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Topic: A Newbie's Prog Rock Journey

Posted By: lastdodobird
Subject: A Newbie's Prog Rock Journey
Date Posted: May 14 2006 at 21:51

Spinning off from forum_posts.asp?TID=23260 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23260 and the suggestion by Cheesecakemouse for me to just dive in and delve into the crazy world of prog, I got my hands on a bunch of records on my list. Luckily, I know someone who's a fan as much as most of you guys are, and although his collection is far from complete, I bet he's go most of the essentials.

I just wanted an outlet where I could track/document/write down my thoughts regarding these albums and see what you guys think about it in the process.

I started out with these three albums:

King Crimson's "In The Court Of The Crimson King" (1969)
VdGG's "H To He Who Am The Only One" (1970)
Caravan's "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" (1971)

All of them sound promising, but the most obviously accessible of the three is Caravan's "In The Land Of Grey And Pink". It's absolutely beautiful! Loving this album no doubt, and I'll surely try out their entire discography!

After I've decently digested these albums, I'll try to post a concise impression of them, as well as the next albums I'm gonna try out.

Peace!

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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: May 14 2006 at 22:23

You made excellent choices, that's for sure!

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"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."

-Merleau-Ponty

Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: May 14 2006 at 22:38

lastdodobird wrote:

Spinning off from forum_posts.asp?TID=23260 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23260 and the suggestion by Cheesecakemouse for me to just dive in and delve into the crazy world of prog, I got my hands on a bunch of records on my list. Luckily, I know someone who's a fan as much as most of you guys are, and although his collection is far from complete, I bet he's go most of the essentials.

I just wanted an outlet where I could track/document/write down my thoughts regarding these albums and see what you guys think about it in the process.

I started out with these three albums:

King Crimson's "In The Court Of The Crimson King" (1969)
VdGG's "H To He Who Am The Only One" (1970)
Caravan's "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" (1971)

All of them sound promising, but the most obviously accessible of the three is Caravan's "In The Land Of Grey And Pink". It's absolutely beautiful! Loving this album no doubt, and I'll surely try out their entire discography!

After I've decently digested these albums, I'll try to post a concise impression of them, as well as the next albums I'm gonna try out.

Peace!

Hi, lastdodobird,

I suggest that after digesting these albums (and others) you submit your own reviews to be stamped in PA homepage and also to be part of your personnal page.

Check first the Reviews Guidelines and also use the same e-mail adress you registered in the forum.

Meanwhile, you can always exchange ideas and information here in the forum, including excerpts from your reviews and other related issues.

Cheers!

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Guigo

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Posted By: lastdodobird
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 04:47

Zac M wrote:

You made excellent choices, that's for sure!

Thanks. I've also started listening to Jethro Tull's Thick As A Brick, and it also hasn't let me down! So far, prog rock has scored 4 out of 4 on me! Tongue

King Crimson's "In The Court Of The Crimson King" (1969)
VdGG's "H To He Who Am The Only One" (1970)
Caravan's "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" (1971)
Jethro Tull "Thick As A Brick" (1972)

I think I'll listen to only these for the next several days Big smile Although it's really tempting to move on to the other prog records seeing as how these four turned out!

Atkingani wrote:

Hi, lastdodobird,

I suggest that after digesting these albums (and others) you submit your own reviews to be stamped in PA homepage and also to be part of your personnal page. Smile

Check first the Reviews Guidelines and also use the same e-mail adress you registered in the forum. Wink

Meanwhile, you can always exchange ideas and information here in the forum, including excerpts from your reviews and other related issues.

Cheers!

Yeah, I sure will submit reviews! I just hope my writing will do these records justice.

Actually, I was thinking of posting this thread on the main prog section, mainly because of the amount of posts that board gets, but being a newbie thread and all, it may have been better to post it here. Hopefully, this section gets a fair amount of traffic for others to exchange a lot of ideas and information. Thanks!

Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 08:22

Welcome!!! and enjoy!!!

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Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: May 15 2006 at 15:43

Welcome & Enjoy!

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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole

Posted By: lastdodobird
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 23:17

oh wow! Harmonium's "Si On Avait Besoin D'une 5ième Saison" is amazing!

Posted By: Nakatira
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 11:37

All great albums.

I started of with

King crimson; in the court

Jethro Tull; thuick as a brick

Gentle Giant; giant.

all great.

Good luck on your journey

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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 19 2006 at 11:52

Welcome, newfound proghead!

Posted By: amprog91
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 16:46

buy close to the edge and foxtrot.