Genesis interviewed on Nursery Cryme

Nursery Cryme is the third studio album by Genesis that was recorded and released in 1971. It's the band's first album with drummer Phil Collins and guitarist Steve Hackett who replaced John Mayhew and Anthony Phillips, respectively, in 1970 and 1971. The five-member line-up of Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Collins and Hackett would remain consistent until the band's 1976 album A Trick of the Tail, when Phil Collins replaced Peter Gabriel as lead vocalist following Gabriel's departure from the band. Nursery Cryme is also the band's shortest studio album. Read more here. 

Yes: The Going for the One sessions 1976

Going for the One is the eighth studio album from the English progressive rock band Yes, released in 1977 on Atlantic Records. Produced after each member of the group released a solo record, the album marks the return of keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who departed in 1974 over musical differences in Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973). Read more here. 

Genesis interviewed on Trespass

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Trespass is the second studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1970. Their last album with guitarist Anthony Phillips, Trespass had a folk-flavoured progressive rock sound that was a marked departure from their earlier work. The compositions were generally much longer and more complex than those on Genesis' first album, and the recordings have a muted, pastoral sound. Read more here.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles are not progressive in the true sense but, this record is more than rock: it contains the early psychedelic patterns and it also contains basic progressive elements that surely contributed to make the progressive rock style itself to emerge. This album is often considered the starting point of progressive rock. Read more here. 

Rush's 2112 and Moving Pictures albums

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2112 is the fourth studio album by the Canadian rock band, Rush. Released in 1976, the album features an eponymous seven-part suite written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, with lyrics written by Neil Peart telling a dystopian story set in the year 2112. 2112 is one of the two Rush albums listed in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, the other being Moving Pictures. Read more here. 

Genesis on Selling England by the Pound

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Selling England by the Pound is the fifth studio album by the progressive rock band Genesis, released on 12 October 1973 through Charisma Records (Europe) and Atlantic Records (United States). It followed Foxtrot and was the band's commercial peak at that time, reaching #3 in the UK where it remained on the charts for 21 weeks. The album went gold in the US in 1990. It was also a major breakthrough in terms of critical reception, and is considered one of the greatest albums of the progressive rock genre. Read more here.

Il Balletto di Bronzo's masterpiece: Ys

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Ys is the second studio album by the 70's Italian progressive rock band Il Balletto di Bronzo. It was released in 1972 on Polydor. It's a concept album, the protagonist is a man, the only one left on earth, whο  makes an incredible journey, before tragically disappear in the dark, as it was for the mythical island of Ys, that according to the French folklore legend, was swallowed up by the waters. Read more here.

Genesis interviewed on Foxtrot

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Foxtrot is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Genesis and the second from the band's classic line-up which included Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Steve Hackett. It was released in 1972. Foxtrot was Genesis' first album to enter the UK Top 20, reaching No.12. Still, it failed to reach the US charts. Nor was it the first Genesis album to chart worldwide. Read more here. 

Transatlantic: The making of The Whirlwind

The Whirlwind is the third studio album by the progressive rock supergroup Transatlantic, released on 23 October 2009. It is available in three formats: a standard edition, a double disc special edition and a deluxe edition with the making-of DVD that follows. Read more here.

The making of The Dark Side of the Moon

The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by the English progressive and psychedelic/space rock band Pink Floyd, released in March 1973. The album's themes include conflict, greed, the passage of time, and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by the deteriorating mental state of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's founder member, principal composer and lyricist who left the band in 1968. Read more here.