Various Artists - Beyond The Pale Horizon ~ The British Progressive Pop Sounds Of 1972 (3CD)

RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2018

• The best of 1972 from Roxy Music to Free, Family, Thin Lizzy, Argent, The Moody Blues and a re-emergent Status Quo.

• Pivotal hit singles, that also included commercial breakthroughs for Mott The Hoople and Strawbs; Hawkwind taking everyone by surprise with the success of ‘Silver Machine’, and The Move’s long-delayed metamorphosis into The Electric Light Orchestra.

• Boasting four hours of music and a lavishly annotated and illustrated 40-page booklet housed in a stylish clamshell box.

• Featuring significant Top Ten singles, some glorious misses, a few turntable hits (including much-loved 45s by Pagliaro and Mike Hugg), superior B-sides and several key album tracks, together with a handful of cuts that didn't appear at the time or were only issued as limited edition private pressings.

• With an array of cult bands and obscure studio creations.

• Plus, away from the singles chart, underground behemoths like Yes and Uriah Heep continued to thrive, while the likes of Caravan, Home and Medicine Head were regulars on the college/university network. Kevin Coyne painted his harrowing masterpiece with the album 'Case History', and the equally uncompromising Van der Graaf Generator made an unlikely bid for chart success with the single ‘Theme One’.