The Michael Schenker Group were founded in 1979 by one of rock's greatest guitarists Michael Schenker, following his time in Scorpions and UFO. Their self-titled debut album, released in 1980 on Chrysalis Records, was hailed as a commercial and critical success. This April sees the release of 'Live & Ready: 1980 – 1984', a 6 disc boxset which..
UFO – No Place To Run (Chrysalis)
No Place To Run represented something of a clean slate, with the band responding with renewed enthusiasm and creating one of the most original and satisfying albums of their career. Last year, Chrysalis began reissuing UFO’s catalogue in a deluxe remastered format of either three vinyl platters or two CD discs. This began with what..
Gentle Giant – The Missing Piece (Steven Wilson Remix) (Chrysalis Records)
Gentle Giant's ninth album The Missing Piece was released in 1977 just as the music world that we prog rock dinosaurs knew so well was changing (well at least according to the useless national press) but the beauty about never being in fashion also means that you are not subject to its whims. For sure,..
Gentle Giant – Interview (Steven Wilson Remix) (Chrysalis Records)
The latest addition to the current programme of remixed Gentle Giant albums by Steven Wilson is Interview which was the band's eighth album and came out in 1976 which was around the same time that punk rock erupted, talk about chalk and cheese! I know that Interview is not held in the same lofty regard..
Prog Legends GENTLE GIANT’s “Interview” Steven Wilson Remix To Be Released on CD, 5.1 Blu-ray and 180g Vinyl June 16, 2023
Interview was the eighth studio recorded album of Gentle Giant and was released April 23rd 1976. The line up on the album is Derek Shulman, Ray Shulman, Gary Green, Kerry Minnear and John Weathers. The album also has the participation of Sounds writer Phil Sutcliffe as the 'interviewer.' The band had completed a year of..