Since Sonicbond Publishing launched at the end of 2018, iwe have published books that span most genres in popular music, from easy listening to psychedelia and from pop to metal. However, it is in the world of progressive rock that we have found our most comfortable home. This book features eleven chapters from books on some of the greats of the genre, including from our On Track series Yes, Genesis, Caravan, ELP, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree and Steve Hackett solo. Our Decades series offers up chapters on Marillion in the 1980s and Van Der Graaf Generator in the 1970s and our Year In series has a chapter on Aphrodite’s Child’s seminal 666. This is just the tip of the iceberg, though, and for the up-to-date list, check out the complete stocklist at the back of this book.

The book contains two exclusive pieces that you won’t find in printed books anywhere else. Nick Holmes’ detailed chapter on Porcupine Tree’s Closure/Continuation can be found in the current E-book but not yet in the printed version. Stephen Lambe has rewritten his own chapter on Yes’ ‘lost album’ Talk, released 30 years ago.

Contents:

Closure/Continuation (2022) from Porcupine Tree On Track (Revised Edition)

by Nick Holmes (to be published in 2025)

Talk (1994) from Yes On Track by Stephen Lambe. Revised version for future

Editions

Aphrodite’s Child – 666 (1972) from 1972: The Year Progressive Rock Ruled

The World by Kevan Furbank

If I Could Do It All Over Again It Again I’d Do It All Over You (1970) from

Caravan On Track by Andy Boot

Tarkus (1971) from Emerson, Lake & Palmer On Track by Mike Goode

Wind & Wuthering (1976) and the Spot The Pigeon EP from Genesis On Track

by Stuart Macfarlane

Acquiring The Taste (1971) from Gentle Giant On Track by Gary Steel

Songs From The Wood (1977) from Jethro Tull On Track by Jordan Blum

1985: The Heart That We Have Live from Marillion in the 1980s by Nathaniel

Webb

Meddle (1971) from Pink Floyd On Track by Richard Butterworth

Defector (1980) from Steve Hackett On Track by Geoffrey Feakes

1975: The Undercover Men From Van der Graaf Generator In The 1970s by

Steve Pilkington