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Subject: The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock Revised and 
Expanded Edition by Charles Snider to be Released April 22

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For Immediate Release

*The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock Revised and Expanded 
Edition by Charles Snider to be Released April 22*

The definitive record guide to the progressive era of rock music, 
*Strawberry Bricks*presents a standard discography of music from artists 
around the globe. Beginning in 1967 and continuing through 1982, a 
generation of musicians took rock music in directions unforeseen as they 
charted what would become known as progressive rock. This edition also 
includes exclusive interviews with a host of musicians of the era, 
providing proof that progressive rock was indeed the music of a 
generation. From art rock to krautrock, from England to Germany to Italy 
and all across Europe, *Strawberry Bricks*offers a candid reappraisal of 
rock's most cerebral genre.

The book also includes exclusive interviews from the following artists, 
about their early life and how they began their music careers: *Dave 
Lawson*(Web, Samurai, Greenslade), *Martin Barre*(Jethro Tull), 
*Christian Grumbkow*(Hoelderlin), *Derek Shulman*(Gentle Giant), *John 
Wetton*(Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, UK, Asia), *David 
Jackson*(Van der Graaf Generator), *Pye Hastings*(Caravan), *Hugh 
Banton*(Van der Graaf Generator), *Gigi Venegoni*(Arti e Mestieri), 
*Hartwig Biereichel*(Novalis), *Ciro Perrino*(Celeste), *Michael 
Rother*(Neu!, Harmonia), *Joachim \u201cEroc\u201d Ehrig*(Grobschnitt), *Rich 
Williams*(Kansas), *Steve Hillage*(Khan, Gong), and *Lutz \u201cL��l\u201d 
Ulbrich*(Agitation Free, Ashra).

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*The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock*
Revised and Expanded Edition
\u2022 The definitive Progressive Rock record guide
\u2022 Reviews of 476 albums from 1967 - 1982
\u2022 632 pages
\u2022 Exclusive interviews with 16 artists from the era
\u2022 Fully edited, proofread and fact-checked

\u201c/Navigating the topographic oceans, surviving the brain salad surgery 
and in general making sense of the dense, incredibly ambitious, and so 
often misunderstood or unfairly denigrated genre of progressive rock is 
a difficult task, but Charles Snider accomplishes it with the insight of 
the very best rock critics combined with the infectious enthusiasm of 
the most devoted fans.\u201d //*- *//*Jim DeRogatis, Music Critic & co-host 
of Sound Opinions*/

\u201c/Charles Snider has an encyclopedic knowledge of progressive rock, and 
has accrued one of the world\u2019s most formidable record collections. No 
one is better equipped to write the definitive discography of this rich 
genre of music.\u201d //*- *//*Jonathan Schang, District 97*/

\u201c/Charles Snider's //Strawberry Bricks //record guide is accessible, 
comprehensive, and indispensable. A great read and an excellent 
resource.\u201d //*- *//*Will Romano, author of Close to the Edge: How Yes\u2019s 
Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock & Mountains Come Out of the Sky*/

*The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock*is the definitive 
record guide to the classic progressive era of rock music. Beginning in 
1967 and continuing until 1982, the book presents the progressive rock 
canon, set in the presentation of a timeline. This new edition extends 
the timeline into the early 80's, to offer a more natural conclusion to 
the progressive era, as well as offering a broader selection of albums 
from the era.

Secondly, beginning with a database of the birth years of musicians in 
the timeline, the book offers that what we now know as \u201cprogressive 
rock\u201d is in fact the music of a generation. The statistics play out: the 
median birth year for the \u201cprogressive artist\u201d is 1947, with a standard 
deviation of +/- 3 years.

Says Charles, \u201cI\u2019ve also conducted many interviews with artists from the 
era, and 16 of these appear in the book. The premise was to study their 
early lives, from birth through the late 60's and very early 70's, to 
find the commonalities that these men experienced. The newly written 
Prologue offers a historical perspective of the pretext to the 
progressive era, beginning post-WWII, while the Epilogue offers a 
current perspective on progressive rock since the early 80's.

\u201cI've also spent a good deal of time fact-checking every detail in the 
book, including song titles and artist names. Further, this edition has 
been professionally edited and peer reviewed, all to make this as 
exacting and rewarding a book as the music it covers. *Strawberry 
Bricks*is another narrative on the classic era of progressive rock, one 
with hopefully a novel and candid outlook on the genre, its albums and 
the men that made it one of the most interesting chapters in rock's history.

\u201cThe cover is an image of the vinyl record grooves on Jethro Tull's 
*Minstrel In The Gallery*album. Enjoy the music!\u201d

/*About the Author:*/
Charles Snider has been collecting records since the early 70's, 
amassing one of the most complete archives of what is known as 
progressive rock. \u201cOne of my earliest memories of vinyl was The Beatles' 
'Paperback Writer' b/w 'Rain.' I can remember turning the balance knob 
to isolate the sounds within the stereo mix, and just being fascinated 
with the tones of the instruments.\u201d Snider's self-professed passion for 
the music \u201carchaeology\u201d continued over the decades, branching out to 
many other genres of music. \u201cIn the early 90's, Kevin Eden and I curated 
the WMO label, with the cooperation and support of Wire. The CD was a 
new format, and we released a lot of hard to find records, as well as 
unreleased archival material and two very good tribute discs.\u201d Upon 
moving to Chicago in 2000, he began writing the first edition of *The 
Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock*. \u201cI've always loved record 
guides. Certainly, Ira Robbin\u2019s /Trouser Press /was the prototype, but 
growing up in the 70's with magazines like /Circus/, /Creem /and of 
course /Rolling Stone/, I've always enjoyed the passion writers convey 
about music.\u201d While not listening to prog rock, Snider can be found 
blogging about personal technology or cheering on the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Revised and Expanded Edition of *The Strawberry Bricks Guide to 
Progressive Rock*is released on Record Store Day, April 22nd, 2017. 
Available direct from http://strawberrybricks.com/the-book 
<http://strawberrybricks.com/the-book>, and from Amazon.com (including 
UK and EU). Published by http://www.strawberrybricks.com/ 
<http://www.strawberrybricks.com/> via CreateSpace.com, an Amazon company.

*For more information:*http://www.strawberrybricks.com/ 
<http://www.strawberrybricks.com/>

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