Blowing Free: Underground & Progressive Sounds of - Blowing Free: Underground & Progressive Sounds Of 1972 / Various

UK four CD box set celebrating the finest sounds of the so-called "underground" and progressive rock music of 1972. Five hours of music featuring tracks by Atomic Rooster, Barclay James Harvest, Edgar Broughton Band, Caravan, Curved Air, Emerson Lake And Palmer, Family, Free, Gentle Giant, Hawkwind, Help Yourself, Khan, Lindisfarne, Man, Matching Mole, Nektar, Pretty Things, Procol Harum, Nektar, Rare Bird, Al Stewart, Ten Years After, Thin Lizzy, Uriah Heep, Van Der Graaf Generator, Vinegar Joe, Wishbone Ash, Yes and many more. Much of this music appeared on the "progressive" imprints of major record labels such as EMI's Harvest, Decca's Deram and Philips Records' Vertigo and the emerging independent labels such as Charisma, United Artists and Island Records and led to an increased presence of underground album music on BBC Radio One.