This week’s album-length playlist with music from artists including Richard Thompson, Genesis, and Rick Wakeman

The Gems album playlist—new and classic tracks, with listening notes, compiled by Ian Sharp of LP

Welcome to Gems. Each week I compile a playlist of classics and new tracks. In keeping with the ethos of LP, each playlist is 40–45 minutes long - a sampler album.

Each weekly Gems playlist includes listening notes (below), giving the source, release date, and a little information about the track. Naturally, if you have anything to add (and, when I’m see…