Sunday, February 21, 2010

What Was the First Prog Album You Ever Bought?

Another week, another poll! Since most of you had fun with the last two polls, we decided to make this a regular affair!

Today, I want to know what was the first ever prog album you ever bought and what were the circumstances that brought you to purchase it!

Frank

26 comments:

  1. my first was the debut by Yes in 1969..bought if after hearing some on John Peels radio show.. the first king crimson followed soon after..

    Todd Dillingham

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  2. It was a double cassette - one album on a side of YES Fragile and Close to the edge -- what a value!

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  3. Genesis - Invisible Touch when I was 6 years old.

    -Kyle Davis

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  4. King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic

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  5. Depends on what you call progressive rock... My first album with groovy moogs and cut timings and conceptual songs was Alice Cooper "Killer". That was very progressive rock-ish and now reminds me somewhat of The Knife from Genesis Trespass. However, the first "actual" progressive rock album I got as a kid was vinyl of Jethro Tull "Thick As A Brick". This was immediately after being taken to see them live as a small child. There was an extra ticket from my sister's birthday party and they grabbed me to go. I was quite young. Never heard of Tull (or the opening act Gentle Giant) but became obsessed after that!

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  6. Probably Kansas' Monolith when I was in the 5th or 6th grade.

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  7. RUSH "Hemispheres"
    &
    QUEEN "News of the World"
    (at the same time...)

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  8. It was either Kansas: Point Of Know Return or Pink Floyd: The Wall. I can't remember, too many moons ago.

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  9. Pictures at an Exhibition by ELP. My pals at school had older brothers who were into prog, amd some rubbed off. At my school you were either into Yes/ELP or Genesis/Pink Floyd. Always stayed the same.

    My Mom and Dad didn't mind it. They weren't so keen on my second album; Relayer...

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  10. The first Prog album I was given was 'Close To The Edge' by Yes, when I was 12.

    A few months later the first (3) I bought myself were Steve Hackett's 'Spectral Mornings', Peter Gabriel's Third & The Beatles 'Sgt Pepper', which I bought at the same time.

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  11. Phideaux,

    I'm with you about Alice Cooper's Killer. As I mentioned on our February 7th show, the song "Halo of Flies" has all the marks of a prog song (key changes - time signature changes - imagery). I personnaly would count that album as prog, as I would "Welcome to my Nightmare", produced by Bob Ezrin (well known The Wall and Peter Gabriel's Car producer).

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  12. My first album was the Yes Album, followed by by Zappa, Just Another Band From LA. It's been all down hill from that point on. ;)

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  13. It was so long ago, it was either The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper" or the White Album. I had just come back from living in England and, as a young pup grooving on Elton John, Cliff Richards, Rolf Harris and Top of the Pops, my cousin sat me down in a dark basement and played Grand Funk Railroad and Steppenwolf. It wasn't long before I found my way back to the Beatles, which I somehow missed living abroad. How'd that happen?

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  14. Hard to say because most rock music between 66-77 were considered at the time to be progressive rock. If that was the case then it must have been either The Beatles Sgt Peppers or Frank Zappa any of his early stuff. Had an older brother that turned me on to a lot.

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  15. My Mum and Dad got me into prog mostly when I was younger in the 90s. It certainly smashed most of the chart music out of the water. But I think my actual first purchase was IQ - Ever. Read a piece about them in Classic Rock magazine and bought everything they had done.

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  16. That was a REALLY LONG time ago. Considered "progressive" hmmm. Probably SPIRIT-The Family that plays together or SPIRIT--Clear. Probably in late'69?
    I was lucky & had a brother 4 yrs older w good taste. Hence, I never went thru the teeny-bopper "pop" stage. It was a rock music explosion starting in the late 60's. I went to tons of concerts when I was young.
    Denise Kelly

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  17. Agreed; a REALLY long time ago. The first prog rock album I bought was Brain salad Surgery by Emerson Lake & Palmer ... probably 1974

    Hemi

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  18. The first album (vinyl, 5$) I bought with my own money was Sgt Pepper. Near my school (in the late 60's) there was a neat record store called Galaxy Record, full of imports. The were also buying used records. One day I did the big move: I sold ALL my records (Chicago, Chicago II, Let It Be, the "Hey Jude" LP & Sgt Pepper) and bought the british import of Three Friends, none of the Gentle Giant records were distributed in Canada in those days.

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  19. My 1st prog album of my own(not my sisters)
    was "Second's Out" by GENESIS.

    MONTREALRICK

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  20. "My Mum and Dad got me into prog mostly when I was younger in the 90s. It certainly smashed most of the chart music out of the water. But I think my actual first purchase was IQ - Ever. Read a piece about them in Classic Rock magazine and bought everything they had done."

    I must add, I am only in my late twenties, so have listened to most of the Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull stuff that was owned by my parents. So back in the late 90's, started branching out. I think I actually bought Pendragon's "Masquerade Overture" at the same time!

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  21. Pink Floyd's Wish you were here. In fact eh first album I ever bought.

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  22. Pictures at an Exhibition - ELP
    My school had a "Music Appreciation Society" at lunch-times. Heard this from outside, realised this kind of music was the missing link for me! Never looked back.

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  23. Would you believe, Marillion Script for a Jester's tear, when I was 13(I bought this from Wooly's in 1983, when it came out!). My mum and dad didn't like the lyrics to some of the songs and made me sell the album. The damage was done, I was hooked on the album, and got my mate at school to tape it for me! These guys, Genesis, Yes, Jarre and Tangerine Dream were where it started for me.

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