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Topic: Buying Prog CDs at Stores
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Buying Prog CDs at Stores
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 01:35

I've found myself completely frustrated over the lack of selection for Progressive Rock CDs, especially the fact that there doesn't seem to be a section just for Progressive Rock.

So far I'm trying to find CDs by Glass Hammer and the Flower Kings, but have not found them to any avail. Where do you usually buy CDs?




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Posted By: arqwave
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 01:48
In Mexico there's a store called "Mixed up", where actually you can buy certain records of progressive artists, lucky enough for us, there is a section of "old prog" that consists of cheap albums, you know, $9 u.s., also, there is the "serious" section where you can find a fair amount of records, but if you are looking for something really special, you ask for it, and they deliver that record within 2 weeks, so, if you're coming down to mexico, don´t forget to go to that store.


Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 03:44
I now very rarely use record stores, except 'Moores' in Stevenage, where I live - this is a small independant store, which somehow keeps going, despite the fact that it commits the heinous crime of stocking little or no chart material.

Generally, I now use Amazon.com, 101CD.com or even E-Bay (quite a good resource for cheap CD's) - at least there, you are almost guaranteed to get the CD you want for a reasonable price - especially now as Amazon are providing a forum to sell 2nd hand CDs through them.

Still, doesn't compare with the old thrill of leafing through hundreds of vinyl albums at the record fairs of my youth, and finding the ultra rare Hendrix import for 50p in mint condition.

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Posted By: StarshipTrooper
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 06:09

I dont really go to the stores much now. I tend to get mine from GFT which is a mail order only company. They have a massive catalogue of prog rock that they will send out to you with an order, or you can see the catalogue pages on their site.

 

http://www.gft-cyclops.co.uk/gft/gftinfo.html - http://www.gft-cyclops.co.uk/gft/gftinfo.html



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Posted By: will
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 06:40

There aren't any shops near me that stock much prog although they do have some of the more mainstream prog like Yes. I usually buy my CD's off the internet, through sites like Amazon.com.

I wish shops would sell more Prog but i guess it just isn't profitable at the moment.



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Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 07:03

Almost entirely mail order for prog.

There is exactly 1 (one), count 'em, 1 music store in town; a super-Mega-come-to-the-mall-with-your-life-savings-Sam-the-S ham-Goody store where you can buy all the music you want as long as it's Hip Hop, boy bands or vacuous little blonde chanteuses.

The only thing they are good for is picking up the hideously over-priced uncut releases of DRAGONBALL Z.

 <SMILIE>



Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 08:47
I buy my albums on eBay, most of them...some from Amazon...and sometimes I go to a big music-store in Frankfurt (World of Music)...they have some stuff but not really much, but I found Flower Kings, Gentle Giant, Yes and all the 'big' and 'famous' ones...

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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 10:21

It's nearly impossible to find any PROG at music stores. Occassionaly, Borders Bookstore, Barnes and Noble or Tower Records will have a few. I found some Camel and Gentle Giants CD's in these stores, but for the most part it's Amazon and Ebay. I've also found that Progrock Records has reasonable prices, but they only has a few bands. Here's the link:

http://www.progrockrecords.com/shop/?PHPSESSID=cc539f9e97fc21ed13583367c709de07 - http://www.progrockrecords.com/shop/?PHPSESSID=cc539f9e97fc2 1ed13583367c709de07

Salem Hill "Be" is a great album. Some bands have MP3's or samples.

 



Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 12:09

We had a prog/metal store here in Montréal but it recently went under. If you're ever in Montreal check out Beatnick Records on Rue St.Denis. Tons of vinyl and collectors stuff even a section devoted specifically to Prog CD's and vinyl! The owner knows his stuff and is a former local musician. Contact him over the web if you have any specific requests. Go to http://www.beatnickmusic.com - www.beatnickmusic.com .

 

 



Posted By: Scafell
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 17:16

As above mentioned I use GFT who have an extensive range (see their catalogue - both in a book form and on-line).

Another excellent mail order company that deserves a mention are

Freak Emporium -

https://www.freakemporium.com/new/index.html - https://www.freakemporium.com/new/index.html

 



Posted By: dt_1928
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 17:27

i got moving pictures at wal mart

 



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Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 17:35

Originally posted by dt_1928 dt_1928 wrote:

i got moving pictures at wal mart

True - RUSH, YES, DREAM THEATER and PINK FLOYD albums (though by no means the complete catalog at any particular time) seems to be readily available anywhere.  And also, I always seem to be able to find JETHRO TULL'S "War Child".

 <SMILIE>



Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 17:44

I Don't know about DT, I have yet to find a copy of any of their CD's... anywhere!

The fact that there is only one good music store in our little redneck town (Zellers), which stocks almost no good cds is the main catalyst that tempts me to download music via the internet. Man I hate being in the middle of nowhere.



Posted By: arqwave
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 18:56

Glass-prision, where you live?...

 why not the guys that have a lot of records burn some of them an then mail it to those who aren't lucky enough to live near a record store????

i mean it, i hope these thing reaches some of the "american" side of the atlantic-ocean dwellers



Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 19:03

I live in this obscure little town(Who's name isn't worth mentioning), about half an hour from a decent sized city(which is still too obscure to name, but if you have heard of Guelph, you are on the right road), which is about two hours northwest of Toronto.

And I'm all for sharing burned CD's, if it is the only way prog can spread



Posted By: dt_1928
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 19:06
Originally posted by Stormcrow Stormcrow wrote:

Originally posted by dt_1928 dt_1928 wrote:

i got moving pictures at wal mart

True - RUSH, YES, DREAM THEATER and PINK FLOYD albums (though by no means the complete catalog at any particular time) seems to be readily available anywhere.  And also, I always seem to be able to find JETHRO TULL'S "War Child".

 <SMILIE>

 

they didnt have any dreamtheater when i was there last, and i didnt think to look for yes, and they had some floyd.



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Posted By: Alexander
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 19:12

I purchase all my Prog & Jazz albums at these two independent record stores:

Ameoba Records in Hollwood, California

Rhino Records in Claremont, California



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Posted By: arqwave
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 19:14

well, if you are up to the task of sharing your location we may be able to send some copies of cd's, actually for me in Mexico is very cheap to send somethings to canada or USA, so... it would be nice to share music the way it is intended to be

peace



Posted By: Aztech
Date Posted: April 07 2004 at 12:19

I've mentionned this before on another thread :

In Montreal we are quite lucky we have a little store that specilises in Prog and Prog / Metal . They have a great selection and if they don't have it they will order it for you. (they can order about any prog band you can think of unless its discontinued)

You can also order via their internet site . Its worth checking out :

http://www.freesonrock.com - http://www.freesonrock.com

 



Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 08 2004 at 12:55
The Prog/Metal store here in Montreal I thought went under didn't. It's called Freeson and they can get stuff from all around the world plus they have a lot of titles in stock in store their website is http://www.freesonrock.com - www.freesonrock.com . I've bought tons of stuff from them. I was int the store yesterday and bought Trace Birds right from the shelf so they always have a good selection of new and used prog CD's on hand.


Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: April 08 2004 at 12:58
I think I'm very lucky here. I live in a small town (compared to Amsterdam ). And there are 4 music shops. From one of them, I can order quite a few albums! For a reasonable price, mostly.


Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: April 22 2004 at 12:41

Leicester's Ultima Thule is very good - literally nextdoor to Leicester Railway Station in Conduit Street - but beware they open midday to 5pm only on Wednesdays to Saturdays (and can close up impromptually for their holidays!!). Also check out their webpage/web mail order services via Ultima Thule Audion.

Run by the brothers Freeman, who have a wealth of knowledge on progressive rock - they are acknowledged as being world experts on Krautrock and they are putting an update, CDROM version of their book "Cosmic Egg" together at the moment. Apart from a thorough knowledge of the UK prog scene , they are red hot on Italian and the French scene - and I enjoy the occasional friendly "debate" with Alan (who serves the shop), his knowledge is not absolutely perfect but who's is? Add to these RIO, electronica and avante, (they provide some service to the music school of Leicester University).

They turned me on to Anekdoten (my favourite neo prog  band of the 90's), Ibis, Collegium Musicum, Kraan and many other prog related bands I missed the first time around and certainly would not have found elsewhere in the UK. They are also slowly educating me in Krautrock. If you are a regular at their store, they get to know your tastes very well and are likely to sample you with albums you've not heard before - it is rare I don't buy several albums on each visit. And they have an excellent secondhand service in vinyl, cassettes and CD formats.



Posted By: CrimsonKing
Date Posted: May 19 2004 at 12:37
I use a mail order service to get most of the difficult to find CDs.

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Posted By: Wayman
Date Posted: May 19 2004 at 20:15
Fantom,

I don't know if you have A&B Sound in Eastern
Canada, but in Western Canada that is probably the
best retail store for finding progressive rock albums
for a low price. I bought most of my Genesis and Van
der Graaf Generator CDs, for example, for about $10
Canadian new. Ozric Tentacles? $13. I even got the
double Coma Divine CD (Porcupine Tree) for about
$23. None of these were sale prices. Nevertheless,
even A&Bs selection is limited. What I can't find there
(or at Zulu Records, a specialty store in Vancouver) I
order on-line. Amazon.ca usually, or the Freak
Emporium. The service at the Freak Emporium is
exceptional and they often have in stock things that
you can't find anywhere else. I ordered Porcupine
Tree's 'Recordings', 'Lightbulb Sun', and Gong's
'Angel's Egg' the other day and received my order in
less than a week and a half (from England!). The
prices are often surprisingly good -- too bad
customs always grabs 'em.


Posted By: felona
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 00:53

I know this is quite an old thread but wanted to spread the word about some great places to shop ... which I guess many of you know about anyway... ... but anyway ...

I would highly recommend Greg Walker @ Synphonic for good value, fast & friendly service - he has a huge range from all around the world and will do his best to give you the best postage deal (w/out jewel cases its half price)    http://synphonic.8m.com/ - http://synphonic.8m.com/

based in the UK, there's Will Mackie @ caerllysi music   - also very knowledgeable    http://www.caerllysimusic.co.uk/ - http://www.caerllysimusic.co.uk/    he always has  great deals going on ebay - username is  caerllysi . He is also  the main UK distributor for Glass Hammer.

 btf in Italy are also good - although mainly euro prog stuff the are very reliable. They also own a great italian prog label (vinyl magic) http://www.btf.it/ - http://www.btf.it/

 



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I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ......
The Church "After Everything Now This"


Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 01:12

Where I'm located, it seems that a lot of rare things are around. I can go to one of the independent shops in Berkeley, California, and can get almost all the CD's I'm looking for (except for those damn elusive Fish-Era Marillion CD's).  I've even found a Flower Kings CD in my local Best Buy (which is pretty damn unbelievable). But I always find myself ordering more and more off the internet.



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Posted By: kingofbizzare
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 04:39
I've found that Circuit City and Best Buy stock lots of Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Yes, and Frank Zappa. Barnes and Noble has some more obscure stuff. There's a store near me that mostly sells vinyl, but they do have a fair CD collection. Even if they don't have it in stock, I can have them order it and get it in about two days. They can even get rare imports, but those usually cost a bit more.

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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 04:48

ah well i was in HMV in london and they had a pretty decent selection...but anyways here in norway the music stores have even quit the metal genre...so now there is only pop and (c)rap and those commercial stuff there

Horrible stuff.



Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 05:35
AMAZON UK , great service 

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Billy Connolly
Dream Theater
Terry Gilliam
Hagen Quartet
Jethro Tull
Mike Keneally


Posted By: Sekkyoku
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 07:16

http://www.missingpiece.net - www.missingpiece.net

Great progressive rock web-store, I get most of my cd´s from them. Good service and fast shipping. If they don´t have what you want in store, they get it.

Take care.



Posted By: bumheed7
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 07:26
HMV has stacks of prog but most of the rare stuff (in the eyes of the mainstream) are ridiculoulsy priced (£12.99+)
Avalanche which i think is a Scottish only store has a decent selection as far as im aware.


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Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 07:26
I think Ebay is the best resource, I recently bought the rare Morte Macabre cd for $10,50...


Posted By: Bionic Commando
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 09:54

The likes of HMV and Virgin are sometimes decent stores for prog music, but usually their prices are inflated, so I stick to both Amazon.co.uk and a little store called Hector's House which isn't bad for finding some rare stuff, but there's a distinct lack of choice.



Posted By: elp-progster
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 10:00

http://www.synphonic.8m.com - www.synphonic.8m.com

 

More than 10 thousand prog titles; excellent service.



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Posted By: DavidInsabella
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 10:01
Originally posted by Fantom JSK Fantom JSK wrote:

I've found myself completely frustrated over the lack of selection for Progressive Rock CDs, especially the fact that there doesn't seem to be a section just for Progressive Rock.

So far I'm trying to find CDs by Glass Hammer and the Flower Kings, but have not found them to any avail. Where do you usually buy CDs?

One word my friend: internet. It's got all the prog you can handle.

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Posted By: felona
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 23:46

http://www.click2rock.net/ - http://www.click2rock.net/  ... A  newly opened online store based in UK

The guy   also sells on ebay as fantasyk and has a 100% feedback rating. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ......
The Church "After Everything Now This"


Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 13 2005 at 23:50

I only buy from the internet nowdays; Amazon, Gemm, ebay, cdon.com, Ginza and so on...Amazon is the best, lot's of second hand, cheap



Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 04:51

There's a superb shop in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE England called Spin.I always end up spending far too much money in there whenever I'm able to get up to Newcastle (@ twice a year).They have a great selection of Prog',Kraut,Psych and Acid-Folk.They are also an on-line mail-order site.
Another shop(s)is/are Minus Zero/Stand-Out Records just off of Portobello Road,W London.Two shops in one building selling stuff that will make your jaw drop.
      

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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 05:41

Our local HMV and MVC are stacked with Genesis, Yes & Floyd albums, but thats about it.

I went looking for the new Dream Theater album yesterday. MVC only had 'Images & Words' in the bargain bin, and HMV had run out. The guy behoind the counter said they had only been sent three copies to start with. They didn't have any other DT albums.

As for Rush, thats a laugh. In HMV you can by 'Spirit of Radio' compilation and 'Feedback'

I have never even bothered to look for anything slightly obscure. I buy virtually all CD's on line. I looked for Octavarium thinking 'its bound to be there!' how naieve..



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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!


Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 06:26

Originally posted by felona felona wrote:

based in the UK, there's Will Mackie @ caerllysi music   - also very knowledgeable   http://www.caerllysimusic.co.uk/   he always has  great deals going on ebay - username is  caerllysi . He is also  the main UK distributor for Glass Hammer.

I agree... Will's a good bloke, and is also the UK stockist for Anekdoten, Cross, Clepsydra, Lana Lane, Cyan, Magenta and a few others, hence his prices are very reasonable, although he can have supply difficulties....



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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson


Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 06:32
Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Our local HMV and MVC are stacked with Genesis, Yes & Floyd albums, but thats about it.

I went looking for the new Dream Theater album yesterday. MVC only had 'Images & Words' in the bargain bin, and HMV had run out. The guy behoind the counter said they had only been sent three copies to start with. They didn't have any other DT albums.

As for Rush, thats a laugh. In HMV you can by 'Spirit of Radio' compilation and 'Feedback'

I have never even bothered to look for anything slightly obscure. I buy virtually all CD's on line. I looked for Octavarium thinking 'its bound to be there!' how naieve..

Hi Blacksword,

Octivarium @ Play.com, £9.99, 48 hour free delivery sevice.  I use them for the less obscure stuff cos they are very good.

Anyway, how's this Spock's Beard collection of yours doing?



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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson


Posted By: felona
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 06:46
Originally posted by elp-progster elp-progster wrote:

http://www.synphonic.8m.com - www.synphonic.8m.com

 

More than 10 thousand prog titles; excellent service.

 

I HEARTILY AGREE ... GREG IS ONE OF THE BEST OUT THERE - YOU CAN'T GO WRONG! 



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I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ......
The Church "After Everything Now This"


Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 07:47

www.freakemporium.com


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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 08:35
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Our local HMV and MVC are stacked with Genesis, Yes & Floyd albums, but thats about it.

I went looking for the new Dream Theater album yesterday. MVC only had 'Images & Words' in the bargain bin, and HMV had run out. The guy behoind the counter said they had only been sent three copies to start with. They didn't have any other DT albums.

As for Rush, thats a laugh. In HMV you can by 'Spirit of Radio' compilation and 'Feedback'

I have never even bothered to look for anything slightly obscure. I buy virtually all CD's on line. I looked for Octavarium thinking 'its bound to be there!' how naieve..

Hi Blacksword,

Octivarium @ Play.com, £9.99, 48 hour free delivery sevice.  I use them for the less obscure stuff cos they are very good.

Anyway, how's this Spock's Beard collection of yours doing?

Hi fandango!

Thanks for the advice. To be honest, I've never been let down by Amazon (Uk or .com) I've been able to get everything I've wanted there. Stores like HMV are only any good in big cities. In small towns like mine, its believed that everyone just listerns to chart sh!t. I guess its mostly true.

Re; Spocks Beard. I'm loving 'The Light' I think its a great album. My SB collection will form quite slowly, though. There are so many other things I 'need' to get. I'm still working through my Enid fixation and nothing else really stands a chance for a good few months when I ressurect an old flame  I guess next on SB hit list will be 'V' and 'Beware of the dark'

One day I'll write some more reviews. Honest...



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Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 16:58

Apparently if a shop sells two of the same CDs in a year then it is worth them stocking it. Our local shops are HMV and Virgin. HMV have better range of bands and albums though it is limited and I have pretty much reached end point. Now using the internet more and thanks to forum members have a good range of alternative sites. Only trouble is I like to hear before I buy and not all bands/publishers are as far sighted as MP3 contributors so far. As I keep saying  - 'Get your marketing guys onto it.' Now who wants my next order?



Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 15:42
Originally posted by elp-progster elp-progster wrote:

http://www.synphonic.8m.com - www.synphonic.8m.com

 

More than 10 thousand prog titles; excellent service.

Great Stuff there, and the serivice can not be beat. Also Doug Larson (the link is on the site) has a great selection. For non-online service i use Vintage Vinyl, a wonderful independent store. One of the best things about Jersey . It's the only store i kno that has an entire section comprised of only prog. Great Stuff.



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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 17:08
I can usually find a good amount of prog at Virign Megastore, but it's too expensive, and I hate it. Go to the internet.


Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 05:13
Originally posted by Fantom JSK Fantom JSK wrote:

I've found myself completely frustrated over the lack of selection for Progressive Rock CDs, especially the fact that there doesn't seem to be a section just for Progressive Rock.

So far I'm trying to find CDs by Glass Hammer and the Flower Kings, but have not found them to any avail. Where do you usually buy CDs?

You are so lucky, in Australia it is IMPOSSIBLE to find anything like Glass Hammer or even something like Symphony X, The CD stores here can say to have over 100,000 CD's but they will only have very famous prog bands like Yes, Rush etc. Prog is just not that popular over here, hell it took me ages to fing In the Court of King Crimson, all the albums I want I have to import from Germany which can take any where from 4 to 12 Weeks. 12 Weeks.



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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 07:45

I was in Florida in October and went into a couple of record stores thinking I would be able to pick up CDs by bands like Glass Hammer and Echolyn. How stupid was I? (don't answer that).The only US prog CD I found was Transatlantic (if you can call them US) - there was no sign of anything else.

I've pretty much given up on British record shops for prog, I get them from Amazon or e-bay.



Posted By: A'swepe
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 09:56

I do the vast majority of my CD buying at online stores like Amazon.com.

As far as Glass Hammer, go to their website http://glasshammer.com - http://glasshammer.com

The last time I checked they were selling their CDs for $15.00 - Amazon has the same CDs for $15.99.

Their new CD, The Inconsolable Secret, (Excellent CD, IMO), is available for $20.00 - its a double CD with over 100 minutes of music.

 



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Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 11:09
Borders has a good amount. All Gentle Giant all Van der Graaf, all Genesis,
Yes, Rush, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield... Not a bad selection.

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And endless Compromises
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 11:43
The only store that I've found half-decent where I'm living is Scrape Records. It has some progressive rock, but mainly progressive metal and metal.


Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 11:47
I just let the local store order my albums, it doesn't come with any extra costs. I was disappointed they couldn't order any Gentle Giant though.


Posted By: Someo Therguy
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 12:16
I havn't bought a CD in a store for several years now. I purchase everything from on line sources like amazonon.com, abstractlogix.com, ebay, or from indie labels (on line) like musea records, lasers edge, or directly from artists web sites.


Posted By: viperjr98
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 12:25

Recently, I've been getting my stuff almost exclusively from http://www.lasercd.com - www.lasercd.com   aka Laser's Edge.  They've got tons of stuff, from really old obscure prog rock titles to the newest prog metal.  The owner, Ken Golden (also owner of Sensory Records) gives a short description and review for each title, and he's almost always right on.

Fast shipping, friendly service...hey, what a concept!

 



Posted By: Carpetcrawler
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 12:28
Does anyone know a good progstore anywhere in switzerland?

Actually the 'MediaMarkt' in Basel features some well-known
prog; floyd, rush, yes, dt, vdgg, Marillion, Hackett, Gabriel
etc...also pts deadwing.

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Posted By: progaeopteryx
Date Posted: December 22 2005 at 21:32
You're from Canada, eh? If you're in Toronto, I'd recommend the HMV on Yonge Street. I'm from the States, where prog is just starting to show up more in stores (probably thanks to Inside Out America), but when I was in Toronto, that HMV in particular had an impressive selection of stuff. I think I came over the border with about $250Cdn without getting checked. This was years ago before the border became such a pain after 9/11. The Canadian border patrol was very nice, but coming back I was very disappointed in the Americans. I mean I'm a bloody citizen for goodness sake!

In my area (State College, Pa.), Mike's Video, has been carrying more and more prog (I live in a college town, so this stuff even today, is still attracting college students). The people who work there often don't know what they have when they get it and I end up finding things like Pallas, Porcupine Tree, and Devil Doll (yes, Devil Doll!) in the metal section.

There's a really cool store just north of Ephrata, Pa. (in the middle of Pennsylvani Dutch country!) called Record Connection PA that has a prog/psych section. About twice a year I take a drive down there, but their prices are often higher than online sites, although occasionally I find a bargain or two. They do give a 10% discount on a $100+ purchase.

Other than that, there isn't much in Pa. I saw some prog in a store in Pittsburgh (I think on Carson St., can't remember the name), but very little and what was there was very overpriced.

For online, I like Laser's Edge a lot: http://www.lasercd.com/default.asp - http://www.lasercd.com/default.asp

Syn-Phonic in Utah has probably one of the largest selections, but they often don't have them in stock and recommend listing alternates, so I haven't bought anything from them in awhile, although they have reasonable prices, often better than other sites. See: http://synphonic.8m.com/ - http://synphonic.8m.com/

I've been meaning to check Kinesis out more. Never bought anything from them, but I like a lot of the stuff they have listed: http://www.kinesiscd.com/index.html - http://www.kinesiscd.com/index.html

Hope you have luck with some of the suggestions here.


Posted By: walrus333
Date Posted: December 22 2005 at 22:15

my local Borders has a pretty good Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull, and Dream Theater selections, almost all of Pink Floyds stuff and usually the latest release by Marillion, Pain of Salvation, Opeth and Spocks Beard and the occasional Rush cd. If I want much other than that I go online.



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If anyone knows where I can get a copy of some Flute and Voice (Indo-Prog/Raga Rock) albums please PM me! Many thanks!



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