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viperjr98 
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 21:29 |
Hey all,
Long time lurker, brand new poster here just wondering what everyone's first prog album purchase was, you know, way back when.
For me, I guess it would have been Yes 90125 (even though it's not very proggy, i realize, especially for Yes, as I would subsequently find out) back in '83 at the tender age of 12. I didn't know it was prog at the time, just good rock. Of course, like most other pop-oriented kids of the time, I was sold by Owner of a Lonely Heart, but I quickly found that my favorite parts were things they wouldn't play on the radio, the proggier elements.
My first progmetal album was Fates' Awaken the Guardian in 1986. I didn't know what progmetal was (i don't think the term had been invented yet), but I was into Iron Maiden and the little sticker on the cassette (yes, the cassette, remember them?) compared them to Iron Maiden so I bought it sound unheard. It remains one of my favorite albums of all time.
Coincidentally, I bought Dream Theater's WDADU based on a similar recommendation when someone said they sounded like Rush. Well, I disagreed. But still loved it and life hasn't been the same since.
KEEP ON PROGGIN'!
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Tenorsaxman89
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 21:33 |
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My first was "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull, but that was only 18 months ago. Look where I am now, owning CDs by not only Tull but also Yes, ELP, Genesis, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Traffic, Pink Floyd, The moody Blues, Styx. The Alan Parsons Project, Rush...etc. I owe it all to Aqualung
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Jethro Tull kicks ass!
But don't forget the Moody Blues :)
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 21:37 |
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First prog album....well i guess i'll have to say that i have always loved Prog before i even knew it was prog. I remember watching a Marillion video on mtv when mtv showed videos. But the first album i bought when i knew what prog was of Course.. Dream Theater " images and words" then from there i was hooked.
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Retroventuremod
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 21:38 |
If we are saying Radiohead is prog - it'd be Kid A back in like 2000
If you say - no way! they aren't prog, it'd have to be Close to the
Edge - Which was a great decision on my part, at the beginning of last
summer.
(It was close - there was a deal on at the store, by 3 certain CDs for
$20, so i got Morrison hotel, something else and Yes (It was close,
between yes and neil young  which im relieved about not getting))
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I asked Bobby Dylan
I asked the Beatles
I asked Timothy Leary
But he couldn't help me either
They call me the seeker
THE WHO!
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peter townsend
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 21:40 |
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Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull. It got into rock n roll and prog at the same time.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 21:43 |
Mine was Six Wives of Henry the VIII by Rick Wakeman.
In the late 70's there was no prog' availlable in Peruvian music shops, so I had to ask a friend to bring it from Argentina.
Iván
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SirPsycho388
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 22:20 |
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Rush - Permanent Waves... I heard "The Spirit Of Radio" on the radio and was hooked. I realized that my parents had the vinyl record in the basement, so i put it on and was blown away. It was so good... i went out and started buying all the Rush albums! Prog has completely taken over now with my loves for Yes, Genesis, Dream Theater, Tull, Floyd, etc....
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Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can
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stonebeard
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 22:23 |
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Either Dark Side or Scene from a Memory. I guess my memory's not that good.
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RUM26
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 22:27 |
Amarok! tssss what else is prog that i have, hmmm...............if i checked my collection i might surprise my self. 
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 22:36 |
i think it was emerson, lake & palmer´s tarkus. i really dont know why i bought it but it blew my head of.
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We want... a shrubbery!
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Syrinx
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 22:45 |
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Rush's 2112 when I was a youngin'.
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little_neutrino
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 22:49 |
Yes' Relayer. You people will probably think it's amazing I stuck with them (to eventually become the complete Yes maniac of late!) after listening to that album as an introduction to Yes music ...
... but I still adore it to bits. *hugs it*
I swear, listening to that as background whilst studying totally helped my Calculus mark.
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Man Overboard
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 22:59 |
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The Best Of Kansas. That's all it took, I was sold.
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RUM26
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 22:59 |
 little_neutrino wrote:
Yes' Relayer. You people will probably think it's amazing I stuck with them (to eventually become the complete Yes maniac of late!) after listening to that album as an introduction to Yes music ...
... but I still adore it to bits. *hugs it*
I swear, listening to that as background whilst studying totally helped my Calculus mark. |
WOW! maybe i should do that.
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Bryan
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 23:01 |
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I didn't know it at the time, but it was Lateralus by Tool.
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kingofbizzare
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 23:17 |
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I think my first prog CD was an either Pink Floyd's P-U-L-S-E that I
bought in the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris last year (for those
of you who are interested, it was the day after a section of the roof
collapsed unexpectedly) or Ummagumma (I got them around the same time).
My first prog vinyl was Leftoverture by Kansas which my friend gave me
last year because he got a bunch of vinyls for free when he bought a
tape player and didn't like them at all. Unfortunately, it had a huge
crack in it, so I never listened to it. The first prog albums I bought
(I got them all at the same time) were Song for America by Kansas, Red
by King Crimson, Breakfast in America by Supertramp, Meddle by Pink
Floyd, The Pros and Cons of Hitchhikking by Roger Waters, and Dave
Gilmour's self titled album.
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little_neutrino
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 23:21 |
RUM26 wrote:
little_neutrino wrote:
Yes' Relayer. You people will probably think it's amazing I stuck with them (to eventually become the complete Yes maniac of late!) after listening to that album as an introduction to Yes music ...
... but I still adore it to bits. *hugs it*
I swear, listening to that as background whilst studying totally helped my Calculus mark.
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WOW! maybe i should do that. |
Definitely. Yes is good for things like that.
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Progbear
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 23:44 |
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I’d say Yes’ Fragile, followed closely by Genesis’ Nursery Cryme. This is not counting Supertramp’s Breakfast in America (my first ever full-length album, acquired as a birthday present when I turned 10), ELO’s On The Third Day or a number of Todd Rundgren albums.
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ShaunoNoNo
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Posted: July 15 2005 at 03:01 |
Lurker here too, just joined about 5 minutes ago. 
Album that I first listened to, prog-wise, was my dad's 'DSOTM'.
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Stiefel
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Posted: July 15 2005 at 03:09 |
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