Post-1970's Prog: The Year 2006
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Topic: Post-1970's Prog: The Year 2006
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Post-1970's Prog: The Year 2006
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 00:53
2006: Deluge Grander - August in the Urals - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lIF1JWQASsOeF5KmQOMvDscYcC5FzsiP4" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lIF1JWQASsOeF5KmQOMvDscYcC5FzsiP4 2006: The Enid - Sheets of Blue - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kqWrRJM8T1fOt-za97sFZXskadhoh7VGw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kqWrRJM8T1fOt-za97sFZXskadhoh7VGw 2006: The Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kgbiJoqXtOZEyEiPUMvLUR7g6BaVMB1Ik" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kgbiJoqXtOZEyEiPUMvLUR7g6BaVMB1Ik 2006: Frost* - Milliontown - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k4ZraXTdjsFZIUa5hezIYzYwj32u-myPg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k4ZraXTdjsFZIUa5hezIYzYwj32u-myPg 2006: David Gilmour - On an Island - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nGwqy7yJhN62T_T5_IqGNnXnu_aPTGLhA" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nGwqy7yJhN62T_T5_IqGNnXnu_aPTGLhA 2006: Steve Hackett - Wild Orchids - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZk18N28DPe2XXgTJAco1pV" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZk18N28DPe2XXgTJAco1pV 2006: Iona - The Circling Hour - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbWSFdFmc3VTSBVZtJBMMqb" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbWSFdFmc3VTSBVZtJBMMqb 2006: Jadis - Photoplay - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mQznjqTo6NuJ4BYQ4J6_1nMz2AsVmAL_8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mQznjqTo6NuJ4BYQ4J6_1nMz2AsVmAL_8 2006: Karda Estra - The Age of Science and Enlightenment - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvYWYb54WVe1wCGiRUwTOio" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvYWYb54WVe1wCGiRUwTOio 2006: Karfagen - Continuum - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nG3SFmFPbw6LLVkaUhqFycez-CDP5YWr0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nG3SFmFPbw6LLVkaUhqFycez-CDP5YWr0 2006: Kotebel - Omphalos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nkC76B0pf9Mck-VtPV1Ev6nCb5AYXJrzY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nkC76B0pf9Mck-VtPV1Ev6nCb5AYXJrzY 2006: Little Tragedies - New Faust - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oImfiGTNYY&t=5358s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oImfiGTNYY&t=5358s 2006: Magenta - Home - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKS0fMqXsgBwG9NIf68a7mB" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKS0fMqXsgBwG9NIf68a7mB 2006: The Mars Volta - Amputechture - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nAAwZAQLp5YyKW8fb7nB5ylzkYnJbHkeg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nAAwZAQLp5YyKW8fb7nB5ylzkYnJbHkeg 2006: Mostly Autumn - Heart Full of Sky - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbzEGM5N74-dFh2cfhiNzWa" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbzEGM5N74-dFh2cfhiNzWa 2006: Nexus - Perpetuum Karma - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6IKWqzh3nyCcAAGLAQ-bSgF3FgVhTmrx" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6IKWqzh3nyCcAAGLAQ-bSgF3FgVhTmrx 2006: North Sea Radio Orchestra - North Sea Radio Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZ9auIYG5H2KLtccNoIzf92" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZ9auIYG5H2KLtccNoIzf92 2006: The Pineapple Thief - Little Man - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kSNQh2vNhjp86Z5U19AnVLpueq5cfcNjQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kSNQh2vNhjp86Z5U19AnVLpueq5cfcNjQ 2006: Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZ2-iFz6NqVKlPj0RPohWEN" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEZ2-iFz6NqVKlPj0RPohWEN 2006: Saga - Trust - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWi8ecyWn39jQ2JtL7kfVV2hYZ_knbSko" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWi8ecyWn39jQ2JtL7kfVV2hYZ_knbSko 2006: Seven Reizh - Samsara - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1lVjaLwfVXvExhBhKBJ5SJ4rd7-hV_gU" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1lVjaLwfVXvExhBhKBJ5SJ4rd7-hV_gU 2006: Shamall - Ambiguous Points of View - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mutdw653iJCsjMJM4741us5m5ywz3nlpk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mutdw653iJCsjMJM4741us5m5ywz3nlpk 2006: Spock's Beard - Spock's Beard - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kZNoVSiiMMnJhuSAPYCni4gLOJ4_mTKgE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kZNoVSiiMMnJhuSAPYCni4gLOJ4_mTKgE 2006: The Tangent - A Place in the Queue - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEajbXCRB7tc9jY6adfUZSj0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEajbXCRB7tc9jY6adfUZSj0 2006: Rick Wakeman - Retro - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvKhWgXjrcJejQVF6QSeWlb" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LvKhWgXjrcJejQVF6QSeWlb
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 01:34
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 02:17
Little Man is one of my all-time favourite The Pineapple Thief albums. But, although I love The Pineapple Thief, it took a long time for me to be able to buy this album, let alone listen to it. I almost didn’t buy it, and when I bought it, I almost didn’t listen to it.
And, although as aforementioned, this is one of my all-time favourite The Pineapple Thief albums, I still hardly ever listen to it. So since I’ve not listened to it for around three years, I’ve made myself listen to it again now.
This is an extremely beautiful, fragile, and melancholic album to listen to - whilst at the same time, in spite of the beauty and fragility, it is also dark, heavy, and sometimes almost violent. It is extremely moving. Even the cover art is extremely evocative, and triggering. I find it hard to look at, as beautiful as it is.
When my son, Toby was born, it was a very hard time for me. We went to the hospital just to be sure, as Cherish was a little worried. We weren’t really given much information, but it was clear the hospital staff were worried, too. Cherish was rushed in for an emergency caesarean. Toby came out blue, limp, still and quiet. He was given diamorphine. We were able to see him for a little while, before he was taken away to SCUBU (or whatever it is called these days).
While Cherish was taken back to a ward for recovery, I was spoken to, and taken to see Toby. I was told that there was a good chance he wouldn’t make it through the night, but please not to tell Cherish, as she needed to rest and recover from the emergency procedure. I could barely see Toby for all the equipment covering his face and chest, and all the wires and tubes connected to his body.
Toby struggled through his first days, but he is alright now. I can’t imagine what it must be like, to actually lose a child. I struggled for quite some time after Toby recovered. Unbeknownst to me, I was suffering from post-natal PTSD. It was diagnosed by the midwife when she was visiting Cherish prior to the birth of my daughter, Phoebe.
The cover art is harrowing for me, and the music more so. Most of my friends who know me through a shared love of music, know that generally speaking lyrics pass me by. The vocals are usually just another instrument in the mix for me, and I very rarely pay attention what is actually being sung. Perhaps because I am aware of what this album describes lyrically, or perhaps because there are so few lyrics at all, they stand out more, I can’t help but hear them on this album. Quite clearly the lyrics are written from the (broken) heart, and I do find them hard to process.
I know a lot of people make Radiohead comparisons with this album, and of course I can hear why. I also hear a lot of Anekdoten, though whether Bruce had listened to that band, I don’t know. Perhaps it’s just the gravity (excuse the bad pun) of the lyrics and music?
As is almost always the case with The Pineapple Thief, the album finishes marvellously, if somewhat crushingly. It reminds me quite a bit of Remember Us from Variations, despite sounding quite different. The beeping which features throughout tightens my chest every time it appears. I’m immediately back in SCUBU, by Toby’s side with those beeps. It’s amazing how one simple sound can pull back so many memories. For a long time, even when I could listen to this album, I couldn’t listen to this song. It’s one of my favourite TPT songs now, even if I still rarely manage to listen to it.
It must have been hard for Bruce to write this, but cathartic. It is hard for me to listen to, but cathartic. Music is medicine.
Toby’s suffering was due to undiagnosed Group B Strep. My Little Man is alive. He, and we, were lucky. Others are not. This is a wonderful album which is often overlooked in TPT’s discography. Perhaps because it is too personal? Perhaps it is only appreciated (if that’s even the right word) by those who have been through similar trauma? Regardless, it gets my vote. For Bruce, for his Little Man, and for me, and my Little Man.
------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 03:29
The Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel
------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."
Music Is Live
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.
Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… <
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 03:30
TT
------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 03:43
Number of albums I'd listened to in the poll before 2010 = Only 1 (David Gilmour)
Number of albums I listened to for the first time yesterday = 10 (Deluge Grander; Karfagen; Kotebel; Little Tragedies; The Mars Volta; Nexus; The Pineapple Thief; Saga; Seven Reizh; Shamall)
Number of CD albums I currently own in the poll = Only 1 (David Gilmour)
Voted for..... David Gilmour
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 03:45
Mostly Autumn - Heart Full of Sky.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*)
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 03:49
VianaProghead wrote:
Mostly Autumn - Heart Full of Sky. |
I wish I'd voted for Mostly Autumn too now, then they would've been leading the poll, but I voted the same way as Cristi for a change.
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Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 04:10
Cristi wrote:
<span style=": rgb240, 241, 245;">Frost* - Milliontown</span> |
Me too…although I’m the first to vote for it!!
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 04:15
essexboyinwales wrote:
Cristi wrote:
<span style=": rgb240, 241, 245;">Frost* - Milliontown</span> |
Me too…although I’m the first to vote for it!! |
what's happening with that quote? I didn't say that.
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 04:24
Thanks Nick for sharing this moving story. It will actually make me explore that album. As I haven't done so yet, my favourites here are rather predictably North Sea Radio Orchestra, Karda Estra, and Porcupine Tree. Very nice to see the first probably not very well known NSRO album in this poll, and it gets my vote.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 04:48
Milliontown is a masterpiece.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 05:07
North Sea Radio Orchestra
------------- Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 06:10
Cristi wrote:
Frost* - Milliontown |
Yes, I came to the same conclusion.
A lot of bands I like released albums that year, but many were slightly under par.
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 06:26
Mr. Hackett, Mr. Gilmour, and Mostly Autumn for this round.
------------- Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Posted By: Archisorcerus
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 06:37
The Tangent - A Place in the Queue
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 07:50
Nexus
------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 08:50
Rick Wakeman's Retro – recorded entirely with vintage gear pulled out of storage.
------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 09:17
This, I think, is the easiest poll so far.
Frost* - Milliontown
Then The Tangent - A Place in the Queue.
------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 09:18
Steve Hackett, David Gilmour, Porcupine Tree.
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Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 12:10
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 12:18
PT Arriving Somewhere + Deluge grander Iona Gilour Jadis Kotebel Tangent North Sea radio Orchestra and Nexus
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 12:44
Heart of the Matter wrote:
Gilmour + Magenta. |
I'd rank the albums in that same order too with Mostly Autumn running a very close third.
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 13:38
Deluge Grander followed by The Tangent and, at some distance, Iona and David Gilmour.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 13:44
someone_else wrote:
Deluge Grander followed by The Tangent and, at some distance, Iona and David Gilmour. |
It's good to see a vote for Deluge Grander, when I wan't sure if anyone would know an obscure album from the remote region of the Urals.
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 17:06
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: September 20 2022 at 17:37
Porcupine Tree over Pineapple Thief and I like The Tangent release too.
------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Posted By: EduTatsumi
Date Posted: September 21 2022 at 10:35
1- Frost* - Milliontown 2- Magenta - Home 3- The Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: September 21 2022 at 18:24
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 21 2022 at 20:53
^ Kotebel's Omphalos for me too, in my case over the Deluge Grander and Karda Estra albums.
------------- Just a fanboy passin' through.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 22 2022 at 00:29
I'm sure there's a Russian band in the poll somewhere, although not necessarily from the Urals region.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 23 2022 at 11:14
A preview of the 25 prog artists coming up in tomorrow's poll for the year 2007:-
Anekdoten Big Big Train Dream Theater The Flower Kings Galahad Gazpacho Karda Estra Knight Area Jon Lord Lunar Dunes Magic Pie Marillion Neal Morse Nexus Outer Limits Pendragon Phideaux The Pineapple Thief Porcupine Tree Riverside Satellite Chris Squire The Tangent Vangelis Rick Wakeman
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 09 2022 at 04:19
nick_h_nz wrote:
Little Man is one of my all-time favourite The Pineapple Thief albums. But, although I love The Pineapple Thief, it took a long time for me to be able to buy this album, let alone listen to it. I almost didn’t buy it, and when I bought it, I almost didn’t listen to it.
And, although as aforementioned, this is one of my all-time favourite The Pineapple Thief albums, I still hardly ever listen to it. So since I’ve not listened to it for around three years, I’ve made myself listen to it again now.
This is an extremely beautiful, fragile, and melancholic album to listen to - whilst at the same time, in spite of the beauty and fragility, it is also dark, heavy, and sometimes almost violent. It is extremely moving. Even the cover art is extremely evocative, and triggering. I find it hard to look at, as beautiful as it is.
When my son, Toby was born, it was a very hard time for me. We went to the hospital just to be sure, as Cherish was a little worried. We weren’t really given much information, but it was clear the hospital staff were worried, too. Cherish was rushed in for an emergency caesarean. Toby came out blue, limp, still and quiet. He was given diamorphine. We were able to see him for a little while, before he was taken away to SCUBU (or whatever it is called these days).
While Cherish was taken back to a ward for recovery, I was spoken to, and taken to see Toby. I was told that there was a good chance he wouldn’t make it through the night, but please not to tell Cherish, as she needed to rest and recover from the emergency procedure. I could barely see Toby for all the equipment covering his face and chest, and all the wires and tubes connected to his body.
Toby struggled through his first days, but he is alright now. I can’t imagine what it must be like, to actually lose a child. I struggled for quite some time after Toby recovered. Unbeknownst to me, I was suffering from post-natal PTSD. It was diagnosed by the midwife when she was visiting Cherish prior to the birth of my daughter, Phoebe.
The cover art is harrowing for me, and the music more so. Most of my friends who know me through a shared love of music, know that generally speaking lyrics pass me by. The vocals are usually just another instrument in the mix for me, and I very rarely pay attention what is actually being sung. Perhaps because I am aware of what this album describes lyrically, or perhaps because there are so few lyrics at all, they stand out more, I can’t help but hear them on this album. Quite clearly the lyrics are written from the (broken) heart, and I do find them hard to process.
I know a lot of people make Radiohead comparisons with this album, and of course I can hear why. I also hear a lot of Anekdoten, though whether Bruce had listened to that band, I don’t know. Perhaps it’s just the gravity (excuse the bad pun) of the lyrics and music?
As is almost always the case with The Pineapple Thief, the album finishes marvellously, if somewhat crushingly. It reminds me quite a bit of Remember Us from Variations, despite sounding quite different. The beeping which features throughout tightens my chest every time it appears. I’m immediately back in SCUBU, by Toby’s side with those beeps. It’s amazing how one simple sound can pull back so many memories. For a long time, even when I could listen to this album, I couldn’t listen to this song. It’s one of my favourite TPT songs now, even if I still rarely manage to listen to it.
It must have been hard for Bruce to write this, but cathartic. It is hard for me to listen to, but cathartic. Music is medicine.
Toby’s suffering was due to undiagnosed Group B Strep. My Little Man is alive. He, and we, were lucky. Others are not. This is a wonderful album which is often overlooked in TPT’s discography. Perhaps because it is too personal? Perhaps it is only appreciated (if that’s even the right word) by those who have been through similar trauma? Regardless, it gets my vote. For Bruce, for his Little Man, and for me, and my Little Man.
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Thanks for sharing your memories, Nick. I'll be sure to add The Pineapple Thief's albums to my future playlists, having only given the Little Man album a brief listen up to now.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 17 2023 at 12:11
This poll result finally puts the icicle on the cake for Frost*, not only winning the recent Neo Prog poll but winning easily here too against all-comers.
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 17 2023 at 16:20
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: October 18 2023 at 00:50
Magenta - Home Mostly Autumn - Heart Full Of Sky Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere Steve Hackett - Wild Orchids
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 18 2023 at 05:21
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