Playlist - 28 March 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, including some music for Earth Hour from 8:30pm; plus a selection from the recently reissued 1977 album Rock & Roll Scars by Ariel (Melbourne). There's some music from Uriah Heep (here in Adelaide last Wednesday night) and it's happy birthday to two very different artists - the Greek keyboard wizard Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (otherwise known as Vangelis) and Australian rock legend Billy Thorpe.

8pm
Uriah Heep    Easy livin’ (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Uriah Heep    What kind of God (2008) (Wake The Sleeper)
Uriah Heep    Circle of hands (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band    Joybringer (1973) (single only)
Rush    Fly by night (1975) (Fly By Night)
King Crimson    Starless (1974) (Red)
Mostly Autumn    Mother nature (2001) (The Last Bright Light)
9pm
Billy Thorpe    Children of the sun + We’re leaving + We welcome you + Solar anthem (1979) (Children Of The Sun)
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs    Most people I know (1972) (single only, The Complete Havoc Singles)
Kansas    Lamplight symphony (1974) (Song For America)
Camel    Tell me (1977) (Raindances)
Brand X    Macrocosm (1977) (Morrocan Roll)
The Church    Under the milky way (1988) (Starfish)
10pm
Vangelis    The motion of the stars (1988) (Direct)
Jon & Vangelis     State of Independence (1981) (The Friends Of Mr Cairo)
Aphrodite’s Child    The four horsemen (1972) (666)
Ariel    Mutant Medley (live, 1976) (Rock & Roll Scars, bonus track on reissue CD from their Jellabad Mutant epic/rock opera)
Ariel    Men in grey raincoats (1975) (Rock & Roll Scars)
Uriah Heep    Paradise/The Spell (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Cybotron    Eureka (Guitar version) (1980)  (Implosion, bonus track on reissue CD)

Playlist - 21 March 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, featuring Like Leaves (Adelaide) and Andy Salvanos (Adelaide) plus a trip back to 1971 for classic Australian music from Spectrum and Flake. And it's happy birthday this week to Phil Judd (Split Enz, The Swingers, Schnell Fenster), Carl Palmer (Atomic Rooster, ELP and Asia), Tony McPhee (Groundhogs) and Roger Hodgson (Supertramp).

8pm
Planet X    2116 (2000) (Universe)
Rush    2112 (1976) (2112)
Haken    Atlas stone (2013) (The Mountain)
Mastodon    Ghost of Karelia (2009) (Crack The Skye)
Like Leaves    Monument (2011) (Like Leaves)
Andy Salvanos    Running water (2007) (Closer)
9pm
Emerson, Lake & Palmer     Tank (1970) (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
Asia    Heat of the moment (1982) (Asia)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Two part invention in D minor (1977) (Works Volume I)
The Groundhogs    Cherry red (1971) (Split)
Camel    Supertwister (1974) (Mirage)
Slapp Happy    Dawn (1974) (Casablanca Moon)
Egg    Wring out the ground (loosely now) (1974) (The Civil Service)
Spectrum    Fiddling fool (1971) (Part One)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
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)
Schnell Fenster    Heroes let you down (1991) (Heroes Let You Down, single)
Roger Hodgson    Take the long way home + The logical song (live, 2010) (Classics Live)
Roger Hodgson    Only because of you (1984) (In The Eye Of The Storm)
Ozric Tentacles    Yoy mandala (2000) (Swirly Termination)
Cybotron    Eureka (Guitar version) (1980)  (Implosion, bonus track from re-issue CD)

Playlist - 14 March 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, featuring music from Perth bands Lacrymae, Over Unity and The Lammas Tide, the now disbanded Adelaide band Unitopia and that band's nominal successor, the ponderously named United Progressive Fraternity. Between 8pm and 9pm, more than a little inspiration from - and with - the late author Terry Pratchett. And after 10pm, the late Daevid Allen (Gong)

8pm
Dave Greenslade    A-Tuin the Turtle (1994) (Tales from the Discworld: Terry Pratchett)
Steeleye Span & Terry Pratchett    Overture + The Dark Morris Song + Wintersmith + You + The good witch (2013) (Wintersmith)
Steeleye Span & Terry Pratchett    Band of teachers + The Summer Lady + Ancient eyes + We shall wear midnight (2013) (Wintersmith)
Procol Harum    Repent Walpurgis (1967) (Procol Harum)
Cream    Tales of brave Ulysses (1967) (Disraeli Gears)
Dave Greenslade    Small gods (1994) (Tales from the Discworld: Terry Pratchett)
9pm
Over Unity    Near (2011) (Collide the Space)
Lacrymae    Handel’s Apocalypse (2009) (The Hallowed Design)
United Progressive Fraternity    Intersection (2014) (Fall In Love With The World)
Unitopia    More than a dream (live, 2011) (One Night In Europe)
Moon Safari    Too young to say goodbye (2013) (Himlabecken Vol.1)
10pm
Gong    Radio gnome invisible + Zero the hero and the witches spell (1973) (The Flying Teapot)
Mother Gong and Daevid Allen   The owly song (1989) (The Owl And  The Tree)
Nektar    Desolation valley (live, Nearfest, 2002) (A History Of Progressive Rock)
Nektar    Cast your fate (1973) (Sounds Like This)
The Lammas Tide    In tangerine + Bethnal green + When all is said and done (2014) (Barefoot Electric)
Cybotron    Eureka (Guitar version) (1980)  (Implosion, bonus track on reissue CD)

The fine print:

The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it’s as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.- Terry Pratchett

It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done - Terry Pratchett

Playlist - 7 March 2015

This week, for the first program for Autumn, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, featuring a selection from the recently reissued 1976 debut album by the Australian electronic group Cybotron, plus Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest (Adelaide), The Merlin Bird (Melbourne) and Andy Salvanos (Adelaide), plus classic music from Fraternity (Adelaide) and Tamam Shud (Sydney). And it's happy birthday this weekend for Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum), Robert Calvert (Hawkwind) and Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd).

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Jade Warrior    Sun Ra + Sun child + Moontears + Heaven stone + Way of the sun (1978) (Way Of The Sun)
Ozric Tentacles    Dharma reggae (1984) (Erpsongs)
Ozric Tentacles    White rhino tea (live, 2007) (Sunrise Festival)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest    Stonehenge (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
Andy Salvanos    Radiant (2011) (Dream Recall)
The Merlin Bird    Rhyme to reason (2003) (Rhyme To Reason)
9pm
Cybotron    Parameters of consciousness (1976) (Cybotron)
Cybotron    Sonic Override: Gliding / The riddle / Answer (1976) (Cybotron)
Lonely Robot    Construct/Obstruct (Feb 2015) (Please Come Home)
It Bites    The tall ships (2008) (The Tall Ships)
Aisles    Hero (2013) (4:45AM)
Procol Harum    A whiter shade of pale (1967) (single only)
10pm
David Gilmour    Smile (2006) (On an Island)
Pink Floyd    Wish you were here (1975) (Wish You Were Here)
Dave Gilmour    Comfortably numb (live, 2006) (Live In Gdansk)
Tamam Shud    Sea the swells (live, 2007) (Noosa Rain)
Tamam Shud    GTK Theme/America (1970) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
The Reasoning    Hyperdrive (2012) (Adventures In Neverland)
Mike Oldfield    Tubular bells (single version) (1973) (Tubular Bells)
Hawkwind    Quark, Strangeness and Charm (1977) (Quark, Strangeness and Charm)
Cybotron    Eureka (Guitar version) (1980)  (Implosion, bonus track on CD reissue)

Playlist - 28 February 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, as a alternative (or an accompaniment) to the festival of speed happening around the streets of the Adelaide CBD. There's some recent music from Breaking Orbit (Sydney) and Karnivool (Perth), plus classics from Healing Force and Spectrum (in Adelaide last weekend). With the Sydney-based duo Tubular Bells For Two in Adelaide for the Festival Fringe, Mike Oldfield's landmark album is again not far away, and there's a selection from the musical legacy of Chris Rainbow (Alan Parsons Project, Camel).

8pm
Golden Earring    Radar love (1973) (Moontan)
Ozric Tentacles    Eternal wheel (1990) (Erpland)
The Flower Kings    Last minute on earth (2001) (The Rainmaker)
Pink Floyd    Things left unsaid + It’s what we do + Ebb and flow (2014) (The Endless River)
The Dregs    Cruise control (1981) (Unsung Heroes)
Rush    Red barchetta (1981) (Moving Pictures)
9pm
Alan Parsons Project    Turn of a friendly card (1980) (Turn Of A Friendly Card)
Camel    Long goodbyes (1984) (Stationary Traveller)
Karnataka    Road to Cairo (2015) (Secrets Of Angels)
Knight Area    The lost world (2014) (Hyperdrive)
Karnivool    Change (2009)  (Sound Awake)
Mike Oldfield    Tubular bells (single version) (1973) (Tubular Bells)
10pm
Breaking Orbit    Echoes + Conscious self + My direction (2012) (Time Traveller)
Spectrum   The Sideways Saga (1971) (Milesago – re-issue)
Marillion    Seasons end (1989) (Seasons End)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)

Playlist - 21 February 2015

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

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

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

Playlist - 14 February 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, starting with an atypical selection of songs for Valentine's Day. There's also some recent music from Anubis (Sydney), Lacrymae (Perth) and Domino (Sydney). The Sydney-based duo Tubular Bells For Two are in Adelaide for the Festival Fringe, so there's an obvious choice of music for tonight. And the Seasons Of Change Birthday Book has birthdays this weekend for two Australian musicians: Bob Daisley (Kahvas Jute and many bands overseas) and Mic Conway (Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band), as well as for Peter Gabriel.

8pm
Caravan   Love to love you (and tonight pigs will fly) (1971) (In The Land of Grey and Pink)
Spectrum   Love’s my bag + What the world needs (is a new pair of socks) (1971) (Milesago)
Porcupine Tree   Lazarus (2005) (Deadwing)
Jethro Tull   Fire at midnight (1977) (Songs From the Wood)
Renaissance   I think of you (1974) (Turn Of The Cards)
Camel   You make me smile (1978) (Breathless)
Peter Gabriel    Solsbury Hill (1977) (Peter Gabriel)Afro Celt Sound System (feat. Peter Gabriel)    When you’re falling (2001) (Volume 3: Further In Time)
Genesis    The return of the giant hogweed (live,1973) (Genesis Live)
Genesis     In the beginning (1969) (From Genesis To Revelation)
9pm
Yes    And you and I (1972) (Close To The Edge)
Ozric Tentacles    Trees of eternity (1985)  (Tantric Obstacles)
Anubis    The deepest wound + Leaving here tonight + Breaking water (2009) (230503)
Kahvas Jute    Odyssey (1970)  (Wide Open)
Kahvas Jute    Ascend + Ascension (live) (1970)  (Wide Open, bonus tracks)
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band    Your feet’s too big (1974) (Wangaratta Wahine)
Mike Oldfield    Tubular bells (single edit) (1973) (Tubular Bells)
10pm
Lacrymae    The hallowed design (2009) (The Hallowed Design)
Domino    Caravan (2013) (Where the Desert Meets The Sea)
Andy Salvanos    Tranquility (2007)  (Closer)
Rush    Cygnus X-1 (live, 1978) (Different Stages - Live)
Rush    At the speed of love (1991) (Counterparts)
Dream Theater    I walk beside you (2005) (Octavarium)
The Beatles   Something (1969) (Abbey Road)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)

Playlist - 7 February 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, tonight turning the clock back to 1970 with some fine music from the Sydney band Kahvas Jute plus more recent music from The Black Galaxy Experience (Melbourne). Since it was Waitangi Day yesterday in New Zealand, there's a feast of music from across the Tasman (Split Enz, Dragon and Airlord), 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
Gentle Giant    Playing the game (1974) (The Power And The Glory)
Karmakanic    Who’s the boss in the factory (2008) (Who’s The Boss In The Factory)
Karmakanic    Turn it up (2011) (In A Perfect World)
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)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    Four holes in the ground (1974) (The World Became The World)
Neon Leaves    Rites and the passage (2013) (Cinema Verite)
9pm
Nektar    New day dawning (feat. Norweigan Wood) (1973) (Sounds Like This)
Nektar    Recycle / Cybernetic consumption / Recycle countdown / Automation Horrorscope / Flight to reality / Unendless imaginations (1976) (Recycled)
Ozric Tentacles    There’s a planet here (1994) (Arborescence)
The Black Galaxy Experience    Clean cut (2013) (End Transmission EP)
Kahvas Jute    Free + Parade of fools (1970)  (Wide Open)
10pm
Hawkwind    The fifth second of forever (1980) (Levitation)
Hawkwind    Dust of time (1980) (Levitation)
Gong    Castle in the clouds (1973) (Angels Egg)
Hawkwind    Hurry on sundown (1970) (Hawkwind)
Split Enz    Walking down a road (1975) (Mental Notes)
Airlord    Is it such a dream (1977) (Clockwork Revenge)
Dragon    Darkness (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind)
Spectrum    Superbody (1970) (Part One)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)

Playlist - 31 January 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, tonight including some excellent Australian music from Dyssidia (Adelaide), Alithia (Melbourne), and Caligula's Horse (in Adelaide this week) as well as The Loving Tongue (Adelaide) with something from their 2003 sessions with Gavin O'Loghlen of Cotter's Bequest. And some selections from the musical legacy of Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream) and Demis Roussos (Aphrodite's Child).

8pm
Caligula’s Horse    A gift to afterthought (2013) (The Tide, The Thief & River's End)
Dyssidia    Deja senti (2013) (Quiet Waters EP)
Alithia    Thirteen (2014) (To The Edge Of Time)
Ozric Tentacles    Waterfall City (1999) (Waterfall Cities)
Pink Floyd    Louder than words (2014) (The Endless River)
Andy Salvanos    Waltz for Beatrix (2007) (Closer)
9pm
Tangerine Dream    Phaedra (1974) (Phaedra)
Focus    Hamburger concerto (1974) (Hamburger Concerto)
Aphrodite’s Child    The four horsemen (1972) (666)
Demis Roussos    When forever has gone (1977) (Magic)
The Sixxis    Waste of time (2014) (Hollow Shrine)
10pm
The Loving Tongue    Lady of the sea (2003) (Distant Dreams)
Renaissance    Pearls of wisdom + Dear Landseer + Northern lights (live, Japan, 2001) (In The Land Of The Rising Sun)
The Mighty Bard    Bird (2014) (Blue God And Other Stories)
Luna Rossa    Fly away (2014) (Secrets And Lies)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)

Playlist - 24 January 2015

It's Australia Day this Monday - 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 Fraternity, Healing Force, Spectrum, Tamam Shud and Tully, plus great music from more recent releases by Anubis, Ben Craven, Caligula's Horse, The Lammas Tide and Adelaide's own Unitopia: that's Seasons Of Change - all-Australian, this Saturday night, from 8pm until 11pm.

8pm
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only) 
Windchase    Forward we ride / Horsemen to infinity (1978) (Symphinity)
Sebastian Hardie    At the end (1976) (Windchase)
Sebastian Hardie    Another string (2012) (Blueprint)
Ben Craven    The conjurer + No specific harm + Solace (2011) (Great & Terrible Potions)
The Lammas Tide    Barefoot electric (2014) (Barefoot Electric)
  The Lammas Tide    Fothersby (2011) (High Tide)
9pm 
Unitopia    Journey’s friend (2008) (The Garden)
Caligula’s Horse    Water’s edge (2013) (The Tide, The Thief & River's End)
Kettlespider    The kettle spider (2010) (demo)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Spectrum    Untitled (1971) (Milesago)
Tamam Shud    Sea the swells (1972) (Morning Of The Earth, soundtrack)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
10pm 

Lobby Loyde    Adrift in Ether (1976/2006) (Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths of Klimster)
Cybotron    Black devil’s triangle (1980) (Implosion)
Madder Lake    Salmon Song (1973) (Still Point)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971)
(How’s Your Mother)
Anubis    Collapse (live) (2012) (A King With No Crown, single)
Andy Salvanos    Juggler’s song (2007) (Closer)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only)  

Playlist - 17 January 2015

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: 1973

 ...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. Spanning classics and oddities, this includes Australian music from Buffalo, Madder Lake, Mackenzie Theory, Star Spangled Banger, Mighty Kong and Ariel.

8pm
Rick Wakeman    Anne Boylen (Jan 1973) (The Six Wives Of Henry Viii)
Camel    Never let go (Feb 1973) (Camel)
Greenslade    Temple song (Feb 1973) (Greenslade)
King Crimson    Easy money (Mar 1973) (Larks Tongues In Aspic)
Mahavishnu Orchestra    Sanctuary (Feb 1973) (Birds Of Fire)
Pink Floyd    Money (Mar 1973) (Dark Side Of The Moon)
Curved Air    Purple speed queen (Apr 1973) (Air Cut)
Magma    Ima Suri Dondai (1973) (Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh)
9pm
Procol Harum    A rum tale (Mar 1973) (Grand Hotel)
Madder Lake    12lb toothbrush (Apr 1973)  (Still Point)
Madder Lake    Down the river (live) (Apr 1973)  (Sunbury 1973)
Yes    Roundabout (live) (May 1973) (Yessongs)
Le Orme    Felona + La solitudine di chi protegge il mondo + L’Equilibrio (1973) (Felona e sorona)
Gryphon    The unquiet grave (June 1973) (Gryphon)
Mackenzie Theory    Extra-terrestrial boogie (July 1973) (Out Of The Blue)
Star Spangled Banger    Fear of the night + Star spangled banger (1973) (Star Spangled Banger)
10pm
Buffalo    Intro: Pound of flesh + Shylock (August 1973) (Volcanic Rock)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band    Joybringer (1973) (single only)
Renaissance    Carpet of the sun (Oct 1973) (Ashes Are Burning)
Genesis    I know what I like (in your wardrobe) (Oct 1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Nektar    Remember the future (10 minute promotional edit) (Oct 1973) (Remember The Future)
Mighty Kong    Some other new address (Dec 1973) (All I Wanna Do Is Rock)
Ariel    Worm turning blues (Dec 1973) (A Strange Fantastic Dream)
The Break    Majestic kelp (2013) (Space Farm)

Most probably during 1972, here's Mackenzie Theory performing ET Boogie, live on the ABC TV show GTK:

Playlist - 10 January 2015

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, Flake, Jeff St John, Samael Lilith, Tamam Shud, Tully and Zoot.

8am
Jethro Tull    The witches promise (January 1970) (single only  / M.U. The Best Of)
The Golden Earring    Eight miles high (January 1970) (Eight Miles High)
Egg    Fugue in D minor (March 1970) (Egg)
Jeff St John & Copperwine    Cloud nine (March 1970) (Joint Effort)
Sherbet    Crimson ships (April 1970) (single only / So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star?)
King Crimson    Cat food (May 1970) (In The Wake Of Poseidon)
Yes    Sweet dreams (June, 1970) (Time And A Word)
9pm
Zoot    Flying (July 1970) (Just Zoot)
Zoot    I’m only sleeping (rec. 1970) (The GTK Tapes Vol.1)
Flake    Wheel’s on fire (1970) (How’s Your Mother)
Samael Lilith    Nights in white satin (1970) (single only / So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star?)
Traffic     John Barleycorn (July 1970)  (John Barleycorn Must Die)
Affinity    Three sisters (1970) (Affinity)
Doug Parkinson In Focus    Purple curtains (September 1970) (single only / Psych Bites: Australian Freakrock 1967-1974 Vol.1)
Beggar’s Opera    Raymond’s road (1971) (Act One)
Pink Floyd    Fat old sun (October 1970)  (Atom Heart Mother)
Syd Barrett    Octopus (January 1970) (The Madcap Laughs)
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)
Tully    You realise you realise (July 1970) (Tully)
Genesis    Stagnation (October 1970) (Trespass)
Curved Air    It happened today (November 1970) (Air Conditioning)
The  Nice    Intermezzo from the Karelia suite (June 1970)  (Five Bridges Suite)
Emerson, Lake and Palmer    The barbarian (November 1970) (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
Zoot    Eleanor Rigby (December 1970) (single only / Zoot Locker)

Playlist - 3 January 2015

For the first edition of "Seasons Of Change" for 2015, to paraphrase the title of a very early Pink Floyd song, we...

SET THE CONTROLS FOR: 1975

 ...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 Sebastian Hardie and the eclectic Rainbow Theatre; and, from across the Tasman, Dragon and Split Enz.

8pm
Steeleye Span    Little Sir Hugh (Jan 1975) (Commoners Crown)
Rush    Making memories (Feb 1975) (Fly By Night)
Curved Air    Back street luv (live) (Feb 1975) (Curved Air Live)
Hatfield and the North    Share it (Mar 1975) (The Rotters Club)
Ariel    Rock & roll scars (Mar 1975) (Rock & Roll Scars)
Renaissance    I think of you (Mar 1975) (Turn of The Cards)
Tangerine Dream    Rubycon (extract) (Mar 1975) (Rubycon)
Genesis    Carpet crawlers (Apr 1975) (The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway)
Camel    Flight of the snow goose (Apr 1975) (The Snow Goose)
Hawkwind    Magnu (May 1975) (Warrior On The Edge Of Time)
9pm
Rick Wakeman    Merlin the magician (May 1975) (The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table)
Split Enz    Spellbound (Jul 1975) (Mental Notes)
Caravan    Stuck in a hole (single version) (Aug 1975) (Cunning Stunts)
Sebastian Hardie    Glories Shall Be Released - Dawn of Our Sun - Journey Through Our Dreams - Everything Is Real (Aug 1975) (Four Moments)
Kansas    Song for America (single version) (Aug 1975) (Song For America)
Gentle Giant    On reflection (Aug 1975) (Free Hand)
PFM    Chocolate kings (1975) (Chocolate Kings)
10pm
Procol Harum    Pandora’s box (Sept 1975) (Procol’s Ninth)
Rainbow Theatre    The Armada (suite) (1975) (The Armada)
Pink Floyd    Wish you were here (Sept 1975) (Wish You Were Here)
Dragon    Darkness (Oct 1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind)
Van der graaf Generator     The undercover man (Oct 1975) (Godbluff)
Barclay James Harvest    Titles (Oct 1975) (Time Honoured Ghosts)
Chris Squire    Lucky seven (Nov 1975) (Fish Out Of Water)
Queen    Love of my life (Nov 1975) (A Night At The Opera)