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I found this through a review on DRPR's website. Never heard of him before but I've digging his 2011 debut album. Anyone else ever hear him? Give this track a listen.

Frank Carducci Alice's Eerie Dream

ETA: first name is actually Franck.

 
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Steven Wilson's sound cloud page streaming "First Regret/3 Years Older" from the forthcoming "Hand.Cannot.Erase"

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Today is the U.S. release.
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It is yet another absolutely stunning, breathtaking work of art by Mr. Wilson. I don't know how he does it, quite honestly.
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The bolded sums up last night's NYC show. Guthrie Govan (guitar) and Marco Minneman (drums) are not part of the US tour as they're off doing their Aristocrates thing. Still a great show with fantastic visuals. Quick comment about the setlist:

I was very surprised at the number of PT songs played this time around. Was really only expecting to hear one but he pulled out 4 of them.
 
Steven Wilson has teamed up with Live Nation and Yahoo to live-stream his June 13th concert live from Los Angeles. This is one of 365 concerts to stream over a 12-month period on the Live Nation Channel on Yahoo Screen. Fans can tune in on June 13th at 8:00pm PT here: https://screen.yahoo.com/live/event/steven-wilson. Fans will also have the freedom to stream the concert wherever they are through Yahoo Screen on iOS, Android, mobile web, desktop, and Smart TV platforms including Apple TV, Roku, and Xbox 360. Photo credit: http://www.joedeltufo.com

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I am hoping SW doesn't think of this as the concert for fans to see from this show instead of releasing a live DVD. I was a tad disappointed that we didn't get a proper live DVD from The Raven tour, although I get why (he probably didn't want to release one after just doing one from the Grace for Drowning tour), but one from the current tour would more than make up for it. :yes:

Regardless, SW is at the top of my "just take my money" music list right now. :lol: Whatever he releases, I buy, no questions asked.

 
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Well my niece and her boyfriend have finally gotten a deal to release their album. I mentioned it upthread a bit and some of you were interested in hearing some of it.

The band is called Ghost Medicine and it consists of my niece Sarah Hoefer on vocals, her (now ex) boyfriend Jared Leach on guitar and vocals. Scott Prian on drums and Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree on bass. Colin Edwin isn't actually part of the group, he just played bass because Jared had the stones to ask him and he agreed after listening to some of the tracks. They ended up not using any of my niece's violin work on the final mix (that's not why they broke up).

Here is the first single. It's my second favorite track on the album (I have a copy of the tracks, but they are not officially out yet).

https://youtu.be/-trSFkXTleY

 
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Run It Up said:
Searched thread for Coheed and Cambria, no results.

Really? What are you guys doing in here?

In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

The Afterman: Ascension & Descension
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Great band and Claudio is one of the most talented artists on the planet. Going to see them Tuesday night
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Sick, they were gonna come here back in 2012 and cancelled at the last minute when Claudio got sick. They made up for it though and returned 3 months later and played a relatively small venue. This was inbetween the releases of Ascension and Descension. It was a great show. Closest they are coming for this tour is Chicago, much too far for me.

Article about the band that just came out.

 
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Steven Wilson has teamed up with Live Nation and Yahoo to live-stream his June 13th concert live from Los Angeles. This is one of 365 concerts to stream over a 12-month period on the Live Nation Channel on Yahoo Screen. Fans can tune in on June 13th at 8:00pm PT here: https://screen.yahoo.com/live/event/steven-wilson. Fans will also have the freedom to stream the concert wherever they are through Yahoo Screen on iOS, Android, mobile web, desktop, and Smart TV platforms including Apple TV, Roku, and Xbox 360. Photo credit: http://www.joedeltufo.com

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timely bump

 
Just flipped it on in time see most of Ancestral and Happy Returns. Pretty awesome, which is to be expected from SW of course. :thumbup: :thumbup:

 
I mentioned The Pineapple Thief previously upthread. Came across this article on FB and thought I'd post some of it here. I recommend their 2012 album "All The Wars".

Full article here.

The Pineapple Thief first appeared on the scene during 1999 and by the time I discovered them they had just released their third album ‘Variation on a Dream’. Hunting down a copy of this album put me in touch with Bruce Soord who turned out to be the band’s lead guitarist and primary songwriter.

Despite the band having a record label at that time, Bruce was still heavily involved with distribution and promotion of his albums. This included everything down to the packaging and posting of the goods, along with a host of other tasks that go into making a band work.

For the next few years I followed the fortunes of The Pineapple Thief, attended gigs, events, and even joined the bands online community where, through that, I have met some really wonderful people. At the same time I was still in contact with Bruce exchanging the odd email as he would do with many other people.

By the spring of 2008 The Pineapple Thief had signed to the K.Scope record label. Now K.Scope happens to be a sub-division of the larger independent Snapper Records. They also release the music of bands and artists that include the likes of Steven Wilson, No-Man, Blackfield and Anathema along with many, many others. In fact The Pineapple Thief’s critically acclaimed seventh album ‘Tightly Unwound’ became the K.Scope label’s first official release.

Signing to K.Scope not only gave The Pineapple Thief greater exposure but also linked them up with a management team that had far greater resource. And this move freed up Bruce’s time. And he could now concentrate more on the music rather than dealing with the day to day cottage industry that he and the band had built up.

Towards the end of July 2013 I received an email from Bruce Soord explaining that Snapper Records wanted to release a cut price double CD on another of their subsidiary labels - Recall. This compilation of The Pineapple Thief’s music would be used as a promotional tool that would hopefully introduce even more music listeners to the band.

Snapper also wanted the album’s CD booklet to have liner notes that included a complete history of the band. At that time, and as explained further on, Bruce was tied up with other projects. He knew though that I enjoyed researching band histories and putting the articles together. He asked if I would be up for writing something for this new compilation CD. I can’t begin to tell you how blown away I was by the offer. What an honour.

I was then put directly in touch with the record label who, in turn, gave me a remit along with examples of how previous compilation albums from the same series of releases had turned out.

Having initially fired from the hip and accepted the task without a second thought I do remember, quite clearly, the moment when the enormity of it all then suddenly hit me. This CD package was going to go out worldwide and was potentially going to be heard and read by an awful lot of people. I knew then that I really had to research this properly and ensure it was going to be as accurate as possible with no margin for error. In reality though, it was just like any other article and I thoroughly enjoyed completing it.

The resulting album titled, ‘Introducing - The Pineapple Thief’, was released in January 2014 and from what I understand has sold reasonably well. It collects together gems from throughout the band’s back catalogue and is a great way to explore the band’s music history. The album is readily available from Amazon and other online retailers such as Burning Shed who stock many of the K.Scope releases along with a wealth of other great music.

Back to mid-2013 and June of that year had seen the release of an album called ‘Wisdom of Crowds’. The seeds for this project began many years ago but its eventual realisation featured Bruce Soord along with Jonas Renske who also happens to be lead vocalist of Swedish metal band Katatonia .

Katatonia themselves had also released an acclaimed album during 2012. It was titled ‘Dead End Kings’ and it was released on the Peaceville label in August 2012. So successful was ‘Dead End Kings’ it was nominated for a Grammy award in the band’s homeland of Sweden.

Katatonia suffered a shock departure from the band in 2014 when guitarist Per Eriksson left. Bruce Soord was then asked to temporarily replace Eriksson and perform on vocals and guitar for the band’s May 2014 European acoustic tour. A permanent replacement for Per Eriksson has now been found.

Of course The Pineapple Thief is not a one-man band. Bruce is joined by long-time friend Jon Sykes on bass, Steve Kitch on keyboards and, more recently, Dan Osbourne on the drums and other percussion instruments. Plus Bruce has the backing of a very understanding and incredibly supportive family.

‘All The Wars’, the band’s previous album, was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studios. The sleeve artwork for that particular release was designed by the late Storm Thorgerson who, as many will know, created many of the iconic album sleeves that accompanied records by Pink Floyd and many other bands.

So clearly, and after all these years, The Pineapple Thief now seems to be emerging onto a higher stage and making more and more people sit up and take notice. But it has taken a long time and it is the culmination of a great deal of effort and sacrifice.

 
Kingcrow's new album "Eidos" was released today. Never heard them before but saw a facebook post from DRPR* today with a link to a track. Full album on Spotify. Quite good imho.

*Dutch Progressive Rock Page :thumbup:

 
Anyone here digging Neal Morse's new record, The Grand Experiment? Between his solo stuff, Spock's and Transatlantic, he has a ####load of material, but this is some of his best work to date. "The Call" and "Alive Again" are both phenomenal. :thumbup: :thumbup:

 
Missing Frank Zappa today. No particular reason. But if you are not familiar with Watermelon in Easter Hay, give a listen. The link below holds the key to a monster concert from a monster band (the Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life) and at the 1:42:58 mark, you can indulge in the beauty that is Watermelon in Easter Hay. Enjoy the whole show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do5xBmUOm0I

 
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Missing Frank Zappa today. No particular reason. But if you are not familiar with Watermelon in Easter Hay, give a listen. The link below holds the key to a monster concert from a monster band (the Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life) and at the 1:42:58 mark, you can indulge in the beauty that is Watermelon in Easter Hay. Enjoy the whole show! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do5xBmUOm0I
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FZ is grossly under-represented here in the FFA.

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Anyone else listen to Devin Townsend? This is my 3rd attempt to like him - might be catching on.

Been listening to Z^2 this afternoon. Interesting to say the least. Thoughts?

 
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Anyone else listen to Devin Townsend? This is my 3rd attempt to like him - might be catching on.

Been listening to Z^2 this afternoon. Interesting to say the least. Thoughts?
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He's freaking awesome.

I wouldn't recommend Z2 to start with, though. The Ziltoid sequel (Dark Matters disc) is just okay, and the Sky Blue disc is really good, but it's the same thing stylistically as Addicted and Epicloud, which are both much better records.

But hey, if it's grabbing you, go with it. :headbang:

Just make sure to get Terria, which is not only his best record, but one of the best records by anyone ever. :moneybag:

 
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Favorite 5 Progressive Rock songs over 10 minutes long:

Supper's Ready - Genesis

Gates of Delirium - Yes

All of the Above - Transatlantic

Behind the Great Beyond - Glass Hammer

The Camera Eye - Rush

Honorable Mention: La Villa Strangiato - Rush which comes in at just under 10 minutes at 9:37

 
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I listened to Fragile by Yes in the car today for the first time in forever. Great Album, Great Sound.

I would maintain that the 5 albums that epitomize the Yes sound were: The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, Fragile, Relayer, and Tales from Topographical Oceans.

How would you rank those 5 albums for personal enjoyment?

My rankings would be:

1. Relayer

2. The Yes Album

3. Close to the Edge

4. Fragile

5. Tales from Topographical Oceans
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*RIP CHRIS SQUIRE*

At one time, I was pretty in to prog, and had albums by Yes, ELP, Genesis, King Crimson, Jethro Tull (Pink Floyd if they count, I don't think of them as a prog band). I haven't listened to them much lately, except King Crimson occasionally.

Coincidentally, due to recent interest in the 192/24 & 96/24 hi-res and 5.1 surround capabilities of a new HT receiver, that led to some recent Yes re-mixes by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree fame (actually, maybe more so for his re-mixes lately, where he has been prolific in recent years). Wilson has been working on some extensive 96/24 hi-res and 5.1 surround sound re-mix projects from original tape masters, not only for Yes, but also King Crimson and Jethro Tull, dabbling in the first two ELP albums before dropping out, citing that he was more creatively inspired by the other three prog giants (AFAIK, he hasn't worked on Genesis material).

Anyways, The Yes Album, Close To The Edge and Relayer have been released in Blu-ray audio versions, and Fragile is coming out around 11-6. I'm hopeful Tales From Topographical Oceans is on deck, and will see the same deluxe treatment next (those would be my top five, as well, not familiar enough with them lately to rank them, though). I haven't had a chance to check these out yet, but will soon. It seems like prog rock in general, and Yes specifically, are tailor made for the potential sonic upgrade and enhancements of the more precise hi-res format and the wider soundscape of surround sound. Watching and listening to the Live At Montreaux concert on Blu-ray now, and it sounds great (I've seen the Symphonic Yes concert, too, but it has been a while).

There are a lot of King Crimson titles in their back catalog (including most/all of their early work - I have Larks Tongues In Aspic and Red from their early/mid-'70s peak, as well as the later, early-'80s Discipline with Adrian Belew and Tony Levin) avail in 40th Anniversary 2 disc editions with a CD and DVD audio. I similarly haven't had a chance to check out the DVD audio portion yet, but hope to soon. Tull was a band I was never really that into, but Wilson has worked on Benefit, Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, A Passion Play, War Child, Minstrel In the Gallery and Too Old To Rock 'n Roll But Too Young To Die is due just after Thanksgiving. These also all come in deluxe, multi-CD/DVD sets (not sure if DVD or DVD audio) with new 5.1 surround sound mixes in hi-res. After listening to most of those full albums yesterday on youtube, I have a renewed appreciation for Tull as a prog band, and their music. Some prog can be overwrought, pretentious, bombastic (so could some of Mahavishnu Orchestra, also great musicians), but imo Wilson has employed excellent taste in those bands and legacies he has opted to work with. Another thing he is praised for is his restraint, and honoring the sound of the original mix, but refining it, making it clearer in some cases, with greater separation between the instruments and vocals.

Two other, lesser known acts he has worked on are Hawkwind (Warrior On The Edge Of Time) and Gentle Giant (The Power And The Glory and Octopus), who I have never been that familiar with, just heard OF them. These all come in hi-res, surround versions (Octopus out next week). After doing some research on them, interesting groups, imo. The former, particularly, has been a revelation. Hawkwind has been described as trance/stoner/space rock, purveyors of face melting space rock and garage psychedelic space metal. The trance part is at times reminiscent of Can, especially the locked in robotic groove of the drums, they were reportedly the biggest influence on Monster Magnet for the stoner part, and they were riffing on space possibly before (or concurrently with?) bands like Yes and Rush.

Hawkwind - Space Ritual (LIVE full album, may be their masterpiece)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYAd0-ifNlM

Do Not Panic (1 hour BBC doc on Hawkwind)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zBNQL7Uo9w

Top 10 Prog Groups (75 minute BBC doc)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQOJHUl4_kE

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Favorite 5 Progressive Rock songs over 10 minutes long:

Supper's Ready - Genesis

Gates of Delirium - Yes

All of the Above - Transatlantic

Behind the Great Beyond - Glass Hammer

The Camera Eye - Rush

Honorable Mention: La Villa Strangiato - Rush which comes in at just under 10 minutes at 9:37
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Nice! It's always great to see someone else who is into Transatlantic. :thumbup: :thumbup: '

As to your question, I'd go with:

Rush - 2112

Yes - Gates of Delirium

Transatlantic - Stranger in Your Soul (by just a hair over All of the Above)

Genesis - The Cinema Show

Dream Theater - Scarred

I didn't include Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond because it is technically two tracks. Same goes for Garden of Dreams by Flower Kings, which is more of a suite of songs than a single epic.

Realistically, I could probably list 100 great prog rock songs that are 10 minutes or longer. :yes:

 
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I have Fragile in DVD-A and its fantastic. Crank it up on a big surround system and you feel immersed in music. Same with Porcupine Tree's Deadwing ("Arriving Somewhere..."). The new DVD-A mixes of Close to the Edge and Relayer should be awesome. Might have to pick them up.

The new release of Crimson's Red is worth it just for the live bonus tracks "Improv: Voyage to the Centre of the Cosmos", "Improv: Providence" and "Starless". Both the "Improv" pieces from June 30, 1974 Providence, RI (missing is a great version of "Easy Money" performed between the 2 improvs).

 
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I have Fragile in DVD-A and its fantastic. Crank it up on a big surround system and you feel immersed in music. Same with Porcupine Tree's Deadwing ("Arriving Somewhere..."). The new DVD-A mixes of Close to the Edge and Relayer should be awesome. Might have to pick them up.

The new release of Crimson's Red is worth it just for the live bonus tracks "Improv: Voyage to the Centre of the Cosmos", "Improv: Providence" and "Starless". Both the "Improv" pieces from June 30, 1974 Providence, RI (missing is a great version of "Easy Money" performed between the 2 improvs).
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There are some massive box sets for Red and LTIA.

I forget I think I have the three songs you mentioned from the original Great Deceiver box set (4 CDs, later broken up into two double CD sets, parts 1 & 2), though not sure if the sonics are as good, probably not since that is older. Than again, reportedly some of the myriad bootlegs in the more recent album dedicated boxes still vary greatly in sound quality.

 
DPRP shared this article on Facebook and I thought it was an interesting read on '80s prog. Marillion, Pendragon, IQ, Twelfth Night. God awful photo of Marillion at the top of the page. Fish looks like either a drag queen or male prostitute.

 
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Cross-Fertilization

Musicians in more than one top band

Joe Lake was in King Crimson and ELP.

Bruford in Yes than King Crimson (pretty sure he didn't overlap with Lake).

 
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Cross-Fertilization

Musicians in more than one top band

Joe Greg Lake was in King Crimson and ELP.

Bruford in Yes than King Crimson (pretty sure he didn't overlap with Lake).
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Bruford was in Yes then Cimson till Fripp broke them up for a hiatus. He was then the touring drummer for Genesis during the Trick of the Tail tour before Chester Thompson became their permanent touring drummer.

Prior to Genesis, Thompson was in Weather Report and was one of Zappa's Mothers.

Another well-traveled musician is Adrian Belew, who was also a Mother, then played with Bowie, Talking Heads and finally Crimson.

 
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Bob Magaw said:
Cross-Fertilization

Musicians in more than one top band

Joe Greg Lake was in King Crimson and ELP.

Bruford in Yes than King Crimson (pretty sure he didn't overlap with Lake).
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Bruford was in Yes then Cimson till Fripp broke them up for a hiatus. He was then the touring drummer for Genesis during the Trick of the Tail tour before Chester Thompson became their permanent touring drummer.

Prior to Genesis, Thompson was in Weather Report and was one of Zappa's Mothers.

Another well-traveled musician is Adrian Belew, who was also a Mother, then played with Bowie, Talking Heads and finally Crimson.
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Chester Thompson is a great drummer (and Daryl Stuermer an excellent guitarist, rounding out the Genesis touring band).

Genesis post-Gabriel in '76, with Bruford on drums (VIDEO 44 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtgIbmyIvyA

This is an extra on the two disc, DVD portion of Trick Of The Tail. I like the Peter Gabriel era best, and later they moved in very pop-oriented, commercial direction when Phil Collins took over as the vocalist. HOWEVER, the transitional studio albums of Trick Of The Tail and Wind And The Wuthering preserve some of the classic Genesis prog rock sound (especially the latter), at which point Steve Hackett departed. So I should also say I'm a big fan of the Hackett era, who joined with Collins after Trespass (though most people don't think of that as an "era" - incidentally, was he the first to employ the two handed tapping technique later made famous and popularized by Eddie Van Halen?). I used to play TOTT a LOT, but wasn't as familiar with WATW. I never had the live Seconds Out album (Brudford plays for a song, but mostly documents Thompson on the '77 tour), but the playing on the above video is smoking at times, so I'll have to seek that out. I also wasn't as familiar with pre-Selling England By The Pound (my favorite Genesis album), but recently listened to Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme and thought they were great.

Genesis with Gabriel '73, one of the better available shows (VIDEO 60 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FBcz3tBH74

Wind And The Wuthering

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRE-T6kcVlw

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Selling England By The Pound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-jS4e3zacI

Foxtrot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLQORWmqpuo

Nursery Cryme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ-I0htgXYI

* Belew is in the King Crimson videos a few posts above, an extremely talented and versatile musician (saw with KC twice, the Discipline tour at the Greek Theater in '81, I think, and later, the double trio at the House Of Blues on Sunset Blvd., augmenting the four piece with Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelloto). He played on by far my favorite Talking Heads album, Remain In Light, produced by Brian Eno (the urban jungle sound was heavily influenced by the seminal Eno/Byrne collaboration, My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts). That period was well documented in Stop Making Sense. Belew wasn't in the film, but heavily featured was P-Funk keyboard genius/wizard Bernie Worrell. ​

 
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