Tony Banks

Nursery Cryme is the third studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1971. It is also the first album to feature the lineup of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Steve Hackett; the latter two replacing John Mayhew and Anthony Phillips, on drums and guitar respectively, in 1970 and 1971. This lineup would remain consistent until Gabriel's departure in 1975.

Another archival album, this time from two of Anthony Phillips' long standing friends, David Thomas and Ronnie Gunn. Many Genesis fans may be familiar with David, he was, after all, the guy whose flat Tony Banks and Peter Gabriel shared for almost five years, as well as assisting on their first album, "From Genesis To Revelation". The album draws on material which the two main protagonists wrote in the period between 1969 and 1978, and as such is very much a product of its time as well as being an intriguing snapshot into an ear of music that has been undeservedly maligned by the smart set who sadly dominate our music industry these days.
Don't let the Genesis tag fool you, however. This album is not a "Collection of Antiques & Curios" to paraphrase another well known album of the period…

The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts is the fourth live album by British band Genesis. Eight songs were recorded live on the 1992 We Can't Dance tour, with the remaining three recorded on the 1986–87 Invisible Touch tour. While the album centres on Genesis' shorter and commercial songs, a companion piece, The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs focuses on their lengthier material. The shared title of the two releases refers to the phrase "the way I walk," which appears in the lyrics to two different songs, "I Can't Dance" on Volume One, and "I Know What I Like" on Volume Two.

Italian band Mad Crayon have been around for decades, their debut "Ultimo Mirragio" being released in 1994, at the same time as bands such as Finisterre, Il Castello di Atlante, CAP and Germinale revived the dormant Italian school with another wave of genius. Keyboardist Alessandro di Benedetti has embarked on a side venture that goes quite a different route, not quite electronic, not quite RPI, that seeks to combine modern tendencies (electronica and drum machines) with an overt Tony Banks styled soloing desire that is not unlike Geoff Downes' brilliant and underrated New Dance Orchestra project, "the Light Program" (1986) being a work of genius. In fact, Inner Prospekt's previous 2014 album is called "Dreaming of Tony Banks", which clearly defines Alessandro's underlying influence.

Italian band Mad Crayon have been around for decades, their debut "Ultimo Mirragio" being released in 1994, at the same time as bands such as Finisterre, Il Castello di Atlante, CAP and Germinale revived the dormant Italian school with another wave of genius. Keyboardist Alessandro di Benedetti has embarked on a side venture that goes quite a different route, not quite electronic, not quite RPI, that seeks to combine modern tendencies (electronica and drum machines) with an overt Tony Banks styled soloing desire that is not unlike Geoff Downes' brilliant and underrated New Dance Orchestra project, "the Light Program" (1986) being a work of genius. In fact, Inner Prospekt's previous 2014 album is called "Dreaming of Tony Banks", which clearly defines Alessandro's underlying influence.

Switzerland's best symphonic prog band of any consequence, Flame Dream released its third album, Out In The Dark, in 1981. Recorded at Patrick Moraz's legendary "Aquarius" studio in Geneva and surpassing 1979's excellent Elements, it is a classic of European progressive rock. Amazingly, in continental Europe, brilliant, classic progressive rock music was still being produced with little regard for the prevailing winds of disco, new wave and punk. Flame Dream had hit it big in Europe with release of Elements. The music on Out In The Dark continues in the same vein as on their preceding albums, with rich, keyboard heavy compositions by vocalist/wind instrument player Peter Wolf (son of the noted Swiss classical pianist and brother of classical/avant-garde composer and pianist John Wolf-Brennan) and keyboardist Roland Rockstuhl.