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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...

garethsprogblog
Jul 11, 20176 min read


Should I stay or should I go?
Anti-Brexit demonstration (Photo: Wix) I remember the UK joining the EEC in 1973 better than I remember the last time the UK took part in...

garethsprogblog
Jun 11, 20167 min read


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...

garethsprogblog
Jun 4, 20167 min read


War and peace
It’s indisputable that progressive rock was a genre of grand concepts from the straightforward interpretation of classic novels (Camel’s...

garethsprogblog
Apr 20, 20156 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...

garethsprogblog
Mar 28, 20157 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...

garethsprogblog
Jan 31, 20156 min read


Little Red Record
There is an increasing amount of printed information about Rock Progressivo Italiano (RPI.) From the odd line or two in the original...

garethsprogblog
Aug 16, 20136 min read


Tripping
In mid-May I was in Dublin to see Steve Hackett and while I was there I indulged in some retail therapy. Tower Records in Wicklow Street...

garethsprogblog
Jun 8, 20134 min read
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