Playlist - 20 February 2021

Starting tonight with a feast of music from the Masters and their final album, famously recorded far from home in Abbey Road, London. Plus...songs from ELO which feature the late Louis Clark, conductor, arranger and keyboardist, new music from Steven Wilson and, from the Birthday Book, music featuring drummer Pierre van der Linden (Focus) and guitarist Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash).

8pm
Masters Apprentices    Answer lies beyond (1971) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Masters Apprentices    Beneath the sun (1971) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Masters Apprentices    Games we play 1 (1971) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Masters Apprentices    Games we play 2 (1971) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Steven Wilson    12 things I forgot (2020) (The Future Bites)
Steven Wilson (feat. Ninet Tayeb)    Routine (2015) (Hand Cannot Erase)
Porcupine Tree    Piano Lessons (1998) (stupid dream)
Electric Light Orchestra    Eldorado medley (1974) (Eldorado)
9pm
Focus    Focus II (1971) (Moving Waves)
Focus    All hens on deck (2012) (X)
Wishbone Ash    Sometime world (1972) (Argus)
Wishbone Ash    Keeper of the light (live, 1992) (The Ash Live In Chicago)
Sympathy Orchestra    Upstart (2014) (Sword Machine)
Three Wise Monkeys    Spider fingers (2013) (Perihelion)
Southern Empire    Goliath’s moon (2018) (Civilisation)
Electric Light Orchestra    Shangri La (1976) (A New World Record)

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Playlist - 25 November 2017

Tonight, back to the early 1970's with classic music from Spectrum (Melbourne), Tamam Shud (Sydney) and Tully (Sydney) along with more recent tunes from Aragon (Melbourne) and Sympathy Orchestra (Adelaide). The SoC Birthday Book features guitarist Steve Rothery (Marillion), and the show starts with a smidgeon of classic AC/DC in memory of the late Malcom Young.

8pm
AC/DC  Dirty deeds done dirt cheap (1976) (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap)
Procol Harum Wee small hours of sixpence (1968) (single, Shine On Brightly)
Transatlantic In held twas I (2000) (SMPTe)
Tully Sea of joy Part 1 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Spectrum Drifting (1971) (Part One)
Tamam Shud Sea the swells (1972) (Goolutionites And The Real People, bonus track from soundtrack)
Tully Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Magic Bus Seven wonders (2015) (Transmissions From Sogmore’s Garden)
9pm
Marillion Script for a jester’s tear (1983) (Script For A Jester’s Tear)
The Wishing Tree Hollow Hills (2009) (Ostara)
Steve Rothery White pass (2014) (The Ghosts Of Pripyat)
Marillion The great escape (1994) (Brave)
Aragon In a lifetime (2014) (single only)
Sympathy Orchestra Upstart (2014) (Sword Machine)
Kaprekar's Constant Call It A Memory (2017) (Fate Outsmarts Desire)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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Playlist - 11 March 2017

Tonight, another expedition into the musical world of progressive rock from around the world and from here in Australia, with recent releases from Andy Salvanos, Montresor, The Merlin Bird and Southern Empire. And the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book has birthdays this weekend for bass player Les Holroyd (BJH), guitarist Tom Scholz (Boston) and the late author Douglas Adams, whose enthusiasm for Pink Floyd was manifested in many and varied ways ('Do you realise that robot can hum like Pink Floyd?').

8pm
Barclay James Harvest    Song for you (1975) (Time Honoured Ghosts)
Barclay James Harvest    Jonathon (1978) (Live Tapes)
Alan Simon & Les Holroyd    Call (2007) (Excalibur II: The Celtic Ring)
Southern Empire    Forest fire (2016) (Southern Empire)
Andy Salvanos    To be like stars (2016) (Transform)
Boston    You gave up on love (2.0) (2013) (Life, Love & Hope)
Boston    More than a feeling (197?) (Boston)
Sympathy Orchestra    May the middle (2014) (Sword Machine)
9pm
Pink Floyd    Shine on you crazy diamond Pt.1 to 7 (1975) (Wish You Were Here)
Montresor    Medusa (2011) (Daybreak)
The Merlin Bird    Rhyme to reason + Reason to rhyme (2003) (Rhyme To Reason)
Moon Safari    Mega moon (live) (2014) (Live In Mexico)
Moon Safari    Constant bloom (2007) (blomljud)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

Playlist - 2 July 2016

Tonight, another selection of progressive rock from around the world and from here in Australia, including classic music from Kahvas Jute (Sydney) and Levi Smiths Clefs (Adelaide/Melbourne) and more recent releases from Like Leaves (Adelaide) Sympathy Orchestra (Adelaide)  and Ben Craven (Brisbane). And it's happy birthday this weekend to Colin Edwin (born in Melbourne, now the long-time bass player for UK band Porcupine Tree).

8pm
Karmakanic    Turn it up (2011) (In A Perfect World)
The Flower Kings    The wonder wheel (1995) (Return To The World Of Adventures)
Opeth    Marrow of the earth (2011) (Heritage)
Porcupine Tree    Way out of here (2007)  (Fear Of A Blank Planet)
Porcupine Tree    Hatesong (2000) (Lightbulb Sun)
Iona    An atmosphere of miracles Pt.3 (2011) (Another Realm)
Like Leaves    Swordfight (2011) (Like Leaves)
Kahvas Jute    Politician (live) (2005)  (Wide Open, bonus track on re-issue)
9pm
Pink Floyd    Shine on you crazy diamond Pt.1 to 7 (1975) (Wish You Were Here)
Vanishing Point    Walls of silence + Beyond redemption (Intro) + King of empty promises (2014) (Distant Is The Sun)
Panic Room    Nocturnal (2012) (Skin)
Manning   DAVID LOGAN (1967 - 2022): The southern waves (2011) (Margaret’s Children)
Sympathy Orchestra    Upstart (2014) (Sword Machine)
10pm
Jethro Tull    Thick as a brick (radio edit) (1972) (Thick As A Brick)
Levi Smith's Clefs    Relief from a lighted doorway (1970) (Empty Monkey)
Jeff St John & Copperwine    Cloud nine (1970) (Joint Effort)
Sherbet    Crimson ships (1970) (single only / So You Want To Be A Rock n Roll Star Vol..2)
Rush    Red Sector A + Closer to the heart (live) (1989) (A Show Of Hands)
Rush    The big money (1985) (Power Windows)
Deborah Conway & Willy Zygier    Third time down (2013) (Stories Of Ghosts)
Ben Craven    Revenge of Dr Komodo + Last chance to hear Part 2 (2016) (Last Chance To Hear)

Playlist - 30 January 2016

Tonight, Seasons Of Change continues last weeks selection of Aussie prog and prog-related music - the mix is eclectic to say the least, ranging from instrumental jazz-rock fusion (Indaba) to cookie monster meets Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (Virgin Black) and solo Chapman Stick (Andy Salvanos) as well as established artists more often heard on Seasons Of Change (Sebastian Hardie., Unitopia, etc).

8pm
Unitopia    Not human anymore + Tesla (2010) (Artificial)
Quiet Child    Cannonfire march + In out (2013) (The Coming Storm)
Three Wise Monkeys    Spider fingers (2013) (Perihelion)
Anubis    Disinfected and abused (2009) (230503)
9pm
Virgin Black    The winter’s ash (2008) (Requiem - Fortissimo)
Like Leaves    Fruit (2011) (Like Leaves)
Andy Salvanos    The premonition (2011)  (Dream Recall)
Indaba    All rivers long for the sea (2000) (Something Serious)
Sympathy Orchestra    Wire (2014) (Sword Machine)
Spectrum    Fiddling fool (1971) (Part One)
10pm
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Kahvas Jute    Parade of fools (1970)  (Wide Open)
Blackfeather    The Rat (Suite): Main Title / The Trap / Spanish Blues / Blazwaorden (Land Of Dreams) / Finale (The Rat) (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
Rainbow Theatre    Fantasy of horses (1976) (Fantasy Of Horses)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)

Playlist - 1 August 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Arcane (Brisbane), Sympathy Orchestra (Adelaide), Unitopia and UPF, plus classic '70's Aussie prog rock from the eclectic Company Caine. And it's happy birthday this weekend to guitarist and eternal hippy Steve Hillage (Egg, Gong, System 7, etc), Neal Morse (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, etc), Robert John Godfrey (The Enid, Barclay James Harvest) and the amazing Kate Bush.

8pm
Unitopia    Slow down + Lives go round (2005) (More Than A Dream)
United Progressive Fraternity    We only get one world (Overture) + Choices (2014) (Fall In Love With The World)
Barclay James Harvest    Dark now my sky (1970) (Barclay James Harvest)
The Enid    In the region of the summer stars (1976)  (In The Region Of The Summer Stars)
Sympathy Orchestra    Upstart (2014) (Sword Machine)
9pm
Steve Hillage    Glorious Om riff (1978) (Green)
Khan    Space shanty (1972) (Space Shanty)
Gong    I never glid before (1973) (Angel’s Egg)
ROVO & System 7    Hinotori (2013) (Phoenix Rising)
Kate Bush    Wuthering Heights (1978) (The Kick Inside)
Kate Bush    Running up that hill (1985) (Hounds of Love)
Kate Bush    Breathing (1980) (Never For Ever)
Arcane    Keeping Stone: sound on fire (2015) (Known/Learned)
10pm
Spock’s Beard    Crack the big sky (1999) (Day for Night)
King Crimson    The great deceiver (1974) (Starless And Bible Black)
Anglagard    Hostsejd (live) (1996) (Buried Alive)
The Tangent    A spark in the aether (2015) (A Spark In The Aether)
Andy Salvanos    Lost days ( 2011) (Dream Recall)
Company Caine    The last scene (1971) (A Product of a Broken Reality)

Playlist - 23 May 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, featuring A Lonely Crowd (Melbourne), Sympathy Orchestra (Adelaide) and Unitopia (Adelaide) plus Karnivool and Voyager (who separately traversed the Nullarbor from Perth to Adelaide for gigs this week). And some birthday greetings carried over from last week for Andrew Latimer (Camel).

8pm
The Nice War and peace (1968) (The Thoughts Of Emerlist DavJack)
Porcupine Tree Time flies (2009) (The Incident)
Porcupine Tree Russia on ice (2000) (Lightbulb Sun)
Pendragon Indigo (2009) (Pure)
Rocket Scientists (feat. Lana Lane) Stardust (1995) (Empire Music: The Art Rock Collection)
Lana Lane The sheltering sorrow + Red planet boulevard (2007) (Red Planet Boulevard)
9pm
Camel Rhayader (single edit) (1975) (The Snow Goose)
Camel Lies (1981) (Nude)
Camel Generations + Eyes of Ireland (1996) (Harbour Of Tears)
Camel Sahara (1999) (Rajaz)
Unitopia One day + The garden (2008) (The Garden)
Sympathy Orchestra Upstart (2014) (Sword Machine)
10pm
A Lonely Crowd Intro + Godamnesia + Inspector + Blur (2014) (Transients)
Gazpacho Defence mechanism + Snail (live, 2011) (London)
Gazpacho Tick tock Part III (2009) (Tick Tock)
Voyager The pensive disarray (2011)  (The Meaning Of I)
Karnivool Change (2009)  (Sound Awake)

Playlist - 21 February 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas; this week, a selection of instrumental music (plus one token song). With the Sydney-based duo Tubular Bells For Two in Adelaide for the Festival Fringe, Mike Oldfield's landmark album is again not far away, and there's some selections from the recent re-issues of the first two albums by the classical-rock group Sky (with classical guitarist John William), plus music from Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest (Adelaide), Kettlespider (Melbourne), Sebastian Hardie (Sydney) and Sympathy Orchestra (Adelaide).

8pm
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)
Mike Oldfield    Tubular Bells Side 1 (1973) (Tubular Bells)
Tony Banks    Waters of Lethe (1979)  (A Curious Feeling)
Camel    Earthrise (1974) (Mirage)
Mario Millo    Rebecca (1979) (single, The Australian Guitar Album)
9pm
Sky    Scipio (1980) (Sky 2)
Curved Air    Vivaldi (1971) (Air Conditioning)
Kevin Peek    Drifting (1982) (Life And Other Games)
John Williams    Sheep may safely graze (1978) (Travelling)
Sky    Vivaldi (1980) (Sky 2)
Kettlespider    Introduction + Discovery + Avadante + Comatose (2012) (Avadante)

10pm
Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Tintagel + Silbury Hill (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    In the mists of Lough Derg + Galorus Oratory (1997) (In The Land Of My Ancestors)
Ozric Tentacles    Sunrise Jam  (live, 2007) (Sunrise Festival)
Robert Reed    Sanctuary (2014) (Sanctuary)
Focus    Sylvia (1972) (Focus III)
Sympathy Orchestra    Famous five (2014) (Sword Machine)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)

Playlist - 27 December 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, spending some time with some more interesting music from 2014. There's also selections from the musical legacy of Jack Bruce (Cream), John Gustafson (bass player and/or lead singer with various bands including Quatermass, the Ian Gillan Band and Roxy Music), Glen Cornick (Jethro Tull), and Jim Keays (The Masters Apprentices).

8pm
United Progressive Fraternity    The water (2014) (Fall In Love With The World)
Andy Jackson    Invisible colours + Brownian motion (2014) (Signal To Noise)
Nick Magnus    Time + Memory + Eminent Victorians (2014) (N’Monix)
Mostly Autumn    Not yours to take + Running (2014) (Dressed In Voices)
9pm
Cream    Crossroads (live) (1968) (Wheels Of Fire – Live side)
Jack Bruce    Never tell your mother she's out of tune (1969) (Songs For A Tailor)
Jack Bruce    Golden days (1974) (Out Of The Storm)
Quatermass    Black sheep of the family (1970) (Quatermass)
Roxy Music    Love is the drug (1975) (Siren)
Jethro Tull    Bouree (1969) (Stand Up)
The Masters Apprentices    Wars or hands of time (1966 / 1967) (B-side of first single “Undecided” / Masters Apprentices - reissue)
The Masters Apprentices    Living in a child’s dream (1967) (single only, bonus track on Masters Apprentices - reissue)
The Master’s Apprentices    I’m your satisfier (1971) (Choice Cuts)
The Master’s Apprentices    Melodies of St. Kilda/Southern Cross + Thyme to rhyme (1972) (A Toast To Panama Red)
The Master’s Apprentices    Because I love you (1971) (single, Nickelodeon)
10pm
Vanishing Point    Beyond redemption (Intro) + King of empty promises + Distant is the sun (2014) (Distant Is The Sun)
The Crimson Projekct    Frame by frame + Dinosaur (live) (2014) (Live In Tokyo)
Animals As Leaders    Air chrysalis (2014) (The Joy Of Motion)
The Angels    No secrets (1980) (Dark Room)
The Angels    Am I ever gonna see your face again (1976) (The Angels)
Sympathy Orchestra    Wire (2014) (Sword Machine)

Playlist - 13 December 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, spending some time with some of the more interesting music releases from the last 12 months. This includes some excellent Australian music from Quiet Child (Adelaide), Anubis (Sydney), The Lammas Tide (Perth), Ben Craven & The Section (Brisbane), Hibernal (Brisbane)  and Sympathy Orchestra (Adelaide), plus a reminder of the remarkable gig in June at the Gov by The Crimson Projekct.

8pm
IQ     The road of bones (2014) (The Road Of Bones)
Transatlantic    Into the blue (2014) (Kaleidoscope)
Nick Magnus    Time (2014) (N’Monix)
Iamthemorning    Os lunatam (2014) (Belighted)
A Secret River    No way to say goodbye (2014) (Colours Of Solitude)
9pm
Anubis    Room with a view (2014) (Hitchhiking To Byzantium)
Ben Craven & The Section    Golden band (2014) (Dissected)
Hibernal    Fragments of the past (instrumental) (2014) (Replacements)
The Lammas Tide    Dragonfly (2014) (Barefoot Electric)
The Lammas Tide    When all is said and done (2014) (Barefoot Electric)
Quiet Child    Bonewreath (2014) (Chapter & Verse)
10pm
Pink Floyd    Louder than words (2014) (The Endless River)
Synaesthesia    Epiphany (2014) (Synaethesia)
The Crimson Projekct    Sleepless (2014) (Live In Tokyo)
Opeth    Cusp of eternity (2014) (Pale Communion)
Robert Reed    Sanctuary (2014) (Sanctuary)
Perfect Beings    Fictions (2014) (Perfect Beings)
Sympathy Orchestra    Danger (2014) (Sword Machine)

Playlist - 22 November 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Adelaide's Sympathy Orchestra and Unitopia,  and the new CD from The Lammas Tide (Perth); plus some classic early '70's music from Barrie McAskill and the Levi Smith's Clefs. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Steve Swindells (songwriter and keyboardist with Hawkwind, who contributed a mildly successful single during his brief tenure with the band).

8pm
Starting with a little birthday music, then continuing with:
Levi Smith's Clefs    Relief from a lighted doorway + You can’t do that (1970) (Empty Monkey)
Freedom To Glide    Rain (Part 1) + Anywhere Else But Here + Path Of Reason+ Riders on a wave (2013) (Rain)
Tin Spirits    Old hands (2014) (Scorch)
Steeleye Span    Overture + The Dark Morris Song + The good witch (2013) (Wintersmith)
Jethro Tull    Broadsword (1982) (Broadsword And The Beast)
9pm
Unitopia    Take good care (2005) (More Than A Dream)
Unitopia    Even in the quietest moments (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1 Smooth As Silk)
Moon Safari    Too young to say goodbye (2013) (Himlabecken Vol.1)
The Flower Kings    Dark fascist skies (2013) (Desolation Rose)
10pm
The Lammas Tide    Barefoot electric (2014) (Barefoot Electric)
The Lammas Tide    The Devil’s stone (2011) (High Tide)
Sympathy Orchestra    May the middle (2014) (Sword Machine)
Hawkwind    High Rise (live) (1978/1992) (The Hawklords Live)
Hawkwind    Shot down in the night (live) (1979) (Live ‘79)
Andy Jackson    The boy in the forest (2014) (Signal To Noise)
Pink Floyd    Side 2: Sum + Skins + Unsung + Anisina (2014) (The Endless River)

Playlist - 30 August 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Ben Craven, Karnivool, Sympathy Orchestra and Unitopia plus a classic song from Flake. And it's happy birthday this weekend to artist Roger Dean (the creator of album covers for a generation of bands including Yes, Uriah Heep, Greenslade and more recently Australia's Ben Craven). Plus some early Jethro Tull as a tribute to the late Glen Cornick, their first - and always nimble - bass player.

8pm
Procol Harum    Kaleidoscope (1967) (Procol Harum)
Transatlantic    Into the blue (2014) (Kaleidoscope)
Unitopia    Genesis medley (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1 Smooth As Silk)
Karnivool    We are (2013) (Asymmetry)
Sympathy Orchestra    Famous five (2014) (Sword Machine)
9pm
Yes    Heart of the sunrise (1972) (Fragile)
Greenslade    Sundance (1973) (Greenslade)
Babe Ruth    The Mexican (1972) (First Base)
Ramases    Life child (1971) (Space Hymns)
Ben Craven    The conjurer + No specific harm + Solace + Nobody dies forever Part 2 (2011) (Great And Terrible Potions)
Ozric Tentacles    The aum shuffle (1985) (Tantric Obstacles)
10pm
Jethro Tull    Bouree (1969) (Stand Up)
Jethro Tull    To cry you a song (1970) (Benefit)
Jethro Tull    Inside (1970) (Benefit)
Kate Bush    Running up that hill (1985) (Hounds of Love)
Genesis    Home by the sea (live, 2007) (Live Over Europe 2007)
Marillion    Seasons end (1989) (Seasons End)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 12 July 2014

This week, another serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Sydney band Anubis and Adelaide's Sympathy Orchestra, plus classic music from Blackfeather, Spectrum and Samael Lilith. And it's happy birthday to guitarist John Petrucci (Dream Theater).

8pm
Ozric Tentacles    Jurassic shift (live, 2007) (Sunrise Festival)
Pink Floyd    Stay (1972) (Obscured by Clouds)
Mostly Autumn    Dressed in voices (2014) (Dressed In Voices)
The Flower Kings    Desolation road (2013) (Desolation Rose)
Anubis    Collapse (live) (2012) (A King With No Crown, single)
Anubis    Hitchhiking to Byzantium (2014) (Hitchhiking To Byzantium)
9pm
Dream Theater    The enemy inside (2013) (Dream Theater)
Liquid Tension Experiment    Hourglass (1999) (Liquid Tension Experiment 2)
Dream Theater    Under a glass moon (1992) (Images And Words)
Blackfeather    At the mountains of madness + On this day that I die (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
Spectrum    Trust me (1972) (Milesago)
Focus    Birth (1974) (Hamburger Concerto)
Egg    Wring out the ground (loosely now) (1974) (The Civil Service)
10pm
Pink Floyd    Raving and drooling (live, Wembley, 1974) (Wish You Were Were, Experience Edition)
The Alan Parsons Project    Ammonia avenue (1984) (Ammonia Avenue)
Ozric Tentacles    Tidal Convergence (live, 2007) (Sunrise Festival)
Slapp Happy    Dawn (1974) (Casablanca Moon)
Samael Lilith    Nights in white satin (1970) (single only / So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star?)
Sympathy Orchestra    Upstart (2014) (Sword Machine)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 31 May 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Australian bands Anubis and Alithia and classic music from Kahvas Jute. And it's happy birthday to Eric Clapton (Cream, etc), Gilli Smythe ('space whisperer' with eccentric English/French group Gong), John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) and Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel.

8pm
Led Zeppelin    When the levee breaks (1971) ('Runes' album)
Anubis    The final resting place (2011) (Tower Of Silence)
Cream    White room (1968) (Wheels Of Fire)
Eric Clapton    I shot the sheriff (1974) (single / 461 Ocean Boulevard)
Cream    Crossroads (live) (1968) (Wheels Of Fire)
Mostly Autumn    Tennyson mansion (2012) (The Ghost Moon Orchestra)
Kevin Peek    Still waters (2010) (Still Waters: Music For TV and Film)
Alithia    Thirteen (2014) (To The Edge Of Time)
9pm
Emerson Lake and Palmer    The endless enigma Part 1+ Fugue + The endless enigma Part 2 (1972) (Trilogy)
Jade Warrior    Dark river (1972) (Jade Warrior)
Jade Warrior    Clouds + Mountain of fruit and flowers (1974) (Floating World)
Mother Gong    I am a tree (1989) (The Owl And The Tree)
Gong    Oily way + Outer temple + Inner temple (1974) (Angel’s Egg)
Kahvas Jute    Up there (1970)  (Wide Open)
10pm
Tommy Emmanuel    The journey + Who dares wins + Initiation (live, 1995) (Classical Gas)
Tommy Emmanuel    Countrywide (1990) (Dare To Be Different)
Led Zeppelin    Moby dick (live, 1976) (The Song Remains The Same)
Marillion    Seasons end (1989) (Seasons End)
Sympathy Orchestra    Wire (2014) (Sword Machine)

Playlist - 24 May 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring new music from Dyssidia (Adelaide) and Vanishing Point (Melbourne) and classic music from Tamam Shud and Flake. And it's happy birthday to violinist Robby Steinhardt (Kansas), drummer Brian Davison (The Nice, Refugee) and Bob Dylan (73 today).

8pm
Procol Harum    She wandered through the garden fence (1967) (Procol Harum)
Dream Theater    The ministry of lost souls (2007) (Systematic Chaos)
Kansas    Can I tell you (1974) (Kansas)
Kansas    Magnum opus (1976) (Leftoverture)
Kansas    Dust in the wind (1977) (Point Of Know Return)
Dyssidia    Deja senti (2013) (Quiet Waters EP)
Vanishing Point    Beyond redemption/Intro + King of empty promises (2014) (Distant Is The Sun)
9pm
The Nice    Rondo (1967) (The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack)
Refugee    Papillon (1974) (Refugee)
Steeleye Span    Seven hundred elves (1974)  (Now We Are Six)
Steeleye Span    The wife of Usher’s Well (live, 1974)  (Now We Are Six, bonus track)
Jethro Tull    Sealion (1974) (Warchild)
Tamam Shud    Stand in the sunlight + Take a walk on a foggy morn + Goolutionites Theme Part 1 + Goolutionites Theme Part 2 (1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People)
Tamam Shud    Bali waters (live, 1971) (Goolutionites And The Real People, bonus track)
10pm
Nick Magnus    Time (2014) (N’Monix)
Steve Hackett    Every day (1979) (Spectral Mornings)
Bob Dylan    Rainy day women (1966) (single, Blonde On Blonde)
Dave Gilmour    Speak to me + Breathe + Time + Breathe (reprise) (live, 2006) (Live In Gdansk)
Pink Floyd    The great gig in the sky (1973) (Dark Side Of The Moon)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Andy Salvanos    Solace (2011) (Dream Recall)
Sympathy Orchestra    Sword machine (2014) (Sword Machine)

Playlist - 17 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 of more recent music from the Australian bands Breaking Orbit and Sebastian Hardie. And there's a brace of birthdays this weekend, including guitarist Andrew Latimer (English band Camel), keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman (Yes), celtic chillout queen Enya, drummer Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, UK, etc) and oz rock guitar wizard Lobby Loyde (The Wild Cherries, The Colored Balls, Billy Thorpe's Aztecs, etc).

8pm
Camel    Lies (1981) (Nude)
Camel    Hymn to her (1979) (I Can See Your House From Here)
Camel    Sasquatch (1982) (The Single Factor)
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)
The Wild Cherries    G.O.D (Guitar OverDose) (live, ABC TV, 1970) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
Lobby Loyde & Southern Electric    Fist of Is: a) At the Colosseum; b) The Fist Falls (1976)  (Obsecration)
Breaking Orbit    Time traveller (2012) (The Time Traveller)
9pm
Rick Wakeman    Catherine of Aragon (1973) (The Six Wives Of Henry VIII)
Rick Wakeman    Merlin the magician (1975) (The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table)
Rick Wakeman    Tubular balls (1995) (Cirque Surreal)
Enya    Only time (2000)  (A Day Without Rain)
Enya    Watermark + Orinoco flow (1988)  (Watermark)
Sebastian Hardie    Art of life + Another string (2012) (Blueprint)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (1976) (Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
10pm
Bill Bruford’s Earthworks    My heart declares a holiday (1987) (Earthworks)
King Crimson    Red (1974) (Red)
Yes    Five percent for nothing (1972) (Fragile)
Yes    Siberian khatru (1972) (Close To The Edge)
Dave Gilmour    Shine on you crazy diamond + Astronomy domine (live, 2006) (Live In Gdansk)
Dave Gilmour    The blue (2006) (On an Island)
Sympathy Orchestra    Mystic peanut (2014) (Sword Machine)

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 - 3 May 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, including some slightly folky prog rock from Adelaide's own Gavin O'Loghlen (Cotters Bequest), Zen Stella and Circadian Pulse. And it's happy birthday to Colin Bass (amongst other things, the long-time bass player with English band Camel) and Australian guitarist Mario Millo (Sebastian Hardie, Windchase).

8pm
Karmakanic      Turn it up (20011 (In A Perfect World)
Circadian Pulse      Hourglass (2012) (In The Blink Of An Eye)
Zen Stella      Deviate (2013) (Zen Stella, EP))
Ozric Tentacles      Stretchy (1993) (Jurassic Shift)
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum      Psthsis (2004) (Of Natural History)
King Crimson      Epitaph (1969) (In The Court Of The Crimson King)
Mario Millo      Rebecca (single only, The Australian Guitar Album / All Fired Up: The Lost Treasures Of Australian Music 1970-1990)
9pm
Camel      Ice (1979) (I Can See Your House From Here)
Camel      West Berlin (live)  (1984) (Pressure Points)
Camel      Sahara (1999) (Rajaz)
Gryphon      Midnight Mushrumps (1974) (Midnight Mushrumps)
Affinity      Three sisters (1970) (Affinity)
Rush      Limelight (1981) (Moving Pictures)
10pm     
Gavin O'Loghlen      The treadmill Pt.1 + Open road revisited + The poet... + ...And the priest + The treadmill Pt.1 + The key + Like Daedalus ascending + The new dawn + Walking shadows + Bird of life (2007) (The Poet And The Priest)
801      Diamond head + Miss Shapiro + You really got me + Third uncle (live) (1976) (801 Live)
Eno      Elmo's fire (1975) (Another Green World)
Sympathy Orchestra      Mystic peanut (2014) (Sword Machine)

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Playlist - 26 April 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, starting with an hour of music from Australia and New Zealand, including the enigmatic NZ band Airlord. And it's happy birthday to Derek Dick, better known as "Fish" (lead singer of the '80's UK prog rock revivalists Marillion).

8pm
Spectrum    What the world needs is a new pair of socks (1971) (Milesago)
Tommy Emmanuel    Up from down under (1987) (Up From Down Under)
Split Enz    Stranger than fiction (1975) (Second Thoughts)
Airlord    Pictures in a puddle + Out of the woods (1977) (Clockwork Revenge)
Sebastian Hardie    I wish (2012) (Blueprint)
Windchase    Forward we ride / Horsemen to infinity (1978) (Symphinity)
9pm
Yes    The gates of delirium (1974) (Relayer)
Karnataka    The serpent and the sea (edit) (2010) (The Gathering Light)
Marillion    Script for a jester’s tear (1983) (Script For A Jester’s Tear)
Marillion    For the record (1987) (Clutching At Straws)
Marillion    Market square heroes (live, 1984) (Real To Reel)
10pm
Motorpsycho    Cloudwalker (a darker blue) (2014) (Behind The Sun)
Edison’s Children    The seventh sign (2014) (The Final Breath Before November)
Rush    Xanadu (live, 1978) (Different Stages - Live)
Rush    Presto (1989) (Presto)
La De Das    See my baby tonight (1971) (single only / Boogie! Australian Blues R&B And Heavy Rock From The ‘70’s)
Daddy Cool    Daddy rocks off (1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock'nRoll: Teenage Heaven)
Indelible Murtceps    Esmerelda (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Sympathy Orchestra    Mystic peanut (2014) (Sword Machine)

Playlist - 19 April 2014 (Easter Saturday)

For Easter Saturday, a special show featuring Camel recorded live in concert with a performance of their instrumental concept album "The Snow Goose".  And it's happy birthday this weekend to Steve Gray (keyboardist with classical-rock fusion group Sky), Rod Morgenstein (drummer with The Dregs/The Dixie Dregs/Platypus) and Mike Portnoy (drummer with Dream Theater and a score of disparate side projects including Transatlantic and OSI).

8pm
Yes    I’ve seen all good people (1970) (The Yes Album)
Unitopia    Easter (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1)
Andy Salvanos    Lost days (2011) (Dream Recall)
Renaissance    She is love + Northern lights (1978) (A Song For All Seasons)
Sky    Hello (1982) (Sky 4)
Sky    Caldando (1985) (The Great Balloon Race)
Yes    And you and I (1972) (Close To The Edge)
9pm
Lobby Loyde & Southern Electric (feat. Mandu)    Dreamtide (1976)  (Obsecration)
Mandu    Captain voyager + Darlin’ + We ran across the sky (1974) (To The Shores Of His Heaven)
The Dregs    Kat food (1981) (Unsung Heroes)
Platypus    Chimes (1998) (When Pus Comes To Shove)
Liquid Trio Experiment    Hawaiian funk (2007) (Liquid Trio Experiment)
Dream Theater    Disappear (2002) (Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence)
10pm
G. Wayne Thomas    The morning of the earth (1972) (The Morning Of The Earth)
Camel    The Snow Goose (live, 1975) (A Live Record)
Sympathy Orchestra    Wire (2014) (Sword Machine)