PROG MAGAZINE ISSUE #113 GREATEST PROG MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME!
The last issue from our friends at Prog Magazine is out now and we were delighted to find a feature on the greatest Prog musicians of all time.
Who is the greatest prog musician of all time? After Prog Magazine’s biggest ever reader vote (80,000+), you made your call and they printed the results of the Top 200 musicians you voted for. It makes for fascinating reading. There’s also a brand-new interview with John Lees from Barclay James Harvest!
We’ve been lucky enough to work with many of the musicians on that list, which we’ve highlighted below.
You can order your copy of Prog (#113) here: https://www.magazinesdirect.com/az-single-issues/47052423/prog-magazine-single-issue.thtml
RICK WAKEMAN
Rick Wakeman is an English keyboardist, songwriter and producerbest known for being in the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his solo albums released in the 1970s.
We’ve worked with Rick on many reissues over the years, including The Art In Music Trilogy 3CD edition and the Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe remastered edition.
The Art In Music Trilogy remastered & expanded edition
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe remastered edition
CHRIS SQUIRE
Chris Squire was an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist and a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes.
He was the longest-serving original member, having remained in the band until his death and appearing on every studio album released from 1969 to 2014.
We are the representatives to Chris’ first solo album, the acclaimed classic Fish Out Water.
We also worked with Chris on his 2012 collaboration with Steve Hackett – Squackett’s A Life Within A Day
Squackett – A Life Within A Day
Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water Blu-Ray
Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water 2CD Remastered & Expanded Digipak Edition
STEVE HOWE
Steve Howe is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as the guitarist in the progressive rock band Yes across three stints since 1970.
We worked with The Steve Howe Trio, a jazz trio led by Steve Howe and with his son Dylan Howe on drums and Ross Stanley on Hammond organ. We released their 2019 album New Frontier on CD and vinyl.
The Steve Howe Trio – New Frontier CD
STEVE HACKETT
Steve Hackett is an English musician, songwriter, singer, and producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977 and has had a successful solo career since.
We’ve worked with Steve on various reissues over the years, and most recently on his collaboration albums with Hungarian group Djabe.
We also worked with Steve on his 2012 collaboration with Chris Squire – Squackett’s A Life Within A Day
Squackett – A Life Within A Day
Summer Storms & Rocking Rivers – Steve Hackett & Djabe
Life Is A Journey ~ The Sardinia Tapes: Cd/Dvd Set – Steve Hackett & Djabe
Djabe & Steve Hackett: Back To Sardinia, CD/DVD Digipak Set
Djabe featuring Steve Hackett: The Magic Stag, CD/DVD Set
Djabe & Stee Hackett: Life Is A Journey, The Budapest Live Tapes, Three Disc: 2CD/1DVD Set
TONY BANKS
Tony Banks is an English musician, songwriter and film composer primarily known as the keyboardist and founding member of the rock band Genesis. Banks is also a prolific solo artist, releasing six solo albums that range through progressive rock, pop, and classical music.
We have 2 career defining boxsets of Tony’s work, alongside vinyl versions of the acclaimed albums A Curious Feeling and The Fugitive.
A Curious Feeling: 180g Vinyl Edition – Tony Banks
The Fugitive: 180g Vinyl LP Edition
Banks Vaults: The Albums 1979 – 1995, 8 Disc (7CD/1DVD) Boxset)
A Chord Too Far – 4CD Anthology Box Set
BILL BRUFORD
Bill Bruford is an English drummer, composer, producer, record label owner and musicologist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. After his departure from Yes, Bruford spent the rest of the 1970s playing in King Crimson (1972-1974) and touring with Genesis (1976) and U.K. (1978). Eventually he formed his own group (Bruford), which was active from 1978-1980.
In 2019 we released “Earthworks Complete” – a Summerfold Records box set reissue of the entire back catalogue across the band’s 20-year career. 15 titles on 20 audio and 4 DVD discs include previously unreleased and little known material. Find out more here.
ALAN PARSONS
Alan Parsons (born 20 December 1948) is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.
Parsons was involved with the production of several albums, including the Beatles’ Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970), Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), and the eponymous debut album by Ambrosia in 1975. Parsons’s own group, The Alan Parsons Project, as well as his subsequent solo recordings, have also been commercially successful. He has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards.
We released a new re-mastered limited edition deluxe expanded boxed set of the classic album Ammonia Avenue in 2020, alongside a blu-ray release of the same album.
Ammonia Avenue, 3CD / 1 Blu Ray / 2 X 12-Inch Vinyl Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set
Ammonia Avenue, Blu-Ray High Resolution Audio Edition
PETER HAMMILL
Peter Hammill is an English singer-songwriter. He is a founder member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator.
We have worked with the band many times over the years, starting with their 2011 studio album A Grounding In Numbers, 2012’s ALT, 2016’s Do Not Disturb and most recently a deluxe reissue of their debut The Aerosol Grey Machine.
Merlin Atmos – Live Performances 2013 2CD
PATRICK MORAZ
Patrick Moraz is a Swiss musician, film composer and songwriter best known for his tenures as keyboardist in the rock bands Yes and The Moody Blues.
He formed Refugee in 1974 and recorded one album before he joined Yes of that year. Moraz stayed with them until 1976; during this time he started a solo career with his first album, The Story of I (1976).
We have reissued The Story Of I, as well as several other Moraz albums, and the self-titled Refugee album.
Refugee, 3CD Remastered and Expanded Boxset Edition
Patrick Moraz & Syrinx: Coexistence, Remastered CD Edition
Patrick Moraz, Remastered Edition CD
Out In The Sun, Remastered CD Edition
The Story Of i: Remastered Edition, CD
ANTHONY PHILLIPS
Anthony Phillips is an English musician, songwriter, producer and singer who gained prominence as the original lead guitarist of the rock band Genesis, from 1967 to 1970. After Phillips recorded From Genesis to Revelation and Trespass with the band, he left in July 1970 and learned to play more instruments before he began a solo career.
Phillips released his first solo album, The Geese & the Ghost, in 1977. He continues to release solo albums, including further solo albums, television and film music, collaborations with several artists, and compilation albums of his recordings.
We have been lucky to work with Anthony for several years on many reissues and new albums.
Wise After The Event: 4 Disc Deluxe Box
Private Parts & Pieces IX – XI 4CD Remastered Clamshell Boxset
Seventh Heaven, 3CD/1DVD Remastered & Expanded Edition
Private Parts & Pieces I-V: 5CD Deluxe Clamshell Box Set
Private Parts & Pieces V-VIII: 5CD Deluxe Clamshell Box Set
Missing Links I-IV, 5CD Remastered Box Set
Strings Of Light, 2CD/1DVD Digipak Edition
Invisible Men, Remastered & Expanded Edition
The Living Room Concert, Remastered & Expanded Digipak Edition
The Geese And The Ghost: Definitive Edition – 2CD/1DVD Clamshell Set
1984: 2CD/1DVD Remastered & Expanded Edition
Anthony Phillips: Field Day, 2CD/1DVD Digipak Edition
NICK BEGGS
Nick Beggs is an English musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the chapman stick; he is a member of The Mute Gods and Kajagoogoo, formerly also a part of Iona and Ellis, Beggs, & Howard and plays in the band of Steven Wilson.
We released Nick’s latest album Words Fail Me, written and performed on the Chapman Stick instrument, as a 3CD deluxe set featuring reissues of 2 previous Chapman Stick albums.
ERIC WOOLFSON
Eric Woolfson was a Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist, and co-creator of The Alan Parsons Project. Together they sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Following the 10 successful albums he made with Alan Parsons, Woolfson pursued a career in musical theatre. He wrote five musicals which won numerous awards, have been seen by over a million people, and have been performed in Germany, Austria, Korea and Japan.
We released a new re-mastered limited edition deluxe expanded boxed set of the classic album Ammonia Avenue in 2020, alongside a blu-ray release of the same album.
Ammonia Avenue, 3CD / 1 Blu Ray / 2 X 12-Inch Vinyl Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set
Ammonia Avenue, Blu-Ray High Resolution Audio Edition
ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM
Rosalie Cunningham is an English singer-songwriter. After the split of the band Ipso Facto and Purson, Cunningham is now a solo performer and received critical acclaim for a debut self-titled solo album in 2019.