Planet Marzipan - A Marillion and Fish Podcast

Join the PM team as they meet Andy Rotherham, whose long history as a Marillo fan includes, over 20 years as a member of the Web UK team, being the catalyst for of Marillion weekends, curating the Marillion Museum at Marillion weekends and, in more recent times, becoming the bands Luthier. This lively chat also includes the excitement of being a fan working in Germany at the height of the bands po...

Join Mezza & Craig, along with Mikie Kay, James Levey and Grae (not Grace!) Tennick as they conclude their in depth look at the Afraid of Sunlight album. Part 2 discussion includes, the sleeve artwork, the Warners reissue boxsets, the making of, the AOS tour and the welcome return of the "Just for the Record" slot! Add in some listener comments from our Planet Marzipan Facebook group...

Joining Craig & Mezza to discuss the mighty Afraid of Sunlight album are Mikie Kay, Grae Tennick and James Levey. There is a lot of love for the final album of the original EMI contracts and that is reflected in the conversation here. Chat includes the origins of the Racket Club, the dilemma of following up the "Brave" album and EMI losing faith with the band. This crucial period for...

Mezza & Craig meet Sharon & Martin aka Candacraig to discuss their love for Marillion and their upcoming special gigs as a 5 piece band featuring a retelling of Marillion's Brave album. Chat also includes the history of Candacraig, their 2 albums, the origins of their name and lots more besides, all with the usual PM level of irreverence ! For more details on Candacraig visit https://c...

For this Fish Shop update, join Craig & Mezza along with Mikie Kay and Grae Tennick as they take a look at the gorgeous new versions of Fish's first 2 albums, Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors and Internal Exile. Talk includes all 3 formats, the double vinyl, 3cd and 5cd boxes, the remixes, track listings, the documentaries, the surround mixes, the streaming versions and lots more.....

Join Mezza & Craig as they chat to Mark Kennedy about his role in the Racket team, the origins of his fandom, his wedding at Port Zelande, Marillo merchandise designs - the good, bad and ugly, and lots more besides. This mini Cakey Boys reunion is a lively hour of chat, informative and irreverent, just as you would expect!

Mezza and Craig are joined by Nathan Page & James Levey to take an affectionate look at Pete T's side hustle, Transatlantic. In a lively hour, chat includes, the origins of the band, a full discography review, gig memories, live album reviews and much more besides. All of this features in an episode that is shorter than "The Whirlwind" album! :-) Not surprisingly this is a Craigo...

Mezza & Craig are joined by Lucy Jordache and Mikie Kay to discuss the 3rd single from "Misplaced Childhood", "Heart of Lothian". Chat includes release information, chart performance, cover art, the promo video, b-side, lyrics and memories of the time.

Mezza & Craig get together with Lucy Jordache and Mikie Kay to discuss the single "Lavender" from the "Misplaced Childhood" album. Chat includes release information, formats, B-sides, TV performances, the promo video, sleeve and a very unique rendition of the lyrics... :-)

For the latest episode in the "Charting the Single" mini-pod series, join Craig & Mezza as they discuss Marillions biggest single release, so far, with Lucy Jordache and Mikey Kay. Chat includes release information, memories of TV performances, formats, b-sides, lyrics and the legacy of this iconic single from the 80's.

For their 50th episode, join Mezza & Craig along with Mark Owens as they chat with Steve Rothery. Talk includes Marillion's legacy, Steves approach to writing music (then and now), the six (!) upcoming albums he is currently working on, his home studio, Fish's farewell tour, the Steve Rothery Band gigs and lots more besides. Email us at Planetmarzipanpodcast@gmail.com

Mezza & Craig are joined by Georgina Wistow, Fraser Marshall & James Levey to discuss the Anorak tour, The Remixomatosis album, the Anorak in the UK Live album and much more besides. This completes our 3 episode dive into this exciting time in Marillion history. Email us at planetmarzipanpodcast@gmail.com

Craig and Mezza are joined by Georgina Wistow, James Levey and pod newby, Fraser Marshall, from the Web UK team, to discuss the Anoraknophobia album. Chat includes track by track analysis (including the origins of the tracks), the end of the Castle deal and the return to EMI, the pre-order and the return of "Just for the Record". Listen out for Part 3, next week, covering the Anorak tour...

The PM team are on the road again, joined by Mark Owens, they head off to Manchester for a weekend with The Steve Rothery Band, at the Band on the Wall! Listen in for reviews of both SRB gigs, interviews with Leon Parr, Martin Jakubski and Steve Rothery from the SRB and a chat with Mike Barton, on merch duties for the weekend.

Mezza & Craig are joined by Lucy Jordache to talk about how she came to work for Marillion and the fun and games around the lead up to the Anoraknophobia album. Chat includes the first pre-order campaign, the UK university tour, the BOGOF single campaign, re-signing with EMI, what a communications manager actually does and lots more besides. Later on in the chat, Ian Mosley joins the discussio...

The PM team travel to Gateshead's Three Tuns pub to catch the Cillirion (UK based Marillion tribute) boys, live, for the first time. As it's another PM on the road episode..expect an in depth review of the the gig, along with some interesting interviews of varying audio quality! :-) Mark, Les, Ady, John and Mike talk to the PM guys about how they became a Marillo tribute band and their lov...

Join Mezza & Craig as they chat to Mark McCormac and Claude Micallef Attard from the Marko's Marillion Museum Facebook page. Mark and Claude tell the PM boys about how the MMM team came together. Hear about the origins of this vast collection of music, memorabilia and much more! Talk includes the origins of the boys fandom, some of the rare items in the collection and an exclusive audio cl...

Craig & Mezza are joined by James Levey & Dave Dobbie to discuss the final album of the deal with Castle Communications, Marillion.com! Chat includes the origins of the album, the trials of mixing the album, a track by track review of the album and talk of the Marillion.com tour. Also hear Craigs story of Ron Smallwood - guaranteed to make you smile!

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 wor...

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...

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 Mitchel...

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

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.

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.

Join Craig & Mezza as they chat to Ian Mosley. A very relaxed chat includes Cruise to the Edge, Ian's musician heroes, tour stories, Hackett memories, Ian's plans for the rest of this year and why he is not quite ready to run for president....yet. Ian's wife, Lucy Jordache, joins the conversation later on for that perennial question...."are Supertramp prog?".