Artist: Various Artists Title: Round & Round (Progressive Sounds of 1974) Year Of Release: 2023 Label: Esoteric Recordings Genre: Prog Rock Quality: Flac (tracks, log) Total Time: 05:09:36 Tracklist: CD 1: 01. Camel - Freefall 5:53 02. Barclay James Harvest - Negative Earth 5:32 03. Jethro Tull - Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of a New Day) 3:57 04. Quicksand - Flying 4:23 05. Kevin Ayers - Didn't Feel Lonely 'Til I Thought of You 4:11 06. Darryl Way's Wolf - Black September 4:49 07. Hatfield & The North - Son of There's No Place Like Homerton 10:13 08. Be Bop Deluxe - Jets at Dawn 7:19 09. Jack Bruce - Keep it Down 3:42 10. Keith Christmas - Foothills 4:00 11. Caravan - Virgin on the Ridiculous 6:52 12. Gong - Master Builder 6:20 13. Strawbs - Hero & Heroine (early mix) 3:24 14. Stackridge - God Speed the Plough 5:30 CD 2: 01. Nektar - Fidgety Queen 4:08 02. Peter Hammill - Tapeworm 4:22 03. Gravy Train - Staircase to the Day 7:31 04. Strawbs - Round & Round (early version) 4:46 05. Budgie - Zoom Club 9:53 06. Steve Swindells - I Can't See Where the Light Switch Is 3:22 07. Greenslade - Joie de Vivre 8:27 08. Stackridge - The Last Plimsoll 4:32 09. Renaissance - Mother Russia 9:21 10. Traffic - Dream Gerard 11:05 11. Jethro Tull - Bungle in the Jungle 3:37 12. Barclay James Harvest - Mockingbird (live) 7:30 CD 3: 01. Keith Christmas - Brighter Day 6:17 02. Man - Scotch Corner 9:05 03. Man - Exit 1:16 04. PFM - The World Became the World 4:48 05. Gravy Train - Starlight Starbright 4:27 06. Procol Harum - Drunk Again 4:32 07. Refugee - Ritt Mickley 4:55 08. Hatfield & The North - Let's Eat Real Soon 3:17 09. Traffic - Graveyard People 6:07 10. Kayak - Trust in the Machine 6:07 11. Darryl Way's Wolf - The Envoy 6:29 12. Nektar - Early Morning Clown 3:24 13. Neutrons - Living in the World Today 6:13 14. Hawkwind - The Psychedelic Warlords 6:51 15. Be Bop Deluxe - Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape 3:25 CD 4: 01. Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Utopia Theme 14:30 02. Renaissance - Black Flame 6:26 03. Caravan - Mirror for the Day 4:31 04. Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs 5:04 05. Camel - Lady Fantasy 12:45 06. Hawkwind - Paradox 5:29 07. Peter Hammill - Red Shift 8:13 08. Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Anthem 7:44 09. PFM - Just Look Away 4:04 10. Gong - A Sprinkling of Clouds 8:57 Four CD set. Round and Round - Progressive Sounds Of 1974 gathers together over five hours of music from 1974, another year in which would continue to see Progressive music in all it's forms continue to develop and retain it's presence as a dominating force with the album buying public. 1974 saw a wealth of imaginative artists continue to meld seemingly disparate musical genres and influences such as jazz, blues, folk, rock and classical music in a host of wonderful albums, all of which appealed to an audience of students and rock fans. Universities and Colleges remained regular venues on burgeoning live music circuit in the UK for these artists, most of whom earned loyal followings through regular concert performances both in Britain and in Europe. Progressive rock's influence internationally was also growing with notable European bands such as Kayak from the Netherlands and PFM from Italy making their presence felt, along with Todd Rundgren's Utopia from the USA. This compilation also features lesser-known acts who failed to make a wider known impression but produced excellent work of a wide breadth such as Keith Christmas, Gravy Train, Neutrons, Refugee, Quicksand, Stackridge, Steve Swindells, and Darryl Way's Wolf