The Fusion Reactor #182 - Part 2s

It's something of a continuation of last week's theme. Some of the Part 1s from last week's show are here in their second part, while other really nice part 2s have been added even though part 1 wasn't played last week. Regardless, here's the playlist:

National Health - The Bryden 2-Step (For Amphibians) Part 2 (5:33) (Complete)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Eternity's Breath, Part 2 (4:50) (Visions Of The Emerald Beyond)
Vertú - Topasio, Part Two (5:01) (Vertú)
Gong - Pentanine (ii. Part Two) (2:11) (Pentanine)
Tangerine Dream - Song Of The Whale, Part Two: To Dusk... (10:54) (Underwater Sunlight)
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two (7:07) (Larks' Tongues In Aspic)
Rhythm Buddies - Thunderbird In Thirds Part 2 (15:01) (Thunderbird Suite)
Isildurs Bane - Sea Reflections Part II (6:38) (Sea Reflections)
Miles Davis - Moja (Part 2) (12:39) (Dark Magus: Live At Carnegie Hall)
Magma - Kohntarkosz (part Two) (16:04) (Kohntarkosz)
Visual Cliff - (Part II - Battle Soul) (5:16) (Key To Eternity)
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Part Two (3:26) (Petrophonics)
Pat Metheny - The Way Up - Part Two (20:29) (The Way Up)

The Fusion Reactor #181 - Part 1s

This week I'm looking at "Part Ones" of multipart songs in the prog and fusion genres. There are so many good ones, it's tough to choose from among so many.

D.dar (i. Part One) - 4/3 De Trio 6:35
Eternity's Breath, Part 1 - Mahavishnu Orchestra 3:10
Topasio Es Puro Corazon, Part One - Vertú 4:47
Kohntarkosz (part One) - Magma 15:24
Pentanine (i. Part One) - Gong 3:28
Hazard Profile (Part One) - Soft Machine 4:49
Borogroves (Part One) - National Health 6:35
The Endless Enigma (Part One) - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 6:42
Song Of The Whale, Part One: From Dawn... - Tangerine Dream 8:21
Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One - King Crimson 13:35
Thunderbird In Thirds Part 1 - Rhythm Buddies 15:01
Part One - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic 2:29
The Way Up - Part One - Metheny, Pat 26:27

The Fusion Reactor #180 - Songs Of Hope

Hope is a good thing. Seven is a good number. Here are seven songs about hope:

Salem Hill - Sweet Hope Suite (27:09)
Magellan - Killer of Hope (10:02)
Ayreon - The Fifth Extinction: Glimmer of Hope/World of Tomorrow Dreams/Collision Course/From The Ashes/Glimmer Of Hope(reprise) (10:29)
Goodman, Smith, Levy & Burbridge - Glimmer of Hope (6:45)
Soft Machine - Hope for Happiness (13:23)
Patrik Skantze - Gleam of Hope (11:08)
The Bearded's Project - Hope Part I-VII (37:53)

The Fusion Reactor #179 - Trumpets

Tonight's show features a whole bunch of trumpet players. I picked mostly longer songs because those are so much fun.

Herbie Hancock - Hornets (19:35) (Sextant)
The Wrong Object - The Unbelievable Truth - Parts 1 & 2 (10:20) (Stories From The Shed)
Frank Zappa - Big Swifty (17:22) (Waka/Jawaka)
John Coltrane - Focus on Sanity (12:15) (The Avant-Garde (With Don Cherry))
Bruford & Levin - Presidents Day (6:28) (Upper Extremities)
Wertico - We Needed The Rain (6:46) (Stereonucleosis)
Jon Hassell and Bluescreen - Blue Night (7:45) (Dressing for Pleasure)
U2 - Red Light (3:45) (War)
Davis, Miles - He Loved Him Madly (32:17) (Get Up With It)