Nektar

Sunday Night at the London Roundhouse was the first live album by the English progressive rock band Nektar. The clear sound really adds to the powerhouse performances on cuts like "King of Twilight", and "Desolation Valley", two absolute Nektar classics from the A Tab in the Ocean album. "A Day in the Life of a Preacher" gets an extended twenty-minute treatment, filled with all sorts of hard rock muscle complements of Albrighton's distorted guitar work and Allan "Taff" Freeman's raging Hammond. Disc 2 contains most of "Remember the Future", perhaps the bands signature work, as well as "1-2-3-4", "Odyssey" and "What Ya Gonna Do?". If ever the term "the band was really 'on' that night" applied to a live album, this would certainly be a candidate.

Depending on who you ask, this is either Nektar's greatest or worst album. As Albrighton explained later, it was the band's attempt to re-invent itself as someone else – like the Magical Mystery Tour. Old fans were appalled; but as the first album to get much airplay in the U.S., it brought in new fans who found it by far their most accessible work. Its progressive and funk elements are set around a demented circus theme, with the songs introduced by a loony Teutonic ringmaster. "That's Life," powered by chattering drums and a positively orgasmic Rickenbacker bass sound, is a standout of progressive rock showmanship. Delicate pieces like "Little Boy" and "Early Morning Clown" – where Albrighton uses rotating Leslie speakers to great effect – alternate with pub rockers like "Fidgety Queen" and the lumbering funk of "Nelly the Elephant." For new fans, this album is the place to start; and if they're willing to take it on its own terms, old fans might find a place in their heart for it too.

Magic Is A Child is the seventh album from English progressive rock band Nektar. It is the only studio album released by Nektar without Roye Albrighton on guitar and lead vocals; this album instead features Dave Nelson.

Depending on who you ask, this is either Nektar's greatest or worst album. As Albrighton explained later, it was the band's attempt to re-invent itself as someone else - like the Magical Mystery Tour. Old fans were appalled; but as the first album to get much airplay in the U.S., it brought in new fans who found it by far their most accessible work. Its progressive and funk elements are set around a demented circus theme, with the songs introduced by a loony Teutonic ringmaster. "That's Life," powered by chattering drums and a positively orgasmic Rickenbacker bass sound, is a standout of progressive rock showmanship. Delicate pieces like "Little Boy" and "Early Morning Clown" - where Albrighton uses rotating Leslie speakers to great effect - alternate with pub rockers like "Fidgety Queen" and the lumbering funk of "Nelly the Elephant"…

Nektar's unique brand of psychedelic progressive rock and innovative light show combined to make them an influential band of the genre throughout the '70s and early '80s.This DVD presents them live in top form from the WDR Rockpalast in 2004.

The 1975 masterpiece of progressive sci-fi rock by British band Nektar, featuring Larry Fast (later of Peter Gabriel’s band) on keyboards, digitally remastered and re-issued with a full length bonus mix! Recycled is the sixth album from English progressive rock band Nektar. It is a concept album addressing the band member's concerns about the environment.

Remember the Future is the fourth album from English progressive rock band Nektar. Much like their debut album Journey to the Centre of the Eye, it is a concept album which is formally divided into ten tracks but in fact consists of one continuous piece of music. Nektar's U.S. release, Remember the Future (1973), propelled the band briefly into mass popularity. A concept album revisiting Journey to the Centre of the Eye's theme of extraterrestrials granting a human enlightenment, but with a blind boy as the protagonist. It demonstrated a much more melodic sound than previous albums and shot into the Top 20 album charts in the U.S..