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One of my favorite live albums, Gentle Giant's Playing The Fool is seeing a reissue in Spring 2025: "The iconic 1977 live album, now fully reimagined, mixed, and mastered for an immersive experience. This definitive release delivers the ultimate Gentle Giant live performance as it was originally intended. Complete with restored in-between-song commentary, band introductions, and the authentic ambience of each venue.

Jon Camp, best known as the bassist extraordinaire for Renaissance, passed away on December 13th. This clip from 1974 shows what a MONSTER rhythm section Camp and Sullivan were, and what great ROCK band Renaissance could be! My sincere condolences to his family and friends.

Posted by Sid Smith, "Peter Sinfield, King Crimson’s original roadie, lyricist, lights operator and live sound engineer passed away yesterday on the 14th of November 2024 aged 81."

The modern psychedelia of Gong featuring Kavus Torabi, Dave Sturt, Ian East, Fabio Golfetti and Cheb Nettles begin their first USA tour on September 24th in Allentown and travel across the East Coast until their ProgStock gig on October 20th. Charles Snider will be manning the merchandise table for the band. Please come see Gong and purchase a CD, t-shirt or poster to show your support! West Coast dates are planned for June 2025 as well as a second leg of the East Coast in September 2025.

From the press release:
"666 is one of the most original progressive rock albums of all time. Composed by the late maestro Vangelis, with lyrics written by Costas Ferris, it is a conceptual double album that was hailed upon its release as “a work of stunning complexity and originality” and is the crowning moment in the career of Aphrodite’s Child.

From Cherry Red records, "A deluxe limited 2CD/Blu-Ray edition of Hawkwind’s 1971 masterpiece In Search Of Space. Includes a remaster of the original album, along with 2024 stereo mixes by Stephen W Tayler. The set also features session out-takes, new mixes of the legendary singles ‘Silver Machine’ and ‘Seven by Seven’, and new Stephen W Tayler 5.1 Surround Sound mixes of the album and bonus tracks. The set comes with a 68-page illustrated book containing an essay and a reproduction of the rare Hawkwind Log Book."

Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks Premiere "Shine On" Video, New Album "TRUE" Available In the midst of leg one of their 2024 tour, Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks today premiere the video for the song "Shine On", the first single from their forthcoming album "TRUE" which will be released on August 23rd. The video was filmed in New Jersey before the start of the tour and directed by Tom Flynn. The song has been performed nightly on the tour and has received universal positive response.

Here's the presser:
"Asia is absolutely delighted to announce The Heat of The Moment Tour, headlined by Asia and also featuring Focus, Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash and Curved Air and MC'd by artist Roger Dean. The tour will commence on 3rd July 2024 and will incorporate 21 dates across the USA and Canada. The tour has been masterminded by rock music keyboard legend and original Asia member, Geoff Downes (Buggles, Asia, Yes).

"Bursting Out, the live double album from 1978 is now available as the 3CD/3DVD 'Inflated Edition'. Remixed by Steven Wilson, it has been reordered back to its original running order with three additional tracks plus a Wilson mixed Madison Square Garden show from '78 on CD3. DVDs 1&2 have the remixed tracks in 96/24 stereo and 5.1 surround sound plus flat transfers of the original album at 96/24 stereo. DVD 3 has the full 93 minute MSG show including 50+ minutes of video which was part of a transatlantic broadcast with the BBC and Radio 1 with the audio being in 48/24 stereo and 5.1 surround.

I don't think I've been this excited about an 80s band for quite some time! Check the link below for tour dates (selling out fast!)