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lazland 
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 Posted: December 19 2010 at 10:52 |
When I was a kid in Essex, my cool next door neighbours used to babysit for me, take off my sister's Osmonds singles, and put on Black Sabbath & Deep Purple  That would have been around 1973. As for myself, my cousin introduced me to Yes GFTO in 1976. I bought it, and a lifelong love affair with prog started. I was just 11 years old.
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Vompatti
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 10:54 |
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The Wall. The first one I liked was probably Fragile.
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chrijom
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Joined: October 23 2010
Location: UK
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 10:56 |
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Genesis - Selling England by the Pound, sometime in the early '80s.
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italian fan
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Joined: July 10 2010
Location: italy
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 11:01 |
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my first prog album I bought was "Live in USA" by Premiata Forneria Marconi and this happened in 1975;it's still one of my favourite between more one thousand I heard and 35 years I listened.....
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Stooge
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Joined: April 09 2009
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 11:03 |
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Without diving into prog-related or proto-prog, my first prog album may have been The Wall. I probably got this when I was around 18 or so, so I was pretty late in getting into prog music. I think I also got my first fusion album, Weather Report's "Heavy Weather" around the same time.
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Formentera Lady
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Joined: August 20 2010
Location: Germany
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 11:05 |
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Genesis - Three Sides Live, about 1981.
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J-Man
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Joined: August 07 2008
Location: Philadelphia,PA
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 11:12 |
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Genesis - And then There Were Three followed by Genesis - Selling England by the Pound. I was probably in the 8-9 year old range.
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Epignosis
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Joined: December 30 2007
Location: Raeford, NC
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 11:16 |
As I recall, this: (1984 version)
Then this:
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TheGazzardian
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Joined: August 11 2009
Location: Canada
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 11:38 |
First I bought was Echoes - Pink Floyd. Although I never really thought of Pink Floyd as prog or that much different than other Classic Rock artists back then; first I bought where I knew something was different about the music upon listening was Relayer by Yes, so I think that counts more.
Although it was Fragile that got me really into the stuff.
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CPicard
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Joined: October 03 2008
Location: Là, sui monti.
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 13:31 |
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Frankly, I couldn't say: my father always listened to Pink Floyd (and also Jean-Luc Ponty and Pat Metheny), while my mother enjoyed Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin (plus a ton of funk/soul like James Brown or Aretha Franklin).
So, I guess I've been exposed to Progressive music at a very young age.
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Theriver
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Joined: March 13 2010
Location: Lisbon Portugal
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 13:37 |
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Moogtron III
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Joined: April 26 2005
Location: Belgium
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 13:41 |
First album I ever bought was a prog album: "Merlin" by Kayak in 1981. I was 16 years old.
But, I grew up as a kid between three teenage prog loving brothers, being immersed in music of Genesis, Yes, ELP, Procol Harum, Focus, Jethro Tull etc. when I was about 6 years old, really liking it too, hearing quite some prog music in my early youth.
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The Block
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Joined: September 01 2009
Location: St. Alfonzo's
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 13:46 |
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Selling England by The Pound....I was 10.
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 Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp!
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Mastosis
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Joined: November 24 2010
Location: Siberian Divide
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 14:43 |
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It was probably Dark Side of the Moon when was 15 or 16. I listened to it in one sitting and was blown away.
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richardh
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Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: December 19 2010 at 15:16 |
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I bought ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition when I was about 14. Absolutely hated it but not long after they released Fanfare For The Common Man with that great video filmed in the Montreal Olympic Stadium and that persuaded me to give some of their other stuff a try. Tarkus got me hooked and it went on from there.
Edited by richardh - December 19 2010 at 15:17
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kjprogger
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Joined: October 29 2008
Location: San Diego
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Posted: December 20 2010 at 16:32 |
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A Trick of the Tail at age 17. And I haven't looked back since.
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The Wrinkler
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Joined: December 03 2009
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Posted: December 20 2010 at 16:42 |
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First Prog album I owned: Fragile
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kplloyd
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Joined: November 10 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: December 20 2010 at 16:51 |
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Yes' Fragile, shortly after it came out ...
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BarryGlibb
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Joined: August 28 2010
Location: Melbourne, Oz
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Posted: December 20 2010 at 17:03 |
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Thick As A Brick, 1972, age 13.
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The Wrinkler
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Posted: December 20 2010 at 17:03 |
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^ What a year!
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