WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST PROG ALBUM??
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Topic: WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST PROG ALBUM??
Posted By: zekism
Subject: WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST PROG ALBUM??
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:18
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HERES ONE: WHAT WAS THE FIRST PROG ALBUM YOU HEARD THAT GOT YOU HOOKED ON PROG??
THE FIRST PROG ALBUM I BOUGHT WAS IMAGES AND WORDS BY DREAM THEATER I LATER TRACED BACKED TO OLDER MATERIAL SUCH AS ELP, YES, KC.. ETC.. NOW ITS BY FAR MY FAV GENRE OF MUSIC!!
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Posted By: imoeng
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:18
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hey whats wrong with the caps man...
Mine was (I hate to say it because its the same with a man with lots of caps) Images and Words.. ------------- http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spmiw7.jpg"> 
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:23
| Rush Hemispheres. |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:23
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Mine was Dark side of the moon.
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RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Zoso
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:26
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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here But the album that really got me into prog was Fragile by Yes. -------------  |
Posted By: Teaflax
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:28
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I don't count Floyd, because I was into them before I got into Prog per
se, but I would have to say it was either Trick of the Tail or Fragile,
probably within days of each other. -------------  
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Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:30
| Mostly autumn - Passengers. I had already heard a lot of music from Pink Floyd and Mike Oldfield years ago but that's because they're also pretty big in classic rock. |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:31
I said Dark Side of the moon but I kinda agree with you so I'd say Foxtrot  -------------
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Teaflax wrote:Posted By: anael
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:32
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The Wall or Breakfast In America ... I can't remember ------------- 
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Posted By: DrGoon
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:39
Depends on how you classify stuff, I guess, but this was the beginning that I think you're referring to: |
Posted By: Fusioned
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:39
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Rush - Exit...stage left ------------- +FUSIONED+ 
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Posted By: imoeng
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:41
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well actually my first was Yes, but i forgot the name of the album, it was a cassette... my dad gave that to me but didnt appreciate that... ahh, someone knows the album? it was white color with YES word on it... ------------- http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spmiw7.jpg">
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Posted By: Pneubauer
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:50
| Foxtrot! |
Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:58
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If I remember well, mine was ITCOTCK.
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Posted By: Magic Mountain
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 20:59
| Rush - A Farewell to Kings...I was thirteen and I never heard anything like it. It just blew me away. |
Posted By: Nanook
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:01
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someone knows the album? it was white color with YES word on it...
Relayer, perhaps? That album has brought many people to progressive music. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:01
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My first purchased one was Jean-Michel Jarre's "Zoolook" album. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: zFrogs
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:04
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In age of 11, my cousin give me two great albuns. Queen (News of the World) and Rush (Fly by Night). The first album that I bought is Eloy (planets). ------------- https://www.instagram.com/erifrog/ |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:09
Mine too...but it wasn´t until ITCOTCK that I got interested in prog ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:25
| The YES Album |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:26
Mine was actually Octavarium. Now most people say its their least prog album, but for the record I just couldnt stop listening to the title track *still can't *
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Posted By: imoeng
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:30
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never enough? my fave is octavarium ------------- http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spmiw7.jpg">
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:32
DSOTM
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:34
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King Crimson - ITCOTCK - when it was first released in 1969!! - and I still love it! ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Toon
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:36
I believe it was either Yes - Fragile or Close to the Edge. I can't remember which one.
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Posted By: alterpower
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:43
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My first one was Mars Volta - Deloused. But i didnt get really interested in prog until Octavarium (Spelling?) ------------- Oh I don't know [incert activity] but I did listen to a prog album last night. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 21:53
| Rush 2112 |
Posted By: pogoowner
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 22:02
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Kansas - Leftoverture ------------- And it might as well be raining, 'cause the sunlight hurts his eyes, And his ears will never hear the children's cries |
Posted By: WillieThePimp
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 22:10
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First given: King Crimson: ITCOTKC First purchased: Yes - Drama ------------- You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket |
Posted By: one hand clap
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 22:41
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My first was Selling England by the Pound - Genesis |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 22:43
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Depending on your definition of prog it was either Queen and Queen II (bought simultaneously) or King Crimson's debut.
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 22:55
| I HEARD many a prog on vinyl, but the first that I bought was Relayer. |
Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 23:02
Images and Words without a doubt.  -------------  
"Mastodon sucks giant monkey balls." |
Posted By: SirPsycho388
Date Posted: June 04 2006 at 23:53
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Rush - Permanent Waves
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Posted By: Camel_APPeal
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 00:43
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A Christmas present: Camel - Breathless. 4.5 years ago I'm not counting my complete discography of (prog-related) The Alan Parsons Project
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Posted By: ldlanberg
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 01:19
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The Yes Album was my first "prog" album, by what this forum defines as prog. But, really, my roots in progressive rock began with Deep Purple's The Book of Taliesyn. But, my favorite band has been Genesis, ever since.
Genesis' music is like a pleasant middle-area, amidst all of the contrasting sides (forms) of prog rock. ------------- LDL |
Posted By: Dalkaen
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 01:46
| The first prog album I heard was probably The Wall or Aqualung, but it was Relayer that really got me interested in the genre. |
Posted By: James Hill
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 02:19
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------------- symphonic james |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 02:20
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Too complex question:
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 02:42
 Mine was "Oxygene" by JM Jarre!
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Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 03:34
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King Crimson's ITCOTCK My dad kept on playing it when I was a child  |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 03:37
| Well, the first prog album I heard (and bought) was "Concerto Grosso" by New Trolls. I was not yet a teenager, and I already was into Italian prog. Then, a few years later, I heard DSOTM, ITCOTCK and other English masterpieces. |
Posted By: fogwalker
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 03:48
Me too. I was mostly into heavy rock at the time but when I heard this I knew if was something different, something special, although I was pretty much unaware of the term "progressive rock" at the time.
I know I've been rude about Geddy's voice and Neil's lyrics on here - but I owe Rush a lot really!
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 04:05
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BANCO DAL MUTUO SOCCORSO: "BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO"
RUSH: "HOLD YOUR FIRE" ------------- 
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Posted By: Man Made God
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 04:08
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Dream Theater's 'Scenes from a Memory'. And the only thing I liked about that album was the instrumental piano part.... Thank god I played it often enough to get to love the music as a whole, and that was the beginning of an extensive music-collection, which will hopefully grow over the next couple of years. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/manmadegod/?chartstyle=ScarlettJohansson1"> 
Focus on the music... Focus! |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 04:10
I Really wish i was born in the 70's so i could buy all those masterpieces on vinyl! 
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Posted By: Teaflax
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 04:29
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 04:43
| Nah, CD's are easier and cheaper to get |
Posted By: erlenst
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 05:05
Eeh.. Kinda contradicting yourself , aren't you? Anyway, you can easily find cheap (cheaper than new cds) vinyls in excellent condition on ebay. Actually I have replaced a lot of my cds with vinyls after I discovered ebay. LPs rule ! |
Posted By: Tasartir
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 05:08
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Mine was Metropolis Pt.2, and later I went for Thick as a Brick. ------------- ...Histoires Sans Paroles... |
Posted By: bsurmano
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 05:11
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AUDIENCE 'Friend's Friend's Friend' ------------- 'Sundown,yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast..... Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.' Bob Dylan |
Posted By: Blackleaf
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 05:29
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Dream Theater - Awake Hahah, what a great name for my first prog album. It sure "woke" me up lol. /pun. ------------- 
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Posted By: onslo
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 05:59
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my first prog album was The Ladder by Yes, actually. and then i
collected most of their albums (now i have them all). i also got into
Camel, Steve Hillage and Caravan quite early.
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Posted By: jonirob
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 06:09
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Piper at the Gates of Dawn. ------------- 
Red Prog |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 06:09
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Close to the edge, wich I bought in 1978. |
Posted By: Julesmuss
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 06:13
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DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.
I think this was one of the first albums I ever bought
(apart from KTel Hothits some other 70's glam rock unmentionables!!!)
Still rates as one of my all time favourites. ------------- Jules |
Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 06:21
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The Wall. Still one of my absoulute favorites.
------------- www.myspace.com/hail_peter 
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Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 06:58
| Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother and Rush - 2112, both on vinyl (still have them!) |
Posted By: disastercasper
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 07:07
| Also Dream Theater's Images & Words... but it was Yes with Close to the Edge and Pink Floyd with Dark Side of the Moon that got me to see more than just Progressive Metal, but also Symphonic and other kinds of Prog. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 07:09
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First heard: Focus 3
First purchased: Close to the Edge
Oh to hear those albums for the first time again...
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Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 07:12
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First prog album I've heard in my life: either ELP's "Trilogy" or PF's "Wish You Were Here", back in 1975. Don't know which album I bought first, but I think it was "Yesshows" - nice start, don't you think? ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: Kord
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 08:11
| My first prog album was In the Court of the Crimson King |
Posted By: nico
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 08:16
| save pink floyd that was one of my first band i listened My first prog album was "Images and words" - Dream theater after that i discovered Rush genesis Yes king Crimson and so on... |
Posted By: oracus
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 09:25
My father gave me once Ummagumma but i didnt love it that much. So Darwin from Banco was the milestone  ------------- 
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 09:27
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Mine was probably Kansas Monolith. I remember asking for that, Steve Walsh's Schemer Dreamer, and Styx's Cornerstone for my birthday back when I was around 11 or 12.
E ------------- 
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Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 09:36
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The first prog band I listened to was Pink Floyd.
Those were the A Momentary Lapse of Reason days, and I began with The Wall and Animals: I disliked the first, but the second has immediately been one of my favourite albums ever! Then in high school I made acquaintance with Genesis' discography and I definitely fell for them! In the same period I started with Yes (90125 and Big Generator before venturing with Drama and Close to the Edge) ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 09:37
| My first was Wakeman's King Arthur though very soon after that I got Close to the Edge. |
Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 09:41
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Genesis - Nursery Cryme, strangely.
-- Ivan ------------- sig |
Posted By: Lota
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 13:25
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Mine was The Lamb lies down On Broadway that really set me into prog. (I aint counting Floyd Albums that I had them long time ago) ------------- And In The End, The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make |
Posted By: toothpick2112
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 13:53
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2112 ------------- A way out is a way in. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 13:57
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Tarkus by ELP.
I never listen to it now. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 14:08
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I can't remember. Tubular Bells possibly.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 14:31
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Oh crap. Wait. I think it was Caress of Steel by Rush.
Yeah, that or Relayer.
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Posted By: tortellino
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 15:20
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First "prog" album was "Delicate Sound Of Thunder" by PF... It was 1988, I was 13 and that sounded like another world! The album that got me started was "Images & Words" by you know who... Before that, I only listened to ItCotCK and "Grace Under Pressure" at my friend's house, but I had other things in mind at the time so I didn't pay attention... ------------- tengo 'na minchia tanta |
Posted By: rupert
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 11:59
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If you count it in... it was "Made in Japan" by Deep Purple... then "Trilogy" by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, both had been bought by my elder brother.
The first albums I HAD bought with a prog-relation were Alan Parson's "I robot", BJH's "Gone to Earth", Kate Bush's "Kick inside" and Pink Folyd's "Wish you were here"... and I still like what I used to like back then. ------------- ...I'm a musician/singer/songwriter, visit me on www.reverbnation.com/rupertlenz and there you can choose from 125 recordings you can listen to ( for free ) if you're not limited to prog-rock ! |
Posted By: Minkia
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 15:02
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Mine was Trilogy by Emerson, Lake & Palmer. ------------- RELIGION IS HATE, RELIGION IS FEAR, RELIGION IS WAR,RELIGION IS RAPE, RELIGION'S OBSCENE,RELIGION'S A WHORE |
Posted By: YesForSure
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 19:19
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Crime of the Century |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 19:45
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a stolen copy of ELO 2 on 8-track hahahah
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: mrgd
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 20:18
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STAND UP by TULL at the time of its release.[showing my age now] ------------- Looking still the same after all these years... mrgd |
Posted By: The Green Tank
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 20:52
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For me, it only took one song....
Have a Cigar by Pink Floyd ------------- 
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Posted By: billbuckner
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 20:54
| Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick |
Posted By: emersontarkus23
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 22:36
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When I was a little kid, I liked The Beatles a lot as well as Threshold Of A Dream by The Moody Blues. In 8th Grade, in 2002-2003, when I was thirteen, I really got into King Crimson for some reason and listened to ITCotCK about five times a day, with maybe a play of Lizard somewhere in there. Then I learned to like LTiA and SaBB just as much, and I built a Crimson Shrine in my locker(no joke) and then, after losing interest in Crimson for a while, it was rekindled like crazy and I started learning about ELP, as well as Yes, and Genesis, and Jethro Tull, and of course Pink Floyd.
Three of A Perfect Pair by King Crimson was my first "official" prog album. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 23:01
nice to see you back again.. hadn't seen you around in awhile.. or I might have just missed your posts. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 01:57
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Tangerine Dream Exit ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Paul K.
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 02:45
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First prog song that struck me to the innermost of mine heart was Dream Theater - Pull Me Under.
Then, my first prog album was "Images And Words". ------------- Weasels ripped my flesh |
Posted By: Apsalar
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 02:53
| My first was Tool - Aenima. This also was my first entry into music whatsoever. Brought it in my first year of high school off a recommedation from a friend and have never turned back since. |
Posted By: Gnolog
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 02:56
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Mine was actually THREE FRIENDS by Gentle Giant. I listened to it at the CD store because of the funky looking giant on the cover and because it was cheep.
I nearly jumped out of my seat. Been hooked ever since.
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Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 03:33
| King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King followed closely by Floyd's Atom Heart Mother! |
Posted By: White Duck
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 03:59
| Floyd´s Wish you were here and Tull´s Aqualung |
Posted By: Rushman
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 10:27
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I can't remember that far back.
It was over 30 years ago, best guess would be The Yes Album, or Rush - All The World's A Stage
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Posted By: _sam_
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 11:51
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Pink Floyd - Animals - I will always hold this album dear.
Though I first heard Jethro Tull's Aqualung when I was a toddler.
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Posted By: nm_floydhead
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 12:54
I'm new here, but I can identify with this one...I borrowed Fragile from my dad and have been hooked on Yes ever since. That was actually the first rock album I ever listened to.  ------------- In Prog We Trust |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 13:29
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A Trick of the Tail or The Magicians Birthday.
I was'nt thinking prog when I listened to Uriah Heep mind you  ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:08
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I started out as a Beatle freak (and still am), so I was exposed to their prog elements. The first true prog album I ever bought was "Dark Side of the Moon." But, the one that created my passion for the genre was "Foxtrot." ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: YYZed
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 17:20
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Darkside of the Moon. Got it for christmas when I was 7 or 8. ------------- 
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Posted By: AcostaFulano
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 19:22
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My prog uncle lent me some cd's and listened I them all in one weekend. This was like 5 years ago: IMAGES AND WORDS METROPOLIS PT. 2 OCTOPUS CLOSE TO THE EDGE I got hooked up with dt at first, the other 2 demanded some more spins but i got to love them too |
Posted By: cedo
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 10:56
| Pink Floyd's LP "Meddle" some 30+ years ago...at the time I even hadn't a turntable to listen to. But I knew it to the last note. I remember my friend's brother used to say every time the "Echoes" ended, he was going to commit suicide. What a song! The best epic from Floyd... |
Posted By: Gog/Magog
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 11:10
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Duke by Genesis -------------  |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 11:12
| Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd. |
Posted By: Urubaen
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 11:28
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ITCOTKC and ELP's debut album.
My parents were children/teens of the 60s/early 70s, and they weaned me on prog. I am of course grateful, but then again they had no choice due to the tripe that the 80s and early 90s produced on mainstream radio and MTV.
Bought these 2 albums when movin out on my own........and haven't looked back since!
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