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May 27, 2025

The second of 3 weeks of CD shows on Gulls Window Circus brings a wide group of artists of various era and geographies together in two one hour sets of complimentary tracks. Form 1972 Spanish band Formula V and Los Angeles Rock Flowers (associated with Mattel dolls of the same name) to 1980 former Milk ‘N’ Cookies member Ian North and 1982 US Power pop great unknown Bruce Moody, every artist has a story on this show, and all have great sounds to accompany them.

Formula V

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Artist Song Release Label
Roy Moller Red Jeep There’s A Thousand Untold Stories The Beautiful Music
Ian North The Naked City My Girlfriend’s Dead Repressed
Bruce Moody Simple Love Forever Fresh! Counterfeit Records
Summer Factory Las Migas Into The Jet Stream Of Pop The Beautiful Music
Nymphs Alright! (Demo Version) A Practical Guide To Astral Projection DGC
Permanent Green Light (You & I Are The ) Summertime Hallucinations Omnivore Recordings
Pointed Sticks True Love Perfect Youth Sudden Death Records
Personal Effects So Hard A Collection Earring Records
Jowe Head And The Demi-Monde I Hear A New World See Dee Four Topplers Records
Opal Grains Of Sand Early Recordings Rough Trade
Philip Rambow Big Tears The Rebel Kind Anthology 1972-2020 Cherry Red Records
Catamount It’s Not 1996 No Joy In Hurrayville no label
Rock Flowers Uptight World The Complete Rock Flowers Area251 Records
Jenny Brett I Say A Little Prayer Dream Girls At Direct! Blaamm! Records
The Hepburns The Last Thing I Saw Before I Said Goodbye Something Worth Stealing Radio Khartoum

Artist Song Release Label
The Social Icons Grey I’m There…You’re Here The Beautiful Music
Das Blaue Palais Zeeland Skullduggery (A selection of tracks from “Heads Together”) Fruits de Mer Records
Malcolm Ross With The Delancy St. Group And The Magic Clan Low Shot Low Shot The Bus Stop Label
Alastair Riddell And Up To Now Space Waltz RPM Records
Scarlet Drops I Don’t Want To See You Scarlet Drops 1984-1992 Harriet Records
Roy Moller Rhythm From The Rails Playing Songs No One’s Listening To The Beautiful Music
Kevin Rowland It’s Getting Better My Beauty Cherry Red
Michael Horn Charlotte Was My Cousin’s Duck Senate Single Collection Area251 Records
Bartlebees Hollywood Holiday Into The Jet Stream Of Pop The Beautiful Music
Sleepers Mirror The Less An Object Tim/Kerr Records
Smokescreens Waiting For The Summer Used To Yesterday Slumberland Records
Skytone Springtime Echoes In All Directions The Beautiful Music
Formula V Vacaciones De Verano “Ayer Y Hoy” Philips
Paul Haig Summertime Metamorphosis Les Disques Du Crépuscule
Kosmonaut Never Realized Into The Jet Stream Of Pop The Beautiful Music

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May 20, 2025

The first of three weeks of CD shows. 5 songs from The Beautiful Music label, 3 from Blaamm! Records, 2 from Igor Records, Area251 Records and Slumberland Records, plus lots of special tracks from other favorite independent labels including Harriet, Blue Élan, Mega Dodo, Vogon, Think Like A Key Music, Fruits de Mer, Radio Khartoum and others.

High Risk Group

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Artist Song Release Label
Bone Of Contention Yugoslavia Fun Igor Records
Cherie Currie & Brie Darling Do It Again The Motivator Blue Élan Records
BPA Thorazine Cheerleader Maybe Use My Knife 1980-1986 Shake It! Records
Julian Cope The Dogshow Must Go On Friar Tuck Head Heritage
Brinsley Schwarz (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding? Live Archive Vol. 4 Köln And Paris Vogon
The Cherry Boys Why Don’t You Write Kardomah Café Good Time Records
Armstrong Pilgrim Heart Fragments & Curiosities (The 4Track Sessions) The Beautiful Music
Baskervilles A Free Show In Battery Park Into The Jet Stream Of Pop The Beautiful Music
Good & Plenty Ain’t Life Grand The World Of Good & Plenty Area251 Records
Skytone Never No Never Shining Over You The Beautiful Music
The Hepburns Devil Up A Drainpipe Something Worth Stealing Radio Khartoum
Robyn Hitchcock Cavendish Square The Man Downstairs: Demos & Rarities Tiny Ghost Records
The Hung Jury Buses The Single (s) Area251 Records
Tommy Hoehn Blow Yourself Up Losing You To Sleep Air Mail Recordings
The Honey Pot The Outskirts Of Your Mind Inside The Whale Mega Dodo
Julia Jones Superstar Dream Girls At Direct! Blaamm! Records

Artist Song Release Label
Roy Moller Byres Road Saturday Playing Songs No One’s Listening To The Beautiful Music
Samantha Pride The Only One Dream Girls At Direct! Blaamm! Records
Jeanines Hits The Bone Jeanines Slumberland Records
Donnie Iris Shock Treatment Back On The Streets Razor & Tie
Minimalist Love Gods Hit The Ground Running Devolver Igor Records
Lmnop Comparative Analysis LMNO3 Deluxe Think Like A Key Music
High Risk Group Pulsed Seconds Away Harriet Records
Smokescreens Fork In The Road A Strange Dream Slumberland Records
Gang Why Can’t You Just Be See Dee Four Topplers Records
Gill Smith Johnny Reggae Dream Girls At Direct! Blaamm! Records
The Lune Again Blameless Crow Point Records
Eisberg Südpol Skullduggery (A selection of tracks from “Heads Together”) Fruits de Mer Records
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks Future Suite Sparkle Hard Matador
The Mommyheads Mutual Enemy Future You Fanfar!
Lloyd Meadows Oxford Guitar Club Oxford Synthesiser Club The Beautiful Music
The Social Icons Pop Is Falling Apart I’m There…You’re Here The Beautiful Music

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May 13, 2025

The third and final week of ‘proggy rock’ on Gulls Window Circus. The Dutch band Supersister provide the cover art and sound model for this week. Chicago’s Sidewalk also are perfect, with a Jackpot reissue of their sole 1975 private press LP. Simple Minds are the most recent artists, with a track from their 1983 Sparkle In The Rain LP. Well known artists Renaissance, The Soft Machine, Tangerine Dream, Traffic, Robin Trower, Uriah Heep, Utopia and Yes keep proginess going into the sky and above.

Supersister.

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Artist Song Release Label
Renaissance The Vultures Fly High Scheherazade And Other Stories Sire
Sidewalk Open Up Midnight Sidewalk Jackpot Records
Simple Minds White Hot Day Sparkle In The Rain Virgin Records Ltd.
The Soft Machine As Long As He Lies Perfectly Still Volume Two Sundazed Music
The Soft Machine Dedicated To You But You Weren’t Listening Volume Two Sundazed Music
Supersister Bagoas The Sound Of Music – The First Fifty Years 1970-2020 Music On Vinyl
Supersister Hope To See You There Again The Sound Of Music – The First Fifty Years 1970-2020 Music On Vinyl
Tangerine Dream Ultima Thule Part One Alpha Centauri Esoteric Recordings
Tangerine Dream Ultima Thule Part Two Alpha Centauri Esoteric Recordings
Traffic John Barleycorn John Barleycorn Must Die United Artists Records
Robin Trower A Tale Untold For Earth Below Chrysalis
Uriah Heep The Magician’s Birthday The Magician’s Birthday Mercury
Supersister Spiral Staircase The Sound Of Music – The First Fifty Years 1970-2020 Music On Vinyl

Artist Song Release Label
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia Utopia Todd Rundgren’s Utopia Rhino Records
A. Vuolo – E. Grande Drops In The Wind Desert Strut
Yes South Side Of The Sky Fragile Atlantic
Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy Suite Elegant Gypsy mpex Records
Dixie Dregs Wages Of Weirdness The Great Spectacular Iconoclassic Records
Midori Takada Catastrophe Σ Through The Looking Glass We Release Whatever The F**k We Want Records

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May 6, 2025

The second week of ‘proggy rock’ on Gulls Window Circus. Only three USA artists this week [Holding Pattern, Moondog, Ram], so you get to travel around the world with the circus, enjoying prog sounds by bands typically associated with rock (Nektar and The Alan Parsons Project aside). Just as BOC gave us a prog-like moment on the Bad Channels soundtrack last week, Jimmy Page will make you say ‘wow’ on his Death Wish II soundtrack. Make sure to hear Connecticut’s Holding Pattern and Long Island’s Ram as well.

Holding Pattern

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Artist Song Release Label
Group 1850 Avant Les Pericles Polyandri Pseudonym
Holding Pattern Jigsaw Dream Holding Pattern Savy Records
Iron Butterfly You Can’t Win Heavy Rhino Records
King Crimson We’ll Let You Know Starless And Bible Black Discipline Global Mobile
Magma Theusz Hamtaahk (Part 1) BBC 1974 Londres Music On Vinyl
János Másik Trance Balance Trance Balance Foam On A Wave
Mahogany Rush Strange Universe Strange Universe 20th Century Records
Steve Maxwell Von Braund Shadowfax Monster Planet Dual Planet

Artist Song Release Label
Moondog Theme Moondog Columbia Masterworks
The Moody Blues The Actor In Search Of The Lost Chord Friday Music
Nektar Questions And Answers Remember The Future Passport Records
Nektar Tomorrow Never Comes Remember The Future Passport Records
Neu! Dänzing Neu! ’86 Grönland Records
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express Fill Your Head With Laughter Complete Oblivion Soul Bank Music
Ozric Tentacles Tidal Convergence Erpland Kscope
Jimmy Page The Chase Death Wish II (The Original Soundtrack) Swan Song
The Alan Parsons Project The Voice I Robot Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Popera Cosmic La Chanson Du Lièvre De Mars Les Esclaves Finders Keepers Records
Ram The Mother’s Day Song Where? (In Conclusion) Polydor
Raw Material Ice Queen Time Is… Ethelion