RPWL - God Has Failed

From in Germany

Neo-Crossover Progressive Rock

RPWL - God Has Failed - 2002

Tracks.

01. Hole in the Sky (8:22)
Part 1: Fly
Part 2: Crawl to You
02. Who Do You Think We Are (4:15)
03. Wait Five Years (3:00)
04. What I Need -
Part 1: leaving (1:56)
Part 2: What I Need (5:19)
05. In Your Dreams (6:47)
06. It's Alright (5:21)
07. Crazy Lane (4:43)
08. Fool (5:27)
09. Hole in the Sky
Part 3: The Promise (2:39)
10. Spring of Freedom (5:52)
11. Farewell (5:50)
12. God Has Failed (2:16)
Total Time: 71:56

Members.

- Phil Paul Rissettio / drums
- Chris Postl / bass
- Karlheinz Wallner / guitars
- Yogi Lang / vocals, keyboards 

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RPWL - Trying to Kiss the Sun

From in Germany

Neo-crossover Progressive Rock

RPWL - Trying to Kiss the Sun - 2002

Tracks.

01. Trying To Kiss The Sun (3:55)
02. Waiting For A Smile (7:04)
03. I Don´t Know (What It´s Like) (4:32)
04. Sugar For The Ape (5:03)
05. Side By Side (8:35)
06. You (6:49)
07. Tell Me Why (5:08)
08. Believe Me (5:14)
09. Sunday Morning (4:29)
10. Home Again (8:52)
Total Time: 59:32

Members.

- Yogi Lang / vocals, keyboards
- Karlheinz Wallner / guitars
- Phil Paul Rissettio / drums
- Andreas Wernthaler / keyboards
- Stephan Ebner / bass
Additional Musicians:
- Chris Postl / bass
- Stephen Caron / Coral sitar

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Stefano Testa - Una vita una balena bianca e altre cose

From in Italy

Symphonic Progressive Rock

Stefano Testa - Una vita una balena bianca e altre cose - 1977

Tracks.

01. Una vita (16:09)
02. Rrisveglio (3:35)
03. La ballata di Achab (Moby Dick) (5:22)
04. Notturno (4:00)
05. Difficile chiamarti amore (2:50)
06. Il Dio sulla ferrovia (5:04)
07. Ninna nanna (2:41)
Total Time: 39:44

Members.

- Stefano Testa / piano, guitar, vocals
- Portici / lead guitar
- Marco Coppi / flute
- Alberto Monpellio / moog synthesizer
- Cosimo Fabiano / bass
- Ottavio Corbellini / drums 

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Ardo Dombec - Ardo Dombec

 3.999 stars really. The only reason why this does not get four is that although excellent , this is not a must . This sole album ( and ultra rare vinyl ) is a typical product of those years in germany and there are many examples of this. I would not say this is a typical Krautrock in the understood value ( Guru , AD II , Can , Ash Ra etc.. ) but more of a proto-prog in the style of Gracious , Raw Material etc.... However , this is a typically tasteless cover such as most groups from Germany did for the joke and for the shock - After all this is rebelious R N'R . Provocation was really their thing as this has one of the shortest track ever layed down on vinyl : the 8 second Oh , Sorry that came complete with a loud scratch that made you jump out of the sofa to see what the problem was. For the rest , the music is excellent but slightly sloppy in production and the sung English lyrics are not perfect. Definitely worth a spin but there are other priorities.(Sean Trane )

From in Germany

Eclectic Progressive Rock

Ardo Dombec - Ardo Dombec -1972

Tracks.

01. Spectaculum (4:02)
02. Supper Time (3:19)
03. A Bit Near the Knuckle (4:32)
04. Clean-Up Sunday (6:50)
05. Downtown Paradise Lost (5:52)
06. Oh, Sorry (0:08)
07. 108 (4:36)
08. Unchangable Things?! (5:58)
Bonus tracks:
9. Heavenly Rose (3:54)
10. Open The Door, Open Your Mind (2:11)
11. Young And Strong (3:15)
12. Riverside (4:15)
Total Time: 46:52

Members.

- Helmut Hachmann / sax, flute
- Harald Gleu / guitar and vocals
- Wolfgang Spillner / drums and vocals
- Michael Ufer / bass

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Grobschnitt - Grobschnitt

From in Germany

Symphonic Progressive Rock

Grobschnitt - Grobschnitt - 1972

Tracks.

01. Symphony: (13:44)
a) Introduction
b) Modulation
c) Variation
d) Finale
02. Travelling (6:50)
03. Wonderful music (3:40)
04. Sun trip: (17:43)
a) Am Ölberg (Mount of Olives)
b) On the way
c) Battlefield
d) New era 
Bonus track on cd release:
05. Die Sinfonie. Live at Volkspark, Germany, Sept. 71 (29:40)
Total Time: 71:37

Members.

- Stefan Danielak (Wildschwein) / rhythm guitar, vocals
- Joachim Ehrig (Eroc) / drums, percussion, electronic effects
- Axel Harlos (Felix) / drums, percussion
- Gerd-Otto Kühn (Lupo) / lead guitar
- Hermann Quetting (Quecksilber) / organ, piano, spinet, percussion
- Bernhard Uhlemann (Bär) / bass, flute, percussion

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Abel Ganz - Shooting Albatross

At about 24 years after their debut album Gratuitous Flash (1984) and 14 years after their latest studio-album The Deafening Silence (1994), Scottish formation Abel Ganz has released a comeback CD entitled Shooting Albatross.

Since Abel Ganz started to make music in the Eighties their sound is considered as neo-prog (like contemporaries Marillion, IQ and Pendragon) but on this new album my musical impression is that the sound is a blend of Seventies inspired symphonic rock and folk music. The four long compositions (between 12 and 24 minutes) contain lots of shifting moods and a lush instrumentation like the use of the Indian sitar (electric version in Sheepish) and the Greek bouzouki (in Sheepish en Ventura).

I enjoyed the contrast between the folky interludes featuring 12-string acoustic guitars, whistles, banjo, mandolin and flute (beautifully blended with instruments like the harpsichord, Mellotron or classical guitar) and the symphonic rock parts with electric guitar (fiery, wah-wah drenched in So Far and a strongly build-up, sensitive solo in Ventura) and vintage keyboards like the Fender Rhodes elektric piano, the Hammond organ, the Minimoog synthesizer and the unsurpassed Mellotron, I didn't know that Abel Ganz was able to make such a captivating progrock! The vocals are handled by several singers, including Alan Reed (in the long track So Far), of Pallas fame but once he joined Abel Ganz.

I hope this new Abel Ganz album will got the attention it deserves, for me it was almost a musical revalation!  (progarchives)

From in UK

Neoprogressive Rock

Abel Ganz - Shooting Albatross - 2008 

Tracks.

01. Looking For a Platform (15:06)
02. So far (23:31)
03. Sheepish (12:55)
04. Ventura (14:38)
Total Time: 65:25
Members.
- Hugh Carter / ac. guitars, flute, keyboards, perc, backing vocals
- Stevie Donnelly / bass guitar
- Stuart "Mick" MacFarlane / lead vocals, ac. & elec. guitar
- Davie Mitchell / guitars
- Hew Montgomery / keyboards
- Denis Smith / drums and backing vocals

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Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

From in UK

Psychedelic / Space Rock

Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - 1967

Tracks.

01. Astronomy Domine (4:12)
02. Lucifer Sam (3:07)
03. Matilda Mother (3:08)
04. Flaming (2:46)
05. Pow R. Toc H. (4:26)
06. Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk (3:05)
07. Interstellar Overdrive (9:41)
08. The Gnome (2:13)
09. Chapter 24 (3:42)
10. Scarecrow (2:11)
11. Bike (3:21)

Total Time: 41:52

Members.

- Syd Barrett / guitar, vocals
- Nick Mason / drums
- Roger Waters / bass, vocals
- Richard Wright / organ, piano

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Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets

From in UK

Psychedelic / Space Rock

Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets - 1968

Tracks.

01. Let there be more light (5:38)
02. Remember a day (4:33)
03. Set the controls for the heart of the sun (5:28)
04. Corporal Clegg (4:12)
05. A saucerful of secrets (11:57)
06. See-saw (4:36)
07. Jugband blues (2:59)
Total Time: 39:23

Members.

 - Syd Barrett / guitar, vocals
- David Gilmour / guitar, vocals
- Nick Mason / drums
- Roger Waters / bass, vocals
- Richard Wright / organ, piano, vocal

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Pink Floyd - Ummagumma

From in UK

Psychedelic / Space Rock

Pink Floyd - Ummagumma - 1969

Tracks.

01. Astronomy Domine (8:29)
02. Careful With That Axe, Eugene (Instrumental) (8:50)
03. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (9:12)
04. Saucerful of Secrets (12:48)
05. Sysyphus, Pt. 1 (1:08)
06. Sysyphus, Pt. 2 (3:30)
07. Sysyphus, Pt. 3 (1:49)
08. Sysyphus, Pt. 4 (6:59)
09. Grantchester Meadows (7:26)
10. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (4:59)
11. Narrow Way, Pt. 1 (3:27)
12. Narrow Way, Pt. 2 (2:53)
13. Narrow Way, Pt. 3 (5:57)
14. Grand Vizier's Garden Party: Enterance, Pt. 1 (1:00)
15. Grand Vizier's Garden Party: Entertainment, Pt. 2 (7:06)
16. Grand Vizier's Garden Party: Exit, Pt. 3 (0:38)
Total Time: 86:11

Members.

- Roger Waters / bass, guitar, Gong, guitar (bass), vocals, tape
- Nick Mason / percussion, drums, timpani, tape
- Richard Wright / organ, piano, keyboards, vocals, Mellotron
- David Gilmour / organ, bass, guitar, piano, drums, vocals, Mellotron 

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Pink Floyd - Animals

From in UK

Psychedelic / Space Rock

Pink Floyd - Animals - 1977

Tracks.

01. Pigs on the wing Part 1 (1:25) 
02. Dogs (17:04)
03. Pigs (three different ones) (11:28)
04. Sheep (10:16)
05. Pigs on the wing Part 2 (1:25)
Total Time: 41:38

Members.

- David Gilmour / guitars, vocals
- Nick Mason / drums, percussion
- Roger Waters / bass, vocals
- Richard Wright / keyboards

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