Classic Rock

The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), founded in 1904, is the oldest of London's symphony orchestras. It was set up by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's Hall Orchestra because of a new rule requiring players to give the orchestra their exclusive services. The LSO itself later introduced a similar rule for its members. From the outset, the LSO was organised on co-operative lines, with all players sharing the profits at the end of each season. This practice continued for the orchestra's first four decades.

Fifteen years after Hatfield and the North terminated their two-album mission to bemuse and baffle a generation's worth of Canterbury prog fans, Richard Sinclair, Phil Miller, and Pip Pyle reunited under the old band name in 1990 to appear on a one-off edition of British television's Bedrock program, a short-lived but so-fondly-recalled series of concerts starring sundry survivors of the 1970s rock scene…

A spinoff of its parent magazine, Classic Rock Presents Prog takes a look at progressive music and the artists who weave them together. Each issue takes a soul-searching foray into the hearts and minds of the heroes of rock, reviewing both new and old releases. Building upon the history of some of the most genre-defining pieces ever devised and those who followed who continue to refine, revolutionise and completely discard the formulas of those who came before. Reflecting on the proud genesis of this unexpected genre, Classic Rock Presents Prog is an able tutor for those in the dark about the evolution of progressive music, and a tonic for existing fans.

This 3-CD set is sponsored by Arrow Classic Rock, the Dutch radiostation that is embraced by all Dutch progheads because they are the only radiostation that frequently plays many progrock classics and every week on Tuesday the known rock-journalist/producer Kees Baars (he is a personal friend of Geddy Lee) is the host for a two hour progrock show…

Long-established as a hugely popular radio format, the Classic Rock sound was established – though not codified and canonised until some while later – in the Seventies, when numerous British bands from a pop or blues-based background pioneered a muscular, riff-based sound that dominated American FM airwaves and led the most successful practitioners to fame, fortune and all manner of related excess.

Given away free with Rock Society magazine, the journal of the Classic Rock Society. The Classic Rock Society was founded in 1991 to promote Classic and Progressive Rock. The organisation produces Rock Society, a bi monthly glossy colour magazine with news, reviews, interviews and features on rock. Featuring the finest music from: Also Eden, Aisles, Dream The Electric Sleep, Frequency Drift, Panic Room, The Watch, RPWL, Matt Stevens, Black Noodle Project, Landmarq…