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Cat No: 504300 Released: 01/01/2009 Reference: 15665

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Cat No: PRR200 Released: 01/07/2008 Reference: 15260

Track Listing: 01. Terracide / 02. Volatilestial / 03. Manifest Destiny / 04. Oceanica Toxica / 05. Mammonific / 06. Animaulic / 07. Esoterica / 08. Crownet / 09. Obesite / 10. Ode to Joy / 11. Cosmosera / 12. Vastificant

Review: Odin’s Court is a Maryland, USA band that was initially formed by Matt Brookins in 2001. Since that time they’ve
recorded several CD’s and a DVD, sharing the stage with many classic and modern greats, including Symphony X,
Spock’s Beard, King’s X, Kamelot, Devin Townsend, Enchant, and more. Odin’s Court draws from legendary
inspirations like Pink Floyd, Boston, Queen, Rush, Metallica, Yes, Iron Maiden, and Journey as well as more modern bands such as Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater.

Note: Spock's Beard keyboard player [New : M/M]
Released: Reference: 14777

Track Listing: Godzilla vs. King Ghidarah / The Farther He goes, The Farther He Falls / Slipping Down / Highway Roller / Free Fall / Coming Through / Close Enough / The Imperial

Note: The first three Opeth albums in a digi sleave [New : M/M]
Cat No: CANDLE273BOX Released: 23/06/2008 Reference: 15247

Review: Released together for the first time ever the first three Candlelight Opeth albums (Orchid, Morningrise and My Arms Your Hearse).

This triple CD set is the perfect way to experience the early years of this now legendary band and witness firsthand the albums that cemented the bands place in the metal big league. Opeth recorded debut album, Orchid, with producer Dan Swanö in April 1994, Orchid tested the boundaries of traditional death metal, featuring acoustic guitars, piano, and clean vocals. Allmusic called Orchid "brilliant", "startlingly unique", and "a far-beyond-epic prog/death monstrosity exuding equal parts beauty and brutality". After a few live shows in the United Kingdom, Opeth returned to the studio in March 1996 to begin work on a second album, again produced by Dan Swanö. Morningrise was released in Europe on June 24, 1996. With only five songs and lasting 66 minutes, the album featured Opeth's longest song, the twenty-minute "Black Rose Immortal". Morningrise was a critical success, with
Allmusic giving the album four stars. Opeth began work on its third album, with noted Swedish producer Fredrik Nordström, at Studio Fredman in August 1997. My Arms, Your Hearse was released on August 18, 1998, to critical acclaim. As Opeth's first international release, the album exposed the band to a wider global audience. My Arms, Your Hearse marked the beginning of a shift in the band's sound, focusing less on guitar harmonies and more heavily on progressive metal riffs.


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1. [CD] HACKETT STEVE - Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth (2 CD)

2. [CD] SATELLITE - Nostalgia [Limited digipak edition]

3. [CD] MAGUS - The Garden

Note: New and final CD ex-IQ keyboard player Martin Orford with many guests [New : M/M]
Cat No: GEPCD1037 Released: 27/10/2008 Reference: 15323

Track Listing: Grand Designs / Power And Speed / Ray Of Hope / Take It To The Sun / Prelude / The Old Road / Out In The Darkness / The Time And The Season / Endgame

Review: Martin Orford is best know for his 26-year career as keyboardist and main songwriter with legendary progressive rock band IQ, though he was also a significant player for many years in Jadis and also the John Wetton band. The album features an all-star line-up including John Wetton (Asia), Nick D’Virgilio and Dave Meros (Spock’s Beard), John Mitchell (It Bites/ Arena), Dave Oberlé (Gryphon), Gary Chandler (Jadis) and Steve Thorne. Martin describes the album as “unashamedly retro and proud of it”, and the overall theme of the CD reflects a celebration of traditional ways and a rejection of the less attractive aspects of the 21st century. An outspoken critic of the Internet and the “free music” culture, Martin recently announced his complete withdrawal from the music industry at the end of 2008, and this album provides a fitting and poignant farewell.


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1. [CD] BIG BIG TRAIN - The Underfall Yard

2. [CD] IQ - Frequency (SPECIAL EDITION - CD+DVD)

3. [CD] KARNATAKA - Gathering Light

Note: Debut solo CD from IQ keyboardist featuring all members of IQ and Jadis plus John Wetton! [New : M/M]
Cat No: GEPCD1026 Released: 01/01/2000 Reference: 15421

Track Listing: 1. The Field of Fallen Angels (6:26) / 2. A Part of Me (5:14) / 3. Quilmes (3:02) / 4. The Days of Our Lives (6:15) / 5. Fusion (5:05) / 6. The Final Solution (5:59) / 7. The Picnic (1:21) / 8. The Overload (5:20) / 9. Tatras (5:30) / 10. Evensong (5:09)


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1. [CD] BIG BIG TRAIN - The Underfall Yard

2. [CD] ORFORD MARTIN - The Old Road

3. [CD] PARZIVALS EYE - Fragments

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Released: 30/11/2009 Reference: 15614

Track Listing: 1. Uninvited Dreams / 2. My Nightmare Is Scared Of Me / 3. Childmare (A Goodnight Story) / 4. Lack Of Dreams / 5. Is This Devil From Spain? / 6. Is That Devil From Spain Too? / 7. Neverending Dream / Bonus tracks (only available on limited digipak version) / 8. 2304 / 9. S.L.E.E.P. / 10. Uninvited Dreams (edit)

Review: Polish band Osada Vida returns with their third full-length album - 'Uninvited Dreams'. Their brand new offering is a follow up to the highly acclaimed albums 'Three Seats Behind A Triangle' (2007) and 'The Body Parts Party' (2008). This is the digipak with three bonus tracks edition. As it was with their previous releases, Osada Vida manifests a wide variety of influences and styles: symphonic prog-rock, neo-prog, prog metal and alternative rock. 'Uninvited Dreams' is yet another concept-album that draws from the tradition of ambitious rock distinctive of Yes, Porcupine Tree and Pain Of Salvation.


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1. [CD] THORNE STEVE - Into The Ether

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3. [CD] FACTORY OF DREAMS - A Strange Utopia

Note: Limited edition digipak with 2 bonus tracks! [New : M/M]
Cat No: MMPCDDG0599 Released: 16/06/2008 Reference: 15283

Track Listing: 1. Body - The Body Parts Party / 2. Liver - Mr Liver's Letter To You / 3. Brain - Mind On Cloud Nine / 4. Tongue - A White Lie / 5. Spine - In Full Swing / 6. Heart - Back And Forth / 7. Muscle - Strong But Powerless / 8. Bone - My Name is Bone The Single Bone / Bonus tracks (only on CD Digipak): 9. Remember Your Name / 10. Echoes Of The Seat

Review: Osada Vida returns with their second full-length album. 'The Body Parts Party' is a concept album which describes people's feelings and emotions - the negative as well as the positive ones. It's also about thoughts and reflections on a human's ordinary day-to-day existence. All this is symbolized and described by means of different body parts and organs. As for music, Osada Vida keep developing the style which could already be found on the previous album 'Three Seats Behind A Triangle'. One can expect to find on 'The Body Parts Party' prog rock, metal, jazz as well as ambient and alternative rock. Digipak edition includes 2 bonus tracks.


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1. [CD] WATCH (THE) - Planet Earth?

2. [CD] KARNATAKA - Gathering Light

3. [CD] Osada Vida - Uninvited Dreams [Digipak with bonus tracks]

Note: All star project with a unique mix of Rock, Metal and Electronic [New : M/M]
Cat No: SPV28092 Released: 04/05/2009 Reference: 15394

Track Listing: 1. The Escape Artist / 2. Terminal / 3. False Start / 4. We Come Undone / 5. Radiologue / 6. Be The Hero / 7. Microburst Alert / 8. Stockholm / 9. Blood

Note: All star project with a unique mix of Rock, Metal and Electronic [New : M/M]
Cat No: SPV28090 Released: 04/05/2009 Reference: 15395

Track Listing: CD 1: 1. The Escape Artist / 2. Terminal / 3. False Start / 4. We Come Undone / 5. Radiologue / 6. Be The Hero / 7. Microburst Alert / 8. Stockholm / 9. Blood / CD 2 (approx. 25 minutes): 1. No Celebrations / 2. Christian Brothers / 3. Terminal (endless)

Review: - Brand new studio album of successful project OSI
- Unique mix of musical elements from the genres of Rock, Metal and Electronic
- All-Star project consisting of Jim Matheos (Fates Warning), Kevin Moore (Chroma Key, ex Dream Theater), Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison and guest singer Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)

Blood is a fascinating album at the crossroads between rock and progressive metal. Music, that alternates between atmospherically dense and aggressively demanding elements, while effortlessly transcending barriers between different styles and genres. Following its impressive predecessors, Office Of Strategic Influence (2003) and Free (2006), Blood is the third release by Kevin Moore and Jim Matheos. O.S.I. unites two exceptional composers who share their penchant for the unusual and are on the same artistic wavelength. “We have different musical tastes but an unspoken musical understanding" Moore enthuses.

Along with Moore and Matheos, Blood features Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison. There’s also a guest appearance by Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) on ‘Stockholm’, which the Swedish musician composed together with the two O.S.I. masterminds. “I think it was Kevin’s idea to have a guest vocalist. He asked me if I had any suggestions and I immediately thought of Mikael,” Matheos explains. “It was Mikael’s choice, we gave him several songs to pick from. Mikael wrote the lyrics and melody and recorded his parts at home in Sweden.” Moore and Matheos took care of the album’s production themselves, while the mix was done with Grammy winner Phil Magnotti. Blood is an ambitious album recorded by real masters of their trade.


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3. [CD] IQ - Dark Matter

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Cat No: SPV08965400 Released: 15/02/2003 Reference: 15588

Track Listing: CD 1: 1. The New Math (what he said) / 2. OSI / 3. When You're Ready 4. Horseshoes And B-52's / 5. Head / 6. Hello, Helicopter! / 7. ShutDOWN / 8. Dirt From A Holy Place / 9. Memory Daydreams Lapses / 10. Standby (looks like rain) / CD 2: Limited Edition: 1. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (08:49) / 2. New Mama (02:22) / 3. The Thing That Never Was (17:21) / Also includes 3 videos

Review: OSI is a project by Jim Matheos and Kevin Moore.

'Office of Strategic Influence' was released in 2003, followed by 'Free' in 2006. 'Blood' was released in April 2009, and includes guests Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree) and Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth). Past participants include Mike Portnoy on the first two albums, Sean Malone and Steven Wilson on the debut, and Joey Vera on 'Free'.

'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun' is a Pink Floyd cover performed by Kevin Moore and Mike Portnoy. 'New Mama' is a Neil Young cover performed by Kevin Moore. 'The Thing That Never Was' is the original 'Looks Like Rain' demo performed by Jim Matheos and Mike Portnoy.

The Multimedia Section is approximately 19 minutes long and includes a concept piece directed and edited by Kevin Moore for "Horsehoes and B-52s" as well as two separate documentary style clips shot at Carriage House Studios during the recording of the album.


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Note: Classic 1990 album remastered + first release of legendary gig on DVD! [New : M/M]
Cat No: SMACD962 Released: 31/05/2010 Reference: 15755

Track Listing: CD: EPRLAND: Eternal Wheel / Toltec Spring / Tidal Convergence / Sunscaper / Mysticum Arabicola / Crackerblocks / The Throbbe / Erpland / Valley Of A Thousand Thoughts / Snakepit / Iscence / A Gift Of Wings / DVD - LIVE AT THE FRIDGE: Space Jam / Og Ha Be / Erpland / Snake Pit / Dissolution / Sunscape / Obscure Jazz Thing / The Throbbe / Sniffing Dog / Aum Riff Jam

Review: One of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK’s festival scene, the Ozrics layer ambient and ethereal landscapes with freeform dub trips, incredible rave grooves and psychedelic progressive rock. It’s an open exploration of music and the soul. For over 25 years, the Ozrics have experienced the vicissitudes of the rock and roll life. The band has flourished through a number of line-up changes, spawned several side projects, created their own record label, put out close to 25 albums, scored a hit record and sold over a million albums worldwide. And yet, the basic motivation behind the band’s existence has never wavered. Their signature blend of hippy aesthetics and raver electronics with spiraling guitars, textured waves of keyboard and midi samplers, and supergroovy bass and drum rhythms continues to delight fans across the world to this day. Erpland was the band’s eighth release and was originally released in 1990 and is considered by many fans as one of their finest works. The album has been remastered for this 2 disc set.

Disc 2 is a DVD featuring the first authorised released of the much sought after Brixton Fridge gig which has been lost for 20 years and only previously available on bootlegged VHS tapes. The gig was recorded in May 1991 and features the classic line-up of Ed, Joie, Jon, Roly, Merv and Paul Hankin.


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Cat No: SMDCD219 Released: Reference: 15474


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Cat No: SMDCD573 Released: Reference: 15475

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Cat No: SMDCD309 Released: Reference: 15476