Steve Vai - Sex & Religion (1993)

"Sex and Religion is a Steve Vai album presented under the name of simply "Vai" and before then "Light Without Heat" but had to be changed due to copyright issues to the original name. It features Strapping Young Lad and The Devin Townsend Band vocalist and guitarist Devin Townsend on vocals before he started either one of his own bands. Townsend also co-wrote the track "Pig", as well as "Just Cartilage" which was left off the final album. Vai also worked with Desmond Child on the track "In My Dreams with You"." - Wikipedia

- Devin Townsend / lead vocals

- T. M. Stevens / bass & vocals

- Terry Bozzio / drums & percussion

- Steve Vai / everything else

1. An Earth Dweller's Return (1:03)

2. Here & Now (4:47)

3. In My Dreams With You (5:00)

4. Still My Bleeding Heart (6:00)

5. Sex & Religion (4:24)

6. Dirty Black Hole (4:27)

7. Touching Tongues (4:33)

8. State Of Grace (1:41)

9. Survive (4:46)

10. Pig (3:36)

11. The Road To Mt. Calvary (2:35)

12. Down Deep Into The Pain (8:01)

13. Rescue Me Or Bury Me (8:25)

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King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)

"In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) is the second album by the progressive rock group King Crimson. By the time this album was released, the band had already undergone their first change in lineup, however they still maintained much of the style of their first album, In the Court of the Crimson King.
Also like their first album, the mood of this album often changes from serene to chaotic. The album opens with a poetic vocal piece called "Peace – A Beginning", which is reprised instrumentally in the middle of the album and vocally again at the end. The longest track on the album is a chaotic instrumental piece called "The Devil’s Triangle", which was built around quotations from Gustav Holst's "Mars: Bringer of War" from his The Planets Suite. King Crimson would have called the piece Mars, as they had performed it on tour in the 1969 lineup, but were forbidden by the composer's legal estate..." - Wikipedia

* Robert Fripp (guitars, mellotron and devices)
* Greg Lake (vocals)
* Michael Giles (drums)
* Peter Giles (bass)
* Keith Tippett (piano)
* Mel Collins (saxes and flute)
* Gordon Haskell (additional vocals on track 3)
* Peter Sinfield (lyrics)

1. "Peace – A Beginning" (Fripp/Sinfield) 0:49
2. "Pictures of a City" (Fripp/Sinfield) – 8:03, including:
* 42nd at Treadmill
3. "Cadence and Cascade" (Fripp/Sinfield) – 4:27
4. "In the Wake of Poseidon" (Fripp/Sinfield) – 7:56, including:
* Libra's Theme
5. "Peace – A Theme" (Fripp) 1:15
6. "Cat Food" (Fripp/Sinfield/McDonald) – 4:54
7. "The Devil's Triangle" (Fripp/McDonald) – 11:39, including:
* "Merday Morn"
* "Hand of Sceiron"
* "Garden of Wurm"
8. "Peace – An End" (Fripp/Sinfield) 1:53

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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I (1969)

"Rising from the ashes of his old band the Yardbirds, session guitarist Jimmy Page formed Led Zeppelin, one of the most powerful, influential, and enduring British bands to emerge in the '60s. Despite the presence of such classic thrash-o-ramas as "Good Times Bad Times" and "Communication Breakdown," what set Led Zeppelin apart was the depth and range of their music. Their sound was bathed in the blues, from rootsy covers of Willie Dixon's "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You Baby," to the crunching rhythm changes of "Dazed And Confused." Few guitarists before or since possessed Page's sense of pacing and dynamics, as exemplified by the traditional acoustic folk elements framing the arena gestures on "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," and the raga-flavored acoustic mystery of "Black Mountain Side." These elements would continue to evolve on subsequent albums, leading to some of Led Zeppelin's greatest moments."

Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica)
Jimmy Page (acoustic, electric, & pedal steel guitars, background vocals)
John Paul Jones (organ, bass, background vocals)
John Bonham (drums, tympani, background vocals)
Additional personnel: Viram Jasani (tablas)
Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, England in October 1968

1. Good Times Bad Times
2. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
3. You Shook Me
4. Dazed And Confused
5. Your Time Is Gonna Come
6. Black Mountain Side - (with Viram Jasani)
7. Communication Breakdown
8. I Can't Quit You Baby
9. How Many More Times

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King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)

"In the Court of the Crimson King is the title of the 1969 debut album by the British progressive rock group King Crimson. The album reached No.5 on the British charts. The album was remastered and re-released in the late 1990s, and given a subsequent remastering after the original masters were found in the Virgin vaults, which in turn was released in 2004. Barry Godber painted the instantly recognisable album cover, and died less than a year after the album's release."

* Robert Fripp (guitar)
* Ian McDonald (reeds, woodwind, vibes, keyboards, mellotron, vocals)
* Greg Lake (bass guitar, lead vocals)
* Michael Giles (drums, percussion, vocals)
* Peter Sinfield (words and illumination)

# 21st Century Schizoid Man" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 7:20, including:
* "Mirrors"
# "I Talk to the Wind" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 6:05
# "Epitaph" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 8:47, including:
* "March for No Reason"
* "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"
# "Moonchild" (Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield) – 12:11, including:
* "The Dream"
* "The Illusion"
# "The Court of the Crimson King" (McDonald, Sinfield) – 9:22, including:
* "The Return of the Fire Witch"
* "The Dance of the Puppets"

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Joe Satriani - Not Of This Earth (1986)

"Not of This Earth is the first full album by instrumental rock solo artist Joe Satriani. Numerous tracks off this album are still played live by Satriani.
A few features distinguish this album from his others. Electronic drums are used throughout, instead of Satriani's usual acoustic drums. The first track "Not of This Earth" utilizes an unusual compositional technique he titles "Pitch Axis Theory", which consists of shifting modes underneath a pedal tone (in this case E). "The Headless Horseman" is a piece performed entirely by left and right-handed finger tapping." - Wikipedia

Joe Satriani – Guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion

Jeff Campitelli – Drums, percussion, DX, whistles

John Cuniberti – Percussion, vocals

Written & Arranged by – Joe Satriani

Producers – Joe Satriani & John Cuniberti

Publishers – Strange Beautiful Music/ASCAP

Recorded & Mixed at – Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, California

Engineering – John Cuniberti

Mastering – Bernie Grundman

Art Direction – David Bett

Photography – Glen la Ferman

"Not of This Earth" – 3:55

"The Snake" – 4:40

"Rubina" – 5:50

"Memories" (Satriani, John Cuniberti) – 4:00

"Brother John" – 2:07

"The Enigmatic" – 3:25

"Driving at Night" – 3:30

"Hordes of Locusts" – 4:55

"New Day" – 3:56

"The Headless Horseman" – 1:50

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Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare (1990)

"Vai. One of the greatest. Unlike many guitar albums this is actually fun to listen to and is probably Vai's best. For the Love of God is one of the most intense displays of virtuosity ever recorded. Some other highlights are Blue Powder, The Audience Is Listening, and Erotic Nighmares. Essential to all guitar fans and recomended to prog fans for it's pure chopsmanship." - King Crimson776-ProgArchives

Eventide / synth

Nancy Fagan / vocals

Jamie Firlotte / vocals

Chris Frazier / drums

Stuart Hamm / bass

Bob Harris / keyboards

Tris Imboden / drums

David Rosenthal / keys

Pia Vai / keys

Steve Vai / bass, guitar, keys

1. Liberty (2:02)

2. Erotic Nightmares (4:13)

3. The Animal (3:55)

4. Answers (2:41)

5. The Riddle (6:22)

6. Ballerina 12/24 (1:45)

7. For the Love of God (6:02)

8. The Audience is Listening (5:30)

9. I Would Love To (3:40)

10. Blue Powder (4:44)

11. Greasy Kid's Stuffd (2:57)

12. Alien Water Kiss (1:10)

13. Sisters (4:07)

14. Love Secrets (3:35)

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Brainchild - Healing Of The Lunatic Owl (1970)

"Brainchild is a septet that recorded their sole album Healing Of The Lunatic Owl in western London in 1970 on the A&M label. The album contains sizzling brass rock, which must rank among the best of the genre (early Chicago and If), but also with the much more obscure and even more brilliant Warm Dust and Galliard. Brainchild's line-up was basically your standard prog quartet, plus a three-man wind instrument section, including flute, sax, trumpet and trombone." - Hugues Chantraine

- Harvey Coles / bass, vocals

- Bill Edwrds / lead guitar, vocals

- Dave Muller / drums

- Chris Jennings / organ, piano

- Brian Wilshaw / saxophone, flute

- Lloyd Williams / trumpet

1. Autobiography (3:35)

2. Healing Of The Lunatic Owl (5:05)

3. Hide From The Dawn (6:50)

4. She's Learning (4:13)

5. A Time A Place (8:55)

6. Two Bad Days (3:55)

7. Sadness Of A Moment (4:08)

8. To B (3:52)

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Birth Control - Titanic (1978)

Titanic, Birth Control's 8th studio album.

- Bruno Frenzel / guitars

- Zeus B. Held / keyboards

- Bernd Noske / lead vocals, percussion

- Horst Stachelhaus / basses

- Manfred von Bohr / drums

1. The last survivor (4:30)

2. Miss Davina (4:33)

3. Seems like it's confusion (5:13)

4. How can I live? (6:52)

5. Titanic (5:16)

6. Love light (4:41)

7. Don't turn back (5:21)

8. Saturday special (5:28)

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Steve Vai - Flexable (1984)

"STEVE VAI is one of the greatest guitar players of all time, studied master classes under JOE SATRIANI, and student of the Berklee School of Music, Vai later was invited to join FRANK ZAPPA's band by ZAPPA himself. He was in ZAPPA's group, playing very complex pieces, sometimes even transcribing out ZAPPA's solos and music just to play them live (something he had done in his final year at university according to room-mate Happy The Man's Stan Whitaker). VAI was given the name "Little Italian Virtuoso" and sometimes "Stunt Guitarist" by ZAPPA, because of VAI's technical skill and sounds produced. VAI surely is an incredible guitarist. In 1984 VAI went out on his own and started creating his own albums. VAI also joined ALCATRAZZ and DAVID LEE ROTH to create hard rock music in the vein of VAN HALEN. VAI in 1993 created his rock unit called VAI featuring DEVIN TOWNSEND, T.M. STEVENS and another ZAPPA alumni TERRY BOZZIO. G3 tours also ensued, featuring VAI and SATRIANI and a new guitarist each year, notably ROBERT FRIPP and JOHN PETRUCCI. Since then other solo albums have been issued and VAI has continued to innovate and impress as a great composer and incredible guitar player." - vai.com

Scott Collard / synth, keys

Larry Crane / lyre, xylophone, bells, vibraphone, piccolo xylophone

Greg Degler / clarinet, flute, sax

Laurel FIshman / vocals

Peggy Foster / bass

Chris Frazier / drums

Stuart Hamm / bass, vocals

Bob Harris / trumpet, vocals

Suzannah Harris / vocals

Billy James / percussion, drums

Paul Lemcke / keys

Pai Maiocco / vocals

Tommy Mars / violin, keys, vocals

Ursula Rayven / vocals

Steve Vau / synth, bass, guitar, percussion, piano, keys, sitar, vocals, bells, drum programming

Chad Wackerman / drums

Pete Zeldman / percussion, drums

1. Little Green Men (5:39)

2. Viv Woman (3:09)

3. Lovers Are Crazy (5:39)

4. Salamanders in the Sun (2:26)

5. The Boy/Girl Song (4:02)

6. The Attitude Song (3:23)

7. Call It Sleep (5:09)

8. Junkie (7:23)

9. Bill's Private Parts (0:16)

10. Next Stop Earth (0:34)

11. There's Something Dead in Here (3:46)

12. So Happy (2:44)

13. Bledsoe Bluvd (4:22)

14. Burnin' Down the Mountain (4:22)

15. Chronic Insomnia (2:05)

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Bodkin - Bodkin (1972)

"BODKIN were a Scottish quintet that released a self-titled album in 1972. They made a classic-sounding, rough-edged heavy progressive rock with the emphasis on Doug Rome's Hammond organ and complimented by Mick Riddle's guitar, Bill Anderson's bass, Dick Sneddon on drums and the cool wailing of Zeik Hume.
Somewhat more jam-oriented than contemporaries such as ATOMIC ROOSTER or URIAH HEEP and not quite as hard-hitting, BODKIN nevertheless delivered spirited rock music with energetic interplay between guitar and organ, fine musicianship, and distractingly good compositions from the 21 year-old Doug Rome.
A very palatable blend of dark organ-rock and dirty blues, Bodkin will surely please listeners interested in the murky and mysterious early years of the Heavy Prog scene and anyone seeking rare prog." - Atavachron-ProgArchives

- Doug Rome / organ

- Mick Riddle / guitar

- Bill Anderson / bass

- Dick Sneddon / drums

- Zeik Hume / vocals

1. Three Days After Death Pt. 1 (9:28)

2. Three Days After Death Pt. 2 (7:09)

3. Aunty Mary's Trashcan (10:48)

4. Aftur Yur Lumber (5:12)

5. Plastic Man (5:59)

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Peter Gabriel - So (1986)

"This is an astoundingly consistent album loaded with great songs and many hits that would once again send Peter into yet another direction in his career. He was just getting better and better with each release, and this was his best yet. Music like this never gets old or tiresome; it's timeless and ageless because of its originality, eternal freshness, and open ended approach that appealed to such a huge cross section of listeners worldwide. The world was his oyster now, what would come next?" - Muzikman-ProgArchives

- Peter Gabriel / lead vocal, piano, keys, synths, percussion etc... (All)

- Jerry Marotta / drums (1), Drumstick bass (7)

- Chris Hughes / Linn programming (1)

- Stewart Copeland / Hi-hat (1), drums (7)

- Tony Levin / bass (1-5), Drumstick bass (7)

- David Rhodes / guitar (1-5, 7-8), background vocals (1, 5)

- Daniel Lanois / guitar (1-2, 4), tambourine (2), Surf guitar (7), 12-string guitar (9)

- Manu Katché / drums (2-5), percussion (3-5), talking drums (5, 9)

- Wayne Jackson / trumpet (2, 7), cornet (7)

- Mark Rivera / saxophone (2)

- Don Mikkelsen / trombone (2, 7)

- P.P. Arnold, Coral Gordon, Dee Lewis / background vocals (2, 7)

- Richard Tee / piano (3, 5-6)

- Simon Clark / Chorus CS80 (3), Hammond, CMI, bass (7)

- Kate Bush / guest vocal (3)

- L. Shankar / violin (4, 8)

- Jerry Marotta / additional drums (5), drums (8)

- Larry Klein / bass (5-6)

- Youssou N'Dour / guest vocal (5)

- Michael Been, Jim Kerr / background vocals (5)

- Ronnie Bright / bass vocals (5)

- Djalma Correa / Surdu, congas, triangle (6)

- Mark Rivera / Processed sax (6), Alto, Tenor and Baritone saxs (7)

- Jimmy Bralower / Linn kick (7)

-Laurie Anderson: Voice (9)

-Bill Laswell: Bass (9)

-Nile Rodgers: Guitar (9)

1. Red Rain (5:39)

2. Sledgehammer (5:16)

3. Don't Give Up (6:33)

4. That Voice Again (4:53)

5. In Your Eyes (5:30)

6. Mercy Street (for Anne Sexton) (6:21)

7. Big Time (suc cess) (4:29)

8. We Do What We're Told (milgram's 37) (3:22)

Bonus Track

9. This Is The Picture (excellent birds) (4:18)

Remastered

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Peter Gabriel - 4/Security (1982)

"Peter Gabriel's "Security" is a very revealing album. By that I don't mean that it reveals anything we didn't know about PG, but instead it unveils the true character of many so-called "prog" music fans.
Granted, music is one of the most subjective art forms and no single piece of music will appeal to everyone. Knowing that, I still find it difficult to believe that any "progressive" music fan would give this record anything less than four stars. Well, that's not true; I'm scratching my bald head in disbelief that anyone would DARE give it anything less than FIVE STARS!" - wbiphoto-ProgArchives

- Peter Gabriel / lead vocal, keyboards, percussions etc... (All)

- Jerry Marotta / drums, Surdo drum, percussion (All)

- Tony Levin / bass, stick, Fretless bass (All)

- Larry Fast / Moog, Prophet, Moog brass, electric percussion (1-5, 7-8)

- Ekome Dance Company / Ghanaian drums section (1)

- David Rhodes / backing vocals (1,2,3,8), guitar (2, 4-8)

- John Ellis / background vocals (1,3,6,8), additional guitar (2,4,6)

- Jill Gabriel / background vocals

- Roberto Laneri / treated saxophone (5)

- Stephen Paine / CMI (Including scraped exhaust pipe, Saxy, Swanee)(4)

- Peter Hammill / background vocals (4-6)

- ???: traditional Ethiopian pipes (4)

- Morris Pert / timbales (6), percussion (8)

- David Lord / synths, keyboards, piano and effects (6-8)

1. The Rhythm Of The Heat (5:18)

2. San Jacinto (6:29)

3. I Have The Touch (4:36)

4. The Family And The Fishing Net (7:04)

5. Shock The Monkey (5:29)

6. Lay Your Hands On Me (6:11)

7. Wallflower (6:35)

8. Kiss Of Life (4:16)

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Peter Gabriel - 3/Melt (1980)

"Another masterpiece of the Genius of Peter Gabriel. The beginning is "Intruder". Very serious, the affrican percussion along with some sound like an old opening door. Games without frontier is really nice, the lyrics are just fantastic. Biko is also really good. This album is so good that when I was in Germany for the first time I also bought the German version in which the genius sings in German. German does not adapt so well to this tracks. So for the first time I recommend the English version. It was a really pity that Peter did not do this in Spanish. I think it will not sound as good as in English. Very good!!" - amontes-ProgArchives

- Peter Gabriel / lead vocals, percussion, bass synth, synth, piano

- Jerry Marotta / drums, percussion

- Phil Collins / drums

- Morris Pert / percussion

- John Giblin / bass

- Larry Fast / bass synth, synth

- Tony Levin / stick

- David Rhodes / guitar, background vocals

- Paul Weller, Robert Fripp, Dave Gregory / guitars

- Dick Morrissey / sax

- Kate Bush / background vocals

1. Intruder (4:53)

2. No Self Control (3:56)

3. Start (1:21)

4. I Don't Remember (4:42)

5. Family Snapshot (4:29)

6. And Through The Wire (4:58)

7. Games Without Frontiers (4:07)

8. Not One Of Us (5:21)

9. Lead A Normal Life (4:15)

10. Biko (7:27)

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Blackwater Park - Dirt Box (1972)

"Blackwater Park is an obscure band that emerged from the Berlin underground scene. They released their unique album "Dirt Box" in 1971, published on BASF in 1972. The group delivers a captivating, effective bluesy-heavy rock "trip" with lot of incisive guitar riffs, progressive Hammond Organ's arrangements, melodic heavy vocals and psychedelic effects that are part of the mix. (Accessible) kraut power band whose work is essential for collectors. "Dirt Box" has been recently reissued on CD by "Second Battle"." - ProgArchives

- Richard Routledge / vocals, guitar

- Michael Fechner / guitar

- Andreas Scholz / bass

- Norbert Kagelmann / drums

1. Mental Block (3:18)

2. Roundabout (5:45)

3. One's Life (3:03)

4. Indian Summer (6:10)

5. Dirty Face (4:25)

6. Rock Song (8:45)

7. For No One (3:25)

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Bubu - Anabelas (1978)

"This Argentine group plays very intricate and original music. Along with the traditional rock set-up (guitar, bass, and drums), the band featured a violonist, flutist, saxophonist, and pianist. Their music is complex, energetic, and diabolical in a KING CRIMSON-ish sort of way. Influences are varied (classic, jazz, rock, folk) but make up quite an interesting blend.
"Anabelas" consists of three long compositions, and features mostly instrumental music that sounds like a combination of early KING CRIMSON and ANGLAGARD. For those who are into more intricate prog, there is plenty of dissonance and structural complexity to delight, but is still a PHENOMENAL album." - ProgArchives

- Sergio Polizzi / violin

- Cecilia Tenconi / flute, piccolo, bass flute

- Win Fortsman / tenor sax, words

- Petty Guelache / lead & backing vocals

- Eduardo Rogatti / guitar

- Eduardo "Fleke" Folino / bass

- Eduardo "Polo" Corbella / drums, percussion

- Daniel Andreoli / composition, arrangement

1. El Cortejo de un Día Amarillo (19:25)

2. El Viaje de Anabelas (11:12)

3. Sueños de Maniquí (9:16)

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Peter Gabriel - 2/Scratch (1978)

"Peter Gabriel's most strange work, and his greatest. I really love it, even if it's really difficult to get into. A Wonderful Day In A One-Way World, D.I.Y., Flotsam And Jetsam, Exposure, Indigo, Mother Of Violence, On The Air (my favorite)...All great songs. I understand peaople who says that this second album (often called 'Scratch' because of the sleeve) is deceiving. When you listened to it for the first time, it's hard to have an idea about it. But after a few listenings, when you finally get into, you find that this is Peter Gabriel's best album. Ever." - Zardoz-ProgArchives

- Peter Gabriel / lead vocals, background vocals, piano, synthesizer

- Bayete / Keyboards

- Roy Bittan / keyboards

- Jerry Marotta / drums, background vocals

- Tony Levin / basses, stick, background vocals

- Sid McGinnis / guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, background vocals

- Robert Fripp / guitars, Frippertronics

- Larry Fast / synthesizers

- Timmy Capello / saxophone

- George Marge / recorders

1. On The Air (5:28)

2. D.I.Y. (2:38)

3. Mother Of Violence (3:22)

4. A Wonderful Day In A One-Way World (3:36)

5. White Shadow (5:19)

6. Indigo (3:33)

7. Animal Magic (3:29)

8. Exposure (4:18)

9. Flotsam And Jetsam (2:22)

10. Perspective (3:29)

11. Home Sweet Home (4:40)

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Fates Warning - Disconnected (2000)

"This is not ("only" he means) Fates Warning, This is a masterpiece. Make no mistake (how I hate this sentence!) about this album. This is pure symphony of technicism and high feelings against lack of production... You can find here many ways of experimentation with the band's instruments. Still remains remains as one of my top 10 of all time prog- metalwise." - gorgorito00-ProgArchives

- Ray Alder / vocals

- Jim Matheos / guitars, additional keys, sequencing and noise

- Mark Zonder / drums

- Joey Vera / bass

- Kevin Moore / keyboards

- Steve Tushar / additional keys, sequencing, and noise

1. Disconnected (Part 1) (1:16)

2. One (4:23)

3. So (8:07)

4. Pieces Of Me (4:24)

5. Something From Nothing (10:58)

6. Still Remains (16:11)

7. Disconnected (Part 2) (6:07)

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Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water (1975)

"Christopher Russell Edward Squire (born March 4, 1948), is an English musician and the bassist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock group Yes, and is the only member of the group to appear on every album." - Wikipedia

Chris Squire Bass, Vocals, Producer, Guitar (12 String Acoustic), Guitar (12 String Electric), Main Performer, Guitar, Arranger
Barry Rose Organ, Keyboards, Pipe Organ
David Snell Harp, Leader
John Wilbraham Leader, Brass, Overdubs
Andrew Pryce Jackman Piano, Piano (Electric), Conductor, Orchestration
Patrick Moraz Organ, Synthesizer Bass, Synthesizer, Bass, Keyboards
Nikki Vocals
Adrian Brett Leader, Woodwind
Jim Buck Horn, Horn Section, Leader
Mel Collins Saxophone
Julian Gaillard Strings, Leader
Jimmy Hastings Flute
Andrew Jackman Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
Bill Bruford Percussion, Drums

1. Hold Out Your Hand
2. You By My Side
3. Silently Falling
4. Lucky Seven
5. Safe (Canon Song)

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Peter Gabriel - 1/Car (1977)

"Gabriel started his solo carreer with a great album, to compare his solo work with Genesis material is not really fair to Gabriel, since that's another time another story and another direction.
the album distigueshes itself by good melodies, and a huge variety in styles, ranging from the Queen styled vaudeville (Excuse me) to some David Bowie type of glam (Modern Love), though that is more based on the Fripp guitar than on the title which of course reminds you of Bowie, but it's of course another song. Some Genesis style also pasts, mostly because of his typical voice, but the music also draws back on some of the music of The lamb (Humdrum, Here comes The Flood and Slowburn)." - tuxon-ProgArchives

- Peter Gabriel / voices, keyboards, flute, recorder

- Allan Schwartzberg / drums, directories

- Tony Levin / bass, tuba, leader of Barbershop Quartet

- Jim Maelen / percussion, synthibam, Bones and Barbershop

- Steve Hunter / Full frontal guitar, electric & acoustic rhythm guitar, pedal steel

- Robert Fripp / electric guitar, classical guitar, banjo

- Jozef Chirowski / Frontal keyboard, Barbershop

- Larry (Wires) Fast / synthesizers and programming

- Dick Wagner / backing voices, solo guitar on "Here Comes The Flood" and at the end of "Slowburn"

- The London Symphony Orchestra / on "Down The Dolce Vita"

- Michael Gibbs / Orchestra arranger and Conductor

1. Moribund The Burgermeister (4:18)

2. Solsbury Hill (4:21)

3. Modern Love (3:38)

4. Excuse Me (3:20)

5. Humdrum (3:26)

6. Slowburn (4:37)

7. Waiting For The Big One (7:14)

8. Down The Dolce Vita (4:42)

9. Here Comes The Flood (5:56)

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The Dregs - Industry Standard (1982)

Industry Standard is a 1982 album by The Dregs. It is their only album featuring vocals and garnered the group their fourth Grammy nomination.

* Steve Howe – Guitar
* T Lavitz – Keyboards, Saxophone
* Steve Walsh – Vocals
* Alex Ligertwood – Vocals
* Rod Morgenstein – Drums
* Steve Morse – Banjo, Guitar
* Mark O'Connor – Violin
* Patrick Simmons – Vocals
* Andy West – Bass

1. "Assembly Line" – 4:25
2. "Crank It Up" – 3:35
3. "Chips Ahoy" – 3:39
4. "Bloodsucking Leeches" – 3:59
5. "Up in the Air" – 2:27
6. "Ridin' High" – 3:40
7. "Where's Dixie?" – 3:57
8. "Conversation Piece" – 6:12
9. "Vitamin Q" – 5:33

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Allan Holdsworth - None Too Soon (1996)

Allan meets jazz standards and the Tribal Tech rhythm section and Gordon Beck is back on piano with two originals. Enough said, except that there's also a Beatles cover.

* Allan Holdsworth – guitar, SynthAxe
* Gordon Beck – digital piano
* Kirk Covington – drums
* Gary Willis – bass guitar

1. "Countdown" (John Coltrane) 3:11
2. "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt) 5:41
3. "How Deep Is the Ocean" (Irving Berlin) 5:29
4. "Isotope" (Joe Henderson) 5:41
5. "None Too Soon Pt I/Interlude/None Too Soon Pt II" (Gordon Beck) 7:44
6. "Norwegian Wood" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 5:55
7. "Very Early" (Bill Evans) 7:42
8. "San Marcos" (Beck) 3:24
9. "Inner Urge" (Henderson) 6:14

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Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux - Eli (1976)

Fascinating, eerie sounding post-Focus collaborative effort between Jan and singer Kaz Lux (both ex-Brainbox). Jan was truly a pioneer of "flanging".

Eli (4:25)
Guardian Angel (4:55)
Tranquillizer (4:16)
Can't Fake a Good Time (5:21)
There He Still Goes (3:44)
Strindberg (3:08)
Wings of Strings (3:18)
Naked Actress (5:44)
Fairytale (3:45)

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Starship - Love Among The Cannibals (1989)

Love Among the Cannibals is an album released in 1989 by rock band Starship. It was the first album after Grace Slick's departure from the band, and their last studio release. The song "Wild Again" had previously been produced for the Cocktail soundtrack, and was included as an extra track on the CD release. The album had one top-20 single on the Billboard charts, "It's Not Enough", but the album itself only climbed to #64.

* Mickey Thomas – vocals
* Craig Chaquico – guitars
* Donny Baldwin – drums, backing vocals
* Mark Morgan – keyboards
* Bret Bloomfield – bass, backing vocals

1. "The Burn" 4:24
2. "It's Not Enough" 4:51
3. "Trouble in Mind" 4:35
4. "I Didn't Mean to Stay All Night" 4:51
5. "Send a Message" 4:50
6. "Wild Again" 4:44
7. "Love Among the Cannibals" 3:43
8. "Dream Sequence" / "We Dream in Color" 1:29 / 4:58
9. "Healing Waters" 4:57
10. "Blaze of Love" 4:34
11. "I'll Be There" 5:31

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