Album due out in November. A taster track has been released, and clearly appropriate for Crossover.

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Thanks.

it's Mark Kelly of Marillion side project. All we need is the line up when the albums comes out. 

The website is at;  https://marathonsounds.com/" rel="nofollow - https://marathonsounds.com/

My apologies for not providing it before. I was in a bit of a rush. The website gives the line-up and a brief history of the band.

When they are accepted, I will provide the team with a brief bio, but I will contact Lucy at Marillion for a band bio and a possible interview as I did with Edison’s Children.

With respect, I would ask that the team put this through without waiting for the full album release. It is a no-brainer for inclusion, given the identity of the lead protagonist and the sampler track released.

I received the cd and dvd on preorder last Friday. The official release date is 27 November, and I would like the addition process to be expedited as soon as is possible.

Is there any way I could send you a digital link for eval purposes only? You would have to show me how to do this, I am afraid.

Anyone who enjoys the more melodic end of the prog spectrum needs to look into this album a little more. It's a really excellent piece of work indeed, and people of the aforementioned ilk will be very glad indeed that they took the trouble to give it a spin.

Edit: Album streaming links to save people searching for them:

Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/album/3xqT6AVoQsv1GvqIMtoFvj" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/album/3xqT6AVoQsv1GvqIMtoFvj .

YouTube Music:  https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nnxVTh8MMnjUfibgzXkpgAdHhea8LiqAo" rel="nofollow - https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nnxVTh8MMnjUfibgzXkpgAdHhea8LiqAo .

Thanks David. Great stuff. Could the team now evaluate?

patience please, the project is new, the album barely released. 

Under evaluation, it's gonna be here soon. 

Keishiro San, I have the cd uploaded to my computer. If you can tell me a way of sharing it with you, I will happily do so.

Bump.

Bumpity bump.

Any news on progress, please? This should be an absolute shoo-in for inclusion, and there are reviews across the net everywhere but here.....

Good to hear from you, Tony. Agree with every word.

Why wait for the third vote? It is never in a month of Sundays going to be a no. Delays for a major artist such as Kelly really does the reputation of this site no good whatsoever.

Understood what you say, but please keep in mind we Teams are all volunteers.

Consider Marathon can be cleared in near future so would you let us take time?

14 years on this site and I completely forgot we were all volunteers! 

I am fully aware of both the guidelines and especially the fact team collabs are volunteers, thank you. I was a collab working alongside you on the neo team for a while.

This row is nothing new, but to repeat, Kelly is a major figure in the progressive rock world. This reminds me very strongly of the Squackett row, another act who were always going to be accepted, but in the end were “placed” on the site owing to frustration with a long evaluation time.

It should take no more than a couple of minutes to evaluate Marathon. In addition, an act such as this really should be a priority, as opposed to Fred Buggins and His Pacemakers who have released one extended set of songs available exclusively on Bandcamp.

If a collab is unavailable for personal life reasons, then as an admin, you have the authority, surely, to push the addition through.

When artists such as this release an album, especially via a new collaborative project, they want the publicity at or around the time of release. They want reviews. They are happier to do interviews. This album was released in November following quite a long crowdfunding campaign. Quite honestly, I don’t think that I will approach Mark for an interview now. As usual, PA has missed the boat owing to its additions policy, and I will take time to do a review as well.

To close, I am fully aware of the policy and the voluntary status of team members. If you want help, all you have to do is ask. Whilst I have no desire to be a full time team member again, I am more than happy to help out when needed, and I have offered this before. Perhaps if you and fellow admins might wish to discuss a more flexible artist addition policy which better reflects the reality of collabs situations? I would be more than happy to help with this as well. I hate top say it, but the sclerotic manner in which we do things really does have an impact on a limited audience perception of the site, and not in a good way.

Keishiro San, you have completely misunderstood the purpose of my post. No apology was expected, or required. I am merely trying to expedite an addition of a major artist to the site efficiently, so I freely apologise should any offence have been taken. 

My overarching point is that we surely can be more efficient in doing these things. That is not a criticism of you personally, but the site rules and guidelines. Rules might not be there to be broken, but they can surely be bent a wee bit when circumstances allow?

Would it not be worthwhile to have some sort of policy to pull the talents of "retired" members to fill in temporarily when a member has to be absent due to personal/family reasons? Or perhaps to find a way to share the workload by having some members designated as "rotating," meaning that if they have time and are knowledgeable of the genre, they can fill in temporarily on a team that is backlogged?

Again, sorry if I'm stepping on anyone's toes. 

I’ll do it when I finish work tonight.

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