First Prog Album

The very first prog album I ever listened to was probably DSoTM, and the second prog album I listened to was Duke by Genesis. My first Genesis album was Invisible Touch (Which doesn't count as a prog album for me). My first Yes album was Close to the Edge. My first King Crimson album was their debut album. My first neo-prog album was Script for a jester's tear, my first Prog Metal album was DT's debut album, and my first new-prog album was Muse's Showbiz.


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The Beatles might have been prog. Bach was definitely prog. Chopin was prog so was my mother. She taught me how to play the piano. First song I learned was Smoke On The Water. Da Da Da   Da Da Da. Da Da. Dad Da Dada  DA DA! in the the slack key of G major. But then that's not prog. Has to be in F major for level of difficulty.

First for me Relics. Or Yesterdays. Maybe a Heep album.

First prog probably is The Nice or Procol Harum.

He was right. He must have all of those clowns clear the rom in an instant.

cstack3 wrote: I was 12 years old when I first heard ITCOTCK in 1969, and I was immediately grabbed by the sound of Mellotron.   So much for the Monkees!!   It's been a fantastic voyage, thanks to everyone on PA for sailing along with me.  Cheers, Charles.

SteveG wrote: cstack3 wrote: I was 12 years old when I first heard ITCOTCK in 1969, and I was immediately grabbed by the sound of Mellotron.   So much for the Monkees!!     Wow. A progger from the cradle! (Well, almost. ) I was more shocked by ItCotKC when I first heard it and only liked some parts of it. It was not until a few later that I really "got" what the album was about. I believe it was after I got into Fragile by Yes that my prog ears were fully opened.

I definitely was a progger from the cradle due to my parents

cstack3 wrote: I was 12 years old when I first heard ITCOTCK in 1969, and I was immediately grabbed by the sound of Mellotron.   So much for the Monkees!!

Wow. A progger from the cradle! (Well, almost. ) I was more shocked by ItCotKC when I first heard it and only liked some parts of it. It was not until a few later that I really "got" what the album was about. I believe it was after I got into Fragile by Yes that my prog ears were fully opened.

I am not certain what my first prog album was. I was born Dec 1968 in Oakland, CA. my parents were hippies and listened to all kinds of stuff they called "music to get high to", which was everything from psychedelic, prog, hard rock, ethnic music and the likes.

some of my early memories include Uriah Heep's "Salisbury", the debut album of Gentle Giant, "Nursery Cryme" by Genesis, "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly, "Warrior on the Edge of Time" by Hawkwind, "Monster Movie" by Can, and "Join Inn" by Ash Ra Tempel


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