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Posted: March 16 2022 at 10:16

ELP - ELP

Henry Cow - Legend

Univers Zero - 1313

Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte

Caravan - Caravan

Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North

The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine

National Health - National Health

Steve Hillage - Fish Rising

Kraftwerk - Red Cone

Out Of Focus - Wake Up

Chicago - Transit Authority

Spirit - Spirit

Colosseum - For Those About To Die

Atomic - Roooster

The Nice - Thoughts of Emerlist DavJack

Procol - Harum

Igor Wakhevitch - Logos
Can - Monster Movie
Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour
National Health - s/t
Amon Düül ll - Phallus Dei
Hatfield & The North - s/t
Älgarnas Trädgård - Framtiden Är Ett Svävande Skepp, Förankrat I Forntiden
Area - Arbeit Macht Frei

Circus (CH/SW) - Circus

Magma - s/t

Cos - Postaolean Train Robbery

Arti E Mestieri - Tilt

Moving Gelatine Plates - St

National Health - s/t

Comus - First Utterance

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Storia di un Minuto

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

Chick Corea's RTF - Return to Forever

Weather Report - debut

yup, that should make 12 Tongue

Edited by Sean Trane - March 16 2022 at 13:39

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Posted: March 16 2022 at 10:34

I didn't pick any one album bands, so no Khan or Refugee:

ELP - s/t

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Yes - s/t
The Nice - Thoughts of Emerlist DavJack
Greenslade - s/t
Atomic Rooster - Atomic Roooster
Colosseum - Those Who are About to Die Salute You
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Comus - First Utterance
Focus - In and Out of Focus
Cressida - s/t

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Posted: March 16 2022 at 10:36

Cactus Choir wrote:

Atomic Rooster - Atomic Roooster

Cressida - s/t

these two are great! Clap

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Posted: March 16 2022 at 10:43

^ Love them both. A bit on the melancholy side maybe but classics of their type.

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Posted: March 16 2022 at 11:39

King Crimson

ELP

Hatfield and the North

Caravan

Egg

Nat Health

Moody Blues-Days...

Greenslade

Hackett-Voyage

Gentle Giant

Kansas

also.....

Captain Beyond

Spirit

Happy The Man

Chicago

Edited by dr wu23 - March 16 2022 at 11:45

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Posted: March 16 2022 at 13:06

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Out Of Focus - Not Too Late

Wake Up! Hugues. 😉
The last time I checked, "Not Too Late" isn't their debut.

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Posted: March 16 2022 at 13:32

enigmatic wrote:

Sean Trane wrote:

Out Of Focus - Not Too Late

Wake Up! Hugues. 😉

The last time I checked, "Not Too Late" isn't their debut.

of course!!! LOL

never too late to change my post Embarrassed

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Posted: March 16 2022 at 16:13

Many of the above listed, including Egg, ELP, Zappa, Crimson, The Nice, The Softs, Caravan, Hatfield, National Health, Oldfield, UK, etc.,

but let's not forget Renaissance, Bruford, Anthony Phillips, Santana, Chicago, Steely Dan, Eddie Henderson, Return to Forever, Babylon, Flairck, Spirogyra, Eden, Comus, Jan Dukes de Grey, Nucleus, Magma, Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Tempel, Amon Düül II, PFM, Banco, Museo Rosenbach, Panna Freda, Cervellos, Osanna, Celeste, Maxophone, AREA, Quella Vecchia Locanda, Alphataurus, Biglietto Per l'Inferno, Supertramp, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Alan Parsons Project, Ambrosia, Procol Harum, Roxy Music, Nektar, Greenslade, Manfred Mann, England, Barclay James Harvest, and so many more!

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Posted: March 16 2022 at 16:35

12 debut from 1967 in no order

1 - Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

2 - The Doors - The Doors

3 - Kaleidoscope - Tangerine Dream

4 - The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina

5 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced

6 - The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico

7 - Blossom Toes - We Are Ever So Clean

8 - Nirvana - The Story Of Simon Simopath

9 - Art - Supernatural Fairy Tales

10 - The Golden Dawn - Power Plant

11 - The Creation - We Are Paintermen

12 - The smoke - It´s smoke Time

Honorable mentions:

Afterglow - Afterglow

Neon Pearl - 1967

Mort Garson - The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds

Clear Light - Clear Light

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Posted: March 16 2022 at 19:08

Triumvirat-Mediterranean Tales

Dedalus-Dedalus

Passport-Doldinger

Giger Lenz Marron-Beyond

Il Baricentro-Sconcerto

If-If

Wishbone Ash-Wishbone Ash

Colosseum-Those Who Are About To Die Salute You

Strange Days-Nine Parts To The Wind

Budgie-Budgie

Atomic Rooster-Atomic Rooster

Quatermass-Quatermass

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Posted: March 17 2022 at 02:42

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I didn't pick any one album bands, so no Khan or Refugee:

ELP - s/t

Excellent choices, and one of the rare occasions when I know all 14 listed albums, including Khan & Refugee. Thumbs Up

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Posted: March 17 2022 at 03:13

King Crimson

The Moody Blues

U.K.

ELP

Steve Hackett

Procol Harum

Mike Oldfield

Gentle Giant

Anthony Phillips

National Health

PFM

Banco

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Posted: March 19 2022 at 11:52

1. National Health - National Health (1978)

2. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)

3. Henry Cow - Legend (1973)

4. Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte (1975)

5. Electric Light Orchestra - The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)

6. Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour (1976)

7. Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North (1974)

8. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)

9. Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling (1979)

10. Magma - Kobaïa (1970)

11. The Muffins - Manna / Mirage (1978)

12. Gilgamesh - Gilgamesh (1975)

Many others could qualify but for now I think I'll stick to these

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Posted: March 19 2022 at 11:53

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7. Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North (1974)

9. Tony Banks - A Curious Feeling (1979)

12. Gilgamesh - Gilgamesh (1975)

these three are great! Clap

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Posted: March 19 2022 at 14:10

1. Quill - Sursum Corda

2. Yezda Urfa - Boris

3. Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra

4. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising

5. Duncan Mackay - Chimera

6. Pollen - Pollen

7. Anyone's Daughter - Adonis

8. Khan - Space Shanty

9. England - Garden Shed

10. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

11. Jonesy - No Alternative

12. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

Honorable mentions:

U.K. - U.K.

Sebastian Hardie - Four Moments

Mezquita - Recuerdos de mi tierra

Greenslade - Greenslade

Et Cetera - Et Cetera

Henry Cow - Legend

Babylon - Babylon

Odin - Odin

This Heat - This Heat

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Posted: March 19 2022 at 16:39

Split Enz - Mental Notes

Nektar - Journey to the Centre of the Eye

Sebastian Hardie - Four Moments

Van der Graaf Generator - The Aerosol Grey Machine

Magma - Kobaïa

Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Arachnoid - Arachnoid

Peter Hammill - Fools Mate

Catapilla - Catapilla

Hermann Szobel - Szobel

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Emerson, Lake and Palmer

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Posted: April 03 2022 at 12:41

Call me cheaty phil but I'm going to interpret "debut album" as the first "prog" album of a band, including from bands that did not start out as prog, as this is a prog site after all. So with this slight misinterpretation of the criteria, in chronological order:

Procol Harum- Procol Harum
Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
King Crimson- ITCOTCK
Caravan - Caravan
Genesis - Trespass
Yes- The Yes Album
Fuchsia - Fuchsia (they did release a second album, albeit over 40 years later)
Camel - Camel
Split Enz - Mental Notes
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte
Anthony Phillips- The Geese and the Ghost

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Posted: April 08 2022 at 04:25

Besides the very obvious ones which have been mentioned, and with some additional as it was too hard/impossible

to have to choose between:

Renaissance (UK) - Renaissance (1969)

Agitation Free (D) - Malesch (1972)

Captain Beyond (USA) - Captain Beyond (1972)

Catapilla (UK) - Catapilla (1971)

Clearlight (F) - Clearlight Symphony (1975)

De De Lind (I) - Io Non So Da Dove Vengo… (1972)

Gila (D) - Gila (1971)

Guruh Gipsy (Indonesia) - Guruh Gipsy (1977)

Hölderlin (D) - Hölderlins Traum (1972)

Khan (UK) - Space Shanty (1972)

Museo Rosenbach (I) - Zarathustra (1973)

Osibisa (Africa) - Osibisa (1971)

Out of Focus (D) - Wake Up (1970)

Procession (I) - Frontiera (1972)

Quella Vecchia Locanda (I) - Quella Vecchia Locanda (1972)

Semiramis (I) - Dedicato a Frazz (1973)

Steel Mill (UK) - Green Eyed God (1971)

Triana (ESP) - Triana (El Patio) (1975)

Älgarnas Trädgård (S) - ”Framtiden är ett svävande skepp ... (1972)

Edited by David_D - April 08 2022 at 07:02

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Posted: April 08 2022 at 04:28

David_D wrote:

Renaissance (UK) - Renaissance (1969)

Captain Beyond (USA) - Captain Beyond (1972)

Khan (UK) - Space Shanty (1972)

Museo Rosenbach (I) - Zarathustra (1973)

Quella Vecchia Locanda (I) - Quella Vecchia Locanda (1972)

Semiramis (I) - Dedicato a Frazz (1973)

these are really good. Thumbs Up

Edited by Cristi - April 08 2022 at 04:29

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Posted: April 08 2022 at 07:06

Cristi wrote:

these are really good. Thumbs Up

Are you familiar with this one which I've added, as I find it great, and it's pretty hard rocking?

Procession (I) - Frontiera (1972)

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