The Professor’s Picks: New Prog, Fusion, and Metal Releases for January 17, 2025
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March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
PREORDER
Sometime In February – Where Mountains Hide (CD/Vinyl) March 21, 2025
Tiktaalika – Gods Of Pangea (CD/Vinyl) March 14, 2025
RESTOCK
Kenso – An Old Warrior Shook The Sun
Oddleaf – When Idea And Denial Collide
PTF – Ambiguous Fragile Sign
Weather Report – Live In Berlin 1971
Miroslav Vitous – Purple
CDs
Steve Hackett – Live Magic At Trading Boundaries
Hawkwind – Live At The Royal Albert Hall (3CD Box Set)
Antony Kalugin – Constellations
Karfagen – Mysterious Forest – The Working Tapes
Magnum – Live At KKās Steel Mill
VINYL
Gnidrolog – Lady Lake (Yellow Vinyl)
Steve Hackett – Live Magic At Trading Boundaries (2LP Black or Lilac Vinyl)
Placebo – Placebo
CHEAP SHIT
Anthrax – For All Kings
Beck/Santana/Lukather – Live In Kariuszawa, Japan (2CD)
Dungen – Allas Sak
Genesis – Knebworth 1978 Full Concert (2CD)
Lacuna Coil – Live From The Apocalypse (CD/DVD)
David Longdon – Door One
Patrick Moraz – Patrick Moraz
Patrick Moraz/Syrinx – Coexistence
Supersilent – Supersilent 14
Steve Vai – The Story Of LIght
Weather Report – Live In Austria ā71
FREE SHIT
Hour Of The Shipwreck – The Hour Is Upon Us
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@johnmagdaleno4643
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
That Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil is HOT.
@johnmagdaleno4643
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
As far as ECM goes my dive into the label started with the Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock (RIP)-Jack DeJohnette Standards Trio 20-plus years ago. Buying CDs and then their DVDs after checking out more acoustic jazz after listening to lots of classic 70s fusion this piano-acoustic bass-drums trio really touched my sweet spot whether it was their swinging fun material to soft ballads or movement into free territory they appealed to me greatly. I think I have all they have done including that big box set of Live at the Blue Note 6-disc set. ECM has a general reputation to release softer exploratory European jazz but have harder American-styled stuff here and there. My favorite jazz styles are generally free (but not too far "out") and hard bop and post-bop. Most anything mid 1950s to the late 1960s as my Blue Note CD collection amongst others can attest to. Currently in the disc player from ECM is Vijay Iyer-Linda May Han Oh- Tyshawn Sorey piano trio.
@johnmagdaleno4643
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
That Tiktaalika album cover looks SO Roadrunner/Roadracer/RC Records from 1989-'90. Loved the first so have to get this one. I was almost unaware of Haken until I saw coverage of them on this SOT Youtube channel a couple of years ago. Great resource for bands I missed or unaware of, only wish I had more money. š
@monkeyhousescouse
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
How much is the Placebo debut on vinyl, Ken? And I'd never heard Miroslav before so thank you š for opening my ears to him – WONDERFUL early stuff!!! ā¤ā¤
@johnmichaelwilliams6694
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
Hated to miss the premiere of the episode but this is a show that is regularly enjoyed though it seems to sometimes put a strain on the music budget. Thanks once again to the Professor and Pete for an enjoyable episode. Now to go listen to some albums discussed.
@NP-ip3nj
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
I checked out the Charles Tolliver album that you guys were talking about, and it's REALLY GOOD!
@arnaudb.7669
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
Looking forward to the ECM show o/
@pemberley6431
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
I just picked up the Charles Tolliver album…very good…
@kennycraig6769
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
I will have to buy Genesis at Knebworth in 1978 because I was there.
@tonyhonour665
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
I bought the first Tiktalika (spš ) album a couple of years ago and really like it. It will be interesting to see how different, if at all, this new effort is.
@nickj3841
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
Didn't realise Supersilent were still around, I'll have to check this one out.
@thomasfarmer1730
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
Peteās got his Styx hoodie onā¦.you could easily lump Styx and Kansas with Aerosmith or Ted Nugent who they could blow off the stage
@BayouMaccabee
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
Y'all are correct….many of us are indeed jazz fans, and we appreciate when you discuss the jazz stuff too.
@Wes1969YT
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
Not the band Placebo that I was thinking of !
@briansmith9356
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
Magnum brilliant album going to see them next Friday Glasgow special night to remember Tony clarkin
@hammerheadly
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
Will the picks be posted?
@donaldanderson6604
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
I'm listening to the Hackett live album. Great choice of acoustic pieces from one of the very few rock players who should be allowed anywhere near a classical guitar. Really well-recorded and the playing is impeccable. Any album with John Hackett guesting has got to be good. If you like Steve's "quieter" stuff this is for you.
@paulgrace3439
March 20, 2026 at 11:03 am
Greetings Ken and Pete! The one show I watch weekly. Always a pleasure.
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