MEDIUM RARE

British band Jadis plays accessible, energetic guitar-driven neo-prog (in layman's terms - long-ish songs with multiple lead themes, guitar-synth interplay), running the specter from adult-oriented rock to hard rock. This a collection of EPs and various outtakes, dating from the first decade of the band's recording career (considered to be their best, although all albums merit a spin). But given the 70-minute length, the strength of the original material and the fact that the songs have been remastered or rerecorded in a way that brings out the instrumental power of the band (important, given the later Jadis tendency to drift into blander forms of AOR), it is a worthy, if unspectacular, listen