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April 29, 2025

The first of the three week ‘proggy rock’ series on Gulls Window Circus, where we hear (mostly) 70s rock bands exercising their right to go prog on certain tracks. The Netherlands bring George Baker Selection and Focus, Australia brings Cybotron, Belfast brings Fruupp, Lisbon brings Gala Drop, Paris brings Gong, Germany brings Faust, Cardiff brings Budgie, plus we have lots of English and US bands as well.

David Axelrod

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Artist Song Release Label
David Axelrod The Warnings (Instrumental) Part I Earth Rot Now-Again Records
Arcadium I’m On My Way Breathe Awhile Sunbeam Records
George Baker Selection Pancake 6 Little Green Bag Music On Vinyl
Be-Bop Deluxe Superenigmatix (Lethal Appliances For The Home With Everything) Drastic Plastic Harvest
Blue Öyster Cult This Dude Is F****d Bad Channels – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Full Moon Records
Tommy Bolin Naked Edge Energy Friday Music
Budgie If I Were Brittania I’d Waive The Rules If I Were Brittania I’d Waive The Rules A&M Records
Camel Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider Mirage Decca
Cybotron Mumbo Jumbo Cybotron Dual Planet

Artist Song Release Label
Czar Tread Softly On My Dreams Czar Sunbeam Records
Deep Purple The Mule Fireball Harvest
Faust Jennifer Faust IV Virgin
Fifty Foot Hose If Not This Time Cauldron Aguirre Records
Focus Focus II Singles, Deep Cuts & BBC Live Music On Vinyl
Fruupp Seaward Sunset The Prince Of Heaven’s Eyes Music On Vinyl
Peter Gabriel We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) So Geffen Records
Gala Drop Dub Da Meia Noite Amizade GDRecords
Genesis The Return Of The Giant Hogweed Nursery Cryme Analogue Productions
Gong Oily Way (Home Rehearsal) Gong In The 70’s Culture Factory
HP Lovecraft At The Mountains Of Madness Live May 11, 1968 Sundazed Music

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April 22, 2025

The second week of ‘outside of rock’ (electronic) on Gulls Window Circus. After enjoying last week’s sounds, the tracks in this show came to mind and they configured themselves almost on their own. Some of the artists are quite new [Liminal, Vermelho Wonder, Jura Soundsystem, Harri Pierson], Obscure Desire are not new but are re-discovered on a label I love, and some are 10 years or older and just plain worth surfacing again [Jonny Teardrop, Lnrdcroy, Rouge Mécanique, Linkwood, 6th Borough Project, Matmos, Squarepusher, Mushrooms Project].

Obscure Desire

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Artist Song Release Label
Jonny Teardrop Eden Rebel No Problemo Rouge Mécanique Musique
Liminal Keep Coming Back To Me Keep Coming Back Leng
Vermelho Wonder Se Você Se Você Isle Of Jura
Lnrdcroy Telegraph My Love Much Less Normal Firecracker Recordings
Rouge Mécanique Paradigm Paradigm Rouge Mécanique Musique
Jura Soundsystem Carafe Denim (Quiet Village Remix) Remix Special Temples Of Jura
Linkwood Love Lost (Musephased By Area) Expressions Remixes Pt 2 Firecracker Recordings

Artist Song Release Label
Obscure Desire Obscure Desire (Extended Mix) Obscure Desire Emotional Rescue
6th Borough Project Through The Night Borough 2 Borough Delusions Of Grandeur
Matmos Sun On 5 At 152 The West Vague Terrain
Squarepusher Rat/P’s And Q’s Hard Normal Daddy Warp Records
Squarepusher Rebus Hard Normal Daddy Warp Records
Mushrooms Project Rio Disco 84 (Original Mix) Rio Disco Hell Yeah Recordings
Romain Azzaro Presents Colours Of Now Solstice D’hiver Colours Of Now Rouge Mécanique Musique
Harri Pierson The Most Balearic Record In The World The Most Balearic Record In The World Duca Bianco

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April 15, 2025

An ‘outside of rock’ (electronic) Gulls Window Circus show that seeks to penetrate your mind as you absorb subtle shifts in these (sometimes) long tracks. I find myself listening tracks like Theo Parrish or Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, J. Peter Schwalm thinking it is just repetition, than realizing I am in a different place than I started and am bopping to the track. Many of the tracks are not so subtle or profound – they are just solid tracks that work together to propel you to a semi-relaxed mode. I know this sounds like a bunch of contradictions, but give me your trust and sail beside me for these 2 hours.

Nala Sinephro

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Artist Song Release Label
Vakula The Canyon Road Dedicated To Jim Morrison Leleka
O Yuki Conjugate A Darker Belief Peyote B.F.E Records
Naphta Endurance Naphta and The Shamans Astigmatic Records
Khidja Pinnacles Impossible Holiday Hivern Discs
Floating Points Lucerne Valley Reflections – Mojave Desert Pluto
Theo Parrish Black Mist (Extended Version) Hand Made Running Back
Nite-Funk Can U Read Me? Believer (Fingers Deep-Funk Remix) / Can U Read Me? !K7 Records
Das Komplex Universe Universe Step
Andrés Truth Serum Andrés IV Mahogani Music
Nala Sinephro Space 5 Space 1.8 Warp Records

Artist Song Release Label
Auntie Flo The Soniferous Garden The Soniferous Garden Sofrito Super Singles
Chloé The Dawn (Original Mix) Endless Revisions Lumière Noire
Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra Substream (Unreleased Instrumental Version) Substream Mukatsuku Records
Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, J. Peter Schwalm Sushi Sushi. Roti. Reibekuchen Grönland Records
D.D. Mirage So Hot (Jura Soundsystem Dub Mix) Feel It / So Hot Isle Of Jura

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April 8, 2025, 2025

Today is a CD spinnin’ show on Gulls Window Circus, and also an exploration into the Canadian label The Beautiful Music, accompanied by many fellow travelers in the world of indie rock, power pop, post-punk and art rock. Aside from the joys of The Beautiful Music bands, many of which do well-chosen covers, we have a track from the most recent Saint Etienne fanclub CD, an Empire track (a Sly cover) from a CD put together by Bob Andrews of the band, my Newcastle faves Pale Man Made, and a collaboration between The Dainties Martin Stephenson & The Only Ones John Perry.

Skytone

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Artist Song Release Label
Dunkelziffer (Do Watch What You Can) Prof. In The Night Fünfundvierzig
Handsome Dick Manitoba Eve Of Destruction Born In The Bronx Liberation Hall
Cheese Borger And The Cleveland Steamers Falling Apart Terminal Smog Veil Records
999 Inside Out New Guitars In Town: Power Pop 1978-82 Cherry Red
Anorak Girl Smashing Time All Those Times We Spent Together (A Tribute To The Television Personalities Volume 3) The Beautiful Music
Denim Ape Hangers Novelty Rock EMIDISC
The Pristines The Painted Word (Minimal Mix) All Those Times We Spent Together (A Tribute To The Television Personalities Volume 3) Bonus Disc The Beautiful Music
Marc Bolan & T•Rex Galaxy Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow Fat Possum Records
Paul Collins Losing Your Cool King Of Power Pop! Alive Records
The Flatmates Thinking Of You Love And Death (The Flatmates 86-89) Clairecords
Pale Man Made Show Of Hands Show Of Hands Pinch Records
The Yellow Melodies Follow The Sun Lost In An Imaginary World Of Beauty The Beautiful Music
The Yellow Melodies Girl At The Bus Stop Students Of Life: A Tribute To BMX Bandits The Beautiful Music
Roy Moller I Can’t Escape Myself There Must Be A Hole In Your Memory – A Tribute To The Sound & Adrian Borland The Beautiful Music
The Dupont Circles Wonder In Search Of The Family Gredunza The Beautiful Music
James Clarke Five There’s A Rainbow Parlour Sounds The Beautiful Music

Artist Song Release Label
Crumb McArther Beach Park (Jim Webb / Martha & The Muffins Cover) I Found That Essence Rare. The Sounds Of Beauty The Beautiful Music
Peter Hall Hold Me There’s Something Wrong With Everyone The Beautiful Music
Martin Stephenson & John Perry Taker On The Globe New Wave Connection Thoroughbred Music
Dot Dash Countdown Winter Garden Light The Beautiful Music
Saint Etienne The Far Plains Deep Into The Night Foreign Office
Lisa Mychols & Super 8 Witchi Tai To Lisa Mychols & Super 8 Album The Beautiful Music
Skytone No Mad JangleWaves The Beautiful Music
The Social Icons Stay A Brilliant Escape (The Happening Sounds Of Beauty) The Beautiful Music
Exploding Flowers Timing Is Everything Stumbling Blocks The Beautiful Music
Empire Family Affair Volume II — Expansive Sound Poorly Packaged Products
The Sea Cadets Skeletons There Must Be A Hole In Your Memory 2 (A Tribute To The Sound & Adrian Borland Vol 2) The Beautiful Music
The Yellow Melodies Look Back In Anger How I Learned To Love Television Personalities The Beautiful Music
Dot Dash A Straight Line Spark>Flame>Ember>Ash The Beautiful Music
The Steinbecks Strangely Beautiful Holding Hands Under A Cloudless Sky (A Tribute To The Television Personalities Volume 4) The Beautiful Music
Cryingeyes, Xabi, Chester Silly Girl (Quiet Version) Holding Hands Under A Cloudless Sky (A Tribute To The Television Personalities Volume 4) Bonus CD The Beautiful Music

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April 1, 2025, 2025

A rock LP tracks Gulls Window Circus show that has mid-paced melodic somewhat chilled tracks and powerpop, some hard rock [Noah, Odyssey, The Amboy Dukes, Brainticket], a Polish hiphop artist [Trials X], original versions of tracks you may know from other artists [Richard, Cam & Bert wrote the track that Karen Dalton popularized], plus some interesting covers [Spitballs covering The Lafayettes, The Hypstrz cover The Troggs, Emma Swift covering REM, Jorma Kaukonen covering Nilsson].

Richard Lloyd

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Artist Song Release Label
Rockin’ Horse Yes It Is Yes It Is You Are The Cosmos
Dan Lacksman Monday Morning Dan Lacksman Real Gone Music
Penn Central Make It Happen Right On Track Tramp Records
Rain Lazy 1971… The Lost Album Jargon Records
Noah Why Should I Care (Demo) Brain Suck Guerssen
Odyssey St. Elmo’s Fire Setting Forth Lion Productions
The Amboy Dukes Psalms Of Aftermath The Amboy Dukes Sundazed Music
Brainticket Brainticket Part I Cottonwoodhill Cleopatra
The Lemonheads Style Come On Feel The Lemonheads Fire Records
Redd Kross Stuff Redd Kross In The Red Recordings
Get Smart! Just for the Moment Action Reaction 40th Anniversary Reissue Take The City Records
Scientists Bad Priest You Get What You Deserve! Numero Group
The Swingers Foundry Joe Big Hits Of Mid-America, Volume Three Twin/Tone Records
NNB Slack Bloodstains Across The Midwest Bloodstains Across The Midwest
The Hypstrz 6654321 Big Hits Of Mid-America, Volume Three Twin/Tone Records

Artist Song Release Label
Children’s Crusade Man-Gun A Duty-Dance With Death Splendid Research Records
Spitballs Life’s Too Short Spitballs Beserkley
Trials X Detroit 2XP Prawda Cel Przes​ł​anie The Very Polish Cut-Outs
The Clash (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais Live At Nakano Sun Plaza Radiation Reissues
Yachts Tommy Go Home Missing In Action – The Lost Tapes 1980/81 4BE
Ora Whitch Ora You Are The Cosmos
GospelbeacH Nothin’ But A Fool Wiggle Your Fingers Curation Records
Ian Hunter I Need Your Love Short Back N’ Sides Chrysalis Catalogue
Richard Lloyd Alchemy Alchemy Elektra
Strawberry Alarm Clock Sit With The Guru Best Of Strawberry Alarm Clock Sundazed Music
Thomas Walsh All This Hurt The Rest Is History Curation Records
Jet Harris My Lady Sunlight Glide – 15 Flower Power Trippers From The 60s & 70s Take It Acid Is
Emma Swift, Robyn Hitchcock Arms Of Love (R.E.M.) Love, LA: Duets And Covers From The City Of Angels ORG Music
Richard, Cam & Bert Are You Leaving For The Country Somewhere In The Stars Delmore Recording Society
John Hurlbut, Jorma Kaukonen Everybody’s Talkin’ One More Lifetime Culture Factory