Minor correction. You could do worse than buy Seconds Out (which came out after W&W and Spot The Pigeon). That has always been one of my favourite live albums by anybody. Though I do wish that it included more […]

I have enjoyed the last few Steve Hackett shows as much as any gigs I’ve seen in the last few years. That includes the last few Musical Box tours which I’ve also enjoyed but not as much. Hackett’s band has been […]

I think W&W is a reasonable entry point. I hope you like it. But if you do and are tempted to make more purchases, for heaven’s sake work backwards from it rather than forwards!

That’s a fascinating point. Maybe someone should start one. You’d have to find a guitarist with a very thick skin to tolerate the chorus of boos every time he played his version of the Firth of Fifth solo. I […]

Possibly more importantly, it strikes me that Wot Gorilla isn’t prog. And that’s a key point. Or do Afterworders disagree? Perhaps we should have a vote…

I defer to your superior knowledge on this. But I shall cling to my own (and probably Steve Hackett’s) preferred version that it was because Wot Gorilla isn’t really much good.

What is even more puzzling to me is that they put it on Wind and Wuthering when they had Inside And Out available as an alternative. I have the impression that Steve Hackett felt the same way at the time.

Sorry for not replying before. I’ve been away. @Mike_H is spot on.

I have always thought that there was a very good reason why Genesis never played Wot Gorilla live…

It’s possible (likely!) that no-one is interested but I thought I’d update on my latest progress.

Having established that VLC (but not other apps) would play all the tracks that I had dumped onto the SD card on […]

Yeah. I only chose MediaMonkey over VLC because someone recommended it in response to my previous cry for help. VLC is clearly absolutely fine. Amazing how solving problems like this (or having someone do so […]

Well I read it all and I’m very happy that @fentonsteve‘s suggestion has solved my problem. But thanks for taking the time and trouble to reply.

That’s amazing! VLC can locate and play all of my music. Thank you so much @fentonsteve!

But how did you know that would work?

I had a look at the metadata in a lot of the files on the PC and couldn’t […]

These aren’t iTunes purchases. They are CDs that I copied onto my PC using iTunes. And they are new, not old.

That is simply stunning. I’ve just got the set. Looking forward to listening even more now.

The Trevor Horn Band regularly play Two Tribes – a song I’ve never liked – as an instrumental. He explains in advance that he regards it as a slice of prog rock and he should know. It’s much better than the […]

I have nothing useful to contribute to this thread but may I just thank the contributors for an engrossing read? @fentonsteve your comments are fascinating and impressive.

I love this site!

Progress report: in 8 hours, the Music Manager software claims to have uploaded 10% of my iTunes library. So, with a little luck, I might have it all done by the middle of next week.

Then I just need to get it […]

Thanks very much for the help everyone. I think @moseleymoles may have pointed me towards the light at the end of the tunnel. If that turns out to be an oncoming train I’ll have a try with Music Manager. Songs […]