Psychedelic, heavy, prog and more innovating sounds spanning the late 60s and the early 70s –  Wednesday August 12th.  Dan’s pick of the week: Electric Light Orchestra (Out of the Blue), The Moody Blues (A Question of Balance), Supertramp (Crime of the Century), 10CC (How Dare You!) & The Move (Looking On).

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) is een Britse rockband die Beatlesque pop met strijkers en futuristische kunstbeelden vermengt. De groep was vooral succesvol in de jaren zeventig en tachtig van vorige eeuw. Oliver Thatcher Watson van Sputnik Music: “One reason for that is the albums diversity. Of all the ELO albums, this one easily does the best job of incorporating so much into one LP—and that’s not just because of the extended runtime. As stated previously, the band added some theatrical flair to their style, which makes the diverse moments of this album really feel like an adventure.

Psychedelic, heavy, prog and more innovating sounds spanning the late 60s and the early 70s –  Wednesday August 12th.  Dan’s pick of the week: The Alan Parsons Project (I Robot), Barclay James Harvest (Time Honoured Ghosts),  Kansas (Leftoverture), Jon Anderson (Olias of Sunhillow), Triumvirat (Illusions on a Double Dimple) & Steely Dan (Aja).

Het tweede album van de progressieve rock groep – in werkelijkheid producer-engineer Parsons, hoofd-songwriter-executive producer Eric Woolfson en een wisselende cast van muzikanten en vocalisten – was geïnspireerd door de teksten van Isaac Asimov en verkende kunstmatige intelligentie in een sci-fi landschap.

Classic Rock Review: “Not really a prog masterpiece but this comes close. A highly accessible album with some excellent melodic 70’s pop/rock with progressive flavours. “Break down” is a fine example of this.