ALISTAIR MURPHY (THE CURATOR)

The great and good of progressive music give us a glimpse into their prog worlds.

Grant Moon

Where’s home? Norfolk. What’s your earliest prog memory? Walking home from junior school in 1968, and my older brother Royse shouting from his friend’s bedroom window for me to come and listen to something. He had just bought In Search Of The Lost Chord by The Moody Blues, an album that I still love to this day. What was the first prog album you bought? Soft Machine’s Six. I’m a fan of all their numbered albums – both before and after Robert Wyatt’s departure. And the last? By a strange coincidence I have just ordered [Softs live collection] Høvikodden 1971. What was your first prog gig? Peter Hammill, promoting A Black Box at The Venue in London, in August 1980. The first of many of his (and VdGG) that I…

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Prog Italia (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 152

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