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SOUNDBYTES

Fish

Born Derek William Dick in 1958, the artist known as Fish (not to be con-phused with the jam band of the same-sounding name) is one of the most adored vocalists in the world of progressive rock — especially in the United Kingdom.

After leading prog-act Marillion to mainstream success in the mid-1980s — and even a name in America thanks to the 1983 classic "Script for a Jester's Tear" — Fish took his dramatic pipes (often compared to Peter Gabriel) and embarked on a solid solo outing that lasts to this day.

Snapper Records, a fine British-based reissue label, has re-released the fantastic first two LPs from the Fish catalogue, 1990's Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors and 1991's Internal Exile, re-mastered in crystal-clear sound and each packed with bonus tracks.

The material may be obscure to U.S. audiences, but there's a reason he's amassed his own group of "Fishheads" in many other parts of the globe.

— Nick Brandon