Episodes
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The Ancient One Show No 223.
The latest show from The Ancient One, broadcast on 03/10/23 at 21:00 is now available as a podcast. This is one of the Mixed Bag series of shows and features newer music that I haven’t put into a playlist so far. Playlist. 1 Focus – Hocus Pocus (used as Intro). 2 Tusmorke – Cycle Of […]
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The Ancient One Show No 222
The podcast for The Ancient One Show No 222. One of the “Thru The Past Darkly” series, features older classic bands and this show features 3 tracks from the bands. There are 13 artists fitting into this feature with the last 2 tracks of the show a very small tribute to Bruce Guthro (the voice […]
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The Ancient One Show No 221
The Ancient One Show No 221 is now available as a podcast. Show broadcast on 5th September. This is one of the ” 2 from 6″ shows. 6 bands, 1 album from the back catalogue and 2 tracks from the album. Playlist. 1 Focus – Hocus Pocus (used as Intro) 2 Moon Safari – Dance […]
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101 Dimensions 160723 Jim 3
The 3rd show in the 101 Dimensions series curated by The Ancient One is now available as a podcast. Playlist 1 Neu – Fuer Immer. 2 Ulrich Schnauss – Knuddlemaus. 3 Lemon Jelly – His Majesty, King Raam. 4 Ashra – Nightdust. 5 FSOL – Cascade. 6 Klaus Schulze/Pete Namlook – Set The Controls For […]
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The Ancient One Show No 220
The podcast for the latest show from The Ancient One (Show No 220) is now available. Playlist 1 Focus – Hocus Pocus (used as Intro). 2 Black Mountain – Space To Bakersfield. 3 Jordsjo – Sankeren. 4 Superdrama – The Promise. 5 Unitopia – Mania. 6 Fatal Fusion – Shadow Of The King. 7 Southern […]
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The Ancient One Show No 219
The Ancient One Show No 219, one of the Mixed Bag series, is now available as a podcast. Featuring music from Norway, Germany, Sweden, France. Ukraine, Poland, Italy, UK and one band classed a multi-national. Playlist. 1 La Torre Dell’Alchimista – Resviglio (excerpt used as Intro) 2 Edison’s...
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The Ancient One Show No 218
The Ancient One Show No 218, “2 From 6 Vol 5” is now available as a podcast. This features 6 bands, 1 of their back catelogue releases and 2 tracks from that album. Music from Belgium, Germany, the UK and multinational. Playlist. 1 La Torre Dell’Alchimista – Risveglio (excerpt used as Intro) 2...
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The Ancient One Show No 217
The podcast for The Ancient One Show No 217 is now available. This is one of the “Short Story” series of shows which highlight the shorter tracks. Playlist 1 Greenslade – Spirit Of The Dance (excerpt used as Intro) 2 Focus – Focus (vocal) 3 PFM – Freedom Square 4 Fruupp – The Seventh […]
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The Ancient One Show No 216
Show No 216 from The Ancient One is now available as a podcast. This is a show in the series “Alphabetically Speaking” where all the artist names begin with the same lette…in this case, the letter G. Playlist 1 La Torre Dell’Alchimista – Risveglio (excerpt used as Intro) 2 David Gilmour – Where…
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The Ancient One Show No 215
Show No 215 from The Ancient One is now available as a podcast. This show is one of the “Tall Tales” series, meaning all the tracks will be of epic lengths. Playlist 1 La Torre Dell’Alchimista – Risviglio (excerpt used as Intro) 2 The Samurai Of Prog – The Man In The Iron Mask Pt […]
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The Ancient One Show No 208 The Samurai of Prog Story Pt 3
The third part of the Samurai Of Prog Story is now available as a podcast. This part moves through the Bernard and Porsti releases, The Guildmaster Project, Kimmo’s solo material and a collaboration album by Kimmo Porsti and Rafael Pacha. Information about the album, track and musicians will be...
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The Ancient One Show No 206 The Samurai Of Prog Story Pt 1
The first part of The Ancient One’s “The Samurai Of Prog Story” is now available as a podcast. This covers albums 1-6 and features comments and information, about album/track/musicians, from Kimmo (Porsti) and Steve (Unruh) from Samurai of Prog. Playlist 1 Intro from Jim Lawson 2 Starship Trooper…
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The Ancient One Show No 207 The Samurai Of Prog Story Pt 2
The second part of The Ancient One’s “The Samurai Of Prog Story” is now available as a podcast. This covers albums 7-12 and features comments and information, about album/track/musicians, from Kimmo (Porsti) and Steve (Unruh) from Samurai of Prog and Marco Grieco, who is an integral part of SoP…
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The Ancient One Show No 212
Show No 212 from The Ancient One has koined the list of podcasts available. This is a Mixed Bag show with a difference, in that all the tracks come from Norwegian bands, Playlist. 1 La Torre Dell’Alchimista – Resviglio (used as Intro) 2 Fatal Fusion – Tears I’ve Cried 3 Magic Pie – Full Circle […]
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The Ancient One Show No 213
Show No 213 from The Ancient One is now available as a podcast. This is one of the “2 from 6” series of shows, wher Jim chooses 6 bands, 1 album in their back catalogue and plays 2 tracks from it. Hear music from Ukraine, Norway, UK and Italy. Playlist. 1 La Torre Dell’Alchimista – […]
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The Ancient One Show No 214
The podcast for the latest show by The Ancient One is now available. This is a Mixed Bag show featuring 15 tracks from Australia, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Finland, Italy, Poland and France. Playlist 1 La Torre Dell’Alchimista – Resviglio (excerpt used as Intro) 2 Eros – Capricornia 3…
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 188
The Ancient One is very pleased to say that the podcast for Show No 188 is now online. This is one of the Short Story series and features 46 varied tracks which are all under 4 minutes in length. Playlist 1 La Torre Delle’Alchimista – Risveglio (excerpt used as Intro) 2 Wynder K Frog – […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 187”
The Ancient One is very pleased to say that the podcast for Show No 187 is now available. This is a show carrying the title ” 2 from 6 ” and picks an album from the back catalogues of 6 bands and then chooses 2 tracks from that album. Here stunning tracks from 3 Swedish […]
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“The Ancient One – Edition 186”
The Ancient One is very happy to say that the podcast for Show No 186 is now available. This is one of the “Featuring” series of shows and No 186 is all about ” Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music” from 1971 to 1983. Playlist. 1 La Torre D’Alchimista – Resviglio (exc used as Intro) […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One _ Edition 185”
The Ancient One is very pleased to say that the podcast for Show No 185, broadcast on 19th April at 21:00 UK, is now available. This was one of the shows in the “Featuring” series and highlighted the music of 3 Canadian bands. They are Spaceport Union, Monarch Trail and Jelly Fiche. Playlist 1 La...
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 175”
The Ancient One is delighted to say that the podcast for Show No 175 is now available. This is a show in the “Mixed Bag” series and is Volume 17. Playlist 1 La Torre D’Alchimista – Risveglio (excerpt used as the Intro) 2 Fall Of Epistome – Invisible Crusader 3 Ian Hill – Arik’s Journey […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 176”
I’m delighted to say that the podcast for Show No 176 by The Ancient One is now available. This show features the band, Unitopia, who have a new album for imminent release, so we trace the evolution of the band through the 4 studio albums available. The four albums are More Than a Dream, The […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 174”
TAO is delighted to say that Show No 174 is now available as a podcast. This is the first show to have been recorded in Eyrie Studio In The Neuk. This is a “Mixed Bag” show where TAO “catches up with some music” that has been issued while the studio was in transit as we […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 165”
The Ancient One is delighted to say that the podcast for Show No 165, “4 Bands From Germany”, is now available as a podcast. This show highlights, briefly, the back catalogues of the bands, Poor Genetic Material, RPWL, Sylvan and Traumhaus. Playlist 1 Greenslade – Spirit of the Dance (Excerpt…
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 163”
The Ancient One is delighted to state that the podcast is now available for Show No 163, “Tall Tales Vol 12”. This is one of the series of shows that feature long prog tracks. Playlist. 1 Greenslade – Spirit Of The Dance (excerpt taken from the Recollections cd and used as the intro) 2...
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 161
The Ancient One is very pleased to say that Show No 161, “A Brief History of Cosmograf” is now available as a podcast. This show traces the evolution of Robin Armstrong’s creative vehicle through the 8 studio albums Cosmograf have released. Playlist 1 Greenslade – Spirit Of The Dance ( excerpt…
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“Podcast:The Ancient One – Edition 160”
The Ancient One is pleased to say that Show No 160 is now available as a podcast. I apologise for the delay, but we were on a holiday break. Show No 160 is one of the series called “Short Stories” and this is Vol 10, where all tracks are between 3:30 min and 7:30 min. […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition No 159”
THe Ancient One is pleased to be able to say that Show No 159 is now available as a podcast. This is a show from the series “Concept Album Shows” and features Edison’s Children, Mandalaband, Karfagen, Sonus Umbra, Phideaux and Jon Anderson. Each “track” will feature a section from the concept...
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 158”
The Ancient One is pleased to be able to say that Show No 158 is now available as a podcast. This is one of the series of shows called “Featuring” and this one highlights music from the back catalogues of four French bands. The bands in question are Spleen Arcana (2 albums), Esthesis (1 EP […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 157”
Greetings, The Ancient One has a new show available as a podcast. This is Show No 157 which is one of the Tall Tales series of shows. Music comes from Germany, Norway, Ukraine, Spain and the UK. Artists featured are Ape Amplitude, Caligonaut, Lifesigns, Antony Kalugin, The Emerald Dawn, The…
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 156”
The Ancient One is very pleased to say that the podcast for Show No 156 is now available online. This is a special show to celebrate 6 years of TAO on Progzilla Radio. The music is culled from the back catelogues of Can, Irmin Schmidt (the Can keyboard player) and Holger Czukay ( the Can […]
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” Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 155″
The Ancient One is very pleased to say that the podcast for Show No 155 is now available. This is one of the series of Mixed Bag shows where TAO gets a chance to catch up on some newer materials that don’t fit into the other themed shows. Hear music from Sweden, Norway, Germany. The […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 154”
The Ancient One is delighted to say that the podcast for Show No 154 is now available. This is one of the “Featuring” series of shows and is ” The Sound Of Iceland”. Hear 6 superb Icelandic bands, Eldberg, Lucy In Blue, Trubrot, Thursaflokkir, For A Minor Reflection and Svanfridur. Playlist 1...
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 152”
The Ancient One is pleased to say that Show No 152 is now available as a podcast. This is “The Long And The Short Of 2020 Vol 1” which is TAO’s choice of the best shorter tracks of albums in 2020. All the track times are less than 10 minutes. Hear music from Norway, Germany, […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 150”
The Ancient One is very pleased to say that the podcast for Show No 150 is now available. This is one of the shows in the series of “Concept Albums”. Hear sections of superb music from Finland, Norway, Australia, UK and one band classed as multinational. Playlist 1 Greenslade – Spirit Of The…
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 151”
The Ancient One is delighted to say that Show No 151 is now available as a podcast. This is one of the shows that comes round only once a year. This is the podcast of the ” 2 Days Before Hogmanay” show which featured 5 Scottish artists and a selection of tracks from each, which […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 149”
The Ancient One is very pleased to say that Show No 149 is now available as a podcast. This is a show in the Featuring series and this time all the track titles feature a colour. Hear music from Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, USA, Germany, Poland, Finland and the UK. Playlist 1 Greenslade – Spirit…
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 148”
The Ancient One is pleased to say that the podcast for Show No 148 is now available. This is one of the series of shows classed a s “Mixed Bag” which means anything goes, and this is Volume 14 which features music from the years 1970-1975. Playlist 1 Greenslade – Spirit Of The Dance (excerpt […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 147”
The Ancient One is delighted to say that Show No 147, “Tall Tales Vol 10” is now available as a podcast. This is one of the series of shows that highlights epic length prog tracks. Hear new music, all 2020, from Ukraine, Italy, Norway, Finland and the UK. Playlist 1 Greeenslade – Spirit of the […]
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” Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 146″
The Ancient One is very pleased to say that the podcast for Show No 146, “8 Influential Albums” is now available. This is a show featuring some albums from 1968 – 1974 that “hit the spot” on my musical journey, which is still ongoing of course. The music comes from 1968 (Family, Deep Purple)…
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 145”
The Ancient One is pleased to say that the podcast for Show No 145, “Featuring Jordsjo, Tusmorke and White Willow” is now available online. This show visits the back catalogues of the 3 Norwegian bands to give a brief chronological history of their music. Playlist. 1 Greenslade – Spirit Of The...
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 144”
The Ancient One is delighted to tell everyone that the podcast for Show No 144, “The Concept Album Show Vol 9”, is now online. This features large chunks from concept albums, old and new, and the bands are, Hibernal (Australia), IQ (UK), Gandalf’s Fist (UK), Kayak (Netherlands) and Spocks Beard...
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 143”
The Ancient One is pleased to say that Show No 143, “Mixed Bag Vol 13” is now available as a podcast. This is an “anything goes” type of show and features Rick Wakeman, Minor Giant, Logos, Pink Floyd, Rick Miller, Genesis, Abel Ganz, Poor Genetic Material, Apogee, Jon Anderson, Agusa, Moron…
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 142”
The Ancient One is pleased to say that the podcast for Show No 142 “Tall Tales Vol 9” is now available. This show highlights some excellent long tracks from Ukraine, Germany, Netherl ands, Australia and the UK. Playlist. 1 Greenslade – Spirit of the Dance (excerpt used as Intro) 2 Pacifica – The...
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 141”
The Ancient One is delighted to say that Show No 141 is now available as a podcast. This is one of the series, Short Stories Vol 6, which are shorter songs, all under 6 minutes. Hear music from Germany, Switzerl and, Norway, France, USA, Belgium, Australia, Irel and, Japan, Israel, Brazil…
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 140”
The Ancient One is very pleased to say that Show No 140 is now available as a podcast. This is a very special show, tracing the history of the b and, Abel Ganz, from the beginning in 1980 to the release of the latest album, The Life Of The Honey Bee and Other Moments Of […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 97”
The Ancient One is delighted to say that Show No 97 is now available as a podcast. This is one of the PB4X shows from 2018. The Prog Before Xmas is an annual “mini festival” held in the Drygate Brewery in Glasgow at the beginning of December. This show featured Glen Brielle (creative vehicle for […]
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 139”
The Ancient One is very pleased to say that Show No 139, “Featuring Adventure, Fatal Fusion and The Windmill is now available as a podcast on the Progzilla website. This features music from the back catalogues of each of the b ands. Adventure and Fatal Fusion have released 4 albums and The…
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 138”
The Ancient One is pleased to tell everyone that the podcast for Show No 138 “The Canadian Special Vol 1” is now available. This highlights some of the best, past and present, progressive artists from Canada. We go from 1974 all the way up to 2019. Playlist 1 Greenslade – Spirit Of The Dance...
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“Podcast: The Ancient One – Edition 137”
The Ancient One is pleased to announce that Show No 137, “Mixed Bag Vol 12” is now available as podcast. This contains 14 superb tracks from Germany, France, Poland, Canada, Netherlands, Belarus, Ukraine, Norway and the UK. Playlist 1 Greenslade – Spirit Of The Dance (excerpt used as Intro from...
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