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Points: 5148 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 04 2010 at 21:35
Originally posted by Pimpernal Pimpernal wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:




Originally posted by Pimpernal Pimpernal wrote:

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Just noticed your playlist.  Art Bears, Amon Duul II and Gong as well as other excellent ones.  You don't need our help.
Yeah, but thats because i find a lot of bands and then play them alphabetically
Aphabetically.... I wish lastfm had worked for me.  When I was fairly new to this PA site, I would go to the category  ("genre") pages and go through the tracks 'til something grabbed me (not having unlimited time, if it didn't grab me quickly I would move on).  I quickly found that French bands were more likely to appeal to me in various categories. Sampling is a great way -- I'd rather use my own ears to get started than ask others unless my tastes are really defined and I'm looking for something specific.If you find you like a track by an artist you've heard, then get the album it's off.  That worked for me.  I find youtube to be a very good source since I can look up something I already like and discover lots of related music that I will like (and google when I'm looking  for something with well defined parameters).
Thanks! That's excaxtly what i mean.

But i think i will order these albums soon:

King Crimson: ITCOTCK - Red - LTiA - INWOP - Starless and Bible Black
Yes: Close to the Edge - Fragile - TFTO - The Yes Album - Relayer
ELP: Brain Salad Surgery - ELP (debut) - Tarkus - Trilogy
Genesis: SEBTP - TLLDOB - Foxtrot
Pink Floyd: DSOTM - Animals - The Wall - Wish You Were Here
Jethro Tull: Thick As A Brick - Aqualung - Minstrel in the Gallery
VDGG: Pawn Hearts - Godbluff - The Quiet Zone/ The Pleasure Dome

What do you think for a prog "newbie"?
 
Nice.  A lot of the essentials of Prog in there.  Although I'm with Logan that I'm quite suprised that you've listened to bands like Art Bears and Gong but haven't listened to the well-known classics yet.Confused
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Points: 3144 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 05 2010 at 04:55
Originally posted by Pimpernal Pimpernal wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:




Originally posted by Pimpernal Pimpernal wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Just noticed your playlist.  Art Bears, Amon Duul II and Gong as well as other excellent ones.  You don't need our help.
Yeah, but thats because i find a lot of bands and then play them alphabetically
Aphabetically.... I wish lastfm had worked for me.  When I was fairly new to this PA site, I would go to the category  ("genre") pages and go through the tracks 'til something grabbed me (not having unlimited time, if it didn't grab me quickly I would move on).  I quickly found that French bands were more likely to appeal to me in various categories. Sampling is a great way -- I'd rather use my own ears to get started than ask others unless my tastes are really defined and I'm looking for something specific.If you find you like a track by an artist you've heard, then get the album it's off.  That worked for me.  I find youtube to be a very good source since I can look up something I already like and discover lots of related music that I will like (and google when I'm looking  for something with well defined parameters).
Thanks! That's excaxtly what i mean.

But i think i will order these albums soon:

King Crimson: ITCOTCK - Red - LTiA - INWOP - Starless and Bible Black
Yes: Close to the Edge - Fragile - TFTO - The Yes Album - Relayer
ELP: Brain Salad Surgery - ELP (debut) - Tarkus - Trilogy
Genesis: SEBTP - TLLDOB - Foxtrot
Pink Floyd: DSOTM - Animals - The Wall - Wish You Were Here
Jethro Tull: Thick As A Brick - Aqualung - Minstrel in the Gallery
VDGG: Pawn Hearts - Godbluff - The Quiet Zone/ The Pleasure Dome 
Gentle Giant: Gentle Giant - Acquring the Taste - Three Friends - Octopus - In A Glass House - The Power and the Glory - Free Hand - Interview

What do you think for a prog "newbie"?

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Points: 34076 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 05 2010 at 06:07
also Kansas - Leftoverture, Point of No Return
Rush - 2112
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Don't buy a Kansas album.  I say this not only because I don't endorse their brand of soft rock pop prog but because you could always pick up the entire Kansas discography on vinyl at someones garage sale for 5 bucks later on. Tongue 
 
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Points: 86 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2010 at 09:24
Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

just make sure that if you get Nektar's A Tab In The Ocean you get the correct copy and not the sad US mix that I'm stuck with
What is that verison called?
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Points: 86 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2010 at 11:18
After the first order i think i'll order these, what do you think?

Rush - 2112 - A Farewell to Kings - Hemispheres - Permanent Waves - Moving Pictures

Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - On the Threshold of a Dream

Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night - In the Land of Grey and Pink

Banco Del - Darwin! - Io Sono Nato Libero

PFM - Per Un Amico - Storia Di Un Minuto - L'Isola di Niente

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats - Uncle Meat - The Grand Wazoo - Absolutely Free

Pink Floyd - Meddle

Genesis - Nursey Cryme - A Trick of the Tail - Trespass

Mike Oldfield - Amarok - Ommadawn

And then 3 Magma albums, but what should i get of Magma?

Edited by Pimpernal - April 06 2010 at 11:19
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2010 at 11:25
Originally posted by gottagetintogetout gottagetintogetout wrote:

Nice.  A lot of the essentials of Prog in there.  Although I'm with Logan that I'm quite suprised that you've listened to bands like Art Bears and Gong but haven't listened to the well-known classics yet.Confused
It depends where you're coming from. I was a fan of avant-garde jazz before regular jazz, and there are still a fair amount of classic bands that I haven't heard a full album from and probably never will.
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In other news, when did this happen: Rawks
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MMA introduced it and has been annoying the hell out of me ever since.
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Points: 8138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2010 at 16:59
Originally posted by Pimpernal Pimpernal wrote:

Hi. I'm having a very hard time picking which albums to buy. What shall i do. I don't have a single album! Should i like pick up 5 King Crimson albums, or should i buy an album from a band i like - Nektar. Should i get the "classic" ones?
 


Edited by lucas - April 06 2010 at 17:00
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Points: 86 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 07 2010 at 08:36
Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Originally posted by Pimpernal Pimpernal wrote:

Hi. I'm having a very hard time picking which albums to buy. What shall i do. I don't have a single album! Should i like pick up 5 King Crimson albums, or should i buy an album from a band i like - Nektar. Should i get the "classic" ones?




 


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