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The.Crimson.King ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 29 2013 Location: WA Status: Offline Points: 4596 |
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Remember Tower Records across the street from The Pruneyard? It was the place to go for vinyl in the 70's and CD's in the mid 80's to mid 90's. In fact, Tower was always so insanely busy the residential neighborhood behind them had the Campbell police setup and enforce no parking zones. Tower always had an outstanding import section with plenty of hard to find prog and shirts and eventually video...they also had a Ticketmaster booth too. Same with their Mt View store. Then Rasputin Records opened up a massive storefront just a half block away and did something Tower hadn't tried yet, used CD's. Tower eventually tried to compete in the used CD biz, but the locals knew you got the best trade in prices from Rasputin, and they eventually crushed Tower out of business. To add insult to injury, Rasputin then took over the Tower Store in Mt View too
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Rando ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 08 2006 Location: Bay Area Status: Offline Points: 472 |
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Amazing. I started out teaching at Prospect then ended up at Leigh HS. (Now we're talking late '93, way after your Jr High years). Originally I was living in the Aptos/Santa Cruz area doing these insane M-F commutes via Hwy 17. Eventually moved into Los Gatos/Campbell area and I loved it. I loved Vasona Park! There was a great coffee-house at a place called The PruneYard. Meantime as a transplant I was doing my best to catch up with the scene with the help from a few friends. It was a crazy first year there what with work and settling in. One of my co-worker/teacher friends was also a big Prog fanatic and he had this big bag filled with loads of cassette recordings of The Stone Trek Sunday night show! That was my introduction to Stone Trek Hour via cassette recordings! ![]() ![]() |
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dr prog ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 25 2010 Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Points: 2536 |
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Prog will always be popular
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Vibrationbaby ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 6898 |
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I also speak French but my Klingon is a bit rusty. Where did Klingons learn to speak English? Or for that matter why do they speak English on every planet that the Starship Enterprise has ever warped to?As for my life story well.... you really don't want to know.
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The.Crimson.King ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 29 2013 Location: WA Status: Offline Points: 4596 |
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Ya, I used to listen to Stone Trek every Sunday night until his show got pulled and he couldn't find a new radio home. I'd pop a blank cassette in the deck and would be ready to roll. After many years, I noticed he'd cycle through the same prog classics every few weeks but he still mixed it up with hard to find things and the occaissional live bootleg. I remember he used to play this amazing Yes boot from 1973 after Tales but just before Wakeman left. One night he played the super-rare B-side of the Los Endos single and I was lucky enough to have my blank tape ready. I bet he was personally responsible for getting an absolute ton of people into prog...three cheers for Greg Stone! Nowadays, youtube has replaced shows like his and you can find the most obscure prog easily...amazing how times have changed for us prog fans! About 1 year after I saw Marillion at the Cabaret, Steve Hackett played there. The highlight of the show for me was after the full band played their set, Steve came out alone with a classical guitar and sat on a chair stage center and played unaccompanied for about 20 minutes. His acoustic album "Bay of Kings" always reminds me of that night.
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Kati ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
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Vibrationbaby ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 6898 |
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Hey Kati if you're from Mozambique then I'm from Planet Kepler 62. I actually saw ELP at the Saddledome in Calgary Alberta Canada. The promoter had to comp more than half of the tickets in order to make it look like there was an audience. This was '97 or '98 I believe. Shortly thereafter he had to cancel a Yes show because he was afraid that he would lose his shirt. Anybody like Terry Clark, Garth Brooks or KD Lang sell out the Saddledome in less than 20 minutes. I think that Celine
![]() ABBA were a great pop band and Agnetha and Anni-Frid were nice to look at. Anni-Frid"s father was an SS officer during WWII. Don't ask me how I know this.
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infocat ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: June 10 2011 Location: Colorado, USA Status: Offline Points: 4671 |
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![]() Did you listen to Stone Trek at the time? That's what got me in to prog. |
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Kati ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
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love all I read above plus I cannot think of anything to add to that lol that's a lot of text however it's good to read plus funny enough it's most intriguing to me ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The.Crimson.King ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 29 2013 Location: WA Status: Offline Points: 4596 |
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Genesis was playing the same size venues those years in SF as you mentioned in Detroit. By comparison, King Crimson in '74 and Yes/Gentle Giant in '76 played the 14,500 seat Cow Palace. In the SF bay area, Genesis was the last of the major 70's prog bands to make the jump to the 10,000+ seat arenas. Seeng Genesis at the tiny Winterland Ballroom in '77 was way more enjoyable than seeing them in the much bigger Oakland Arena the following tour.
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Kati ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 10 2010 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 6253 |
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Not necessary the word prog, but the moozik genre certainly was, otherwise I cannot imagine why on earth Peter Gabriel would put on a red dress and a fox on his head to stand out like others, to the dismay of his band
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dr prog ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 25 2010 Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Points: 2536 |
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Even Abba had their proggy moments. Most music was prog related then
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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It's true, progressive rock was rock for a good while, there was no separation; it was modern rock music, period, you just had to be there to remember. It's usually right about this time I like to remind A Passion Play was #1 on Billboard but no one ever believes me
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Vibrationbaby ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 6898 |
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Everything was known as progressive rock in the early seventies from Elton John to Genesis. Then disco and punk happened. I think just about the only artist back in the early seventies who wasn't considered prog was Elvis. I remember in Sam the record Man in Montreal he had rows and rows in his section. Unfortunately I saw genesis in 2007 at the big O in montreal and the few early songs they did play ( and butchered ) hardly anyone knew. In fact I overheard one kid saying that one of those songs ( can't remember which one ) must be their new song. Go figure. I'm just glad I grew up during those exciting years. I remember skipping school to wait at the record store when ELP's Love Beach came out.
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The Dark Elf ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: February 01 2011 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 13397 |
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Late to the party, and I didn't attend a Genesis show between 70-75 (too young), but I was at the Genesis concert at Ford Auditorium in Detroit in 1976 (Trick of the Tail, Bill Bruford drumming). A three thousand seater and It was sold out. I saw them again in 1977 (Winds and Wuthering) at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, this time sold to capacity of 5000. Both shows still rank in the top 20 or so concerts I've ever seen, and I've been to hundreds of concerts. Great light show. |
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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Hillarious... and as laughably wrong as everyother wild unsubstantiated guess you've made today. Research, assessment, analysis, not silly guesses.
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dr prog ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 25 2010 Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Points: 2536 |
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Oh poor genesis snobs can't get their head out of their ass lol |
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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dr prog ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 25 2010 Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Points: 2536 |
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I wish graaf stuck together for the whole 70s. Reckon they would have been big. Same with camel if they came around 3 years earlier
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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