Prog Issue 161

1995 should have been a good year for Marillion. After all, the band's records sold in their hundreds of thousands and they regularly charted highly with both singles and albums. However their eighth studio album Afraid Of Sunlight, would be their last for EMI. In this issue of Prog we look at the making of the album as the band recall how they created triumph out of impending disaster with one of their most-loved and enduring of albums. Also this month we catch up with Canterbury legend Richard Sinclair for a trawl through his illustrious musical history; Derek Shulman, Kerry Minnear, Gary Green and John Weather discuss the revamp of Gentle Giant’s Playing The Fool live album; and former Tangerine Dream man Peter Baumann is back making music after a six-year hiatus. Elsewhere, Katatonia, John Hackett Band, Pride Of Passion, Lars Fredrik Frøislie, Robert Reed, Hedvig Mollestad Trio and Avkrvst tell us all about their latest releases, and we review the 50th-anniversary celebration of Mike Oldfield’s Hergest Ridge as well as live shows by Steven Wilson, Jon Anderson, Hawkwind and the Winter’s End festival, too. And as for all the gifts, you get a newly updated Jethro Tull e-book, a Marillion Afraid Of Sunlight artprint and four AOS coasters, as well as a Comedy Of Errors digital sampler. Enjoy.