Story of your first prog album

For me It was Shine On... love on first listen I tell you


Edited by Barah86 - January 13 2012 at 12:19

progprogprog wrote: I didn't know that about KC, how awful

Why awful? - they were still respected and relatively "famous" and still more people listened to them then than do now, but even more people listened to Yes, Genesis, ELP, Jethro Tull and countless other "prog" bands in the 70s.

Dean wrote: progprogprog wrote: I didn't know that about KC, how awful   Why awful? - they were still respected and relatively "famous" and still more people listened to them then than do now, but even more people listened to Yes, Genesis, ELP, Jethro Tull and countless other "prog" bands in the 70s.

Edited by progprogprog - January 13 2012 at 18:02

2112 when I was 14. My older brother brought me to a cool little record store in Darien, CT in 1989 and got me a used copy for my birthday. As with all those albums I was obsessed with, I played that entire thing through a thousand times on my guitar.

The Miracle wrote: Back when I was a kid and lived in Russia, I listened mostly to Russian rock and pop, that I've grown to dislike quite strongly since then. One exception is Aquarium. I remember my dad singing "Kornely Shnapps" to me back when I was 3, so technically, Aquarium's Triugolnik(Triangle) was my very first prog album at the age of 3. By the time I was 11-12 I was obsessed with them. Still love them today. My actual hobby of exploring and collecting music began on my 14th birthday in 2002 when I bought Dark Side with my birthday money. Soon after I bought the rest of the Floyd discography, Aqualung, Benefit, Deep Purple's Fireball and In Rock, the Yes Album, Queen II, etc, all based on my dad's recommendation. So he gets the credit for getting me into prog from the beginning. Then thanks to PA, around summer 2005 the hobby turned into obsession.

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bensommer wrote: 2112 when I was 14. My older brother brought me to a cool little record store in Darien, CT in 1989 and got me a used copy for my birthday. As with all those albums I was obsessed with, I played that entire thing through a thousand times on my guitar.

We found a cassette of 2112 out on our street when I was in high school.  Perhaps that was my first prog?  I don't recall for sure, but it seems likely!  I know Rush was my first prog band, because I got all of their albums (up through Hold Your Fire on vinyl, and I don't think I got anymore prog until I got my first CD player (WYWH being my first CD.).

Oh wait, I had Aqualung and Crest of a Knave on vinyl as well.

In 1971 I was 8 and buying singles, starting with some really serious stuff like
Bobby Sherman and Donny Osmond.  I worked my way up by 1972 to
Three Dog Night, Rod Stewart, Melanie and similar pop stuff.  I bought Roundabout as a single
the year it came out, which had Long Distance Runaround on the other side. 
I knew something was different about this music. Long Distance Runaround
seemed to take me to another world, kind of like a fairy tale, but it still was related
to this world of rock music that I liked so much.  Yes seemed to talk to a very
deep part of myself that other music didn't in the same way.

My best friend, who I was in a band with at the time (mostly just talk, of course),
was also very into music and bought me The Yes Album, for what must have been
my 9th birthday.   He didn't get me Fragile, which would have seemed like the logical
choice, but I'm glad, as The Yes Album seems more solid to my way of thinking, and
I think a better record for a kid.

I was a big fan of Rod Stewart and the Faces, but the prog angle
just took over, helped by the fact I was very much into synthesizers.  The Yes Album
got played a lot, and I eventually discovered Trilogy at my library.  The library had
put paper over the inner sleeve, that had the montage of many ELP's running around in a
field at the same time.  I could only see tiny bits of it at a time, but it was fascinating,and I kept trying
to pry back bits of it every time I took it out.

I got Yessongs for Christmas the year it came out.  I must have been 12.

It was a nice journey of finding other prog records in friend's older brothers' or sisters' collections.

Dean wrote: progprogprog wrote: I didn't know that about KC, how awful   Why awful? - they were still respected and relatively "famous" and still more people listened to them then than do now, but even more people listened to Yes, Genesis, ELP, Jethro Tull and countless other "prog" bands in the 70s.

Robert Fripp's And The Sunshine Band was a personal low for him.

The Miracle wrote: ^Нет, и не собираюсь.

Oh come now you two, stop with the Russian subterfuge. Even my flimsy grasp of that language can tell this translates loosely as: The admins are Satan worshipping puppy molesters (especially the one that looks like a undernourished ferret)



Edited by ExittheLemming - January 14 2012 at 17:28

The first prog album I bought was when I was 14yrs old - King Crimson's - ITCOTCK. I remember walking home from school past our local record store and seeing this amazing cover (The Screaming face). Of course I had to go and have a listen. I was blown away, having never heard this type of music before. I had to have it. Prior to King Crimson, I had started taking an interest in groups such as The Moody Blues and Jethro Tull. Music appreciation has always been a big part of my life and now I had another area to explore. Not long after that I bought ELP's "Tarkus" and Jethro Tull's "Aqualung". That was the beginning of a a now life-long interest in this music genre.