David Pipe

Esoteric Recordings are happy to release a new remastered edition of the self titled album by Progressive rock group Aardvark. The band were an imaginative quartet comprising David Skillin on vocals, Steve Milliner on keyboards, Stan Aldous on bass and Frank Clark on drums who came together in 1969. Driven by Steve Milliner’s keyboard playing ability, Aardvark’s only album was released in 1970 on Decca s short lived progressive imprint Deram Nova. One of the best albums released on Nova, Aardvark features such outstanding pieces as the evocative "Once Upon A Hill", "Many Things To Do" and the powerful album closing track "Put That In Your Pipe And Smoke It". This Esoteric Recordings reissue has been newly remastered from the original master tapes and features a booklet with fully restored artwork and new essay.

Esoteric Recordings are happy to release a new remastered edition of the self titled album by Progressive rock group Aardvark. The band were an imaginative quartet comprising David Skillin on vocals, Steve Milliner on keyboards, Stan Aldous on bass and Frank Clark on drums who came together in 1969. Driven by Steve Milliner’s keyboard playing ability, Aardvark’s only album was released in 1970 on Decca s short lived progressive imprint Deram Nova. One of the best albums released on Nova, Aardvark features such outstanding pieces as the evocative "Once Upon A Hill", "Many Things To Do" and the powerful album closing track "Put That In Your Pipe And Smoke It". This Esoteric Recordings reissue has been newly remastered from the original master tapes and features a booklet with fully restored artwork and new essay.

This imaginatively-curated, generously-filled Christmas package is sure to find favor during this and future holiday seasons. Why? Because it packs in every conceivable carol, tune, choral work or song in timeless performances from the greatest artists in the world: singers of immense communicative gifts including Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Renee Fleming and Luciano Pavarotti to name but four. It truly offers something of every Christmas mind, spirit, and looks fantastic.

Glass Hammer is an American progressive rock band from Chattanooga, Tennessee, created and led by Steve Babb and Fred Schendel. Babb and Schendel, who founded the band in 1992, are the only constant members in the lineup, having surrounded themselves by various guest performers. The different lineups included several lead vocalists, including Michelle Young and Jon Davison. Originally a studio project only, the band occasionally performs live, especially since the early 2010s, but never does large-scale tours.

Celebrated as the musical poet of the English landscape, Vaughan Williams was also a visionary composer of enormous range: from the pastoral lyricism of The Lark Ascending and the still melancholy of Silent Noon to the violence of the Fourth Symphony and the grand ceremonial of All people that on earth do dwell, he assumed the mantle of Elgar as our national composer. This edition, released to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, presents all the major orchestral, chamber, vocal and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in the finest interpretations. All your favourite Vaughan Williams is here, in over 34 hours of music on 30 CDs.