Playlist - 31 August 2013

This week, Seasons Of Change says goodbye to Winter with another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. New music from Adelaide band Quiet Child, classic songs from Sebastian Hardie (with their 1976 epic Windchase) and from Lobby Loyde. After 9pm, the sounds of Europe circa 1974 with music from The Netherlands (Focus) and Italy (PFM).

8pm
Genesis    Watcher of the skies (1972) (Foxtrot)
Tony Banks    From the undertow (1979) (A Curious Feeling)
Steve Hackett    Tigermoth (1979) (Spectral Mornings)
Anthony Phillips    Collections / Sleepfall: The geese fly west (1977) (The Geese And The Ghost)
Quiet Child    Dawn brings warmth + I’ve found some poison (2013) (The Coming Storm)
Lana Lane    Escher’s Staircase (1996) (Curious Goods)
Lobby Loyde & The Colored Balls    Metal feathers (1972)  (The Best Of Ball Power And More)
9pm
Focus    Hamburger concerto (1974) (Hamburger Concerto)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    Four holes in the ground (1974) (The World Became The World)
Sebastian Hardie    Windchase (1976) (Windchase / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
10pm
Dream Theater    As I am (2003) (Train Of Thought)
Liquid Tension Experiment    Kindred Spirits (1998) (Liquid Tension Experiment)
Rush    Half the world (1996) (Test For Echo)
Caligula’s Horse    Silence (2011) (Moments from Ephemeral City)
Curved Air    Propositions (live, 1975) (Curved Air Live)
Curved Air    Vivaldi (1971) (Air Conditioning)
Marillion    Seasons end (1989) (Seasons End)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 24 August 2013

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. New music from Adelaide bands Quiet Child and Unitopia, as well as classic songs from Healing Force in 1971. And it's happy birthday also to two very different keyboard "wizards" - Jean Michel Jarre and Ken Hensley from Uriah Heep.
 
8pm
Camel    Chord change (1976) (Moonmadness)
Quiet Child    Conditions + The coming storm (2013) (The Coming Storm)
Unitopia    Yes medley (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1: Smooth As Silk)
Yes    Long distance runaround – The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) (1972) (Fragile)
Ozric Tentacles    Dance of the loomi (1994) (Arborescence)
9pm
Jean Michel Jarre    Calypso + Calypso Part 2 + Calypso Part 3 (1990) (Waiting For Cousteau)
Days Between Stations    In utero / Visionary (2013) (In Extremis)
Blue Oyster Cult    Don’t fear the reaper (1976) (Agents of Fortune)
Kate Bush    Song of Solomon (1993)  (The Red Shoes)
Rush    Marathon (1985) (Power Windows)
10pm
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Healing Force    My boogie (1971 / 1994) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
Uriah Heep    Easy livin’ + Rainbow demon (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Wishbone Ash    The king will come + Strange affair + Blowin’ free (live, 1992) (The Ash Live In Chicago)
Unitopia    To one in paradise (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1: Smooth As Silk)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 17 August 2013

This week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great recent music by Adelaide's Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest from their 2006 "progressive rock/folk" concept album about emigration to South Australia in the 19th Century, as well as classic songs from Tully, Spectrum and Lobby Loyde. Recent archaeological digging has unearthed possibly the world's first "rock opera" from 1968: "S.F. Sorrow" by The Pretty Things.  And it's happy birthday to the late Kevin Ayers, Colin Moulding (the "other" songwriter in XTC) and Barry Hay (the singer with legendary Dutch group Golden Earring who - incredibly - have been rocking out around Europe and elsewhere since 1961).

8pm
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 + Brother sun + Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy - reissue)
Spectrum    But that’s alright (1971) (Milesago)
The Pretty Things    SF Sorrow is born + The journey + I see you + Well of destiny (1968) (SF Sorrow)
Soft Machine    Love makes sweet music (1967)  (single only, bonus track on re-issue of  The Soft Machine)
Kevin Ayers    The owl (1977) (single only)
Kevin Ayers    Blue (1976) (Yes We Have No Mananas)
Golden Earring    Big tree blue sea (1974) (Moontan)
9pm
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Port Adelaide 1854 The Arrival + The Peramangh – Time there was… + Kapunda 1856 The Cornish miners (2006) (Land Of The Vast Horizon)
Loreena McKennitt    The Bonny Swans (1994)  (The Mask and the Mirror)
Lobby Loyde & Southern Electric    Obsecration Parts A to D: A) Play My Guitar, B) Obligato, C) Continuation D) Legato (1976)  (Obsecration)
Andy Salvanos    Free range eggs (2007) (Closer)
10pm
XTC    My bird performs (1992)  (Nonesuch)
Dukes Of Stratosfear    The Affiliated (1987) (Psionic Psumspot / The Dukes Of Stratosfear: An Anthology)
XTC    Standing in for Joe (2000) (Wasp Star)
Ozric Tentacles    Waldorfdub (2000) (Swirly Termination)
Porcupine Tree    Waiting Phase One + Waiting Phase Two + The sky moves sideways (live, 1997) (Coma Divine – Recorded Live In Rome)
Porcupine Tree    Stranger by the minute (1999) (Stupid Dream)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 10 August 2013

This week, just in time for National Science Week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. It's happy birthday to Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) and to the unpredictable Australian singer Deborah Conway.  And there's as much of the late Bill Putt (Spectrum) that can be fitted into 3 hours.

8pm
Spectrum    I’ll be gone (1971) (single only, stereo version / Part One - reissue: bonus track)
Spectrum    Love’s my bag (1971) (Milesago)
Indelible Murtceps    We are indelible (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose / Ghosts: Post-Terminal Reflection)
Ariel    Rock & roll scars (1975) (Rock & Roll Scars)
Rush    Natural science (1980) (Permanent Waves)
Ian Anderson    The secret language of birds (2000) (Secret Language of Birds)
Jethro Tull    Living in the past (1972) (Living In The Past)
Jethro Tull    Dot com (1999) (Dot Com)
Steeleye Span    Thomas the Rhymer (1974) (Now We Are Six)
9pm
Dream Theater    The Count of Tuscany (2009) (Black Clouds and Silver Linings)
Sebastian Hardie    I wish (2012) (Blueprint)
The Dark Ales    Best intentions (2012)  (Edges Of The Day)
Camel    Echoes (1978) (Breathless)
The Windmill    Not alone (2013) (The Continuation)
 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    I’ll be gone + Some good advice (live at Sunbury, 1972) (Milesago – reissue: bonus tracks)
SubAudible Hum    Science maketh the scientist (2006) ( In Time For Spring, On Came The Snow)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 3 August 2013

This week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great recent Australian music from Karnivool and Domino as well as classic songs from Flake and The Valentines. It's happy birthday to the eternal hippy Steve Hillage and Neal Morse (of the US prog rock revival band Spock's Beard). And of course some JJ Cale.

8pm
Big Big Train    The first rebreather + Uncle Jack Winchester from St Giles Hill (2012) (English Electric Part One)
Khan    Space shanty (1972) (Space Shanty)
Gong    I never glid before (1973) (Angel’s Egg)
Steve Hillage    Hurdy gurdy man (1976) (“L”)
System 7    Miracle (1991) (System 7)
The Wishing Tree    Hollow Hills (2009) (Ostara)
9pm
Karnivool    Deadman (2009)  (Sound Awake)
Andy Salvanos    Happy song (2011) (Dream Recall)
Domino    Karislama + Caravan (2013) (Where the Desert Meets The Sea)
Split Enz    Stranger than fiction (1975) (Second Thoughts)
Finn    Last day of June (1995) (Finn)
Flake    Wheel’s on fire (1970) (How’s Your Mother)
The Valentines    Peculiar hole in the sky (1968) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
10pm
Neal Morse    Father of forgiveness (2004) (One)
Spock’s Beard    All on a Sunday (2000) (V)
Flying Colors    Everything changes (2012) (Flying Colors)
JJ Cale    After midnight + Call me the breeze + The sensitive kind + Money talks + Mama don’t + Magnolia (live - 1993, 1994, 1996) (JJ Cale Live)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 27 July 2013

This week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great recent Australian music from Unitopia, Ben Craven and The Dark Ales as well as another classic song from Spectrum. And it's happy birthday to Roger Taylor (Queen), the late Richard Wright (Pink Floyd) and Steve Morse (talented guitarist with The Dregs and many other bands including, currently, Deep Purple).

8pm
Ben Craven    No specific harm (2011) (Great and Terrible Potions)
Pink Floyd    Summer ‘68 (1970) (Atom Heart Mother)
Pink Floyd    Us and them (1973) (Dark Side Of The Moon)
Ozric Tentacles    A gift of wings (1990)  (Erpland)
Lana Lane    Sheltering sorrow (2007) (Red Planet Boulevard)
Queen    A kind of magic (1986) (A Kind Of Magic)
9pm
Atomic Rooster    Tomorrow night (1970) (Death Walks Behind You)
Spectrum    What the world needs is a new pair of socks (1971) (Milesago)
Renaissance    Northern Lights (1978) (A Song For All Seasons)
Unitopia    Reflections + The power of three + Rule of 3’s (2010) (Artificial)
The Dark Ales    Holding Patterns (2012)  (Edges Of The Day)
Deborah Conway    Today I am a daisy (1993) (Bitch Epic)
Karnivool    Themata (2004)  (Themata)
Karnivool    All I know (2009)  (Sound Awake)
10pm
Deep Purple    Vavoom: Ted the mechanic (1996) (Purpendicular)
Steve Morse    Modoc (1989)  (High Tension Wires)
The Dregs    Cruise control (1981) (Unsung Heroes)
Dave Gilmour (feat. Richard Wright)    Echoes (live, 2006) (Live In Gdansk)
Zoot    Flying (1970) (Just Zoot / Zoot Locker)
Zoot    I’m only sleeping (1970) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
Zoot    Eleanor Rigby (1970) (single only / Zoot Locker)
Tommy Emmanuel   The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 20 July 2013

This week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great recent Australian music from The Break, Captain K and Sebastian Hardie as well as a classic from Adelaide band The James Taylor Move in 1967. And there's a brace of birthdays - Singer Russell Allen (Symphony X), Brian May (Queen) and John Lodge (a key songwriter with the Moody Blues). And of course some music in honour of The Bard, Robert Burns.

8pm
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)
Symphony X    Paradise lost (2007) (Paradise Lost)
The Moody Blues    Isn’t life strange (1972) (Seventh Sojourn)
Justin Hayward & John Lodge    Maybe (1975) (Blue Jays)
Todd Rundgren    Birthday cards (1970) (Runt)
Todd Rundgren    Can we still be friends (1978) (Hermit Of Mink Hollow)
Queen    Hammer to fall (1984) (The Works)
9pm
The Break    Majestic kelp + Whatever dumb courage (2013) (Space Farm)
Captain Kickarse and the Awesomes    Always on your person (2008) (Falsimiles From The Facts Machine / Bird's Robe Records Sampler 2012)
Andy Salvanos    Radiant (2011) (Dream Recall)
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)
Sebastian Hardie    Vuja de (2011) (Blueprint)
The James Taylor Move    Magic eyes + Still I can go on (1967)  (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
10pm
Sanguine Hum    From the ground up (2013) (The Weight Of The World)
Von Hertzen Brothers    Insomniac (2013) (Nine Lives)
Vienna Circle    Ballad of night (2013) (Silhouette Moon)
Symphony X    Divine wings of tragedy (live) (2001) (Live On The Edge Of Forever)
Eddi Reader    Comin' through the rye + Ye banks and braes o’ Bonnie Doon (2008) (The Songs Of Robert Burns, re-issue)
Tommy Emmanuel   The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 13 July 2013

This week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great recent Australian music from Breaking Orbit, Kettlespider and Over Unity. The archaeological spadework this week has uncovered the English jazz-rock fusion band Affinity, featuring the terrific singer Linda Hoyle. And it's happy birthday this weekend to John Petrucci, the guitarist from the much loved and much reviled US "progressive metal" band Dream Theater.

8pm
Dream Theater    Endless sacrifice (2003) (Train Of Thought)
Liquid Tension Experiment    State of grace (1998) (Liquid Tension Experiment)
Dream Theater    On the backs of angels (2011) (A Dramatic Turn Of Events)
Ozric Tentacles    Yog-Bar-Og (1994) (Arborescence)
Hawkwind    The golden void + Motorhead (1975) (Warrior On The Edge Of Time)
Affinity    Three sisters (1970) (Affinity)
9pm
Breaking Orbit    Echoes + Conscious self + My direction (2012) (Time Traveller)
Kettlespider    The kettle spider (2010) (demo only)
Kettlespider    Comatose (2012) (Avadante)
Over Unity    Near (2011) (Collide the Space)
10pm
Wisdom Of Crowds     Frozen north (2013) (Wisdom Of Crowds)
Frank Carducci     Alice’s eerie dream (2013) (Oddity)
Vespero    Red pitfalls (2013) (Droga)
The Flower Kings    In the eyes of the world + Stardust We Are: Part Three (live) (Japan, 1999) (Alive On Planet Earth)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell + Amy (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 6 July 2013

It's the first program for the second hafl of the year 2013 - as we did in January, Seasons of Change turns back the clock forty years to 1973 with a diverse range of music from that year, including Oz classics from Madder Lake, Ariel and Mackenzie Theory as well as a heap of other music that missed out from the first 1973 program back in January.

8pm
Rick Wakeman    Ann Boylen (Jan 1973) (The Six Wives Of Henry VIII)
Electric Light Orchestra    Roll over Beethoven (Feb 1973) (ELO 2)
Procol Harum    Grand hotel (Mar 1973) (Grand Hotel)
King Crimson     Easy money (alternative take) (1973/2012) (Larks Tongues In Aspic / LTIA 40th Anniversary Edition Box set)
Pink Floyd    Any colour you like+ Brain damage + Eclipse (Mar 1973) (The Dark Side Of The Moon)
Madder Lake    Goodbye lollipop (Apr 1973)  (Still Point)
Friends    Bird on a wire (live) (Apr 1973)  (Sunbury 1973)
9pm
Steeleye Span    Cam ye ofer frae France (Apr 1973) (Parcel of Rogues)
Led Zeppelin    D’yer Mak’er (Apr 1973) (Houses Of The Holy)
Curved Air    U.H.F. (Apr 1973) (Air Cut)
Mike Oldfield    Tubular bells (single version) (May 1973) (Tubular Bells)
Steely Dan    Showbiz kids (July 1973) (Countdown To Ecstasy)
Golden Earring    Radar love (July 1973) (Moontan)
Gryphon    The unquiet grave (Aug 1973) (Gryphon)
Mackenzie Theory    Out of the blue (July 1973) (Out Of The Blue)
10pm
Buffalo    Intro: Pound of flesh / Shylock (August 1973) (Volcanic Rock)
Ariel    Worm turning blues (Dec 1973) (A Strange Fantastic Dream / Boogie! Australian blues, R&B, and heavy rock from the '70s)
Genesis    Dancing with the Moonlit Knight (Oct 1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Renaissance    Carpet of the sun (Oct 1973) (Ashes Are Burning)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Jerusalem (Nov 1973) (Brain Salad Surgery)
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs    Going back home (live) (Apr 1973)  (Sunbury 1973)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey) 

Playlist - 29 June 2013

This week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great new and classic Australian music including Anubis, Tully and The Break. And it's happy birthday to Ian Paice, the long-serving drummer from Deep Purple.

8pm
Deep Purple    Perfect strangers (1984) (Perfect Strangers)
Deep Purple    Son of Aleric (1991) (Knocking At Your Back Door: The Best Of Deep Purple In The 1980’s)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)
The Ghostwriters    The wolves close in (2007) (Political Animal)
Midnight Oil    Stars of Warburton (1990) (Blue Sky Mining)
Midnight Oil    Bullroarer (1987) (Diesel And Dust)
Midnight Oil    Dream world (1987) (Diesel And Dust)
Rush    Presto (1989) (Presto)
9pm
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Tank (1970) (Emerson Lake and Palmer)
Emerson Lake & Powell    Touch and go (live in studio, 1986) (The Sprocket Sessions)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Black moon (1992) (Black Moon)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 + Brother sun + Toward the sea + Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Sound Of Contact    Pale blue dot (2013) (Dimensionaut)
Nosound    I miss the ground (2013) (Afterthoughts)
Days Between Stations    Eggshell man (2013) (In Extremis)
10pm
Anubis    Tower of silence (2011) Tower Of Silence)
Andy Salvanos    Juggler's song (2007) (Closer)
Deep Purple    Highway star + Child in time + The mule (live, 1972) (Made In Japan)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 22 June 2013

Tonight - a night of epic music, or musical epics, including great Australian music from Spectrum, Unitopia and Tommy Emmanuel. It's happy birthday to 2 Todds - US legend Todd Rundgren (soon to tour Australia) and Todd Hunter, the mainstay of one of the most successful "Aussie" bands to come from NZ, Dragon - tonight, a selection from their now obscure 1974 album "Universal Radio". And the Saturday night musical bus continues it's cultural explorations with music from Sweden (The Flower Kings, never far from Saturday night) and Russia (The Grand Astoria). Plus a last minute selection: some epic folk from Melbourne group Underlander from their excellent CD from last year, "Treason Songs".

8pm
Yes    Awaken (1977) (Going For The One)
The Flower Kings    World of adventures (1999) (Welcome Back To The World Of Adventures)
Kansas   Magnum opus (1976) (Leftoverture)
Todd Rundgren    I saw the light (1972) (Something/Anything?)
9pm
Renaissance    Ashes are burning (live, 1976) (Live At The Carnegie Hall)
Spectrum    The Sideways Saga (1971) (Milesago)
Dragon    Universal Radio (1974) (Universal Radio)
The Grand Astoria    Space orchid vs massive drumkit (2013) (Punkadelia Supreme)
10pm
Unitopia    Tesla + Gone in the blink of an eye (live, 2011) (One Night In Europe)
Underlander     Jim Jones at Botany Bay  (2012) (Treason Songs)
The Mars Volta    Tetragrammaton (2006) (Amputechture)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 15 June 2013

This week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great new and classic Australian music including Sebastian Hardie, Voyager and Andy Salvanos. And it's happy birthday to singer Steve Walsh (Kansas) and Australian music legend Mike Rudd (Spectrum and Ariel and too many other bands to list).

8pm
Sebastian Hardie    I wish (2012) (Blueprint)
Sebastian Hardie    Openings (1975) (The Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Mostly Autumn    Evergreen (2009) (Live 2009)
Voyager    Pulse 04 + Falling (2007) (Univers)
Andy Salvanos    Mind your matter (2007) (Closer)
9pm
Spectrum    I’ll be gone (1971) (single, mono version / bonus track on re-issue of Part One)
Indelible Murtceps    We are indelible (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose / Ghosts: Post-Terminal Reflection)
W.H.Y.    Woman of steel (1983) (single only)
Spectrum    Sensible shoes (live, 2003) (Forever Young Music Presents: Series One – Seasons Of Change)
Ariel    Rock & roll scars (1975) (Rock & Roll Scars)
Kansas    Opus insert (1976) (Leftoverture)
Steve Walsh    Glossolia (2000) (Glossolia)
Steve Hackett    Narnia (1978) (Please Don’t Touch)
Steeleye Span    Padstow (1989) (Tempted and Tried)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Trevethy quoit (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
Fisherman’s Friends    Cadgwith anthem (2010) (Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends)
10pm
Yes    I’ve seen all good people (1970) (The Yes Album)
Steve Howe    Small acts of human kindness (2002) (Skylines)
Chris Squire    Lucky seven (1975) (Fish Out Of Water)
Ozric Tentacles    Jurassic shift + Eternal wheel (live, 2007) (Sunrise Festival)
Spocks Beard    Afterthoughts (2013) (Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 8 June 2013

This week, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great new and classic Australian music including Unitopia, Caligula's Horse, Spectrum and Healing Force. It's happy birthday to singer Annie Haslam (Renaissance), keyboard wizard Francis Monkman (Curved Air, Sky) and it's a "magician's birthday" to Mick Box the guitarist from Uriah Heep. And the United Nations have declared the 8th day of June to be World Oceans Day...

8pm
Rush    The camera eye (1981) (Moving Pictures)
Caligula’s Horse    Silence (2011) (Moments from Ephemeral City)
Spectrum    Fiddling fool (1971) (Part One)
Renaissance    In my life (2001) (Tuscany)
Renaissance    Northern lights (live, Japan, 2001) (In The Land Of The Rising Sun)
9pm
Nektar    A tab in the ocean (1972) (A Tab In The Ocean)
Unitopia    Justify (2005) (More than a Dream)
Kalacoma    Ear to ear (2013)  (Spiral Eyes)
Uriah Heep    Traveller in time (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Grand General    The fall of Troy (2013)  (Grand General)
10pm
Francis Monkman    The Long Good Friday s/track: Main Theme + Overture (1981) (The Long Good Friday s/track)
Curved Air    Propositions (1971) (Air Conditioning)
Sky    Cannonball (1979) (Sky)
Caravan    The love in your eye + Virgin on the ridiculous (live, 1974) (The Show Of Our Lives)
The Wild Cherries    I’m the sea (stop killing me) (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)
Tommy Emmanuel    The Big Swell + Amy (1993) (The Journey)

Playlist - 1 June 2013

This week, on the first edition of Seasons Of Change for Winter, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great new and classic Australian music including Anubis, Bakery, and Fraternity. And it's happy birthday to Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, the late drummer John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) and "space whisperer" Gilli Smyth (Gong).

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971)  (Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Bakery    Holocaust (1972) (Momento)
Anubis    The passing bell (Parts I – VI) (2011) (A Tower Of Silence)
Led Zeppelin    Black dog (1971) (The Runes Album)
Led Zeppelin    Moby dick (live, 1976) (The Song Remains The Same)
9pm
Mother Gong    La demadri (1989) (The Owl And The Tree)
Gong    The isle of everywhere (1974) (You)
Tommy Emmanuel    Hellos and goodbyes (1990) (The Journey)
Tommy Emmanuel    The journey (live, 1995) (Classical Gas)
David Bowie    Life on Mars (1971) (Hunky Dory)
Kingbathmat    Behind the wall (2012) (Truth Button)
10pm
Banco (Del Mutuo Soccorso)    L’albero del pane (1975) (Banco)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    Celebration (live, 1974) (Cook)
Genesis    Watcher of the skies + The return of the giant hogweed (live,1973) (Genesis Live)
Led Zeppelin    Achilles last stand (1976) (Presence)
Kettlespider    Comatose (2012) (Avadante)

Playlist - 25 May 2013

This week, on Seasons Of Change, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great new and classic Australian music including Kahvas Jute, Ben Craven, Resonaxis and Domino. And it's happy birthday to the late drummer Brian Davison (The Nice, Refugee) and Robbie Steinhardt (the violinist who helped give the band Kansas its trademark sound).

8pm
The Doors    Light my fire (1967) (The Doors)
The Doors    People are strange (1967) (Strange Days)
Ben Craven    No specific harm + Solace + Nobody dies forever Pt.2 (2011) (Great and Terrible Potions)
Tunisia    Great divide (2005) (Two False Idols)
Kansas    Song for America (2004) (Always Never The Same)
Kansas    Apercu (1975) (Kansas)
9pm
Kahvas Jute    Odyssey + Vikings + Free (1970)  (Wide Open)
The Nice    Brandenburger (1968) (single, Ars Longa Vita Brevis)
Refugee    Grand Canyon Suite (1974) (Refugee)
September Code    B4U (2012) (Remembering Mirrors)
Steve Hillage    Glorious Om riff (1978) (Green)
10pm
Resonaxis    Hymn 8 + Wachet auf (2012) (Hymnarium)
Dream Theater    Finally free (live,2000) + Acid rain + Caught in a new millennium (live,2000) (Live Scenes From New York)
Dream Theater    The answer lies within (2005) (Octavarium)
Domino    Karislama (2013) (Where the Desert Meets The Sea)
Andy Salvanos    Air (2011) (Dream Recall)


And RIP Trevor Bolder who passed away earlier this week - some music from Trevor next week, recorded playing bass with either David Bowie or Uriah Heep. For now, here is an interview with Trevor Bolder (there's not many around).

Playlist - 18 May 2013

This week, on Seasons Of Change, another healthy serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Some great new and classic Australian music including Sebastian Hardie, Breaking Orbit and a selection of tracks from Lobby Loyde - to commemorate the late guitarist's birthday, including an epic bonus track from the CD re-issue of the classic album "Obsecration" and a short (4 minute) version of G.O.D. (Guitar OverDose)... And it's also happy brthday to the caped keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman (Yes) and ageless bass master Herbie Flowers (Sky).

8pm
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)
Sebastian Hardie    Windchase (1976) (Windchase / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Breaking Orbit    Echoes (2012) (Time Traveller)
9pm
Sky    Tuba Smarties (1980) (Sky 2)
John Williams    Pomeganate (1971) (single only / Cavatina: The Complete Cube And Fly Recordings)
Lou Reed    Walk on the wild side (1972) (Transformer)
Sky    Scipio (1980) (Sky 2)
Amplifier    Matmos (edit) (2012) (Echo Street)
Renaissance    Closer than yesterday (1978) (A Song For All Seasons)
Gandalf’s Fist    The gathering of the clouds (2012) (From A Point Of Existence)
Gordon Giltrap    Moneyfacturing (2013) (Ravens & Lullabies)
10pm
The Wild Cherries (w/- Lobby Loyde)    I’m the sea (stop killing me) (1971) (Single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
The Wild Cherries (w/- Lobby Loyde)    Krome plated yabby (1967) (single only / Down Under Nuggets)
The Wild Cherries (w/- Lobby Loyde)    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 - bonus tracks on CD re-release)
Rick Wakeman    Arthur & Guinevere + Catherine Howard (live, 1975) (Live on the King Biscuit Flower Hour)

Playlist - 11 May 2013

In tonight's Seasons Of Change: new music from Australian band Resonaxis, "the only known band in the world to have a pipe organ and choral singer in their line-up", and classic music from Tully and Tamam Shud as well as an epic track from Transatlantic.

8pm
Traffic    Paper sun (1967) (single only /Traffic Gold)
Traffic    Glad (1970) (John Barleycorn Must Die)
Steven Wilson    The raven that refused to sing (2012) (The Raven That Refused To Sing)
Resonaxis    Wachet auf + Mysterium (2012) (Hymnarium)
Egg    Fugue in D minor (1971) (Egg)
Tool    Lateralus (2000) (Lateralus)
Like Leaves    Sacred revolt (2011) (Like Leaves)
9pm
Transatlantic    All of the above (2000) (Transatlantic)
Ozric Tentacles    Eternal wheel (1990) (Erpland)
Apocolyptica    In memoriam + Hall of the mountain king (2000) (Cutt)
10pm
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 + Pseudo-tragic-dramatic + Follow me + Trinidad + Brother sun + Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy – re-issue)
Tamam Shud    I wanna be your life + Sea the swells + Feel free + I’m going home (live, 2007) (Noosa Rain)
Tamam Shud    Shakin’ out the stones (1994) (Permanent Culture)
Andy Salvanos    Air (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 4 May 2013

8pm
Focus    House of the king (1971) (single only)
Kaipa    Lightblue and green (2012) (Vittjar)
Kettlespider    Introduction + Discovery + Avadante (2012) (Avadante)
Deborah Conway    Parabasis (live, 1994) (Epic Theatre)
James Labrie    Mislead (2010) (Static Impulse)
Dream Theater    Disappear (2002) (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence)
9pm
Spock’s Beard    Beware of darkness (1996) (Beware Of Darkness)
Anubis    All that is… (2011) (A Tower Of Silence)
Syrius    GTK Theme/Strawberry Fields Forever (1971) (The GTK Tapes Vol.2)
Blackfeather    Tomorrow never knows (1971) (The GTK Tapes Vol.2)
Ocean Machine    Seventh wave (1997) (Biomech)
Devin Townsend    The greys + Tall latte (2007) (Ziltoid The Omniscient)
Pirate    B minor (2009) (Pirate EP / Bird's Robe Records sampler 2012)
10pm
Camel    The sleeper + Rainbow’s end (1978) (Breathless)
Yes    Close to the edge (live, 1996) (Keys To Ascension 2)
Ozric Tentacles    Pixel dream (2000) (The Hidden Step)
John Sangster    The Quangle Wangle’s Hat (1980) (Uttered Nonsense)
Andy Salvanos    Air (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 27 April 2013

8pm
John Sangster    Incidents in the life of my Uncle Arly (1980) (Uttered Nonsense)
Tommy Emmanuel    Up from down under (1987) (Up From Down Under)
Airlord    Pictures in a puddle + Out of the woods (1977) (Clockwork Revenge)
Split Enz    Titus (1975) (Second Thoughts)
Sebastian Hardie    I wish (2012) (Blueprint)
Windchase    Glad to be alive (1978) (Symphinity)
Marillion    Market square heroes (1983) (single only / B’Sides Themselves)
9pm
Anathema    Untouchable Part 1 + Part 2 (2012) (Weather Systems)
Karnataka    The serpent and the sea (edit) (2010) (The Gathering Light)
Caravan    In the land of grey and pink (1971)  (In The Land Of Grey And Pink)
Caravan    It’s likely to have a name next week (“Winter Wine” instrumental) (1971)  (In The Land Of Grey And Pink, bonus track)
Quidam    Saiko-przedwiosnie (2012) (Saiko)
10pm
Yes    Astral traveller (1970) (Time And A Word)
Yes    No opportunity necessary, no experience needed (original mix, 1970) (Time And A Word)
Yes    For everyone (1969/1970) (The Millennium Collection)
Rush    Cygnus X-1 (live, 1978) (Different Stages - Live)
Rush    The wreckers (2012) (Clockwork Angels)
Headband (Chris Bailey)    A song for Tooley (1973) (A Song For Tooley)
The Angels (Chris Bailey)    Take a long line (1978) (Face To Face)
GangGajang (Chris Bailey)    Sounds of then (1995) (GangGajang)
Divinyls (Chrissie Amphlett)    Ain't gonna eat out my heart anymore (1992) (The Collection)

In case you'd like to see and hear more from the enigmatic NZ band Airlord - here is the 1977 film clip for their song "Pictures in a puddle":

And if you were wondering how the inaugural "Cruise to the Edge" finished up (which got a mention a few weeks ago on Seasons of Change), here is a report from the BBC namechecking Yes, Steve Hackett (Genesis) and Carl Palmer (ELP): Veteran British rockers attract the cruise ship crowds.

Playlist - 20 April 2013

Tonight the Seasons of Change jukebox returns with a selection of some of the progrock and/or psychedelic bands and musicians who since 1967 have released singles which at the time surprised all concerned by selling like hot cakes from record stores in Australia, the UK and/or the US and sometimes reaching well into the Top 40. Tonight it really is..."the platters that matter".

8pm
Procol Harum    A whiter shade of pale (May 1967) (single only)
The Moody Blues    Nights in white satin (Nov 1967) (Days Of Future Passed)
The Nice    America (Jun 1968) (single, Here Come The Nice: The Immediate Anthology)
Zoot    Eleanor Rigby (Feb 1970) (single only / Zoot Locker)
Spectrum    I’ll be gone (Jan 1971) (Part One)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (July 1971) (single only / Golden Miles - Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Curved Air    Back street luv (July 1971) (Second Album)
Yes    Roundabout (single version) (Jan 1972) (Fragile)
Focus    Sylvia (Dec 1972) (Focus III)
9pm
Genesis    I know what I like (in your wardrobe) (Oct 1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Roxy Music    Street life (Nov  1973) (Stranded)
Mike Oldfield    Tubular bells (single version) (May 1973) (Tubular Bells)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band    Joybringer (Aug 1973) (single only)
Golden Earring    Radar Love (Nov 1973) (Moontan)
Supertramp    Dreamer (Dec 1974) (Crime Of The Century)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (Aug 1975) (Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Kansas    Carry on wayward son (Jan 1977) (Leftoverture)
Renaissance    Northern Lights (May 1978) (A Song For All Seasons)
Kate Bush    Wuthering Heights (Jan 1978) (The Kick Inside)
10pm
Rush    The Spirit of Radio (Feb 1980) (Permanent Waves)
Mike Oldfield (feat. Maggie Reilly)    Moonlight shadow (May 1983) (Crises)
Marillion    Kayleigh (May 1985) (Misplaced Childhood)
Dream Theater    Pull me under (Aug 1992) (Images And Words)
Queensryche    Silent lucidity (1990) (Empire)
Over Unity    Near (2011) (Collide the Space)