PRE-PROGRESSIVE ROCK EXPERIENCE

US PROG CLASSICS

1^ST official vinyl edition & digipack CD of

PRE-PROGRESSIVE ROCK EXPERIENCE

Release date: 7 January 2026

Label: PQR-Disques plusqueréel

Band name: PRE

Album title: Progressive Rock Experience

Formats:

Vinyl LP (180 gr., 350 GSM covers, 4 vinyl colors: black, trans purple, brown on white splatter, clear (US exclusive), each numbered to 100 copies, 2-page insert bonus tracks)

Digipack CD + 8-page booklet

Cat. no: PQR040 (LP), PQR052 (CD)

Will appeal to fans of: Mirthrandir, Easter Island, Cathedral, Lift, Earthrise

In continuation of our ongoing project at rescuing and restoring outstanding pieces from the scattered US 70s prog scene, we bring you the only album recorded by the Kentucky-based PRE (short for PROGRESSIVE ROCK EXPERIENCE) in 1973. And just as you thought you were experienced enough in the prog sonicsphere, here’s another gem to broaden your horizon and enrich your collection. Easily tagged as a one-off wonder, this album leaves little room for vague and pointless reductionisms. With PRE spinning firmly on your turntable (backed by 3 equally enticing bonus tracks), you embark on a journey of top-notch, ultra-tight symphonic bliss, regularly flirting with long psychedelic passages. From the opening 9-mins long Ascetic Eros, floating on Brian Paulson’s unique ability at transposing groovy keyboards to an etherial dimension that is further augmented by Al Collinsworth’s vocals until the 19-mins long Ballet for a Blindman that might have been included in a top-of-class UK/Italian prog consortium, marked by the exemplary backs and forths between Larry Collinsworth’s hard psychedelic guitar solos against a mesmerizing drum-beat and placid symphonic themes, you’re in for an endless stream of richly textured segments that alternate like rapid fire. And what a treat: this edition comes in 4 different vinyl colors of 100 copies each and a 2-page insert packed with rare photos and, at last, the band’s official biography.

AVAILABLE @ PQRDirect webstore

Black vinyl

https://pqrdirect.my-online.store/product/pre-progressive-rock-experience-black-vinyl

Trans purple vinyl

https://pqrdirect.my-online.store/product/pre-progressive-rock-experience-trans-purple-vinyl

Brown on white splatter vinyl

https://pqrdirect.my-online.store/product/pre-progressive-rock-experience-brown-on-white-splatter-vinyl

DIGIPACK CD + 8-PAGE BOOKLET

https://pqrdirect.my-online.store/product/pre-progressive-rock-experience-digipack-cd-8-page-booklet

LISTEN @ BANDCAMP

Ascetic Eros/Hymn of Transfiguration

https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/track/ascetic-eros-hymn-of-transfiguration

Firmer hand

https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/track/firmer-hand

Comments

EASTER ISLAND SPECIAL VINYL REISSUE WITH BONUS CD AND 12-PAGE BOOKLET

B and name : Easter Island A l bum t i tl e : Easter Island C a t. no : PQR038/39 Specs: Vi n y l 180 g r ., s trictly limited pressing of 400 numbered copies, with bonus CD + 12-page booklet, 2 50 copies in black, 150 in splatter vinyl. File nearby : Mirthrandir, Cathedral, Lift, Genesis, ELP Easter Island's self-titled 1979 masterpiece rightfully stands in the midst of the top 10 US Prog Classics. It offers an emotionally captivating experience, marked by the melodic ebb and flow that is definitive of dexterously multilayered symphonic prog, interwoven with outbursts of heavy riffs. From the lush Mellotron textures and melodic bass lines of Genius of the Dance to the heavy progression of Face-to-Face, this is an album that grows within its listeners like a benevolent virus. The highlight of the album is the 17-minutes long Alchemist’s Suite, including the oneiric sequence of Telesterion, an evocative tribal piece of percussion and electronics that radiates with s...

AGNUS-PINTURAS Y EXPRESIONES 1st OFFICIAL VINYL REISSUE

B and name : Agnus A l bum t i tl e : Pinturas Y Expresiones C a t. no : PQR026 Specs: Vi n y l 180 g r ., s trictly limited pressing of 400 numbered copies, with 12-page booklet, 250 copies in black, 150 in smoked marble vinyl. File nearby : Bacamarte, Rennaissance, MIA, Armando Tirelli, Apoteosi, Catharsis Agnus formed in 1973 in Santa Fe, Argentina, but it wasn’t until 1980 that they managed to release their sole magnus opus Pinturas Y Expresiones, the most expensive (3k) prog album that was ever released in Argentina. This is a unique blend of symphonic prog with 2 faces, equally split between the 2 sides, one with a folky edge, punctuated by aethereal pastoral vocals in an intimate dialogue with flute and violin, and another packed with wandering psychedelic guitars and side-effects. Picture Rennaissance in an interminable jam with MIA and Catharsis with Bacamarte and you might start to get a feel for this one-of-a-kind artefact. This is the fir...

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...

PQR-Disques plusqueréel

Search This Blog