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1st Official vinyl reissue of Skywhale – The World At Mind’s End

R e l ease da t e : May 2025 Labe l : P Q R - Di s q ues p l us q u e réel B and name : Skywhale A l bum t i tl e : The World At Mind’s End C a t. no : PQR046 Specs: Vi n y l 180 g r ., s trictly limited pressing of 400 numbered copies + 2-page insert, 200 copies in black, 200 in splatter vinyl.   File nearby : Caravan, Hatfield & The North, Camel, Weather Report, Ton Ton Macoute, Titus Groan, Diabolus, Quiet Sun   Formed in Bristol in 1974, Skywhale quickly became entrenched in their contemporary progrock live circuit. Although they performed regularly in staple venues and events such Ashton Court Festival (1978), the Rock Garden, the ICA in London, Glastonbury and Stonehenge between 1974-1979, they only recorded a one-off gem in 1977, The World At Mind’s End. A testament to its members’ musical virtuosity, including Steve Robshaw’s outstanding guitar-playing skills, flutework and violin, Paul Todd on soprano saxophone and Howard Scarr’s expertise wit...

Official vinyl reissue of ID - Where Are We Going

R e l ease da t e : May 2025 Labe l : P Q R - Di s q ues p l us q u e réel B and name : ID A l bum t i tl e : Where Are We Going C a t. no : PQR045 Specs: Vi n y l 180 g r ., s trictly limited pressing of 300 numbered copies + 2-page insert, 100 copies in black, 200 in splatter vinyl. File nearby : C.A. Quintet, Kimio Mizutani, Terry Brooks & Strange, Necronomicon, The Spoils of War, Electric Orange After Mirthrandir, Lift and Easter Island, we continue bringing you the cream of the crop from U.S. Prog Classics, with the reissue of ID’s 1977 album Where Are We Going. In this case, you can guess the music from the band’s name, a regression into the depths of the unconscious (Freud’s antecedent term for ID in the structure of the cunning invention called ‘psyche’) via an interminable sonic evocation. The highlights of the album are the 2 long parts of the homonymous track covering most of the 2 sides. Although the prog progression at the beginning of Where Are We G...