First prog Vinyl CD or Cassette you bought
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Topic: First prog Vinyl CD or Cassette you bought
Posted By: genbanks
Subject: First prog Vinyl CD or Cassette you bought
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 16:16
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Tell from which of these bands/solo artist did you buy your first prog album? If the artist is not in the list pick the closer one. If you want you can fill the following items (or some of them of course, or none of them too) In my case for example Band: Genesis - Three sides live (the one with the four side in studio) Format: Cassette Year: 1984 Age: 15 Music I listened before: Classical Music
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 16:49
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Band: Yes - The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection Format: CD Year: 2011 Age: 11 Music I listened before: Classic Rock in general (including some of prog, mainly Rush, the first prog band i technically expanded on before Yes) ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:18
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Band: Pink Floyd - Meddle Format: CD Year: 2007 I think Age: 13 or 14 Music I listened before: Bit 'o this 'n bit 'o that, and a fair bit of Pink Floyd
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 17:23
| Vinyl. Genesis Live. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 18:42
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Before I started a collection of my own, I played my dad's records a lot, and it's hard to place exactly where my first prog purchase was. But i think it was: Band: Moody Blues - To Our Childrens'..... Format: Vinyl Year: 1979? Age: 10 Stuff I listened to Before : Moody Blues and Beatles mostly, this was a repurchase of something my dad had when I was a toddler and used to listen to then. I wasn't aware it was "prog" really, I didn't really use that term until around college (1987) when I first became seriously interested in prog as a genre and sought out artists in that vein. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 19:02
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As I recall "Fragile" was my first prog vinyl, early 80s. Prior to that I has many PR/crossover acts on cassette, Styx, Rush, Zep, Moodies, Who.... But I'll give the honor to Fragile....that was the first of what I considered my prog rock collection. ------------- |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 19:03
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Probably some Pink Floyd. Before that, though, I hijacked my dad's copies of Aqualung and Fragile |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 19:23
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Had a bunch of Kansas, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, Supertramp, 10CC and Pink Floyd on 8-track and vinyl so probably one of those. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: CryoftheCarrots
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 19:48
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From the list Pink Floyd DSOTM.
Cant vote though because the first vinyl prog album I bought was Ziggy Stardust by Bowie. I didnt know it was prog then. (Not that I knew what prog was as a 14 year old!) ------------- "There is a lot in this world to be tense and intense about" MJK |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 21:19
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I bought In the Court of the Crimson King on vinyl. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 21:38
Same here. Got it in 1973, when I discovered prog. It is the album, and the song "Epitaph" particularly, that changed my life. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Wanorak wrote:Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 23:21
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Tough to remember.....but I think Band: Rush~Fly By Night Format: Vinyl Year: 1975 Age: 11 Music I listened before (and still do): Funk, R&B -------------   
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 00:09
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Band: King Crimson Format: CD Year: 2005 (or so) Age: 17 (or so) Music I listened before: Not much. Mainly just classic rock or contemporary radio. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 00:45
| It was Songs from the wood from JT together with In rock from Deep Purple, I guess 25 years ago |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 00:46
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So many years and albums and passed since that time I cannot remember. It could have been Yes, or Tull, or Pink Floyd, or quite possibly ELP, who should be on this list as well. If we can include Proto-Prog, then it is definitely Burn by Deep Purple. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 01:53
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Band: Genesis - Seconds Out Format: Vinyl Year: 1977 Age: 13 Music I listened before: Pop ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 02:39
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First prog album I listened to: Genesis - Three sides live (belonged to my older brother) Format: Cassette Year: 1982 First album I bought myself: Yes - Yessongs (used, on a flee market, I still own it) Format: Vinyl Year: 1982 Age: 14 Music I listened before: Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Classical Music, especially Baroque chamber music (I played it myself)
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 03:18
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I would say that Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) - his solo album Wet Dream, was my first 'true' Prog (or related, if you will) that I bought with my own allowance back in 1987. I did have a couple of Beach Boys' albums from my pre-teen days, and after buying some Floyd tapes in Bali received Atom Heart & Wish You Were Here on LP. Then, my haunt was the local 2nd-hand record shop not far from home, and I bought Wet Dream and the 12" of Roger's Pros & Cons of Hitch-Hiking. Still with me to this day.......... |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 04:43
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Band: Rush - 2112 Format: CD Year: 2012 Age: 12 Music I listened before: Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc. Was still a couple of years before I really got into prog, and anything beyond Rush (didn't have a computer to listen to new bands back then).
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 05:06
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My first cassette is not listed (ELP - Trilogy). My first vinyl was DSOTM so Pink Floyd. Before? - Animals, John Mayall, Arlo Guthrie, blues in general which I still listen to. Age? I have bought Trilogy by coincidence as "gift" for my first Philips tape reader at 11 (My elder brother bought me a guitar before). I have bought my first turntable when I was 14, just in time for DSOTM. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: sleeper
Date 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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Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 05:56
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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 |
Posted By: LSDisease
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 05:59
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Band: Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Format: Cassette Year: 1995 Age: 18 Music I listened before: heavy metal
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 06:16
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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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 06:28
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Band: Genesis (Genesis Live)
Format: Vinyl
Year: 1973
Age: 12
Music I listened before: Alice Cooper |
Posted By: thwok
Date 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. ------------- I am the funkiest man on the planet! |
Posted By: cemego
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 07:43
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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.) ------------- listen to streaming stuff! no commercials! http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls |
Posted By: Hans il mercante
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 08:22
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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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Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 09:18
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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.  |
Posted By: frankbostick
Date 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". Vinyl 1970 17 Various |
Posted By: 33rpm
Date 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! ------------- Vinyl just sounds better!! |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date 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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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 29 2014 at 14:51
ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition ( absolutely hated it , what on earth is this??! )
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date 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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Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: July 30 2014 at 16:11
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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. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date 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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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: July 30 2014 at 17:57
| 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! |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: July 30 2014 at 18:03
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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Posted By: infocat
Date 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!). ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: August 02 2014 at 04:50
Pink Floyd.------------- 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. |