Craig & Mezza are joined by Stephen Wicks, Guy Vickers & Greg Forster to take a look at the bands headline gig at the Milton Keynes Bowl in 1986.

Chat includes the road to MK, the peak of the bands popularity in the UK, personal recollections of the time and a detailed look at the bands playing on this historic day in Marillion folklore.

Andy Rotherham also joins the chat to give his take on some of the German dates on this leg of festival shows.

Join Mezza and Craig as they take an in depth view of Fish's "Field of Crows" album. They are joined by Emma Mills, Taff Jones and Stuart Mitchell for a lengthy discussion which includes the story of the album's origin, a track by track review of the music, detailed tour memories, the physical formats, artwork and what the podcast listeners think of this album.

Emma and Taff talk about the legendary Company Gloster, too!

Settle in....it's a long one! :-)

Craig & Mezza are joined by James Levey (marillion archivist) , Mikie Kay & Gary Page to take an in-depth look at Steve Hogarth' s first solo album "Ice Cream Genius".

A lengthy chat includes - song origins, cover art, band members, the short ICG tour as well as a track by track review of this legendary album. The episode concludes with listener feedback about this album and tour, from the Planet Marzipan Podcast Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/238339422155058

Back in October 2024 Craig and Mezza were interviewed by The Web UK - Marillions UK fan club - for an article to be included in the 2024 Christmas Web magazine, by Darren Newitt.

The magazine featured an edited version of that chat. Now you can hear the full interview - at the end of which the PM boys turned the tables and interviewed Darren! The chat with Darren includes stories about how he came to design an album sleeve for the band and the time he got to play live with them.

Craig, Mezza, James, Mikie and Mark are back to conclude their in depth look at the This Strange Engine album.

Chat this time includes the TSE tour, the album sleeve, the new deluxe edition box set, the vinyl editions, the surround mix and the "Tales from the Engine Room" remix album.

There is also time for listeners comments about the album and part one of this podcast!

The PM team are joined by Mikie Kay (a fan of over 35 years), James Levey (Marillion's archivist) and Mark Kennedy (Member of the Racket Team) to discuss "This Strange Engine", the first album of the "Castle Years".

Part one includes an in-depth, track by track, discussion of the music - with insight from James into the origins of some of the songs.

Look out for part 2 next week.

A bonus episode to welcome in the new year....Mezza & Craig chat to members of Marillion tribute bands, Marquee Square Heroes, Something Else, Cillirion and Splintering Heart and ask them how was 2024 and what they have coming up in 2025.

Craig, Mezza & Chris would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. We have lots planned for 2025, so please keep listening :-)

Join Georgina Wistow, Mark McCormac, Mike Barton, Martin Jakubski, Craig & Mezza as they review July to December 2024. from a Marillion & Fish fans perspective.

Chat covers the Fish Internal & Vigil reissues, the SRB tour, The Remains of the Weekend releases, the h Natural tour, the SPQR release and much more besides.

Happy New Year to all our listeners. We hope 2025 is everything you want it to be! ( Misplaced is 40 years old - AOS is 30 years old in 2025! )

Join Mezza & Craig as they get together with some like minded fans and friends to review 2024. Georgina Wistow, Mark McCormac, Mike Barton & Martin Jakubski discuss the year about to pass from a Marillion & Fish perspective.

Part One covers January to June 2024 including Cruise to the Edge, Fish's Road to the Isles announcements, Marillion's MW 2025 announcements, h Live in Rome, StillMarillion's 2 gigs in one day in Leicester and much more besides.

Look out for part 2 on New Years Eve.

Craig & Mezza get together to discuss the brand new release from Steve Hogarth - S.P.Q.R. - a live Blu-ray & CD recorded in Rome earlier in 2024. This fantastic gig with Ranestrane & the Flowing Chords choir is reviewed in depth.

Also included in this episode is a review of h Natural - live in Liverpool - and details of the final episodes planned to round off 2024 on Planet Marzipan.