First tracks or LPs you'd play in a new home
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Topic: First tracks or LPs you'd play in a new home
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Subject: First tracks or LPs you'd play in a new home
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 12:34
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We've recently moved to our new house which we've been renovating for the last 18 months; normally my stereo would be the first thing to be installed for cool sounds to accompany the unpacking of boxes etc. This time its taken a bit longer than usual (2 weeks!) and ive finally been able to welcome myself home to the sounds of Pat Metheny (Travels, Still Life talking), Hatfield and the North (Rotter's club), Can (Future Days) and Ozric Tentacles (Jurrassic Shift, Pungent Effulgent). What would be the first tracks or lps would you play upon moving into a new home and why? ------------- |
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 12:43
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English Sunset, Moody Blues. Karn Evil 9 2nd part 1st Movement, ELP Songs From the Wood, Jethro Tull Your Move/All Good People, Yes ------------- 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: JD
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 13:33
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I did a massive reno about 11 years ago. I think one of, if not THE, first thing I listened to was ELP Trilogy, then a rockin' assorted CD.  ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 13:45
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Probably a bit on the nose...but the first track to came to mind. I've lived in the same house since I was 3 years old, so have never really experienced moving into a new home. ------------- 
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 14:23
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I don't know, but the first album I did buy and listen to when I moved to Queensland in 1992 was Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik. I imagine that if I were to move in the future, the first album I would listen to would depend on the circumstances at the time and not directly on the move itself. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 14:48
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Congratulations, John. I hope you are happy in the new shack. My first track would be non-prog. That old staple, Our House by CSN. If I were pressed to name a prog track, I would plump today for that lovely Garden of Senses by Jon & Vangelis. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 14:54
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I moved into my home in 2008 (still there) and I believe the first thing I listened to was my own stuff as I was hooking up my computer with my stereo to get everything working again. Other than that, I can't recall what I listened to and hadn't even considered unpacking music. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 15:16
Thanks all, some great suggestions!! Ive had to move about a lot with work over the years so its been a fairly regular occurrence! This is our final move and requires a special musical celebration!!  ------------- |
Posted By: Boojieboy
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 15:18
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Great question, and something fun I can relate to, and have done before. I too like the idea of setting up the stereo to have going while doing the move-on. It's been awhile since I last moved, so I can't remember what I did before. Whatever you pick, it should be special!
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 15:26
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Cosmiclawnmower wrote:Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 16:34
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The first few albums I actually played when we moved into the house we live in was something likebasically: Lee Hazlewood - Trouble is a Lonesome Town, Jethro Tull - Benefit, Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon and America - St. Love them all, but it was mainly because there were people working here all the time and I pretended to be "normal". If I felt I could play anything, I'd choose something in the line of: Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch, Weather Report - St, Terje Rypdal - Whenever I Seem to be Far Away, Herbie Hancock - Crossings and Miles Davis - Water Babies. I enjoy the sound of them filing up a room or space. Can - Future Days is one I'd consider myself.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 17:09
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If I were to move into a new home and wanted a ceremonial track to kick things off, something by Can would be my first choice - either from Tago Mago or from Future Days. I remember 20+ years ago when I moved into my first (non-rental) home, the first thing I played (on a CD boombox) was the “Aftertaste” album by Helmet. Loved that album, and still do. ------------- 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: fredyair
Date Posted: May 02 2022 at 19:06
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To check the acoustics and sound system placement the one and only DSOTM. ------------- Long live Progresive music! |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 03 2022 at 05:44
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It would be albums for me: Stand Up. The Lamb. Voyage of the Acolyte. Rajaz. Red.
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: May 03 2022 at 06:36
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Hi, Tangerine Dream - Phaedra. "Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares" inaugurated my new speakers. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: May 03 2022 at 13:12
^ Been spinning Poland, Underwater Sunlight and Tyger tonight; definitely in a 'Blue' years mood! Hey Manuel! i played Voyage of the Acolyte last night (some of it twice, on the headphones, as i wanted to listen to it louder!) ------------- |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 04 2022 at 03:37
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I hope I'll enter my new home by next week. I think Fanfare For The Common Man would be appropriate ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: May 04 2022 at 14:35
^ Great and very appropriate selection Hope your move goes wellTalking of appropriate selections, home about Rod Argents 'Moving Home'  ------------- |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 04 2022 at 14:37
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 04 2022 at 14:57
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 04 2022 at 14:58
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I was thinking about this topic yesterday, and this is what I would have written then and now. Not Prog, but when I moved into this house, the first thing I remember playing not on earbuds or headphones (on external speakers) was Giorgio Moroder's Cat People soundtrack. There is something comforting in my 80s nostalgia and I love things on the electronica side. If I moved into a new house now, then I would want to play Kosmischer Läufer's The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83: Volume Three, which I find magical/ wondrous in its way. This is modern electronic music pretending to be of the past and also has nostalgia value for me. I really like the project. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 05 2022 at 06:46
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Dvorak's 9th Symphony ;-) ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: May 09 2022 at 12:14
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The first for everything is always Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. The one time I didn't and played Tangerine Dream's Le Parc in the new car stereo, it shortly afterward got stolen. Lesson learned!
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 09 2022 at 14:27
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Homeworld (The Ladder) by Yes. What else? ;)
Another possibility might be "our house" by Crosby Stills Nash and Young. The Madness song with the same title is great too. However, I can't afford to buy a house so they might not be appropriate. The same thing with "you can never go home" by the Moody Blues if I've just moved into a new home.
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: May 10 2022 at 14:00
I like The Ladder, i think its a sunny upbeat lp so its a good suggestion.. and 'homeworld' is very appropriate! Lazland mentioned the CSNY song which is great and Deja Vu has already had a spin. 'Home' by Roy Harper (the studio version of which features Ian Anderson on flute) is a great homecoming song and of course 'where i lay my hat, thats my home' by Marvin Gaye (then Paul Young) just about sums up everywhere ive lived up to now.. ------------- |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 12 2022 at 22:49
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Done yesterday...Atom Heart Mother ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: May 13 2022 at 13:36
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^ Congratulations on your move! Happy new Home!! ------------- |
Posted By: finnley
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 07:49
| I'm moving my parent's house in a month. So it will definitely will be Pharrell Williams - Happy! Also, another reason for joy is the fact that I hired a moving company. I already helped my friends to move and I know how difficult the moving can be. I hope that with the help of http://expomovers.com" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 09:51
| I'm going to be moving to Cornwall hopefully by the end of the year with Sister, Brother in law and Mum. It's a large property with very separate sections and fortunately I can play anything as loud as I like as the walls are very thick. Once I get my CD collection and hi-fi in place it will inevitably be ELP's Brain Salad Surgery followed by some Yes and Rush. ELP's stonking version of Jerusalem seems as good a point to start as any. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 11:14
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 13:49
Good luck with your move and i hope it makes you truely 'happy'  ! And welcome to the PA site------------- |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 13:53
Cornwall's great, but Devon is better!  No, i'm very fond of Cornwall and have had job offers there over many years but just couldnt afford to get on the property ladder there.. still spend a fair bit of time down that way with work. Good luck with your move, and great music choices for warming up your new home!------------- |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 13:57
My wife is a big Bowie fan, particularly those 'Berlin' period lps so this album has been well and truely blasted around these walls ------------- |
Posted By: RockHound
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 18:10
| Getting finished with a major reno here. When I get the beast all hooked up it will probably be the 5.1 mix of The Yes Album. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 18:56
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Magma's "Theusz Hamtaahk Trilogie" live album. if this doesn't feel right in the new home then we moved into the wrong place -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 18 2022 at 19:30
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Well, the first thing I'd have to do is to break in the neighbors. So, side one of Black Sabbath's Sabotage. Very, very, very loud. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 19 2022 at 00:58
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I know I've already written some suggestions, but now I'm thinking I'd spin the flipside of Fourth by Soft Machine (Virtually I-V) |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: August 23 2022 at 14:54
Excellent! along with Volume 4 and Sabbath bloody sabbath, i think that would leave them in no doubt of my intentions! ------------- |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: August 23 2022 at 14:57
Yep, this too would be good.. boy, my neighbours are sure getting a musical education! Luckily they like a lot of the same music and have already had good snuffle through my record collection.. ------------- |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 10:52
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When we moved into a newly built home, I was for whatever reason on a Grobschnitt bender with Merry-Go-Round being played around the clock. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: August 24 2022 at 16:27
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Its a bit of a tradition with me that when I set up anything new, or test anything I've just connected the first artist I play is Adam Ant. As it happens I will be moving soon after having lived where I am for nearly 15 years, so I anticipate that the first album I play will be Adam Ant, probably Vive Le Rock, but possibly Wonderful or Manners and Physique
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Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: August 25 2022 at 12:24
| I think I would need a song that sends out signals to explore the space … something like Tom Sawyer by Rush or Schism by Tool. Nah … Moving On by Triumph would be fine. |