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Episode 20
Apr. 26, 2024

Highlights From "The Tangent Week" on The Prog Corner

​Interview with Andy Tillison about new The Tangent album "To Follow Polaris"​

  • The Single

  • The North Sky

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​Ranking the 13 Albums by The Tangent​

  • #13 Auto Reconnaissance - "Jinxed in Jersey"

  • #12 Not as Good as the Book

  • #11 Down and out in Paris and London - "Where Are They Now?"

  • #10 The World That We Drive Through - "The Winning Game"

  • #9 Comm - "Tech Support Guy"

  • #8 The Slow Rust of Forgotten Machinery - "A Few Steps Down the Wrong Road"

  • #7 Le Sacre Du Travail - ""

  • #6 Songs From The Hard Shoulder - "The Lady Tied to the Lamp Post"

  • #5 To Follow Polaris

  • #4 A Spark in the Aether - "The Celluloid Road"

  • #3 The Music That Died Alone - "In Darkest Dreams"

  • #2 Proxy - "A Case of Misplaced Optimism"

  • #1 A Place In The Queue - "In Earnest"

Episode 19
Apr. 19, 2024

Highlights From 2 Prog Corners This Week.

​The 10 Best Marillion Songs​

  • #10 Interior Lulu (Marillion.Com)

  • #9 Garden Party (Script for a Jester's Tear)

  • #8 This Strange Engine (This Strange Engine)

  • #7 Incubus (Fugazi)

  • #6 Care (IV) Angels on Earth (An Hour Before It's Dark)

  • #5 Sugar Mice (Clutching at Straws)

  • #4 Blind Curve (Misplaced Childhood)

  • #3 The New Kings II, III, IV (F**k Everyone and Run (F. E. A. R.))

  • #2 Grendel (Market Square Heroes - Single)

  • #1 Ocean Cloud (Marbles)

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​Review:  Emerald City Council - "Motion Carries"​

  • Platforms of Illusion

Episode 18
Apr. 12, 2024

Highlights From 2 Prog Corners This Week.

​The 10 Albums Scot's Been Listening to Lately​

  • The Tangent - "The Single" (To Follow Polaris)

  • Electric Asturias - "Stone Circle" (Dimensions)

  • Ovrfwrd - "The Virtue of..." (There Are No Ordinary Moments)

  • Viima - "Perhonen" (Väistyy mielen yö)

  • Emerald City Council - "Mortal Game" (Motion Carries)

  • Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - "We Must Know More" (Of the Last Human Being)

  • Yard Act - "When the Laughter Stops (feat. Katy J Pearson)" (Where’s My Utopia?)

  • Plantoid - "Wander/Wonder" (Terrapath)

  • Present - "Contre (Abridged)" (This Is NOT The End)

  • Vampire Weekend - "Classical" (Only God Was Above Us)

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​Scot Ranks the 25 Strawbs Albums​

  • #3 - Grave New World - "Benedictus"

  • #2 - Ghosts - "Medley: Ghosts (Sweet Dreams / Night Light / Guardian Angel)"

  • #1 - Hero and Heroine - "Autumn: Heroine's Theme / Deep Summer's Sleep / The Winter Long"
     

  • April 20 Live Q&A with Mirthrandir:- Mirthrandir - "Light of the Candle" (For You the Old Women)

Episode 17
Apr. 5, 2024

Highlights From 1 Prog Corner This Week.

​The 20 Most Important Prog Bands (Listed Chronologically)​

  • #20 - Transatlantic - "Lay Down Your Life" (Live at Morsefest 2022)

  • #18 - Spock's Beard - "Thoughts, Pt. 2" (V)

  • #16 - Porcupine Tree - "Lazarus" (Deadwing)

  • #10 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "Knife-Edge" (S/T)

  • #5 - Procol Harum - "In Held Twas In I (Parts A-E)" (Shine On Brightly)

  • #4 - The Moody Blues - "Dawn: Dawn Is a Feeling" (Days of Future Passed)

  • #3 - Pink Floyd - "Astronomy Domine" (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)

  • #2 - Clouds (1-2-3) - "Waiter, There's Something in My Soup" (The Clouds Scrapbook)

  • #1 - The Beatles - "A Day In the Life" (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
     

  • Quiz Answer:
    Colin Scot - "Here We Are In Progress" (S/T)
    Colin Scot - "Do The Dance Now, Davey" (S/T)
    Colin Scot - "Lament" (Just Another Clown)
     

  • April 20 Live Q&A with Mirthrandir:- Mirthrandir - "For You the Old Women" (For You the Old Women)

Episode 16
Mar. 29, 2024

Highlights From 3 Prog Corners This Week.

​Scot Ranks 10 Essential Prog Albums​

  • #10 - Scheherazade and Other Stories ("The Vultures Fly High" by Renaissance)

  • #9 - Misplaced Childhood ("Childhood's End?" by Marillion)

  • #8 - The Snow Goose ("Rhayader Goes To Town" by Camel)

  • #7 - Crime of the Century ("School" by Supertramp)

  • #6 - Zarathustra ("Zarathustra- L'ultimo Uomo" by Museo Rosenbach)

  • #5 - Song for America ("Song for America" by Kansas)

  • #4 - A Farewell to Kings ("A Farewell to Kings" by Rush)

  • #3 - Godbluff ("The Undercover Man" by Van Der Graaf Generator) 

  • #2 - Tubular Bells ("Tubular Bells, Pt. I (Abridged)" by Mike Oldfield)

  • #1 - Free Hand ("Mobile" by Gentle Giant)
     

Scot's Ranks Hawkwind Albums

  • #3 - Doremi Faso Latido - "Lord of Light"

  • #2 - Hall of the Mountain Grill - "The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)"

  • #1 - Warrior on the Edge of Time - "Opa-Loka"

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Album Review: "What We Really Like in Stories" by The Bardic Depths

  • "Genius"

  • "Old Delights" 


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Episode 15
Mar. 22, 2024

Highlights From 3 Prog Corners This Week.

​Scot Ranks 10 Bands He's Never Discussed on his Channel​

  • #10 - The Residents ("Red Rider" The Commercial Album)

  • #9 - Leprous ("Below" Pitfalls)

  • #8 - The Enid ("In the Region of the Summer Stars" In the Region of the Summer Stars)

  • #7 - Birth Control ("My Mind" Plastic People)

  • #6 - Brand X ("Nuclear Burn" Unorthodox Behaviour)

  • #5 - Wigwam ("Pride of the Biosphere" Being)

  • #5 - Pekka Pohjola ("Nuclear Burn" Visitation)

  • #4 - Grobschnitt ("Food Sicore (Live At Otto Pankok Forum, Mülheim)" Solar Music (Live)) 

  • #3 - Aphrodite's Child ("The Four Horsemen" 666)

  • #2 - Cardiacs ("Dog-Like Sparky" Sing to God)

  • #1 - Echolyn ("Island" Echolyn) 
     

Album Review: "Veil" by Drifting Sun

  • "The Thing" 


Scot's Top 10 "Proggiest" Iron Maiden Songs

  • #1 - Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Genesis (Foxtrot)

Episode 14
Mar. 15, 2024

Highlights From 4 Prog Corners This Week.

​Scot Ranks the Big Big Train Albums​

  • #5 - The Underfall Yard ("Master James of St George")

  • #4 - The Likes of Us ("Last Eleven") 

  • #3 - English Electric, Pt. 1 ("Judas Unrepentant")

  • #2 - Grand Tour ("Voyager")

  • #1 - Folklore ("Folklore") 
     

Scot's 10 Reasons Why Prog Will Never DieIs Not Dead

  • #2 - Prog Radio ("Ice Thinning" by Emerald City Council) 


Album Review: La Fine Non Esiste by Semiramis

  • "Cacciatore Di Ansie" 


Scot's Top 10 Prog Epics

  • #1 - Supper's Ready by Genesis (Foxtrot)

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Episode 13
Mar. 8, 2024

Highlights From 3 Prog Corners This Week.

​Rael NYC's Favorite Non-Prog Albums

  • #16 - #20 - "Singles" by Squeeze (Tempted) 

  • #11 - #15 - "The Soft Parade" by The Doors (Touch Me) 

  • #6 - #10 - "Tommy" by The Who (1921)

  • #6 - #10 - "Déjà Vu" by CSNY (Our House)

  • #6 - #10 - "Homecoming" by America (Only In Your Heart) 

  • #1 - #5 - "The Nightfly" by Donald Fagen (The Nightlfy)

  • #1 - #5 - "Manassas" by Stephen Stills (It Doesn't Matter)

  • #1 - #5 - "The Beatles (The White Album" by The Beatles (Dear Prudence) 
     

Rael NYC's Favorite Prog Albums

  • #16 - #20 - "Ars Longa Vita Brevis" by The Nice (America - 2nd Amerndment) 

  • #11 - #15 - "Tanz der Lemminge" by Amon Düül II (Syntelman's March...) 

  • #6 - #10 - "For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night" by Caravan (L'Auberge Du Sanglier...) 

  • #1 - #5 - "Lizard" by King Crimson (Cirkus) 

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Rael NYC's Favorite Yes Songs

  • #1 - #5 - "Cinema" by Yes (90125) 

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Scot's Top 16 Prog Subgenres

  • #5 - Heavy Prog Red Barchetta by Rush (Moving Pictures)

  • #4 - Crossover Prog Judas Unrepentant by Big Big Train (English Electric, Pt. One)

  • #3 - Eclectic Red by King Crimson (Red)

  • #2 - Rock Progressivo Italiano Al Di La Del Bene E by Museo Rosenbach (Zarathustra)

  • #1 - Symphonic Prog (The Revealing Science of God by Yes (Tales from Topographic Oceans)

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Album Review: Messages from Afar by Karfagen

  • "Bond of Love" 

Episode 12
Mar. 1, 2024

Highlights From 3 Prog Corners This Week.

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10 Best Styx Songs

  • #5 - "Queen of Spades" (Pieces of Eight) 

  • #4 - "Man In the Wilderness" (The Grand Illusion) 

  • #3 - "Put Me On" (Crystal Ball) 

  • #2 - "Born for Adventure" (Equinox) 

  • #1 - "As Bad As This" (The Serpent Is Risingt) 
     

Top 25 Prog Trios

  • #25 - 31Knots (Darling, I)

  • #18 - Refugee (Papillon)

  • #17 - Trespass (In Haze of Time)

  • #12 - Schicke Führs Fröhling (Dialog)

  • #11 - SBB (Moja Ziemio WyÅ›niona)

  • #3 - Triumvirat (Mister Ten Percent: f) Million Dollars)

  • #2 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (A Time and a Place)

  • #1 - Rush (YYZ)


Mandalaband: A Retrospective

  • "Om Mani Padme Hum" (Abridged)

  • "The Eye of Wendor" 

Episode 11
Feb. 23, 2024

Highlights From 3 Prog Corners This Week.

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10 Best Prog Album Openers

  • Harold's #1 - "Tarkus" (ELP - Tarkus

  • Cody's #1 - "Watching of the Skies" (Genesis - Foxtrot) 

  • Wayne's #1 - "Danger Money" (U.K. - Danger Money) 

  • Tara's #1 - "Achilles Last Stand" (Led Zeppelin - Presence) 

  • Pontus' #1 - "All Traps on Earth" (All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light) 

  • Scot's #1 - "Roundabout" (Yes - Fragile)
     

Top 25 Prog Supergroups

  • #5 - Hatfield & The North (Lobster in Cleavage Probe)

  • #4 - Asia (Wildest Dreams)

  • #3 - Transatlantic (Higher Than the Morning)

  • #2 - U.K. (Presto Vivace and Reprise)

  • #1 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2)


NEW!!! The Samurai Of Prog “A Quiet Town”

Episode 10
Feb. 16, 2024

Highlights From 4 Prog Corners This Week.

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Genesis: Their Ten Best Songs

  • #5 - "The Knife (Live)" (Genesis Live) 

  • #4 - "The Fountain of Salmacis" (Nursery Cryme) 

  • #3 - "The Cinemas Show/Aisle of Plenty" (Selling England by the Pound) 

  • #2 - "Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist" (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway) 

  • #1 - "Supper's Ready" (Foxtrot)
     

When The Osmond's Went Prog!!!

  • Movie Man (The Plan)

  • Mirror, Mirror (The Plan)

  • The Last Days (The Plan)
     

Top 25 Prog Guitar Solos

  • #5 - Allan Holdsworth "Nevermore" by U.K. (U.K.)

  • #4 - Andy Latimer "Ice" by Camel (I Can See Your House From Here)

  • #3 - Steve Howe "Starship Trooper" by Yes (The Yes Album)

  • #2 - Steve Hackett "Firth of Fifth" by Genesis (Selling England By the Pound)

  • #1 - David Gilmour "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd (The Wall)


NEW!!! Big Big Train "The Likes Of Us”

Episode 9
Feb. 9, 2024

Highlights From 4 Prog Corners This Week.

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Dream Theater: Their Ten Best Songs

  • #5 - "Space-Dye Vest" (Awake) 

  • #4 - "Scene Seven: I. The Dance of Eternity" (Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory) 

  • #3 - "Pull Me Under" (Images and Words) 

  • #2 - "A Change of Seasons" (A Change of Seasons) 

  • #1 - "Octavarium" (Octavarium)
     

PROG’S Hidden Gems

  • #5 - Cressida "Munich" (Asylum)

  • #4 - Gnidrolog "I Could Never Be a Soldier" (Lady Lake)

  • #3 - Gracious "Super Nova" (This Is... Gracious!)

  • #2 - Web "Concerto for Bedsprings" (I Spider)

  • #1 - Island "Hear and Now" (Pictures)


NEW!!! The Smile “Wall Of Eyes”

  • "Friend of a Friend" by The Smile (Wall of Eyes) 
     

Steve Hackett Joins The Prog Corner

  • "Circo Inferno" by Steve Hackett (The Circus and the Nightwhale) 

Episode 8
Feb. 2, 2024

Highlights From 4 Prog Corners This Week.

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Kansas: America's Best Prog Band?

  • #5 - "The Spider / Portrait (He Knew)" (Point of Know Return) 

  • #4 - "Can I Tell You" (Kansas) 

  • #3 - "Miracles Out of Nowhere" (Leftoverture) 

  • #2 - "Icarus (Borne On Wings of Steel)" (Masque) 

  • #1 - "Song for America" (Song for America)
     

Top 25 Prog Keyboard Solos

  • #5 - Eddie Jobson "Nevermore" by U.K. (U.K.)

  • #4 - Patrick Moraz "Sound Chaser" by Yes (Relayer)

  • #3 - Keith Emerson "Tarkus (Edited)" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Tarkus)

  • #2 - Tony Banks "The Cinema Show" by Genesis (Selling England By the Pound)

  • #1 - Rick Wakeman "Close to the Edge (Edited)" by Yes (Close to the Edge)


NEW!!! Steve Hackett “The Circus And The Nightwhale”

  • "Wherever You Are" by Steve Hackett (The Circus and the Nightwhale) 
     

Greg Spawton: The Big Big Interview

Episode 7
Jan. 26, 2024

Highlights From 4 Prog Corners This Week.

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Indie Rock & Prog: “Grey Area” Bands

  • #5 - "And You Lied To Me" by The Besnard Lakes (The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse) 

  • #4 - "Metronomic Underground" by Stereolab (Emperor Tomato Ketchup) 

  • #3 - "Annan Water" by The Decemberists (Hazards of Love) 

  • #2 - "The Perfect Me" by Deerhoof (Friend Opportunity) 

  • #1 - "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi" by Radiohead (In Rainbows)
     

​Sunday Live Feed - Jethro Tull: Their Ten Best Songs

  • #5 - "No Lullaby" (Heavy Horses)

  • #4 - "Bourée" (Stand Up)

  • #3 - "Hymn 43" (Aqualung)

  • #2 - "Songs from the Wood" (Songs from the Wood)

  • #1 - "Living in the Past" (Living In the Past)

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Prog Albums That Have Aged Well

  • #5 - "Bastille Day" by Rush (Caress of Steel)

  • #4 - "Overnight Job" by Mike Rutherford (Smallcreep's Day)

  • #3 - "Islands"by King Crimson (Islands)

  • #2 - "Gypsy Queen, Pt. 1" by Gypsy (Gypsy)

  • #1 - "Impressions (The Dream)" by Patrick Moraz (The Story of I)


NEW!!! Ellesmere “Stranger Skies”

  • "Stranger Skies" by Ellesmere (Stranger Skies) 

Episode 6
Jan. 19, 2024

Highlights From 3 Prog Corners This Week.

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Classic Rock & Prog: “Grey Area” Bands

  • #10 - "Starrider" by Foreigner (Foreigner) 

  • #9 - "Astronomy" by Blue Öyster Cult (Secret Treaties) 

  • #8 - "Mister Kingdom" by Electric Light Orchestra (Eldorado) 

  • #7 - "Moonage Daydream" by David Bowie (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars) 

  • #6 - "Poem for the People" by Chicago (Chicago II) 

  • #5 - "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by Black Sabbath (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) 

  • #4 - "The Punk and the Godfather" by The Who (Quadrophenia) 

  • #3 - "Kid Charlemagne" by Steely Dan (The Royal Scam) 

  • #2 - "The Prophet's Song" by Queen (A Night at the Opera) 

  • #1 - "No Quarter" by Led Zeppelin (Houses of the Holy) 
     

​Sunday Live Feed - The Best Of: VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR

​NEW!!! Neal Morse “The Restoration”

  • "Everlasting / Dawning Of A New Day (God Uses Everything For Good)" by Neal Morse (The Restoration - Joseph, Pt. Two) 

Episode 5
Jan. 12, 2024

Highlights From 3 Prog Corners This Week.

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More “Grey Area” Bands: New Wave

  • #12 - "Destination Unknown" by Missing Persons (Spring Session M

  • #11 - "Ordinary World" by Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) 

  • #10 - "Waterfront" by Simple Minds (Sparkle In the Rain) 

  • #9 - "The Monochrome Set (I Presume)" by The Monochrome Set (Strange Boutique) 

  • #8 - "Being Boiled (Fast Version)" by The Human League (Reproduction) 

  • #7 - "Time for a Change" by Split Enz (Mental Notes) 

  • #6 - "Joan of Arc" by Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark (Architecture & Morality) 

  • #5 - "Touch and Go" by The Cars (Panorama) 

  • #4 - "Triumph of the Will" by Devo (Duty Now for the Future) 

  • #3 - "Real Men" by Joe Jackson (Night and Day) 

  • #2 - "Driven to Tears" by The Police (Zenyatta Mondatta) 

  • #1 - "Master Plan" by Tears for Fears (The Tipping Point)
     

​Best Prog Albums: 1974

  • #5 - "Proclamation" by Gentle Giant (The Power and the Glory)

  • #4 - "Journey from Mariabronn" by Kansas (Kansas)

  • #3 - "Fallen Angel" by King Crimson (Red)

  • #2 - "To Be Over" by Yes (Relayer)

  • #1 - "The Carpet Crawlers" by Genesis (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
     

​NEW!!! Regna “Cinema”

  • "Opening Credits / Return to..." by Regna (Cinema) 

Episode 4
Jan. 5, 2024

Highlights From Scot's Sunday Live Feed - 10 Best Album Closers.

  • #10 - "Magnum Opus" by Kansas (Leftoverture) 

  • #9 - "Love, Reign O'er Me" by The Who (Quadrophenia)

  • #8 - "Foxlight" by Wobbler (From Silence to Somewhere)

  • #7 - "Telling the Bees" by Big Big Train (Folklore)

  • #6 - "La Villa Strangiato" by Rush (Hemispheres)

  • #5 - "Pirates" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Works, Vol. 1)

  • #4 - "Broken Sky / Long Day (Reprise)" by The Neal Morse Band (The Similitude Of A Dream)

  • #3 - "Los Endos" by Genesis (A Trick of the Tail)

  • #2 - "Starless" by King Crimson (Red)

  • #1 - "Awaken" by Yes (Going for the One)
     

  • Bonus Closer - "The Turn of a Friendly Card Suite" by The Alan Parsons Project (The Turn of a Friendly Card)

Episode 3
Dec. 29, 2023

Highlights From 3 Prog Corners This Week.

  • "Watcher of the Skies" by Genesis (Foxtrot) 

  • "Wonderous Stories" by Yes (Going for the One)

  • "Karn Evil 9 2nd Impression" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Brain Salad Surgery)

  • "Fracture" by King Crimson (Starless And Bible Black)
     

  • "Caligari's Mirror" by Pere Ubu (Dub Housing)

  • "Shot By Both Sides" by Magazine (Real Life)

  • "Careering" by Public Image Ltd. (Second Edition)

  • "Damaged Goods" by Gang of Four (Entertainment!)

  • "Guiding Light" by Television (Marquee Moon)

  • "Duchess" by The Stranglers (The Raven)

  • "Jumping Someone Else's Train" by The Cure (Three Imaginary Boys)

  • "Hiroshima Mon Amour" by Ultravox (Ha! Ha! Ha!)

  • "Cities" by Talking Heads (Fear of Music)

  • "Map Ref 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W" by Wire (154)

  • "Ghosts" by Japan (Tin Drum)

  • "Making Plans for Nigel" by XTC (Drums and Wires)
     

  • "Moon to Follow" by Monarch Trail (Four Sides)

Episode 2
Dec. 22, 2023

Highlights From 3 Prog Corners This Week.

  • "Inca Roads" by Frank Zappa (One Size Fits All) 

  • "Watermelon In Easter Hay" by Frank Zappa (Joe's Garage: Acts I, II & III)

  • "Muffin Man" by Frank Zappa (Bongo Fury)

  • "Montana" by Frank Zappa (Over-Nite Sensation)

  • "Peaches En Regalia" by Frank Zappa (Hot Rats)

  • "Let's Make the Water Turn Black" by Frank Zappa (We're Only In It for the Money)

  • "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" by Frank Zappa (Absolutely Free)
     

  • "King Kong" by Babe Ruth (First Base)
     

  • "Run With the Fox" by Chris Squire (Chris Squire's Swiss Choir)

  • "Ring Our Solstice Bells" by Jethro Tull (The Jethro Tull Christmas Album)

  • "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake (Single)
     

  • "Am I Very Wrong?" by Genesis (From Genesis to Revelation)

  • "Harold the Barrel" by Genesis (Nursery Cryme)

  • "Anyway" by Genesis (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)

  • "Squonk" by Genesis (Trick of the Tail)

  • "Misunderstanding" by Genesis (Duke)

  • "Mama" by Genesis (Genesis)

  • "I Can't Dance" by Genesis (We Can't Dance)
     

  • "Embers" by The Twenty Committee (The Cycle Undone)

Episode 1
Dec. 15, 2023

Scot's Top 25 Prog Albums for 2023

What songs will be in the Playlist next week???

Follow The Prog Corner then tune in to Prog Radio next Friday at Noon (EST) to find out!

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