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Latest news: Work has begun on The Strawberry Bricks Companion, a curated and annotated discography of the artists and groups from the timeline, 1967 to present. Due sometime in 2025.

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Reviews for the Third Edition

Reviews for the third edition of The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive rock (will be updated).

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Hot Rats > Zappa, Frank

Artist: Frank Zappa
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1969-10
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Raised in the high desert outside of Los Angeles, legend has it that a young Frank Zappa (b. 1940) was granted a long-distance phone call for his fifteenth birthday: the recipient was 20th century composer and musical pioneer Edgard Varèse (actually his wife). Zappa's first release was in late 1966. Credited to The Mothers of Invention, Freak Out! was a sprawling double-album with little precedent; it shunned the burgeoning hippie vibe of the West Coast for something far stranger: a mélange of music styles, ranging from highbrow classicism to down-in-the-gutter rock ‘n' roll.

Emergency! > Tony Williams Lifetime, The

Artist: Tony Williams Lifetime
Label: Polydor
Catalog#: 23-3001
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1969-05
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
Just 17 years old when he joined Miles Davis's quintet in 1962, drummer Anthony "Tony" Williams had spent his earliest years playing in the clubs of Boston. His debut as a band leader was the 1964 release Life Time for the Blue Note label. By the end of the decade though, Williams was headed in a completely different direction. New York City was fertile ground at the time and seeds of jazz fusion were being sown. Williams (among many others) jammed with Jimi Hendrix, and there's little doubt of the guitarist's influence on what would follow.

The Word Is Live > Yes

Artist: Yes
Label: Rhino / Elektra
Catalog#: R2 78234
Format: CD
Country: United States
Released: 2005

Yesyears > Yes

Artist: Yes
Label: Warner Music Vision
Catalog#: 8536-50250-2
Format: DVD
Country: United States
Released: 2003

Yessongs > Yes

Artist: Yes
Label: Image Entertainment
Catalog#: 14381-4209-2
Format: DVD
Country: United States
Released: 2003-02

Live In Philadelphia 1979 > Yes

Artist: Yes
Label: Sanctuary Visual Entertainment
Catalog#: SDE3005
Format: DVD
Country: United States
Released: 2002

Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969-1970 > Yes

Artist: Yes
Label: New Millennium Communications
Catalog#: PILOT 25
Format: CD
Country: United States
Released: 1997-10-14

Yesyears > Yes

Artist: Yes
Format: CD, Box Set
Country: United States
Released: 1991

Classic Yes > Yes

Artist: Yes
Label: Atlantic
Catalog#: SD 19320
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1981-11

Yesterdays > Yes

Artist: Yes
Label: Atlantic
Catalog#: SD 18103
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1975-02