Professor Progresso's Rock Theatre

15/02/2025

When you get a mail from a foreign post service and it's not spam (Thanks, Robin!).

14/02/2025

Yes recording their album 'Fragile' at Advision Studios in London, September 1971. Left to right: guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Bill Bruford, singer Jon Anderson and keyboard player Rick Wakeman. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)

14/02/2025

10/02/2025

Tonight on Prof Progresso's Classic Prog Show we're wrapping up our presentation of the YES catalog! This is part 15 of my presentation of the complete catalog of YES studio albums and with this show we'll have had a thorough introduction to the band if you've never been aware of them. They're quite remarkable if you ask me!
Here's what I played so far on the show:
These from the 1978 album TORMATO:
01 Future Times/Rejoice
02 Don't Kill the Whale
03 Madrigal
04 Release, Release
05 Arriving UFO
06 Onward
07 On The Silent Wings of Freedom
And now from the 1980 album DRAMA:
08 Machine Messiah
09 Man In A White Car
10 Dies It Really Happen?
11 Into The Lens
12 Run Through The Light
13 Tempus Fugit
That's it for this show AND for my series: THE COMPLETE YES CATALOG of studio albums! Tune in again next week to Prof Progresso's Classis Prog show. Perhaps I'll play some live YES... who knows? For more info on the band go to YES (official).

09/02/2025

Raphael is on air with another show! Tonight's topic is "live is life" as I mostly play pieces from the most recent live albums by Riverside, Dave Brons and Steve Hackett.
Playlist:
By Riverside:
Big Tech Brother
Left Out
The Place Where I Belong
Friend Or Foe
By Dave Brons:
The Shire
Song Of The Earth
The Ringbearers
By Steve Hackett:
After The Ordeal
Ace Of Wands
Gnossienne No. 1 (Eric Satie)
And the final piece is by The Tangent:
A Few Steps Down The Wrong Road

You can listen to the show again here:

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08/02/2025

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27/01/2025

"I was not gifted with enormous speed on the guitar.

There were years, when I was younger, when I thought I could improve and become faster if I practiced enough. But in reality, it never happened."

Accepting that he would never be a top-level fretboard gymnast, he looked to other influential guitarists, such as Hank Marvin, the Stratocaster-loving guitarist of The Shadows, for inspiration. "In the '60s, Hank would just play a melody, and I think I come from there," he says. "I just want to play a beautiful melody!" -David Gilmour

27/01/2025

Quite a lineup! 

20/01/2025

And the show is on! Tonight on Prof Progresso's Rock Theatre we're doing both! That means Prof Prog's Rock Theatre AND Prof Prog's Classic Prog Show. How 's that, you ask? Because I'm presenting an album that embodies BOTH the Classic Era of Prog AND the Current New releases. Jon Anderson's new band project called Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks! Jon was the iconic vocalist of the band YES (official) for decades. I'll be playing the complete album during the show this evening so get a cool beverage of your choice, a rediculously expensive set of headphones (like the ones I'm wearing) and a comfortable chair and settle into 2 hours of fantastic music! One more thing, stay with me till the end of the show because I'm going to make an important announcement! If you have contact info for Jon please have him tune in to Radio Darmstadt so he can hear the announcement himself. It's sure to put a smile on his face!
Here's what I played on the show:
01 True Messenger
02 Shine On
03 Counties and Countries
04 Build Me An Ocean
05 Still A Friend
06 Make It Right
07 Realization Part Two
08 Once Upon A Dream
09 Thank God

And now the announcement:
This eveining on the show I've issued my True Prog Award for only the 2nd time. It has gone to Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks for their album TRUE! If you missed the show you can hear the repeat broadcast tonight and tomorrow the 21st January at 2am, 8am, and 2pm CET. Also if you have comments about this album please feel free to express them in the comments.
The next Prof Prog show will be the 2nd Su. in Feb. the 9th. Till then keep on Proggin!

19/01/2025

Tonight on Prof. Progresso's Rock Theatre my show title is "These Are A Few of My Favorite Things". I, the Professor, will share my picks for the best releases of 2024. And we're off and running with A Few of my Favorite Things... uh, tracks actually... favorite albums of 2024.
Here's what I've played on the show so far:
These two by Neal Morse from his musical/rock opera Joseph Part Two: The Restoration
01 Cosmic Mess
02 Dawning of a New Day (God Uses Everything for Good)
This next one is by Big Big Train from their latest album The Likes of Us released March 1st, 2024:
03 Beneath the Masts
These next two are by a Norwiegen band called MEER from their album Wheels Within Wheels released in July:
04 Chains of Changes
05 Today Tonight Tomorrow
This next one is by Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks released in August:
06 Counties and Countries
This next one is by Neal Morse and The Resonance from thier debut album entitled No Hill for a Climber released November 8th 2024:
07 Eternity In Your Eyes
That's all the time we have for tonight, ALL GOOD PROG PEOPLE! Tune in again tomorrow evening, Monday Jan. 20, for Prof Progresso's Rock Theatre. I'll feature the 2024 album "TRUE" by Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks.

14/01/2025

Hi all you great People of the Prog out there in RadarLand... in case you heard the show last night or are listening to it right now in the repeat broadcast here is what I played on the show. This show was a "Prequil". In past shows I played many of the YES (official) albums but I had skipped their early material. Therefore on this show I've gone back and played their first two albums.
Here's what I played on the show:
Hour One was their self-titled debut album YES:
01 Beyond and Before written by Chris Squire & Clive Bailey
02 I See You written by Jim McGuinn & David Crosby
03 Yesterday and Today writen by Jon Anderson
04 Looking Around written by Jon & Chris
05 Harold Land written by Jon, Chris & Bill Bruford
06 Every Little Thing written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
07 Sweetness written by Jon, Chris & Clive
08 Survival written by Jon
YES debut album credits:
Produced by Paul Clay & YES
Hour Two was their second album Time And A Word:
09 No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed written by Richie Havens
10 Then written by Jon Anderson
11 Everydays written by StephenStills
12 Sweet Dreams written by Jon Anderson & David Foster
13 The Prophet written by Jon & Chris
14 Clear Days written by Jon
15 Astral Traveller written by Jon
16 Time And A Word written by Jon and David F.
Time And A Word credits:
The album was engineered by Eddie Offord
Orchestral arrangements by Tony Cox
Produced by Tony Colton