threshold    Ashes (radio edit) (2012) (March Of Progress)
Ghostwriters    The wolves close in (2007) (Political Animal)
The Break    Five rocks (2009) (Church Of The Open Sky)
Midnight Oil    Outbreak of love (1993) (Earth And Sun And Moon)
9pm
Moon Safari    Other side of the sky (live, 2011) (The Gettysburg Address)
Van der Graaf Generator    Darkness 11/11 (1970) (The least we can do is wave to each other)
Sky   Carillon (1979) (Sky)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)


NEW! Check out the rather nice program page for Seasons Of Change on the radiopages.info site - that's at http://5pba.radiopages.info/seasons-of-change. Includes more links including Youtube versions of each song (where they exist).

Playlist - 16 April 2016

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, featuring recent heavy sounds from Domino (Sydney) as well as a selection from the reissue on CD of the lone 1972 album by the eclectic band McPhee; and it's happy birthday this weekend to Lee Kerslake (Uriah Heep), kiwi Noel Crombie (Split Enz), Woolly Wolstenholme (BJH) and Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil), and happy birthday to the late Spike Milligan too (if there's a few spare minutes here or there).

8pm
Dream Theater    The ministry of lost souls (2007) (Systematic Chaos)
Lana Lane    Into the fire (2007) (Red Planet Boulevard)
Uriah Heep    Blind eye (1972) (The Magicians Birthday)
Uriah Heep    Paradise/The spell (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Domino    Karislama (2013) (Where the Desert Meets The Sea)
McPhee    Indian rope man (1972) (McPhee)
9pm
Emerson Lake and Palmer    Piano concerto No.1 (1977) (Works Volume I)
Split Enz    Ninnie knees up (1984) (See Ya Round)
Split Enz    Maybe (1975) (Mental Notes)
Split Enz    Sweet talking spoon song (1979) (The Beginning Of The Enz)
Woolly Wolstenholme    Harp and carp (2005) (Grim)
Barclay James Harvest    Moonwater (live) (1972) (Live Tapes)
10pm
Rush    Distant early warning (1984) (Grace Under Pressure)
Midnight Oil    Arctic world (1987) (Diesel And Dust)
Midnight Oil    Stars of Warburton (live, 1990) (1992) (Scream In Blue)
Midnight Oil    River runs red (1990) (Blue Sky Mining)
Yes    Siberian khatru (1972) (Close To The Edge)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    Mister Nine ‘till Five (live) (1975) (Cook, re-issue)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    The world became the world (1974) (The World Became The World)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 14 November 2015

This week, an eclectic mix of music released during the early years of the 1980's, by performers both seasoned and new (at the time); some of whom were about to find that they could progress from pompous concept albums to hit singles surprisingly well, perhaps to the surprise of many...

8pm
Rush    Entre nous (1980) (Permanent Waves)
Yes    Tempus fugit (1980) (Drama)
Kate Bush    Breathing (1980) (Never For Ever)
The Alan Parsons Project    Time (1980) (Turn Of A Friendly Card)
Sky    Vivaldi (1980) (Sky 2)
The Dregs    Cruise control (1981) (Unsung Heroes)
Cybotron    Black devil’s triangle (1980) (Implosion)
Lobby Loyde & Sudden Electric    Sympathy in D (1980/2006) (Live With Dubs)
9pm
Camel    Lies (1981) (Nude)
Rush    The camera eye (1981) (Moving Pictures)
Sky    Connecting rooms (1981) (Sky 3)
Jethro Tull    Fallen on hard times (1982) (Broadsword And The Beast)
Rush    Subdivisions (1982) (Signals)
Midnight Oil    US Forces (1982) (10, 9, 8…)
The Alan Parsons Project    Sirius + Eye in the sky (1982) (Eye In The Sky)
10pm
Sky    Fantasy (1982) (Sky 4 Forthcoming)
Kevin Peek    In the time of (1982) (Life And Other Games)
Camel    Sasquatch (1982) (The Single Factor)
Marillion    Script for a jester’s tear (1983) (Script For A Jester’s Tear)
Yes    Owner of a lonely heart (1983) (90125)
Genesis    That’s all (1983) (Genesis)
Mike Oldfield    Moonlight shadow (1983) (Crises)
Asia    Heat of the moment (1982) (Asia)
Caligula’s Horse    Turntail (2015) (Bloom)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 5 September 2015

This week, on the first edition of Seasons Of Change for Spring, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Sebastian Hardie and classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Fraternity, Tamam Shud and Tully. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Swedish guitarist Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings, Transatlantic, The Tangent, etc), prog rock sax player for hire Mel Collins (King Crimson, Camel, and a full appointment book of mainstream bands and artists), Roger Waters (Pink Floyd), Marc Hunter (Dragon), Daryl Cotton (Zoot) and lastbutnotleast that rhapsodic bohemian Freddie Mercury.

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Tamam Shud    Bali waters (1972) (Morning Of The Earth s/track / bonus track on re-issue of Goolutionites…)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Transatlantic    My new world (2000) (Transatlantic)
Roine Stolt    The flower king (1994) (The Flower King)
Midnight Oil    Gunbarrel highway (1987) (Diesel And Dust)
Midnight Oil    Star of hope (live) (1996) (Surf’s Up Tonight, CD single)
9pm
Dragon    Patina (1974) (Universal Radio)
Dragon    Darkness (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Genesis    The Return of the Giant Hogweed (1971) (Nursery Cryme)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    River of life (1973) (Photos Of Ghosts)
King Crimson    Cadence and cascade (1970) (In The Wake Of Poseidon)
Camel    Unevensong (live, 1977) (1978) (A Live Record)
10pm
Queen    Somebody to love (1976) (A Day At The Races)
Queen    Killer queen (1974) (Sheer Heart Attack)
Queen    It’s a hard life (1984) (The Works)
Roger Waters    In the flesh + The happiest days of our lives + Another brick in the wall (live, USA) (2006) (In The Flesh)
Roger Waters    What god wants, Part 1 (1992) (Amused To Death)
Zoot    I’m only sleeping (rec. 1970) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
Zoot    Flying (1970) (Just Zoot)
Zoot    Eleanor Rigby (1970) (single only / Zoot Locker)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 10 May 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring a hefty serving from the CD reissue of the second album by eclectic jazz/classical/rock fusion group Rainbow Theatre: this is in good company with the "Atom Heart Mother" suite from Pink Floyd - about the only other music that Rainbow Theatre is comparable to. Plus classic recordings from Spectrum and Tully and more recent music by the terrific Perth group The Lammas Tide and Adelaide's Unitopia.

8pm
Rush     YYZ (1981) (Moving Pictures)
Rush     Red lenses (1984) (Grace Under Pressure)
Rush     The garden (2012) (Clockwork Angels)
Peter Gabriel     Here comes the flood (1977) (Peter Gabriel)
Genesis     Ripples + Los Endos (1976) (A Trick Of The Tail)
The Break     Majestic Kelp (2013) (Space Farm)
Midnight Oil     Warakurna (1987) (Diesel And Dust)
9pm
Rainbow Theatre     Caption for the city night life + Fantasy of horses: suite (1976) (Fantasy Of Horses)
Pink Floyd     Atom heart mother (1970) (Atom Heart Mother)
10pm
The Lammas Tide     Fothersby (2011) (High Tide)
Unitopia     More than a dream (2005) (More Than A Dream)
Voyager     Sober (2007) (Univers)
Jethro Tull     Cross eyed Mary + Cheap day return + Mother goose (live, 2005) (Aqualung Live)
Jethro Tull     Living in the past (1977) (Living In The Past)
Tully     Ice (1972) (Loving Is Hard)
Spectrum     Love's my bag (1971) (Milesago)
Sympathy Orchestra     Mystic peanut (2014) (Sword Machine)

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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 - 30 June 2012

8pm
Traffic    Hole in my shoe (1967) (single only)
Dream Theater    Tenement Funster / Flick of the wrist / Lily of the valley (2009)  (Black Clouds & Silver Linings)
Queen    The miracle (1989)  (The Miracle)
Goanna    Common ground (1984)  (Oceania)
Midnight Oil    Dead heart + Sometimes (1987)  (Diesel & Dust)
Jimmy Little    Before you fall (2003)  (Down The Road)
Heart    Barracuda (1977)  (Little Queen)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra    Comfortably numb (live, 2006) (ASO Plays Pink Floyd)
9pm
Camel    Song within a song (1976)  (Moonmadness)
The Enid    The last judgement + In the region of the summer stars (1976)  (In  The Region Of The Summer Stars)
Kate Bush    Snowflake (2011)  (50 Words For Snow)
Kahvas Jute    Free + Ascend (1970)  (Wide Open)
Ozric Tentacles    Yog-Bar-Og (1994) (Arborescence)
10pm
Pink Floyd    Astronomy Domine (1967) (Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
Pink Floyd    Learning to fly (1987) (A Momentary Lapse Of Reason)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra    Money + Us and Them + Brain Damage/Eclipse + Signs of life + Learning to fly + Another brick in the wall Pt.2 (live, 2006) (ASO Plays Pink Floyd)
Tori Amos    Parasol (2005) (The Beekeeper)