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C-Sides

Sep 12, 2022 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Music

With Rick Comello

C-Sides specializes in obscure music from all over the globe. With rock at its core, Rick Comello explores multiple genres spanning the last 50 years, unearthing music from some of the finest progressive, fusion, avant-garde, psych and hard rock artists to ever grace this wondrous planet.

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C-Sides
9:03 PM
System - Experience, My Teacher
System Experience, My Teacher
System Paisley Press 2022

Greetings all! We begin C-Sides #457 with some fantastic obscure Hard Rock out of Denmark by this band initially known as Sensory System. This tune comes from their debut album. Originally released in 1974

9:09 PM
Motorpsycho - The United Debased
Motorpsycho The United Debased
Kingdom of Oblivion Stickman Records 2021

Hard / Progressive Rock from Trondheim, Norway by this legendary band! This killer tune comes from Motorpsycho's 25th studio album. Released in 2021

9:20 PM
Accordo dei Contrari - G.B. Evidence
Accordo dei Contrari G.B. Evidence
Kublai Self Released 2011

Progressive Rock from Bologna, Italy. This fine piece of music can be found on AdC's brilliant second album. Released in 2011

9:25 PM
Discipline - Life Imitates Art
Discipline Life Imitates Art
Captives of the Wine Dark Sea The Laser's Edge 2017

Progressive Rock out of Royal Oak, MI by this band led by the amazing Matthew Parmenter. This tune comes from Discipline's fourth studio album. Released in 2017

9:29 PM
Gregory Allan Fitzpatrick & Samla Mammas Manna - Andra Satsen
Gregory Allan Fitzpatrick & Samla Mammas Manna Andra Satsen
Snorungarnas Symfoni MNW Music AB 1992

Rock in Opposition / Jazz-Rock from Uppsala, Sweden. This fun tune comes from Samla Mammas Manna's forth studio album, their collaboration with Gregory Allan Fitzpatrick. Originally released in 1976

9:35 PM
Dirk Steffens - What Do I See
Dirk Steffens What Do I See
The Seventh Step Second Battle 1995

A classic Hard Rock ballad by this guitarist from Mölln, Germany, who was briefly in Birth Control from 1973-74. This great tune comes from his one and only solo album. Originally released in 1976

9:42 PM
La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros - En las Calles de Costa Rica
La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros En las Calles de Costa Rica
Películas Microfon 1996

Progressive Rock from Buenos Airies, Argentina from this short lived band led by Charly Garcia. This tune comes from the band's second of two studio albums. Originally released in 1977

9:46 PM
Phoenix - Pasăre Calandrinon
Phoenix Pasăre Calandrinon
Cantafabule Genius Enterprise Trade 1996

Very ethnic sounding Progressive Rock from Timişoara, Romania by this group sometimes referred to as Transylvanian Phoenix. This classic tune comes from their third studio album. Originally released in 1975

9:52 PM
Paidarion - Trapeze
Paidarion Trapeze
Behind The Curtains Seacrest 2011

Progressive Rock from Hämeenlinna, Finland. This nice instrumental comes from the band's second album. Released in 2011

10:02 PM
Spring - Grail
Spring Grail
Spring Repertoire Records 1994

Delicate Progressive Rock from this fantastic one-and-done band out of Leicester, England. This tune comes from that lone album. Originally released in 1971

10:08 PM
Luigi Anada Boys - Feeling the Celing
Luigi Anada Boys Feeling the Celing
Feeling the Ceiling Dunx Music 2001

Wishbone Ash influenced dual lead guitar Progressive Rock from Leeds, England by this band led by guitarist Duncan McFarlane. This tune comes from a private CD press of their 1978 rare studio album. http://www.duncanmcfarlane.com/index.htm

10:15 PM
Karthago - "Oberbaum" Bridge
Karthago "Oberbaum" Bridge
Second Step Repertoire Records 1998

Progressive Rock by this Hard Rock band out of Berlin, Germany. This tune comes from their second studio album. Originally released in 1973

10:24 PM
Panta Rei - The Knight
Panta Rei The Knight
Panta Rei Parlophone Sweden 1973

For tonight's "Essential Epic" we head to Uppsala, Sweden for some top-notch 70's Progressive Rock. This one-and-done band gets my vote for one the strangest off-putting album covers ever! Originally released in 1973

10:41 PM
Esthesis - No Soul to Sell
Esthesis No Soul to Sell
The Awakening Misty Tones 2020

Contemporary Progressive / Art Rock out of France that sounds very much like the now legendary Porcupine Tree. This great tune comes from this group's debut album. Released in 2020 https://esthesis.bandcamp.com/album/the-awakening

10:49 PM
Estradasphere - A Corporate Merger
Estradasphere A Corporate Merger
Palace of Mirrors The End Records 2006

We conclude C-Sides #457 with some phenomenal Experimental / Jazz Rock by this now defunct band out of Santa Cruz, CA. circa 2006. Thanks for listening, folks! Be sure to tune in again next week! Then our voyage will continue! ☮︎