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Josef_K 
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 Posted: December 07 2012 at 17:50 |
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I heard of Dark Side of the Moon from my mother when I was maybe 12-13 years old, so six-seven years from now. Wasn't much my thing back then though. However, back when I started buying vinyl maybe three years ago I was really into Black Sabbath and Deep Purple but for some reason the very first LP I bought was Genesis masterpiece "Trespass". I loved the album for over a year without knowing that there was something called "progressive rock". I never explored anything beyond that album until not more than six months ago or something. I still remember listening to songs like "White Mountain" and "Stagnation" and really believing I had found another world...
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Leave the past to burn,
At least that's been his own
- Peter Hammill
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Canterzeuhl
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Posted: December 07 2012 at 13:38 |
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Frank Zappa's 'A Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch'.
Bad place to start.
Edited by Canterzeuhl - December 07 2012 at 13:39
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raul_siberian
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Posted: December 07 2012 at 11:04 |
Supertramp `s "Crime of the Century" A very respected album 
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Eria Tarka
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Posted: December 04 2012 at 00:31 |
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^ Yeah, it's hard to say what my very first prog album I ever heard was. It was probably "Hemispheres', maybe even Opeth's "Watershed".
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smartpatrol
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Posted: December 04 2012 at 00:27 |
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That was one of my first, too. I didn't buy it myself, tho.
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Eria Tarka
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Posted: December 04 2012 at 00:14 |
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The very first prog album I bought all by myself would have been Rush's "Exit... Stage Left".
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smartpatrol
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Posted: December 04 2012 at 00:11 |
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It would've been a Rush album, maybe Yes. I don't remember spesificly, it was when I was a baby.
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tszirmay
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Posted: December 03 2012 at 23:21 |
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John Barleycorn Must Die- Traffic and the Santana debut
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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kglenz
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Posted: December 03 2012 at 22:49 |
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Kansas - Vinyl Confessions
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Earthmover
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Posted: December 03 2012 at 17:12 |
 King Manuel wrote:
hobocamp wrote:
Fear of a Blank Planet |
... and that did not make you turn your back on prog forever?  |
Fear of a Blank Planet is one of the best albums of modern prog era.
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progbethyname
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Posted: December 03 2012 at 12:22 |
I was 17. I bought MASTER OF PUPPETS by METALLICA on cassette tape. From then on it spiraled out of control. I am 32 now, so I have been listening to prog for half of my life span. Hard to believe when I say it like that  After my first dose of prog metal by Metallica it was not 1 week later that I got into RUSH. It was love at first listen. I bought GRACE UNDER PRESSURE, SIGNALS and PRESTO all at once and that was a big moment for me because it was Rush that was the major gateway player that led me to so much. I can also thank my brother because he had some Joe Satriani tapes and I picked up his SURFING WITH THE ALIEN and really enjoyed that, which led me to explore more instrumental based music. Anyway. That is my story. 
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Polymorphia
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Posted: December 03 2012 at 11:25 |
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I've listened to Led Zeppelin and Queen since I was 10. I heard some Yes stuff when I was 11, but it was a year before I bought and listened to my first album by them. I also heard Kansas later that year. I think my first full listen-through of a progressive rock album was De-loused in the Comatorium (TMV) when I was 12. I eventually bought Fragile and listened to that quite a bit.
If this counts, I was, according to my parents, a huge 80s Genesis fan when I was 3-4. My dad recorded and toured with Phil Collins Big Band and my parents would point out anything Phil Collins on the radio, in movies, etc.
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PlaceboFish
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Posted: December 03 2012 at 04:02 |
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The Wall happens to be where it all started for me.
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Rasvamakkara
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Posted: January 31 2011 at 06:41 |
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My first prog album was Probably Ayreon's The Human Equation or some other progressive metal album, but at the time I thought of them just as metal albums. The first prog album I bought aware that I was buying prog was Spock's Beard's Snow. Best impulse purchase ever, since it lured me into the world of prog.
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Progmind
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Posted: January 30 2011 at 20:44 |
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Magical Mistery Tour For me, at the age of 10
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Luna
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Posted: January 30 2011 at 20:43 |
You guys are gonna hate me if I say my first prog album, so I'll keep it a secret 
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kglenz
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Posted: January 30 2011 at 20:03 |
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Kansas, Vinyl Confessions (a few traces of prog) I quickly moved up to Leftoverture.
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silcir
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Posted: January 29 2011 at 03:37 |
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I saw Jethro Tull when i was 12. I only knew Bursting Out though.
The first prog album i listened to was Gentle Giant's octopus and VDDG's GODBLUFF ( i heard both around the same time)
I already listened to peter gabriel's solo music since kid, to be more specific since Secret World Video came out (1994 or 1995) i think.
Needless to say that for someone to like GG or VDDG at age 12, which for most aren't really the easiest to digest, i know have listened to probably any subgenre this site has. Rock Progressivo Italiano being probably my biggest discovery through this site.
Edited by silcir - January 29 2011 at 03:47
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King Manuel
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Posted: January 29 2011 at 01:22 |
hobocamp wrote:
Fear of a Blank Planet |
... and that did not make you turn your back on prog forever?
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Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus
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VanVanVan
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Posted: January 28 2011 at 16:47 |
First one I ever listened to was Best of Kansas, first one I ever bought was Leftoverture; it all spiraled out of control from there.
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