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Stackridge’s Monty Python-like experience with The Man In The Bowler Hat

By Jo Kendall Published

A unique band with a comedy edge, they couldn’t believe it when the Beatles producer agreed to work with them in 1973 – but their luck didn’t hold

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“We drove the band off the cliff”: How Stackridge swerved the success they deserved

By Malcolm Dome Published

The quirky West Country prog group started to get somewhere with 1973’s The Man In The Bowler Hat. Guitarist/vocalist James Warren – later of The Korgis – accepts youth and inexperience caused their implosion at exactly the wrong moment

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Ring The Bells and Sing - 1975
“Another very good year”: Ring The Bells And Sing – Progressive Sounds Of 1975 box set

By Chris Roberts Published

With Yes and Genesis between albums, Camel, Renaissance, Gentle Giant, Be Bop Deluxe, Soft Machine, Steve Hillage and Steve Hackett were among those proved here to be keeping the quality high

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Sir George Martin driving a speeedboat near Air Studios Montseratt, West Indies, in 1979
The albums produced by George Martin you should listen to but only one is by the Beatles

By Bill DeMain Published

Legendary producer and 'fifth Beatle' George Martin combined an adventurous sense of musicality with suit-and-tie professionalism

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How comic book artist Mark Buckingham became Peter Gabriel’s stunt double for Sledgehammer

By Jo Kendall Published

Fables, Hellblazer and Miracleman creative’s prog journey includes ELO, Stackridge, IQ, Magenta, all the King Crimson he can buy… and The Wombles

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Stackridge - The Forbidden City
“With hindsight their music makes more sense now”: Stackridge’s The Forbidden City

By Mike Barnes Published

2007 live set by the West Country’s finest returns in 2CD/DVD package

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Prog 148
Tangerine Dream's Phaedra at 50 is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

By Jerry Ewing Published

Plus Chester Thompson, Big Big Train, Stackridge, Bill Nelson, The Pineapple Thief, Damian Wilson & Adam Wakeman and loads more...

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Prog 124
Space rock legends Hawkwind celebrated in the new issue of Prog, on sale now

By Jerry Ewing Published

Plus Yes, Dream Theater, Peter Hammill & Isildurs Bane, Faust, Mostly Autumn, Tony Kaye, Katatonia and more...

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Stackridge 50th anniversary box set to be released

By Jerry Ewing Published

51-track collection Stackridge 50: Recordings 1971-2021 will be released in October

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Steve Hogath
Why I ❤️ Stackridge's The Man In The Bowler Hat, by Marillion's Steve Hogarth

By Dave Ling Published

Marillion vocalist Steve Hogarth on the simple pleasures of Stackridge's The Man In The Bowler Hat, an album that is jolly, light-hearted and quintessentially English

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