Side A
Artist	Song
Craft	Leo [edit]
Yes	I've Seen All Good People
Porcupine Tree	The Rest Will Flow
IQ	Unsolid Ground
Genesis	One For the Vine
Caravan	Hello Hello
ELP	From The Beginning
Zebra	Who's Behind the Door
Marillion	Pseudo Silk Kimono
Marillion	Kayleigh
Marillion	Lavender
Jethro Tull	Living in the Past
Genesis	Carpet Crawlers 99
Rush	The Spirit of Radio
IQ	Guiding Light [edit]
IQ	Came Down
running time:	77:36
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Utopia	The Road to Utopia
Marillion	Easter
Genesis	The Cinema Show
Genesis	Aisle Of Plenty
Rush	Subdivisions
Arena	The Hanging Tree
Art In America	Art In America
Jethro Tull	Locomotive Breath
IQ	Fading Senses
Caravan	In the Land of Grey and Pink
Yes	Tempus Fugit
Genesis	Hairless Heart
Genesis	Counting Out Time
Gowan	Living in the Golden Age
Marillion	Beautiful
running time:	79:17

Comment:

[Nov 03 - Finally got around to updating this mix. I pulled two of the Gowan tracks which were nice tracks, but a little too sweet, and I also pulled one of the Jethro Tull tracks. I resequenced the track order a little, and the mix now starts off with a great archetypal instrumental by Kinesis indie-prog band Craft. I've had the Kinesis prog sampler 1 CD for years, and I have always felt that this particular tune epitomizes much of what prog rock is all about. The other new track I added is the nice moody piece "The Hanging Tree" by Arena. The mix now has a really nice feel to it, full of great melodies and touching on pop at times. I couldn't honestly say it is representative of the progressive rock genre as a whole, but it is representative of everything I like about progressive rock. Cheers!]

This is a mix I've been promising to make for Anne for several months, even though I'm not sure if she really wants it or if she's just humoring me. I put in a few tracks I know she already likes (Zebra, Yes) and a few more that are a bit more on the pop side of progressive, just so as to not scare her off too much at first. I really like a lot of melody in my progressive rock, and that is probably reflected by my choices. Fans of the genre should note this is more "old-school" in style...meaning this it is not the metallic progressive which seems to be in vogue these days. I have no problem with atonal jazziness or crunchy guitars in my prog as long is it serves as a break from the melody and not as a replacement for it.

I've got a few pieces of early Genesis with Gabriel on vox, and also some latter-day "neo-prog" bands influenced by Genesis, namely Marillion and IQ. I also included the 1999 re-recording of Carpet Crawlers in which Gabriel reunited with Genesis to breathe new life into an already great track, adding interesting textures and rhythms that have become a staple in his solo output. Also present is 70's Canterbury band Caravan whom I have become a big fan of over the past few months. I plan to put together a 2CD Caravan compilation as well, though choosing the tracklist will be very difficult as they have so many good tracks. They pretty much personify the term "pastoral progressive folk", not that that term gets bandied about all that much. Great stuff though.

As I said earlier, there are a couple tracks on here I would say are on the borderline of progressive...namely the Zebra tune, the Utopia track, and probably the Art in America one as well. Okay and maybe the Gowan stuff isn't super progressive, but there are some great melodies here and hey, this is my compilation and I think it all sounds pretty good. :)

Cheers!
Brent

p.s. This is a 2CD set...not a tape. Image is by Robert ParkeHarrison from his wonderful book "The Architect's Brother"

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