Gryphon's fourth album from 1975, more song-based and electric, with Malcolm Bennett on bass and flute, a Beatles cover, Mellotron and Minimoog, and the 16-minute (Ein Klein) Heldenleben by Richard Harvey closing the record.
Live set by Bruford recorded in July 1979 in Roslyn, New York, for WLIR radio, with Bill Bruford, Dave Stewart, Jeff Berlin and 'the unknown' John Clark on guitar after the departure of Allan Holdsworth.
Soft Machine's 1975 album, the first with guitarist Allan Holdsworth and the last full studio album with Mike Ratledge, in a 2CD Japanese edition that adds a radio recording from Nottingham University in October 1975.
The second album by Pork Pie, the European jazz-rock group of Jasper van't Hof, Charlie Mariano and Philip Catherine, recorded in Brussels in 1975 and released by MPS in 1976, with John Marshall on drums and Bo Stief on bass.
The 1993 album by Belgian avant-jazz-rock ensemble X-Legged Sally, led by composer Peter Vermeersch and produced in Brooklyn by Bill Laswell: short, sharp pieces for horns, clarinet, guitar and keyboards, plus a 1996 live bonus.
The 1974 second solo album by Finnish bassist Pekka Pohjola of Wigwam: an instrumental suite of jazz-rock and progressive writing for bass, keyboards and a horn section, issued in the UK by Virgin as B The Magpie.
The only album by the French band Dün, self-released in 1981: an instrumental suite inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune, with flute, vibraphone and fast unison lines in the orbit of Magma and Zeuhl, plus five bonus tracks.
One Size Fits All’s 50th Anniversary 2LP “black glitter” anniversary edition boasts a brand-new analog cut of the album, a bonus LP of highlights from the box set, and the 50th anniversary edition booklet. The booklet has newly revealed photos by Sa…
One of two sets recorded with a mini-big band in the early seventies, Waka / Jawaka is one of the most eclectic releases of Frank Zappa's hyper-eclectic career. The album's dual showpieces, the opening 'Big Swifty' and the title track, combine dynami…
2025 stock The second solo album by Frank Zappa, Hot Rats (October 1969) is one of the most influential Jazz fusion albums ever. It marked Zappa's first recording project after the dissolution of the original version of The Mothers of Invention. Mult…
Formed in 1972 as a quintet, Dzyan recorded their self-titled debut album after only two months and released it on Aronda, a small Bad Homburg label owned by producer Günther Müller. The original line-up, which never performed live, broke up after a …
Essential 5CD+book box covering the classic years of Faust with all their albums, BBC sessions and unreleased material. The ultimate collection from the legendary inventors of krautrock.