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.
Listen to this show – Part Two appears further down the page
| 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 |