Late 2011 Recap and Into 2012!

We at Gonzo hope everyone had a great Holiday Season and have got the new year off to a fantastic start.
Just a quick recap of some of the great albums we released in the run up to the Christmas period.
There were a couple of great releases from Galileo records in the run up to Christmas that will appeal to lovers of Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal

My Name Is Janet released their concept album Red Room Blue and have been reciving positive reaction from fans and critics alike. For more details check out the album here:
http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/product_details/15404/My_Name_is_Janet-Red_Room_Blue.html

Another fantastic release from Galileo is the new album from Soul Secret entitled Closer To Daylight. Soul Secret are an Italian Progressive metal band and Closer To Daylight is the bands second album. One of the highlights of the album is “Aftermath”, a 16+ minutes trip between heaviness, melody and pure progressive elements. You can find more details here:
http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/product_details/15403/Soul_Secret-Closer_to_Daylight.html

One of the highlights of 2011 was the release of the Live Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman album The Living Tree Live Part One. The album was released as the due embarked on a hugely successful series of dates in North America and Canada and the album which was recorded on the duo's Uk tour in 2010 includes live readings of tracks from the studio album The Living Tree and also radical re workings of Yes classics including And You And I and South Side Of The Sky.You can find out more about the album and purchase it here:
http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/product_details/15405/Anderson_-_Wakeman-Live.html

Elsewhere Former Manfred Mann's Earthband vocalist Chris Thompson had a good year and at the end of 2011 released two albums one archive album and a new live album
The archive album was the debut album from Night which also featured performances from Stevie Lange and the legendary keyboardist Nicky Hopkins. The album was originally released in 1979 and produced by Richard Perry and contains the hit singles Hot Summer Nights and If You Remember Me. More details Here:
http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/product_details/15387/Chris_Thompson-Night.html

Chris also released a new live CD/DVD package Live In Berlin which is a double Live CD recording of a concert broadcasts for German radio. Also included is a bonus DVD containing a number of live songs and interview from a concert in Ashaffenburg at the start of 2011. You can view the details or order the CD/DVD here
 http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/product_details/15409

Just a quick reminder that we are now just down to a handful of the limited Deluxe Edition of the Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe album so if you really want one of these beautifully packaged two disc sets you need to get a move on now or be disappointed.
http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/product_details/15258/Anderson_Bruford_Wakeman_Howe-Anderson,_Bruford,_Wakeman_&_Howe.html

Look out for more details coming your way soon about a great new Live Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe album recorded during the bands UK tour in Autumn 1989.

We will also be releasing More DVDs in the "Lost Broadcasts"  series and artists and contents of the DVDs will be announced shortly

Gonzo is also moving into publishing as well in 2012 and the first book we are publishing is a fascinating book covering the now infamous "Oz obscenity trial" at the start of the seventies. Written by renowned film director and author Tony Palmer the book covers the background and the day to day account of the trial and subsequent verdict and appeal.

Finally keep checking out the Gonzoblog and the main Gonzo website for news updates and special offers and at the main Gonzo website you will also find exclusive interviews and podcasts with many of the Gonzo artists