Extended Play - December 22 Set

[Extended Play]

Ok, I get the feeling that last week wasn't a great success. Might anyone want to drop some comments? As usual, I'm receptive to any comments, positive or negative. Well, at least this week is a sure-fire success.

I've got a real kicker for this week's show, with a truly epic slant at the end. First up is PFM's 1973 album Photos Of Ghosts. Signed to Emerson Lake & Palmer's Manticore label, they recorded this album just down the hall from where King Crimson was putting the finishing touches on Starless & Bible Black. More interesting still is that Peter Sinfield (previous co-statestman of the good ship King Crimson) helped produce and write lyrics for the album. This album is all over the map, jumping from pastoral to rock qith quite a few quickly shifting time signatures thrown in.

Second up is Radiohead's latest release I Might Be Wrong from 2001. This is their first live album so far, and does a wonderful job capturing the chosen pieces from both Kid A & Amnesiac. I only wish it had Pyramid Song on it. Then I'd really be happy! Closing out the album is a debut recording of True Love Waits. Unlike the studio versions, these seem to carry so much more energy live. Do yourself a favor and pick up the last three studio albums if you don't have them yet.

Genesis closes out the set with the star of 1974, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. This was their first concept album and last album with Peter Gabriel. I'm still out on whether it's their best album, but it's definitely one of the best. Largely a creation of Peter and Tony Banks, this album sowed the seeds for Steve Hacket's resignation after Wind & Wuthering (as it gets away from guitars and Hacket songs a bit). The album is only surpassed by the stage show put on when they took the album on tour. A live version from the Shrine Auditorium in LA was release with the Archives Vol. 1 set that contains some but still not all of the atmosphere. With peter's perchant for costume changes and complex sets, is it any wonder that some of the feeling gets left on the stage? No matter, the torch has been taken up by The Musical Box to remount the Lamb on stage with the complete set of slides and stage dressings. Check out their website (http://www.the-musical-box.com/) for more info. Now that's one show I'd kill to go see.

Tommy