26 December, 2015

Playlist - 26 December 2015

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

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

20 December, 2015

Playlist - 19 December 2015

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

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

12 December, 2015

Playlist - 12 December 2015

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, spending some time with some of the more interesting releases and re-releases from 2015. There's also selections from the musical legacy of Chris Squire (Yes), Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream), Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia, etc), John Tout (Renaissance) and Chris Rainbow (The Alan Parsons Project, Camel and others).

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

05 December, 2015

Playlist - 5 December 2015

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

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