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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 28 2010 at 18:15
Coheed and Cambria's In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, as well as Rush's Moving Pictures album.
    
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2010 at 08:16
Tormato... advised by my father.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2010 at 08:35
The Wall - Pink Floyd.

It was 1982 I think. I was about 12.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2010 at 14:54
 
'budget album' cost £2 on cassette in 1976 from what little pocket money I had
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2010 at 15:13
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And Then There Were Three, followed by A Trick of the Tail … and the rest of Genesis’ back catalogue, of course.

That's kind of what happened to me. LOL

Prog was around in a major way the '70's and so I got exposed to some through the radio, but if I had to pick a single band responsible, it would be Genesis.  I was listening to and enjoying Follow You Follow Me on the radio and then got introduced to earlier Genesis and the whole wide world of prog out there.  I liked Hocus Pocus, the Wakeman albums (Journey and Arthur), ELP's Toccata, but Genesis really got me to turn my back on pop.  Kind of ironic.
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2010 at 15:19
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

 
'budget album' cost £2 on cassette in 1976 from what little pocket money I had

Was cheper when i bought it...about 74 or 75 i guess........£1.39
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2010 at 15:32
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

 
'budget album' cost £2 on cassette in 1976 from what little pocket money I had

Was cheper when i bought it...about 74 or 75 i guess........£1.39
I *knew* there had to be an overriding reason why that was my first ELP purchase (short arms long pockets) LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2010 at 17:18
Rush - Archives.   Their first three albums on 2 cassettes.  Also the first album I ever bought, not just prog album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2010 at 11:51
SmileIt wasn´t my album. It belonged to my sister. She had just turned 18 and had received her birthday present from Mum and Dad. A STEREO !! Luckily my sis was never home so I used to creep into her bedroom, grab a pillow and lay on her bedroom floor between her STEREO SPEAKERS.
She had a number of singles with some cool Jethro Tull, a lot of Kinks but the album that caught my attention had an amazing cover. It was Led Zeppelin Two. Can you imagine the impression an album of this calibre left on young people. The Stereo tracking for Whole Lotta Love was a revolution for modern music in those days.
Still today some forty years later I remember what this album did for my understanding of music in general.
It doesn´t have to be classical, traditional, bound by musical rules or everyones taste.
This was my first prog album and I am proud to have been born in time to have witnessed LED ZEPPELIN in full flight. Some people say THE WHO or DEEP PURPLE were the best rock band in town. Beleive me I have seen them all and LED ZEPPELIN were the boys to see.
     
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2010 at 15:58
Don't laugh... I bought this when it was new ("...back in '82").  And yes, I was a 13 year old virgin...




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2010 at 18:24
Dream Theater's Images and Words
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2010 at 19:17
Not exactly sure; one of these though:

A Trick Of The Tail - Genesis
Relayer - Yes
Tormato - Yes
Olias Of Sunhillow - Jon Anderson
Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
Foxtrot - Genesis
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