As always, a 'sampler' cause the most diverse reactions. A plus in advance: This compilation does not refer to "The Ultimate" or "The Very Best Of". After 6 CDs trying to approach 'Rock Progressive' the genre. Furthermore laudable: The listener learns quite know unusual acts - "Stone The Crows", "Focus" or "Stackridge". Discovering new things is fun! For CD set: 6 CDs [3 CDs each in Foc-digipack] with a quite interesting artwork. Unfortunately, and completely incomprehensible to me, has been dispensed with a booklet. Especially for a 'compilation' is an explanatory booklet really indispensable. When will this be understood, the editors of such compilations? For Sound: Unfortunately, this compilation has not always the optimum sound quality - especially affect the differences in volume partially confusing [Note: 'Made in Mexico'] Below the content of 6 CDs: CD 1: "Throwing Melodies To The Stars" [1] Steve Hackett - Please Do not Touch [2] Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) - Celebration [3] Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) - Living In The Past [4] Family - No Mule's Fool [5] Rick Wakeman - Catherine Howard [6] Adrian Belew (King Crimson) and Alan White (Yes) - Breathe [7] Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night [8] Patrick Moraz (Yes / Moody Blues) - Los Endo [9] Keith Emerson & Dweezil Zappa - Run Like Hell [10] Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin 'On [11] Steve Howe & Rick Wakeman - The Great Gig In The Sky [12] Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) - Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day °°°°°°°°°° CD 2: "Tomorrow is Today" [1] Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink [2] Soft Machine - Song Of Aeolus [3] Hatfield and the North - Going For A Song [4] Soft Machine - Bundles [5] Gong - Outer Vision [6] Hawkwind - Brainstorm [7] Can - All Gates Open [8] Tangerine Dream - Ultima Thule Part 1 [9] Tangerine Dream - Ultima Thule Part 2 [10] Amon Guru - swampy water [11] Brainticket - Egyptian Kings [12] Can - November °°°°°°°°°° CD 3: "Painting The Sky In Your Mind" [1] Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) - From Under [2] Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - L'Albero del Pane [3] Fairport Convention - Orange Blossom Special [4] Pete Sinfield - A House Of Hopes And Dreams [5] Family - In My Own Time [6] Affinity - Three Sisters [7] Carmen - Bullfight [8] Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You [9] Third Ear Band - Cosmic Wheel [10] Brand X - Can-Utility And The Coastliners [11] Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - McAlpine Versus The Asmoto [12] John Wetton (King Crimson), Peter Banks & Tony Kaye (Yes) - Eclipse °°°°°°°°°° CD 4: "Little Particles Of Science" [1] The Prog Collective feat. Alan Parsons & Chris Squire - The Technical Divide [2] The Crimson Projekct - Red [3] Focus - Hocus Pocus [4] The Prog Collective feat. Steve Hillage - Buried Beneath [5] nectar - Good Day [6] Greenslade - Bedside Manners Are Extra [7] Linda Hoyle (Affinity) - Black Crow [8] Caravan - If I Could It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You [9] Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor [10] Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale [11] Hawkwind - Space Is Deep [12] Tangerine Dream - Sunset In The Fifth System °°°°°°°°°° CD 5: "Swimming In The Seas Of Uranus" [1] The Nice - America [2] Flash (Peter Banks) - Lifetime [3] Atomic Rooster feat. Carl Palmer - Friday the 13th [4] Jerry Goodman & Rick Wakeman - Random Acts Of Science [5] Steve Hackett feat. John Wetton - Firth Of Fifth [6] Stackridge - Lummy Days [7] Anthony Phillips feat. Phil Collins - Which Way The Wind Blows [8] Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) - The Wizard [9] Peter Hammill & Gary Lucas - Of Kith & Kin [10] Dave Greenslade - Cactus Choir [11] Curved Air - Vivaldi [12] Stone The Crows - Love 74 °°°°°°°°°° CD 6: "Close To The Heights Of Perception" [1] Focus - House Of The King [2] United Progressive Fraternity feat. Jon Anderson - The Water [3] The Prog Collective feat. Tony Kaye - Just Another Day [4] Genesis - The Serpent [5] John Wetton - What Can Be Done [6] The Crimson Projekct - Lark's Tongues In Aspic Part Two ... [7] Brainticket - Radagacuca [8] Clark / Hutchinson - Improvisation On An Indian Scale [9] Curved Air - Stay Human [10] Van Der Graaf Generator - Your Time Starts Now [11] Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) - Circle Of Hands [12] Carmen - Viva Mi Sevilla My conclusion: In spite of some sound-technical problems and a sorely missed booklet with further information I forgive 4 stars = I like it. A really interesting compilation concerning the * Progressive Rock * a quite reasonable price. [Reinhard Busse]