Category Archives: Reissues

AUDIENCE – Friend’s Friend’s Friend

August 27, 2015

Charisma 1970 / Esoteric 2015 Sending their message down the line, newly invigorated proto-proggers find their burning soul. Easy come, easy go: that’s how it was for this band quickly signed by Polydor and just as quickly dismissed when their … Continue reading →

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SABATTIS – Warning In The Sky

August 25, 2015

Jargon 2011 / Out-Sider 2015 Arresting artifact from 1970: acidic hard rock at its most delicious. Despite their name, this quartet, formed in New York in 1968, could hardly be influenced by British bands of similar stripe, but a couple … Continue reading →

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LUCIFER’S FRIEND – Awakening

August 21, 2015

Cherry Red 2015 High ‘n’ mighty cast a glance back on their glory road and pick up where they left off. Long before the current crop of international prog metal ensembles, there were LUCIFER’S FRIEND. A German band fronted by … Continue reading →

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ANTHONY PHILLIPS – Harvest Of The Heart: An Anthology

August 17, 2015

ANTHONY PHILLIPS - Harvest Of The Heart - An Anthology

Esoteric 2014 Expansive yet concise observation of multicolored, if pastel-hued, works by the English National Treasure sort of musician. For all the manifold of ‘ albums – about three dozens of them – the guitarist’s debut single under his own … Continue reading →

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BLIND RAVAGE – Blind Ravage

August 14, 2015

Crescent Streel 1971 / Out-Sider 2015 Obscure, if brilliant, and naive, if wild, heavy prog from Montreal that offers a roar and a rave. Quebec isn’t famous for its rough rock, but this quartet, who formed in 1969 and banged … Continue reading →

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