PROG COLLECTIVE - PROG COLLECTIVE (2012 ALL-STAR LINE-UP/CLEOPATRA)Massive, unique 2012 project with all star cast featuring the biggest names in the Progressive genre, including five current and former members of YES!The producer and guiding force of the PROG COLLECTIVE is Billy Sherwood, a multi-talented musician, who has played in YES (and several of its reconfigurations) as well as: YOSO, TOTO, CIRCA, WORLD TRADE and others."The idea of assembling a collection of amazing artists from the progressive rock genre all on one record was an especially exciting concept to me. Inspired, I began writing and recording the 7 songs that would become this album. I then sent those recordings out to some of my friends and musical heroes from bands like KING CRIMSON, XTC, ASIA, GENTLE GIANT, and of course my former band YES. Soon, I started receiving vocal tracks and guitar and keyboard overdubs from studios all over the world, which I then mixed at my recording studio in Los Angeles. Despite the distances in geography, however, the feeling of the entire production is one of musical and spiritual unity - The Prog Collective!" - Billy SherwoodThe luminaries he enlisted to perform the original songs on the PROG COLLECTIVE album include: John Wetton (ASIA), Tony Levin (KING CRIMSON), Jerry Goodman (MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA), Richard Page (MR. MISTER), Geoff Downes (YES/ASIA), Alan Parsons (ALAN PARSONS PROJECT), Chris Squire (YES), Rick Wakeman (YES), Gary Green (GENTLE GIANT), Annie Haslam (RENAISSANCE), Steve Hillage (GONG), John Wesley (PORCUPINE TREE), Tony Kaye (YES), Colin Moulding (XTC) and more.Source:http://www.cd-services.com/product_info.aspx?id=6600&qry=xtc&key=&genre=0&pi=0&status=0

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