Gaskin Stewart surely must be on Prog Archives,

I would like to suggest that there is a major omission on Prog Archives (God bless it). Dave Stewart unquestionably played a major role in the expantion of late 60's/70'sProgressive Rock in England (especially to Canterbury Scene). He has been part of Gaskin Stewart for over 25 years now and yet this band has never been included (although Egg, Hatfield and The North, Kahn and National Health are all included in the archive). With the release of the their latest album (18 years in the making) I think is time that 'the powers that be' at PA be encouraged to include them ASAP. There may be a suggestion that this is a Pop band. Well if that is the case it is certainly Pop music for adults. I defy anyone who has heard "New Jerusalem" from the"Big Idea" album to tell me that this not Prog Rock. To me this track is one of the greatest Prog Rock tracks ever written and performed. Everything from the lyrics to the instrumentaion, arrangement, soloing and singing are pure progressive rock music of the highest calibre. Their folow up album has incredible prog. rock versions of "Walking The Dog" (no really! go listen to it...it's incredible) and "Eight Miles High". On both albums Gavin Harrison (Porcupin Tree), Jacko and Andy Reynolds make major contributions. So there it is, "But I need proof" say the people that make the decissions at PA (and that is only fair) so please go listen to http://www.myspace.com/davestewartbarbaragaskin and then agree with me that S&G have been left off the Archive for way to long and (please) add them ASAP (like was done with Jakko recently). Thanks

Samples are available at http://www.myspace.com/davestewartbarbaragaskinand the category I would like to see them (at best) in is "Canterbury Scene", but they are "Prog Related" at worst.

BRIAN STEFFENSEN wrote: Samples are available at http://www.myspace.com/davestewartbarbaragaskinand the category I would like to see them (at best) in is "Canterbury Scene", but they are "Prog Related" at worst.

http://www.myspace.com/davestewartbarbaragaskin

OK, I'll inform the Canterbury team.

By the way, next time, this should be posted in the Suggestion's thread

Based on their only song I know (It's my party) my answer would be no !

debrewguy wrote: And we don't want to argue with artists who claim they are not prog  (right Mr R F)

I'm sorry, but Stewart/Gaskin has been rejected for inclusion in either Canterbury or Crossover.  The feeling was that while the music was quite good, it was just too much of either a pop or modern alt-rock nature to be included.

It's weird, I was thinking off the top of my head that they might be a good fit for crossover or prog related.  Then I read the current definitions of each again on the site and there seems to be a little contradiction going on between the two...

They shouldn't be counted out for their cover tracks.  Being well familiar with the original material I still maintain they should be included somewhere. 

The new one is one of my new additions that wound up with a soaked CD case/booklet in the flood last month.
Hey, at least the disc is fine.


Edited by Slartibartfast - October 27 2009 at 19:34

Thank you Brian.  I was actually just thinking of my 3 year old, your post did an admirable job of reminding me of his behavior when he doesn't get his way.

Oh Dear!