Some diverse music either burned for me or bought by me recently...
from Mongol "Dopoler 444" (1997)
From the Beyond - Doppler 444 (9:58)
Garadama (7:04)
Merazoma (6:47)
Dense fusion from Japan.
from Rak "Lepidoptera" (2004)
To the Refuge (5:30)
Metamorhosis: two (1:51)
Lepidoptera: Beast (1:41)
Lepidoptera: Savage (1:55)
The Consequences (3:26)
Those Bright Wings (5:22)
Last Words (2:23)
Departure (4:22)
Migration (6:28)
Prog, but with a new wave bent at times. Very reliant on keyboards..it got great reviews as I researched, but I totally missed it when it came out.
Both of these burned by Podakayne for my long car ride in July, a big thanks to her
Group 87 - Sublime Feline (6:25)
Just one song from a CD from 1980 that you can hear on the Moon. I paid 25 cents for it and that's how much I like it. Mark Isham, Peter Maunu (Ponty's band), and Patrick O'Hearn. The only song on this week's show presently on the Moon playlist!
Encompass (2006) - selected songs...
A Postwar Requiem (8:16)
Perchance to Dream (5:30)
Impulse (4:20)
The Eyes of Ankara (9:02)
Virginia-based prog-metal, opened for Spock's Beard earlier this year (that's where I got the CD, a promo). Mature stuff for a debut, although a bit limited because of the genre. There's a section in "Ankara" that's a dead ringer for Rush's "Lamneth".
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - from "Watch" (1978)
Circles
Dreaming on Dry Land / Fish Soup
Chicago Institute
California
Missing Mick Rogers, it lacks the greatness of the earlier records, especially "Nightingales and bombers", a desert-island disc for me. Still quality stuff.
Wishbone Ash - from "No Smoke Without Fire" (1978)
You See Red
Baby The Angels Are Here
Ships in the Sky
Like A Child
Way of the World (part 2)
Come In From the Rain (live)
Another band I lost track of, with an earlier "desert-island" record (the magnificent "Argus")..
Mossy bought this and shipped it from Vegas
After Crying - from "After Crying Show" (2003)
NWC
Remote Control
Technopolis?
Life Must Go On
The progmasters from Hungary put out a very eclectic, ambitious CD in 2003. It's all over the place, with lots of political and social commentary.
Enjoy the ride this week!