Playlist - 22 February 2014

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

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

Playlist - 15 February 2014

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

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

Playlist - 8 February 2014

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

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

Playlist - 1 February 2014

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

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

Playlist - 25 January 2014

It's Australia Day this Sunday - so it's likely there'll be great Australian music all over your radio this weekend, 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 Spectrum and Tamam Shud, plus great music from more recent releases by Ben Craven, Voyager, The Lammas Tide and Adelaide's own Unitopia, plus some cracking live recordings from the archives: that's Seasons Of Change - all-Australian, this Saturday night, from 8pm until 11pm.

8pm
Sebastian Hardie    Art of life (2012) (Blueprint)
Ben Craven    The conjurer (2011) (Great & Terrible Potions)
Unitopia    More than a dream (2005) (More Than A Dream)
Voyager    Falling (2007) (Univers)
Kettlespider    The kettle spider (2010) (demo)
The Lammas Tide    The Devil’s stone (2011) (High Tide)
The Merlin Bird    Rhyme to reason (2003) (Rhyme To Reason)
Sympathy Orchestra    Sword machine (2014) (Sword Machine)
Andy Salvanos    Happy song (2011) (Dream Recall)

9pm
Lobby Loyde & Southern Electric    Dreamtide (1976)  (Obsecration)
Tamam Shud    Sea the swells (1972) (Morning Of The Earth, soundtrack)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Spectrum    Milesago (1971) (Milesago)
Kahvas Jute    Odyssey (1970)  (Wide Open)
Goanna    Common ground (1984)  (Oceania)

10pm
Madder Lake    Bumper bar song + When is a mouse (live, 1973) (Still Point, bonus track on re-issue)
Ayers Rock    Morning magic (live, 1974) (Sunbury)
Spectrum    I’ll be gone + Some good advice (live at Sunbury, 1972) (Milesago, bonus track on re-issue)
Tamam Shud    Bali waters (live, 1971) (Goolutionites (and the real people), bonus track on re-issue)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)

Playlist - 18 January 2014

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: 1976

 ...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 the band Sebastian Hardie and guitar wizard Lobby Loyde - both with musical epics stretching to near 20 minutes, as well as classic Kiwi music from Split Enz.

8pm
Sebastian Hardie    Windchase (February 1976) (The Windchase / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Camel    Another night (single edit) (March 1976) (Moonmadness)
Rush    A passage to Bangkok (April 1976) ("2112")
Led Zeppelin    Achilles last stand (April 1976) (Presence)
Premiata Forneria Marconi    From under (1976) (Chocolate Kings)
9pm
The Alan Parsons Project    Raven (May 1976) (Tales Of Mystery And Imagination)
Lobby Loyde & Southern Electric    Obsecration Parts A to D (May 1976)  (Obsecration)
Steely Dan    Sign in stranger (May 1976) (The Royal Scam)
Split Enz    Stranger than fiction (July 1976) (Second Thoughts)
Blue Oyster Cult    Don’t fear the reaper (July 1976) (Agents of Fortune)
Steve Hillage    Hurdy gurdy man (September 1976) (“L”)
10pm
Renaissance    Carpet of the sun (live) (September  1976) (Live At The Carnegie Hall)
Kansas    Carry on wayward son + The wall (October 1976) (Leftoverture)
Steeleye Span    Fighting for strangers (October 1976) (Rocket Cottage)
Mike Oldfield    Portsmouth (October 1976) (single only / Elements: The Best Of)
Tangerine Dream    Stratosfear (November 1976) (Stratosfear)
Jon Lord    Bouree (November 1976) (Sarabande)
Queen    Somebody to love (December 1976) (A Day At The Races)
Jethro Tull    March the mad scientist (December 1976) (Solstice EP)

Playlist - 11 January 2014

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 Flake, Jeff St John & Copperwine, Tamam Shud, Tully and Zoot (late in their career and trying hard to ditch the "think pink" image).

8pm
Renaissance    Islands (January 1970) (Renaissance)
Syd Barrett    Octopus (January 1970) (The Madcap Laughs)
Van Der Graaf Generator    Out of my book (February 1970) (The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other)
Egg    Fugue in D minor (March 1970) (Egg)
Jethro Tull    Inside (April 1970) (Benefit)
King Crimson    Cadence and cascade (May 1970) (In The Wake Of Poseidon)
Steeleye Span    All things are quite silent (June 1970) (Hark! The Village Wait)
Yes    Time And A Word (December 1970) (Time And A Word)
Procol Harum    About to die (June 1970) (Home)
Barclay James Harvest    The sun will never shine (June 1970) (Barclay James Harvest)
9pm
Tully    Ice (1972)  (Loving Is Hard)
Traffic    Glad (July 1970)  (John Barleycorn Must Die)
Zoot    Flying (July 1970) (Just Zoot / Zoot Locker)
Zoot    I’m only sleeping (1970) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
Flake    Wheel’s on fire + You've got me thinking (1970) (How’s Your Mother - reissue)
Jeff St John & Copperwine    Cloud nine (March 1970) (Joint Effort)
The Moody Blues    Question (August 1970) (A Question Of Balance)
Doug Parkinson In Focus    Purple curtains (September 1970)  (single only / In and out of focus 1966-75 / Psych Bites: Australian Freakrock 1967-1974 Vol.1)
Pink Floyd    If (October 1970)  (Atom Heart Mother)
10pm
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)
Affinity    I am and so are you (1970) (Affinity)
Genesis    The knife (October 1970) (Trespass)
Pete Brown & Piblokoto    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 - 4 January 2014

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: 1974

 ...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. This includes classic Australian music from Ayers Rock, Buffalo (recorded live in 1974), Madder Lake and Mandu (the former singer for guitar wizard Lobby Loyde). The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band also make a well-deserved appearance as well as Dragon from NZ (in their 1974 guise as a "prog rock" band).

8pm
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    Your feet’s too big (Feb 1974) (Wangaratta Wahine / Boogie! Australian Blues R&B And Heavy Rock From The ‘70’s)
King Crimson    The night watch (Feb 1974) (Starless And Bible Black)
Steeleye Span    Thomas the Rhymer (Feb 1974) (Now We Are Six)
Madder Lake    Mother ship + Butterfly farm (Mar 1974)  (Butterfly Farm)
Camel    Nimrodel/The procession/The white rider (Mar 1974) (Mirage)
Genesis    I know what I like (in your wardrobe) (single, Mar 1974) (Selling England By The Pound)
Procol Harum    Nothing but the truth (Apr 1974) (Exotic Birds And Fruit)
Robin Trower    Too rolling stoned (Apr 1974) (Bridge Of Sighs)
9pm
Focus    Birth (May 1974) (Hamburger Concerto)
Premiata Forneria Marconi    The world became the world (1974) (The World Became The World)
Dragon    Universal Radio + Patina (Jun 1974) (Universal Radio)
Kansas    Journey from Mariabronn (Jun 1974, USA) (Kansas)
Barclay James Harvest    Child of the Universe (Jun 1974) (Everybody is Everybody Else)
10pm
Mandu    Darlin’ + We Ran Across the Sky (Sept 1974) (To The Shores Of His Heaven)
Traffic    Walking on the wind (Sept 1974) (Where The Eagle Flies)
Buffalo    Shylock (live 1974) (Volcanic Rock, bonus track on CD re-issue)
Jethro Tull    Bungle in the jungle (Oct 1974) (War Child)
Renaissance    Running hard (May 1974) (Turn of The Cards)
Ayers Rock    Big red rock (Dec 1974)  (Big Red Rock)

Playlist - 28 December 2013

For the 100th edition of Seasons of Change, an attempt to select a "best of breed" from the world of "progressive rock" since it's origins in the late 1960's with bands such as King Crimson and Procol Harum. Just like your average dog show, but with more amplification, some dry ice and lots of twiddly bits, it's a wide spectrum of music from the heavier bands such as Rush, the classical/rock fusion of Focus and Sky (who both also happened to unexpectedly have hit singles), and the "mainstream" "prog rock" of Yes, Genesis and ELP from the 1970's. There's also great music from past and present Australian bands such as Healing Force, Flake, Spectrum, Sebastian Hardie, Anubis, Unitopia and of course Fraternity. That's covering a lot of territory and in hindsight a lot of time - 40-plus years.

8pm
Rush    The Spirit of Radio (1980) (Permanent Waves)
The Flower Kings    World of Adventures (1999) (Back In The World of Adventures)
Pink Floyd    Money (1973) (Dark Side Of The Moon)
Curved Air    Metamorphosis (1973) (Air Cut)
Focus    Sylvia (1972) (Focus III)
Spectrum    Drifting (1970) (Part One)
9pm
Jethro Tull    Thick as a brick (radio edit) (1972) (Thick As A Brick / M.U. The Best Of)
Renaissance    Northern Lights (1978) (A Song For All Seasons)
Yes    Roundabout (single version) (1972) (Fragile)
Procol Harum    A whiter shade of pale (1967) (single only)
King Crimson    In the court of the crimson king (1969) (In The Court Of The Crimson King)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (1976) (The Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Karn Evil 9 First Impression Pt.2 (1973) (Brain Salad Surgery)
Ozric Tentacles    Erpland (1990) (Erpland)
10pm
Anubis    The passing bell (Parts I – VI) (2011) (A Tower Of Silence)
Unitopia    Here I am (2008) (The Garden)
Genesis    In the cage (Medley … Cinema Show/Duke’s Travels) + Afterglow (live, 2007) (Live Over Europe 2007)
Sky    Toccata (1980) (Sky 2)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)

Playlist - 21 December 2013

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). Christmas comes but once a year!

8pm
Jethro Tull    Holly herald (2003) (The Christmas Album)
Steeleye Span    The holly and the ivy (1972) (single only, B-side to Gaudete)
Steeleye Span    Gaudete (1972) (Below The Salt)
Steeleye Span    All around my hat (1975) (All Around My Hat)
Loreena McKennitt    Seeds of love + Coventry carol + God rest ye, merry gentlemen (1995) (A Winter Garden)
The Flower Kings    Retropolis (1999) (Retropolis)
Mike Oldfield    In dulci jubilo (1975) (single only / Elements: The Best Of)
Jimmy Smith    Jingle Bells (1964 / 1999) (Christmas 64 / Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas)
9pm
Anubis    The deepest wound + Leaving here tonight + Breaking water + Waterfall + Anonymity (2009) (230503)
Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    LLanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (aka the Welsh Railway Sign song) (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    The Famine Suite: Absentee landlord 1840 + Blight 1845 + Winter 1847 + Eviction 1849 + Cork 1854 – the Voyage (1997) (In The Home Of My Ancestors)
Procol Harum    A Christmas Camel (1967) (Procol Harum)
10pm
Jethro Tull    Weathercock + Introduction/What cheer + 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 2008)
Sky    Troika (1983) (Cadmium / Masterpieces: The Very Best Of)
Emma Horwood    Noël nouvelet (2010) (Angel Song: A Christmas Blessing)
Fred Dagg (John Clarke)    Star of wonder (early '80's / 1998) (Fred Dagg Anthology)

Playlist - 14 December 2013

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, spending some time with some of the more interesting music releases from the last 12 months. This includes some excellent music from Adelaide bands Quiet Child, Projected Twin and Unitopia, and the enigmatic concept album/drama from Brisbane's Hibernal. Plus selections from the rich musical legacy of Bill Putt (Spectrum), Chris Bailey (Headband, The Angels, Gangajang), Kevin Ayers, Peter Banks (Yes) and Chrissie Amphlett. For once, 3 hours doesn't seem long enough to fit it all in!

8pm
Moon Safari    Mega moon (2013) (Himlabecken Vol.1)
Vienna Circle    Ballad of night (2013) (Silhouette Moon )
Spocks Beard    Afterthoughts (2013) (Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep)
The Flower Kings    Desolation road (2013) (Desolation Rose)
Unitopia    Even in the quietest moments (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1 Smooth As Silk)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)
Haken    The cockroach king (2013) (The Mountain)
9pm
Hibernal    An open door + Home + Losing touch + No turning back (2013) (The Machine)
Quiet Child    The coming storm (2013) (The Coming Storm)
Karnivool    Nachash (2013) (Asymmetry)
Quiet Child    Conditions (2013) (The Coming Storm)
Dream Theater    The enemy inside (2013) (Dream Theater)
10pm
Steven Wilson    Watchmaker (2012) (The Raven That Refused To Sing)
Sound Of Contact    Pale blue dot (2013) (Dimensionaut)
Spectrum    I’ll be gone (1971) (single, stereo / bonus track on reissue of Part One)
GangGajang    Sounds of then (1995) (GangGajang)
Kevin Ayers    Blue (1976) (Yes We Have No Mananas)
Yes    No opportunity necessary, no experience needed (original mix, 1970) (Time And A Word)
Divinyls    I touch myself (1990) (Divinyls)
Roger Hodgson    Give a little bit (live, 2010) (Classics Live)

 Forty years ago today Ariel played a gig at the Octagon, just a few weeks after their first single came out - more Ariel coming up on SoC in the next few weeks... 

Playlist - 7 December 2013

This week, for the first program for Summer, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas. Hours 1 and 3 are devoted to music from 1983 - 30 years ago, when PBA-FM started broadcasting. As 1983 was a transition year for the world of progressive rock, with many established bands either disbanded or sitting the year out, it's an eclectic selection but still features good music from established bands (Yes, Genesis) and new talent (Marillion). There's also a selection of songs written by Vanda and Young (whose compositions could fill several programs), and some epic progressive metal from Perth band Lacrymae.

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Genesis    Home by the sea (live) (1983 / 1992) (Hold On My Heart EP)
Phil Collins    You can’t hurry love (1983) (Hello I Must Be Going)
Marillion    Script for a jester’s tear (1983) (Script For A Jester’s Tear)
Marillion    Market square heroes (1983) (single only / B’Sides Themselves)
Yes    Owner of a lonely heart + It can happen (1983) (90125)
Jon & Vangelis    He is sailing (1983) (Private Collection)
9pm
Mike Oldfield    Moonlight shadow (1983) (Crises)
Moody Blues    Blue world (1983) (The Present)
W.H.Y.     Woman of steel (1983) (single only)
Split Enz    Two of a kind (1983) (single only / All Fired Up: The Lost Treasures Of Australian Music)
Lacrymae    The hallowed design + The forgotten (2009) (The Hallowed Design)
Flash and the Pan    Down among the dead men (1978) (Flash And The Pan)
The Easybeats    Friday on my mind (1966) (single only)
Muse    Panic station (2012) (The Second Law)
10pm
Pink Floyd    The Fletcher Memorial home (1983) (The Final Cut)
Al Di Meola    Island Dreamer + Sequencer (1983)  (Scenario)
Sky    KPII + Antigua + Meheeco (live, 1983) (Sky 5 Live)
Flash and the Pan    Welcome to the universe (1980) (Lights In The Night)
Flash and the Pan    Hey St Peter (1976 / 1978) (single / Flash And The Pan)

Playlist - 30 November 2013

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including a classic musical epic from the Australian band Sebastian Hardie and a more recent selection from the terrific "psychedelic folk rock" band The Lammas Tide from Perth. There's a musical feast from Greece including the band Aphrodite's Child, which in the early 1970's featured both the keyboard wizard Vangelis and the singer Demis 'Forever and ever' Roussos. And the birthday hats are out this weekend for Roger Glover  (Deep Purple).

8pm
Pink Floyd    Echoes (1971) (Meddle)
The Lammas Tide    Fothersby (2011) (High Tide)
Aphrodite’s Child    The four horsemen (1972) (666)
Vangelis    Heaven & Hell 3rd movement (1975) (Heaven & Hell)
September Code    B4U (2012) (Remembering Mirrors)
Voyager    To the morning light (2003) (Element V)
The Atlantics    Wedding cake island (2009) (Bombora, soundtrack)
9pm
Sebastian Hardie    Four Moments suite: Glories Shall Be Released/Dawn of Our Sun/Journey Through Our Dreams/Everything Is Real (1975) (Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Ayreon    Progressive waves (2013) (The Theory Of Everything)
White Willow    Now in these fairy lands (1995 / 2013 re-issue) (Ignis Fatuus)
Muse    Starlight (2006) (Black Holes & Revelations)
Domino    Caravan (2013) (Where the Desert Meets The Sea)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)
10pm
Roger Glover    The Feast + Love is all (1974) (Butterfly Ball)
Gillan & Glover    She took my breath away (1988) (Accidentally On Purpose)
Deep Purple    Perfect strangers (1984) (Perfect Strangers)
Procol Harum    In held twas I (live, 1971) (Live In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra)
Marillion    Seasons end (1989) (Seasons End)
Urtekk    Euphonics (2013) (Urtekk EP)

Playlist - 23 November 2013

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including recent new music from Adelaide bands Projected Twin, Solar Soma and Unitopia, and more from a recently re-issued classic recording from Australian band Blackfeather. New music from The Flower Kings (Sweden) and Ayreon (The Netherlands). And it's happy birthday to drummer Bev Bevan  (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra).

8pm
Procol Harum    A salty dog (1969) (A Salty Dog)
Yes    Close to the edge (1973) (Close To The Edge)
Beardfish    Sunrise (2007) (Sleeping In Traffic Part One)
Nektar    New day dawning (1973) (Sounds Like This)
The Move    Don’t make my baby blue (1970) (Shazam)
Electric Light Orchestra    Do ya (1976) (A New World Record)
Electric Light Orchestra    Sweet talkin’ woman (1977) (Out Of The Blue)
9pm
Unitopia    Journey’s friend (2008) (The Garden)
Projected Twin    Pain of a promise (2013) (Earth Vs. World)
Solar Soma    Islands (2013) (So Much For Style)
Muse    Ruled by secrecy (2003) (Absolution)
The Flower Kings    Desolation road (2013) (Desolation Rose)
Ayreon    Progressive waves (2013) (The Theory Of Everything)
10pm
Blackfeather    Seasons of change Part 1 + Mango’s Theme Part 2 (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
Renaissance    Mother Russia + Ashes are burning (live, 1975) (Live At The Carnegie Hall)
Urtekk    Euphonics (2013) (Urtekk EP)

Playlist - 16 November 2013

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including recent new music from Brisbane's Ben Craven and a recently re-issued classic recording from Australian band Blackfeather. New music from Haken (UK) and Aisles (Chile). And it's happy birthday to guitarist Martin Barre (Jethro Tull) and the late Australian jazz musician John Sangster.

8pm
Ben Craven    Great and terrible potions (2011) (Great And Terrible Potions)
Jethro Tull    Aqualung + Locomotive breath (1971) (Aqualung)
Jethro Tull    Hot mango flush (1999) (Dot Com)
John Sangster    The owl and the pussycat + The beautiful pea green boat (1980) (Uttered Nonsense)
Magenta    Gluttony (2004 / 2009 remix) (Seven)
Aisles    4:45am (2013) (4.45am)
9pm
Haken    The cockroach king (2013) (The Mountain)
Haken    Streams (2010) (Aquarius)
Deborah Conway    Alive and Brilliant (1993) (Bitch Epic)
Tommy Emmanuel    From the hip (1991) (Determination)
Muse    United states of Eurasia + Resistance (2009) (The Resistance)
Tangerine Dream    Stratosfear (1976) (Stratosfear)
David Bedford    The phaecian games (1976) (The Odyssey)
10pm
Blackfeather    The Rat (Suite) (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
Steve Hackett    Blood on the rooftops + A tower struck down + Firth of Fifth  (live, 2009) (Out Of The Tunnel’s Mouth)
Steve Hackett    How can I? (1978) (Please Don’t Touch)
The Executives    Moving in a circle (1968) (The Executives / Peculiar Hole In The Sky : Pop-Psych From Down Under)
Inside Looking Out    Morning Sun (1970) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky : Pop-Psych From Down Under)
Urtekk    Euphonics (2013) (Urtekk EP)

Plus, well worth a look - if you like either progressive rock, progressive metal or The Muppets:
HAKEN presents an exclusive 7" single edit of 'Cockroach King' in full VHS quality!

Playlist - 9 November 2013

After last weeks grim post-Halloween edition of SoC, normal service is resumed this week with another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including recent music from Adelaide band Projected Twin and classic music from Australian bands Spectrum and Tully. And it's happy birthday to Greg Lake (singer and bass player with ELP and - originally - King Crimson),  Roy Wood (ELO, Wizzard) and record engineer and producer Roy Thomas Baker (best known for  his involvement with giving Queen their classy sound).

8pm
The Flower Kings    Calling home + Afterlife (1999) (Flower Power)
Muse    New born (2001) (Origin Of Symmetry)
Muse    Supermassive black hole (2006) (Black Holes & Revelations)
Ozric Tentacles    Aura borealis (1999) (Waterfall Cities)
Djam Karet    Topanga safari (1991) (Burning The Hard City)
Electric Light Orchestra    The  battle of Marston Moor (1972) (ELO: The Collection)
Roy Wood & Wizzard    See my baby jive (1973) (Wizzard Brew)
9pm
King Crimson    21st century schizoid man (1969) (In The Court Of The Crimson King)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Lucky man (1970) (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
Spectrum    Fiddling fool (1971) (Part One)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 + Thank you + Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Queen    Killer queen (1974) (Sheer Heart Attack)
Hawkwind    Paradox (1974) (The Hall Of The Mountain Grill)
10pm
Projected Twin    Post secret + I’ll fall for anything (2010) (Earth To World)
The Dixie Dregs    Intro + Freefall + Country house shuffle + Cruise control + Take it off the top (live, 1979) (King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents)
The Dregs    Road expense (1980) (Dregs Of The Earth)
Jeff St John And Yama    Nothing comes easy (1967) (single only, So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘n' Roll Star)
Urtekk    Euphonics (2013) (Urtekk EP)

Playlist - 2 November 2013

This week, 2 days after Halloween, a creepier than usual serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, with music from Dream Theater, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant and the not so soothing tones of Peter Hammill with Van der Graaf Generator. Plus an hour of generally downbeat music from Australian bands Anubis, Kettlespider and Hibernal. But amidst all the witches, ghosts, vampires and general paganism, it's also happy birthday to keyboard wizard Keith Emerson and wide-ranging contemporary genius Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree and assorted other pastimes).

8pm
Lou Reed    Perfect day (1972) (Transformer)
Affinity    Three sisters (1970) (Affinity)
Jethro Tull    The witches promise (1970) (single only  / 20 Years Of Jethro Tull)
Dream Theater    Forsaken (2007) (Systematic Chaos)
The Alan Parsons Project    (The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether + To one in paradise (1976) (Tales Of Mystery And Imagination)
Atomic Rooster    Death walks behind you (1971) (Death Walks Behind You)
Gentle Giant    Black cat (1971) (Acquiring The Taste)
Van der Graaf Generator    Darkness 11/11 (1970) (The least we can do is wave to each other)
9pm
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)
Kettlespider    Revelations + New eyes (2012) (Avadante)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Bakery    Dying in the dark (1971) (Single only, Golden Miles - Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
10pm
The Nice    America (1968) (single / Nice Hits Nice Bits)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    The three fates (1970) (Emerson Lake & Palmer)
Emerson Lake & Powell    Touch and go (1993) (The Sprocket Sessions)
Porcupine Tree    Waiting Phase One + Waiting Phase Two + Dislocated day (live, 1997) (Coma Divine – Recorded Live In Rome)
Steven Wilson    Drive home (2013) (The Raven That Refused To Sing)
The Lammas Tide    The Devil’s stone (2011) (High Tide)

Playlist - 26 October 2013

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including recent music from Adelaide band Quiet Child, some Cornish folk-rock from another local group Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest and an Aussie classic from Healing Force. And it's happy birthday to singer Jon Anderson (Yes),  French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier and the multi-talented Gil Matthews (drummer with Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, as well as house engineer/producer for Havoc Records; and more recently the guru behind the remastering and reissue of some classic Australian music from the 1970's).

8pm
Moon Safari    Mega moon (2013) (Himlabecken Vol.1)
Ritual    In the wild (2007) (The Hemulic Voluntary Band)
Quiet Child    Cannonfire march + In out (2013) (The Coming Storm)
Ozric Tentacles    Trees of eternity (1985) (Tantric Obstacles)
Andy Salvanos    Air (2011) (Dream Recall)
Camel    One of these days I’ll get an early night (1977) (Raindances)
Sweet    Love is like oxygen (extended version)  (1977) (Level Headed)
9pm
Jon Anderson    New new world (2011) (Survival And Other Stories)
Jon & Vangelis    The friends of Mr Cairo (1981) (The Friends Of Mr Cairo)
Kitaro    Agreement (1992) (Dream)
Yes    South side of the sky (1972) (Fragile)
Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    St Michael’s Mount + Tintagel (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
Jacques Loussier    Chorale No.1 (live, 1965) (Play Bach aux Champs-Elysees)
Emerson Lake and Palmer     Tank (1970) (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
10pm
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs    Most people I know (1972) (single only, The Complete Havoc Singles 1971 - 1973)
Gil Matthews    Gil’s thing (1971) (single only, The Complete Havoc Singles 1971 - 1973)
Cybotron    Implosion (1980)  (Implosion)
Rush    Test for echo + Analog kid + Roll the bones (live, 1997) (Different Stages - Live)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles - Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Urtekk    Euphonics (2013) (Urtekk EP)

Playlist - 19 October 2013

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including recent music from progressive metal band Breaking Orbit (Sydney) and "psychedelic folk rock" band The Lammas Tide (Perth). There's also classic Australian music from Bakery and Lobby Loyde. And it's happy birthday to the fine lyricist Keith Reid who has provided the words to songs for the band Procol Harum since 1967, and who in his spare time has put words in the mouths of singers including Robin Trower, Peter Frampton and John ("You're the voice") Farnham.

8pm
Genesis    Firth of Fifth (1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Liquid Tension Experiment    Biaxident (1999) (Liquid Tension Experiment 2)
The Lammas Tide    Fothersby + The Hudson Line (2011) (High Tide)
The Flower Kings    Retropolis (1999) (Retropolis)
Bakery    The gift (1971) (Momento)
9pm
Procol Harum    A whiter shade of pale (1967) (single only)
Procol Harum    A rum tale (1973) (Grand Hotel)
Peter Frampton    Breaking all the rules (1981) (Breaking All The Rules)
Lobby Loyde & Southern Electric    Fist of Is: a) At the Colosseum; b) The Fist Falls (1976)  (Obsecration, bonus track)
The Wild Cherries    GOD (Guitar overdose) (1971 / 1994) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
The Enid    Fand I (1977) (Aerie Faerie Nonsense)
10pm
Breaking Orbit    Cassandra Syndrome + Ice warmth (2012) (The Time Traveller)
Gazpacho    Chequered buildings + Upside down + Winter is Never (live, 2011) (London)
Gazpacho    Tick tock Part III (2009) (Tick Tock)
Subaudible Hum    Science maketh the scientist (2006) (In Time For Spring, On Came The Snow)
Urtekk    Euphonics (2013) (Urtekk EP)

Playlist - 12 October 2013

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, starting with music from the talented Steven Wilson who, this month, has been touring elsewhere in Australia - but not here in Adelaide, sadly. There's also classic Australian music from Madder Lake, Spectrum and Sebastian Hardie, as well as some newer music from Anubis and Adelaide doom metal flavoured band Virgin Black. And lots more besides...

8pm
Porcupine Tree    Way out of here (2007)  (Fear Of A Blank Planet)
Steven Wilson    The raven that refused to sing (2012) (The Raven That Refused To Sing)
Pink Floyd    Shine on you crazy diamond Pt.1 to 7 (1975 / 2001) (Wish You Were Here / Echoes)
Madder Lake    On my way to heaven + Salmon Song (1973) (Still Point)
Spectrum    Drifting (1971) (Part One)
9pm
Hawkwind    Magnu + Standing on the edge of time + Spiral galaxy 28948 + Kings of speed (1975) (Warrior On The Edge Of Time - Remastered)
Panic Room    Satellite (2010) (Satellite)
IOEarth    Harmonix (2009) (IOEarth)
Virgin Black    The winter’s ash (2008) (Requiem - Fortissimo)
Andy Salvanos    Happy song (2011) (Dream Recall)
10pm
Anubis    The passing bell (Parts I – VI) (2011) (A Tower Of Silence)
Yes    Perpetual change + It will be a good day (live) (2001) (Live From House Of Blues)
Yes    Can you imagine (2001) (Magnification)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (1976) (Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Urtekk    Euphonics (2013) (Urtekk EP)