Our first fifteen favorite Prog Archives-albums

^Well it says first fifteen favorite so that's what I'm most curious about. As in the ones that really stuck with you at an early stage, or "formative prog years". But there's nothing wrong with your approach. I just think it's been done many times before.

mellotronwave wrote: One point for The slider :-)

Saperlipopette! wrote: Sean Trane wrote: Yessss, my dad was a jazz fan (mostly swing) and a classical fan (lots of records at home), and my mom was more into music hall type of stuff (Piaf, Montand, Dietrich, Brel, etc...), so yeah, there was a lot of music home, including jazz greats spending the night at home Your parents sounds/sounded awesome. Actually there's nothing they were into that I couldn't enjoy myself.  -I don't mean to complain. My parents had decent to normal tastes. The best of what they got according to me was: The Kinks, Beatles, The Troggs(!), a beautiful Bacharach/David-collection, Jimi Hendrix Smash Hits, Golden Hour of Donovan, ELO - Time, loads of ABBA, two Pink Floyd-albums, a bit of Queen, 1980's U2, 1970's Chris DeBurgh, a couple of Bruce Springsteen's (not a fan, but he's got some gems), Tom Waits, Nazareth... and about a dozen "basic" classical records (but very important to me)... could be much worse.

Sean Trane wrote: I didn't have an older brother/cousin to guide me either, but there was the perfect record shop next to my school with the most excellent owner, always listening to my returns on what I bought before and guided me to other albums and always hit the spot (very few misses).

I neither had any older siblings or cousins for guidance, plus my parents had no interest in music whatsoever. Their whole lives they never owned any equipment capable of playing music other than a radio, and then they mostly listened to spoken word broadcasts.

For me the big discovery started at Xmas 1970 when I received my own radio as a gift, and could finally listen to what I wanted in my own room... tho then we were in the pre-local stations era so music was pretty much limited to BBC Radio One, Radio Luxembourg, and the odd pirate station (when you could pick them up) such as RNI (Radio Nordsee international), Radio Caroline, or Radio Seagull. It was at my school mates' places that I first listened to albums by the likes Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, ELP, or Santana.

Edited by Floydoid - September 08 2024 at 12:35

mellotronwave wrote: One point for The slider :-)

Saperlipopette! wrote: Spanning from early childhood to late teens (in chronological order)

Btw: during the years I obsessed with Genesis, King Crimson and Jethro Tull - I also tried an album each by Gentle Giant, Van Der Graaf Generator, Yes and a few more that I located in the Prog-section. But nothing had the same appeal to me. Only when I got back to them years later, it clicked (with Yes it has never truly clicked though). So while The Residents was instant love, most of the regular Prog took some getting used to. It's quite common for me. Loved Univers Zero and Art Zoyd the first time I heard them, while Camel and Renaissance did nothing for me (now I love all four).

One point for The slider :-)

Jared wrote: verslibre wrote: Tangerine Dream – Exit (I went through the entire bin and this LP stood out) Wasn't that just a great experience as a teen? When money was (always) tight, you scrabbled thru the bargain bin in the corner clutching at straws for inspiration, taking a punt and finding a real gem like that for 3 or 4 £? Those were the days, my friend...

It spake to me.

I don't recall what I paid, but it was still a "full-price" record at the time. having only been out a few years. Maybe it was a tenner.

Edited by David_D - September 06 2024 at 12:01