I just finished playing my CD from the Exchange - JonFo's Compulation.......Jonathan my hats off to you !! Nick Magnus and Martin Orford tracks are great. Martin Orfords opening track - Fusion reminds me alot of Manhiem Steamroller as does the final track - IQ-Sacred Sound, almost like it was off the Fresh Aire V album !
Thanks again !
Should anybody want to do full reviews , by all means add them to the review section !!
Hi Dave, glad you enjoyed the selection of rare Progressive Rock and other tidbits.
Nick Magnus is Steve Hacket's (from early Genesis days) producer and occasional session player. His Hexameron album is very good, but made of unobtainium, as one must order direct from the UK.
Martin Orford is the Keyboardist for IQ and his solo album 'Classical music and popular songs' is pretty awesome in its own right.
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IQ is one of my favorite prog bands, I can listen to their 'Dark Matter' album practically every weekend on the big rig here.
Prog is heavily influenced by classical and has nice, complex orchestrations which are well rendered by the accuracy of the ML's. On Some other speakers, it can sound like mush as the layers are lost in the IM and THD of the multiple crossovers and dynamic drivers.
I did notice an anomaly on the Caroline Lavelle track (which has a really good subwoofer test passage in it), there was an issue with the original rip that I did not notice till I played a test pressing all the way through this week.
Anyway, glad you enjoyed some of the tracks. If nothing else, at least the cover and labels are a ‘unique’ memento of the great weekend
Thanks again for all your hard work on helping put that together.