Hoping to release some live WINTER tracks in the early part of 2017.

I am currently working on restoring [where possible] some songs from sound desk cassette recordings during the 1988-91 period. There should also be a higher quality version of “Reflections on the Water” available soon.

Enjoy the winter season and feel free to send in any queries or comments.

Phil

Irish Rock Database recently conducted a brief email based interview with Phil Murray about the re-released tracks from Across the Circle’s Edge and the musical talents of the band.

Question: Listening to the tracks it is obvious that the band had a serious rhythm section?

Answer: Yes absolutely, Ricky and John were superb and gave us a real edge to our sound.  Both wonderful to perform with.

John – fantastic drummer, closest thing to Neil Peart we could ever wish for and he had a terrific musicality to his playing. He certainly raised our game when he joined and helped us take writing and performing to a different level. He had a great ability to add dynamic drive and structure to the songs. I don’t think a lot of the ideas could have worked without John behind the kit.

Ricky – just a brilliant bass player with a wonderfully fluid and effortless style. Super song writer too and had a great syncopation with John – they formed a really expressive, tight back unit. He could play a wide range of styles too, which was a huge advantage. Ricky was also a more than decent guitarist, though he never got the chance to showcase those skills live with Winter.

The ACROSS THE CIRCLE’S EDGE tracks are now available on Apple Music

We be adding more info to the Artist page for the band – on Apple Music – very soon

Top Prog Rock reviewer, Kev Rowland, has recently published a cracking review of Across the Circle’s Edge [beyond 2012].
You can read it here > http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=56954

You can also read up on Kev’s biography on the Prog Rock Archives website – http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=5626

Thanks Kev – we really appreciate your comments and continued support!

hi Guys,

I am currently upgrading the Winter Online website with a new clean design and updated MP3 player. Legendary drummer, John Murphy, was also in touch with a few excellent ideas for the site, including some social media linkage, so everything should be in place in a few days.

Hopefully I will also have some photos to upload soon too. We have had some requests for Live Tracks and the demo version of Reflections on the Water — so these will be added soon and there are still plans to release a limited run of the ‘Beyond 2012’ version of Across The Circle’s Edge on CD and 12″ Vinyl format – more on this after Easter.

cheers for now

Phil

Big thanks to the superb Erwin Klokgieters, presenter of LA VILLA STRANGIATO on VOS FM in Valkenswaard, Netherlands, for playing the tracks from ACROSS THE CIRCLE’S EDGE [beyond 2012] and interview about the band this evening.

Check La Villa Strangiato out every Monday evening at 20:00GMT — it is a fantastic mix of progressive rock/metal and symphonic rock.

If you listened into the show – please let us know what you thought of the updated versions of the songs.

Thanks to some excellent work by Erwin Klokgieters  – you will be able to listen to tracks from ACROSS THE CIRCLE’S EDGE [beyond 2012] on Dutch radio station VOS FM on Monday 5th March, 2012.

The programme is called La Villa Strangiato and is hosted by Erwin — it will also include a recorded interview with Phil Murray.

You can listen via internet from their website and the show will air at 21:00 [should be 20:00 UK time]

Thanks again Erwin!

I am delighted to announce that Across The Circle’s Edge [beyond 2012] by WINTER is now available to purchase via iTunes.

It has taken a lot of effort and time to get to this point but we hope you enjoy these updated versions of the songs [which now include the additional keyboard tracks that were omitted in the vinyl and CD version] and who knows maybe an actual CD version of these will be made available during this year — I am looking into that one!

One snag I am trying to correct, is that the biogrpahy shown on iTunes relates to the American band of the same name [Winter]. I will hopefully have this corrected soon. Also the names of the tracks have [beyond 2012] included whereas that was intended to be included in the E.P. title only – so I will get that fixed over the coming weeks.

Across The Circle’s Edge [beyond 2012] will also be available across many other digital media stores over the coming weeks – it takes longer to filter out to Amazon and others but by February you should have a good choice of digital vendors to choose from.

Please let us know what you think of the new release and spread the word … !

> BUY Across The Circle’s Edge from iTunes NOW

> You can also purchase from Amazon – BUY NOW

this is not a game!!! …

Phil Murray

Well, it’s taken some time but I am pleased to announce that the updated 2012 versions all all tracks from ACROSS THE CIRCLE’S EDGE have been submitted for inclusion on iTunes and other digital media download sites.

They should start to be visible in 2 weeks time and I will post up more information once the tracks show up.