Just when I thought I knew Far East Family Band through albums like Nipponjin (1975) and Tenkujin (1977), they gave us Parallel World, which is their third album. Like their previous album, Klaus Schulze was given a hand (in the mixing department), only this time around his influence is even stronger. The three guys handling […] Continue reading →

For every Yes, ELP, Genesis, King Crimson, etc., there were many more lesser known prog rock bands. Bands like Gentle Giant, Van der Graaf Generator, Caravan, Cressida, Beggars Opera, Spring, etc. all created some great music but were often forgotten in the mists of time, but those who found out about these bands gave high […] Continue reading →

This 1970 adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror has often been unjustly maligned. No, I wouldn’t call it a masterpiece of cinema, but a pretty unintentionally silly and amusing adaptation of the Lovecraft story. Don’t expect the movie to be 100% true to the story, in fact Lovecraft stories weren’t supposed to translate too […] Continue reading →

Things sure have changed big time with Zappa between the 1966 release of Freak Out! and the 1981 released of You Are What You Is. In that time span, he decided to bring an end of the Mothers of Invention name after the release of Bongo Fury in 1975 (because, after all, the Mothers existed […] Continue reading →

Arcadium was another list of obscure British psychedelic bands. They had their start playing at such clubs as The Middle Earth (where every act you can imagine from well known, like Pink Floyd, to little known acts like Writing on the Wall, Wooden O, and Tam White were seen performing there). A small label called […] Continue reading →

Things sure been looking up for Zappa by the time We’re Only In It For the Money came out at the beginning of 1968. He had already two albums under the belt (maybe three, as some sources say that Lumpy Gravy was released in December 1967, before We’re Only In It For the Money came […] Continue reading →

If you’re a fan of Gong, here’s an album I should suggest you: from Clearlight, called Clearlight Symphony. Sometimes the band is called Clearlight Symphony (but it doesn’t really matter, the band was called simply Clearlight after this album). Mainly Clearlight was a project of French keyboardist Cyrille Verdeaux, and whatever musicians he could find […] Continue reading →

One area of prog rock I failed to cover here is the French scene. I covered the British, German, and Italian scenes pretty well here, even threw in some Scandinavian acts. When people think of French prog, they think Magma, Ange, Atoll, or Pulsar. Another band worth looking in to is Carpe Diem, who only […] Continue reading →

A while ago I posted a subject in the music section of Hipforums regarding unusually packaged CDs and LPs. I made a nice list, and a lot of people contributed. So, here I’ll make a list and description of each album: – Acqua Fragile: Acqua Fragile (1973) Italian prog rock band related to PFM because […] Continue reading →

Starcastle is a band you’re either going to like, or you’re going to hate. Those who hate the band call them nothing more than Yes clones. Those who enjoy the band still call them Yes clones, but they’re flattered enough to still enjoy their music. This self-entitled album is the first of four albums this […] Continue reading →