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Sagichim

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 05:40

Il Volo - S/T
Capitolo 6 - Frutti Per Kagua
Split Enz - Mental Notes

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 05:52

Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

Quatermass - s/t

Rush - Fly By Night

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 06:32

Stick Men - Power Play

"At paranoia's poison door..."

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 07:50

Finch - Glory of the Inner Force
Rush - 2112
Accordo dei Contrari - Kinesis, AdC
Armonite - Inuit
Michael Brueckner - The Shadow Machine
Krokodil - An Invisible World Revealed

Satin Whale - Desert Places (stone cold classic, their one absolute defining LP, and in my top 10 albums, neglected for a little too long!)

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 13:43

Astra-The Black Chord

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 17:18

Had a fun, chilled out day. It was all Prog today. :)

Devin Townsend--Ziltoid The Omiscient (love this album very much. Great character)
Pink Floyd--Pulse (disc 2)--Here is where Roger was missed.
Devin Townsend--Ghosts (this just proves that heavy Devy doesn't have to be heavy devy all the time. Such a great artists. Diverse as they come.)
Judas Priest--Nostradamus (I had to spin this one again. It's amazing. )
Dream Theater--Live At The Budokan (Disc 1 of 3 Only)
Rush--A Farwell To Kings (can't say enough about this one.)
Goblin--Suspiria

Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 18:13

Jethro Tull - Aqualung (I think I'm starting to like Jethro Tull, or maybe I was in a good mood for appreciate it)
Jethro Tull - Living in the Past
Soft Machine - Volume Two
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Locanda Delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole (a random RPI album Spotify recommended me. It's such a gentle album Approve

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Al DiMeola - Elegant Gypsy (Wow! Why didn't I listen to this before Big smile

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 18:20

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Gilmore as a guest? Yup. Gotta agree. He's a sparse one on the record. Above all it is the RW show all the way. Pretty cool how when Gilmore made his Floyd vision with AMLOR and The Division Bell, he absolutely killed it! What an amazing set of Floyd albums without any Roger element at all. Just goes to show you how much waters and Gilmore are like McCArthy and Lennon. They can do great things on their own. :)

I absolutely love The Division Bell, the guitar work is so perfect Cry

But I understand why many people prefer The Final Cut to this one, as I don't like any Roger Waters solo album LOL

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 18:29

Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain

Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue

Camel - I Can See Your House From Here

David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

The Mothers of Invention - We're only in it for the money

Robert Fripp - Love Cannot Bear (Soundscapes - Live In The USA)

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside / Lionheart / Never For Ever

Sandy Denny - A Boxful of Treasures (disc 1 only)

Popol Vuh - Seligpreisung

Jimmy McGriff - Cherry

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 21:39

Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Krokodil - An Invisible World Revealed
Satin Whale - Desert Places (stone cold classic, their one absolute defining LP, and in my top 10 albums, neglected for a little too long!)

Michael how do you like that Krokodil album? I listened to it for the first time about a month ago and still haven't checked it out again.

And Satin Whale! Great album yes but top 10 really?

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 21:52

Sagi! That Satin Whale album....It's a personal top ten album for me for sure! If my house was about to be swept away (and we've got vile stormy weather right now, the strongest winds I've heard in years, so it might happen!) and I could only take a handful of albums, that would be one I instantly think to grab. I've had it for about 15 years, I used to spin it every few weeks, and it just floors me every time! OK, so the vocals are a bit rough, but the playing is tight, and the instrumental jams have a lot of variety! I find it so addictive with no filler at all. It's a shame the few other albums of theirs I've tracked down haven't been a patch on it...and they overuse these dreadful female chorus vocalists!

That Krokodil one is a stunner as well, a nice swampy take on psych/prog...I've got the LP reissue, but it's worth getting the CD instead. It comes with a ton of bonus tracks, including some lengthy instrumental jams.

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 22:04

I don't know any other Satin Whale albums, I actually never thought of getting any. But I do like the album very much, I actually rediscovered it about two years ago after years of not playing it, some really fine guitar work ha? I'll put it on today

I've got the Krokodil CD version but i don't think I even got to the bonus tracks, it's time for a second spin since you've mentioned it.

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Posted: July 30 2014 at 22:12

Henry Kaiser - Where Endless Meets Disappearing
Steve Hackett - Momentum
Henry Kaiser - Moose and Salmon

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Posted: July 31 2014 at 06:20

Last ones listened to have been

Spock's Beard - X

Gentle Giant - The Power and The Glory

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Posted: July 31 2014 at 06:51

Present - Le Poison Qui Rend Fou
Kayak - See See The Sun
Satin Whale - Desert Places
Il Volo - S/T
Duncan Mackay - Chimera
Pascal Duffard - Dieu Est Fou
Rustichelli & Bordini - Opera Prima

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Posted: July 31 2014 at 07:34

Sagichim wrote:

Present - Le Poison Qui Rend FouKayak - See See The SunSatin Whale - Desert PlacesIl Volo - S/TDuncan Mackay - ChimeraPascal Duffard - Dieu Est FouRustichelli & Bordini - Opera Prima

Damn, look at those choices, my friend!!

Present - their second album, and in my top 5 absolute choices...Believe it or not, I play that one (to everyone's confusion!) almost once a week at work...absolutely essential, and it completely chills the air around you when you spin it! I recently bought the CD reissues of their first two a month or so back, but haven't been able to explore them properly yet.

`Rustichelli & Bordini - Opera Prima' is one of my personal favourite RPI discs, I've always got a copy in the car. How baffling are those scratchy coarse vocals!

Man, that one borders on Italian prog perfection for me, truly essential.

I hope you dug the 'Whale too, man!

For my selections:

Canarios - Ciclos
Nosferatu - s/t
The Coral - Roots and Echoes (modern psych/pop perfection, a real timeless quality to this little beauty)
Satin Whale - Desert Places (yes, Sagi, again!

Franco Falsini - Cold Nose

And then some electronic stuff:

Phillip Wilkerson - Sojourner
Steve Roach - The Desert Sessions: volume 1, The Delicate Beyond.

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Posted: July 31 2014 at 07:58

I'm glad we're synced on the quality of these albums Thumbs Up

I love every one of them and yes the Whale was pure joy!
How do you like Cold Nose? I never listened to it.

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Posted: July 31 2014 at 09:44

Sagichim wrote:

I'm glad we're synced on the quality of these albums Thumbs Up

I love every one of them and yes the Whale was pure joy!How do you like Cold Nose? I never listened to it.

Ahh, Satin Whale....without a doubt the COOLEST band name in prog history!

`Cold Nose' is superb, Sagi...it compliments some of those later Ashra albums that blend electronics with ethereal and restrained blissful electric guitars. I rate that one very highly, it's like a dreamy ambient comedown fromt he spacerock of Sensations' Fix!