Episode 102: Sound Chaser 270

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time is a special review of albums that made the Official Progressive Albums Chart. I also have an In Memoriam feature to commemorate Moody Blues keyboardist Mike Pinder. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser. Official Charts is the company in the UK that keeps track of singles and album sales in the UK, the equivalent of Billboard in the US. In 2015, Official Charts started a new feature, the Progressive albums chart, which started as a monthly listing in September of that year. Charts cover a one-month period, listing the top 30 sellers in that category for that month. Because the charts simply rate according to sales, albums that make the charts include not only new music, but also reissues of old music. Thus, you will hear in the sample in this show a mix of the newer and older music. Also, I have not limited the selections to chart toppers, but have included music that peaked in different locations of the charts. Playlist1. Mostly Autumn - Changing Lives, from Sight of DayIN MEMORIAM MIKE PINDER2. The Moody Blues - My Song, from Time Traveller [retrospective]END IN MEMORIAM3. Pink Floyd - Pigs on the Wing (Part One), from Animals2. Porcupine Tree - Glass Arm Shattering, from Deadwing3. Jethro Tull - Beastie, from The Broadsword and the Beast4. Hawkwind - Dying Seas, from Warrior on the Edge of Time5. The Alan Parsons Project - Time, from The Turn of a Friendly Card6. The Alan Parsons Project - I Don't Wanna Go Home, from The Turn of a Friendly Card7. Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Parts 1-4, from Equinoxe8. Nad Sylvan - A French Kiss in an Italian Café, from The Bride Said No9. Strawbs - The Visit, from Settlement10. Rush - A Farewell to Kings, from A Farewell to KingsTHE SYMPHONIC ZONE11. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells, Part 1, from Tubular Bells12. Marillion - The Space..., from Seasons End13. Spock's Beard - To Be Free Again, from The Oblivion Particle14. Renaissance - The Vultures Fly High, from Scheherazade and Other Stories15. Yes - Hour of Need, from Fly From Here: Return Trip16. Big Big Train - Brooklands, from Folklore17. Steve Hackett - Fallen Walls and Pedestals, from Selling England by the Pound & Spectral Mornings Live at Hammersmith18. Steve Hackett - Beasts in Our Time, from Selling England by the Pound & Spectral Mornings Live at Hammersmith 19. The Tangent - Two Rope Swings, from The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery20. The Flower Kings - Racing with Blinders On, from Islands21. The Flower Kings - From the Ground, from Islands22. The Flower Kings - Black Swan, from Islands23. The Flower Kings - Morning News, from Islands24. The Flower Kings - Broken, from Islands25. The Flower Kings - Goodbye Outrage, from IslandsLEAVING THE SYMPHONIC ZONE26. Public Service Broadcasting - Ich und die Stadt, from Bright Magic27. Brian Eno - Stars, from Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks28. Tangerine Dream - Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares, from Phaedra29. Frank Zappa - Little Umbrellas, from Hot Rats30. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - A Time and a Place, from Tarkus31. Barclay James Harvest - Ball and Chain, from Once Again32. Curved Air - Puppets, from Second Album33. Gong - O, Arcturus!, from Unending Ascending34. Premiata Forneria Marconi - It's My Road, from Emotional Tattoos35. Supertramp - Crime of the Century, from Crime of the Century