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The Lost Chord 
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 Posted: August 30 2006 at 20:35 |
le mooooody blues in search of the lost chord my friends!!
and, unlike many, this album STILL is my favorite ever...i was lucky to hear the best prog album as my first. let alone the fact that it is also the "true" first prog album ever
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Padraic
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Posted: August 30 2006 at 20:46 |
2112 and Fragile, about the same time.
The first prog song was "Heart of the Sunrise" - hook, line, and sinker. 
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: August 30 2006 at 21:13 |
I think it was Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta. I didn't really know what prog was as a matter of fact, but I liked The Mars Volta songs I'd heard. Originally I thought Cassandra to be really drawn out, but now it's all good.  On second thought, it could have been Hail To The Thief by Radiohead, but I think it's Frances.
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billbuckner
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Posted: August 30 2006 at 21:21 |
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Not Knowing: The Wall
Knowing: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
(I'm a sucker for concept albums)
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Zoso
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Posted: August 30 2006 at 21:41 |
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Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, and Sgt. Pepper's and Abbey Road if you want to count them. The album that realy got me into Prog though was Fragile by Yes.
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memowakeman
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Posted: August 30 2006 at 21:47 |
 The Miracle wrote:
Ben done 4383294832098409328409325924394823057 times...
Anyway, my first was DSOTM which I now think is waaaaaaay overrated
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and you have said it 4383294832098409328409325924394823058 times 
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Follow me on twitter @memowakeman
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: August 30 2006 at 21:47 |
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My first was A Farewell To Kings by Rush.What i loved about it was how a song like Xanadu could have so many changes in it.I used to describe it as songs within a song,that made sense to me back then anyway.I played that record over and over in my bedroom on a cheap little record player i bought used from a friend.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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The Green Tank
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Posted: August 30 2006 at 21:55 |
My first was......
JEFF WAYNE'S WAR OF THE WORLDS!!!
Didn't realize it was prog at the time, but I loved it. It's still an awesome album.
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alias10mr
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Posted: August 30 2006 at 21:58 |
At the age of six my father gave me Santana "Abraxas" when that album came out. I guess I was destined early on... 
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willy
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 00:03 |
billbuckner wrote:
Not Knowing: The Wall
Knowing: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
(I'm a sucker for concept albums)
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As am I, they're by far my favorites. Prog and non prog.
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mukster
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 01:24 |
I heard Kansas Leftoverture soon after it came out. Followed by Point of Know Return. Then someone lent me DSOTM and I listened to it with headphones on. That screaming at the beginning almost gave me a jammer! Four Focus albums after that, thanks to my high school math teacher.
Only really started getting back into prog after discovering this site, didn't realize there was so much out there.
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"Johnny calls the chemist, but the chemist doesn't come"
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richardh
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 02:24 |
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ELP -Pictures At An Exhibition.Absolutely hated it when I was 13.Almost put me off them for good until I got Tarkus.
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The Whistler
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 02:28 |
If the first real prog I ever heard (and bought) was Bungle in the Jungle off the Warchild album, then it only stands to reason that my virgin album waaaaas...
A Focus compilation. Hocus Focus? I dunno. Lotsa greens and reds on the cover. I heard it, liked it, forgot about it...heard Tull, heard Focus again, was hooked on the whole folk-rock, prog-rock, ba-roque. It was cool.
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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bundy
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 02:36 |
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Either Pink Floyd's The Wall or Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene. A couple of mates played them to me in my final year of highschool (1980). Completely changed my outlook on music - Iv'e been addicted to prog ever since.
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They who know do not speak!
They who talk do not know!
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OpethGuitarist
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 02:39 |
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Dark Side of the Moon, which I would assume would be most peoples start
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back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums
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Fassbinder
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 02:45 |
In my childhood I had listened to The Best of Niemen by Czeslaw Niemen. This is a compilation album, and it's not Prog, although it is listed in this site since Niemen is considered (rightly) Prog and all his albums are here. By that times I had no notions about Prog. The album appeared in my house by chance, and I liked it from the second or third listening.
Then, after some yars, still without knowing the term Prog but already dividing music into "worth listening" and "not worth listening", I used to listen to The Wall by Pink Floyd and The House of Blue Light by Deep Purple. My friend had them, I visited him and listened to them with him, while not understanding them too much. He didn't convince me (thanks for him, he was right!), and after about ten listenings there was kind of a "click"...
After that I turned to Prog.
Edited by Fassbinder - August 31 2006 at 03:04
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 02:54 |
yesfan88 wrote:
- What was the first progressive rock album you ever heard? Knowing it was Prog...Yessongs (I already had Look at Yourself by Uriah Heep but had no idea what Prog meant)
- Under what circumstances did you hear it? I was taping cassettes in a friend's house (I was 13) and tried to impress his beautiful sister (She had 17) saying that her weird music was amazing, She gave me a copy.
- Did you like it immediately or did someone have to convince you to listen again? Lost the girl (To be honest never had the most remote chance) but liked the music, specially Your's is no Disgrace and Your Move/All Good People plus Excerpts of Six Wives of Henry the VIII.
Iván
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pero
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 03:48 |
In a high school when I was 16 my friend introduce me to prog (the term prog was not in use 1974) with LP's : "Close to the edge", "In a court..", "Lark tongues in aspic", "Lizard", "Hendrix-Electric ladyland" and "Thick as a brick".
It was pretty nice experience because I listened to Black Sabbath, Zeppelin and Deep Purple at the time.
The other my friend from gym was listening ELP and Gentle giant.
Pretty nice introduction to prog isn't it?
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Tommiokoman
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 03:49 |
That would be Lateralus by TOOL. First, I downloaded it  I was so overwhelmed by it, that I bought it, and dug deeper and deeper in progressive music.
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Nothing to see here, move along.
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Prog-jester
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Posted: August 31 2006 at 14:35 |
Tommiokoman wrote:
That would be Lateralus by TOOL. First, I downloaded it ,I was so overwhelmed by it, that I bought it, and dug deeper and deeper in progressive music. |
Same here - Lateralus.I've got it,'coz Maynard's voice seemed to be like Kurt Cobain's one for me - I bloody loved NIRVANA .Then all these long psychedelic songs,mad signtures and rhythm changes made me looking for the related music...
But I didn't consider it to be prog even when I was deep into GENESIS,PINK FLOYD,MARILLION etc...Anyway I adore it still and it IS one of the best Modern Prog albums EVER 
Edited by Prog-jester - August 31 2006 at 14:36
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