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sleeper 
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 Posted: July 29 2014 at 05:52 |
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The first one I bought my self (i.e not a present) was Dream Theaters Train of Thought around 2003/4 so I would have been about 18.
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Jeffro
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 05:56 |
I can't vote for some odd reason? ??? Oh well
Band: Rush - Moving Pictures
Format: Vinyl
Year: 1981
Age: 13
Music I listened before: Mostly what was on top 40 radio and The Beatles
Edited by Jeffro - July 29 2014 at 05:56
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LSDisease
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 05:59 |
Band: Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Format: Cassette
Year: 1995
Age: 18
Music I listened before: heavy metal
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"Du gehst zu Frauen? Vergiss die Peitsche nicht!"
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genbanks
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Location: Argentina
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 06:16 |
 Progosopher wrote:
... or quite possibly ELP, who should be on this list as well... |
Yes, you are right, was a mistake of mine. It was on my plans but at the moment of make the list I just forgot. Now I put it there. Sorry.
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chopper
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Location: Essex, UK
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 06:28 |
Band: Genesis (Genesis Live)
Format: Vinyl
Year: 1973
Age: 12
Music I listened before: Alice Cooper
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thwok
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 07:10 |
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The first LP I remember buying was Yes' Going for the One. I'm 48, so this was a LONG time ago; it must have been 1977, the year it came out. Yes was my absolute obsession fir years before and after this purchase. I remember the day well, because I had stayed home sick from school, and got a big lecture from my Dad for going record shopping when I was supposed to be sick! Yes, back in the late 70's, an 11-year old could still walk to the local mall safely by himself. I love and miss you Dad.
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I am the funkiest man on the planet!
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cemego
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Location: Philadelphia PA
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 07:43 |
Picked ELP (pictures at an exhibition on cassette)...
But to be honest...
Band: Supertramp - Paris
Format: Vinyl
Year: 1980
Age: 11
Music I listened before: Bach, Herb Alpert and the TJB, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Carpenters, Air Supply. I was all over the map searching for my flavor/taste. Thanks to Supertramp, ELP, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Brian Eno, Rush (in that order) brought the magic of prog into my life. Never looked back since. Thrilled there is modern stuff to capture my interest (anything Steve Wilson touches) and later in life, I found the magic of Canterbury music (hatfield, caravan, gong, robert wyatt). Canterbury feeds my jazz need very well. Also like some fusion stuff (brand x, george duke, freddie hubbard, etc.)
Edited by cemego - July 29 2014 at 07:52
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listen to streaming stuff! no commercials!
http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls
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Hans il mercante
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Joined: July 30 2011
Location: Venezuela
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 08:22 |
Rush - Roll the bones cd Age 13
A much older than me friend of mine lend me Show of hands Lp, It was a revelation, everything changed, I had a year listening with him Genesis, Supertramp, but Rush really was music for me, and that one was my first prog album, my second was Genesis Live, and third, Genesis Nursery crime.
Imagine a kid with a Rush t-shirt under his highschool uniform, Rush pushed me to Yes, Yes to King Crimson, them to ELP, and then I bought my first Classical music record and so on, and even now, the journey continues, prog always will fire your imagination and curiosity, fuel for the mind as I called Rush back in my teenage days.
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silverpot
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 09:18 |
Band: The Moody Blues
Format: Vinyl
Year: 1967
Age: 14 In those days records were so ridiculously expensive that it took a couple of months to scrape together enough to buy one. Nobody bought an Lp that someone in our circle of friends already had and often we discussed who's gonna buy which. I was the proud owner of Days of Future Passed. 
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frankbostick
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 10:02 |
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I don't remember exactly, maybe King Crimson "In the wake of Poseidon", maybe Pink Floyd "Atom heart mother".
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33rpm
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Location: Ohio USA
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 14:06 |
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From the list it was vinyl of King Crimson - ItCotCk or Jethro Tull - Stand Up or The Moody Blues - Days of Future Past.
I had already had all of the Beatles on vinyl.
I also had the first three Procol Harum, first four Jimmy Hendrix and Tommy by The Who all on vinyl.
I also purchased the 45 of Go Now by the Moody Blues in 1966.
I am OLD!
Edited by 33rpm - July 29 2014 at 14:19
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Vinyl just sounds better!!
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rushfan4
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 14:16 |
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I can't really remember my first prog album. I suspect that it was either Rush's Caress of Steel (CD) or Pink Floyd's Momentary Lapse of Reason (Vinyl). I bought both somewhere in the 1987 - 1988 range. I was 17 or 18 at the time.
Prior to that I listened mostly to 80's hair metal bands like Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, and Ratt and heavier metal bands like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Scorpions, and Metallica.
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richardh
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Posted: July 29 2014 at 14:51 |
ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition ( absolutely hated it , what on earth is this??!  )
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 05:40 |
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From the list, Pink floyds Animals on vinyl. Then bought all others from them up to The Wall from one dealer. All in the 70$ To 80$. But first ever was Kraftwerks Man Machine on release date.
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Stool Man
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 16:11 |
I had my dad's Pink Floyd albums, then was given The Wall on cassette when it came out. Then I started buying albums, and the first in this list was A Farewell To Kings by Rush, along with albums by Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent, and Jean Michel Jarre. Voted Rush in the poll.
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 17:45 |
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From Columbia Record House or whatever they were calling it, two Wakemans - Journey and King Arthur. It would ba few years before I became a full fledged prog addict though.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Roj
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 17:57 |
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The first prog album I bought was J-M Jarre's Oxygene on vinyl when it came out in 1976. Not a bad choice if I say so myself!
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genbanks
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Posted: July 30 2014 at 18:03 |
Roj wrote:
The first prog album I bought was J-M Jarre's Oxygene on vinyl when it came out in 1976. Not a bad choice if I say so myself! |
Well, I could not put so many artist on the list, but I must say that I really like Jean Michel Jarre stuff, and Oxygene is one of his albums that I have, great music! You have a nice and original prog debut so...
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infocat
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Posted: July 31 2014 at 01:20 |
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Something from Rush, but I have no idea which album I bought first.
PF WYWH was the first CD I bought (before I even had a CD player!).
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Frank Swarbrick
Belief is not Truth.
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proggman
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Posted: August 02 2014 at 04:50 |
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Pink Floyd.
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When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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