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Thanks for your comments and totally understand what it’s like to be so busy! Really glad that emusers is here for the long term. I likewise listen to many of your tips and often for similar reasons. That is, to my mind, what makes this group so great to belong to.
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A big thanks to @rostasi for introducing us to "Just A Poke" by Sweet Smoke back in 2015.
An outstanding album and having heard it, I immediately bought the double al… -
"Tago Mago" and "Future Days", early 1970s Krautrock albums by German band Can.
I would have loved to have heard them live.
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You are quite correct @Germanprof, you have to be really careful how you use ChatGPT etc. if you want to derive the desired benefits.
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"Applause of a Distant Crowd" the 2018 album by the Progressive Rock band VOLA.
ChatGPT says "The album "Applause of a Distant Crowd" is modern progressive rock at its most mature: confident, melodic, emotionally resonant, and immaculate…
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"Eros" by the French Zuehl Avant-Prog band Dün. Rated no. 3 for 1981 by ProgArchives.
ChatGPT says that "this, the band’s only studio album, is a highly complex, instrumental progressive-rock/Zeuhl masterpiece with strong avant-… -
The Doors 2023 release of "Live at the Matrix 1967 (The Original Masters)". Recorded before they became famous and one of their best live performances with several tracks that I hadn't heard before.
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Last night went to see “… And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead” at Max Watts in Melbourne, Australia. An excellent concert focusing on their most highly regarded album "Source Tags & Codes".
in Rolling "How Was the Show" Thread Comment by peterfrederics December 2025
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I didn't realise before I read the NYT article that he was the brother of Charlie Byrd, the guitarist!
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@rostasi I wasn't aware that Joe Byrd had passed. The first time I came across him was years ago via The United States of America track on the outstanding 1968 compilation record…
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"The American Metaphysical Circus" by Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies.
Joe Byrd was previously a member of the band The United States of America.
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Jazz Fusion album "Seychelles" by Japanese artist Masayoshi Takanaka
in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics December 2025
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"Henki" by Richard Dawson and Finnish band Circle. Ranked no. 11 for 2021 by ProgArchives.
All Music describes this eccentric but enjoyable Progressive/Psychedelic Rock album, as follows "The not-so-disparate worlds of botany an… -
@rostasi really enjoyed Nov 19th Random Radio particularly the Krautrock section and what better way to end than "Silver Cloud" by La Düsseldorf. This was the first time that I h…
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It's all happening here in my home town, Melbourne (Australia)!
in the last couple of weeks performing locally, we've had Oasis, Metallica, AC/DC, Crowded House, Pixies, The Church, Bill Frisell Trio and Kokoroko.
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"Down Cemetery Road" on Apple TV based on the novel (his first) by Mick Herron, the author of the outstanding "Slow Horses" series.
Three episodes are available so far and it looks like an excellent, quirky series.in Video Streaming Recommendations (formerly known as recoomendations) Comment by peterfrederics November 2025
"Kid A" by Radiohead
ChatGPT says "Radiohead’s Kid A cover, painted by Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood, depicts jagged, icy mountains inspired by war imagery and environmental collapse—visualising the album’s themes of alienation…One of the greatest examples of a cover version which totally eclipses the original is The Walker Brothers version of the Frank Valli song "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore".
It makes me realise what an outstanding voice Sc…Gypsy s/t Progressive/Jazz Rock album released in 1970.
ProgArchives says "pursuing a heavier, more complex sound, blending SANTANA-like guitar and organ riffs with vocals and arrangements reminiscent of early CHICAGO. They released tw…"World Music", the 2012 Progressive/Psychedelic Rock album by Goat.
All Music says "With an unfettered sound influenced by everything from Afrobeat and heavy metal to Anatolian funk and biker rock, Goat are an experimental psychedelic …One of my favourite set of compilation albums, the "Brown Acid" series. We are now up to "Brown Acid - The Twenty-First Trip"in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics November 2025
Relatively Clean Rivers s/t Psychedelic/Folk Rock album from 1976
To quote from Amazon "RCR is recognized by those fortunate enough to have heard it as one of the very finest albums of the era, with a clearly-defined American so…Saw Pavlov's Dog live in Melbourne on Saturday night (see "Rolling How Was The Show Thread"). Their tour is in honour of the 50th anniversary of the release of their first album, "Pampered Menial".
in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics October 2025@Plong42 thanks for the reminder re Spooky Tooth. Back in the day, they were one of my favourite bands, particularly the track "Sunshine Help Me" which was featured on your album…Saw Progressive Rock band Pavlov's Dog last night at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, Australia. They are on their 50th Anniversary tour.
The band were in good form playing to a capacity audience and the average age of those there must hav…"Construção", the 1971 album by Chico Buarque, Brazilian singer, songwriter, poet, novelist and playwright who emerged during the tropicalia era and is credited with innovations in samba.
All Music says "Chico Buarque's fifth al…Kathy & Carol s/t Folk album from 1964. Paul Rothchild calls it "the most beautiful Renaissance ballad record I ever heard. It's just perfect. If you like Joan Baez, here's Joan Baez times two, with gorgeous harmony, singing purist songs like…
