Love Letters

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Love Letters 91 - Still More Numbered Letters

Love Letters revisits the numbers theme, but this time I allow for titles where the number is spelled out.  It will be a memorable one, two, three hours.

1. Marillion - Number One
2. Hatfield and the North - The Men's One-Metre Dash>K Licks (Short)>One of Wilde's
3. Volare - One Minute of Thought in Two Seconds of Time>Incomplete Broken & Abstract
4. Dee Expus - One 8
5. Unitopia - One Day
6. David Sylvian - The First Day
7. Glass Hammer - One King
8. The Red-faced Monarchs - One Time
9. Kevin Gilbert - Tea for One
10. Sylvan - One Step Beyond
11. Genesis Project - One for the Vine
12. Steve Hackett - Imagining>Second Chance
13. Steve Howe - Second Initial
14. Egdon Heath - No Second Faust
15. Bruford Bortslap - Two Left Shoes
16. Yeti - Two Fingers
17. Bruford Bortslap - In Two Minds
18. Soft Machine Legacy - Two Down>Big Cheese
19. Kayak - Two Wrongs
20. Knight Area - Two of a Kind
21. The Tangent - A Sale of Two Souls
22. Magenta - Opus 3
23. Adrian Belew - Three of a Perfect Pair
24. Soft Machine - Number Three
25. Marillion - Three Minute Boy

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Love Letters #92 - Even More Numbered Letters

Even more live recordings with numbers in the title.  Interestingly, it seems that as the numbers go up from the previous episode, the music tends to get a bit stranger.

1. Egg - Seven is a Jolly Good Time
2. Curlew - The Four Scars
3. Neuschwanstein - Five O'Clock Tea>Palace of Wonderland>The Court of the Animals
4. Steve Hackett - The Floating Seventh
5. Steve Hackett - Firth of Fifth
6. Holdsworth Pasqua Haslip Wackerman - The Fifth
7. Spaced Out - The Fifth Dimension
8. Marillion - Six Months in a Leaky Boat
9. Seti - Seven>Uncertainty
10. Spaced Out - Seven the Seven
11. French TV - Seven Rusty Nails
12. DeeExpus - One Day>7 Nights
13. IQ - The Seventh House
14. Volare - The Eighth Dimension
15. PFM - Mr. Nine 'til Five
16. PFM - Alta Loma Five 'til Nine
17. Re-Genesis - Eleventh Earl of Mar
18. Curved Air - Twenty Years On>It Happened Today
19. Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - One Hundred Cycles
20. Knight Area - A Million Lives

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Love Letters #93 - February Birthday Celebration

Live performance from artists with a birthday this month including Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mauro Pagani, Peter Nichols, and more.  Plus new live releases from The Tangent, Rick Wakeman, Quantum Fantay, and Yes.

1. PFM + Pagani - La Luna Nuova
2. Peter Gabriel - Love Town
3. Peter Gabriel - Family Snapshot
4. Rick Wakeman - Space Oddity>Life on Mars
5. Rick Wakeman - Summers End
6. The Tangent - The World that We Drive Through
7. IQ - The Narrow Margin
8. Steve Hackett - Intro>Valley of the Kings
9. Steve Hackett - Every Day
10. Genesis - The Battle of Epping Forest
11. RPWL - 3 Lights
12. Kansas - The Spider
13. Yes - Machine Messiah
14. Quantum Fantay - Follow the Star>Shiver Moments
15. Gentle Giant - On Reflection
16. PFM - Dove Quandro
17. Peter Gabriel - Humdrum
18. Genesis - The Knife

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Love Letters 94 - Festive Letters 5

More live performance and quite a bit of musical variety from prog (or at least progish) festivals, including a couple newly released recordings from last year's Electric Garden Festival.

1. IZZ - Spinnin' Round from 3 Rivers Progfest 2008
2. Jerome Langlois - Arivee from Le Festival des Musiques Progressives de Montreal 2006
3. Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Lost in the B-Zone from NEARFest 2001
4. Spock's Beard - The Emperor's Clothes from High Voltage 2011
5. 3RDegree - Apophenia from Progday 2009
6. Also Eden - Think of the Children from Electric Garden Festival 2011
7. Glass Hammer - Tales of Great Wars from NEARFest 2003
8. District 97 - The Back and Forth from Calprog 2010
9. Finisterre - Macinaaqua Macinaluna from Progday 1997
10. Consorzioacquapotabile - Robin.. Again from Progday 1999
11. PFM - Il Banchetto from Prog Exhibition 2010
12. Riverside - Dance with the Shadow from NEARFest 2006
13. Steve Hackett - Gnossienne #1 from NEARFest 2002
14. Steve Hackett - Walking Away from Rainbows from NEARFest 2002
15. Steve Hackett - In Memoriam from NEARFest 2002
16. California Guitar Trio - The Marsh from 3 Rivers Progfest 2008
17. Greg Howard - El Chicle from Stick Night 1999
18. French TV - You Got to Run it Out Dawson from Progday 2009
19. Miriodor - Igor l'Ours a Moto from NEARFest 2002
20. Equinox - Defying the Forces of Nature from Progday 1999
21. The Watch - One Day from Electric Garden Festival 2011
22. The Power of Two - Jesus on the Barricades from Calprog 2009
23. The Tangent - 21st Century Schizoid Man from RoSFest 2005
24. IZZ - Razor from Progwest 2002

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Love Letters 95 - Live Epics 4

It's another batch of the long ones performed live, with several new releases this time around.

1. The Flower Kings - Love is the Only Answer
2. Maneige - La Balloune
3. Neal Morse - Seeds of Gold
4. Magenta - The White Witch
5. Djabe and Steve Hackett - Distant Dance
6. Carpet Crawlers - Supper's Ready
7. The Tangent - Titanic Calls Carpathia

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Love Letters 96 - More Letters from Women

International Women's Day is the 8th of March, which gives me an opportunity to present some live performances from some of the women of prog.

1. Minimum Vital - Les Mondes de Miranda (Sonia Nedelec)
2. IZZ - Intro>My River Flows (Laura Mead and Anmarie Burns)
3. Third Door Down - The Room (Kira Arrillaga and Heather Niss)
4. Providence - An Epilogue for Cajolement (Yoko Kabuta)
5. Glass Hammer - Farewell to Shadowlands (Susie Bogdanowicz , Bethany Warren, and Flo Paris)
6. Curved Air - Hide and Seek (Sonya Kristina)
7. Blackmore's Night - Writing on the Wall (Candice Night)
8. Mostly Autumn - Flowers for Guns (Heather Findlay, Olivia Sparnenn, and Anne Marie Helder)
9. Information Superhighway - The Real Things (Leslie Beukelman)
10. Solstice - New Life (Emma Brown and Jenny Newman)
11. Sinkadus - Attestupan (Linda Johansson and Lena Petterson)
12. Amy Rigby - Don't Ever Change
13. Steve Hackett - Tubehead (Amanda Lehman)
14. Travis Larson Band - Nameless (Jennifer Young)
15. Paper Cat - The Flames of Waste>Locational Regret (Julie Slick)
16. Ars Nova - Morgan (Keiko Kumagai, Kyoko Kanazawa, and Akiko Takahashi)
17. Hiromi's Sonicbloom - Time and Space
18. Magenta - Sloth (Christina Booth)
19. District 97 - The Actual Color (Leslie Hunt)
20. Annie Haslam - Turn of the Century
21. The Australian Pink Floyd Show - Great Gig in the Sky (Emily Lynn, Lara Smiles, and Lorelei McBroom)
22. Kayak - The Fate of Man (Cindy Oudsoom)
23. Contraction - Trois ou Quatre (Christiane Robichaud)
24. Iona - Factory of Magnificant Souls (Joanne Hogg)
25. Halloween - La Mort de Morgane (Geraldine Le Cocq)

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Love Letters 97 - Altered Letters

In this twist on the semi-annual half under the covers feature, all recordings in this episode are technically from the original artist - but none of them feature the original vocalist.

1. Yes - Siberian Khatru
2. Genesis - The Cinema Show
3. Marillion - Warm Wet Circles>That Time of the Night
4. Steve Hackett - Narnia
5. Anthony Phillips - Which Way the Wind Blows
6. Peter Gabriel - Mother of Violence
7. Rick Wakeman - Medley from King Arthur
8. 21st Century Schizoid Band - Cirkus
9. Asia - Wildest Dreams
10. Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell
11. Spock's Beard - The Light
12. IQ - Wurensh
13. Mostly Autumn - Evergreen
14. It Bites - Calling All Heroes
15. PFM - Out of the Roundabout
16. Genesis - White Mountain
17. Marillion - Market Square Heroes
18. Yes - Starship Trooper

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Love Letters 98 - Celtic Letters 2

Grab a Beamish and some Jameson, and enjoy the sounds of live celtic-influenced prog!

1. Fish - Shadowplay
2. Mostly Autumn - Shindig
3. Solstice - Oberon's Folly
4. Ivan Drever & Duncan Chisolm - Coinneach Glas An Fhomair
5. Wolfstone - The Prophet>Tinny Run
6. Great Big Sea - General Taylor
7. Great Big Sea - Lukey
8. Iona - Irish Day
9. Par Lidh Project - Bilbo Medley
10. Steve Hackett - Loch Lomond [not live]
11. Horslips - King of the Fairies
12. Horslips - Furniture
13. Great Big Sea - Concerning Charlie Horse
14. Celtus - Navigator
15. Altan - Ta Mo Cleamhnas A Dheanamh
16. The Pogues - Young Ned of the Hill
17. Mostly Autumn - Caught in a Fold
18. Fish - Internal Exile>The Company

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Love Letters 99 - March Birthday Celebration

Live performances from March birthday artists including Tony Banks, Chris Squire, Carl Palmer, David Gilmour, and more.  Plus new live releases from Spock's Beard, Moon Safari, Peter Hammill, The Decemberists, Umphrey's McGee, California Guitar Trio, and Sunday Driver.

1. Moon Safari - Moonwalk
2. Emerson Lake & Palmer - Tank>Drum Solo>The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits
3. Spock's Beard - Drum Duel
4. Spock's Beard - On a Perfect Day
5. Yes - Long Distance Runarround>The Fish
6. Genesis - Firth of Fifth
7. Genesis - Deep in the Motherlode
8. Genesis - Dodo>Abacab
9. Peter Hammill - Easy to Slip Away
10. California Guitar Trio - Bohemian Rhapsody
11. Focus - Eruption
12. Sunday Driver - Squirrel
13. The Decemberists - The Bagman's Gambit
14. Umphrey's McGee - Push the Pig>Miss Tinkle's Overture
15. Pendragon - Masters of Illusion
16. David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb

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Love Letters 100 - What the?

In honor of April Fools' Day, this episode of Love Letters contains not a single love letter, but in fact nothing but studio recordings.  I still aim to choose a number of selections you're unlikely to hear on any other current prog show, though.

1. Cathedral - The Crossing [not live]
2. Scarlet Hollow - Sanctuary [not live]
3. Djam Karet - The Shattering Sky [not live]
4. Harvest - De Stille Zwerver [not live]
5. Wolfstone - Bonnie Ship the Diamond [not live]
6. SMV - Classical Thump [not live]
7. Water Shed - Duck Bill Hammer [not live]
8. Chad Wackerman - Glass Lullaby [not live]
9. Chad Wackerman - A New Day [not live]
10. Marotta Griesgraber - Bad Day at Coney Island [not live]
11. The New Percussion Group of Amsterdam with Bill Bruford - Go Between [not live]
12. Steve Hackett - A Life in Movies [not live]
13. Peter Gabriel - Nicht Die Hat Dich Verschlukt [not live]
14. Neuschwanstein - Ice with Dwake [not live]
15. Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent) [not live]
16. Parzivals Eye - Chicago [not live]
17. The Bad Plus - Tom Sawyer [not live]
18. Cry Cry Cry - Cold Missouri Waters [not live]
19. Carl Huup Project - 5G [not live]
20. Jeff Berlin - Bach [not live]
21. Hiromi's Sonicbloom - Time Difference [not live]
22. Lili Haydn - Satellites [not live]
23. Garmarna - Den Bortsalda [not live]
24. Kate Bush - Breathing [not live]
25. Deyss - Vision in the Dark [not live]

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Love Letters #101 - April Birthday Celebration

Love Letters is two years old, and to mark the occasion we'll hear live performance from artists with a birthday this month including Steve Howe, Fish, Mark Kelly, Mike Portnoy, Eddie Jobson, and more.  Plus new releases from Pallas, Moon Safari, Steven Wilson, Peter Hammill, and more.

1. Fish - Big Wedge
2. Marillion - Garden Party
3. Marillion - Sympathy
4. Moon Safari - Yasgur's Farm
5. The Flower Kings - Brimstone Flight 999
6. Pallas - The Cross and the Crucible
7. Peter Hammill - After the Show
8. Steven Wilson - Index
9. Liquid Tension Experiment - Kindred Spirits
10. Spock's Beard - The Doorway
11. GTR - Here I Wait
12. GTR - Pennants
13. Steve Howe Trio - Blue Bash
14. Asia - Here Comes the Feeling
15. California Guitar Trio - Toccata & Fugue
16. Al DiMeola - Double Concerto
17. Curved Air - Marie Antonette
18. U-Z - Zero 5
19. Blackmore's Night - Past Time with Good Company
20. Fish - Raingods Dancing>Wake Up Call

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Love Letters #102 - Speechless 5

An entirely instrumental show of live recordings this time around, in honor of a former show here on the Dividing Line.

1. Bruford Bortslap - Prologue
2. Spock's Beard - NWC
3. PFM - La Terra dell'acqua
4. Blackmore's Night - Durch den Wald zum Bachhaus
5. H Band - Xen & Now
6. Allan Holdsworth - Alphazallan
7. Stuart Hamm - Outbound
8. The Mahavishnu Project - Pastoral
9. California Guitar Trio - Ghost Rider
10. Mats/Morgan Band - Ta Ned Trasen
11. Djabe and Steve Hackett - Clouds Dance
12. Anthony Phillips & Guillermo Cazenave - Sky Dawn
13. Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer - Pile-Up
14. Arti & Mestieri - Valzer per Domani
15. Lost World Band - Collision of the Elements
16. Rush - Leave that Thing Alone
17. Fromuz - Spare Wheel
18. TU - Dark Journey
19. Happy the Man - Open Book without Words
20. Refugee - Outro
21. Area - Caos II parte 2
22. Soft Machine Legacy - Grapehound
23. Rick Wakeman - Burlington Arcade
24. Tony Levin Band - Belle

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Love Letters 103 - I Write to the Wind

A thematic show of live recordings that will blow your mind, though non-prog fans may think that it just blows.

1. Pierre Morlen's Gong - Downwind
2. Anthony Phillips - Which Way the Wind Blows
3. Rush - The Way the Wind Blows
4. Iona - Wind off the Lake
5. Agent 22 - Brother Windshear
6. Richard Thompson - Ghosts in the Wind
7. Kansas - Dust in the Wind
8. It Bites - The Wind that Shakes the Barley
9. Steve Hackett - I Talk to the Wind
10. Phish - Once in a Lifetime>Houses in Motion>Seen and Not Seen>Listening Wind>The Overload
11. Fish - Windswept Thumb>Heart of Lothian
12. Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
13. Warren Zevon - Hasten Down the Wind

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Love Letters 104 - New Releases

There's been a ton of new live prog releases lately.  Ready to hear some of them?

1. The Decemberists - The Mariner's Revenge Song
2. Caravan - Golf Girl
3. Gazpacho - Defense Mechanism
4. Spock's Beard - The Quiet House
5. Neal Morse - Reunion
6. Rush - Caravan
7. Brit Floyd - Nobody Home
8. Peter Hammill - Central Hotel
9. Peter Hammill - The Siren Song
10. Rick Wakeman - Catherine Howard>Whole Lotta Rick
11. Rick Wakeman - Something Completely Different>Catherine Howard Pt. 2
12. Anderson Wakeman - 23/24/11
13. Moraz Bruford - Early Flags
14. Umphrey's McGee - Tribute to the Spinal Shaft
15. Steve Hackett - Sleepers
16. Steve Hackett - All Along the Watchtower
17. Mangrove - Facing the Sunset
18. Pallas - Midas Touch
19. District 97 - Open Your Eyes
20. The Tangent - A Crisis in Mid Life
21. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
22. Gazpacho - Upside Down
23. Moon Safari - Dance Across the Ocean
24. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 1-3

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Love Letters #105 - Latin Letters 2

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, live prog from Mexican and Latin American bands, or recordings make in South America.

1. Los Jaivas - Antigua America
2. Cast - Legacy Medley
3. Cabezas de Cera - Laberinto
4. Cabezas de Cera - Rompecabezas
5. Codice - Bitacora de Suenos
6. Raimundo Rodulfo - Suenos
7. Steve Hackett - Riding the Colossus
8. Steve Hackett - Pollution>The Steppes
9. Annie Haslam - Turn of the Century
10. Apocalypse - Cut>South America
11. Tryo - Fanfarria
12. Tryo - Niebla
13. Stick Men - Indiscipline (en Espanol)