First Love - Big 6 and beyond

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Strange as it may seem, I didn't own any albums by the so-called Big Six back in the seventies.

My first purchases were (between maybe '83, as the earliest, and '91):

Pink Floyd - Relics (vinyl)
The Who - It's Hard (cassette tape)
Yes - Fragile (cassette tape)
Pink Floyd - Animals (cassette tape)
Rush - Hemispheres (cassette tape)
Kitaro - Oasis (cassette tape)
Laurie Anderson - Big Science (cassette tape)
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (CD)
Kate Bush - Lionheart (CD)
A few Clannad albums (CDs)
Supertramp - Crime of the Century (CD)

If going outside what is in PA, then I would include Bauhaus, various Enya albums, and some other things in that period. Most of the music I listened to were from my older brothers' extensive collections, and my friends and their older brothers collections when I was a youth in the 80s. And I had many albums that had been given to me (various Led Zep's, Gary Numan's, Alan Parsons Projects, The Cure's....)

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Ten most memorable early album purchases back in the mid-1970's:- Blue Oyster Cult - On Your Feet or On Your Knees Camel - Moonmadness Justin Hayward & John Lodge - Blue Jays The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning Demis Roussos - Forever and Ever Queen - Sheer Heart Attack Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth Your tastes haven't changed much have they?

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 15 2023 at 10:25

I lived a sheltered life apparently. Didn't know about Prog really until I was in my 40's so the purchases that stand out for me in the mid seventies which were close to being first buys for me were Rush's A Farewell To Kings and Led Zeppelin IV which I bought during a high school field trip to Toronto where we had a couple of hours to shop or do whatever. Me and a buddy went into Sam The Record Man and I picked those two up. I always remember the teacher asking me what I bought as we were getting back on the bus and showing him he almost smiled but the girl behind me had a Mike Oldfield record she bought called Tubular Bells or something like that and he made a big deal about it.

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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Big 6 <div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">ELP - BSS <div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Genesis - Trespass<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">King Crimson - ITCOTCK<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Yes - CTTE<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> <div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">The only ones of those that were in my first round of purchases were Genesis & Yes.<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> <div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Other first purchases<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> <div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Rainbow - Rising<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Supertramp - Crime Of The Century<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Black Sabbath - Paranoid<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">AC/DC - Highway To Hell<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">

Fabulous list