We are very proud and pleased to announce our 'new' live album 'Alive at Loreley' exactly 15 years after the original performance which was also the final time that Neil Pepper (to whom this album is dedicated) performed with the band live on stage as he was suffering from advanced oesophageal cancer and sadly passed away almost exactly a year later.

On a very warm and sunny late summer afternoon, as part of the ‘Night of the Prog V’ music festival, we performed at the most beautiful venue we have ever played, the world-famous Loreley amphitheatre in Germany situated several hundred metres above the meandering and shimmering River Rhine.

In many ways the Loreley show was a watershed in the history of Galahad as it was to be Neil Pepper’s final performance with the band, although we didn’t know it the time. He was already struggling and feeling very ill but was determined to enjoy it and make it a show to remember. Sadly, he succumbed to Oesophageal cancer almost exactly one year later. It really was the end of era for both the band and Neil’s family.

I’m not quite sure why it took so long but fifteen years later we decided to revisit the original live recordings that were made on that incredible weekend and upon listening we were very pleasantly surprised to hear the quality and clarity of the sound.

Although, to be perfectly honest, it wasn’t the tidiest of performances and included a few erroneous notes and misplaced lyrics here and there but it was certainly full of emotional spirit, passion and raw energy, encapsulating a classic Galahad show with Neil on top form, incredibly fitting for his final live performance with Galahad.

It was also the first Galahad show to feature Mark Spencer on additional guitar, albeit just for just one song, a storming version of Termination to finish the hour long set.

Thus, it made complete sense to us to finally mix and release this important and rather poignant slice of Galahad history on the occasion of fortieth anniversary.

Stu Nicholson – Vocals and tambourine Dean Baker – Keyboards and backing vocals Roy Keyworth – Guitar and backing vocals Spencer Luckman – Drums Neil Pepper - Bass guitar Surprise special guest: Mark Spencer – Guitar and backing vocals

Track list: Sleepers, Empires Never Last, Richelieu’s Prayer, Bug Eye, Seize the Day, Termination

Recorded at ‘Night of the Prog Festival V’, Loreley Amphitheater, Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on 3rd September 2010.

Edited, mixed and mastered by Karl Groom at The Parks Studio, Berkshire

Photographs by Sam Smyth, Martin Christgau and Bettina Dörr

Artwork and booklet design by Paul Tippett

We are pleased to confirm that, for the first time in a long time, we now have Galahad T-shirts for sale from our official website again. They will also be available at our forthcoming shows.

The first batch is the classic and slightly naughty ‘retro’ modified Cerne Giant ‘In A Moment of Complete Madness’ design which hasn’t been available for around 30 years!

Size wise they will be available in Medium to 4XL and you can have any colour you like as long as it’s ‘Dorset Countryside Green’. 😉

We also hope to print and make available more designs in due course.

After a prolonged period of unavailability, our 2012 Battle Scars album has been re-issued, courtesy of our friends at 'Oskar' in Poland. This version contains an extra bonus track 'Seize the Day (Alternative single version) which now features a fabulous guitar solo by Lee Abraham on the run out. This is also the first time that this version of 'Seize the Day' has been available in a physical format. Battle Scars is the 7th studio album from established English rock/progressive band Galahad.
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Karl Groom (Threshold) at Thin Ice studios. ‘Battle Scars’, Galahad’s seventh studio album, shows the band evolving from their well received and critically acclaimed 2007 album ‘Empires Never Last’. ‘Battle Scars’ is the first of two new studio albums from Galahad scheduled for release this year.
‘Battle Scars’ contains a myriad of styles from rock and prog through to techno, ambient and dance sounds via classical arrangements. Throughout, the production is modern and pristine, incorporating powerful, direct guitar riffs, lush keyboard arrangements and occasional quieter passages of subtle beauty, melding together to create an often massively epic sound.
‘Battle Scars’ is Galahad music for the 21st century: very much looking forward but also showing occasional and affectionate nods to the analogue past.
In recognition of the band’s 25 year plus history, a new recording of their classic song Sleepers is included as a bonus track on the CD and download version.
As always, the proof of the pudding is in the listening. Go on, give it a whirl, leave your pre-conceptions at the door and play it loud! We know it’s our best album yet, and hope you agree.
Battle Scars will be available on CD, Download and limited edition high quality 180gm Vinyl LP in a gatefold sleeve.
Track listing:
1. Battle Scars (7.04)
2. Reach for the Sun (3.54)
3. Singularity (7.32)
4. Bitter and Twisted (6.58)
5. Suspended Animation (4.05)
6. Beyond the Barbed Wire (5.30)
7. Seize the Day (8.34)
8. Bonus track: Sleepers 2012 (14.07) (Not on vinyl)

At long last 'The Long Goodbye' is now available to purchase on LP.

A beautifully packaged gatefold LP featuring, once again, stunning and poignant artwork from Paul Tippett.

We are also offering an optional free 'The Long Goodbye' CD album with every LP purchase but please email us directly at band@galahadonline.com if you'd like us to send you a CD with your order.

At long last 'The Long Goodbye' is now available to purchase on LP.

A beautifully packaged gatefold LP featuring, once again, stunning and poignant artwork from Paul Tippett containing a very pretty black/white splatter vinyl.

We are also offering an optional free 'The Long Goodbye' CD album with every LP purchase but please email us directly at band@galahadonline.com if you'd like us to send you a CD with your order.

At long last 'The Long Goodbye' is now available to purchase on LP.

A beautifully packaged gatefold LP featuring, once again, stunning and poignant artwork from Paul Tippett.

We are also offering an optional free 'The Long Goodbye' CD album with every LP purchase but please email us directly at band@galahadonline.com if you'd like us to send you a CD with your order.

Avalon Records is very pleased and proud to announce the release of a brand new Galahad studio album ‘The Long Goodbye’.

This latest opus, the band’s twelfth studio album, was recorded before, during and after the recent Covid emergency, and, as was the case with the previous album ‘The Last Great Adventurer’, was recorded at several locations over the last couple of years by the various band members and was finally edited, mixed and mastered, as usual, by our engineer/producer supreme Karl Groom (Threshold/Dragonforce/Pendragon/Arena/Yes etc.).

The album features the same line-up as TLGA of Stu Nicholson (vocals), Dean Baker (keyboards), Spencer Luckman (drums), Lee Abraham (guitars) and Mark Spencer (bass guitar).

As usual, a variety of topics are considered and written about on this album, some very personal, including the title track in which the ageing process and the difficult and tricky subject of early onset dementia is tackled, hopefully with a certain degree of poignancy.

‘The Long Goodbye’ CD version will be released officially on 23rd October 2023 followed by the digital download/streaming version in November 2023 which will be available from all the usual online digital platforms including our official Galahad Bandcamp site (https://galahad1.bandcamp.com).

Vinyl LP versions in a gatefold sleeve will be also released at some point jointly with our friends at Oskar Productions in Poland, hopefully towards the end of 2023. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee a release date at this time but will make an announcement as soon we know when then they will become available. The LP will be available on both standard black and two coloured vinyl versions.

Please note that we will endeavour to send out pre-ordered CDs during the week beginning 23rd October.

Track listing:
Behind the Veil of a Smile (6.19) Everything’s Changed (7.40) Shadow in the Corner (5.27) The Righteous and the Damned (8.36) The Long Goodbye (12.59)

CD Bonus tracks: Darker Days (7.43) Open Water (4.05)

At long last 'The Last Great Adventurer' is now available to purchase on LP.

A beautifully packaged gatefold LP featuring stunning photographs from a late 1950s climbing expedition to the Austrian Alps which included Stuart's father, Bob, (The Last Great Adventurer) who is the subject of the rather dramatic front cover photo taken on 'Grossglockner' the highest peak in Austria at nearly 12,500 feet (3,798 metres).

We are also offering an optional free 'The Last Great Adventurer' CD album with every LP purchase but please email us directly at band@galahadonline.com if you'd like us to send you a CD with your order.

At long last 'The Last Great Adventurer' is now available to purchase on LP.

A beautifully packaged gatefold LP featuring the alternative 'red map' cover plus stunning photographs from a late 1950s climbing expedition to the Austrian Alps which included Stuart's father, Bob, (The Last Great Adventurer) who is the subject of the rather dramatic front cover photo taken on 'Grossglockner' the highest peak in Austria at nearly 12,500 feet (3,798 metres).

We are also offering an optional free 'The Last Great Adventurer' CD album with every LP purchase but please email us directly at band@galahadonline.com if you'd like us to send you a CD with your order.

At long last 'The Last Great Adventurer' is now available to purchase on LP.

A beautifully packaged gatefold LP featuring the alternative 'red map' cover plus stunning photographs from a late 1950s climbing expedition to the Austrian Alps which included Stuart's father, Bob, (The Last Great Adventurer) who is the subject of the rather dramatic front cover photo taken on 'Grossglockner' the highest peak in Austria at nearly 12,500 feet (3,798 metres).

We are also offering an optional free 'The Last Great Adventurer' CD album with every LP purchase but please email us directly at band@galahadonline.com if you'd like us to send you a CD with your order.

Galahad is very pleased to announce the release of a brand new studio album ‘The Last Great Adventurer’.

This latest opus, the band’s eleventh studio album, has been several years in the making and most of the songs on the album actually pre-date the previous ‘Seas of Change’ album from 2018! Plus, due the constraints of the recent Covid emergency, the album was recorded at several locations over the last couple of years by the various band members and finally pulled together, edited, mixed and mastered, as usual, by engineer/producer extraordinaire Karl Groom (Threshold/Dragonforce/Pendragon/Arena/Yes etc.).

As well as the established nucleus of Stu Nicholson (vocals), Dean Baker (keyboards) and Spencer Luckman (drums) ‘The Last Great Adventurer’ is also the first Galahad studio album to feature Mark Spencer (Twelfth Night/Alan Reed) on bass guitar throughout as well as making some great contributions on backing vocals and triangle!

Lee Abraham, now very much established as the band’s guitarist, also adds his own inimitable stamp to the album with some great guitar playing plus several blinding trademark guitar solos.

The main album consists of five tracks plus two bonus tracks on the CD including, at long last, a new version of ‘Another Life Not Lived’ originally written by the late and much missed Neil Pepper and Stu back in 2009.

Musically the album has a crisp contemporary sound but also still includes various nods to the band’s progressive heritage particularly in the closing title track which is a very personal tribute to Stuart’s father, Bob.

‘The Last Great Adventurer’ CD will be available for pre-order directly from our official band website (www.galahadonline.com) on 19th September 2022. The CD version will be released officially on 24th October 2022 followed by the digital download/streaming version on 7th November 2022 which will be available from all the usual platforms including our official Galahad Bandcamp site (https://galahad1.bandcamp.com).

A vinyl gatefold LP version will be released at some point jointly with our friends at Oskar Productions in Poland, hopefully in 2022, but unfortunately, we cannot guarantee a release date at this time but will make an announcement as soon we know when they will become available.

Track listing:
Alive (8.20) Omega Lights (10.05)
Part One: Λ (Instrumental) Part Two: Ω

Blood Skin and Bone (8.17) Enclosure 1764 (4.07) The Last Great Adventurer (10.35)

CD Bonus Tracks: Normality of Distance (5.50) Another Life Not Lived (7.55)

Avalon Records is proud to present a second ‘unexpected’ new album ‘Soul Therapy’ from Galahad off shoot project the ‘Galahad Electric Company’, featuring Dean and Stu, less than a year after their ‘When the battle Is Over’ album was released.

The album features seven brand new songs written in a very productive four week period straddling November and December 2020 plus several songs left over from the Summer 2020 recording sessions for ‘When the battle Is Over’. Again, due to more constraints than normal as far as the recording process was concerned a certain amount of experimentation was involved with some of the songs, a few of which were completely ‘ad-libbed’ in the moment as it were. As with the previous album Dean and Stu didn’t work face to face at all during this latest project.

‘Soul Therapy’ is also, as the name suggests, one of the most personal and raw collections of songs ever written by Stu, indeed no less than six of the tracks relate directly to the sad passing of Stu’s mother, Maureen, in November 2020 from Lymphoma cancer after a long, often tortuous but heroic five year battle against the disease. Suitably sympathetic sound tracks and arrangements were provided as usual by the incredibly creative and empathetic Dean Baker.

Thus, much of the subject matter is very much centered around strong, often dark and extreme emotions felt in trying to deal with the grief of such a loss including those of anger, frustration, pain and sorrow along with more reflective feelings such as healing, acceptance and hope for the future as well as fond memories of the past. The writing process also proved extremely cathartic and helped towards dealing with such a tumultuous and life changing event.

Soul Therapy is now available to pre-order and will be officially released on 20th October 2021.

Avalon Records is proud to present 'When the Battle is Over' by Galahad off shoot project the ‘Galahad Electric Company’.

During these strange times in which we have found ourselves over the last few months it appears that Dean Baker and Stu Nicholson have tapped in to a rich vein of creativity resulting in a substantial collection of new music and songs.

Therefore, the time seemed right to re-activate the ’Galahad Electric Company’ for the first time in over 20 years resulting in a new album ‘When the Battle is Over’.

Much of the material is in a more ‘electronic’ vein as you would expect from Dean who, after all, is the Galahad keyboard player, but there are also a few musical surprises in order to mix things up a bit.

Also, due to more constraints than normal as far as the recording process was concerned a certain amount of experimentation was involved with some of the songs, a few of which were ad-libbed and written in an almost ‘stream of consciousness’ manner!

Stu remarked “This is the first album we have ever recorded whereby neither of us have actually been in the same room at the same time at any point! The actual main writing and recording process only took about five weeks in May and June which is very quick for us! In fact, it was a very easy, fun and quick album to write and record which should, in theory, always be the case but quite often isn’t. “

The end result is an eclectic mixture of music and songs, examples of which are an adaptation of a poem by the famous 19th Century Dorset dialect poet and friend of Thomas Hardy, William Barnes (My Orcha’d in Linden Lea) and even Stu’s cat Sammy Gorgeous contributes ‘meows’ to ‘Mysterioso. There are also nods to dance, trip hop, folk, krautrock and even opera and gospel influences, all scattered throughout.

We are very proud to announce the release 'Following Ghosts - Expanded Edition' which is a very comprehensive 3CD re-issue containing a brand new re-mix of the 1998 album from the original master tapes by Karl Groom (Threshold/Pendragon/Arena/Yes).

The second CD 'Alternative Ghosts' contains contemporary alternative recordings of every single track from the original album.

The third CD is re-mastered version of the experimental 1999 'De-Constructing Ghosts' album, which is effectively a re-mix album consisting of new tracks created by various DJs AND other musicians from the FG multi-tracks to effectively create brand new songs.

This release also contains brand new art work, rare band photos, album reviews plus interviews with several of those who were involved with the recording of 'Following Ghosts' and 'De-Constructing Ghosts' at the time.

The first 500 CD albums ordered directly from the band will also include a copy of the original CD release booklet as well as an original CD tray insert signed by all of the current band members.

In total this definitive release contains a whopping 37 tracks!

Avalon Records in conjunction with Oskar Productions is very pleased and proud to announce the release of ‘Constellations’ the first ever solo album from Dean Baker who also happens to be the main writer and arranger for the established UK ‘Prog’ band Galahad.

You could say that ‘Constellations’ is an accidental album borne out of personal tragedy. Dean’s good friend Ray succumbed to Cancer in 2018 and Dean subsequently inherited a rather large CD collection and began listening to some of the gems contained within what was, in fact, more of a music library, including albums by iconic keyboard visionaries such as Jean-Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, Vangelis and Tangerine Dream to name but a few.

After having listened to a lot of music by the above artists Dean was massively inspired to write some music in a similar vein over the course of the Summer of 2018 and before he knew it he had over twenty new tracks to work on! These were then distilled and whittled down to the ten tracks which appear on the final version of this album.

Dean also called upon a few fellow cohorts to contribute including Lee Abraham and Stu from Galahad on guitars and vocals respectively as well Anastasia Coburg from Coburg on vocals.

You could say that the resulting album is paying homage to some of the pioneering synthesizer artists of the 1970s but it is also still very much a Dean Baker vision incorporating modern production values and Dean’s very own musical slant on modern electronic music.

‘Constellations’ is dedicated to music lover Ray Chiles (1959 -2018)

Track listing:

1. Le Chat Qui Pêche (9.14)
2. Off the Shoulder of Orion (4.33)
3. Here and Now (4.39) (Vocals - Stu Nicholson)
4. Modular Seasons (3.50)
5. Clouded Hills (5.56)
6. New Horizons (5.41) (Vocals - Anastasia Coburg)
7. Nuda Veritas (4.08) (Vocals - Stu Nicholson)
8. Engelbrecht (3.37) (Guitar - Lee Abraham)
9. Constellations (4.24) (Vocals - Stu Nicholson)
10. Impression No.8 (9.01)

‘Constellations’ will be available on CD and Download.

Written by Andrew Wild, whose previous work includes ‘Play On’, the authorised biography of Twelfth Night, ‘One for the Record’ is a story of one band’s refusal to lie down and be ignored by an indifferent industry.
 
‘One for the Record’, the official, authorised biography of Galahad, charts the first quarter century of the Dorset-based band’s existence: the highs and the lows, the challenges and the achievements, the numerous line-up changes (Yes have nothing on Galahad!)  including six keyboard players and eight bassists, the occasional madness on the road, the writing, recording, rehearsing and gigging.

Andrew Wild has extensively interviewed the current members of the band, as well as eleven past members and many friends, associates and supporters and provides a detailed book that will delight fans.

The book includes a complete discography, timeline, a full list of Galahad gigs and many colour and black and white photographs.

This publication also comes with a companion DVD video archive containing rare and previously unseen live and studio footage of the band from 1986 to 2010.

DVD track listing is: 1. Second Life – Regent Centre, Christchurch (1986) 2. City of Freedom - Regent Centre, Christchurch (1986) 3. Strangers - Regent Centre, Christchurch (1986) 4. Winter in Berlin - Regent Centre, Christchurch (1986) 5. Chamber of Horrors – The Marquee, London (1991) 6. Room 801 - The Marquee, London (1991) 7. Dentist Song – Rotherham Rugby Club (1993) 8. Ghost of Durtal – Rotherham Rugby Club (1993) 9. Exorcising Demons – The Allendale Centre, Wimborne (1995) 10. Amaranth – The Allendale Centre, Wimborne (1995) 11. Myopia – Mister Smiths, Bournemouth (1999) 12. Aqaba - Mister Smiths, Bournemouth (1999) 13. I Could Be God – Katowice, Poland (2006) 14. Dreaming From the Inside – Mr. Kyps, Poole (2010) 15. Empires Never Last – Loreley, Germany (2010) 16. Richelieu’s Prayer – Loreley, Germany (2010) 17. Seize the Day – Loreley, Germany (2010) Promo video’s: 1. Through the Looking Glass (1988) 2. Don’t Lose Control (1990) 3. Aries (Edit) (1993) 4. Dentist Song (1993) 5. Julie Anne (1993) 6. Pictures of Bliss (1995)

Galahad are pleased to announce that the new expanded re-mixed, re-mastered and generally re-vamped version of 'Empires Never Last' will shortly be available on CD.

This new digi-pack CD version now includes three additional tracks being alternative versions of 'Termination' and 'This Life Could Be My Last' plus, for the first time on CD, Empires Never Last 'Orchestral' version'.

Quiet Storms is a new Galahad album with a difference.

As the title suggests, Quiet Storms shows a more mellow and at times pastoral side to the band’s output containing almost none of the bombast and heaviness of the previous three studio albums, instead the majority of the songs and their arrangements evoke a more laid back, spacious and introspective atmosphere.

As well as featuring songs included as ‘extras’ on recent re-issues, Quiet Storms also includes several new songs along with new re-workings of older songs plus a few tracks which were included on the 2014 EP’s now appearing on an album for the first time.

Unusually for Galahad the album also contains a couple of cover versions, one being a stripped down piano, violin and vocal version of Rammstein’s ‘Mein Herz Brennt’ as well as a re-working of the John Grant track ‘Marz’ complete with additional words by Stu which, ironically, makes it a deeply personal track.

As well as the core of the band Quiet Storms also includes several guests such Christina Booth from Magenta on guest vocals, Karl Groom from Threshold on acoustic guitars and occasional keyboards, long time Galahad cohort Sarah Bolter on flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone and backing vocals as well as Louise Curtis on violin.

Track listing: 1. Guardian Angel (3.54) 2. Iceberg (4.10) 3. Beyond the Barbed Wire (4.28) 4. Mein Herz Brennt (5.03) 5. Termination (5.17) 6. This Life Could Be My Last (5.50) 7. Pictures of Bliss (2.11) 8. Willow Way (4.13) 9. Easier Said than Done (4.18) 10. Melt (4.28) 11. Weightless (5.30) 12. Shine (9.15) 13. Don’t Lose Control (5.40) 14. Marz (And Beyond) (6.14) 15. Guardian Angel (Hybrid) (4.43)

In order to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary Galahad will be releasing a double CD retrospective with a twist, the twist being that ten of the tracks included are brand new re-recorded versions of old Galahad songs, some dating back to 1985, the year the band formed, including one thirty year old track (City of Freedom) which has never been recorded before!

In some cases the new versions are similar to the originals but in other cases the songs have been re-worked and re-arranged considerably, either way we have tried our best to be sympathetic to the spirit of the originals whilst trying to bring them up to date in terms of their sonic quality and also so that they compare favourably, hopefully, with the Galahad sound of 2015!

As this is a rather special album, not to mention epic as it clocks in at around 2hours 40 minutes, we have also included a few strategically placed ‘tributes’ to a few of our original influences within some of the newly recorded ‘old’ tracks, so it’ll be interesting to see if they’ll get spotted!

The remaining tracks included on this career spanning album are taken from the three 'Thin Ice' albums and the recent EP's.

There are also a few guests making an appearance on this release, including Karl Groom on acoustic guitar, Mark Andrews, Galahad keyboard player from 1988 -1991, plays piano on three tracks and Sarah Bolter sings backing vocals on Ocean Blue.

Hopefully, this collection is a fair representation of the Galahad cannon and will appeal to existing fans of the band and will also, perhaps, act as a taster to those yet to dip their toes in the world of Galahad music.

Track listing:

CD1

1. Lady Messiah (1985/2015)
2. The Chase (1988/2015)
3. City of Freedom (1986/2015)
4. Chamber of Horrors (1990/2015)
5. Dreaming From the Inside (1985/2015)
6. Room 801 (1990/2015)
7. Ocean Blue (1996/2015)
8. Don’t Lose Control (1990/015)
9. Exorcising Demons ( 1992/2015)
10. Karma For One (1997/2015)

CD2

1. Empires Never Last (2006/2014)
2. Sleepers (1992/2012)
3. Richelieu’s Prayer (1990/2012)
4. Painted Lady (1985/2014)
5. Bug Eye (1997/2014)
6. Singularity (2012)
7. Guardian Angel (2012)
8. Seize the Day (Single mix) (2012)
9. This Life Could Be My Last (2006/2014)

We are pleased to announce the release of 'Galahad: Solidarity - Live in Konin' which was recorded at the Centrum Kultury Oskard theatre in Konin, Poland on Saturday 26th October 2013.

This live album has been released by our good friends at Oskar Productions in the form of a 2CD/DVD digipack .

As usual the audio was mixed and edited by Karl Groom at Thin Ice Studios in Surrey.

The DVD also contains a few extras including a comprehensive photo gallery plus a band documentary/interview.

The track listing, which includes the entire concert, is as follows:

CD1 1. Salvation I – Overture 2. Salvation II – Judgement Day 3. Guardian Angel 4. Empires Never Last 5. Secret Kingdoms.. 6. ..And Secret Worlds 7. Singularity

CD2 8. Beyond the Barbed Wire 9. This Life Could Be My Last 10. Sleepers 11. Guardian Angel – Reprise 12. Painted Lady 13. Seize the Day

DVD 1. Salvation I – Overture 2. Salvation II – Judgement Day 3. Guardian Angel 4. Empires Never Last 5. Secret Kingdoms.. 6. ..And Secret Worlds 7. Singularity 8. Beyond the Barbed Wire 9. This Life Could Be My Last 10. Sleepers 11. Guardian Angel – Reprise 12. Painted Lady 13. Seize the Day

We are pleased to announce that, as part of our ongoing 30th anniversary celebrations, we will be releasing a limited edition (500 copies) ‘taster’ EP simply called ‘30’ containing four newly recorded versions of ‘older’ songs which will appear, possibly in a slightly different form, on our ‘When Worlds Collide’ double CD retrospective when it is released later in the year.

The ‘30’ EP will be officially released at our 30th anniversary show at Mr Kyps in Poole, Dorset on Saturday 4th July and will be available thereafter exclusively from the merchandise page on our official Galahad website at www.galahadonline.com

The EP also features our very own tribute to a certain legendary and much missed rock DJ who was very supportive, back in the day, to many up and coming rock/metal/progressive bands.

The ‘30’ EP track listing is:

The Chase (7:44) (1988/2015) Chamber of Horrors (5:37) (1990/2015) Dreaming from the Inside (6:03) (1985/2015) Room 801 (10.53) (1990/2015)

Following on from the release of two EP’s earlier in the year Galahad are pleased to announce their third and final EP release of 2014, the ‘Mein Herz Brennt’ EP which completes the trilogy.

This release contains four differing versions of Mein Herz Brennt, ranging from an atmospheric laid back piano, vocal and violin interpretation to the full on industrial metallic blast of the ‘fully loaded’ version.

What started out as just a bit of fun jamming a in the rehearsal studio eventually morphed in to several fully fledged versions of this ‘Rammstein’ classic.

The tracks were recorded and mixed by the rather wonderful Karl Groom at Thin Ice Studios in Surrey.

Following on from the release of two critically acclaimed full length albums in 2012 (Battle Scars and Beyond the Realms of Euphoria), Galahad are back again with ‘Seize the Day’, the first of several EP's which will be released during 2014.

‘Seize the Day’ has been edited, tweaked and re-mixed by the band and Karl Groom and makes a perfect single, in our opinion of course!

It will be available as a download from the band’s website as well as a limited edition CD EP which will also contain the original album version as well as several other re-recorded and re-worked Galahad songs:

‘21st Century Painted Lady’ is based upon ‘Painted Lady’ which was written and first recorded in the mid 1980’s but has been given a major overhaul and now includes a second verse which should have but didn’t appear on the original version!

‘Bug Eye’, originally from the 1998 album ‘Following Ghosts’ has also been re-worked and brought up to date for 2013. A live version of the original arrangement is also included on the EP.

‘Seize the Day’ should appeal to existing fans of the band as well as those who are intrigued and interested in the band but have yet to dip their toes in to the murky world of Galahad music.

Track listing: 1. Seize the Day (Single version) 2. Seize the Day (Album version) 3. 21st Century Painted Lady 4. 21st Century Painted Lady (Instrumental) 5. Bug Eye 2014 6. Bug Eye (Live)

It's only taken 27 years but at last Galahad have now released an album on vinyl LP for the first time in their long history!
Released in conjunction with Ritual Echo Records, this beautiful package, comes on heavy premium quality 180 gram vinyl in a classic gatefold cover.
Stocks are limited (300 only) so grab this whilst you can, it's sure to become a collectors item.
Each vinyl LP comes complete with a CD version of the full album, which includes the bonus track  'Sleepers 2012', in a simple clear plastic wallet plus a free Galahad logo car sticker.
The band is also happy to sign albums if requested.
Available now!

After having been unavailable for some time Galahad's first proper studio album 'Nothing Is Written', originally released in 1991, has been re-pressed on CD for the first time in several years. This re-mastered version now includes two bonus tracks 'There Must Be A Way' and 'Don't Lose Control (2015)' which features Dean Baker on keyboards plus original keyboard player Mark Andrews on piano.

Currently unavailable Twenty years ago in September 2005 Galahad released ‘Sleepers, their ‘very difficult’ third album. The album was recorded, engineered and mixed by Tony Arnold a cohort of Robert Fripp/King Crimson at the time and therein was the difficulty. Tony was recommended to the band in 1991 because of his work with Robert, however, unbeknown to Galahad and because of Tony’s commitments to other projects including the King Crimson ‘Frame by Frame’ boxed set the whole ‘Sleepers’ project became an extremely long and arduous journey culminating in Wild West style stand off when the final ‘tranche’ of money was exchanged for the album master and master tapes in Spring 1995!

The album took over four years to come to fruition, which crippled the band’s momentum which had been built up following their BBC Radio One Rock War win and release of their ‘Nothing Is Written’ album in 1991. It also caused considerable stress amongst the members and even their respective partners and also became the most expensive album to this day that the band have ever recorded, which was difficult as the band had no record deal at this point and were totally self-funded. Funds were borrowed from family and friends to pay for the ongoing recording sessions with no product to sell until its eventual release, which seemed like an eternity at the time.

However, Galahad remained bloody minded and resolute as usual and despite all the problems associated with the album’s gestation it was released and all loans were repaid in less than twelve months after it hit shelves. Rob Ayling, head honcho at Voiceprint Records, helped the band massively by organising pressing and distribution resulting in Galahad achieving their best selling album to that point, one which still sells consistently to this day.

Fast forward to 2015, Galahad are still here, as bloody minded as ever, our good friends at Oskar have kindly agreed to release a 20th anniversary re-mastered version, including a couple of extra tracks. The band were never happy with the original production but there was little that could be done and the band were, frankly, mentally and emotionally worn out! However, after having tweaked various aspects of the original recording, courtesy of Karl Groom, listening back to it now it actually sounds fine, very different to Karl’s modern production of but then again the band were a very different beast in 1995, although there are certain trademarks which still and will always remain.

Track list:

1. Sleepers
2. Julie Anne
3. Live and Learn
4. Dentist Song
5. Pictures of Bliss
6. Before, After and Beyond
7. Exorcising Demons
8. Middleground
9. Amaranth
10. Suffering in Silence
11. Pictures of Bliss (alternative version)

The band:

Roy Keyworth – Acoustic and electric guitars Stu Nicholson – Lead and backing Vocals Spencer Luckman – Drums and percussion Karl Garrett – Keyboards Neil Pepper – Bass guitars

Special guests:

Paul Beavis – Percussion Kathy Smythe – Operatic vocals on Sleepers Dean Baker – Keyboards and orchestration on Pictures of Bliss (alternative version)

Available again at last. Originally released on cassette in January 1992 and the first of the 'Other Crimes' series. Re-mastered and released in a digi-pack format using the artwork from the band's only single release 'Dreaming From the Inside' back in 1987. An Official 'bootleg' and an essential collector's item.

Galahad are pleased to announce that the new expanded re-mixed, re-mastered and generally re-vamped version of 'Empires Never Last' will shortly be available on CD.

This new digi-pack CD version now includes three additional tracks being alternative versions of 'Termination' and 'This Life Could Be My Last' plus, for the first time on CD, Empires Never Last 'Orchestral' version'.

'Year Zero' will soon be available again on CD after an absence of several years.

This edition, in conjunction with Oskar Productions, marks the 10th anniversary of the original release of the album, has also been re-mastered and includes a second live 'official bootleg' CD containing a rare live performance of the album almost in it's entirety at Mr. Kyps in Poole, Dorset in October 2002.

Press Release:
2012 has been a very busy year for Galahad having released TWO new studio albums (‘Battle Scars’ and ‘Beyond the Realms of Euphoria’) as well as a live CD/DVD (‘Whitchurch 92/93 – Live Archives Vol. 2’). 2012 is also the Tenth anniversary of the release of their ‘Year Zero’ album which is available once again , after a long absence, re-mastered and expanded in a brand new digi pack format.

‘Year Zero’ is actually a loose concept album performed as one piece of continuous music and is the most instrumentally orientated album Galahad has recorded. However the music was split in to fifteen separate sections in order to make it more CD and ‘download’ friendly!

As you would expect with a Galahad release, ‘Year Zero’ contains a myriad of styles including classical, baroque and Jazz interludes, a heavy psychedelic section incorporating techno beats and industrial grooves as well as the usual nods to traditional prog and heavy rock punctuated by some quieter, more sensitive passages before the album reaches a grand, rousing choral crescendo to finish.

As well as the core band members, including the late and much missed Neil Pepper, ‘Year Zero’ also features performances from the Cantori Catholic Choir, Sarah Bolter on woodwind and backing vocals as well as John Wetton (UK, Asia, King Crimson) on guest lead vocals, who even momentarily re-visits a classic Asia refrain, albeit in an extremely subliminal fashion!

This expanded edition also contains a rare live performance of ‘Year Zero’ taken directly from the desk of a Galahad show at Mr Kyps in Poole, England in 2002.

Whilst ‘Year Zero’ is quite different from subsequent Galahad releases it is equally as valid and shows a band still evolving and experimenting to great effect with a range of musical and lyrical ideas. ‘Year Zero’ is a must for all Galahad aficionados but should also be of interest to those wishing to explore the Galahad back catalogue further as the album is, in our opinion, an often overlooked gem from the early noughties!

So sit down, relax, turn up the hi-fi, close your eyes and let ‘Year Zero’ take you an extraordinary musical journey……

Track listing:
CD1
I Year Zeroverture
II Belt up
III Ever the Optimist
IV The Charlotte Suite
V Haunted
VI Democracy
VII Baroque and Roll Dementia
VIII A Deeper Understanding ?
IX The Jazz Suite
X Take a Deep Breath and Hold on Tight
XI i Hindsight 1 - Piano and Clarinet
XI ii Hindsight 2 - A very clever guy indeed
XII The September Suite
XIII World Watching
XIV Deceptive Vistas /Postscript – Perspective

CD 2 - Mr Kyps, 19th October 2002
I   Year Zero Parts  I - IV
II  Year Zero Part V
III Year Zero Part VI - XI
IV Year Zero Parts XIii & XIV
V Richelieu's Prayer

Many, many moons ago, way back in the early 1990’s, a couple of brothers and very enthusiastic live music fans, Dave and Pete Martin, decided to organise occasional rock shows at the village hall of a small, quiet but idyllic Hampshire village called Whitchurch. They very kindly asked if Galahad would play a few of these gigs after having seen us, I believe, at the London Astoria playing with Pendragon amongst others in 1991.

As a result Galahad played several gigs at this bijou, on the face of it unremarkable venue. But these gigs were special, very special, small yes, but with the audience packed in like sardines, the beer flowing freely, hot sweat running down the walls, the atmosphere was electric, strangely reminiscent of some heady times at the Marquee Club in London, which was odd considering we were playing in the most unlikely of venues tucked away deep in the Hampshire countryside. These were some of the most memorable and fun shows the band ever played and we think the members of the incredibly receptive audience would agree, if of course they can remember!

Those gigs will always linger long in the memory, Pete and Dave went on to better things in bigger venues, but these gigs were where it all started and will always have a special place within the heart and the history of the band.

Fast forward to 2011…and the good news is that these shows were recorded both in audio and video format, plus our dear friends at OSKAR Productions in Poland asked if they could release these now ‘historical’ musical documents, to which we replied ‘of course’ you can. Thus ‘Whitchurch - 92/93 - Live Archives vol. 2’ will be released as a digipak double album featuring an audio CD of the show played by the band on 18 July 1992 and a DVD of the show the band played on the 16 July 1993, which is made all the more poignant as both concerts feature Neil on bass guitar, who was in fine form, as were the rest of us at the time!

Originally released in 1998. First album to feature Dean on keyboards.
Mainly song based and quite different in places to previous albums as more 'dance/breakbeat' influences started to appear.
Probably Galahad's most musically diverse album.
Includes live favourite 'Bug Eye' and another fourteen minute epic 'Shine'.

Galahad's first proper studio recording, originally released as a five track cassette 'In A Moment Of Madness' in 1989, later added to with three extra tracks and released in 1993 on CD and later re-mastered and with additional bonus 'live' tracks from 'The Christmas Lecture' cassette recorded live at Whitchurch Parish Hall, December 12th 1992. Now back in stock

Two great Live albums in one re-mastered package. CD1 recorded at Mr Smiths, Bournemouth on 28 October 1994. CD2 recorded at Rotherham for the 'Classic Rock Society' on 22 April 1995. Also includes FREE poster while quantities last!

Mainly acoustic, slightly experimental Galahad spin off project from 1994, featuring Stu, Spence, Roy, Neil from Galahad, plus ex-Galahad keyboard player Mark Andrews as well as Sarah Bolter on flute,clarinet and saxophone. This album was recorded live in the studio with several tracks being improvised. The result being a far more mellow, folkish album than the normal Galahad output.

Probably the most radical release in the Galahad canon. Consisting of remixes from original vocal, guitar, keyboard and woodwind tracks taken from the Following Ghosts master tapes and used to 'build' completely new pieces of music.
Although not a dance re-mix album as such, there are a lot of breakbeat/house style beats along with more ethnic/eastern influences which Galahad has dabbled with over the years.
On reflection, although it was an unusual experiment there are some very interesting and creative moments on the album, which still sound fresh and contemporary after all these years later, proving conclusively that Galahad have never been just another,so called, Neo-Prog band!