Alan Reed - for 25 years the vocalist with Scots progressive rock band Pallas - is delighted to announce his debut release as a solo artist.

'C'est La Vie' is a Greg Lake song specially recorded for the forthcoming Emerson, Lake and Palmer tribute CD 'The Endless Enigma' to be given away free with the next issue of 'Classic Rock presents Prog' magazine. It features Alan's unique voice and 12-string guitar alongside the spectacular piano playing of Mike Stobbie, also a former member of Pallas.

Alan said: " When I heard about 'Prog' magazine's ELP project I immediately thought of this song, as it's one I've always loved playing. I persuaded Mike that we should take time out from working on my forthcoming solo album to see what we could make of it. I'm very pleased with the results."

Alan and Mike continue to work on the album - tentatively entitled 'HomeGrown' - which encompasses a range of styles from Celtic-folk to progressive rock.

The Nice with keyboard virtuoso Keith Emerson (later to be a founding member of Emerson Lake & Palmer) at the helm was one of the most adventurous bands of the British psychedelic scene. "Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon" is a 2 CD collection consisting of live recordings from 1967-'70 concerts, TV, and radio appearances and the first complete overview of the live history of The Nice, covering the bands entire lifespan and all the tracks have been newly re-mastered.

The first Volume - The Quartet documents the band's quartet phase and features a re-invention of Dylan's "She Belongs To Me", acid-fantasy lyricism of "Flower King of Flies", surprisingly never recorded covers of The Byrds "Get To You" and Frank Zappa's "Lumpy Gravy" and the bands biggest charting single a bold radical reinvention of Bernstein's "America".

The second Volume - The Trio documents the band's trio phase (minus a lead guitarist) finds Emerson as a front man unleashing particularly proto ELP pieces "Intermezzo Karelia Suite" and "Pathetique" a choral arrangement of Tim Hardin's "Hang On To A Dream, a pych-soaked take on Dave Brubeck's "Rondo", Sonny Rollins jazz classic "St Thomas" featuring a surprise guest, the renowned U.K. troubadour Roy Harper on vocals and the ambitious "Five Bridges Suite".

"Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon" also features cover artwork designed by illustrator William Stout, internationally renowned as one of the first rock 'n' roll bootleg cover artists.

In Keith Emerson's own words "I hope you will enjoy listening to these unique recordings as I do".

The Nice - Line Up: Keith Emerson - Keyboards, Vocals; Lee Jackson - Bass, Vocals; Brian Davison - Percussion; Davy O'List* - Guitar (*Disc One Only)

DISC ONE: THE QUARTET 01. She Belongs To Me 02. Flower King Of Flies 03. Sombrero Sam 04. You Keep Me Hanging On 05. The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack 06. Brandenburg 07. Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon 08. Ars Longa Vita Brevis (2nd Movement) 09. Aries 10. Lumpy Gravy 11. Little Arabella 12. Happy Freuds 13. Get To You 14. America	DISC TWO: THE TRIO 01. Introduction 02. I'm Not One Of Those People 03. Azrael Revisted 04. Blues Of The Prairies 05. Diary Of An Empty Day (& Top Gear Signature) 06. For Example 07. St Thomas (with special guest Roy Harper) 08. Intermezzo Karelia Suite 09. Hang On To A Dream 10. Country Pie - Brandenburg Concerto No 6 11. Rondo 12. Pathetique (Symphony No. 6 3rd Movement) 13. Five Bridges Suite

"A Time And A Place" features high-quality soundboard recordings on the first three discs and audience recordings on the fourth.

This set brings together a select body of performances by Emerson Lake & Palmer captured before worldwide audiences during the band's career and tenure at the sharp end of the Progressive rock genre. From the group's raw and unrestrained sound of the early '70s, their rearrangements of compositions by internationally renowned composers, to their timeless conceptual pieces such as "Tarkus," "Karn Evil 9" and "Pirates," ELP have always been a band to push hard against musical boundaries. You can view all tracklistings via Amazon HERE.

Here’s the cover to the forthcoming DVD release of the Insurgentes movie. Subtitled in Spanish, French, German, and English, sound mixed in stereo and 5.1 surround sound.

It will be released on 27th September by KScope as a 2 disc set including the following extras: 31 minute film of Bass Communion and Pig live in Mexico City, the Harmony Korine video, trailers, alternate ending, footage of a Q+A session with SW and Lasse from the international premiere at the Copenhagen film festival, and 6 audio out-takes from the album recording sessions.

Founding Yes guitarist Peter Banks is preparing to embark on a long awaited tour of America. He will be backed by a newly formed band, Affirmative. Tour dates are being filled in now for Autumn 2010.



The tour is being dubbed "Peter Banks & Affirmative, Original Yes Songs Live". The set will consist of songs from the first two Yes albums, "Yes" and "Time And A Word", when Banks was the original guitarist in 1969-1970. The set will also include other surprises. This will be the first time that this collection of songs from the original Yes repertoire will be performed on stage in America by any associated Yes musicians. Songs will include "Beyond And Before", "I See You", "Astral Traveller", "Sweet Dreams", and many more.

Metal Mind Productions presents the complete discography of one of the best and most influential prog-metal bands of the 80’s – Crimson Glory.

The exclusive 5 CD box entitled “In Dark Places… 1986-2000” contains all of their studio albums: “Crimson Glory”, “Transcendence”, “Strange And Beautiful”, “Astronomica” (2CD). The box also includes bonus tracks, such as songs taken from singles, videos, live or demo tracks plus a 60 pages booklet. All recordings are remastered using tube technology. Box is limited to 1000 numbered copies and is a must-have for all fans of the band as well as for the lovers of the progressive metal genre!

SBB, a legend of Polish music scene, is working on a new studio album with the working title “Blue Trans”. The band, comprised of the phenomenal composer Józef Skrzek, the excellent guitarist Apostolis Anthimos, and the flawless drummer Gabor Nemeth, plans to release the new material in Autumn 2010 via Metal Mind Productions.

They are currently working in ResRublica Studios in Lubrza, again with Sebastian Witkowski, who produced their previous album “Iron Curtain”. The album, released in January 2007, was highly acclaimed by both fans and music media. The trio offered a perfect blend of the sincerity of blues and the freedom of jazz. The music was mature and rich in emotions. It featured sophisticated ballads, perfect guitar solos, oriental and highland sounds, Moogs and Hammonds.

Haken are very excited to announce that we will be playing at the Summers End Festival on Saturday of 9th of October, the weekend after we open on Saturday 2nd at PROGPOWER EUROPE 2010 - with the legendary Shadow Gallery headlining.

At SUMMERS END we will be joining Ark, Karmakanic and Agents of Mercy (featuring Roine Stolt and Jonas Reingold from The Flower Kings) amongst other amazing bands.

We will be playing music from our new album AQUARIUS - out now on SENSORY RECORDS.

Howdy - just a quick reminder that next Saturday, the 10th, it's Galahad's 25th Anniversary bash at Mr Kyps, Poole, Dorset! Tickets are available for collection on the door at http://is.gd/df8TP. See ya there!