 >> This Week |
| Saturday, April 4th, 2026 |
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We'll
track the new offering from the K-Scope Records label and the band Gong
and their Bright Spirit release that is currently up seven spots this week
to number five in the WEEKLYTOP20.
Just
following your weekly installment of The Stargazer's
Handbook, your guide
to all the upcoming astronomical events this coming week, we'll
track the new archive live release from Dream Theater titled Lost Not
Forgotten Archives: Live In Tokyo 2010 from the InsideOut/Sony lab Our 4th Set Space Out tracks the new forthcoming live release from Pink Floyd titled Live From The Los Angeles Sports Arena, April 26th, 1975 from the Legacy Recordings label. While this original concert was never professionally recorded, it was in fact compiled by the late great bootlegger Mike "Mike The Mic" Millard, whose legendary concert recordings from Los Angeles in the 1970's became renowned for their incredible sound quality. This forthcoming release on April 18th has also been meticulously restored and remastered by the great Steven Wilson so you know what you are in for. We'll also by request feature tracks from the very late December release of the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's iconic Wish You Were Here album from 1975 as well. We'll also track the new recording from the Cuneiform Records label and the amazing cellist Janel Leppin and her late March release titled Ensemble Volcanic Ash: Pluto In Aquarius. This stunning Washington D.C. composer & cellist, who is already a fixture of the city's new music, jazz, rock & improv scence, returns with now the third album from the ensemble that shows the project leaner, grittier, and raw in a way that Janel just loves. We'll
celebrate two GPRN Hall Of Fame albums on
their anniversaries this week on Program 1990
in an extended
spotlight on what is now the twentieth anniversary of Pure Reason
Revolution's legendary double album release from 2006 titled The Dark
Third that went on to sit in the top spot of our WEEKLYTOP20
for a combined fourteen total weeks from 2006 into 2007 that would later
be voted the number one album by our listeners in The
GlobalProgressive Rock Network's Top 100 of 2006
that would later prompt the powerhouse project to perform at the North
East Art Rock Festival in 2007. Our second GPRN Hall Of Fame album
anniversary is in fact the first ever number one album in our annual Top
100 in the 1995 Virgin Records release from King Crimson and their amazing
comeback album titled THRAK. This early spring release that year would go
on to hold the top spot in the 1995 WEEKLYTOP20
for eight consecutive weeks and later would become the first ever number
one album in The
GlobalProgre We'll celebrate the 50th anniversaries of some classic albums including the 1976 release from Camel and the Moonmadness album, along with the 50th anniversary of synthesizer/keyboardist Stomu Yamashta's GO that featured a super group of talent including Klaus Schulze, drummer Michael Shrieve, pianist/vocalist Steve Winwood, guitarist Pat Thrall, fusion guitarist Al Di Meola and so many others! We'll also track the twentieth anniversary of the amazing Tony Levin and his 2006 release on the Narada Records label titled Resonator that also hit number one in the WEEKLYTOP20 that year before being voted the number fifteen album overall in The GlobalProgressive Rock Network's Top 100 of 2006. We'll go into the vinyl vaults of our THIRD SET with the 50th anniversary of the fantastic French project Confluence and their 1976 live album titled 4 Voyages from the RCA Victor label that included Didier Levallet, Merzak Mouthana, Christian Escoude, Jean Querlier, Armand Lemal, and Jean-Charles Capon. Our 5th and FINAL set, we'll feature some tracks by request that turn 45 years old this week in the supergroup that never came to be but at least left demos of guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Alan White, and keyboardist Dave Lawson. Under the banner of XYZ (or ex Yes/ex Zeppelin) this short lived project came about when both bassist Chris Squire and guitarist Jimmy Page met at a Christmas party and the talks began. Later joining would be Greenslade keyboardist Dave Lawson and Yes drummer Alan White. The only problem was, they needed a vocalist. Page tried to recruit his then Led Zeppelin band mate Robert Plant. Unfortunately in late February of '81, Plant found the music too complex and was still grieving over the loss of their drummer John Bonham. So while this was a short lived idea, there were actual recordings that would later show up on Yes albums Magnification & Keys To Ascension II. We'll also celebrate the 50th anniversary of my personal favorite Led Zeppelin album of all time in the 1976 release Presence, and travel back to 2005 when a downsized Marillion performed live in our studios back on Program 905 by request. We'll close out with new music from what is our number one album
for the fourth consecutive week in the
WEEKLYTOP20
this week, for the week of April 3rd, 2026, in the
new offering from the Moonjune Records
label and what is now the thirteenth release from the legendary Soft
Machine and their album simply titled Thirteen. The album stretches wide
in both strength and ambition. A true journey across sound and texture. The new offering features John Etheridge on
guitar, album producer Theo Travis on saxophone, flute, Fender Rhodes You can now check us out 24 hours a day at our new Gagliarchives Radio station at RadioKing. Visit us at https://play.radioking.com/radio/gagliarchives-radio where you can hear bits and pieces of recent programming and a special nod back to our spin-off radio program known as The Analogue Tapes Series! Stay tuned for more updates! Again we thank ALL of you for continuing on a daily basis to email us your suggestions, your lists, and ideas for future programming. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING THIS SO MUCH FUN!! Also friends, North Thirteenth Studios has launched the new Lost Satellite Records Bandcamp page to celebrate the many unearthed recordings of Philadelphia jazz guitar legend Sonny Troy who sadly left us this year. This prodigious and beloved
musician Visit the site at https://sonnytroy.bandcamp.com/ Sonny Troy - 1938-2021
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