43 episodes

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 planetmarzipanpodcast@gmail.com

Planet Marzipan - A Marillion and Fish Podcast Planet Marzipan Podcast - A Marillion and Fish Podcast.

    • Music

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 planetmarzipanpodcast@gmail.com

    42. Planet Marzipan Meets Georgina Wistow

    42. Planet Marzipan Meets Georgina Wistow

    The PM team meet Georgina Wistow - aka the Port Zelande Merch Queen and author of the Ian Mosley book "Do I Owe you Money?". In a lively chat listen in as George tells us about how Marillion have made a huge impact on her life, meeting her best friend, Marillion Manager, Lucy Jordache, how she came to work for Marillion and her double life ! :-)

    George also tells us which merch ideas worked and which were, erm, less than succesful ! Is your favourite item in the list?

    Does she give away any of Lucy's secrets? Listen in to find out!

    • 1 hr 12 min
    41. P.M. Book Club - A Mirror of Dreams - Andrew Wild and Gregory Spawton

    41. P.M. Book Club - A Mirror of Dreams - Andrew Wild and Gregory Spawton

    Join Mezza & Craig as they chat to Andrew Wild about his new book focussing on the early 80s wave of prog rock and centering around the Marquee club in London - "A Mirror of Dreams - The Progressive Rock Revival 1981 - 1983".

    Gregory Spawton from Kingmaker Publishing (and Big Big Train) is also on hand to give some first hand tales of the time as well as the story behind the genesis of the book.

    As well as lots of stories from the time the book features some wonderful photos (many previously unseen) of the origins of Marillion, Pallas, I.Q. , Twelfth Night, Solstice & Pendragon.

    The book is available to order at Burning Shed https://burningshed.com/andrew-wild_a-mirror-of-dreams_book

    Neil Cockles band, referred to in this episode, is The Mighty Bard. https://themightybard.bandcamp.com

    • 1 hr 2 min
    40. Planet Marzipan on the Road - 24 Hours in Leicester with StillMarillion

    40. Planet Marzipan on the Road - 24 Hours in Leicester with StillMarillion

    Join Mezza, Andrew Barnsley Wood, Mark Owens, Vicky Dudman & Nathan Page as they tell Craig all about the weekend he missed, watching StillMarillion play 2 gigs in one day at the Y Theatre - One h era, and one Fish era. Barnsley & Vicky also caught Splintering Heart live the night before at the Musician, in Leicester.

    The first 30 minutes include soundcheck and interviews with Mark Mitchell and Martin Jakubski from StillMarillion. From 30 minutes in a roundtable discussion of the weekend and the setlists of all 3 gigs are reviewed.



    Email us at Planetmarzipanpodcast@gmail.com



    Photo credits - Gary Kirrage, Tracy Kirrage, Mike Barton, Chris Hobbs, Andrew Latham and Robert Stuart-Jack.

    • 1 hr 21 min
    39. Planet Marzipan Meets The Web UK's Anne Bond

    39. Planet Marzipan Meets The Web UK's Anne Bond

    Join Craig & Mezza as they chat to the Web UK's Anne Bond. Chat includes Annes stories about first hearing the band, meeting her husband to be through a Marillion link, Web UK tales and how she ended up on a Marillion CD!



    Join The Web UK via this link https://www.marillion.com/shop/merch/webuk.htm

    • 49 min
    38. Somewhere Else - Part 2 - This Rock Star Trip

    38. Somewhere Else - Part 2 - This Rock Star Trip

    Mezza & Craig are joined by James Levey, Mike Barton, Tim Sidwell & Nathan Page to look at the live side of the Somewhere Else album. Talk includes the SE tour, gig memories and Tims recollections on filming the fantastic "Somewhere in London" shows.

    • 46 min
    37. Somewhere Else - Part 1 - Have We Caught Up Yet?

    37. Somewhere Else - Part 1 - Have We Caught Up Yet?

    The PM team are joined by James Levey, Mike Barton, Tim Sidwell & Nathan Page to take an in depth look at the Somewhere Else album. Talk includes, the genesis of the album, the proposed E.P. follow up to Marbles, track by track analysis and much more.

    Look out for part 2 next week.

    • 1 hr 12 min

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