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philippe 
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 Posted: April 06 2004 at 03:03 |
from memory, I think that it was Hawkwind 'spirit of the age'
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diddy
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Posted: April 06 2004 at 08:42 |
Wish you were here by Pink Floyd...but that wasn't with the real thought of buying a prog album...
my first Prog album was Relayer and Octopus, ordered at the same time...
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear...
George Orwell
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Dan Bobrowski
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: April 06 2004 at 12:23 |
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I've mentioned it before on a previous thread, Focus - Dutch Masters and before that I had the single version of Hocus Pocus. I was enlightened and embarked on a magical journey of music as a result. And now, 2,500 albums later well, I think that speaks for itself!
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progchain
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Posted: April 06 2004 at 13:00 |
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I think Balletto di Bronzo "Sirio 2222" or Rovescio della Medaglia "Contaminazione"
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Scafell
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Posted: April 06 2004 at 17:10 |
Which came first ? - one of these...
Demons and Wizards (Uriah Heep)
Living In The Past (Jethro Tull)
Moving Waves (Focus)
Pilgramage (Wishbone Ash)
Fragile (Yes)
Have to say though, that all of these still qualify in my all time top 20 lists - and thats 3000 albums later!
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Jim Garten
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Posted: April 07 2004 at 04:17 |
 Scafell wrote:
Which came first ? - one of these...
Demons and Wizards (Uriah Heep)
Living In The Past (Jethro Tull)
Moving Waves (Focus)
Pilgramage (Wishbone Ash)
Fragile (Yes)
Have to say though, that all of these still qualify in my all time top 20 lists - and thats 3000 albums later!
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As a first 5 albums, or even a top 5 albums, that is an impressive list Scafell
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Scafell
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Posted: April 07 2004 at 06:54 |
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Yes Jim - I'm quite proud of my early choices - a good start in life - but it's all down to a Radio Luxemburg radio programme called "Jenson's Dimensions" - hosted by Kid Jenson. It was, as I remember it, a prog music show and introduced me to a new music which I would not have discovered by listening to the commercial radio available at the time. I can also thank him for playing "Fandangos In Space" by Carmen which, for me, is the GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME - bar none. I doubt if most people on here have heard of them but if possible they should try and track their 3 albums down - notwithstanding the fact that they are now deleted on CD.
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Gaston
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Posted: April 07 2004 at 07:50 |
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I think I bought Saucerful of Secrets first. Or was it Relics?
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It's the same guy. Great minds think alike.
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Peter
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Posted: April 07 2004 at 08:33 |
 Hey, Scafell, I'm a big (but not corpulent!) Wishbone Ash fan too!
I especially like ARGUS (classic), THERE'S THE RUB (rockin' & polished), and NEW ENGLAND. ("In All of My Dreams, You Rescue Me" is a beautiful song!)
Wishbone were great! Any other fans out there? Perhaps not really prog (no keyboards) but intelligent, with "progressive" elements. Love those dual lead guitars! Essential 70s music! 
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: April 07 2004 at 09:32 |
Peter Rideout wrote:
Hey, Scafell, I'm .....(... not corpulent) |
There's that word again, PR - still in denial, are we??
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Aztech
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Posted: April 07 2004 at 10:19 |
If I remember correctly My first prog albums were Genesis Live and Tarkus/ELP
I bought those albums without knowing much them many many moons ago and have never regret it !
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peringo2
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Posted: July 21 2004 at 07:40 |
Yes' "90125". And the first time I knew the meaning of "prog rock" (Yes' was only a recomendation), Marillion's "La Gazza Ladra" (or was it Kansas' "Song for America"?) "Aqualung" comes a close third.
My god, what a way to start...
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"Your sperm's in the gutter/ Your love's in the sink"
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oliverstoned
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Posted: July 21 2004 at 07:59 |
My very first were:
Mike olfield/crises
Pink floyd/the wall
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Certif1ed
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Posted: July 21 2004 at 08:08 |
Genesis "Live", followed shortly by Barclay James Harvest "Gone to Earth" (vinyl).
Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon", Genesis "Foxtrot" and Peter Gabriel "So" - as soon as CDs were commercially available!
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charliefreak
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Posted: July 21 2004 at 08:50 |
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Genesis - Seconds Out.
Followed by Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here; Rick Wakeman's
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth and Six Wives Of Henry
VIII
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: July 21 2004 at 09:08 |
SUPERTRAMP's Paris and PINK FLOYD's Dark Side of the Moon. Soon after, Wish You Were Here, OLDFIELD's Tubular Bells (very easy to find, Oldfield does very well in Spain), KING CRIMSON's In the Court of the Crimson King, and GENESIS's Trespass.
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artbass
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Posted: July 21 2004 at 09:43 |
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The first progalbum I got was Genesis' Foxtrot, but the first I bought was Yes' Relayer.
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she feels wind around her
she feels a warming sun
she feels some raindrops wet her leaves
since that time she lost her griefs
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James Lee
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Posted: July 21 2004 at 11:01 |
Hmm- between siblings' records and borrowing/ taping from people, I acquired a lot of albums without actually buying them (that never happens anymore, of course  ). I think the first one I distinctly remember purchasing was "Starless and Bible Black".
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Blacksword
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Posted: July 21 2004 at 11:26 |
Pink floyd - The Wall
Think I was about 12.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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