PNVIII  

Prog Night Eight (PNVIII) ProgN8 The Tangerine Dream Special

(no lizards were harmed in the production of this event)

In contrast to the previous Prog night – Flat Sky and Pete Cheers arrived via train without out too much ado. Yes Flat decided to help out by sending Pete photos that had Pete followed them would have led him a merry dance in the direction labelled ‘wrong’, but by 1600 everyone was in situ and beveraged, ready to get their prog on…..

the Fez Of Choosing dispensed the following:

1. Vangelis – Rosetta (PC)
2. Tangerine Dream – Tyger (FS)
3. Mike Oldfield – Return To Ommadawn (PC)
4. Tangerine Dream – Firestarter OST (PC)
5. Tim Bowness – Lost In The Ghost Light (UT)
6. Genesis – Foxtrot (FS)
7. Marillion – Fugazi (PC)
8. Neal Morse Band – The Similitude Of A Dream [disc 1] (FS)
9. Haken – Affinity (FS)
10. Tangerine Dream – Tangram (UT)

Left in the Fez Of Choosing –

1. Mike Oldfield – Return To Ommadawn (UT)
2. iamthemorning – Lighthouse (UT)

It became obvious that Uncle Mike’s RTO was going to get played at all costs! And rightly so – it’s the album we never thought would happen but always hoped would.

At which point our heroes called it a night and retired

Post Prog Night Sunday Special (PPNSS)

Breakfast was taken alongside the sounds of

1. iamthemorning – Lighthouse
2. Big Big Train – Grimspound

After those two crackers the Post Prog Night Yomp occurred in delightful sunshine and a rather large amount of pollen. Troopers Hill made it’s first appearance and on the return journey we picked up a few provisions (ICE CREAM!) and I discovered I have a Screwfix within 10 minutes walk of Thangcentral – which is great because they

I’ve been told by Snetterton that this is not the forum for an outpouring of Screwfix love so I’ll get back to the prog. Ahem.

We lunched in the garden (oh please do come they say) with

• Nordic Giants – A Seance Of Dark Delusions

before returning inside for

• Max Richter – The Three Worlds Of Virginia Woolf.

At this point Thangcentral bade farewell to Flat Sky and myself and Cheers carried out an experiment involving an A3 glass picture frame, a height and a thrown towel. Smashing.

• Marillion – Out Of The Box [disc 3 singles night]

started the AV section of the day before we moved on to the

5.1 Special

• Mike Oldfield – RTO
• Yes – Perpetual Change, Heart Of The Sunrise, And You And I

then it was back to the DVDs for

• Yes – Symphonic Live

we only got halfway through this before we switched to You Tube for

• Yes – Union
• Yes – The Lost Broadcasts.

Points to note – The 5.1 of RTO really works, Steve Howe needs to stop now.

Yes Union live is pretty bloody amazing – they are tearing the place up

The early stuff (’69,’70+’71) was an eye opener not only in terms of how much ‘balls’ the young Yes had but also how tripped out German music TV shows were – excellent!

Before you know what happened Monday morning appears and Pete Cheers takes himself back to Brighton via a less than optimal train journey – a fate suffered by Flat Sky the day before….oi trains, sort yourselves out!

That wraps up PNVIII, next is PNIX which if memory serves is a Rush Special – get your Geddy out!

Now if you’d excuse me I have a lizard to touch…..

May 15, 2017 | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a comment