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    Posted: March 30 2006 at 15:23
WHO INVENTED THE TERM PROGRESSIVE ROCK AND WHEN?
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i don't know who first called it progressive rock but i first heard the term in 1969. before that most people talked about "underground" bands such as hawkwind.
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When Robert Fripp was asked to describe King Crimson's music, he described it as "progressive"
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Progessive music was a term used as early as 1967 in the British rock press. I moonlite in a record shop as a student  then and was allowed to label up a new section Progressive Music around 1967 or more likley 68 - as I keep saying on PA progressive rock is more likely to be a commonplace term in the early 70's - Canned Heat and John Mayall then the Moodiy Blues were consigned to that section first, as reminder of how important blues was to the genre. Wowie Zowie The World Of Progressive Music (see the first entry of the Various Section in PA) got into the section in 1969 along with the first albums by Krimson and Renaissance.
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Points: 657 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2006 at 16:41

Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Progessive music was a term used as early as 1967 in the British rock press. I moonlite in a record shop as a student  then and was allowed to label up a new section Progressive Music around 1967 or more likley 68 - as I keep saying on PA progressive rock is more likely to be a commonplace term in the early 70's - Canned Heat and John Mayall then the Moodiy Blues were consigned to that section first, as reminder of how important blues was to the genre. Wowie Zowie The World Of Progressive Music (see the first entry of the Various Section in PA) got into the section in 1969 along with the first albums by Krimson and Renaissance.

Great tidbit from the biography of Dick Heath! When I was a teenager (70's) guys like you were my idols - I loved browsing the record bins. Knowledgable staff helped mold my love and enjoyment of Progressive Rock music.

My favourite record bin label was for Yes, it read 'Yes, and nothing but the BEST!', it became my label for a series of Yes various cassettes I recorded in the 80's (when I was single and had time to really play with my collection).
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Dick Heath did, in 1947.

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Points: 28427 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2006 at 21:33
Jesus Christ first popularized this term!
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