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Bryan

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Posted: July 14 2005 at 23:01

I didn't know it at the time, but it was Lateralus by Tool.

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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Posted: July 14 2005 at 22:59

The Best Of Kansas. That's all it took, I was sold.

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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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Posted: July 14 2005 at 22:45

Rush's 2112 when I was a youngin'.

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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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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 22:23

Either Dark Side or Scene from a Memory. I guess my memory's not that good.

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Posted: July 14 2005 at 22:20

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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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.

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Posted: July 14 2005 at 21:40

Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull. It got into rock n roll and prog at the same time.

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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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Posted: July 14 2005 at 21:37

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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Posted: July 14 2005 at 21:33

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

Jethro Tull kicks ass!

But don't forget the Moody Blues :)

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'!