Playlist - 11 June 2016

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, including a selection from the musical legacy of violinist and UK folk-rock legend Dave Swarbick (Fairport Convention). And it's happy birthday this week to Chick Corea (Return To Forever), John Wetton (Asia, Family, King Crimson, Qango, UK, Uriah Heep and others) and Julie Driscoll.

8pm
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (1975) (Four Moments)
Focus    Hamburger concerto (1974) (Hamburger Concerto)
Steve Hackett    Firth of Fifth  (live, 2009) (Out Of The Tunnel’s Mouth)
Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll & The Trinity    Season of the witch  (1967) (Open)
9pm
Fairport Convention    Matty Groves + Medley: The lark in the morning, Rakish Paddy, Fox hunters jig, Toss the feathers (1969) (Liege & Lief)
John Wetton    Battlelines (1994) (Battleines)
Asia    Heat of the moment (1982) (Asia)
John Wetton Band    Starless (live) (1997) (ProgFest ’97)
Lifesigns    Carousel (live) (2015) (Live In London – Under The Bridge)
Kettlespider    The kettle spider (2010) (demo)
10pm
Chick Corea Akoustic Band    Spain (1989) (Chick Corea Akoustic Band)
Chick Corea    Bouncin' with Bud (1996) (Remembering Bud Powell)
Chick Corea & Return To Forever    Captain Marvel (1973) (Light As A Feather)
Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Absentee landlord 1840 + Blight 1845 + Winter 1847 + Eviction 1849 + Cork 1854 – the Voyage (1997) (In The Home Of My Ancestors)
Ben Craven    Revenge of Dr Komodo + Last chance to hear Part 2 (2016) (Last Chance To Hear)

Playlist - 4 June 2016

Tonight, on the first edition of Seaons Of Change for Winter, another selection of progressive rock from around the world and from here in Australia, including classic music from Fraternity and Spectrum and more recent releases from Southern Empire (Adelaide) and Ben Craven. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Ed Wynne (Ozric Tentacles), Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain Of Salvation)  and singer Dagmar Krause (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow and a multitude of other credits).

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Spectrum    Fiddling fool (1971) (Part One)
Spectrum    Gee whiz (instrumental) (2009) (Breathing Space Too)
Ozric Tentacles    Welmwend (1986) (Erpsongs)
Ozric Tentacles    Changa masala (2015) (Technicians Of The Sacred)
Ozric Tentacles    Eternal wheel (live) (2008) (Sunrise Festival)
Gandalf’s Fist    Shadowborn (2016) (The Clockwork Fable)
9pm
The Flower Kings    Stardust we are (1997) (Stardust We Are)
Pain Of Salvation    Undertow (2002) (Remedy Lane)
Pain Of Salvation    Road salt (2010) (Road Salt One)
Slapp Happy    Dawn (1974) (Casablanca Moon)
Henry Cow/Slapp Happy    War (1975) (In Praise Of Learning)
David Bedford & Mike Oldfield    First Excursion (1984) (Boxed)
David Bedford (feat. Mike Oldfield)    The phaecian games (1976) (The Odyssey)
10pm
Southern Empire    The bridge that binds (2016) (Southern Empire)
Eloy    Poseidon’s creation (1978) (Eloy Live)
Ben Craven    Revenge of Dr Komodo + Last chance to hear Part 2  (2016) (Last Chance To Hear)

Playlist - 28 May 2016

Tonight, another evening of  progressive rock from around the world and from here in Australia, featuring an epic track from the new CD from Southern Empire (Adelaide); and it's happy birthday this weekend to the younger Finn brother, Neil (Split Enz, Crowded House, etc), Gavin Harrison (drummer and percussionist for Porcupine Tree, King Crimson and too many other credits to list) and Gary Brooker (Procol Harum).

8pm
Genesis    Supper’s ready (1972) (Foxtrot)
Tangerine Dream    Phaedra (1974) (Phaedra)
Gavin Harrison & O5RIC    Circles (2015) (Cheating The Polygraph)
Porcupine Tree    Time flies (2009) (The Incident)
9pm
Andy Salvanos    Under the piano (2011) (Dream Recall)
Southern Empire    The bridge that binds (2016) (Southern Empire)
Yes    Roundabout (1972) (Fragile)
Split Enz    I walk away (1984) (See Ya Round)
Finn    Niwhai (1995) (Finn)
Split Enz    Message to my girl (live, NZ, 1993) (ExtravagENZa / Greatest Hits: Live)
10pm
Renaissance    Mother Russia (live, 2001) (In The Land Of The Rising Sun – ‘Live’ in Japan 2001)
Procol Harum    A salty dog (1969) (A Salty Dog)
Procol Harum    The emperor’s new clothes (2003) (The Well’s On Fire)
Procol Harum    Conquistador (live, 1971) (Live In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
Magic Bus    Seven wonders (2015) (single)
a.P.A.t.T    Give My Regards To Bold St (2016) (Fun With Music)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 21 May 2016

Tonight a program of epic-sized prog rock tracks, the megafauna of the popular music world, including music from legendary Australian band Sebastian Hardie and more recent tracks from Teramaze, Unitopia and new Adelaide band Southern Empire (due to launch their first CD tomorrow). And from the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book, a tribute to the late Vincent Crane (Atomic Rooster).

8pm
Harmonium   Histoire sans paroles (1975) (Les Cinq Saisons)
Sebastian Hardie    Windchase (1976) (The Windchase)
Atomic Rooster    Death walks behind you (1971) (Death Walks Behind You)
Atomic Rooster    Devil’s answer (1971) (single only)
9pm
Rush    Cygnus X-1 Book II Hemispheres (1978) (Hemispheres)
Teramaze    Delusions of grandeur (2015) (Her Halo)
Dream Theater    As I am (2003) (Train Of Thought)
Southern Empire    How long (2016) (Southern Empire)
10pm
Steeleye Span    Montrose (1978) (Live At Last)
Unitopia    The garden (2008) (The Garden)
Porcupine Tree    Deadwing (2005) (Deadwing)

Playlist - 14 May 2016

Tonight on Seasons Of Change, some more selections from the new album from the talented Brisbane musician Ben Craven plus some classic Australian recordings from the early 1970's by Bakery and Compnay Caine. Turning the clock back to 2006, there's also just a little from the "ASO Plays Pink Floyd" concerts. And it's birthday greetings this weekend to an assortment of musicians and singers including Jack Bruce (Cream), Mike Oldfield, Steve Hogarth (Marillion), Brian Eno and Gary Thain (Uriah Heep).

8pm
Yes    Awaken (live) (1996) (Keys To Ascension)
Jack Bruce    The ministry of bag (1969) (Songs For A Tailor)
Cream    White room (1968) (Wheels Of Fire)
Jack Bruce    Golden days (1974) (Out Of The Storm)
Ben Craven    Revenge of Dr Komodo + Last chance to hear Part 2 (2016) (Last Chance To Hear)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    The three fates (1970) (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
9pm
Mike Oldfield    Incantations – Part 4 (1978) (Incantations)
Mike Oldfield    Sailing (2014) (Man On The Rocks)
Marillion    The king of sunset town (1989) (Seasons End)
Marillion    Half the world (2008) (Happiness Is The Road)
Eno    Sombre reptiles + Little fishes + Golden hours (1975) (Another Green World)
Roxy Music    Re-make/Re-model (1972) (Roxy Music)
10pm
Uriah Heep    Circle of hands (1972) (Demons And Wizards)
Bakery    Holocaust (1972) (Momento)
Company Caine    Go see the gypsy + The last scene (1971) (A Product of a Broken Reality)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra    Signs of life + Learning to fly + Another brick in the wall Pt.2 (live, 2006) (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Plays Pink Floyd)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 7 May 2016

Tonight on Seasons Of Change, some more selections from the new album from the talented Brisbane musician Ben Craven plus a touch of medieval music from Gryphon and Gentle Giant (just in case you have spent the day sheltering from the elements at the Gumeracha Medieval Fair). And it's birthday greetings this weekend to heavy devy - Devin Townsend.

8pm
The Flower Kings    The man who walked with kings + Circus brimstone (1997) (Stardust We Are)
Ben Craven    The remarkable man + Spy in the sky Pat 3 (featuring William Shatner) (2016) (Last Chance To Hear)
Myriad    Reminded (2013) (Quietude)
The Mars Volta    Viscera Eyes (2006) (Amputechture)
9pm
Emerson, Lake & Powell    The score + Touch & go (1986) (Emerson, Lake & Powell)
Keith Emerson    Godzilla Final Wars End Titles (2005) (At The Movies)
Caravan    If I Could Do It All Over Again (1970) (If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You)
Caravan    A Day In The Life Of Maurice Haylett (1970) (If I Could Do It All Over Again… - bonus track)
Hatfield and the North    Underdub (1975) (The Rotters Club)
United Progressive Fraternity    Water (2014) (Fall In Love With The World)
Arcane    Keeping Stone: sound on fire (2015) (Known/Learned)
Gryphon    Juniper suite (1973) (Gryphon)
10pm
Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Cloghans (1997) (In The Home Of My Ancestors)
Gentle Giant    The Advent of Panurge (live, 1975) (King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents…)
Jethro Tull    Living in the past (1972) (Living In The Past)
Devin Townsend    Deep peace (2001) (Terria)
Devin Townsend Project    Hyperdrive (2009) (Addicted)
Porcupine Tree    Moonloop (live, 1997) (Coma Divine – Recorded Live In Rome)
Sebastian Hardie    Art of life (2011) (Blueprint)
Andy Salvanos    Juggler’s song (2007) (Closer)

Playlist - 30 April 2016

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, featuring a selection from the recently released and eagerly awaited new album from Ben Craven (Brisbane), as well as Quiet Child (Adelaide) and Unitopia (Adelaide). As the legendary Australian band Spectrum is in town this weekend, there is also some music from their trippy 1971 album Milesago. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Eddie Jobson (Curved Air, Roxy Music, UK) and the late writer Terry Pratchett, creator of the Discworld novels and much more besides.

8pm
Ben Craven    Last Chance To Hear + Critical mass part 1 + Critical mass part 2 (2016) (Last Chance To Hear)
Eno    St Elmo’s Fire (1975) (Another Green World)
King Crimson    Larks tongues in Aspic (Part II) (1973) (Larks’ Tongues In Aspic 2012 Remaster)
King Crimson    Sex, sleep, eat, drink, dream (1995) (Thrak)
Ozric Tentacles    Zingbong (2015) (Technicians Of The Sacred)
Andy Salvanos    Closer (2007) (Closer)
Spectrum    What the world needs (is a new pair of socks) (1971) (Milesago)
9pm
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade + The Hut of Baba Yaga + The Curse of Baba Yaga + The Hut of Baba Yaga (Part 2) + The great gates of Kiev (1971) (Pictures At An Exhibition)
Unitopia    So far away + Don’t give up love (2008) (The Garden)
Steeleye Span with Terry Pratchett    Overture + The Dark Morris Song + The good witch (2013) (Wintersmith)
Dave Greenslade    A-Tuin the Turtle (1994) (Tales from the Discworld: Terry Pratchett)
Quiet Child    The coming storm (2013) (The Coming Storm)
10pm
Curved Air    Metamorphosis (1973) (Air Cut)
Roxy Music    Both ends burning (1975) (Siren)
Camel    Homage to the god of light (live, 1974) (Camel – bonus track on CD re-issue)
Camel    Never let go (single version) (1973) (Camel – bonus track on CD re-issue)
Caligula’s Horse    Turntail (2015) (Bloom)
The Lammas Tide    Barefoot electric (2014) (Barefoot Electric)

Playlist - 23 April 2016

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits, this week with an Anzac Day special of music from Australia and New Zealand, mostly from the classic period of the early to mid '70's, including The Masters, Sebastian Hardie, Tamam Shud and Tully from Australia - and Airlord, Dragon, Split Enz and Ticket from New Zealand. Meanwhile, the Australian classical guitarist John Williams is in the Seasons Of Change birthday book.

8pm
Southern Empire    How long (2016) (Southern Empire)
Anubis    Collapse (live) (2012) (A King With No Crown, single)
Split Enz    Stranger than fiction (1975) (Second Thoughts)
Ticket    Dream chant + Awake (1972) (Awake)
The Masters Apprentices    Melodies of St. Kilda/Southern Cross + Thyme to rhyme (1972) (A Toast To Panama Red)
9pm
Dragon    Darkness (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind)
Dragon    Universal radio (1974) (Universal Radio)
Airlord    Pictures in a puddle + Out of the woods (1977) (Clockwork Revenge)
Levi Smith's Clefs    Relief from a lighted doorway (1970) (Empty Monkey)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Tamam Shud    Bali waters (1972) (Morning Of The Earth s/track / bonus track on re-issue of Goolutionites And The Real People)
10pm
John Williams    Sarabande (1971) (Changes)
Sky    Where Opposites Meet (1979) (Sky)
Sebastian Hardie    Openings (1975) (The Four Moments)
Cybotron    Parameters of consciousness (1976) (Cybotron)

Playlist - 16 April 2016

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

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

Playlist - 9 April 2016

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including recent music from United Progressive Fraternity and Sebastian Hardie. And the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book has birthdays this weekend for Mark Kelly (Marillion), Roger Chapman (the vibrato-laden lead singer with the English band Family during the early 1970's), Steve Howe (Yes) and musical satirist/professional mathematician Tom Lehrer.

8pm
Procol Harum    She wandered through the garden fence (1967) (Procol Harum)
The Flower Kings    Interstellar visitations (2013) (Desolation Rose)
Moon Safari    Red white blues (2013) (Himlabecken Vol.1)
Marillion    The web (1983) (Script For A Jester’s Tear)
Marillion    Garden party + Market square heroes (live, 1984) (Real To Reel)
The Mighty Handful    Albion (2016, pending) (Still Sitting in Danny’s Car 3)
Mushroom Giant    Aesong (2012) (The Drake Equation EP)
9pm
Emerson Lake and Palmer    Tarkus (1971) (Tarkus)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 + Brother sun + Down to the sea + Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Family    The weavers answer (1969) (Family Entertainment)
Family    In my own time (1971) (single only)
Tom Lehrer    The Elements (1959) (An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer, from box set: "The Remains Of Tom Lehrer")
10pm
Steve Howe    Small acts of human kindness (2002) (Skylines)
Asia    Sole survivor (live, 1990) (Live In Moscow)
Yes    I’ve seen all good people (1971) (The Yes Album)
United Progressive Fraternity    Travelling man (The story of ESHU)  (2014) (Fall In Love With The World)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 2 April 2016

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including new music from Mebourne heavy band Teramaze. And the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book has birthdays this weekend for Richard Thompson (formerly of Fairport Convention) and the late Bill Putt (bass player with Mike Rudd in most of his bands, including Spectrum and Ariel).

8pm
Jethro Tull    Thick as a brick (live, 1978) (1997) (Thick As A Brick, bonus track)
The Lammas Tide    The Devil’s stone (2011) (High Tide)
The Lammas Tide    When all is said and done (2014) (Barefoot Electric)
Fairport Convention    A sailor’s life (1969) (Unhalfbricking)
Gentle Giant    Wreck (1971) (Acquiring The Taste)
Gentle Giant    Funny ways (live) (1975) (The King Biscuit Flower hour Presents…)
9pm
The Nice    Five Bridges Suite (1970) (Five Bridges)
Spectrum    Fiddling fool (1971) (Part One)
Indelible Murtceps    Esmerelda (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Mike Rudd    Lottery (2015) (demo, lyrics by Bill Putt)
Dream Theater    A new beginning + The road to revolution (2016) (The Astonishing)
10pm
Teramaze    Delusions of grandeur + For the innocent (2015) (Her Halo)
Renaissance    Ashes are burning (live, 1975) (Live At The Carnegie Hall)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)
Andy Salvanos     DeeDee ( 2007) (Fragments)

Playlist - 26 March 2016

For Easter Saturday, a diverse selection of music starting with the classic sounds of King Crimson from their second album as well as some suitably epic music from Emerson Lake and Palmer and Symphony X. And it's birthday greetings this weekend to Tony Banks (Genesis) and to the legendary Australian musician, the late Billy Thorpe.

8pm
King Crimson     In the wake of Poseidon (1970) (In The Wake Of Poseidon)
Anekdoten    The old man and the sea (1993) (Vemod)
Genesis    Firth of Fifth (1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Tony Banks    From the undertow (1979) (A Curious Feeling)
Genesis    Home by the sea (live, 2007) (Live Over Europe 2007)
Unitopia    Easter (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1)
9pm
Emerson Lake and Palmer    Abbadon's Bolero + The endless enigma Part 1 + Fugue + The endless enigma Part 2 (1972) (Trilogy)
A Lonely Crowd    Sound tripper + The wanderer (2014) (Transients)
Ben Craven    Nobody dies forever (single edit) (2011) (Great & Terrible Potions)
Billy Thorpe    Children of the sun + We’re leaving + We welcome you + Solar anthem + The beginning (1979) (Children Of The Sun)
10pm
Symphony X    Prelude + Evolution + Fallen + Transcendence (segue) + Death of balance / Lacrymosa (2000) (V: The New Mythology Suite)
Requiem: Dies irae, composer Giusseppe Verdi,  performed by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and O. dir. Antony Walker
Mostly Autumn    Evergreen (2009) (Live 2009)
Mostly Autumn    Tennyson mansion (2012) (The Ghost Moon Orchestra)
Kevin Peek    Highway reflections (2010) (Still Waters: Music For TV and Film)
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs    Most people I know (1972) (single only, The Complete Havoc Singles)
Billy Thorpe    It's almost summer (1975)  (single / Million Dollar Bill)

Playlist - 19 March 2016

Having recovered from the sight and sound of Magma in concert in Adelaide last Saturday night, Seasons Of Change tonight is mainly devoted to revisiting the musical legacy of Australian legend Ross Hannaford (Daddy Cool and many other bands), Keith Emerson and George Martin, plus - via the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book - music from Phil Judd (Split Enz, The Swingers, Schnell Fenster).

8pm
Daddy Cool    Make your stash (1972) (Sex, Dope, Rock n Roll: Teenage Heaven / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Sons Of The Vegetal Mother    Make it begin (1970) (Garden Party EP / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Daddy Cool    Come back again (1971) (single)
The Nice    America (Jun 1968) (single)
The Nice    Rondo (1967) (The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Knife Edge (1970) (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Karn Evil 9 First Impression Pt.2 (1973) (Brain Salad Surgery)
Keith Emerson    Nighthawks (Main Title Theme) (1981) (Nighthawks)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Hoedown (live) (1974) (Welcome Back My Friends, To The Show That Never Ends…)
9pm
The Beatles    Side 2 of Abbey Road (1969)  (Abbey Road)
The Beatles    Strawberry fields forever (1967) (single only)
The Beatles    Eleanor Rigby (1966)  (Revolver)
The Beatles    A day in the life (1967)  (Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band)
The Beatles    I want to hold your hand (1963)  (single)
Mahavishnu Orchestra    Vision of a naked sword (1974) (Apocalypse)
10pm
Split Enz    Time for a change (1975) (Mental Notes)
Split Enz    Malmsbury villa (1979) (Beginning Of The Enz)
Split Enz    Sweet dreams (1976) (Second Thoughts)
The Swingers    Counting the beat (1981) (Practical Jokers)
Tamam Shud    Stand in the sunlight + Shakin’ out the stones + Sea the swells (live, 2007) (Noosa Rain)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Brain salad surgery (1973) (Brain Salad Surgery)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Fanfare for the common man (1977) (Works Volume I)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Jerusalem (1973) (Brain Salad Surgery)

Playlist - 12 March 2016

On the Saturday night that the French masters of Zeuhl, Magma, come to the beautiful city of Adelaide, Seasons Of Change ransacks the prog rock jukebox for an eclectic selection of singles - featuring both hits and misses...

Source:  Gizmodo.com -"This was a jukebox in 1948"

8pm
Procol Harum    A whiter shade of pale (May 1967) (single only)
The Nice    America (Jun 1968) (single)
The Moody Blues    Nights in white satin (Nov 1967) (Days Of Future Passed)
Spectrum     I’ll be gone (Jan 1971) (single, full length stereo version / Part One, bonus track)
Kahvas Jute    Free (Jan 1971)  (Wide Open)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (March 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969:1974)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (July 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969:1974)
Curved Air    Back street luv (Jul 1971) (Second Album)
Spectrum    Trust me (single version) (Jun 1971) (Milesago)
Company Caine    Trixie Stonewall’s Wayward Home For Young Women (single, Sept 1971) (A Product Of A Broken Reality)
Yes    Roundabout (single version) (Jan 1972) (Fragile)
Focus    Sylvia (Dec 1972) (Focus III)
9pm
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band    Joybringer (Aug 1973) (single only)
Buffalo    Sunrise (come my way) (single version)  (Aug 1973) (Volcanic Rock)
Genesis    I know what I like (in your wardrobe) (Oct 1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Roxy Music    Street life (Nov  1973) (Stranded)
Supertramp    Dreamer (Dec 1974) (Crime Of The Century)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (Aug 1975) (Four Moments)
Rainbow Theatre    Petworth House (1975) (The Armada)
Kansas    Carry on wayward son (Jan 1977) (Leftoverture)
Kate Bush    Wuthering Heights (Jan 1978) (The Kick Inside)
10pm
Pink Floyd    Another brick in the wall Part 2 (Nov 1979) (The Wall)
Mario Millo    Rebecca (1979) (single, The Australian Guitar Album)
Rush    The Spirit of Radio (Feb 1980) (Permanent Waves)
Sky    Toccata (March 1980) (Sky 2)
Mike Oldfield    Moonlight shadow (May 1983) (Crises)
Yes    Owner of a lonely heart (Nov 1983) (90125)
Marillion    Kayleigh (May 1985) (Misplaced Childhood)
Genesis    Invisible touch (May 1986) (Invisible Touch)
Dream Theater    Pull me under (Aug 1992) (Images And Words)
Queensryche    Silent lucidity (Feb 1991) (Empire)

Playlist - 5 March 2016

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Transatlantic    All of the above (live) (2010) (Whirld Tour 2010)
Sebastian Hardie    Four moments suite: Glories Shall Be Released - Dawn of Our Sun - Journey Through Our Dreams - Everything Is Real (1975) (Four Moments)
9pm
David Gilmour    In any tongue (2015) (Rattle That Lock)
Pink Floyd    Sheep (1977) (Animals)
Symphony X    Domination (2007) (Paradise Lost)
Symphony X    Eyes of Medusa (live) (2001) (Live On The Edge Of Forever)
Unitopia    Genesis medley (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1 Smooth As Silk)
Teramaze    Delusions of grandeur (2015) (Her Halo)
Andy Salvanos    Sun’s rising ( 2007) (Fragments)
10pm
Ozric Tentacles    Epiphloy (2015) (Technicians Of The Sacred)
Ozric Tentacles    Thyroid (1985) (Erpsongs)
Dave Gilmour    Comfortably numb (live, 2006) (Live In Gdansk)
Magma    Kobah + Lihns (1975) (Live)

Playlist - 27 February 2016

This week, for the last program for Summer, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from A Lonely Crowd (Melbourne), Alithia (Melbourne, who managed to visit Adelaide last week without us hearing about it), Ben Craven (Brisbane, on the eve of the release of his next album), Circadian Pulse (Melbourne) and Sebastian Hardie. There's also music from the Polish band Riverside, as a tribute to their talented guitarist Piotr Grudzinski who passed away earlier this week. And there's only 14 sleeps to go before the French band Magma is due to bring their Zeuhl sounds here to Adelaide...

8pm
Pink Floyd    Echoes (1971) (Meddle)*
Amplifier    Sick rose (2011) (The Octopus)
A Lonely Crowd    Bows & arrows (2011) (Transients)
Ben Craven    Diabolique + Nobody dies forever Pt.1 + Aquamarine (2011) (Great And Terrible Potions)
Alithia    Thirteen (2014) (To The Edge Of Time)
9pm
Magma    Hortz Fur Dëhn Stekëhn Ẁest + Ïma Sürï Dondaï + Kobaïa Is De Hündïn (1973) (Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh)
Beardfish    Sunrise (2007) (Sleeping In Traffic Part One )
Riverside    Conceiving you (2005) (Second Life Syndrome)
Riverside    New generation slave + The depths of self-delusion (2013) (SONGS / Shrine Of New Generation Slaves)
Flying Colors    Bombs away (2014) (Second Nature)
10pm
Sebastian Hardie    I remember (2012) (Blueprint)
Circadian Pulse    Hourglass (2012) (In The Blink Of An Eye)
Caravan    In the land of grey and pink + Nine feet underground (live, 1971) (2007) (The Show Of Our Lives – Live At The BBC 1968-1973)
Marillion    Seasons end (1989) (Seasons End)
Ticket    Dream chant (1972) (Awake)

* Echoes, a breakdown for future reference...

Part 1 - The Birth Section - 0:00 - 1:55 

Part 2 - The Build-Up Section - 1:55 - 2:58 

Part 3 - The Space Section - 2:58 - 5:25 

Part 4 - The Light Section - 5:25 - 7:01 

Part 5 - The Funk Section - 7:01 - 10:35 

Part 6 - The Fading Section - 10:35 - 11:20 

Part 7 - The Haunted Section - 11:20 - 14:40 

Part 8 - The Returning Section - 14:40 - 15:13 

Part 9 - The Rebirth Section - 15:13 - 18:13 

Part 10 - The Retribution Section - 18:13 - 19:11 

Part 11 - The Space Section (Reprise) - 19:11 - 21:18 

Part 12 - The Dim Light Section - 21:18 - 22:52 

Part 13 - The Mortality Section - 22:52 - 23:35

 

Playlist - 20 February 2016

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including some classic music from Spectrum (marking Mike Rudd's gig last Wednesday for the Festival Fringe with his one-man show RetroSpectrum) plus new music from Mebourne heavy band Teramaze. And the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book has birthdays this weekend for Andy Powell (one half of the twin guitar sound of UK band Wishbone Ash) and Pierre van der Linden (the drummer for the Dutch band Focus during their classic '70's period and a key part of that band's sound).

8pm
Spectrum    Love’s my bag (1971) (Milesago)
Spectrum    Superbody (1970) (Part One)
Mike Rudd    Lottery (2015) (demo, lyrics by Bill Putt)
Roger Waters    What god wants, Part 1 (1992) (Amused To Death)
Pink Floyd    Us and them (1973) (Dark Side Of The Moon)
Syd Barrett    Dark globe (1970) (The Madcap Laughs)
Wishbone Ash    Throw down the sword (1972) (Argus)
Wishbone Ash    Blowin’ free (live, 1992) (The Ash Live In Chicago)
9pm
Focus    Focus III (1972) (Focus III)
Focus    Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (1972) (Focus III)
Earth And Fire    Song of the marching children (1971) (Song Of The Marching Children)
Haken    Celestial Elixir (2010) (Aquarius)
10pm
Teramaze    Her halo (2015) (Her Halo)
Ozric Tentacles    Rubbing shoulders with the absolute (2015) (Technicians Of The Sacred)
Spectrum    Some good advice + I’ll be gone (live at Sunbury, 1972) (Milesago - reissue: bonus track)
Ticket    Awake (1972) (Awake)

Playlist - 13 February 2016

This week, on World Radio Day, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including some classic music from Spectrum and Ariel (marking Mike Rudd's visit to Adelaide this coming Wednesday for the Festival Fringe with his one-man show RetroSpectrum) plus new music from Mebourne heavy band Teramaze. And the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book has birthdays this weekend for Australian musician Bob Daisley (bass player with Kahvas Jute and many bands overseas including Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and Uriah Heep), as well as for former Genesis members Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett.

8pm
Rush    The Spirit of Radio (1980) (Permanent Waves)
Rush    Farewell to kings (live, 1978) (Different Stages - Live)
Rush    Xanadu (1977) (A Farewell To Kings)
Porcupine Tree    Time flies (2009) (The Incident)
Porcupine Tree    Even less (live) (2012) (Octane Untwisted)
Teramaze    Her halo (2015) (Her Halo)
Andy Salvanos    Afternoon bass (2007) (Closer)
9pm
Ariel    Jellabad Mutant Pt.1 + Pt.2 + Pt.5 (1975) (Rock & Roll Scars, bonus Jellabad Mutant tracks on reissue)
Spectrum    I’ll be gone (original acetate demo) (1970) (bonus track on reissue CD of Part One)
Peter Gabriel    Solsbury Hill (1977) (Peter Gabriel)

Genesis    Watcher of the skies  (1972) (Foxtrot)
Peter Gabriel    Come talk to me (live, 1993) (1994) (Secret World Live)
Kahvas Jute    Odyssey (1970)  (Wide Open)
Kahvas Jute    Ascend + Ascension (live, 2005) (1970)  (Wide Open, bonus track)
10pm
Steve Hackett    Entangled (2012) (Genesis Revisited II)
Steve Hackett    Hoping love will last + Land of a thousand Autumns + Please don’t touch (1978) (Please Don’t Touch)
Steve Hackett    A tower struck down (live) (2008/2010) (Out Of The Tunnel’s Mouth, bonus track)
Ariel    Island Fantasia (live) (1977) (More From Before / Ariel Live In Concert)
Ticket    Dream chant (1972) (Awake)

Playlist - 6 February 2016

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas; since today is Waitangi Day, New Zealand's national day, there's a feast of music from across the Tasman (Airlord, Dragon, Split Enz and some heavy psych from Ticket), plus some classic Italian prog rock (to accompany the Carnevale festival here in Adelaide this weekend). And it's happy birthday this weekend to Roye Albrighton (guitarist and singer with Nektar), Tim Blake (Gong, Hawkwind) and Huw Lloyd Langton (Hawkwind).

8pm
Magic Bus    Jupiter 3AM (2014) (Transmission From Sogmore’s Garden)
Dragon    Darkness (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind)
Airlord    Is it such a dream (1977) (Clockwork Revenge)
Split Enz    Walking down a road (1975) (Mental Notes)
Dragon    Patina (1974) (Universal Radio)
Ticket    Dream chant (1972) (Awake)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)
9pm
Quella Vecchia Locanda    Villa doria pamphili (1974) (Il Tempo Della Gioia)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    Four holes in the ground (live) (1975) (Cook)
Banco (Del Mutuo Soccorso)    Danza deigrandi rettili (1972) (Darwin)
Locanda delle Fate    A vette un istante di quiete (1977) (Forse le lucciole non si amano piu)
Le Orme    Sospesi nell incredible (1973) (Felona e sorona)
Gong    Castle in the clouds (1973) (Angels Egg)
Hawkwind    The fifth second of forever + Dust of time (1980) (Levitation)
Hawkwind    Hurry on sundown (1970) (Hawkwind)
10pm
Nektar    Remember the future Pt.1 (1973) (Remember The Future)
Nektar    Wings (1973) (Sounds Like This)
Split Enz    One step ahead + Split Ends + Pioneer + Six months in a leaky boat + Years go by (live, NZ, 1993) (Greatest Hits: Live)
Split Enz    Spellbound (1975) (Mental Notes)
McPhee    Indian rope man (1972) (McPhee)

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 - 23 January 2016

Australia Day is coming up this Tuesday - so it's likely there'll be great Australian music all over your radio this week, from one end of the dial to the other, and that's as it should be.
But there's probably only one place you'll hear classic progressive rock from legendary bands such as Company Caine, Lobby Loyde, Mackenzie Theory, Rainbow Theatre, Sebastian Hardie, Spectrum, Tamam Shud and Tully, plus great music from more recent releases by A Lonely Crowd, Ben Craven, Caligula's Horse, Montresor, Myriad, The Lammas Tide, Three Wide Monkeys, Transience and Adelaide's own Unitopia: that's Seasons Of Change - all-Australian, this Saturday night, from 8pm until 11pm.

8pm
Ben Craven    The conjurer + No specific harm + Solace (2011) (Great And Terrible Potions)
A Lonely Crowd    Seeing stars (2011) (Transients)
Montresor    Medusa (2011) (Daybreak)
Myriad    Reminded (2013) (Quietitude)
The Lammas Tide    In tangerine (2014) (Barefoot Electric)
The Lammas Tide    The Devil’s stone (2011) (High Tide)
Transience    Chimera (2013) (Transience EP)
9pm
Unitopia    Journey’s friend (2008) (The Garden)
Sebastian Hardie    Another string (2012) (Blueprint)
Sebastian Hardie    Peaceful (1976) (The Windchase)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Spectrum    Untitled (1971) (Milesago)
Tamam Shud    Sea the swells (1972) (Morning Of The Earth s/track / bonus track on re-issue of Goolutionites…)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
10pm
Samael Lilith    Nights in white satin (1970) (single only / So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star?)
Rainbow Theatre    The Armada (suite) (1975) (The Armada)
Cybotron    Arrakis (1976) (Cybotron)
Lobby Loyde    Relgon hall (Home of Lord Nezim) (1976/2006) (Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths of Klimster)
Mackenzie Theory    Extra-terrestrial boogie (1973) (Out Of The Blue)
Company Caine    The last scene (1971) (A Product Of A Broken Reality)
Three Wise Monkeys    Waxer (2010) (The Red Album)

Playlist - 16 January 2016

For tonight's Summer edition of "Seasons Of Change", to paraphrase the title of a very early Pink Floyd song, we...

SET THE CONTROLS FOR: 1971

 ...encountering the usual diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, or at least as much as can fit into 3 hours. Amidst some classics and oddities, this includes classic Australian music from Blackfeather, Company Caine, Flake, Healing Force, Kahvas Jute, Lotus, Spectrum, Tully and Tymepiece..

8pm
 Lotus    Lotus 1 (I’ll be gone) (Jan 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Spectrum    I’ll be gone (Jan 1971) (single)
Kahvas Jute    Vikings (Jan 1971)  (Wide Open)
Steeleye Span    The blacksmith (Feb 1971) (Please To See The King)
Yes    I’ve seen all good people (Feb 1971) (The Yes Album)
Tymepiece    Shake off (Feb 1971) (Sweet Release)
Spectrum    Drifting (Mar 1971) (Part One)
Blackfeather    At the mountains of madness (Apr 1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
Procol Harum    Song for a dreamer (Apr 1971) (Broken Barricades)
9pm
Tully    I feel the sun + Sea of joy part 2 (Jun 1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Emerson Lake and Palmer    Bitches crystal (Jun 1971) (Tarkus)
Healing Force    The gully (July 1971) (single only, B-side to “Golden miles” / Psych Bites: Australian Freakrock 1967-1974 Vol.1)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (July 1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Gentle Giant    Wreck (Jul 1971) (Acquiring The Taste)
Mahavishnu Orchestra    Vital transformation (Aug 1971) (The Inner Mounting Flame)
Ramases    Life child (Aug 1971) (Space Hymns)
Curved Air    Back street luv (Sept 1971) (Second Album)
Focus    Focus II (Oct 1971) (Moving Waves)
10pm
Pink Floyd    One of these days (Oct 1971) (Meddle)
Hawkwind    Master of the universe (Oct 1971) (In Search Of Space)
Egg    Contrasong (Jan 1971) (The Polite Force)
Genesis    Fountain of Salmacis (Nov 1971) (Nursery Cryme)
Flake    Under the silent tree (Nov 1971) (single only, bonus track on re-issue of How’s Your Mother)
Van der graaf Generator    Man Erg (Oct 1971) (Pawn Hearts)
Company Caine    Trixie Stonewall’s Wayward Home For Young Women (Nov 1971) (A Product Of A Broken Reality)
David Bowie    Life on Mars (Dec 1971) (Hunky Dory)

Playlist - 9 January 2016

For tonight's Summer edition of "Seasons Of Change", to paraphrase the title of a very early Pink Floyd song, we...

SET THE CONTROLS FOR: 1970

 ...encountering the usual diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, or at least as much as can fit into 3 hours. Amidst some classics and oddities, this includes classic Australian music from Doug Parkinson In Focus, Flake, Jeff St John, Levi Smith's Clefs, Tamam Shud, Tully and Zoot.

8pm
Renaissance    Islands (single, January 1970) (Renaissance)
Van der Graaf Generator    Refugees (January 1970) (The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other)
Egg    Fugue in D minor (March 1970) (Egg)
Levi Smith's Clefs    Relief from a lighted doorway (March 1970) (Empty Monkey)
Jeff St John & Copperwine    Cloud nine (March 1970) (Joint Effort)
Sherbet    Crimson ships (April 1970) (single only)
King Crimson    Cat food (May 1970) (In The Wake Of Poseidon)
Quatermass    Black sheep of the family (May 1970) (Quatermass)
Yes    Time and a word (June 1970) (Time And A Word)
9pm
Uriah Heep    Come away, Melinda (June 1970) (Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble)
Quintessence    Sea of immortality (1970)  (Quintessence)
Atomic Rooster    Tomorrow night (single, July 1970) (Death Walks Behind You)
Tully    You realise you realise (July 1970) (Tully)
Zoot    Flying (July 1970) (Just Zoot / Zoot Locker)
Zoot    I’m only sleeping (rec. 1970) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
Flake    Wheel’s on fire (1970) (single, bonus track on reissue of How’s Your Mother)
Hawkwind    Hurry on sundown (August 1970) (Hawkwind)
The Moody Blues    Question (August 1970) (A Question Of Balance)
Doug Parkinson In Focus    Purple curtains (September 1970) (single only, Psych Bites: Australian Freakrock 1967-1974 Vol.1)
Beggar’s Opera    Poet and peasant (1970) (Act One)
10pm
Pink Floyd    If (October 1970)  (Atom Heart Mother)
Tamam Shud    Stand in the sunlight + Take a walk on a foggy morn + Goolutionites Theme Part 1 + Goolutionites Theme Part 2 (October 1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People)
Genesis    The knife (October 1970) (Trespass)
Pete Brown & Piblokto!    Aeroplane head woman (November 1970) (Thousands On A Raft)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer    The barbarian (November 1970) (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
Curved Air    It happened today (November 1970) (Air Conditioning)
Zoot    Eleanor Rigby (December 1970) (single only / Zoot Locker)

Playlist - 2 January 2016

For the first edition of "Seasons Of Change" for 2016, to paraphrase the title of a very early Pink Floyd song, we...

SET THE CONTROLS FOR: 1972

 ...encountering the usual diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, or at least as much as can fit into 3 hours. Amidst some classics and oddities, this includes classic Australian music from Bakery, Indelible Murtceps, The Master's Apprentices, McPhee, Spectrum, Tamam Shud and Tully; and, from across the Tasman, the heavy psych band Ticket.

8pm
The Easybeats    Friday on my mind (1966) (single only)
Hawkwind    Motorhead (1975) (Warrior On The Edge Of Time, reissue)
Motorhead    Ace of spades (1980) (Ace Of Spades)
Spectrum    Trust me (single version) (Jan 1972) (Milesago)
The Master’s Apprentices    Melodies of St. Kilda/Southern Cross + Thyme to rhyme (Jan 1972) (A Toast To Panama Red)
Jethro Tull    Thick as a brick (radio edit) (Mar 1972) (Thick As A Brick)
Curved Air    Phantasmagoria (Apr 1972) (Phantasmagoria)
Procol Harum    Conquistador (live) (Apr 1972) (Live In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
Caravan    Aristocracy (May 1972) (Waterloo Lily)
Uriah Heep    The wizard (May 1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Tamam Shud    Bali waters (May 1972) (Morning Of The Earth s/track)
9pm
McPhee    Indian rope man (1972) (McPhee)
Indelible Murtceps    Esmerelda (single only, May 1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Hawkwind    Silver machine (Jun 1972) (single only)
Pink Floyd    Wots...Uh, the deal (Jun 1972)  (Obscured By Clouds)
Wishbone Ash    Blowin’ free (single, July 1972) (Argus)
Captain Beyond    Dancing madly backwards (on a sea of air) (Jul 1972) (Captain Beyond)
Emerson Lake and Palmer    From the beginning  (single, Aug 1972) (Trilogy)
Banco    Danza deigrandi rettili (1972) (Darwin)
Tully    Ice (1972) (Loving Is Hard)
10pm
Bakery    Living with a memory (Aug 1972) (Momento)
Yes    Siberian khatru (Sept 1972) (Close To The Edge)
Genesis    Can utility and the coastliners (Oct 1972) (Foxtrot)
Focus    Sylvia (Nov 1972) (Focus III)
Kevin Ayers    Stranger in blue suede shoes (Nov 1972) (Whatevershebringswesing)
The Moody Blues    Isn’t life strange (Nov 1972) (Seventh Sojourn)
Ticket    Dream chant (May 1972) (Awake)

Playlist - 26 December 2015

This week, for the final Seasons Of Change for 2015, another diverse serving of prog rock and a little bit of anything else that fits from Australia and overseas., including classic music from Sebastian Hardie and Spectrum and a selection from the newly re-issued 1972 album by Spectrum's alter-ego band Indelible Murtceps, as well as a brief glimpse of the eclectic French band Magma (due to play Adelaide during March next year).

8pm
Yes    Close to the edge (1973) (Close To The Edge)
Transatlantic    All of the above (2000) (Transatlantic)
Procol Harum    Thin end of the wedge (1974) (Exotic Birds And Fruit)
9pm
Ozric Tentacles    Jurassic shift (live, 2007) (Sunrise Festival)
Ozric Tentacles    The domes of G’Bal (1989) (Pungent Effulgent)
Sebastian Hardie    Windchase (1976) (The Windchase)
Dream Theater    Funeral for a friend – Love lies bleeding (live) (1995) (A Change Of Seasons)
10pm
Uriah Heep    The magician’s birthday (1972) (The Magician’s Birthday)
Spectrum    Make your stash (1970) (Part One)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band    Joybringer (1973) (single only)
Indelible Murtceps    We are indelible + Stay another day + Excuse me just a moment (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Indelible Murtceps    That’s alright (live) (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose, bonus track on reissue CD)
Magma    Hhaï (1975) (Live)
Ticket    Dream chant (1972) (Awake)

Playlist - 19 December 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, with the emphasis on music for the festive season, including a selection of Jethro Tull recorded live at St Bride's Church (London) in 2008. Christmas comes but once a year!

8pm
Sky    Troika (1983) (Cadmium)
Loreena McKennitt    God rest ye merry, gentlemen + Seeds of love (1995) (A Winter Garden)
Steeleye Span    The holly and the ivy (1972) (single only)
Jethro Tull    Holly herald (2003) (The Christmas Album)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Port Adelaide 1854 The Arrival + The Peramangh – Time there was… + Bakers Flat 1855 Irish Shanty Towns + Kapunda 1856 The Cornish Miners (2006) (Land Of The Vast Horizon)
Spectrum    Milesago (1971) (Milesago)
9pm
Dream Theater    Octavarium + The root of all evil (2005) (Octavarium)
Unitopia    Lives go round (2005) (More than a Dream)
United Progressive Fraternity    The water (2014) (Fall In Love With the World)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    I believe in Father Christmas (1977) (Works Volume 2)
Mike Oldfield    In dulce jubilo (1975) (single only / Elements: The Best Of)
10pm
Jethro Tull    Weathercock + A Christmas song + Living In These Hard Times + Marmion + Jack in the green + Another Christmas song + A winter snowscape + God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Thick As A Brick (live, 2008) (Christmas At St Brides)
Jethro Tull    Thick as a brick (edit) (1972) (Thick As A Brick)
Emma Horwood    O holy night (2010) (Angel Song: A Christmas Blessing)

Playlist - 12 December 2015

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 releases and re-releases from 2015. There's also selections from the musical legacy of Chris Squire (Yes), Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream), Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia, etc), John Tout (Renaissance) and Chris Rainbow (The Alan Parsons Project, Camel and others).

8pm
The Tangent    A spark in the aether (2015) (A Spark In The Aether)
Caligula’s Horse    Turntail (2015) (Bloom)
IO Earth    Redemption (2015) (New World)
Arcane    Keeping Stone: sound on fire (2015) (Known/Learned)
Transience    Endless change (2015) (Temple)
The Gentle Storm    Shores of India (gentle version) + The storm (2015) (The Diary)
Riverside    Found (the unexpected flaw of searching) (2015) (Love, Fear and the Time Machine)
9pm
Chris Squire    Lucky seven (single version) (1975) (Fish Out Of Water)
Yes    Long distance runaround – The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) (1972) (Fragile)
Yes    I’ve seen all good people (live) (1997) (Keys To Ascension 2)
Tangerine Dream    Stratosfear (1976) (Stratosfear)
Cluster    Heisse lippen (1974) (Zuckerzeit)
Renaissance    The captive heart (1977) (Novella)
Camel    Long goodbyes (1984) (Stationary Traveller)
Indelible Murtceps    We are indelible (1972/2015 reissue) (Warts Up Your Nose)
10pm
United Progressive Fraternity    We only get one world (Overture) + Choices + Intersection (2014) (Fall In Love With The World)
Sky    The Animals (live) (1983/2015 reissue) (Sky 5 Live)
Ticket    Dream chant (1972) (Awake)

Playlist - 5 December 2015

With a weather forecast predicting very hot weather for Adelaide this weekend, tonight there is predominantly cool, if not mellow, music on offer instead on Seasons Of Change, including classic music from Australian groups Blackfeather and Rainbow Theatre, and from kiwi psych band Ticket. And with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra repeating their successful "ASO Plays Led Zeppelin" concerts this weekend, we revisit the fondly remembered "ASO Plays Pink Floyd" concerts from 2006.

8pm
Blackfeather    Seasons of change (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
Caravan    Nine feet underground (1971)  (In The Land Of Grey And Pink)
Ozric Tentacles    Smiling potion (2015) (Technicians Of The Sacred)
Steven Wilson    Home invasion + Regret #9 (2015) (Hand Cannot Erase)
FM    Heaven on earth (2015) (Transformation)
9pm
The Flower Kings    Cinema show (1998) (The Fox Lies Down: A Tribute To Genesis)
The Flower Kings    Big puzzle (1995) (Back In The World of Adventures)
Genesis    The Return of the Giant Hogweed (1971) (Nursery Cryme)
Steve Hackett    Unquiet slumbers for the sleepers + In that quiet earth (2012) (Genesis Revisited II)
The Orb and David Gilmour    Metallic side: Metallic Spheres/Hymns to the sun/Black Graham (2010) (Metallic Spheres)
10pm
Rainbow Theatre    Fantasy of horses (1973) (Fantasy Of Horses) there is an interesting interview with Julian Browning here
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra    Shine on you crazy diamond + Dogs of war (live, 2006) (ASO Plays Pink Floyd)
Ticket    Dream chant (1972) (Awake)

Playlist - 28 November 2015

For the 200th edition of Seasons of Change, there's no birthday cake, just a good selection of music from the world of "progressive rock" since it's origins in the late 1960's with bands such as King Crimson and Procol Harum. There's also great music from past and present Australian bands and performers such as Ben Craven, Fraternity, Healing Force, Sebastian Hardie, Tamam Shud, Tully and Adelaide's own Unitopia. And with the Glendi Greek Festival on this weekend, there's also selections from Aphrodite's Child as well as the Greek god of keyboards, Vangelis.

8pm
Pink Floyd    Atom heart mother (1970)  (Atom Heart Mother)
Yes    Roundabout (single version) (1972) (Fragile)
Rush    La villa strangiato (1978) (Hemispheres)
Renaissance    A song for all seasons (1978) (A Song For All Seasons)
9pm
Camel    Ice (1979) (I Can See Your House From Here)
Fraternity     Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1975)
Unitopia    Tesla + Reflections + The power of three (2010) (Artificial)
Aphrodite’s Child    The four horsemen (1972) (666)
Vangelis    Heaven & Hell 3rd movement (1975) (Heaven & Hell)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (1975) (The Four Moments)
10pm
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Tamam Shud    Bali waters (1972) (Morning Of The Earth s/track / bonus track on re-issue of Goolutionites And The Real People)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Ben Craven    Great & terrible potions (2011) (Great & Terrible Potions)
Peter Gabriel    Solsbury Hill (1977) (Peter Gabriel)
Genesis    In The Cage (including excerpts from Cinema Show and Duke’s Travels) + Afterglow + Home by the sea (live, 2007) (Live Over Europe 2007)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 21 November 2015

Another night of progressive rock from all over the place, including a hefty serving of Pink Floyd tunes (just in case you are winding down from seeing Experience Floyd in concert at Thebarton Theatre last night), along with classic Australian music from Flake and Spectrum, and recent releases from Andy Salvanos (Adelaide), The Lammas Tide (Perth), Transience (Melbourne) and Voyager (Perth). And it's RIP this week to frenetic drummer Philthy Animal Taylor (from Motorhead, very non-Prog).

8pm
Pink Floyd    Shine on you crazy diamond (live, Wembley, 1974) (Wish You Were Here, Experience Edition)
Pink Floyd    Wish you were here (1975) (Wish You Were Here)
Pink Floyd    One of these days (1971) (Meddle)
Pink Floyd    Comfortably numb (1979) (The Wall)
Spectrum    Fiddling fool (1971) (Part One)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
9pm
The Flower Kings    Numbers (2012) (Banks Of Eden)
Voyager    Seize the day + The meaning of I (2011) (The Meaning Of I)
Andy Salvanos    On these frozen shores (2011) (Dream Recall)
The Lammas Tide    Partridge farm (2012) (Partridge Farm EP)
Motorhead    Eat the rich (1987) (Rock 'n' Roll)
10pm
Fruupp    Decisions (1973) (Future Legends)
Wishbone Ash    Throw down the sword (1972) (Argus)
Transience    People’s temple (2015) (Temple)
Roger Waters    Breathe in the air + Time + Money (live) (2006) (In The Flesh)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 14 November 2015

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

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

Playlist - 7 November 2015

Another evening of progressive rock from around the world and from here in Australia, including classic music from Sebastian Hardie and newer releases from A Lonely Crowd, Andy Salvanos, Caligula's Horse, Karnivool and The Lammas Tide, plus a selection from German cosmic music pioneers Amon Düül II to mark the legacy of bass player Lothar Meid. And it's happy birthday to Roy Wood (ELO, Wizzard). Not to mention some Magma - to celebrate their impending visit to Adelaide in January for the 2016 Festival Of Arts.

8pm
Rush    Vital signs (1981) (Moving Pictures)
Haken    Somebody (2013) (The Mountain)
A Lonely Crowd    Sound tripper + The wanderer (2014) (Transients)
King Crimson    One time (1995) (Thrak)
Karnivool    Themata (2004)  (Themata)
Ozric Tentacles    Zingbong (2015) (Technicians Of The Sacred)
Andy Salvanos    Tranquility (2007)  (Closer)
9pm
Electric Light Orchestra    The  battle of Marston Moor (1972) (ELO)
Roy Wood & Wizzard    See my baby jive (1973) (Wizzard Brew)
Electric Light Orchestra    First movement (Jumping biz) (1971) (ELO: The Collection)
Manfred Mann’s Earth    Joybringer (1973) (single only)
Nektar    Remember the future (10 minute promo version) (Oct 1973) (Remember The Future)
Hawkwind    Dust of time (1980) (Levitation)
Amon Düül II    Wie der wind am end einer strauss (1972) (Wolf City)
Amon Düül II    Fly united (1973) (Vive La Trance)
10pm
Sebastian Hardie    Openings (1975) (The Four Moments)
Caligula’s Horse    Turntail (2015) (Bloom)
Magma    Hhaï (1975) (Live)
Marillion    That time of night (1987) (Clutching At Straws)
Camel    Fingertips (1984) (Stationary Traveller)
The Lammas Tide    Barefoot electric (2014) (Barefoot Electric)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 31 October 2015

Tonight might be a special program for Halloween - or perhaps it's just the usual mix of progressive rock (and a little bit of anything else that fits), for a Saturday night...

8pm
Procol Harum    The dead man’s dream (1970) (Home)
King Crimson    Red (1974) (Red)
Gentle Giant    Black cat (1971) (Acquiring The Taste)
Steve Hackett    Shadow of the Hierophant + The musical box (2013) (Genesis Revisited II)
The Lammas Tide    The Devil’s stone (2011) (High Tide)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest    Trethevy Quoit (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
9pm
Pink Floyd    One of these days (1971) (Meddle)
Van der Graaf Generator    A plague of lighthouse keepers (1971) (Pawn Hearts)
Jefferson Airplane    White rabbit (1967) (Surrealistic Pillow)
Atomic Rooster    Death walks behind you (1971) (Death Walks Behind You)
Affinity    Three sisters (1970) (Affinity)
Sky    March to the scaffold (1980) (Dies Irae EP)
10pm
The Alan Parsons Project    The raven (1976) (Tales Of Mystery And Imagination)
Anubis    Tower of silence + Weeping willow + And I wait for my world to end (2011) (Tower Of Silence)
Hibernal    Losing touch + No turning back (2013) (The Machine)
Bakery    No dying in the dark (1971) (Single only, Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 24 October 2015

This week, perhaps after spending a warm Spring day at the Cheesefest in the Adelaide Parklands, you can put your feet up and relax with another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including classic music from Cybotron and Tamam Shud and the 2011 release by the re-united Sebastian Hardie. And it's happy birthday this weekend to singer Jon Anderson (Yes) and the multi-talented Gil Matthews (drummer with Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, as well as house engineer/producer for Havoc Records; and in recent years the guru behind the remastering and re-release of much classic Australian music from the early 1970's including Company Caine, Kahvas Jute, Rainbow Theatre, Spectrum and Tamam Shud).

8pm
Hawkwind    Assault and battery / The golden void (1975) (Warrior On The Edge Of Time)
Ozric Tentacles    Waterfall city (1999) (Waterfall Cities)
Porcupine Tree    Deadwing (2005) (Deadwing)
Anathema    Anathema + The lost song (Part 3) (2014) (Distant Satellites)
IO Earth    Redemption (2015) (New World)
9pm
Sebastian Hardie    Life love and music (1976) (Windchase)
Spectrum    The Sideways Saga (1971) (Milesago)
King Crimson    Moonchild (1969) (In The Court Of The Crimson King)
Symphony X    Prelude + Evolution + Fallen + Transcendence + Communion and the oracle (2000) (V: The New Mythology Suite)
Toehider    I must say yes (2009) (Toehider Too / The First Six)
10pm
Jon Anderson    New new world (2011) (Survival And Other Stories)
Vangelis    So long ago so clear (1975) (Heaven And Hell)
Yes    South side of the sky (1972) (Fragile)
Tamam Shud    Goolutionites Theme Part 1 + Goolutionites Theme Part 2 (1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People)
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs    Most people I know (1972) (single only, The Complete Havoc Singles)
Gil Matthews    Gil’s thing (1971) (single only, The Complete Havoc Singles)
Cybotron    Eureka (Guitar version) (1980)  (Implosion, bonus track from Abbey Moor sessions)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 17 October 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, featuring electronic music circa the late 1970's from Cybotron (Melbourne) and more recent releases from Sebastian Hardie and Caligula's Horse (Brisbane...your ears may still be ringing now from their concert here in Adelaide last weekend with TesseracT and Dyssidia).

8pm
Procol Harum    Shine on brightly (1968) (Shine On Brightly)
Spock’s Beard    The doorway (1996) (Beware Of Darkness)
Spock’s Beard    Get out while you can (2015) (The Oblivion Particle)
Opeth    To rid the disease (2003) (Damnation)
Riverside    Found (the unexpected flaw of searching) (2015) (Love, Fear and the Time Machine)
The Neal Morse Band    Agenda (2015) (The Grand Experiment)
Wobbler    Imperial winter white (2009) (Afterglow)
9pm
Camel    First light (1977) (Rain Dances)
Camel    Metrognome + Unevensong (live) (1977) (Rain Dances, bonus tracks)
Camel    Rain dances (1977) (Rain Dances)
Kevin Ayers    Stranger in blue suede shoes (1972) (Whatevershebringswesing)
Kevin Ayers    Lady Rachel (1969) (Joy Of A Toy)
Kevin Ayers    The owl (1977) (single only)
Gong    Master builder (1974) (You)
Hawkwind    D-Rider (live) (1974) (Parallel Universe A Liberty/U.A. Years Anthology 1970-1974 )
Mario Millo    Rebecca (1979) (single, The Australian Guitar Album)
10pm
Caligula’s Horse    The city has no empathy + Silence + Singularity + Parameters of consciousness (1976) (Moments From Ephemeral City)
Cybotron    Sonic Override: Gliding / The riddle / Answer (1976) (Cybotron)
Cybotron    Suite 16/9th floor (1980) (Implosion)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 10 October 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, featuring classic music from Jeff St John and Spectrum and more recent releases from Andy Salvanos (Adelaide), The Lammas Tide (Perth) and Transience (Melbourne), plus Caligula's Horse (Brisbane) ahead of their gig here in Adelaide next Saturday (with UK heavy band TesseracT and Adelaide's Dyssidia). And it's happy birthday this weekend to a talented songwriter born in Liverpool 75 years ago.

8pm
Spectrum    Love’s my bag (1971) (Milesago)
Jeff St John’s Copperwine    Fanciful flights of mind (1970) (Joint Effort / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Colosseum    Valentyne suite (1970) (Valentyne Suite)
Yes    Perpetual change (1971)  (The Yes Album)
Nektar    A tab in the ocean (1972) (A Tab In The Ocean)
9pm
The Beatles    Strawberry fields forever (1967) (single only)
The Beatles    I want you (She’s so heavy) (1969) (Abbey Road)
John Lennon    Imagine (1971) (Imagine)
Porcupine Tree    Arriving somewhere but not here (2005) (Deadwing)
No-Man    True north (2008) (Schoolyard Ghosts)
Christina (Booth)    The light (2015) (The Light)
Leprous    The price (2015) (The Congregation)
Maestoso (Woolly Wolstenholme)    Birds (2005) (Grim)
10pm
Caligula’s Horse    Old cracks in new earth + Thief + All is quiet by the wall (2013) (The Tide, The Thief & River's End)
The Lammas Tide    Dragonfly + When all is said and done (2014) (Barefoot Electric)
Transience    Anglophobia + Nails (2015) (Temple)
Andy Salvanos    Happy song (2011) (Dream Recall)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)

Playlist - 3 October 2015

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), Kettlespider (Melbourne), Resonaxis (Sydney) and United Progressive Fraternity, plus some classic heavy sounds from Kahvas Jute (Sydney) and heavy psych band Ticket (New Zealand). And it’s happy 65th birthday this weekend to Mike Rutherford (Genesis).

8pm
Ben Craven    Nobody dies forever (single edit) (2011) (Great And Terrible Potions)
Kettlespider    Revelations (2012) (Avadante)
Kaipa    End of the rope (2003) (Keyholder)
Bushman’s Revenge    Iron bloke (2012) (A Little Bit Of Big Bonanza)
FM    Brave new worlds (2015) (Transformation)
Atria    Words and tears (1996) (Hide)
Whimwise    Scurry flurries (2005) (Nick May’s Whimwise)
Mystery    Beneath the veil of Winter’s face (2007) (Beneath the Veil Of Winter’s Face)
9pm
Genesis    Get ‘em out by Friday (1972) (Foxtrot)
Genesis    Land of confusion (1986) (Invisible Touch)
Mike & The Mechanics    The living years (1988) (Living Years)
Camel    Chord change (1976) (Moonmadness)
Camel    Lunar sea (live) (1976) (Moonmadness, Bonus track on reissue)
Hawkwind    Steppenwolf (1976) (Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music)
10pm
United Progressive Fraternity    Intersection + The water (2014) (Fall In Love With The World)
Ticket    Angel in my mind (1972) (Awake)
Ticket    Over the ocean (1972) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
Kahvas Jute    Odyssey (1970)  (Wide Open)
Resonaxis    Mysterium + Akesha (2012) (Hymnarium)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)