174. Charting the Single - Never Mind the Bullocks (Featuring Hold Your Head Up)
Planet Marzipan - A Marillion and Fish PodcastShow Notes
Craig & Mezza are joined by Mikey Kay, Stuart Clyde, Stuart Mitchell & Jeff Schuelke to take an in depth look the Fish's "Never Mind the Bullocks" Extended Play, released in 1992. Chat includes the artwork, promo, formats and an in depth track by track review. Mikey also gives a chart insight into what was around at the time of release.
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Join Craig & Mezza, along with Mark Allatt, James Levey, Stuart Chandler & Felicity Pryke for episode 2 of the World Cup of Marillion Albums. Match one is The Thieving Magpie vs Marbles. Match Two is Radiation vs Anoraknophobia. On the sidelines of these matches we have Stephen Wicks, Martin Jakubski, Seamus Colgan and Gary Page giving their views and album analysis. The winner of each tie goes through to the next round - Make sure your favourite makes it through - Get your vote in now! Either by voting in the Planet Marzipan Facebook group, voting on Spotify or emailing "[email protected]" - with the word "VOTE" in your header. Voting for this round closes on 28th October.
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Join Craig & Mezza, along with Nathan Page & Grae Tennick, as they launch the Planet Marzipan, World Cup of Marillion Albums! The first bout sees "B'sides Themselves" (Championed by Craig) up against "Made Again" (with Mezza stating the case for victory). Match number 2 is "This Strange Engine" - eloquently supported by Nathan - up against "Misplaced Childhood" - with Grae waxing lyrical about the album. The winner of each tie goes through to the next round - so get your votes in - Either by voting in the Planet Marzipan Facebook group, voting on Spotify or emailing "[email protected]" - with the word "VOTE" in your header. You have 1 week to vote - voting closes on 21st October.
Craig & Mezza round off their review of the UK 2026 Marillion tour with a little help of their friends.....Andrew "Barnsley" Wood, James Levey, Mark McCormack, Nathan Page, Grae Tennick, & Matthew Reid. Chat covers the gigs from Manchester to London and includes the various setlists, venues, crowd reaction, support band "Haunt the Woods" and much more besides.
Join the Planet Music guys as they take a look back at Phil Collin's first solo album, 1981's "Face Value". Simon Heldrich from the Genesis podcast "Behind the Lines" also joins the chat, acting a "sub" for Mikey Kay - who, never fear, does join in before the end of this episode! The discussion includes the background to the album, singles, videos, and, of course, a track by track review. As ever, the episode concludes with Mikey's chart update from the time of release of this album.