Australian Prog Rock

[AndrewP]

Hey, thanks Sean for the Aussie prog rock.
Some classic stuff in there.
I'm completely flabbergasted that you don't have Spectrum (http://www.milesago.com/artists/spectrum.htm), who I would think are the quintessential Aussie prog band.
Spectrum Part 1 and Milesago are particularly good examples. I guess what makes them hard to think of as prog is that their style sometimes embraced straight rock. Samples are available at aztecmusic (http://www.aztecmusic.net/0%20-%20mp3.htm) who also have some other Aussie proggy bands.
Also, Mike Rudd (from Spectrum) formed another project called Patch, which did the Star Suite (http://prognotfrog.blogspot.com/2006/06/patch-star-suite-1973-128-aussie-prog.html).

[Rick and Roll]

I love the word flabbergasted, though I don't often use it.

Thanks for the recommendations...knowing Sean, he probably has them queued up for Australia part 22!

[AndrewP]

I've been intending to suggest Spectrum to you for a while.
I think I did a long time ago, but the albums weren't readily available then.

[the_original_ib]

You are right, I do need to get Spectrum into a show. When these originally aired in 2004, they were not available on CD yet, I did not have MP3s, and I was spending quite a bit on vinyl to get what I had!

Frankly I need to get some new shows together, but it has been a tough haul this year with my PC going through some "aging pains". I don't relish trying to install SAM again (last time I had half the Aural Moon staff trying to help me).