An alarm clock starts this. Then a ticking clock creates the rhythm. Other percussion instruments join in that same beat. Acoustic guitar and folk elements join. The female vocals come in, bringing this very much into a folk prog style. I like this song a lot. It feels a bit dated, but it's also quite cool.

This comes in hard rocking, but drops to mellower stuff for the vocals. This time the voice is male. It's a bit weird. In fact, the whole song is rather strange. This is more trippy psychedelia than prog, but it's still proggy enough to qualify. The cut shifts later as the female vocals return. At first it's closer to the folk prog stuff of the opening number. Then it works out to some scorching hot psychedelic rock turned progressive. This is an unusual and quite effective piece of music. We're brought back into the earlier modes (complete with the male vocals) further down the musical road.

Although there are some hints of psychedelia and theatrical elements, I'd consider this, more than anything, to be a folk song. It's a minstrel kind of piece. There is some theatrical dialog in this piece. I dig the busy percussion later in the track. As it gets more powered up later (this song is over 13 minutes long), it does wander toward prog territory.

Olde worlde folk music starts this with female vocals. As the male vocals take the second sung segment, the cut works to more Celtic sounds. It shifts toward weird psychedelia as the female vocals return. Then a smoking hot 1960s blues rock jam works forward from there. Beyond that, it returns to the first section of the cut. From there, it works through the same series of changes as we heard before. This time, though, after the blues rock jam it works to more of a psychedelic version of that kind of sound. The guitar solos like crazy as the bass lays down some exceptional sounds for the bottom end. After that it drops back down to a reprise of the beginning again, and we work forward from there in a familiar pattern. The harder edged section closes the cut.

Based on male vocals, this is much more of a pure folk tune at the start. This is pretty strange in a lot of ways. It never wanders far from its beginnings. At a little over two and a half minutes long, it's the shortest cut on this first disc.

Dramatic percussion opens. The cut grows out from there. This is among the most purely prog rock stuff here. It's powerful and unique. It has faster paced, almost world music based stuff, mellower folky elements and dreamy kinds of prog stuff. In a lot of ways this makes me think of Renaissance quite a bit. I love the stereo effects on this piece. There are some incredible things going on with this track. There is a later section of the track that is built around a prog meets psychedelia instrumental jam that's quite cool. The vocals return at the end of this to take us back down the earlier roads. This is definitely one of the strongest pieces of the whole three CD set.

One second longer than "To a Broken Guitar," this piece is another that's more of a pure folk tune. The vocals are of the female variety. There is some nice flute here.

Psychedelia merges with folk music as this begins. The cut marches forward with that kind of balance. I really love the cool psychedelic rock jam that takes it around the two and a half minute mark. It turns pretty heavy as that works forward, landing near early heavy metal. From there it goes out to more typical psychedelia.

Folk merged with psychedelia opens the cut and holds it for the female vocals. As the male vocals enter the music is ramped up in speed and intensity, working toward the prog rock end of the spectrum. This is a powerhouse cut. It has a bit of a theatrical aspect to parts of it. There are bits with both male and female vocals, too. There is a jam with a bit of an auction as a soundbite. The tune is a bit odd, but also quite cool. It's dynamic and effective.

Fast paced, this shifts through various sections. It is built in full on prog mode. It has rocking stuff and more world music folk based sounds. I really like this instrumental a lot. I swear that the bit that serves as the background for the guitar soloing is built on "Bolero." There are some vocals at the end of that, but there are more like an instrument, sort of soaring above in what sounds like non-lyrical mode.

Coming straight out of the previous song, this makes good use of both male and female vocals. It's a faster paced number with a lot of world music built into it. There is a definite psychedelic rock edge here, too.

Again, this is more in full progressive rock mode. Sure, there is still some world music and psychedelia built into it. It's an instrumental that's pretty cool.

As the title and second parenthetical indicate, this is a live version of the earlier cut. The sound quality on this isn't great. The folk music arrangement seems a bit more stripped down than on the studio version.

This comes from the same show. This is similarly a bit more rudimentary of an arrangement than on the studio disc. Also, the recording quality is a bit on the questionable side, but seems a bit better than on the previous tune.

I wish the recording quality on this was better. This has a more rock based approach versus the folkier arrangement of the studio take. It works better in this style. There are definitely things here that make me think of early King Crimson, but other things that are along the lines of what would later be called space rock. As much as I liked the studio version, I think this (ignoring the recording issues) is stronger than that rendition.

The sound quality is better here. This is a folky kind of number with odd elements bringing more of a psychedelic and prog texture at the start. The violin really brings a lot to this. The more rocking sections are more along the lines of the electrified folk styles. The vocals don't work all that well on this number, but it's still a cool tune despite that. The more theatrical vocal section over rocking psychedelic prog is great. Those vocals work better. I love the guitar solo, too.

Folk and psychedelic rock merge with proto prog on this cool number.

Percussion starts this. They work out from there into a jam that is ever evolving. It has some psychedelic rock in the mix for sure, but it's probably best described as "proto prog." These guys definitely know how to rock and how to jam. There are some hints of jazz built into this at times, while at other points it makes it way into more full on psychedelic territory. All in all, this instrumental is very strong.

Definitely a folk prog tune, this lands well on the folk end of that equation. It's a solid tune and a good live performance.

This comes in with very similar music territory as the last cut. It works out to something seriously changed. It's more rocking. It has a lot of Celtic music built into it. There is a lot of folk and a good chunk of prog here. It's also theatrical and has some psychedelia in the mix. The song is complex and yet never feels disjointed. It's a killer tune that works really well. We're taken into more pure prog rock territory as this grows, landing in the vicinity of things like Rock In Opposition. This is over 13 minutes long, so they use that room to really explore a lot of ideas.

Here we get another intriguing musical exploration. The progressive rock and psychedelia here is joined some fusion and other elements. This is dynamic cut that covers a lot of musical ground. I really love some of the expansive jamming on this thing. It's a highlight of the set as far as I'm concerned.

There is a healthy dosage of Celtic music built into this. That's essentially the folk heart of this. Then add some psychedelia and musical theater and you'll have a good idea of that this tune is all about. The later sections that rock out more get rather weird, taking it closer to something like Rock In Opposition.

I like this. It's trippy psychedelic folk music. It has a lot of world music in the progressions.

This rocker is a cool psychedelic meets prog jam with some down-home elements. It's fun stuff.

Here we have another classy psychedelic rocker. This is solid, but perhaps not as strong as some of the others. Then again, it's a demo.