The rock musical Salvation opened -- and stayed -- off-Broadway in 1969, while Hair, the immensely popular and now legendary Age of Aquarius hippie music, was still running on Broadway after debuting in 1967. Whew. DRG has reissued the original Broadway cast recording of Salvation, which was part of the Broadway musical series released by Angel in 1969 but which has been missing for more than a decade. Musically, Salvation is a far more interesting recording then Hair ever was...   [ read more ]

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It's Immaterial has qualities that can't be discerned from one listen, at least on the band's debut LP, Life's Hard and Then You Die. Patience is really needed to let this record's oddball hooks kick in. The opening track, "Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)," is its most accessible. "Driving Away From Home" is a moody travelogue wherein John Campbell's half-spoken, half-sung vocals and Jarvis Whitehead's locomotive beat capture both the weariness and sense of wonder of being on a long r...   [ read more ]

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Five years, six discs, and though it is certainly a flawed document, it is still unlikely whether there will ever be a more complete accounting than this. Between 1982 and 1987, Marillion first established -- and then confirmed -- their place at the vanguard of the U.K. prog scene. Of course they maintained it thereafter, but the loss of frontman Fish saw them lose a certain madness as well; things became safer and calmer once he was gone, and if you need proof of that, then this is for you. A treasu...   [ read more ]

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