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Vibrationbaby 
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 Posted: August 31 2006 at 14:44 |
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My first was Moving Waves by Focus. Hocus Pocus was a hit single on AM radio here in M ontreal in 1972 and that is what got me into this prog rock trip.
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progadicto
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Location: Chile
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 14:49 |
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YES - CLOSE TO THE EDGE
and I love it immediatly... I was 13 y/o and it was such an experience... and I have to thank my friends Joso and Mauro for giving me that amazing gift...
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... E N E L B U N K E R...
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Melomaniac
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Joined: May 07 2006
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 14:55 |
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My parents were a lot into Pink Floyd, and at age five (in 1979) I remember listening repeatedly to Wish You Were Here and Animals.
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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Abstrakt
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 14:57 |
My First prog album was "Made In Japan" by Deep Purple when i was 11 years old. My Very first album was "Hybrid Theory" by Linkin Park  i guess i was about 9-10 years old
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Dee Dee Ramone
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 15:39 |
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Mine was "Tarkus" in 1972, quickly folllowed by "Pictures at An Exhibition", "Emerson, Lake & Palmer" and "Trilogy". I guess the Pink Fairies "What A Bunch Of Sweeties", purchased at the same time, doesn't count as prog, does it?
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Forgotten Son
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 15:44 |
 unforgivable74 wrote:
'Marillion - Misplaced Childhood' was my first taste of prog. I was about 12. I became a Pink Floyd / Genesis fanatic for the following 11 years until I rediscovered Marillion at the time of 'This Strange Engine' 1997ish. From that point to present day, Marillion are my number one although I now rate 'Clutching' above 'Misplaced' from the Fish era.
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Exactly the same for me, though I had previousy heard many Prog albums that at the time I didn't realise were Prog such as Tubular Bells II, Images and Words and The Wall.
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Minimalist777
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 16:08 |
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Heh, One day at band practice (we were a bunch of kids who thought we were metal because we listened to Korn, Slipknot and newer Metallica, haha) the drummer wanted to show us a cd called Images and Words from a "new" band his teacher told him about called Dream Theater, that was the start of it all....
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WWOSD?
What Would OliverStoned Do?
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ldlanberg
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Joined: May 18 2005
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Posted: September 03 2006 at 01:30 |
Deep Purple The Book of Taliesyn. (Yes, it was this gem that led me into Yes, Genesis and then King Crimson).
- A friend of my older brother left this original Tetragrammaton album our home.
- One day I put it on the turntable.
- Those were the most adventurous sounds I had heard.
- After playing it a bit too much, I finally went exploring for other bands with
similarly expansive music.
- Some time later, I wind up posting stuff on Prog Archives.
Edited by ldlanberg - September 03 2006 at 01:31
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Philéas
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Posted: September 03 2006 at 04:33 |
The first Prog album I heard was Caress of Steel by Rush. I was blown away by The Fountain of Lamneth. I noticed its lenght, and was like "Omg. The song is 19 f***ing minutes long." Then I heard it, and I new that I wanted more of it fast! So I got 2112, A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres (and eventually every other Rush album) and absolutetly loved them. Then I checked out Genesis, and I was stuck for good. 
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Kithulhu
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Posted: September 03 2006 at 18:50 |
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Rush - 2112. I fell in love with it the first time I heard it.
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Moekk
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Posted: September 03 2006 at 19:36 |
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first 70s psychadelic rock record- Dark Side of the moon, then DT etc...
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Junges
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Posted: September 03 2006 at 19:43 |
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Hmmm.. I don't remember exactly which album was the first that I listenned, but I can say that Dream Theater was my first introduction to prog. By them, I got into Yes, King Crimson, Rush, Pink Floyd, and all the world of prog. :)
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Logan
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Posted: September 03 2006 at 20:23 |
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No idea, but my first prog purchases (when I was about ten) were Yes' Fragile and Rush's Hemispheres. Both albums blew me away on first listen.
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MadcapLaughs84
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 02:03 |
It was Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, I was sitting with my uncle and listen to it. Love at first listen, definitely love it.
If you don't consider that album prog, the second was DSOTM, and it was a little harder to listen than the SPLHCB.
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zbida
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Joined: January 16 2006
Location: Poland
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 02:49 |
MARILLION - FUGAZI (the whole)
GENESIS - THREE SIDES LIVE (excerpts)
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gong
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Location: Neutral Zone
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 06:04 |
Genesis "Trespass", i'v been 13. long time ago. 
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philippe
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 08:11 |
the first albums I've heard come from my father's vinyls collection (when I was less than 10): Alan Parson's "tales of mistery and imagination" (side B with the orchestral part and the floating melancholic guitar / synth duet during "the fall of the house of Usher" remain one of my best musical listenings) / Yes "Relayer" / Kansas "Point of know return" / Pink Floyd "Dark side of the moon".
The first albums purchased:
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Kraftwerk - Transe Europe Express
Mike Odfield - Tubular Bells
Hawkwind - Spirit of the age
Popol Vuh - Aguirre
Van Der Graff Generator - An introduction
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