First Foreign Prog Album You Bought?

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   When I got into prog in the mid 70's I lived halfway between 2 Tower Record stores that both stocked tons of imports.  The first import only release I remember buying was Van Der Graaf Generators "Aerosol Grey Machine"...it was either that or Schick, Furs & Froehlings "Symphonic Pictures".  Tower used to give out this free import catalog and I would spend hours drooling over the exotic prog bands I couldn't wait to hear   
As far as foreign language goes, the first non-English speaking/singing band I bought was either France's Pulsar "Strands of the Future" album or it might have been Italy's PFM "Per Un Amico".

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The.Crimson.King Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 29 2013 Location: WA Status: Offline Points: 4596	Posted: November 23 2013 at 15:13
	When I got into prog in the mid 70's I lived halfway between 2 Tower Record stores that both stocked tons of imports. The first import only release I remember buying was Van Der Graaf Generators "Aerosol Grey Machine"...it was either that or Schick, Furs & Froehlings "Symphonic Pictures". Tower used to give out this free import catalog and I would spend hours drooling over the exotic prog bands I couldn't wait to hear As far as foreign language goes, the first non-English speaking/singing band I bought was either France's Pulsar "Strands of the Future" album or it might have been Italy's PFM "Per Un Amico".
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ClemofNazareth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Researcher Joined: August 17 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4659	Posted: November 23 2013 at 14:06
	In the U.S. imports were a lot bigger deal in the 70s than today. Unless you had a good local record store that stocked imports (not very common, especially in smaller towns) you usually had to order them unless the album was on an American label or a label with an American distributor. So my first 'foreign' album was probably Jethro Tull, Manfred Mann, Black Sabbath or Moody Blues or something like that since they were all released in the U.S. First non-English album was probably Czesław Niemen or Kraftwerk. I picked up vinyl from both of them in the mid and late 70s.
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	Aww man. Back in the day getting an import was pretty cool. Having said that, I'm too old to remember now. (not really, it will come to me sooner or later...) Possibly Giles Giles and Fripp Edited by Slartibartfast - November 23 2013 at 09:28
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Xonty Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 23 2013 Location: Cornwall Status: Offline Points: 1759	Posted: November 23 2013 at 09:17
	Hi, just interested to see what everyone's first foreign prog album was that they bought. This is regarding both the language and the country even if the language is the same as yours. For me: Country: Rush - 2112 (Canada) (also the first prog album I ever bought as well!) Language: Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun (Icelandic) Keen to see what everyone's are!