The Fusion Reactor #53: P-Prog, Please

This week's episode of The Fusion Reactor was brought to you by the letter P. I didn't even get to touch on many of the great prog and fusion artists out there that start with P. Hey, it's only a two-hour show. Sure, I probably didn't have to play two each from Panzerpappa and Passport... Well, actually, yes I did. It was mandatory. This one also turned out a bit heavier on the prog than the fusion, but I don't think anyone will complain about that.

The playlist:

Planet X Interlude In Milan 04:41
Priam Dream in a blue forest 06:14
Pursuit Quest 06:56
Prozac for Lovers Aqualung 04:56
Porcupine Tree The Sky Moves Sideways (Part 1) 12:15
Panta Rhei rumanian dances 05:25
Panzerpappa De 99 Trappetrinn - The 99 Steps 10:06
Panzerpappa Landsbysladder 09:04
Charlie Parker Chi-Chi 03:09
Phish Stash 12:32
ProjeKct Two Heavy ConstruKction 05:11
Passport Rockport 03:28
Passport Ju-Ju-Man 09:54
Proto-Kaw Theophany 11:44
Premiata Forneria Marconi L'Isola di Niente 10:42

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The Fusion Reactor #52 - Sing Me Softly of the Fusion

This week we focused on prog and fusion with vocals. Since I usually concentrate on instrumental fusion, I had been kicking around the vocal idea for a while. It was an idea whose time had come. The playlist:

Via The Spectrum Road Williams, Tony (Lifetime) 07:58
Earth Ship Mahavishnu Orchestra 03:43
I'm Talking to You Schon & Hammer 04:48
Life Is Just A Passing Parade Santana, Carlos 05:07
Salem Electromagnets 04:30
Mysteries And Mayhem Kansas 04:19
The Musician Return To Forever 07:12
A Moment So Close Fleck, Béla & the Flecktones 04:48
Miracle Time Faber, Lo 04:11
Invitation Hunter, Charlie 11:53
Take The "A" Train [vocal] Duke Ellington 02:26
How Old are You...? Tabula Rasa 04:08
Shine Blue Schleigho 09:09
Start It Again Vertú 05:38
Catatonia Salem Hill 06:39
Children of Forever Clarke, Stanley 10:28
Seeds Of Life (Vocal Version) Hammer, Jan 04:03
Encircling Iona 11:41

Here's an easy trivia question for you... What musician is featured on three of the songs in this week's show?

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The Fusion Reactor #51 - Themeless in Pittsburgh

That's right, there was no theme to this show - just a bunch of great music. This week, there's a bonus! I allowed SAM to play some tunes before the show started, and I must say he did an awesome job.

I also went back to the old format for this one... I played a bunch of prog first, then played even more fusion. The other way would be to mix them together. I'm not sure which way I like better. If you have an opinion, let me know what you prefer.

Diluted, not distilled... Here's the playlist, starting with SAM's picks. Ignore the numbering, unless you customarily start with 4.

4 Hot Fun Clarke, Stanley 02:55
5 Script for a Jesters Tear Marillion 09:06
6 Starless King Crimson 12:27
7 The True Wheelbase Birdsongs of the Mesozoic 02:59
8 Tom Sawyer(live) Rush 05:04
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9 Der Bluten Kat Umphrey's McGee 09:43
10 The End Of The Age Saviour Machine 04:23
11 The Great Men Echolyn 08:34
12 Seattle (In Memory Of...) Salem Hill 02:19
13 Rift Phish 06:14
14 June Is Finally Here Don Caballero 04:57
15 Sugar Kane Sonic Youth 05:57
16 Discontinuous Spiral KBB 07:17
17 Unorthodox Behaviour Brand X 08:15
18 Faith Mahavishnu Orchestra 02:01
19 Where Is Tomorrow? Sun Ra 02:50 from "The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra"
20 Sunshine of Your Love-Day Tripper Scofield, John 16:16
21 Oz Machine and the Synergetic Nuts 05:52
22 Three Feet Back Niacin 05:32
23 Cool To The Touch Niacin 06:09
24 Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Return To Forever 03:32
25 "It's For You" Metheny, Pat 08:20
26 Ostinato Passport 07:28
27 Right On Williams, Tony (Lifetime) 01:53

Enjoy! Here are the links to the stream and the download.