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garethsprogblog
Nov 24, 202416 min read
Canterbury pilgrimage
There are a number of different reasons to make the pilgrimage to Canterbury; 3 independent record stores and an HMV to cater for all tastes
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garethsprogblog
Nov 16, 20249 min read
Progressive rock in 1974
By 1974 I’d had over a full year of immersion into progressive rock, a term which wasn’t yet being applied to the genre, though what I...
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garethsprogblog
Oct 12, 20246 min read
Instant gratification - the phenomenon of ‘taking the gig home with you straight after the show’
I'm very much in favour of buying recordings of gigs I've attended, should they become available at some date after the concert in...
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garethsprogblog
Mar 18, 20228 min read
Prog and the violin
Sometime in 1978 or 1979 in a Zoology class at Goldsmiths’, fellow students Jo Wallace and Karen Fraser were discussing the use of the...
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garethsprogblog
Jul 10, 20207 min read
Live albums for lockdown (part 2)
While a live album can’t compare with being physically present at a gig, the best of them are able to convey a sense of outstanding music...
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garethsprogblog
May 18, 20185 min read
Shhh, peaceful
If you choose to go to a pub, which is more likely than not to be showing some desperately important sporting event and could...
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garethsprogblog
Jul 11, 20176 min read
The perfect length
I’ve just ripped a rather large pile of my wife’s CDs to mp3 for her which according to the categories ascribed by Windows Media Player...
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garethsprogblog
Sep 12, 20155 min read
Building utopia with prog
I was offered, and accepted, a new job this week. My rolling post-retirement contract with the private organisation that was drafted in...
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garethsprogblog
Mar 28, 20157 min read
Broad church
Early in the new millennium, when progressive rock was emerging from underneath rocks and dragging itself out of slimy ponds, I...
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garethsprogblog
Jan 31, 20156 min read
The magic flute
Back in 2015, the lack of availability of albums by progressivo Italiano band Jumbo forced me to buy a download of DNA, the first of...
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garethsprogblog
Apr 13, 20145 min read
When did prog emerge?
When did prog emerge? That's one of the great prog questions...
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garethsprogblog
May 10, 20137 min read
Motivation radio
In the early 70s, radio was a vital medium which began to play an increasingly important role in my interest in prog. Though BBC Radio 3...
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