Progressive Rock Archives - Page 20 of 33

Alan Parsons – The NeverEnding Show: Live In The Netherlands (2021) [CD + Blu-ray]

Alan Parsons - The NeverEnding Show: Live In The Netherlands (2021) [CD + Blu-ray]

The show was recorded live on May 5, 2019and showcases the performance that Alan Parsons Live Project held atthe Tivoli in Utrecht, Netherlands. The band was, as usual, in fine formand fed extra energy by an enthusiastic audience. Continue reading “Alan Parsons – The NeverEnding Show: Live In The Netherlands (2021) [CD + Blu-ray]”

Asia – Asia in Asia: Live at The Budokan, Tokyo, 1983 (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Asia - Asia in Asia: Live at The Budokan, Tokyo, 1983 (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Asia – Asia in Asia: Live at The Budokan, Tokyo, 1983 (2022) [Official Digital Release]
[CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.78 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG | Genre: Progressive Rock

The second of three shows at the historic Budokan arena in Tokyo, on 6th December 1983, would make history as first live broadcast between Japan and MTV in America, an amazing achievement for its time. Continue reading “Asia – Asia in Asia: Live at The Budokan, Tokyo, 1983 (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Various Artists – Eddie Piller Presents: British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s (2022) [4CD Set]

Various Artists - Eddie Piller Presents: British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s (2022) [4CD Set]

Four CDs. Demon are proud to release Eddie Piller Presents British Mod Sounds Of the 1960s, the follow up the The Mod Revival. Featuring 100 original tracks, it’s a deep dive into the Mod scene in ’60s Britain. Including a selection of classic and rare tracks, tracing the scene from it’s R&B roots to a soulful finale. Curated by Acid Jazz Records and Modcast founder Eddie Piller, and featuring new sleeve notes from respected author and broadcaster Paul ‘Smiler’ Anderson. Continue reading “Various Artists – Eddie Piller Presents: British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s (2022) [4CD Set]”

Van Der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts (1971) [2021, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, New Mix, DVD + Hi-Res]

Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts (1971) [2021, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, New Mix, DVD + Hi-Res]

Deluxe edition of the classic 1971 album from Van der Graaf Generator heralded as one of the groundbreaking albums of the progressive era. Remastered from the original first-generation master tapes featuring a new stereo mix and 5.1 Surround sound mix by Stephen W Tayler and additional bonus tracks from the album sessions. Continue reading “Van Der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts (1971) [2021, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, New Mix, DVD + Hi-Res]”

Fish – Weltschmerz (2020) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

Fish - Weltschmerz (2020) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.83 GB (Hi-Res) + 559 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSV 1-514 | Genre: Symphonic Rock, Progressive Rock
Pressed On Supervinyl

Mastered from the original analog master tapes, pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl vinyl at RTI, and housed in a tip-on jacket, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition 180g LP of Eldorado allows the longtime audiophile staple to resonate with previously unheard dynamics, tones, and colors. Conjuring the feeling of journeying to different horizons, the record’s songs teem with layer upon layer of details, which can now be heard as the producers intended. Continue reading “Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Rush – Moving Pictures (1981) [2022, 40th Anniversary Edition, Remastered] [Official Digital Release]

Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) [2022, 40th Anniversary Edition, Remastered] [Official Digital Release]

Rush – Moving Pictures (1981) [2022, 40th Anniversary Edition, Remastered]
[Official Digital Release]
2x Discs | FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1021.9 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mercury | Genre: Progressive Rock

Celebrating 40 years of Moving Pictures, featuring the 2015 remaster of the original album (available on CD for the first time) and the complete, unreleased Toronto concert from March 25, 1981.
Continue reading “Rush – Moving Pictures (1981) [2022, 40th Anniversary Edition, Remastered] [Official Digital Release]”

Styx – Discography (1972-2021)

Styx - Discography (1972-2021)

Although they began as a progressive art-rock band, Chicago’s Styx would eventually transform into the virtual arena rock prototype by the late ’70s and early ’80s due to a fondness for bombastic rockers and soaring power ballads. Known for penning classic rock staples like “Lady,” “Renegade,” “Foolish Young Man,” and “Come Sail Away,” the band has issued 17 studio albums, including the triple-platinum-selling Grand Illusion, Pieces of Eight, and Paradise Theater. Shifting tastes in popular music and multiple lineup changes tempered the group’s radio dominance as the decades progressed. Continue reading “Styx – Discography (1972-2021)”

The Alan Parsons Project – The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project - The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project – The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983)
[CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.25 GB (Hi-Res) + 475 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Arista | US | Cat#: AL8-8193 | Genre: Progressive Rock

The 12 tracks that appear on The Best of the Alan Parsons Project include some of their greatest singles, like “I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You” from 1977’s I Robot and the inducing “Games People Play” off of The Turn of a Friendly Card. Even though these songs are splendid all by themselves, they seem to lose their conceptual weight when taken away from their original albums. Continue reading “The Alan Parsons Project – The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (1983) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

U.K. – Danger Money (1979) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

U.K. - Danger Money (1979) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

U.K. – Danger Money (1979) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.27 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: UK | Genre: Progressive Rock

Danger Money is the second and final studio album by the progressive rock supergroup U.K., featuring John Wetton , Eddie Jobson and Terry Bozzio. It was released by E.G. Records / Polydor in March 1979. Early versions of “The Only Thing She Needs”, “Caesar’s Palace Blues” and “Carrying No Cross” (which had the opening chords to “Danger Money” in its intro) had been performed on tour throughout 1978 by the band’s original line-up with Bill Bruford and Allan Holdsworth. “Rendezvous 6:02” and “Nothing to Lose” were both edited for single release. Continue reading “U.K. – Danger Money (1979) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Fish – Weltschmerz (2020)

Fish - Weltschmerz (2020)

In September 2020, Fish released Weltschmerz, his final studio album. The album was supported by the singles ‘Weltschmerz’, ‘Garden of Remembrance’ and ‘This Party’s Over’. The album received positive reviews and was very commercially successful, having sold over 60,000 copies to date. Continue reading “Fish – Weltschmerz (2020)”

Marillion – An Hour Before It’s Dark (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Marillion - An Hour Before It's Dark (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Marillion – An Hour Before It’s Dark (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 1.09 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: earMUSIC | Genre: Progressive Rock

Whether it’s the last hour you were allowed to play outside as a child before you had to go home, a reference to the fight against time in regard to the climate crisis or the last minutes of a person’s life – “An Hour Before It’s Dark” certainly doesn’t lack interpretations. Be it “Seasons End” on the 1989 album of the same name or the much discussed track “Gaza” on the 2012 album “Sounds That Can’t Be Made” – Marillion have never minced their words and don’t do so on this album either. Continue reading “Marillion – An Hour Before It’s Dark (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]”

Circus – Circus (1976) [2022, Japanese Remastered, SHM-CD]

Circus - Circus (1976) [2022, Japanese Remastered, SHM-CD]

Coming from the NW Switzerland on the language border between the Alemanics and the Romands, this unusual quartet of musicians has a strange line-up. Hauser is one of the better percussionists (still playing but in jazz bands nowadays), and bassist Cerletti (the only non-Alemanic in the band) is certainly excellent plays also acoustic guitar. The other two, Fri and Grieder, share the wind instruments with the vocals. That’s it! No KB and almost no el. guitars, at least on the first two albums. Continue reading “Circus – Circus (1976) [2022, Japanese Remastered, SHM-CD]”

Big Big Train – Welcome To The Planet (2022)

Big Big Train - Welcome To The Planet (2022)

Welcome To The Planet is the next studio album by Big Big Train and comes six months after the release of the band’s critically acclaimed top 40 album Common Ground. As With Common Ground, Welcome To The Planet sees Big Big Train retain their progressive roots but also take influence from all spheres of music. The album’s opener ‘Made From Sunshine’, co-written by guitarist Dave Foster and singer David Longdon, has guitar lines redolent of Johnny Marr and vocal harmonies reminiscent of the Finn Brothers/Crowded House, with violinist Clare Lindley sharing lead vocals with Longdon. Continue reading “Big Big Train – Welcome To The Planet (2022)”

The Pineapple Thief – Discography (1999-2021)

The Pineapple Thief - Discography (1999-2021)

British prog rock band the Pineapple Thief, led by founder and frontman Bruce Soord, have become one of the most restless rock outfits of the 21st century and, while spending years as a cult attraction, nonetheless possess a large following in Europe, Asia, and the United States. While the group’s music is often likened to Radiohead’s and Porcupine Tree’s, the generalization falls far short in describing a constantly evolving sound that deftly balances sophisticated indie pop, theatrical rock, 21st century prog, textured electro-acoustic ambiences, and neo-psychedelia. Continue reading “The Pineapple Thief – Discography (1999-2021)”