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The Mystical 
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 Topic: Your Prog Bargains
Posted: February 18 2013 at 13:50 |
What bargains have you gotten for prog?
My greatest are:
Pink Floyd - Animals for 50c on vinyl!! (secondhand, near mint)
Yes - Drama $6 AUD on CD (brand new)
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick $5 AUD on vinyl (secondhand)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung - $1 on vinyl (secondhand)
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans for $5 AUD on vinyl (without a cover, secondhand)
Yes and Jethro Tull - 5 CD "Classic Album set" $20 AUD
Iron Butterfly - Evolution $5 AUD on vinyl (secondhand)
Shadowfax - Esperanto $2 on CD (brand new)
And countless others...
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I am currently digging:
Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz!
Please drop me a message with album suggestions.
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lazland
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 14:06 |
Nice topic 
Off the top of my head, the answer I will give is a very vague, but true, one. That is that this site has opened me up to a world of prog which I would otherwise not have accessed, and that is a wonderful bargain.
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Roland113
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 14:13 |
I love me a good bargain!
Off the top of my head:
Francis Dunnery - Let's Do What Happens Gazpacho - Tick Tock
Both CD's were found in the dollar section at my local used CD shop. The Francis Dunnery was my first by him and really introduced me to a lot of great songs. Tick Tock was a great find because it was so totally unexpected.
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Progosopher
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 14:22 |
Recent and memorable CDs:
Crossing the Styles by Gryphon for $7.00.
Hummingbird by Wakeman & Cousins, and Big Science by Laurie Anderson for $1.00 each.
Spiritchaser by Dead Can Dance for $4.00
Too many others over too many years to recall.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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zeqexes
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 14:27 |
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Off the top of my head I can remember that I bought Drama by Yes for 7 dollars (brand new).
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octopus-4
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 14:38 |
Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall on vynil. the equivalent of 2€ in 1981 Waters - Geesin - Music From the Body Original edition - The equivalent of 15€ in 1985 (compared to today's proces it should be about 60€ Bo Hansson - Lord of The Rings - English edition - I don't remember but I have payed it peanuts.
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I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution
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*frinspar*
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 14:52 |
I bought a milk crate full of vinyl at a flea market for $10 from a woman whose son was at one point stationed in South Korea, and a great deal of the albums were bootlegs with flimsy one-color covers. Most sounded pretty bad, but I still have a good deal of them and they consist mostly of 60s and early 70s rock and pop. A few solid names in there. However, among all that I found legitimate releases of YES "Fragile" and CTTE, and Jethro Tull "Benefit" and "Minstrel in the Gallery." There were roughly 30 albums in there, so I got them for around 33 cents each. 
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moshkito
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 15:11 |
Hi, Bargains on ANY account ... not just progressive! Many, many and so many over 40 years that I am not sure I can remember them all ... but I can tell you that having found things like Focus, Hawkwind, Caravan, Quatermass, Roy Harper, Kevin Ayers, Capability Brown ... and so many other things, 40 years ago, still is, to me, a precious thing! And I have NEVER, found so much music in so little a time since then ... even with today's YouTube, and ProgArchives and what not ... and sometimes I wonder if the main reason why, is that there are too many opinions that throw you off the scent of the great music! The reality is ... I can't afford to buy it all brand new! That desire to find something new, and finding a surprise along the way ... can never replace most gifts that you can possibly get in your life. I also raked the used bins in many places, and miss Rasputins (Berkeley), and Django's (Portland) something fierce ... you could find things there. Everyday Music (Portland) is ok, but their organization is very messy and difficult to travel through and after a while you want to get out, just on account of the absolutely horrible choices of music ... some of their folks play.
Edited by moshkito - February 18 2013 at 15:12
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Neu!mann
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 15:50 |
...for sale in a Buffalo, NY public library a few years ago: a copy of Anekdoten's 1995 Nucleus album...for one dollar!
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"we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini
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HemispheresOfXanadu
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 16:14 |
Pretty well right after we moved I bought a couple CDs from a second hand store online. My favourite for a while was a 1 disk sample of the 20 Years of Jethro Tull compilation. Something like $7 for that. (TAAB, A Faewell to Kings, A Change of Seasons were about the same each)
I've also bought some music from iTunes, though $10 an album isn't too amazing.
Probably the best deal ever, though, is being able to raid your parent's CD collection for free. 
Edited by HemispheresOfXanadu - February 18 2013 at 16:24
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 16:17 |
I have the entire Genesis discography all for under $100 
Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - February 18 2013 at 23:33
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Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
"Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart
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Floyd Steely
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 21:14 |
 Neu!mann wrote:
...for sale in a Buffalo, NY public library a few years ago: a copy of Anekdoten's 1995 Nucleus album...for one dollar! |
You win!
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Floyd Steely
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 21:17 |
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Last year at a Chicago store, I picked up two used CDs: "Tarkus" for $2.99 and Yes's "Magnification" for $1.99. As a bonus, I ended up liking both of them much more than I'd expected to.
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Gallifrey
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 21:50 |
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I found a 1000 limited edition new vinyl of Cynic's "The Portal Tapes" for $10 (about 7USD or 5 pounds). Was pretty impressed with that, even thought it's not my favourite.
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http://thedarkthird.bandcamp.com/
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bobthenob
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 21:53 |
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Seeing Genesis for $3.50 a show for 2 shows a nite for 3 nites.....value
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mongofa
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 22:10 |
I Robot by Alan Parsons Project: 50 cents
Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield: 50 cents
Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield: $1.95
The entire discography of Can: Priceless
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cstack3
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 23:19 |
...my wife and I received free show tickets and after-show passes for Yes' 35th Anniversary show in Chicago from Hugh Manson, Steve Howe's luthier/guitar tech and friend of mine. Priceless!
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: February 18 2013 at 23:32 |
cstack3 wrote:
...my wife and I received free show tickets and after-show passes for Yes' 35th Anniversary show in Chicago from Hugh Manson, Steve Howe's luthier/guitar tech and friend of mine. Priceless!
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Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - February 18 2013 at 23:33
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“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
"Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart
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mongofa
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Posted: February 19 2013 at 00:05 |
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I bought Recuerdos De Mi Tierra by Mezquita for 20 dollars and only listened to it once.
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Barbu
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Posted: February 19 2013 at 00:17 |
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* An acces (first 1000 ticket holders to show up) to the Peter Gabriel rehearsal a couple of days before the UP tour started.
* Recently - 100 used cds (mostly prog, excellent condition) for 400$.
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