Memories of the London Astoria...

A message from @timbowness on today’s episode of The Album Years. This week finds us covering singer-songwriters and emerging progressive artists. @PinkFloyd, #TheNice , #SoftMachine , #Caravan , #Family , #MoodyBlues , and many more are discussed.

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If I could go back in time, here's three gigs I'd love to see...

Harmonic Divergence in the flesh... sound on for a preview!

If you'd like a copy to call your own...

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#RecordStoreDay #RSDUK

It's all about 1968 psychedelia on today's The Album Years podcast episode!

@timbowness and I break down albums by The Doors, @gratefuldead, Iron Butterfly and more, plus a mysterious inclusion on a The Byrds' album cover...

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#RecordStoreDay #RecordStoreDay 2024 #RSD #RSD 2024 #EmersonLakePalmer #ELP #KeithEmerson #GregLake #CarlPalmer #StevenWilson #WithinTemptation

Just got a copy of Harmonic Divergence by Steven Wilson

Thanks to Record Store Day UK and Piccadilly Records

Big love to Action Records for another fantastic #RSD ! Was blessed to find the two releases I was after :) Steven Wilson Motorpsycho

Steven Wilson Record Store Day Record Store Day UK Lucky to catch this today 😊 #NorthEndHaarlem

And there’s me thinking #SchoolyardGhosts by no-man sounded beautiful in good old stereo.

Next level wonderful in #DTSHD

Superb from Tim Bowness & Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson

Thank you Love Garden for making my first #recordstoreday a wonderful experience! #RecordStoreDay2024 Steven Wilson

Released tomorrow for Record Store Day UK is a vinyl EP (4 tracks, 32 minutes) of my remixes of songs from Ultravox’s 1984 album Lament.

Thrilled that post-rock pioneers Mogwai have contributed a remix to 'Harmonic Divergence'. Available exclusively on vinyl at independent record stores from tomorrow!

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Record Store Day @rsduk

Harmonic Divergence, coming to a record store near you!

If you're making the trip to your local for Record Store Day / @rsduk on 20th April, please tag me in your posts, I'd love to see them.

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#RecordStoreDay #RSDUK

The Album Years' time machine lands in 1968!

On this week's episode, @timbowness and I discuss the UK psychedelic and underground rock 'big hitters' of the year, including records by The Pretty Things, @thezombiesmusic and Small Faces.

thealbumyears.lnk.to/listen

Story time about my jaunts to Music & Video Exchange in Notting Hill over the years...

A small preview of what to expect from 'Harmonic Divergence', available exclusively on vinyl for #RecordStoreDay on April 20th.

Find out where your local participating record store is via the links below.

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Back in lockdown, I made the most of the extra studio time, filming myself creating new, stripped-down versions of my songs.

One of the tracks I revisited was 'Voyage 34'. Here's a much abbreviated version of what was a 30 minute long track...

'This is a mellotron album!'

In our final The Album Years podcast episode for 2000, @timbowness and I discuss our pick for the year's best progressive rock album. Who do you think deserves the title?

Listen, or watch our ramblings over on YouTube: thealbumyears.lnk.to/listen