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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

A big attraction for me with YES albums was the colourful fantasy artwork of Roger Dean, although bizarrely, the first YES album I ever bought was 90125 in 1983 with its boring grey cover. I didn't buy any more YES albums until around 30 years later, so you could say I was an owner of a lonely YES album for a long timeSmile

Yes, I certainly can say that, but then I can tell you that Yes wasn't my cup of tea in the seventies, either, and I first began really to listen to them in the 90's. And for quite a lot of years, I only was fond of The Yes Album (1971), and actually it was first beginning some rather few years ago that I really began to appreciate CTTE. 

About Roger Dean, I've been very fond of his artwork since 1975, when I bought my first record with Osibisa, and his works for that band are actually some of those I like very most. Tongue


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Paul, I'm curious about if you've ever met some rudeness due to the many threads, you've started?






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^no, we simply ignore them ... Wink




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Originally posted by Rivertree Rivertree wrote:

^no, we simply ignore them ... Wink

thanks Smile





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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:


Paul, I'm curious about if you've ever met some rudeness due to the many threads, you've started?




No, I haven't, but even if I had, it's better than being ignored. Tongue
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

No, I haven't, but even if I had, it's better than being ignored. Tongue

That's an interesting and constructive point of view, Paul, thanks. Smile

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Prog Britannia Eight: A-Z Album Links

4 stars 1975: Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEY9dAF3QEK_gHGPvxSb2LPD
4 stars 1980: Rainbow - Monsters of Rock: Live at Donington - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYlta9aOvFiEecQ6JcAC2Tm
4 stars 1982: Rainbow - Live Between the Eyes: San Antonio - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEapRTI2upHTk5RTW5hLtfNz
5 stars 1995: Rainbow - Black Masquerade: Live at Rockpalast - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEY7qp8ecl9yhDSq5HMcCTV_

 


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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I like this cover of Roger Dean, as well.

And thank you very much for your help with the rude one. Smile 


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Prog Britannia (Uriah Heep - Demons & Wizards) 
         

I like this cover of Roger Dean, as well.

And thank you very much for your help with the rude one. Smile 
My pleasure. I bought Demons & Wizards just on the strength of the Roger Dean album cover, and luckily for me, it also turned out to be Uriah Heep's best album. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

My pleasure. I bought Demons & Wizards just on the strength of the Roger Dean album cover, and luckily for me, it also turned out to be Uriah Heep's best album. Thumbs Up

That is how lucky one can be, or it might be a matter of some other things which I've written with I Prophesy Disaster about. 

By the way, I prefer Look at Yourself (1971), but Demons & Wizards (1972) might be my #2, even I'm rather fond of Live (1973), as well. Big smile 
But I'll give Demons & Wizards (1972) a new listen. Smile


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

My pleasure. I bought Demons & Wizards just on the strength of the Roger Dean album cover, and luckily for me, it also turned out to be Uriah Heep's best album. Thumbs Up

That is how lucky one can be, or it might be a matter of some other things which I've written with I Prophesy Disaster about. 

By the way, I prefer Look at Yourself (1971), but Demons & Wizards (1972) might be my #2, even I'm rather fond of Live (1973), as well. Big smile 
But I'll give Demons & Wizards (1972) a new listen. Smile
I remember Look at Yourself had a mirror on the album sleeve, so I could quite literally look at myself. Smile

I may have a Top 7 Uriah Heep albums list lurking somewhere in the poll vaults. Wink
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I remember Look at Yourself had a mirror on the album sleeve, so I could quite literally look at myself. Smile

Record companies back in the day designed album covers so that you could do some sort of task in different parts of the record store to keep you in the store longer. So, often you would see people combing their hair in the U section. In the M section, people would be making ham sandwiches. In the S section, people were solving partial differential equations. In the B section, people were doing geology. In the D section, people were building irrigation canals. In the Y section, people were wearing 20 pairs of pants at the same time, which makes it difficult getting off the ground if your laying down looking at records. And so on and so forth.

It's not that different than fast food restaurants making their food so salty that you feel obliged to purchase several liters of soda (or pop depending on where you're from), which in turn makes you want to buy more fries, and then even more soda. Otherwise if you're not far from a lake, you could drink that and maybe eat a fish or a boat.
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I remember Look at Yourself had a mirror on the album sleeve, so I could quite literally look at myself. Smile

Record companies back in the day designed album covers so that you could do some sort of task in different parts of the record store to keep you in the store longer. So, often you would see people combing their hair in the U section. In the M section, people would be making ham sandwiches. In the S section, people were solving partial differential equations. In the B section, people were doing geology. In the D section, people were building irrigation canals. In the Y section, people were wearing 20 pairs of pants at the same time, which makes it difficult getting off the ground if your laying down looking at records. And so on and so forth.

It's not that different than fast food restaurants making their food so salty that you feel obliged to purchase several liters of soda (or pop depending on where you're from), which in turn makes you want to buy more fries, and then even more soda. Otherwise if you're not far from a lake, you could drink that and maybe eat a fish or a boat.
My time must have been wasted in record stores then, as all I did was browse through records and listen to music, although I did take something with me to eat and drink if I was planning on being there a long time. Tongue
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Record companies back in the day designed album covers so that you could do some sort of task in different parts of the record store to keep you in the store longer. So, often you would see people combing their hair in the U section. In the M section, people would be making ham sandwiches. In the S section, people were solving partial differential equations. In the B section, people were doing geology. In the D section, people were building irrigation canals. In the Y section, people were wearing 20 pairs of pants at the same time, which makes it difficult getting off the ground if your laying down looking at records. And so on and so forth.

LOL   certainly nothing wrong with your fantasy, progaardvark 


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Progaardvark, I must say that I've been curious about what you've been thinking about "my" 
Prog as a part of a certain culture thread.






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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Record companies back in the day designed album covers so that you could do some sort of task in different parts of the record store to keep you in the store longer. 

It could be with Alice Cooper's School's Out (1972) or Rick Wakeman's No Earthly Connection (1976).
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Prog Britannia Eight: A-Z Album Links
 
5 stars 2013: Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYKcvPukRuPQtqW0w2hBgTY
4 stars 2018: Steven Wilson - Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEa53rnCL6ViDlVyd9K3FmiZ
 
 
Steven Wilson is Permanating  Disco music! Tongue
 
 


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Steven Wilson is Permanating  Disco music! Tongue

Don't ask me what I think about it, and for the historic record, do you know when this video was done?

- And this time, you were surely not kidding! Smile 
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Steven Wilson is Permanating  Disco music! Tongue

Don't ask me what I think about it, and for the historic record, do you know when this video was done?

- And this time, you were surely not kidding! Smile 
Yes, it's Permanating  from SW's Home Invasion concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 2018, and no, I wasn't kidding about it being Disco. Big smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Yes, it's Permanating  from SW's Home Invasion concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 2018, and no, I wasn't kidding about it being Disco. Big smile

While the "20 of your great UK Prog classics?" thread has got pretty humorous. LOL
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