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Article: Rediscovery

Greg Lake & Keith Emerson: Their Best Work Together

by John Kelman
December 31, 2016

While it should come as no surprise that musical heroes from across all genres are beginning to die off, some of the highest profile losses are, in particular, in the rock/pop world, where many of its biggest stars are now in their mid-to-late sixties...or older. Few would disagree that one of the years biggest losses happened ...

Album

Tales from Topographic Oceans (Definitive Edition)

By Yes

Label: Panegyric Recordings
Released: 2016
Track listing: CD1: The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn); The Remembering (High The Memory); The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun). CD2: Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil); Dance of the Dawn (2016 mix); Dance of the Dawn (studio run-through). CD3: High the Memory (studio run-through); Giants Under the Sun (studio run- through); Ritual (live, Zurich, April 1974); The Revealing Science of God (single edit); The Remembering (single edit); The Ancient (single edit); Ritual (single edit I); Ritual (single edit II). Blu-Ray: (New Stereo 24/96 LPCM Mix): The Revealing Science of God; The Remembering; The Ancient; Ritual; Dance of the Dawn (ext. version of The Revealing Science of God. (5.1 Surround 24/96 LPCM & DTS-HD MA): The Revealing Science of God; The Remembering; The Ancient; Ritual; Dance of the Dawn (ext. version of The Revealing Science of God). (Flat Transfer from original master 24/192 LPCM): The Revealing Science of God; The Remembering; The Ancient; Ritual. Blu-ray exclusives: Dance of the Dawn (studio run- through); High the Memory (studio run-through); Giants Under the Sun (studio run- through); Ritual (live, Zurich, April 1974); The Revealing Science of God (single edit); The Remembering (single edit); The Ancient (single edit); Ritual (single edit I); Ritual (single edit II). New Stereo Instrumental Mixes: The Revealing Science of God; The Remembering; The Ancient; Ritual; Dance of the Dawn (ext. version of The Revealing Science of God). Vinyl transfers: The Revealing Science of God (UK needle-drop transfer); The Remembering (UK needle-drop transfer); The Ancient (UK needle-drop transfer); Ritual (UK needle-drop transfer); The Revealing Science of God (US banded promo needle-drop transfer); The Remembering (US banded promo needle-drop transfer); The Ancient (US banded promo needle- drop transfer); Ritual (US banded promo needle-drop transfer).

Article: Extended Analysis

Tales from Topographic Oceans (Definitive Edition)

by John Kelman
October 8, 2016

It was the album that, based on challenges during the five months it took to record, should really never have come to pass. It was the album that broke a three studio album/one live recording winning streak of increasing critical acclaim. It was the album, when at least for some critics, suggested the group's seemingly endless ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Ultimate Collectors' Edition

by John Kelman
September 25, 2016

Well, there's certainly been a wait for this one, but for fans of what may be the last high profile progressive rock group to emerge in the 1970s, U.K.'s Ultimate Collectors' Edition proves well worth it. What began as an already sizeable 16-disc box for a group that, during its relatively brief tenure, released just two ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Radical Action (To Unseat The Hold of Monkey Mind)

by John Kelman
September 10, 2016

Plenty has already been written about King Crimson's surprise reemergence in 2014 at All About Jazz, beginning when the now 47 year-old progressive/art rock band commenced its first tour since 2008 (and its first extensive one since 2003) with a new, expanded lineup featuring a front-line of three drummers and a back-line of two guitarists (one, ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Levin Minnemann Rudess: From the Law Offices of Levin Minnemann Rudess

by John Kelman
August 21, 2016

It may look good on paper, but you can never really know how “super group" collaborations are going to work out until they actually get together and do something. In the case of the power trio named after its members--bassist/stick player Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Stick Men), drummer/guitarist Marco Minnemann (Steven Wilson, The Aristocrats, ...

Article: Live Review

Yes at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
August 13, 2016

Yes NYCB Theatre at Westbury The Album Series: Drama + Topographic 1 & 4. The “Evening With Yes. Westbury, NY August 6, 2016 Yes is like the little engine that could. No matter what, regardless of any obstacle, the band continues to forge on. During the past (almost) 50 years, ...

Article: Live Review

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival 2016

by Doug Collette
June 16, 2016

Discover Jazz Festival Burlington, Vermont June 3-12, 2016 With thirty-two years of history, the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is an avowed tradition, but those who oversee the wide variety of events that take place in Vermont's Queen City for the duration of its multiple nights regularly find a way to inject fresh ...

Article: Live Review

Anderson Ponty Band at the Boulder Theater

by Geoff Anderson
May 13, 2016

Anderson Ponty Band Boulder Theater Boulder, CO May 4, 2016 Some collaborations are inevitable; Ella and Louie, Tedeschi and Trucks, peanut butter and chocolate. Others are not so obvious; Plant and Krause, Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson, pineapple and pizza (OK, maybe some people will disagree on that last one). Sometimes ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Steven Wilson: Maintaining Momentum with Transience & 4 1/2

by John Kelman
February 13, 2016

He is undeniably one of the hardest working men in music. In addition to ongoing work as surround sound and new stereo remixer for bands including King Crimson, Yes, Jethro Tull, XTC, Hawkwind, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Tears for Fears, Simple Minds, Roxy Music and Caravan, with more groups being added on a regular basis, Steven ...