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dr wu23 
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 Posted: September 13 2015 at 16:59 |
Probably Court by KC when I first heard it in late 69 or early 70...can't recall what month it was when Jim in my dorm at college played it for me. I had been listening to Moodies , Procol Harum, etc before that but ITCOTCK blew me away.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Lowend
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Posted: September 13 2015 at 17:38 |
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My introduction was ELP's first album. But then . . . . I heard "CLOSE TO THE EDGE" and was blown away. Been a YES fan ever since.
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Lost in trance of dances, as rhythm takes another turn
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Progosopher
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Posted: September 13 2015 at 18:51 |
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I had heard lots of songs by Tull, ElP, Yes, Moody Blues, etc. on the radio in the early 70s, but the first Prog album I heard in its entirety was Aqualung. The first I owned was Yessongs.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Otto9999
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Posted: September 13 2015 at 20:04 |
Removed due to PA's deliberated act of deleting threads as alleged featuring negative behaviour posts towards others.
Edited by Otto9999 - October 31 2015 at 11:31
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HackettFan
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Posted: September 14 2015 at 00:59 |
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway. A friend of mine got it and played it for me. I didn't like it. My music tastes were immature at the time, but it made an impression on me nonetheless. It didn't only have the title track, it had oddly had another track called The Light Dies Down On Broadway, and it had a strange endin I remember. Later I loved it. It became a very necessary catharsis for me.
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micky
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Posted: September 14 2015 at 18:11 |
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Isn't prog love what happened to micky and Raff?
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 next year is 10 years.. by god how times flies. I still don't know how I caught her.. and still even more mystified as to how I kept her. happy 50k man!  You realize you've entered the 'no life' zone now right?
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Atavachron
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Posted: September 14 2015 at 18:23 |
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Of course I do, but I've decided to fool my body and brain into thinking I'm fifteen years younger by exercising both. I'll get back to you on that.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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SquonkHunter
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Posted: September 15 2015 at 16:42 |
My first exposure to full albums of Prog was The Yes Album followed by Fragile and then the classic Close to the Edge. All this took place in the short span of Fall 1972. Been a huge Yes fan ever since. I had heard some individual songs on the radio previously but not very often since Prog was only available on Underground FM stations back then. In 1971-72 most people my age (14-15) did not have an FM receiver. I did something about that as soon as I could! 
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"You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..."
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miamiscot
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Posted: September 15 2015 at 18:30 |
Abbey Road, We're Only In It For The Money and Chicago Transit Authority were three records that paved the way for that momentous day when I heard Fragile for the first time. And it was all over after that.
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emigre80
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Posted: September 15 2015 at 19:02 |
miamiscot wrote:
Abbey Road, We're Only In It For The Money and Chicago Transit Authority were three records that paved the way for that momentous day when I heard Fragile for the first time. And it was all over after that. |
Hmm, I was a big fan of CTA (and the Moody Blues) before I first heard CTTE, but I never thought of them as paving the way. I'm thinking of them that way now and I see the connection.
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malsader
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Posted: September 18 2015 at 05:51 |
Close to the edge (Yes) and The dark side of the moon (Pink Floyd), 1974, in Baghdad-Iraq. I was hooked there and then and am still a total prog-head at the age of 67 (now in Ireland) 
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Cactus Choir
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Posted: September 18 2015 at 06:01 |
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Works Volume 1 by ELP - I'll still defend that album from its many detractors! I bought it after seeing the promo of Fanfare for the Common Man on Top of the Pops.
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"And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!"
"He's up the pub"
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: September 18 2015 at 06:25 |
Pink Floyd - The Wall .......I think. Problem is that I had no idea what prog was when I first started out listening to experimental music.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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someone_else
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Posted: September 18 2015 at 06:42 |
Pink Floyd - Relics (in June 1972 at the age of 12).
I remember that this album was quite a revelation for me. I loved all of it, except for Interstellar Overdrive (which took me a few years to appreciate).
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thebeastmustdie
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Posted: September 18 2015 at 11:08 |
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the first album I heard when I was actually conscious of the term 'prog', and which made me think "if this is prog, then I like prog" was King Crimson - Red, probably around 1997/98 ish. I still think of myself as a prog newcomer and I have discovered loads of weird and wonderful stuff since registering thanks to suggestions from you guys
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Rednight
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Posted: September 18 2015 at 11:56 |
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^An auspicious start for you, my friend, to the world of prog.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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thebeastmustdie
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Posted: September 19 2015 at 08:22 |
Rednight wrote:
^An auspicious start for you, my friend, to the world of prog. |
haha, yeah. threw myself in at the deep end with that album.
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micky
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Posted: September 19 2015 at 08:43 |
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Of course I do, but I've decided to fool my body and brain into thinking I'm fifteen years younger by exercising both. I'll get back to you on that.
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let me know... exercise.....that is the ace up my sleeve in my years long battle to quit smoking.. I'm feel it is almost time to slam it on the table. I haven't been able to kick it and damnit I've tried most everything else.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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emigre80
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Posted: September 19 2015 at 08:49 |
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swimming plus Chantix worked for me. Not saying it would work for everyone, but it did for me.
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micky
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Posted: September 19 2015 at 08:55 |
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I won't do drugs.. I do have an addictive personality. Even when I had bad back issues I took my Oxycontin prescription and tossed it in the trash. However I have been told by a few friends that quit that what really helped was a vigorous exercise routine. Running or biking.. I used to be a distance runner on the track team in High School... so I've thought about using that as my substitute. I've conquered half my habit which is work(stress) related as I have stopped bringing cigarettes to work and have Raff ration them to me at home.
I just haven't been able to make that final jump.. to stopping completely
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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