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John Hackett - Another Life
Review by Gary Hill
Anthony Phillips plays on one song and (John's brother) Steve Hackett is featured on several, bringing a Genesis reference to this.

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John Hackett - John Hackett Band - We Are Not Alone
Review by Gary Hill
This is an interesting double-CD set. The first is a studio album from John Hackett.

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John Hackett - Nick Fletcher - Beyond the Stars
Review by Gary Hill
I was really surprised with this disc. I was expecting something instrumental and fusion-like.

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Steve Hackett - To Watch the Storms
Review by Steve Alspach
Steve Hackett's first studio in four years shows that he hasn't lost a step in creating albums that go in different directions yet still manage to maintain a sense of coherence.
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Steve Hackett - Watcher of the Skies
Review by Gary Hill
Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett has assembled a wide variety of musicians to rework many classic Genesis songs. The end result is quite interesting.
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Steve Hackett - There Are Many Sides to the Night
Review by Steve Alspach
While reviewing this on my PC, Windows Media Player listed this album as "There Are Many Sides to Steve Hackett." And who can argue?
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Steve Hackett - Tokyo Tapes
Review by Steve Alspach
1999 was a busy year for Steve Hackett. He saw the Original Masters releases of "Guitar Noir," "There Are Many Sides to the Night," and this CD, a 2 disc set recorded from a 1996 concert in Tokyo.
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Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
Review by Steve Alspach
After the sprawl of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, the subsequent 102-date tour, and Peter Gabriel's departure from Genesis, one could understand the band's willingness to go on a prolonged vacation and take stock of their future. Fortunately, they didn't exactly sit still all that time.
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Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
Review by Steve Alspach
Two years after Steve Hackett's departure from Genesis, he released Spectral Mornings. For this album he organized a band that played full-time with him on tour and on this album.
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Steve Hackett - Tokyo Tapes
Review by Gary Hill
I like this set a lot. It’s classy. First we get the two CD set.

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Steve Hackett - Blues with a Feeling
Review by Gary Hill
Those expecting a typical Steve Hackett album will certainly be shocked by this.

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Steve Hackett - and Djabe - Summer Storms and Rocking Rivers
Review by Gary Hill
Those expecting Genesis styled prog rock here are likely to be disappointed. This is much more of a fusion set with some world music built into it.

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Steve Hackett - Wuthering Nights: Live in Birmingham
Review by Gary Hill

While I generally don't include live albums in my "best of the year" lists, I might make an exception for this. It's just such a powerful live set.


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The Hadron Big Bangers - Strange Beauty Decays
Review by Gary Hill
The mix of sounds here is wide.

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Vasil Hadzimanov Band - Featuring David Binney – Alive
Review by Gary Hill
We generally put fusion under progressive rock at Music Street Journal.

 


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Vasil Hadzimanov Band - Lines In Sand
Review by Gary Hill
I previously reviewed another set from this act and loved it. Their blend of fusion with prog and space rock lands them under prog, and the quality of the music gets them a nod of approval.

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Beto Hale - Rebirth
Review by Gary Hill
Beto Hale lives in Mexico. It should be no surprise then, that some of the songs here are in Spanish.

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Half Past Four - Good Things
Review by Gary Hill
This is cool stuff. It’s always left-of-center, but it’s amazing how mainstream these guys can often make that.

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Half Past Four - Land of the Blind
Review by Gary Hill
I really like this band. I've reviewed them in the past and always find them to be refreshing. 

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The Aurian Haller Band - House of Words
Review by Gary Hill
Here is another set that doesn’t fully land in progressive rock.

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Rich Halley Quartet - Fire Within
Review by Gary Hill
We generally put fusion under progressive rock at Music Street Journal. That's because it tends to be more artsy and is not far removed from jazz prog.

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Halloween - Laz
Review by Gary Hill
Most of the lyrics to this album are poems written by the late horror writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). The music is fusion-tinged progressive rock.
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Mary Halvorson's Code Girl - Artlessly Falling
Review by Gary Hill
I have to admit that I'm not necessarily the target audience for this release. If you like your music adventurous to the point of things like Rock In Opposition, this is probably aimed at you.

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Stu Hamm - The Diary of Patrick Xavier
Review by Gary Hill
Let's make this point abundantly clear, this is not progressive rock in traditional sense. Still, it is purely instrumental music, and often related to fusion.

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Hammers of Misfortune - The August Engine
Review by Mike Korn
Here is one of the most delightful experiences I have ever had as a critic. Completely ignorant of this band and having no expectations at all, I find Hammers of Misfortune to be a totally original and invigorating unit.
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Herbie Hancock - Sunlight & Feets Don't Fail Me Now
Review by Gary Hill
The discussion of progressive rock or not on this one is rather obvious.

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Hands - Caviar Bobsled
Review by Gary Hill
This is a unique and special album. I love the blend of sounds here.

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Happy The Man - The Muse Awakens
Review by Steve Alspach
Comic Ian Shoales once said, during the hubbub concerning record ratings, that it would be a good idea to have ratings , but only the right ones, such as "TMS" - Too Much Synthesizer, "NGL" - Needs Guitar Lessons, and "OFMTMMTR" - Old Farts Making Too Much Money to Retire. If that's the case, then "The Muse Awakens" gets a rating of "BTRWTI" - Band That Records Way Too Infrequently.
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Happy The Man - Beginnings
Review by Gary Hill
This disc, actually a compilation of previous unreleased early recordings by the band, has some very good compositions, but does suffer in places from poor recording conditions.
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Happy The Man - Crafty Hands
Review by Steve Alspach
One Way records saw fit to re-release both albums from Happy the Man, an instrumental progressive outfit lying somewhere between Genesis and the Dregs musically.
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Happy The Man - Death's Crown
Review by Gary Hill
Happy the Man was a US based prog band in the 1970's. The sound of the band was similar to many of the greats of prog, while forging out its own uniqueness.
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The Fareed Haque Group - Cosmic Hug
Review by Gary Hill
Cosmic Hug lives in sort of a wonderful area between jazz, prog rock and world music - close enough into the prog genre for me to include the CD review under that heading, but not content to be restricted by the title.
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Bill Hart Band - Live At Red Clay Theatre
Review by Gary Hill
Let's get the obvious out of the way first - this is not progressive rock. It is, however, fusion, and we generally land fusion under prog.

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Keef Hartley Band - Live At Aachen Open Air Festival 1970
Review by Gary Hill
I’ve never heard these guys before, but based on this performance, what an amazing band they were.

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The Mark Harvey Group - A Rite for All Souls
Review by Gary Hill
As you might gather from the cover of this set, it was recorded live in concert in 1971. It’s essentially one long performance piece, but it is divided into separate tracks across two CDs here.
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Chris Haskett - Insufficient Necessities
Review by Gary Hill

While Chris Hackett is probably best known as the guitarist in the Rollins Band, this new set is proggy, in the vein of people like Joe Satriani.


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Hats off Gentlemen It’s Adequate - Invisible
Review by Gary Hill
This is unusual music, but then again, that’s an unusual name for a band.

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Hats off Gentlemen It’s Adequate - When the Kill Code Fails
Review by Gary Hill
This disc has kind of weird mix of sounds. In some ways, it’s less a mix than a clash.

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Hats off Gentlemen It’s Adequate - Broken but Still Standing
Review by Gary Hill
I've reviewed quite a bit of stuff from this act. This is their newest album. They generally tend to skirt between psychedelia and progressive rock, and this set is no exception to that rule.

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Hats off Gentlemen It’s Adequate - Out of Mind
Review by Gary Hill
I've reviewed quite a bit of stuff from this act, and you can always count on them for quality. This release is no exception.

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Hats off Gentlemen It’s Adequate - Nostalgia for Infinity
Review by Gary Hill

I've reviewed quite a few releases from this act. They always produce compelling and intriguing progressive rock.


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Hats off Gentlemen It’s Adequate - The Light Of Ancient Mistakes
Review by Gary Hill

I've reviewed a number of releases from this band, and they never fail to deliver compelling progressive rock.


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Hawkestrel - The Future Is Us
Review by Gary Hill
The quick story is that this is an album with a lot of Hawkwind alums providing their talents. The longer tale is that it was assembled by Alan Davey with various parts coming from sessions recorded over the years.

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Hawkestrel - Pioneers of Space
Review by Gary Hill
Alan Davey is the man who is most responsible for Hawkestrel. It's basically his baby.

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Hawkestrel - SpaceXmas
Review by Gary Hill
This was released last year, but I got it too late to review it in our December issue. So, I've been holding it until this one.

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Hawkestrel - Chaos Rocks
Review by Gary Hill
Hawkestrel is a project led by Alan Davey. Davey is probably best known as having been the bassist for Hawkwind for quite a few years.

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Hawklords - Dream
Review by Gary Hill
Hawklords is made up of some great musicians, several of whom have been in Hawkwind in the past.

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Hawklords - Fusion
Review by Gary Hill
Hawklords is essentially a Hawkwind spin off band.

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Hawkwind - Canterbury Fayre, 2001
Review by Bruce Stringer
Hawkwind are one of those bands that fans tend to gravitate (or levitate) toward a particular era or period. My own favourite being the Levitation-era (with Ginger Baker on drums) followed closely by any of the 1980's material graced by genius guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton.
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Hawkwind - Family Tree
Review by Gary Hill
Family Tree or Friend and Relation albums are always weird things. It seems that many times the isolated parts have no where near the style or power of the whole.
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Hawkwind - Space Bandits
Review by Gary Hill
The only studio album to feature this lineup, this one leaves me wishing they had done more. It is difficult with the incredible amount of material this band have released to really pick out one or two best albums, but this one would definitely be in the running.
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Hawkwind - Choose Your Masques
Review by Gary Hill
I've read a lot of reviews of this CD where Hawkwind fans trash it. Personally, I have always really enjoyed this one a lot.
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Hawkwind - The Weird Tapes Number 4-Live ‘78
Review by Gary Hill
This disc, just released in 2000, is a great testament to the live presence of this legendary, if obscure, band. The CD features some of the finest live recordings of Hawkwind that I have ever heard.
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Hawkwind - Palace Springs
Review by Gary Hill
Coming from a band with seemingly a million albums under their belt, this is really one of their best live discs. It captures a great, if quite short, period of the band and does so with a style and texture that really is incredible.
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Hawkwind - Space Ritual Volume II
Review by Gary Hill
Originally when this was released on vinyl, Space Ritual Volume I and II didn't exist, only one multi disc set "Space Ritual". When released on CD it was culled into two separate albums.
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Hawkwind - Sonic Assassins
Review by Gary Hill
This fine CD, another of the year 2000 releases of previously unavailable Hawkwind music, is a great compilation. The recordings presented here are from several different sources.
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Hawkwind - This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic
Review by Bruce Stringer
One step on from the classic, yet volatile, Levitation line-up this release is a collection of tracks highlighting their performance of 1981's Stonehenge festival, re-sequenced and sounding at their most energetic since the days of Lemmy. 
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Hawkwind - Hall of The Mountain Grill
Review by Gary Hill
Hall of the Mountain Grill probably represents the apex of Hawkwind's popularity in the US, arguably being their best-known album in that country. Arguments can also be made that it is the most straight progressive rock release they have done.
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Hawkwind - In Your Area
Review by Gary Hill
One part live album, one part studio, In Your Area shows Hawkwind doing space rock as they are the experts in doing. The album includes several long time Hawk favorites, and several new cuts.
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Hawkwind - Levitation
Review by Gary Hill
Jim Lascko from Strange Trips, the US source for information on Hawkwind, describes space rock as being "characterized (by)(but certainly not limited to) spacey keyboards, driving guitar...
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Hawkwind - Weird Tapes 2 - Hawkwind Live and Hawklords Studio
Review by Gary Hill
In terms of number of albums released, Hawkwind is arguably the most prolific rock band in history. I once read a listing of all Hawkwind releases from several years ago and the number was somewhere in the 80’s.
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Hawkwind - Epoch Eclipse
Review by Gary Hill
Chronicling the entire career of the band, this box set really is a wonderful collection. It shows the diversity of Hawkwind in all their varying styles.
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Hawkwind - It Is the Business of the Future to Be Dangerous
Review by Gary Hill
This is arguably the strangest album the Hawkwind catalogue.

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Hawkwind - Prometheus (Single)
Review by Gary Hill
When I got this single in line for review, I didn’t realize that I’ve already reviewed both songs from it on the original album, Blood of the Earth.

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Hawkwind - Back on the Streets / The Dream of Isis single (vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
The old rule at Music Street Journal was that we didn’t review out of print items.

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Hawkwind - Zarazinia 12 inch Single (Vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
For a long time we didn’t do reviews of out of print items at Music Street Journal.

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Hawkwind - Distant Horizons (Remastered Edition)
Review by Gary Hill
I reviewed the original release of this before. However, this reissue includes three bonus tracks.

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Hawkwind - Palace Springs (Remastered Edition)
Review by Gary Hill
If you’ve never owned this live CD from Hawkwind (or even if you have, now is the time to get it). This newly remastered edition sounds better than the original release to my ears.

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Hawkwind - Hawkwind (Record Store Day 2015 Orange Vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
This newly released special edition vinyl of the first Hawkwind album is gorgeous.

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Hawkwind - Back on the Street / Dream of Isis (white vinyl single – Record Store Day release)
Review by Gary Hill
This is a new release of an older single from Hawkwind.

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Hawkwind - The Machine Stops
Review by Gary Hill
I have to admit that I’m a huge Hawkwind fan.

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Hawkwind - Hawklords - 25 Years On
Review by Gary Hill
This album was released under the moniker of "Hawklords." Apparently there were some legal issues tying up the Hawkwind name, so the change was made.

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Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness and Charm
Review by Gary Hill
The production on this is a bit unusual. There are also some punky elements. 

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Hawkwind - The Charisma Years 1976-1979
Review by Gary Hill
This brand new set includes remastered versions of four Hawkwind albums.

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Hawkwind - The RCA Active Years - 1981-1982
Review by Gary Hill
This new three CD set assembles three Hawkwind albums released from 1981-1982. I'm a huge fan of the third of those discs, Choose Your Masques, but I actually like all three. 

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Hawkwind - The GWR Years 1988-1991
Review by Gary Hill
It's hard for me to pick favorite Hawkwind albums. I mean, I'm a big fan of the band, and I like pretty much all of their albums.

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Hawkwind - Into the Woods
Review by Gary Hill
I have to make full disclosure here and say that Hawkwind is one of my favorite bands. In fact, they make my top three.
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Hawkwind - Alien 4
Review by Gary Hill
This a masterpiece of science fiction based space rock. It's hard-edged at times, and mellow at others, like an ebb and flow kind of composition.

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Hawkwind - Love in Space
Review by Gary Hill
I'm not sure when this double CD live set was recorded, but the bulk of the material comes from 1995's Alien 4, and it was released in 1996, so that narrows it down.

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Hawkwind - The Emergency Broadcast Years: 1994-1997
Review by Gary Hill
The new box set is a five disc collection of previously released Hawkwind albums. Each gets its own cardboard sleeve with the original cover art-work.

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Hawkwind - Dark Matter: The Alternative Liberty/UA Years 1970 – 1974 (Record Store Day 2018) Vinyl
Review by Gary Hill
The music contained on this new double disc vinyl set has only previously been released on one fairly rare CD set. I don't own that release, so I'm glad to have this.

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Hawkwind - Road to Utopia
Review by Gary Hill
This is arguably one of the most divisive releases in Hawkwind's catalog. Let me lead off by saying that I land in the group of people really won over by it.

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Hawkwind - Roadhawks
Review by Gary Hill

This is a new CD release of an album only available on vinyl (and cassette - I know because I own the cassette still) previously.


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Hawkwind - 50 Live
Review by Gary Hill
This new live disc from Hawkwind was recorded on their 50th Anniversary tour. Having seen Hawkwind live several times, I can tell you that I don't think there is ever a disappointing Hawkwind show.

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Hawkwind - Somnia
Review by Gary Hill
I have to confess to being a Hawkwind fanatic. They are one of my three favorite acts, and I have so many albums from them.

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Hawkwind - Dust of Time - 1969-2021 (2 CD Edition)
Review by Gary Hill
Without question, Hawkwind is one of my all-time favorite bands. So, I can't possibly review any Hawkwind release without that bias coming into it.

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Hawkwind - Repeat Performance (vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
I previously reviewed the two United Artists compilations from Hawkwind. I figured since those were the first two comps from the band, I should do the third, this one on Charisma.

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Hawkwind - Angels of Death (vinyl)
Review by Gary Hill
Little by little, I've been making my way through these Hawkind compilation albums getting reviews up.

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Hawkwind - The Future Never Waits
Review by Gary Hill
When it comes to a band that has been around since the 1960s and released somewhere in the neighborhood of three dozen studio albums, it seems natural that a trademark sound would emerge.

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Hawkwind - Stories From Time And Space
Review by Gary Hill
I've been a Hawkwind fanatic for a very long time. After a while you somewhat know what to expect from the band.

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Hawkwind Light Orchestra - Carnivorous
Review by Gary Hill
I reviewed a previous set from Hawkwind Light Orchestra. I wondered at the time why that one wasn't released under the Hawkwind banner.

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David Hayes - Epics
Review by Gary Hill
I loved David Hayes’ previous two discs.

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David Hayes - Epics (Acoustic Version)
Review by Gary Hill
This is rather unusual. David Hayes took his album Epics and reworked all the songs, creating an acoustic version of the set. So, as I said that’s unusual.

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Haze - The Last Battle
Review by Gary Hill
This is quite an ambitious album.

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He Is Me - Drowning Man Ocean Man (digital single)
Review by Gary Hill
This new single from He Is Me is stunning. It's also unsettling in a lot of ways.

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Head With Wings - Comfort In Illusion
Review by Gary Hill
Modern guitar based progressive rock is the order of business here. There are only three songs here, but this isn't a particularly short EP as none of the song are especially short.

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Healing Spells - Sanctuary
Review by Gary Hill
While this EP isn't a clear cut fit under progressive rock, it works reasonably well there. For one thing, the electronic sound is progressive music, if not progressive rock.

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Healing Spells - Vestiges
Review by Gary Hill
Heavy on loops and found sounds, this collection is artistic and electronic. Like the previous set I reviewed from this act I've included this under "progressive rock,"

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Heaven & Earth - Dig
Review by Larry Toering
Heaven & Earth are finally back with a solid line-up and a great follow up to their last release.

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Heaven & Earth - Hard to Kill
Review by Gary Hill
Let's get the classification question out of the way right at the start here.

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Heaven's Cafe - Live
Review by Gary Hill
What if a bunch of prog rockers decided to write and perform a Broadway musical? That is essentially what we have here.
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Hedersleben - Hedersleben 2: Die Neuen Welten
Review by Gary Hill
This band is pretty fascinating.

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Hedersleben - Hedersleben 3: The Fall of Chronopolis
Review by Gary Hill
This album is quite a ride. It’s more of less space rock start to finish, but there is a lot of room within that genre.

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Hedersleben - Orbit
Review by Gary Hill
This act occupies an intriguing territory between space rock, folk prog and symphonic prog.

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Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries Hybrid SACD Special Edition
Review by Gary Hill
I know some will argue with me including Michael Hedges under progressive rock.

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Held By Trees - Solace
Review by Gary Hill
This is an unusual release. It's an instrumental set with a wide range. The opening track is a very sedate one, setting the expectations for one type of release.

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Heliopolis - City of the Sun
Review by Gary Hill
I love this album. It’s got quite a wide range of sounds.

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Helmet of Gnats - Travelogue
Review by Gary Hill
This album is an instrumental set. This quartet hails from Connecticut and create a brand of music that has plenty of fusion built into it, but also plenty of hard rock, pure prog, space rock and more.

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Hemisphere - American Dreams
Review by Gary Hill
This disc is quite interesting. It's perhaps not all progressive rock, but it's almost all jazz rock.

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Matte Henderson - with Marco Minneman - The Veneer of Logic
Review by Gary Hill
This is a cool set. It is clearly not for everyone, though.

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Scott Henderson - Vibe Station
Review by Gary Hill
I could see this getting placed in non-prog as jazz.

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Scott Henderson - People Mover
Review by Gary Hill
Scott Henderson is a great fusion guitar player. You might expect that his music, therefore, would be nothing but an excuse for guitar soloing.

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Scott Henderson - Karnevel!
Review by Gary Hill
If you like guitar-led fusion music, you probably know who Scott Henderson is.

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Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
Review by Steve Alspach
Prog rockers of the world, unite! This little trip down memory lane involves Henry Cow, a progressive outfit whose inspiration appeared to be Frank Zappa and Karl Marx.
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Henry Cow - Western Culture
Review by Gary Hill
I’ll admit it; I’m not the biggest fan of Rock In Opposition.

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Ken Hensley - Tales Of Live Fire & Other Mysteries
Review by Gary Hill

This is a great new box set from original Uriah Heep keyboardist Ken Hensley. The mix of sounds here runs pretty wide.


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Ken Hensley - My Book Of Answers
Review by Gary Hill
Ken Hensley is probably best known for his work with Uriah Heep. With that band he played several instruments, wrote a lot of the music during his tenure and leant his voice to a lot of the music.

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Edward Heppenstall - Parts That Hate Me
Review by Josh Turner
Take a Henning Pauly production and throw it in the oven. What comes out is sheet of well-baked Shrinky-Dinks severed into eleven elegant pieces. That's what this album is all about.
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Herd of Instinct - Manifestation
Review by Gary Hill
Featuring Gayle Ellett of Djam Karet, this band is a great one.

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Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding - Alive at the Village Vanguard
Review by Gary Hill
This is a very unique and intriguing album. Let's just say at the outset that I've included this under progressive rock because of the experimental art music that makes it up.

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John Michael Hersey - The Reincarnation of a Rock
Review by Gary Hill
This is an unusual album. It's decidedly progressive rock based. It's a series of shorter pieces, with both instrumental and vocal numbers.

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Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra - Open Spaces - Folk Songs Reimagined
Review by Gary Hill
This is such an intriguing album. This album includes jazz interpretations of folk songs.

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Peter Hesslein - Night Drive 3
Review by Gary Hill
Peter Hesslein is best known as the guitarist for Lucifer's Friend. This solo album is nearly all instrumental.

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Heylel - Nebulae
Review by Gary Hill
This outfit is from Portugal and if this set is any indication, they are pretty special.

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Hideous Sun Demons - Hideous Sun Demons
Review by Gary Hill
The names Ray Luzier and James Lomenzo are probably well known to anyone who has followed the career of Dave Lee Roth. The two of them (Luzier on drums and Lomenzo on bass) were Roth's rhythm section for quite some time.
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Hildegard - Hildegard
Review by Gary Hill
I really like this album a lot. It’s modern, but seems closer to old school prog than to the modern variety.

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Steve Hillage - Live in England 1979
Review by Gary Hill
This new live album is quite a cool one, both in terms of the music presented here and the full package.

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Steve Hillage - Live at the Rainbow 1977
Review by Gary Hill
I have to say that I like pretty much everything from Steve Hillage.

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Steve Hillage - Madison Square Garden 1977
Review by Gary Hill
I really love this album.

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Hillmen - The Whiskey Mountain Sessions Vol. II
Review by Gary Hill
I reviewed the first volume from this act when it was released. This is the new edition.

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Tracy Hitchings - From Ignorance To Ecstasy
Review by Gary Hill
A reissue of this solo outing by Landmark vocalist Tracy Hitchings, this disc is almost more pop than prog.
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Murray Hockridge and Dave Kilminster - Closer to Earth
Review by Gary Hill
What an amazing set this is. It’s a collection of covers all delivered in an organic, soulful approach.

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Steve Hogarth - Ice Cream Genius
Review by Gary Hill
This solo effort from Marillion front man Steve Hogarth is a very entertaining disc that covers many musical styles. The music moves from playful to contemplative to pop to prog with a proficiency and ease that is quite impressive. "
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HOIA - Scavenger
Review by Gary Hill
I am sure the prog purists will argue with this landing under progressive rock. I'm not sure they are entirely wrong.

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Allan Holdsworth - FLATTire: Music for A Non-Existent Movie
Review by Gary Hill
There is definitely a lot of fusion in this album.

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Allan Holdsworth - Leverkusen '97
Review by Gary Hill
I'm reviewing several sets from Allan Holdsworth in this issue of Music Street Journal. This one is brand new, although the concert captured here was in 1997.

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Allan Holdsworth - Allan Holdsworth, I.O.U. - Live In Japan 1984
Review by Gary Hill
I am reviewing several live sets from Allan Holdsworth in this issue of Music Street Journal. Here is a bold statement I'd like to make.

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Allan Holdsworth - Frankfurt '86
Review by Gary Hill
This is one of a batch of albums from Allan Holdsworth that I'm reviewing for this issue of Music Street Journal.

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Allan Holdsworth - Warsaw Summer Jazz Days '98
Review by Gary Hill
This is one of four live albums from Allan Holdsworth that I've covered for this issue of Music Street Journal.

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Allan Holdsworth - Jarasum Jazz Festival 2014
Review by Gary Hill
I'm not shy about the fact that I think Allan Holdsworth is the greatest guitarist to ever live. This new release captures a 2014 concert.

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Bob Holz - Visions: Coast To Coast Connection
Review by Gary Hill
We generally land fusion under progressive rock. That's because often the line between jazz prog and fusion is all about how much rock is included.

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Bob Holz - Silverthorne
Review by Gary Hill
I've reviewed Bob Holz in the past, and his music is consistently strong. We include him in progressive rock because that's where we usually put fusion.

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Bob Holz - A Vision Forward
Review by Gary Hill
This is a fusion album that leans on the mainstream jazz end of the equation. We generally land fusion under prog, though, so that's where this goes.

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Bob Holz - Live In New York And LA
Review by Gary Hill
I've reviewed several releases from Bob Holz in the past. We land him under progressive rock at Music Street Journal largely because there is a lot of fusion in the mix.

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Bob Holz - Holz-Stathis: Collaborative
Review by Gary Hill
I've pretty consistently put Bob Holz releases under progressive rock because that's where we land fusion.

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Bob Holz - Holz-Stathis: Collaborative (double vinyl set)
Review by Gary Hill
I've reviewed the CD version of this album in this edition of Music Street Journal, but also want to look at this awesome double record set. 

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Hugh Hopper - Volume 2: Franglo Band
Review by Gary Hill
Hugh Hopper is probably best known as one of the founding members of Soft Machine.

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Hugh Hopper - Volume 1: Memories
Review by Gary Hill
Best known for his work as the bassist in Soft Machine, this is the first disc of a ten disc set of archival releases from Hopper.

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Hugh Hopper - Jazzloops / The Stolen Hour
Review by Gary Hill
This double CD set includes two rare albums from Hugh Hopper. For those who don't know, Hopper was at one time a member of Soft Machine.

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The Horror - Here, In The Shadows
Review by Gary Hill
Oh, the Horror prog rock purists will feel as they run screaming from this one. Sorry, I couldn't resist that pun.

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The Horror - Here, In The Shadows (CD Version)
Review by Gary Hill
I reviewed the digital version of this in the last issue of Music Street Journal. This time around we are looking at the CD.

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Hot Head Show - Perfect
Review by Gary Hill
To describe this in one word would be to say “weird.” That doesn’t really encompass all of it here.

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