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On June 17, 1976, the formidable Relayer lineup of Yes—Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, and Patrick Moraz—performed in front of a capacity crowd at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, NJ. The quintet was captured mid-tour during a live broadcast on New York’s WNEW-FM. While the performance has remained one of the band’s most popular bootlegs for decades, this release marks its first official appearance.

One of progressive rock’s most daring and influential albums, In a Glass House by Gentle Giant returns in a powerful new form, newly remixed and remastered by Grammy Award-winning producer Eber Pinheiro alongside the band’s own Derek Shulman.

Rush appeared at the Juno awards last night with their new drummer Anika Nilles an keyboardist Loren Gold, performing "Finding My Way" from the first Rush album.
Take a look, they got it right!

Confirmed! Ian Anderson's Walk Into Light (1983) and Jethro Tull's Under Wraps (1984) will get the anniversary box set treatment, The Unwrapped Edition, to be released this May. Bruce Soord (Pineapple Thief) will get the remixing honors which include newly programmed drum samples (same patterns), a plethora of bonus tracks (83-84) and an unreleased concert. Confirmed by Ian Anderson (Classic Album Reviews) and in A New Day Magazine.

Released in August 1970 on the Liberty label, the album was recorded in March and April of that year and established Hawkwind as one of the most exciting and original bands to emerge from the UK Underground scene. Tracks such as ‘Hurry On Sundown’, ‘Mirror of Illusion’, ‘Be Yourself’, ‘Seeing It As You Really Are’ and ‘Paranoia’ set the scene for the legendary Space Rock style that Hawkwind would explore to great acclaim and success in the 1970s and beyond.

Announced on Facebook, former Renaissance drummer Tereance Sullivan passed away yesterday, surrounded by family and love. Sadly this leaves only Annie Haslam surviving from the "classic" lineup. My condolences to his family and friends.

From K-scope: "Bright Spirit marks the third instalment in a trilogy that began with The Universe Also Collapses (2019) and continued with Unending Ascending (2023). Recorded with long-time collaborator Frank Byng in his South London studio, Bright Spirit sees Gong at their experimental best, more adventurous and more open to the dream than ever.

Rick Davies of Supertramp passed last Saturday after a lengthy battle with cancer. Davies, with Roger Hodgson, founded the band in 1969. I first encountered the band in 1975, like most other teens of my age; Crime Of The Century was a staple in everyone's collection. From there, it was a joy to watch the grow with each successive album, culminating in the world-wide success of Breakfast In America. The pair famously fell out in the 80s, a fight only to be eclipsed by the non-payment of royalties to the other members of the band, none of this should diminish the musical legacy of the band.

Synths, Sax & Situationists by Ian Thompson is a new book in English that covers the French Underground scene from the late 60s into the late 70s. All the usual suspects are covered, including Gong, Heldon, Ame Son, Magma, Etron Fou Leloublan, etc. Thompson's book provides an enlightened and well-researched narrative to one of the more interesting scenes of the progressive era and comes highly recommended.

The mother of all PH is announced for Sept 25th:
"Peter Hammill first came to prominence as the founder member and voice of the legendary progressive rock group Van der Graaf Generator. Alongside his work with Van der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill has enjoyed a long career as an innovative and ground-breaking solo artist. Beginning with his first solo album “Fool’s Mate” in 1971, Peter recorded a series of acclaimed albums for both Charisma Records and Virgin Records covering a wide range of moods, but all undeniably and uniquely original and ground-breaking.