Playlist - 11 October 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 bands Dyssidia and Like Leaves, plus Mushroom Giant (Melbourne) and The Lammas Tide (Perth) and an entree sized serving of the eclectic '70's band Rainbow Theatre.

8pm
Camel    Rhayader (single edit) (1975) (The Snow Goose)
The Orb and David Gilmour    Spheres side: Es Vedra / Hymns to the Sun (Reprise) / Olympic / Chicago Dub / Bold Knife Trophy (2010) (Metallic Spheres)
Anathema    Anathema (2014) (Distant Satellites)
Porcupine Tree    Stranger by the minute (1999) (Stupid Dream)
Dyssidia    Deja senti (2013) (Quiet Waters EP)
Karnivool    The Caudal Lure (2009)  (Sound Awake)
9pm
Like Leaves    Dancing on glass + Fruit (2011) (Like Leaves)
Genesis    The Cinema Show (1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Steve Hackett    Clocks (the angel of Mons) (1979) (Spectral Mornings)
Curved Air    Marie Antoinette + Cheetah (1972) (Phantasmagoria)
Rainbow Theatre    Petworth House (1975) (The Armada)
10pm
Triumvirat    Illusions on a double dimple (1973) (Illusions On A Double Dimple)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    A time and a place + From the beginning (live, 1997) (Then & Now)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Hoedown (1972) (Trilogy)
Mushroom Giant    Aesong (2012) (The Drake Equation EP)
The Lammas Tide    Soldier of the sun (2014) (Soldier Of The Sun, single)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)


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Also on PBA-FM, Monday nights (8:30pm) and Friday mornings (9:05am):

"Creative Male Ageing" - 12 programs starting from Monday 29 September, challenging conventions and exploring new options for older men. Produced at PBA FM in Adelaide South Australia, with support from the Office for the Ageing, Department of Health and Ageing, Government of South Australia. More information about this thought provoking 12 program series is at the program website: http://www.creativemaleageing.com/

Playlist - 4 October 2014

Don't forget the Open Day today at PBA-FM. By 8pm tonight, you might be ready to put your feet up and take in another edition of Seasons Of Change with a "best of breed" selection of progressive rock from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Anubis (Sydney), Ben Craven (Brisbane) and Unitopia (Adelaide) recorded live, plus some classic Spectrum, Sebastian Hardie and Healing Force.  And a little Kate Bush in honour of her last concerts this week - on the other side of the world - at the Hammersmith Odeon.

8pm
Rush    The Spirit of Radio (1980) (Permanent Waves)
Pink Floyd    Shine on you crazy diamond Pt.1 to 7 (1975 / 2001) (Wish You Were Here / Echoes)
Ozric Tentacles    Dance of the loomi (1994) (Arborescence)
Ben Craven    Great & terrible potions (2011) (Great & Terrible Potions)
Renaissance    Northern Lights (1978) (A Song For All Seasons)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (1976) (The Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Spectrum    Trust me (1972) (Milesago)
9pm
Dream Theater    In the Presence of Enemies Part 1 (2007) (Systematic Chaos)
Liquid Tension Experiment    Kindred Spirits (1998) (Liquid Tension Experiment)
Dream Theater    In the Presence of Enemies Part 2 (2007) (Systematic Chaos)
Yes    Roundabout (single version) (1972) (Fragile)
Procol Harum    Wee small hours of sixpence (1968) (single, Shine On Brightly)
King Crimson    In the court of the crimson king (1969) (In The Court Of The Crimson King)
10pm
Anubis    The passing bell (Parts I – VI) (2011) (A Tower Of Silence)
Unitopia    More than a dream (live, 2011) (One Night In Europe)
Unitopia    Common Goal (2005) (More than a Dream)
Kate Bush    Wuthering Heights (1978) (The Kick Inside)
Peter Gabriel    Solsbury Hill (1977) (Peter Gabriel)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Genesis    Follow you follow me  (1978) (…And Then There Were Three)

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Also on PBA-FM, Monday nights (8:30pm) and Friday mornings (9:05am):

"Creative Male Ageing" - 12 programs starting from Monday 29 September, challenging conventions and exploring new options for older men. Produced at PBA FM in Adelaide South Australia, with support from the Office for the Ageing, Department of Health and Ageing, Government of South Australia. More information about this thought provoking 12 program series is at the program website: http://www.creativemaleageing.com/

Playlist - 27 September 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Hibernal (Brisbane) and Sebastian Hardie, plus some classic music from Spectrum. And it’s happy birthday to Australian blues, soul and jazz singer Wendy Saddington.

8pm
Ekseption    The 5th (1969) (Ekseption)
Focus    Focus III + Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (1972) (Focus III)
Sebastian Hardie    Art of life (2012) (Blueprint)
Le Orme    Ritratto di un mattino + All ‘infuori del tempo + Ritorno al nulla (1973) (Felona e sorona)
Triumvirat    E minor 5/9 minor (1972) (Mediterranean Tales)
9pm
Hibernal    Fragments of the past + Fallout (instrumental) + Replacements Part II (2014) (Replacements / Replacements (Instrumental))
Spectrum    The Sideways Saga (1971) (Milesago)
Spectrum    Going home (1971) (Milesago – bonus track on CD re-issue)
Wendy Saddington & The Copperwine    Five people said I was crazy (live, 1971) (Wendy Saddington & The Copperwine Live)
10pm
Opeth    Cusp of eternity (2014) (Pale Communion)
A Secret River    No way to say goodbye (2014) (Colours Of Solitude)
Kate Bush    Hounds of love (1986) (Hounds Of Love)
Caravan    Nine feet underground (live, 1971) (2007) (The Show Of Our Lives – Live At The BBC 1968-1973)
Marillion    Slainte mhath + Sugar mice (1987) (Clutching At Straws)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Playlist - 20 September 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Anubis (Sydney), Lacrymae (Perth) and A Lonely Crowd (Melbourne), plus some classic Lobby Loyde. And a selection of music featuring the late John Gustafson (bass player and/or lead singer with various bands including Quatermass, the Ian Gillan Band and Roxy Music; you've probably heard his prominent bass-line on "Love is the drug").

8pm
Pink Floyd    Echoes (1971) (Meddle)
Anubis    Hitchhiking to Byzantium (2014) (Hitchhiking To Byzantium)
Anubis    Tower of silence (2011) (Tower Of Silence)
Konchordat    Motion (2009) (English Ghosts)
Genesis    Burning rope (1978) (And Then There Were Three)
9pm
Roxy Music    Love is the drug (1975) (Siren)
Ian Gillan    Clear air turbulence (1977) (Clear Air Turbulence)
Roger Glover & Friends    Watch out for the bat (1974) (The Butterfly Ball)
Quatermass    Black sheep of the family (1970) (Quatermass)
Renaissance    Ashes are burning (1973) (Ashes Are Burning)
Lobby Loyde & Sudden Electric    Sympathy in D (1980/2006) (Live With Dubs)
A Lonely Crowd    The fall (2014) (Transients)
10pm
Lacrymae    Handel’s Apocalypse (2009) (The Hallowed Design)
Kate Bush    Experiment IV (1986) (single only / The Whole Story)
Jethro Tull    By kind permission of + Dharma for one (live, Carnegie Hall) (1972) (Living In The Past)
Jethro Tull    Living in the past (1972) (Living In The Past)
Andy Salvanos    Radiant (2011) (Dream Recall)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Playlist - 13 September 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from The Lammas Tide (Perth) and Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotters Bequest (Adelaide) plus classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Bakery and Sebastian Hardie and some electronic sounds from Cybotron. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Neil Peart (Rush).

8pm
Yes    Tempus fugit (1980) (Drama)
Yes    To be over (1974) (Relayer)
Rick Wakeman    Catherine of Aragon (1973) (The Six Wives Of Henry VIII)
Chris Squire    Lucky seven (1975) (Fish Out Of Water)
Anathema    The lost song (Part 3) (2014) (Distant Satellites)
Mostly Autumn    First day at school (2014) (Dressed In Voices)
Ozric Tentacles    Atmosphear (1985) (Tantric Obstacles)
Cybotron    Suite 16/9th floor (1980) (Implosion)
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)
The Lammas Tide    Soldier of the sun (2014) (Soldier Of The Sun, single)
The Lammas Tide    The Devil’s stone (2011) (High Tide)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotters Bequest    Hadrian's wall (1998) (My Mother's Country)
Rush    Nobody’s hero (1991) (Counterparts)
Rush    YYZ (1981) (Moving Pictures)
Rush    Tom Sawyer (1980) (Permanent Waves)
10pm
Kate Bush    Ninth wave: And dream of sheep + Under ice + Waking the witch + Watching you without me + The morning fog (1985) (Hounds of Love)
The Flower Kings    Nothing new under the sun + The lamb lies down on Broadway (live) (USA, 1998) (Alive On Planet Earth)
The Flower Kings    Monkey business (2002) (Unfold The Future)
Bakery    The gift (1971) (Momento)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Playlist - 6 September 2014

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 Karnivool and sleepmakeswaves, plus classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Fraternity and Spectrum. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Swedish guitarist Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings, Kaipa), 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) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Spectrum    Fiddling fool (1971) (Part One)
Dragon    Patina (1974) (Universal Radio)
Dragon    Darkness (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
District 97    Read your mind (2012) (Trouble With Machines)
Moon Safari    Mega moon (2013) (Himlabecken Vol.1)
9pm
The Flower Kings    Desolation road (2013) (Desolation Rose)
The Flower Kings    Big puzzle (1999) (Back In The World of Adventures)
King Crimson    Cadence and cascade (1970) (In The Wake Of Poseidon)
Camel    Unevensong (live, 1977) (1978) (A Live Record)
Gerry Rafferty    Hang on (1992) (On A Wing And A Prayer)
Protest the Hero    Clarity (2013) (Volition)
Karnivool    Aeons (2013) (Asymmetry)
Andy Salvanos    Afternoon bass (2007) (Closer)
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)
Kate Bush    Cloudbursting (1985) (Hounds of Love)
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    Flying (1970) (Just Zoot / Zoot Locker)
Zoot    Eleanor Rigby (1970) (single only / Zoot Locker)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

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 - 23 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 Zen Stella (Adelaide) and Sebastian Hardie and classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Indelible Murtceps, Lobby Loyde and Tully. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Tori Amos, French keyboard wizard Jean Michel Jarre and English keyboard wizard Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep).

8pm
Jethro Tull    Living in the past (1972) (Living In The Past)
Pink Floyd    Burning bridges (1972) (Obscured by Clouds)
Tully    Ice (1972) (Loving Is Hard)
Indelible Murtceps    Esmerelda (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Haken    Down to Earth (2013) (The Mountain)
Ozric Tentacles    Shima koto (1994) (Arborescence)
Hawkwind    Paradox (1974) (The Hall Of The Mountain Grill)
Tori Amos    Seven sisters (2011) (Night Of The Hunter)
Tori Amos    Carry (2011) (Night Of The Hunter)
9pm
Jean Michel Jarre    Calypso Parts 1, 2 & 3 (1990) (Waiting For Cousteau)
Lobby Loyde    Return to ether (1976) (Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths Of Klimster)
Perfect Beings    Fictions (2014) (Perfect Beings)
Brimstone    Flapping lips at ankle height (2014) (Mannsverk)
Zen Stella    Deviate (2013) (Deviate EP / Progfest 2013)
10pm
Uriah Heep    Easy livin’ (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Uriah Heep    Rainbow demon (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Uriah Heep    Traveller in time (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Jade Warrior    A winter’s tale (1972) (Last Autumn’s Dream)
Al Di Meola    Elegant Gypsy Suite (1982) (Tour De Force – “Live”)
Sebastian Hardie    I remember (2012) (Blueprint)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (1976) (The Four Moments)
The Bucket    I can’t help thinking of you (1968) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 16 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 Caligula's Horse, Domino and an epic live recording from Adelaide's Unitopia, plus the ambient-folk tinged sounds of Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Kevin Ayers, Colin Moulding (XTC) and Barry Hay (Golden Earring).

8pm
Nick Magnus    Time (2014) (N’Monix)
The Gift    Road runs on til morning (2014) (Land Of Shadows)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest    Lovers (2007) (The Poet And The Priest)
Yes    Mind drive (1997) (Keys To Ascension 2)
Domino    Karislama + Caravan (2013) (Where the Desert Meets The Sea)
9pm
Kevin Ayers    Blue (1976) (Yes We Have No Mananas)
Kevin Ayers    The oyster and the flying fish (1970)  (Shooting At The Moon)
Kevin Ayers    Whatevershebringswesing (1972) (Whatevershebringswesing)
Mike Oldfield    Incantations + Harmonia mundi + The other side + Empyrean + Musica universalis (2008) (Music Of The Spheres)
XTC    Fruit nut (1998) (Apple Venus)
Dukes Of Stratosfear    The Affiliated (1987) (Psionic Psunspot)
XTC    War dance (1992)  (Nonesuch)
Lobby Loyde & The Colored Balls    Metal feathers (1972) (Ball Power And More)
10pm
Golden Earring    Song of a devil’s servant (1969) (Eight Miles High)
Golden Earring    Big tree blue sea + Radar love (1973) (Moontan)
Unitopia    The garden (2011) (One Night In Europe)
Caligula’s Horse    Ephemera(2011) (Moments From Ephemeral City)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 9 August 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Kahvas Jute, Spectrum and Tamam Shud. And it's happy birthday this weekend to singer Deborah Conway (Do Re Mi) and guitarist Tim Gaze (Kahvas Jute, Tamam Shud and Ariel, etc). And as today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson, some of her Moomins will be around the place - via the music of Swedish band Ritual.

8pm
The Nice    America (1968) (single / Nice Hits Nice Bits)
The Moody Blues    Legend of a mind (1968)  (In Search Of The Lost Chord)
Pink Floyd    Set the controls for the heart of the sun (1968) (A Saucerful Of Secrets)
Procol Harum    Shine on brightly (1968) (Shine On Brightly)
Ritual    Late in November + A dangerous journey (2007) (The Hemulic Voluntary Band)
9pm
Kahvas Jute    Twenty three (1970)  (Wide Open)
Tamam Shud    Heaven is closed (1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People)Kahvas Jute    Politician (live) (2005)  (Wide Open, bonus track on re-issue)
Camel    The sleeper + Rainbow’s end (1978) (Breathless)
Steven Wilson    Luminol (2012) (The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories))
Freedom To Glide    When the whistle blows (2013) (Rain)
10pm
Do Re Mi    Man overboard (1985) (Domestic Harmony)
Deborah Conway   Consider This (1993) (Bitch Epic)Deborah Conway   White roses (live, 1994) (Epic Theatre)
Deborah Conway   It doesn’t work that way (2004) (Summertown)
Spectrum    Some good advice + I’ll be gone (live at Sunbury, 1972) (Milesago – reissue: bonus track)
Renaissance    Northern Lights (1978) (A Song For All Seasons)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 2 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 Hibernal (Brisbane), classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Spectrum and Tamam Shud, plus the ambient-folk tinged sounds of Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest. And it's happy birthday this weekend to guitarist and eternal hippy Steve Hillage (Egg, Gong,System 7, etc) and Neal Morse (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, etc).

8pm
Over The Garden Wall    Firth of fifth (1995) (Suppers Ready: Another Serving From The Musical Box)
Hibernal    Replacements Part 1 + The city ebbs away + The restless man (instrumental) (2014) (Replacements / Replacements (instrumental))
The Enid    In the region of the summer stars (1976)  (In  The Region Of The Summer Stars)
Steeleye Span    Fighting for strangers (1976) (Rocket Cottage)
Spectrum    Superbody (1970) (Part One)
9pm
Spock’s Beard    Gibberish (1999) (Day For Night)
Transatlantic    Overture And Whirlwind (2009) (The Whirlwind)
Neal Morse    Weathering Sky (2012) (Momentum)
Kansas    Apercu (1974) (Kansas)
Echolyn    All ways the same + As the world (1995) (As The World)
Glass Hammer    Further on and further in (2002) (Lex Rex)
Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Tintagel (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
10pm
Steve Hillage    The glorious Om riff (1978) (Green)
ROVO & System 7    Hinotori (2013) (Phoenix Rising)
The Orb    Codes (2007) (The Dream)
Khan    Stargazers (1972) (Space Shanty)
Tamam Shud    Midday ‘til four + Bali waters (live, 1971) (Goolutionites And The Real People, bonus track)
The James Taylor Move    Still I can go on (1967)  (single only, Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
Kevin Peek    In the time of (1982) (Life And Other Games)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 26 July 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 (Brisbane) and classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Sebastian Hardie, plus a serving from the ASO Plays Pink Floyd concerts in 2006. There's also some arboreal music just for National Tree Day tomorrow. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Roger Taylor (Queen).

8pm
Wooly Wolstenholme    Through a storm + Hebden bridge (2005) (Grim)
Barclay James Harvest    Poor man’s Moody Blues (live) (1978) (Live Tapes)
Ben Craven    Great & terrible potions (2011) (Great & Terrible Potions)
Ben Craven & The Section    Golden band (2014) (Dissected)
Sebastian Hardie    Openings (1975) (The Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
9pm
Procol Harum    The Worm and the tree (1977) (Something Magic)
Rush    The Trees (1978) (Hemispheres)
Jethro Tull    Bends like a willow (1999) (Dot Com)
Mother Gong    I am a tree (1989) (The Owl And The Tree)
Robert Reed    Sanctuary (2014) (Sanctuary)
Magenta    Gluttony (2004 / 2009 remix) (Seven)
10pm
Queen    A kind of magic (1986) (A Kind Of Magic)
Queen    Seven seas of Rhye (1974) (Queen II)
Cap (Consorzio Acqua Potabile)    Soli sull'Olimpo (1998 / 2014) (Robin Delle Stelle)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra    Shine on you crazy diamond (live, 2006) (ASO Plays Pink Floyd)
Ozric Tentacles    Spiralmind (1999) (Waterfall Cities)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 19 July 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 Unitopia and Melbourne instrumental band Kettlespider, plus classic music from Tully. And it's happy birthday this weekend to singer Russell Allen (Symphony X), John Lodge (The Moody Blues) and two Brians - Brian May (Queen) and Brian Auger (wizard keyboardist perhaps best known for his duet with Julie Driscoll on a cover of Bob Dylan's song "This wheel's on fire"). Plus a little poetry from Robbie Burns (218 years after his death in July 1796).

8pm
Jethro Tull    Bouree (1969) (Stand Up)
Porcupine Tree    Fear of a blank planet + Sleep together (2007) (Fear of a Blank Planet)
The Moody Blues    Tuesday afternoon (1968) (single, Days Of Future Past)
Justin Hayward & John Lodge    You (1975) (Blue Jays)
The Moody Blues    Gemini dream (1981) (Long Distance Voyager)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 + Brother sun + Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band    Circles (1978) (Watch)
9pm
Queen    Hammer to fall (1984) (The Works)
Queen    ‘39 (live) (1979) (Live Killers)
Brian May    Back to the light (1993) (Back To The Light)
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity    This wheel’s on fire (1968) (single)
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express    Freedom jazz dance (1972) (Second Wind)
Unitopia    Yes medley (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1)
Unitopia    Tesla (2010) (Artificial)
10pm
Symphony X    The accolade (1997) (Divine Wings Of Tragedy)
Symphony X    Prelude + Evolution + Fallen + Transcendence (segue) (2000) (V: The New Mythology Suite)
Focus    Hocus Pocus Medley (live) (1973/2004) (A History Of Progressive Rock)
Eddi Reader    My love is like a red red rose (2003) (The Songs Of Robert Burns)
Southerly Gaels    Carls o’ Dysart & De’ils awa Exciseman (1996) (Twa Corbies & A Lark)
Kettlespider    The kettle spider (2010) (demo)
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 - 5 July 2014

This week, as an antidote to the rather heavy musical offerings from last Saturday evening, the Seasons Of Change jukebox makes a temporary return with an evening of old-school prog rock drawn from a very representative "top ten" list of progressive rock albums, starting with (the rather gothic) VDGG at #10 and ending with (the quite predictable) Yes at #1.

8pm
The Crimson Projekct    Dinosaur (2014) (Live In Tokyo)
Van der graaf Generator    Sleepwalkers (1975) (Godbluff)
Pink Floyd    Sheep (1977) (Animals)
King Crimson    Starless (1974) (Red)
Pink Floyd    Time  (1973) (The Dark Side Of The Moon)
9pm
King Crimson    21st century schizoid man + I talk to the wind (1969) (In The Court Of The Crimson King)
Genesis    Supper’s ready (1972) (Foxtrot)
Pink Floyd    Wish you were here + Shine on you crazy diamond (Part Two) (1975) (Wish You Were Here)
10pm
Genesis    Dancing with the moonlit knight (1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Jethro Tull    Thick as a brick Part 1 (1972) (Thick As A Brick)
Yes    And you and I (1972) (Close To The Edge)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 28 June 2014

This week, another serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Perth band The Lammas Tide and Brisbane band Caligula's Horse, as well as Over Unity and Lacrymae. Some live Crimson Projekct too (in advance of their Adelaide concert this Monday). And it's happy birthday to drummer Ian Paice (Deep Purple).

8pm
The Crimson Projekct   Larks tongues in aspic Part II + Indiscipline (2014) (Live In Tokyo)
The Lammas Tide    Partridge farm + The murky deep (2012) (Partridge Farm EP)
The Lammas Tide    Soldier of the sun (2014) (single only)
Deep Purple    Black night (1970) (single only)
Deep Purple    Lazy (live, 1972) (Made In Japan)
Deep Purple    Bad attitude (1984) (Perfect Strangers)
9pm
Genesis    Watcher of the skies + Time table (1972) (Foxtrot)
Genesis    Follow you follow me  (1978) (…And Then There Were Three)
Caligula’s Horse    A gift to afterthought + Water’s edge (2013) (The Tide, The Thief & River's End)
Animals As Leaders    Air chrysalis (2014) (The Joy Of Motion)
King Crimson    Dinosaur (1995) (Thrak)
Lacrymae    Handel’s Apocalypse (2009) (The Hallowed Design)
10pm
Over Unity    Near (2011) (Collide the Space)
Camel    Lunar sea (1976) (Moonmadness)
The Crimson Projekct   Red + Thela hun ginjeet (2014) (Live In Tokyo)
Subaudible Hum    Science maketh the scientist (2006) (In Time For Spring, On Came The Snow)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 21 June 2014

This week, for the Winter solstice today, a rugged-up serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Australian band Anubis and another selection from the reissue CD of Ariel live in concert. And it's happy birthday to two Todds - Todd Hunter (Dragon) and Todd Rundgren.

8pm
Jethro Tull    Ring out solstice bells (1977) (Songs From The Wood)
Anubis    Room with a view (2014) (Hitchhiking To Byzantium)
Dream Theater    Hell’s kitchen + Lines in the sand (1997) (Falling Into Infinity)
Steeleye Span & Terry Pratchett    Making of a man + Fire & ice (2013) (Wintersmith)
Steeleye Span    Thomas the Rhymer (1974) (Now We Are Six)
9pm
Yes    Close to the edge (1973) (Close To The Edge)
Gentle Giant    On reflection (1975)  (Free Hand)
Wishbone Ash    Sometime world (1972) (Argus)
Babe Ruth    The Mexican (1972) (First Base)
Machiavel    Moments (1977) (Jester)
Todd Rundgren    Can we still be friends (1978) (Hermit Of Mink Hollow)
10pm
Dragon    Patina (1974) (Universal Radio)
Dragon    Darkness (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind /  Golden Miles - Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Ariel    Disco dilemma + I’ll be gone + Rock & roll scars/I'll take you higher/Red hot mama  (live) (1977 / 2013) (Ariel Aloha / More From Before / Ariel Live In Concert)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 14 June 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 Projected Twin and Sebastian Hardie. It's happy birthday to Mike Rudd (leader of legendary Australian bands Spectrum and Ariel), Rod Argent (The Zombies, Argent) and Steve Walsh (Kansas). And, as a tribute to the late Jim Keays, the program starts with a stack of classic music from The Master's Apprentices.

8pm
The Masters Apprentices    Wars on hands of time (1967) (Masters Apprentices, reissue)
The Masters Apprentices    Living in a child’s dream (1967) (single only; bonus track on Masters Apprentices, reissue)
The Masters Apprentices    I’m your satisfier (1971) (Choice Cuts)
The Masters Apprentices    Melodies of St. Kilda/Southern Cross (1972) (A Toast To Panama Red)
The Masters Apprentices    Because I love you (1971) (Choice Cuts)
Mostly Autumn    Dressed in voices (2014) (Dressed In Voices)
Porcupine Tree    Deadwing (2005) (Deadwing)
Projected Twin    Earth to world (2010) (Earth To World)
The Zombies    Time of the season (1968) (Odyssey & Oracle)
Argent    Hold your head up (1971) (All Together Now)
9pm
Focus    Anonymus Two (1972) (Focus III)
IQ    The road of bones (2014) (The Road Of Bones)
The Lammas Tide    The Murky deep (2012)  (Partridge Farm EP)
Kansas    Closet chronicles (1977) (Point Of Know Return)
10pm
Spectrum    I’ll be gone (1971) (single, mono / bonus track on reissue of Part One)
Indelible Murtceps    We are indelible (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Ariel    Rock & roll scars (1975) (Rock & Roll Scars)
W.H.Y.    Woman of steel (1983) (single only)
Ariel    Jamaican farewell + Island Fantasia (live) (1977 / 2014) (Ariel Aloha / Ariel Live In Concert)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 6 June 2014

This week, on the first edition of Seasons Of Change for Winter, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Australian instrumental space-rock band Mushroom Giant and classic music from Ariel and Fraternity. And it's happy birthday to two prolific bass players - Richard Sinclair (member for a succession of bands in the Canterbury scene) and Tony Levin (from King Crimson to Pink Floyd, Yes, Liquid Tension Experiment, etc), plus singer Annie Haslam (Renaissance), guitarist John Du Cann (Atomic Rooster) and Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream).

8pm
The Angels    Take a long line (1978) (Face To Face)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Renaissance    The captive heart (1977) (Novella)
Renaissance    Northern lights (live, Japan, 2001) (In The Land Of The Rising Sun)
Spectrum    That’s alright (single version) (1971) (Milesago, bonus track)
Ariel    Illicit love + Hollywood (live) (1977 / 2013) (Ariel Aloha / Ariel Live In Concert)
Mushroom Giant    Aesong (2012) (The Drake Equation EP)
Lobby Loyde & The Colored Balls    Metal feathers (1972)  (The Best Of Ball Power And More, bonus track on CD reissue)
Atomic Rooster    Devil’s answer (1971) (single only)
Atomic Rooster    Death walks behind you (1971) (Death Walks Behind You)
9pm
Tangerine Dream    Invisible limits (1976) (Stratosfear)
Edgar Froese    Aqua (1974) (Aqua)
Caravan    Waterloo lily (1972) (Waterloo Lily)
Caravan    In the land of grey and pink (1971)  (In The Land Of Grey And Pink)
Hatfield and the North    It didn’t matter anyway (1975) (The Rotters Club)
Camel    Unevensong (1977) (Raindances)
Camel    Flight of the snow goose + Preparation + Dunkirk (1975) (The Snow Goose)
10pm
Tony Levin    Pillar of fire (2000) (Waters of Eden)
Pink Floyd    Learning to fly (1987) (A Momentary Lapse Of Reason)
Yes    Shock to the system (1991) (Union)
King Crimson    When I say stop, continue (1994) (VROOOM)
Liquid Tension Experiment    914 (1999) (Liquid Tension Experiment 2)
The Angels     No secrets + Love takes care/Be with you (live) (1997) (Liveline)
The Angels     Am I ever gonna see your face again (1977) (The Angels)
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)

Playlist - 12 April 2014

53 years ago, on the 12th of April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to complete an orbit of the Earth.  The United Nations has proclaimed the 12th day of April to be the International Day Of Human Space Flight, and so, in tonight's edition of Seasons Of Change, there's a healthy serving of space-rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, including classic Australian recordings from Cybotron, Lobby Loyde and Spectrum. There's also a little more this week from the reissued classical rock album by Rainbow Theatre. And it's happy birthday this week to the terrific Sonja Kristina (singer with the band Curved Air). You may wish to check out some of the great pictures, news and information on the NASA website while you're listening.

8pm
David Bowie    Space oddity (1969) (David Bowie)
Pink Floyd    Astronomy Domine (1967) (Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
Spectrum    Drifting (1970) (Part One)
Rush    Countdown (1982) (Signals)
Porcupine Tree    Moonloop (1997) (The Sky Moves Sideways)
Lobby Loyde    Hymenoptera’s revenge (1976) (Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths Of Klimster)
9pm
Nektar    Journey to the centre of the eye - Side 1 (1971) (Journey To The Centre Of The Eye)
Ibliss    High life (1972) (Supernova)
Sonya Kristina    Colder than a rose (1980) (Sonja Kristina)
Curved Air    Screw (1971) (Air Conditioning)
Amplifier    Interstellar (2010) (Octopus)
10pm
Rainbow Theatre    The Armada (suite) (1975) (The Armada)
Hawkwind    Down through the night (live) (1973) (Space Ritual)
Litmus    You are here (2004) (You Are Here)
Cybotron    Black devil’s triangle (1980) (Implosion)
Sympathy Orchestra    Mystic peanut (2014) (Sword Machine)

Playlist - 5 April 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, including recent music from Adelaide (Hawkai, Sympathy Orchestra) and from interstate (Ben Craven, Myriad and Mushroom Giant), plus classic recordings from 1975 (Sebastian Hardie and the experimental "classical rock" group Rainbow Theatre). And it's happy birthday to David LaFlamme, leader of the classic US band It's A Beautiful Day.

8pm
Myriad    Reminded (2013) (Quietitude)
The Flower Kings    Last minute on earth (2001) (The Rainmaker)
Yes    Perpetual change (1971)  (The Yes Album)
Yes    The man you always wanted me to be (2011) (Fly From Here)
Hawkai    Invisible man (2012) (Prey)
Ben Craven & The Section    Golden band (2014) (Dissected)
Andy Salvanos    Mind your matter (2007) (Closer)
9pm
Rainbow Theatre    Petworth House (1975) (The Armada)
Sebastian Hardie    Openings (1975) (The Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Ozric Tentacles    Neurochasm (1995) (Become The Other)
Kate Bush    Moving + The saxophone song (1978) (The Kick Inside)
The Alan Parsons Project    What goes up + The eagle will ride again (1978) (Pyramid)
It’s A Beautiful Day    White bird (1969)  (It’s A Beautiful Day)
Roger Hodgson    Breakfast in America + The Logical song (live, 2010) (Classics Live)
10pm
Mushroom Giant    Aesong (2012) (The Drake Equation EP)
Porcupine Tree    Russia on ice/The pills I’m taking (live, 2010) (2013) (Octane Twisted)
Porcupine Tree    Stranger by the minute (1999) (Stupid Dream)
Beardfish    Tightrope (2011) (Mammoth)
Sympathy Orchestra    Mystic peanut (2014) (Sword Machine)

A little more information about Rainbow Theatre, including an interview with Julian Browning.

Playlist - 29 March 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, including some music for Earth Hour from 8:30pm; plus another selection from the recently released album by Caligula's Horse (Brisbane) and classic music from the Australian group Tully. And it's happy birthday to two very different artists - the Greek keyboard wizard Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (otherwise known as Vangelis) and Australian rock legend Billy Thorpe.

8pm
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 + Brother sun + Down to the sea + Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Kansas    Lamplight symphony (1974) (Song For America)
The Church    Under the milky way (1988) (Starfish)
King Crimson    Starless (live, recorded 1974; LP 1975) (USA)
Deep Purple    Black night (1970) (single only)
9pm
Locomotive    Time of light and darkness (1970) (We Are Everything You See)
Curved Air    Metamorphosis (1973) (Air Cut)
Camel    Earthrise (1974) (Mirage)
Camel    Supertwister (live, 1974) (bonus track on reissue of Mirage)
Dream Theater    A change of seasons (1995) (A Change Of Seasons)
Rush    Fly by night (1975) (Fly By Night)
10pm
Billy Thorpe    Children of the sun + We’re leaving + We welcome you + Solar anthem (1979) (Children Of The Sun)
Caligula’s Horse    Thief + All is quiet by the wall (2013) (The Tide, The Thief & River's End)
Vangelis    The motion of the stars (1988) (Direct)
Jon & Vangelis    State of independence (1981) (The Friends Of Mr Cairo)
Vangelis    Chariots of fire (1981) (Chariots Of Fire)
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs    Most people I know (1972) (single only, The Complete Havoc Singles 1971 - 1973)

Playlist - 22 March 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, including a selection from the recently released album by Caligula's Horse (Brisbane) and other recent music from Anubis and Ben Craven. And it's happy birthday to guitarist Tony McPhee (The Groundhogs), Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) and Harry Vanda (The Easybeats, Flash And the Pan, and more songwriting/production credits than a stick can reasonably be shaken at).

8pm
Procol Harum    Conquistador (1968) (Procol Harum)
Freedom To Glide    When the whistle blows (2013) (Rain)
Anubis    All that is… (2011) (A Tower Of Silence)
Kate Bush    Wuthering Heights (1978) (The Kick Inside)
Dave Gilmour    On an island (2006) (On an Island)
The Groundhogs    Cherry red (1971) (Split)
Roger Hodgson    Only because of you / Lord is it mine? (live, 2010) (Classics Live)
9pm
Caligula’s Horse   Into the white + Old cracks in new earth (2013) (The Tide, The Thief & River's End)
Ben Craven    Great & terrible potions + Nobody dies forever (single edit) (2011) (Great & Terrible Potions)
Rocket Scientists    Stardust (1995) (Empire Music: The Art Rock Collection)
Lana Lane    The sheltering sorrow (2007) (Red Planet Boulevard)
Ozric Tentacles    Jurassic shift (1993) (Jurassic Shift)
10pm
Synaesthesia    Epiphany (2014) (Synaethesia)
Solstice    Black water (2013) (Prophecy)
Roger Hodgson    Take the long way home + Breakfast in America (live, 2010) (Classics Live)
Roger Hodgson    Give me love, give me life (1984) (In The Eye Of The Storm)
The Valentines    Peculiar hole in the sky (1968) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
Flash And The Pan    Down among the dead men (single, 1978 / Flash And The Pan, 1979 / Hits Collection)
Flash And The Pan    Welcome to the universe (1980) (Lights In The Night / Hits Collection)

Playlist - 15 March 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, starting with some old-school prog rock from Genesis with "The return of the giant hogweed". As an added distraction from today's State election, there's also classic Australian music from Spectrum and Blackfeather, and more recent tracks from Kettlespider, Lacrymae and The Lammas Tide.

8pm
Genesis    The Return of the Giant Hogweed (1971) (Nursery Cryme)
The Flower Kings    The garden of dreams Pt.1 (1999) (Flower Power)
Caravan    Hello Hello (1970) (If I Could Do It Again I’d Do It All Over You)
Focus    Focus 10 (2012) (X)
Steeleye Span    False knight on the road (live, 1978) (Live At Last)
Spectrum    Trust me (1971) (Milesago)
9pm
Blackfeather    The Rat (Suite): Main Title / The Trap / Spanish Blues / Blazwaorden (Land Of Dreams) / Finale (The Rat) (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
The Flower Kings    The garden of dreams Pt.2 (1999) (Flower Power)
The Flower Kings    The garden of dreams Pt.3 (1999) (Flower Power)
10pm
The Lammas Tide    Lady Godiva (2011) (High Tide)
Kettlespider    Avadante (2012) (Avadante)
Yes    Siberian khatru + Heart of the sunrise (live, 1973) (Yessongs)
Lacrymae    The hallowed design (2009) (The Hallowed Design)
Sympathy Orchestra    Wire (2014) (Sword Machine)

Playlist - 8 March 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, starting with some classic Tully from the early 1970's. Plus a selection from the new album by Adelaide band Quiet Child. And it's happy birthday to Robert Calvert (Hawkwind), Matthew Fisher and Robin Trower (Procol Harum).

8pm
Tully    Loving is hard + Ice (1970) (Loving Is Hard)
Samael Lilith    Nights in white satin (1970) (single only / So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star?)
Airbag    Redemption (2013) (The Greatest Show On Earth)
Airbag    All rights removed (2011) (All Rights Removed)
Pink Floyd    Learning to fly (1987) (A Momentary Lapse Of Reason)
Schicke Fuhrs Frohling    Explorer (1977) (Sunburst)
Morglbl    Le Surfer D'Argentine (2012) (Brutal Romance)
9pm
Procol Harum    A whiter shade of pale (1967) (single only / bonus track on reissue of Procol Harum)
Procol Harum    Memorial drive (1971) (Broken Barricades).
Robin Trower    Bridge of sighs (1974) (Bridge Of Sighs)
Quiet Child    Redshift + A hail of stones (2014) (Chapter & Verse)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)
10pm
Hawkwind    25 years + High Rise + Spirit of the age (live, 1978) (1992) (The Hawklords Live)
Hawkwind    Quark, Strangeness and Charm (1977) (Quark, Strangeness And Charm)
Robert Calvert & Amon Duul    Big wheel (1989) (Die Lösung)
Mastodon    The Czar (2009) (Crack The Skye)
Kevin Peek    Walk in the sun (2010) (Music For TV And Film: Still Waters)
Sympathy Orchestra    Mystic peanut (2014) (Sword Machine)

Playlist - 1 March 2014

This week, for the first Saturday of Autumn, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, starting with Fraternity and "Seasons of change" from 1971, the song that gives this show it's name. There's music from the Adelaide prog rock band Unitopia (recently disbanded); and it's happy birthday to Roger Daltrey (The Who).

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Unitopia    Justify (2005) (More Than A Dream)
Unitopia    Journey’s friend (2008) (The Garden)
Unitopia    Tesla (2010) (Artificial)
9pm
Hawkwind    Motorway city (1980)  (Levitation)
Gong    A sprinkling of clouds (1974) (You)
Golden Earring    Radar love (1973) (Moontan)
The Who    Getting in tune (1971) (Who’s Next)
The Who    You better you bet (1981)  (Face Dances)
Ozric Tentacles    Eternal wheel (1990) (Erpland)
Rush    Red barchetta (1981) (Moving Pictures)
10pm
Unitopia    Signs of life/Prelude +  Calling occupants of interplanetary craft (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1)
Transatlantic    Black as the sky (2013) (Kaleidoscope)
Rick Wakeman    Six Wives of Henry 8th: Three Wives (live) (1985) (Live At The Hammersmith)
Nosound    Someone starts to fade away (2008) (Lightdark)
Vangelis    Pulstar (1976)  (Albedo 0.39)

Playlist - 22 February 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, dipping into the archives for classic music from Bakery, Flake, Healing Force and Spectrum. Recent music from Mostly Autumn and Dream Theater. And there's a banquet of music from Canada but none of it is by Rush - instead, music from Harmonium, Loreena McKennitt and Saga.

8pm
Unitopia    Yes medley (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1)
Yes    Awaken (1977) (Going For The One)
Dream Theater    Illumination theory (2013) (Dream Theater)
9pm
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Bakery    Living with a memory (1971) (Momento)
Flake    Reflections of my life (1970/1971) (single / How’s Your Mother)
Harmonium    Mert / Histoire sans paroles (1975) (Les Cinq Saisons)
Loreena McKennitt    The wind that shakes the barley (2010) (The Wind That Shakes The Barley)
10pm
Mostly Autumn    Unquiet tears (2012) (The Ghost Moon Orchestra)
Prospekt    Shroud (2013) (The Colourless Sunrise)
Saga    Don’t be late (Chapter 2)  / Worlds Apart (Chapter 16) (live, 2005) (The Chapters Live)
Saga    On the air (2004) (Network)
Spectrum    Fly without its wings (1972) (Milesago)
Andy Salvanos    Summer (2011)  (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 15 February 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including a selection from the most recent CD by Adelaide's Gavin O’Loghlen (Cotter’s Bequest) and music from the live CD from Adelaide's Unitopia, who have just announced their "retirement" as an ongoing group. And an embarrassment of epic prog rock works ranging from relatively recent (Frost, Wobbler) to classic (Focus).

8pm
Liquid Tension Experiment    Acid rain (1999) (Liquid Tension Experiment 2)
Wobbler    Hinterland (2005) (Hinterland)
Steeleye Span & Terry Pratchett    The Dark Morris Song (2013) (Wintersmith)
Moon Safari    Mega moon (2013) (Himlabecken Vol.1)
Schnauser     Walking stick and cat (2013) (Where Business Meets Fashion)
9pm
Focus    Eruption (1971) (Moving Waves)
Gavin O'Loghlen    Autumn ’86 – The Descent + Railway nomads + Lovers (2007) (The Poet And The Priest)
Ozric Tentacles    Space out (2000) (Swirly Termination)
10pm
Frost    Dear dead days + Falling down (2007) (Frost)
Unitopia    The garden + Artificial world (Live, 2011) (One Night In Europe)
Andy Salvanos    Dream Recall (2011)  (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 8 February 2014

After some last minute program changes for the end of a hot day, a mixed bag tonight starting with some cool jazz from the French pianist Jacques Loussier before normal service is resumed with some classic prog rock from Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull, and atmospheric music from Adelaide's own Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest.

8pm
Jacques Loussier Trio    Prelude No.1 + Italian concerto in F major + Partita No.1 in B flat major + Toccata & Fugue in D Minor (live, 1963) (Play Bach aux Champs Elysees)
9pm
Pink Floyd    Shine on you crazy diamond Pt.1 to 7 (1975 / 2001) (Wish You Were Here / Echoes)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest    Trevethy Quoit + St Michael’s Mount + Cerne Abbas (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
Steeleye Span    The water is wide (1996) (Time)
Jethro Tull    Broadsword (1982) (Broadsword and The Beast)
10pm
Peter Gabriel    Solsbury Hill (1977) (Peter Gabriel)
Supertramp    Even in the quietest moments (1977) (Even In The Quietest Moments)
Marillion    Assassing (1984) (Fugazi)
Tamam Shud    Stand in the sunlight + Shakin’ out the stones + I wanna be your life + Sea the swells + Feel free + I’m going home (live, 2007) (Noosa Rain)
Andy Salvanos    Running water (2007) (Closer)

Playlist - 1 February 2014

This week, normal service is resumed on Saturday night with another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including some epic progressive metal from the Perth band Lacrymae and a little more from the recent CD release by Adelaide band Sympathy Orchestra. New Steeleye Span from their CD Wintersmith, a collaboration with Discworld novelist Terry Pratchett. And a selection of songs from the Canterbury band Caravan in tribute to the late Richard Coughlan, Caravan's drummer, who passed away in December.

8pm
Procol Harum    Wee small hours of sixpence (1968) (single, Shine On Brightly)
Transatlantic    Black as the sky (2014) (Kaleidoscope)
Steeleye Span & Terry Pratchett    Overture + The Dark Morris Song + Wintersmith (2013) (Wintersmith)
Yes    Fly from here Pt.1 (2011) (Fly From Here)
Yes    Machine messiah (1980) (Drama)
Rush    Anthem (1975) (Fly By Night)
9pm
Caravan    Ride (stereo mix) (1968) (Caravan)
Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss (1973) (For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night))
Caravan    For Richard (live) (1990) (A History Of Progressive Rock, comp.)
Lacrymae    Handel’s Apocalypse (2009) (The Hallowed Design)
Over Unity    Near (2011) (Collide the Space)
10pm
Sympathy Orchestra    Sword machine + Danger (2014) (Sword Machine)
Greenslade    Sundance + Bedside manners are extra + Spirit of the dance (live, 1975) (Live 1973 - 1975)
Kettlespider    The kettle spider (2010) (demo)
Kettlespider    Comatose (2012) (Avadante)