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The Pink Floyd Experience
Ten years ago (11th November 2013) I went to see Think Floyd, who made the claims ‘the UK’s premier Pink Floyd tribute band’ and ‘the...
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garethsprogblog
- Apr 22, 2023
- 10 min
A ProgBlog guide to Venice
Contrary to my previous pronouncements about the availability of prog in Venice, I can now reveal that there is a record store in the...
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garethsprogblog
- Jul 10, 2020
- 7 min
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
- Jun 29, 2018
- 7 min
Match of the Day
One of my recent purchases, on a short trip out to Crystal Palace, was a £1 copy of Short Stories (1980) by Jon and Vangelis, from...
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garethsprogblog
- May 27, 2018
- 8 min
The end of an era
One of my Record Store Day 2018 purchases, that is one of the limited editions specially produced for the occasion rather than one of the...
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garethsprogblog
- Mar 5, 2018
- 18 min
Nine album challenge
The Instagram and Twitter trend ‘9 albums that changed my life/mean most to me’ (#9albums) which appeared in January 2018 didn’t pass me...
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garethsprogblog
- Feb 5, 2018
- 7 min
Hype & existential questions
BBC Four has just shown a new, three-part series Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider’s Guide to the Music Business where the timing of the...
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garethsprogblog
- Jul 11, 2017
- 6 min
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
- Apr 29, 2017
- 7 min
A ProgBlog guide to Crystal Palace
The Crystal Palace was originally built in Hyde Park for the first World Exposition in 1851, a structure designed to be temporary with...
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garethsprogblog
- Nov 5, 2016
- 5 min
Strange but true
I visited the You Say You Want a Revolution? Records and Rebels 1966 - 1970 exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in November...
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garethsprogblog
- Jun 4, 2016
- 7 min
What does it say on the label?
Getting into music in 1972 meant that I may have missed out on records released on some of the early, innovative imprints like Decca’s...
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garethsprogblog
- Nov 28, 2015
- 5 min
Come on the Amazing Journey, and Learn All You Should Know
(A guest blog by Mike Chavez) The scene: a dimly lit village hall around 7pm in a small town in rural Wiltshire. A group of middle-aged...
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garethsprogblog
- Mar 28, 2015
- 7 min
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
- Dec 6, 2014
- 5 min
Burmese Blue
The headline for a review of a Procol Harum gig in The Independent from early December 2014 suggested that Procol Harum should be...
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garethsprogblog
- Apr 13, 2014
- 5 min
When did prog emerge?
When did prog emerge? That's one of the great prog questions...
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garethsprogblog
- Nov 16, 2013
- 5 min
Lean years for prog (part 4)
Lean years for prog? When I moved on from the Transfusion Centre in 1986 to work at Charing Cross Hospital, part of my leaving present...
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garethsprogblog
- Aug 24, 2013
- 6 min
Lean years for prog (part 1)
University challenges I arrived at university with the best hi-fi system in my hall of residence. I’d worked at the steel mill in Barrow...
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garethsprogblog
- Apr 14, 2013
- 4 min
Definitions
Though most readers will have a good understanding of the term ‘progressive rock’ it is inherent in the nature of many prog fans to query...
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