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Review: Back in prog's glory days of the early 70s, the sound was less about stadium-sized pomp and ceremony and more focused on experimentation and eccentricity, as perfectly typified by Genesis in their original run. As part of Atlantic's 75 year-celebrations, the classic albums from the Gabriel-Collins-Hackett line-up are being reissued as audiophile editions on double vinyl, all the better to savour the expansive sound. Foxtrot came hot on the heels of Nursery Cryme, taking a spikier direction but still absolutely committed to long and winding compositions folding rock, folk, jazz and broader influences into one brilliantly curious whole.

Review: From the wreckage of Free came Bad Company, the English hard rock supergroup fronted by singer Paul Rodgers and featuring his drummer bandmate Simon Kirke, Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin, also managed Bad Company until 1982. The group's eponymous 1974 album debut decidedly proves the band is proudly not progressive - the details make a difference, as do the pastoral acoustics of the closing 'Seagull' - reducing their rock 'n' roll to a strong, heavy crunch; compare 'Ready For Love,' a tune Ralphs brought over from Mott the Hoople, to the original to see how these quartet members keep their heads down as they do their business. All the hallmarks of a top-notch Analogue Productions reissue are here for your pleasure: mastered directly from the original master tape by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound and cut at 45rpm.