(((O))) Category: Past Echoes
Yes, they were often under the radar during prog’s golden-era, but man, Stackridge can really play. And if you’re very new to their music, The Man in the Bowler Hat is the one to start off. If you want proof, just ask Rosalie Cunningham.
With Vital, you feel the intensity, the vibes, the heat, and the power that was struck on that recording. Most of the mind-blowing live takes are like shivers down your spine.
Going through the second album is like looking through an old scrapbook, reflecting the wonderful memories you had.
With Jacob Holm-Lupo’s remastering sound on Ignis Fatuus, he brings in these vibrant textures to make it sound crisp, up to date, and respectable to the original.
Howard’s the unsung hero that would have given the ‘70s singer-songwriting genre, a real massive kick in the gut.
If you’re very new to Sabbath after discovering the Ozzy-era and want to embark on the Dio years, this is the one that is highly recommended.
…..it’s time to give Every Which Way, the proper recognition it deserves, and the amount of respect for Brian’s legacy that Esoteric has unleashed three years ago during those tricky times when the world shut down due to the pandemic.
While the album was released in 1971, it remains one of the true unsung gems in the history of free-jazz.
This here is a must-have if you want to get into Gold’s music and understand why he was ahead of his time and often under the radar. It is time to give Andrew, the proper recognition he deserves.
The romantic, the beauty, the dark side of gambling, and the escapism that you crave, the concept still works wonderfully well as you put this album on from start to finish. Because it’ll never go away. It stays with you, for the rest of time.
Whether you agree with Snider or not, it’s his opinion that has honesty, and throughout his own personal choices that’ll make you want to dust off your old records from your personal library you hadn’t played for quite a while and put them on and slide a needle into the groove and use it as an alternate soundtrack to the Strawberry Bricks.
This is their answer Godfrey Reggio’s Qatsi trilogy as they take us through various musical landscapes mixed in with a mapped out adventure that is the ride of a lifetime.
The band’s third album is a gem of a kind of what they were doing in the lion’s den and returning with another holy grail from AMS Records.
….it showcases one of the true composer’s to bring the sounds of classical, jazz, Asian music, avant-garde, and progressive rock in all of its glory.
While this might be an introduction for the next generation to be a part of Anthony’s music, he gives listeners an insight on where he’s come from.
40 years later, and we’re still talking about it. I have no words to describe what made Rush’s Moving Pictures one of their magnum opuses, but the band’s gravitation, craftsmanship, and the fellowship that Alex, Geddy, and Neil had with each other.









