Planet Marzipan Podcast - A Marillion and Fish Podcast.
Join John 'Mezza' Merrick and Craig Houston for a discussion about the music and the world of Marillion and Fish, including solo albums, offshoots, tribute acts...
83. Fish - Field of Crows - Locked and Loaded, Safety Off.
Join Mezza and Craig as they take an in depth view of Fish's "Field of Crows" album. They are joined by Emma Mills, Taff Jones and Stuart Mitchell for a lengthy discussion which includes the story of the album's origin, a track by track review of the music, detailed tour memories, the physical formats, artwork and what the podcast listeners think of this album.
Emma and Taff talk about the legendary Company Gloster, too!
Settle in....it's a long one! :-)
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82. h - Ice Cream Genius - Wake up... and smell the beans
Craig & Mezza are joined by James Levey (marillion archivist) , Mikie Kay & Gary Page to take an in-depth look at Steve Hogarth' s first solo album "Ice Cream Genius".
A lengthy chat includes - song origins, cover art, band members, the short ICG tour as well as a track by track review of this legendary album. The episode concludes with listener feedback about this album and tour, from the Planet Marzipan Podcast Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/238339422155058
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81. The Web UK Meets Planet Marzipan Meets Darren Newitt
Back in October 2024 Craig and Mezza were interviewed by The Web UK - Marillions UK fan club - for an article to be included in the 2024 Christmas Web magazine, by Darren Newitt.
The magazine featured an edited version of that chat. Now you can hear the full interview - at the end of which the PM boys turned the tables and interviewed Darren! The chat with Darren includes stories about how he came to design an album sleeve for the band and the time he got to play live with them.
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80. This Strange Engine - Part 2 - Madam I'm Adam
Craig, Mezza, James, Mikie and Mark are back to conclude their in depth look at the This Strange Engine album.
Chat this time includes the TSE tour, the album sleeve, the new deluxe edition box set, the vinyl editions, the surround mix and the "Tales from the Engine Room" remix album.
There is also time for listeners comments about the album and part one of this podcast!
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79. This Strange Engine - Part 1 - Stole A Fire
The PM team are joined by Mikie Kay (a fan of over 35 years), James Levey (Marillion's archivist) and Mark Kennedy (Member of the Racket Team) to discuss "This Strange Engine", the first album of the "Castle Years".
Part one includes an in-depth, track by track, discussion of the music - with insight from James into the origins of some of the songs.
Look out for part 2 next week.
Join John 'Mezza' Merrick and Craig Houston for a discussion about the music and the world of Marillion and Fish, including solo albums, offshoots, tribute acts and much more besides.
All opinions expressed are just that...opinions. We would love to hear your views on the music and the podcast. Email us at [email protected]
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