What was your very first progressive rock concert?

[mozo-pg]

Mine was Genesis, Trick of the Tail, at the Ottawa Civic Centre, March, 1976. There is a lot I remember about the show and some that I clearly forgot. Let's just say there was a lot of smoke in the air.

[Brian Griffin]

Yes at Roosevelt Stadium in 75...and when Yes appeared on the stage....

BG

[mozo-pg]

Yes at Roosevelt Stadium in 75...and when Yes appeared on the stage....

BG

I saw you at that show with Peter Griffin. ;)

[polmico]

King Crimson. 1996 at the HORDE Festival in Nashville. KC opened on the main stage, I believe. We left after KC finished their set. Fripp stopped playing during "Thela Hun Ginjeet." Somebody took his picture.

[walt]

Jethro Tull-The Spectrum-Philadelphia-winter 1971/72.Can't recall exactly when.I just remember it being freezing cold, and lousy seats and lousy sound.Not an auspicious first rock concert experiance,for me.

[trurl]

Yes Solo Albums tour at... I think- The Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. I was 12 and it warped my fragile (no pun intended) little mind :D Next was Jethro Tull on the Heavy Horses tour in Denver.

[rapidfirerob]

Also Tull, in 1970 opening for The Who at Tanglewood, Massachusetts. It's A Beautiful Day opened for Tull. $3 on the lawn.

[trespass]

I'm thinking Yes - "Drama" & Genesis - "Duke"...before that the earliest shows I went to were Black Sab and mainly hard rock / southern rock bands.

[meimjustalawnmower]

Jethro Tull, New Orleans, 1973

[Big Ears]

Greenslade at Friars Aylesbury on Saturday 13th September 1975. The support was John Otway & Kris Needs and Warren Harry & the Yum Yum Band.

http://www.aylesburyfriars.co.uk/greenslade75.html

[mozo-pg]

King Crimson. 1996 at the HORDE Festival in Nashville. KC opened on the main stage, I believe. We left after KC finished their set. Fripp stopped playing during "Thela Hun Ginjeet." Somebody took his picture.

Interesting...

I saw Fripp with the League of Gentlemen in 1980 at an infamous club (was a Hell Angels hangout at some point) in Quebec. Fripp stopped playing when someone flashed and threatened to walk off the stage. He did ask people to dance on the main floor that had springs underneath and bouced when you danced.

[tom unbound]

My first Prog show was Genesis 'Selling England' tour . Century Theater, Buffalo. Great place ! WOW! A friend had some great seats...but he had to go to a wedding. Gave me the ticket.

[Gravedigger]

October 1977
KANSAS at the Hollywood(Fla) Sportatorium in support of the newly released Point Of Know Return album.

[simon moon]

4 band festival at the Los Angeles Colosseum.

Starcastle opened, followed by Rory Gallagher, then Robin Trower. The headliner was Jethro Tull.

It was their Too Old... tour. They played a very long set. They were at the top of their game with their best lineup.

The only problem was, that about 3/4 the way through their set, a huge food fight started that went on for the rest of the show. Truly sucked.

[Jon]

Strawbs at Roxy Theater in Northampton, PA

[spellbound]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Anaheim Convention Center, 10 Feb 1974.

[happytheman]

Yes Relayer tour, then Genesis ATTWT tour, then ELP Works tour, then Gentle Giant Missing Piece Tour. Finally Pink Floyd MLOR tour. Somewhere in the middle of all that Kansas came through our area during the PONR tour. Mostly R&R shows for me during the 70's - 80's.

[progholio]

my fist real conert experience (you know - big auditorium, cool light show, pot smoke everywhere, not relying on mom or dad for transportation) was Kansas in november '77 with Starcastle opening.
next concert was Rush in feb '78 w/ April Wine
after that was Yes "in the round" spring of '78 while Going For The One was still fresh.
then it was Tull w/Uriah Heep shortly after that.

i guess i was kind of into prog from the beginning.

[Blah_Blah_Woof_Woof]

Jethro Tull on the Benefit tour. Or, if JT doesn't qualify, it would be Yes second bill to Black Sabbath.

Cue MoGrooves to make us envious...

[progeezer]

1966 Avalon Ballrom in SF. Frank & MOI, Velvets W/Nico & the Dead. Not calling VU & the Dead progressive, but Nico was.......something. Just don't know if progressive is the right word, but maybe:lol.

[A. Scherze]

My first prog concert was also my first concert of any type.

ELP at the Spectrum in Philadelphia - April 15, 1972. (The pre-Trilogy tour.)

I got into ELP about a month after the PAAE show, so I missed them with Yes as the opener.

[markwoll]

Facedancer, Halloween 1976 at Gaston Hall, Georgetown U.
They were playing their own concept piece in honor of the Bicentennial.
Then they played Watcher of the Skies as an encore.

If that was not prog enough, then it was Renaissance with Happy the Man at the Warner Theater later that year maybe early 1977.

mark

[Ellegon]

My first prog concert was also my first concert. It was a strange one. At the Baltimore Civic Center around 72, I saw Gentle Giant open for The Edgar Winter Group,followed by Humble Pie. I told you it was a strange one!!!

[-=RTFR666=-]

1977 (I was 16). 1st concert ever was ELP at Richfield Coliseum (out in the boonies outside of Cleveland) that July and shortly thereafter Yes at the same place that August for the GFTO tour. WMMS World Series of Rock at Cleveland Municipal Stadium sandwiched in between those two shows w/Bob Seger, Frampton, J Geils, Rick Derringer. Got stranded w/o a ride and couldn't use my ticket for Floyd's Animals show at CMS :mad

[Garden Dreamer]

YES - Relayer tour at Nassau Coliseum, NY

[Baribrotzer]

Although I'd seen Zappa before that, the first "proggy-prog" show I remember was Genesis, somewhere in NYC - someone here would probably know the date. It was the "Selling England" tour, and not only was it a "black show", but it was one of the rare ones where Gabriel went up on the hoist at the end of "Supper's Ready".

[Amy]

June 13, 1979 - Yes at Madison Square Garden

Of all the shows I've seen (by any artist), I've yet to see a show to surpass the impact of that one. It was a symptom of a golden age.

[Ten Thumbs]

My second concert was Lighthouse in 1970. If they don't count as proggy, then Yes with Tranquility opening in Oct 1972.

[Progtopia]

If Tangerine Dream counts as prog, then Beacon Theater in NYC in October '92.

If not, then Pink Floyd Division Bell tour, summer '94, RFK Stadium in DC.

[mogrooves]

Soft Machine, 1968 was probably my first bona fide "Prog" concert; they opened for Hendrix.
I sat in the peanut gallery of a local TV "teen dance" show that had the Mothers on, 1966....


Jethro Tull on the Benefit tour.

1970. I caught them twice on that tour. Good times....

[Pangolin]

Marillion at The Apollo Theatre, Manchester, 14th February 1984, supported (?I think) by Rage, a mis-matched but ( I recall) John Arnison-managed Liverpool metal band whose drummer was the 'Mylo' eulogized on 'Misplaced Childhood'. The lead singer coming out and saying 'Hello Leeds' or something similar didn't help them but - unlike the equally unpopular but musically somewhat different Cardiacs who supported two years later - no one actually tried to set them on fire.

...then IQ at the Gallery in April, '84.

[Mr. Toad]

Rush - A Farewell to Kings - Baltimore Civic Center. There wasn't more than 1000 people there. I don't go to Rush shows anymore because of the crowds.

[Progbear]

Camel: New George’s (San Rafael) during the Dust & Dreams tour in 1992. A small venue (the stage was very cramped, what with Mickey Simmonds’ rather large keyboard rig and Andy and Colin’s many guitars, several on stands for easy access) but a well-attended show. They did most of what I wanted to hear from them, one or two each from their classic albums and D&D in its entirety. They played most of the songs I came to hear, though the fact that “Spirit on the Water” was the only song they played off of Moonmadness was a big letdown (made additionally by Colin’s singing, which was way, way off that night. I had the mistaken impression that he was Camel’s worst vocalist for many years based on his performance that night). Anyway, I’d have preferred to hear “Lunar Sea.” Nonetheless, a good show, “Lady Fantasy” appeared as an encore and they totally knocked it out of the park!

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MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")

"Parece cosa de maligno. Los pianos no estallan por casualidad." --Gabriel Garcia Marquez

N.P.:“Remembering”-Druid/Toward the Sun

[ThomasKDye]

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe at the Shoreline Theater in Mountain View, California, in 1989. And yes, it's the same one that was caught on video. I was living in Vegas at the time, and took a Greyhound bus up there to see the show. Meanwhile, I asked my father to record it on Pay Per View so I could see it later. I ended up arriving late, in the middle of "Birthright," but it was still quite a good show and I enjoyed myself. I remember being stunned at "Close to the Edge" being played live...it was quite magical, especially when the dry ice came out during "I Get Up, I Get Down."

I came home and discovered my father tried to record the show, but couldn't figure out how to record PPV. I was pretty upset at the time.

[AncientChord]

Wow, I have been to so many great prog shows over the years, and started going to rock concerts in general at an early age. But if my memory serves me well, the first prog show was probably Emerson, Lake & Palmer at the Long Beach Arena, California in 1972 to support the "Trilogy" album. I'll never forget how great they were, especially the mind-blowing Keith Emerson. :up

[Trane]

I suppose that includes frfay night high-school concerts.... In that case, it must be Rush in 75 or 76


If THAT doesn't count, it's still Rush at Massey Hall .... one of the concerts that became All the World's A Stage

Yup, I'm the nutcase in the lower right-hand corner of your left speaker (I'll have to resituate that the day Wilson does a 5.1 of that album, though!! ;))

[Levgan]

Probably Jethro Tull - pretty sure they played Moscow ahead of Procol Harum and Yes. I was around 14 or so and went with my dad.

[Jubal]

Deep Purple. They were considered Progressive Rock back then.
If you are referring to artists that are NOW being called Progressive Rock, that would be Yes, the TFTO show at GA Tech Colosseum.

[nycsteve]

1977 IIRC , Pink Floyd Animals tour at MSG in NYC. Phenominal! First concert ever, set a very high bar.

[Dana5140]

mogrooves, same for me: Hendrix with Soft Machine. Though I had seen the Who play a year earlier. ELP not long after, along with Lighthouse and also Paupers.

[NogbadTheBad]

Probably Hawkwind - Choose Your Masques tour in '82 at Newcastle City Hall.

[mogrooves]

I had seen the Who play a year earlier

So did I, '67, on a bill with The Hollies. (Later that same night I caught Hendrix, fresh off the Monkees tour).


ELP not long after, along with Lighthouse.

I caught ELP in '71 (Curved Air opened) and Lighthouse in '70 on a bill with Cold Blood. Horn night!!

Dana, we must be joined at the psychic hip! ;)

[mozo-pg]

I think whatever you viewed as progressive rock for your first show makes sense. I consider my second show progressive but many wouldn't - Rush 2112 - about 2,000 in 1976.

[prglvr]

Mine was Jethro Tull in Long Beach CA 1977...Songs from the Wood tour. Funny thing I remember..at intermission the person I took went to the lobby, came back to her seat, then told me she was thirsty and asked if I could get her a Coke. I went to stand in line, only to hear the first strains of Velvet Green start the second part of the show. I came back to my seat empty handed and told her the line was too long and I would get it later. Needless to say I don't believe she ever went out with me again!

[Old Boy]

Yes - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 11/20/1972

[ronmac]

My first real and prog concert was Rush "A Farewell to Kings" in Novemebr of '77. Still have the whole ticket. AC/DC was supposed to be the opening band and, much to my absolute joy, they had to cancel because Bonn got sick.

My first concert?





The Cowsills at Atlantic City with my family. Had to be around '67.



...Or, if JT doesn't qualify...

Just the thought is nearly sacrilegious.


My second concert was Lighthouse in 1970.

So, how was Lighthouse? I always thought "One Fine Morning" was a pretty kick-ass tune. I know it wasn't very representative of their output, though.

[roddenberry]

I always remember my first prog show with much fondness, it was this little trio from Kernada... Rush at the Montreal Forum in 1981! From that point, i've seen ELP, Genesis, Yes, Gilmour, Saga and many other mainstream prog acts.

But my first "contemporary" prog act that I saw live (not part of the big mainstream names) was The Flower Kings in 2002. That was my 2nd/3rd prog wave baptism in a live setting. My introduction to these contemporary bands goes back to 1999 through the magic of the interweb, before that I knew nothing of all that underground music.

Robert

[trurl]

Actually, I'm trying to remember what my first NON prog concert was, and I have no idea. Especially if we're counting fusion (like Jon Luc Ponty). It was probably Heart + The Nuge in '79. And that was an outdoor festival and Bruford played!!! :O

[prglvr]

1st non prog concert I went to with a date....Cat Stevens 1976.
1st non-prog concert I went to as a kid with my parents...Harry Belafonte at the Greek Theater in LA probably around 1968-69. (Remember...I was with my parents :))

[spacefreak]

ELOY at the "Silent Cries..." tour.

[Paul]

Marillion at Hammersmith in 1983.

[NogbadTheBad]

Marillion at Hammersmith in 1983.Now that you mention it I saw Marillion at the Reading Rock Festival a couple of months ahead Hawkwind.

[kristi]

King Crimson, 1984, at Merriweather Post Pavilion.

[Sunlight Caller]

Camel 1975 at The Kursaal Ballroom, Southend-on-Sea, magical adventurous night, first time off the parental leash, appetite whetted forever!

[Crystal Plumage]

November 6, 1999. Progfarm.
Did see Lady Lake (NL) Sinkadus (Sweden) Flamborough Head (NL) Gnidrolog (UK) Janison Edge (UK) and Regenesis (UK)

Basically went to see Sinkadus and ReGenesis. I really enjoyed it.

But the best of the best (music and sound quality wise) was the second time I went to see PROG in action: Camel in 2003. The Farewell Tour.
My mate and I still talk about it whenever we go to a concert. It was that special.

http://www.dprp.net/concrev/camel.htm#groningen

[Mick]

Mid sixties, I saw the Who at Tiles Club off the Tottenham Court Road in London. My first actual pre-prog show was when The Doors opened for Jefferson Airplane at the Roundhouse in '68.
My first ever "rock concert" was Bill Haley & the comets at the Kilburn State around 63, closely followed by the Little Richard & Jerry Lee Lewis package tour... but that was also long before prog was ever a word...
Back then, it was just how rock 'n roll was progressing.

[Rufus]

Yes Drama tour 1980 soon followed by John Anderson`s Song of Severn Tour !

[SteveSly]

Kansas - Monolith Tour - Absoultey fantastic show with the band at their peak.

Steve Sly

[kenneth8446]

Rush on Dec 31, 1976 - Maple Leaf Gardens. Great show from my recollection. It's a bit muddled in my mind with the Dec 31, 1977 and 1978 shows, all of which were terrific. For me it was their golden age.

[Zeuhlmate]

I think it was Day of Phoenix around 1968-69 at a local gig near my home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SwPTqyfrsI

The first international band was 'The Who' Copenhagen 1970 or more probably John Mayall's bluesbreakers (Turning point band) a year before.

[Mythos]

I was 15 and saw The Hawkwind Space Ritual Tour in late 1973!

It was so awesome...

[Joe F.]

Kansas on the Point of Know Return tour: Janaury 3rd, 1978 Seattle

[yogibear]

prog? hhm Yes touring for Relayer at Cow Palace Daly City, in 6/25/1975 or so . warm up band was Ace.

[AirBud]

Jethro Tull-The Spectrum-Philadelphia-winter 1971/72.Can't recall exactly when.I just remember it being freezing cold, and lousy seats and lousy sound.Not an auspicious first rock concert experiance,for me.
Was Black Oak Arkansas the opening act?

[HealthyNational]

July 2, 1977. Pink Floyd. Animals tour. Madison Square Garden.

[mogrooves]

My first ever "rock concert" was ...

The Animals, 1964

[Deano]

Roger Waters on the Pros and Cons Tour in 1984

[Richard]

March 8, 1977. First concert ever. Genesis at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Wind & Wuthering Tour.

-r

[m.k]

Jethro Tull at the Oakland Coliseum, 1972

[Dana5140]

Mogrooves, when I saw ELP, the opening band was called Frosty, named after Lee Michael's drummer, who fronted the band. It was not a very exciting set, but ELP was just awesome! Lighthouse was excellent, quite jazzy for much of the set. When I saw Hendrix the first time, the opening bands were two local groups, TIME and the MC5 (and the 5 were typically quite good), then Soft Machine and finally Hendrix.

[mogrooves]

Frosty, named after Lee Michael's drummer, who fronted the band.

Yeah, I saw Frosty with Lee Michaels, as a duo (on a bill with Humble Pie when they recorded Rockin' The Fillmore); they were OK, but I would've preferred Michaels with his band. Wasn't Frosty's band called Sweathog?

[walt]

Was Black Oak Arkansas the opening act?

I honestly don't remember, and i'm no longer in contact with the guys i went to the show with.

[Jay G]

Saw both Yes and Rush in 1983 but I think I saw the John Mac, Paco and Al w/Steve Morse tour the year before that. That was so long ago I can't remember the exact years of all of the shows I saw. Saw a bunch of other bands around this time but not sure everyone would count them as progressive.

[NogbadTheBad]

I'm always stunned when guys here can tell us how good a concert was in 1969, I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday or where I left my car keys.

[R. Totale III]

ELP - 8/13/72 in Saratoga, NY. Parts of the show are on their official bootleg box, I should look them up sometime.

[ajcmixer]

I've, happily, seen many folks respond that Tull was their first prog show and I will add to that list:

July 23, 1976. Shea Stadium, Queens, NYC with a great Robin Trower as the opening act. Very apropos as Benefit was one of my very first prog albums further back in the day...:geezer. Touring behind the TOTR&R,TYTD album he spoiled me to what stadium shows should have been, placing the stage much closer to 2nd base as opposed to all the way out by the outfield wall so it actually was quite an intimate affair as I was to learn afterwards with virtually every stadium show thereafter...:(:lol.

The band rocked, played a decent chunk of TAAB and they played another of my all-time faves, Minstrel in the Gallery in its glorious entirety, complete with Martin's brilliant solo to kick in one of their most IMHO rocking tunes ever. And the soon-to-disappear Back-door Angels. And I have the infamous (though not all that great, audio-wise) audience boot where you can hear the distinctive sound of airplanes overhead from time to time, back then nothing at Shea got a waiver from the traffic both in and out of neighboring LaGuardia Airport...:bad :lol.

Peace,
Alex

[Skeptrick]

Asia in 1982 for their first tour. If memory serves, the opening act was a juggler.

Rick

[mogrooves]

I'm always stunned when guys here can tell us how good a concert was in 1969, I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday or where I left my car keys.

I exhibit symptoms common to the elderly: short term memory-impaired, long term memory-abled. Wait, what were we discussing?

[Mick]

I exhibit symptoms common to the elderly: short term memory-impaired, long term memory-abled. Wait, what were we discussing?
I knew that time might come too...
which is why I kept diaries, or tix w/notes on them ;)

[Camelogue]

Yes 1976, or Rush 1976, don't remember which was first?

[trurl]

Y'all do realize that this thread is a thinly veiled "How old are you" thread, don't ya :D

[tom unbound]

Eh ?? Speak up, ya little whippersnapper ! :geezer

(Re: airplane noise : The Pink Floyd boo- whoops- ROIR Tampa '73 : There was a small plane with Levi's advertising in lites under it's wings circling over the stadium that nite. You can ocassionally hear it on the recording.)

[markinottawa]

803

I'll continue the trend with Tull as the first. May, 73 Passion Play tour

[trurl]

So it it official? Is Ian Anderson the all-time prog cherry-popping champ?


(Boy, that sounds all kind of wrong. :p)

[Nearfest2]

Rush
Hold Your Fire Tour
December 14, 1987
$16.50 (in a superbox)

[rhymes with rogue]

ELP at Winterland in San Francisco, sometime in the early 70's. Opening acts were Mahavishnu Orchestra and Blues Project with Al Kooper.

[adap2it]

The Nice at the Rockpile in Toronto, 1968

Dave Sr.

[BadWolf]

Rick Wakeman at Crystal Palace Bowl in 1974. Complete performance of Journey. Also on the bill: The Winkie, Wally, Gryphon, Procol Harum and .... Leo Sayer.

http://www.rwcc.com/programme.asp?int_programme_ID=3

[ItalProgRules]

YES, but it was the Drama tour. Not a very auspicious beginning! First one I was old enough to go to though. And the US leg really wasn't THAT awful.

My very first was The Kinks.

[ajcmixer]

So it it official? Is Ian Anderson the all-time prog cherry-popping champ?


(Boy, that sounds all kind of wrong. :p)

So wrong but yet so right...:rofl.

Btw, trurl, I am a :geezer and proud of it. I was blessed to grow up a teenager in what IMHO was the greatest era for making music, any kind of music, ever...:)...and despite whatever I've gone thru life because of when I was born I wouldn't trade a single second of it...|). Long live the 70's! Memories: PRICELESS! :D

Peace,
Alex

[trurl]

Hey, me too :) I was 12 at the show in '76... shame I missed the first half of the decade though. No ELP or Zeppelin in their prime, no TaaB or Passion Play shows. But I got to see Yes, Genesis, Tull and Rush a LOT. :D

[gryphs also]

Tull during the "Too Old To Rock and Roll" tour. Robin Trower and Rick Derringer on the show also.

[neuroticdog]

T Rex, back up band were the Doobie Brothers...Chicago Auditorium, not sure of the year but they were touring the Slider album. Guessing 71 or 72. I distinctly remember someone asking me if I had any papers...and I was intimidated because I didnt understand the question but I knew it was....bad

best
Michael

[Larry Canary]

Here's another Jethro Tull first-time event, Orlando, June 1971, touring Aqualung. "My God" was the opener. I didn't know at the time it was a "prog" concert, but obviously it was as Yes was the opening band, before anybody I knew had heard of them.

[Progbear]

So it it official? Is Ian Anderson the all-time prog cherry-popping champ?


(Boy, that sounds all kind of wrong. :p)

JT had two #1 albums that were each basically album-length prog epics, so it makes sense that they should be many people’s “gateway drug” to prog. ;)

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MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")

"Siento que debemos saber para el sueño de quién brillará esta luz
o consagrar una propia estrella" --Alberto Felici

N.P.:“I Try”-Pancake/No Illusions

[Jefferson James]

1977, ELP, Olympic Stadium, Montreal. I was 14 going on 21, took a "party bus" from Burlington, VT to Montreal with my older sister as a chaperone. Good times.

[Dok]

Yes - Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 11/20/1972

My first was seeing Yes a few nights before you in Knoxville, TN. This tour was later released as Yessongs of course.

[Big Ears]

I am jealous of anyone who saw ELP on the Brain Salad Surgery tour 1974.

[Dan Marsh]

Pink Floyd Santa Monica Civic - 1971 (I was in junior high at the time).

That was my second concert.....the first (in 1965, my mom took me) was The Beatles.

[tom unbound]

I am jealous of anyone who saw ELP on the Brain Salad Surgery tour 1974.

Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY – July 26th, 1974
Disc 1 (72:53): Hoedown, Jerusalem, Toccata, Tarkus, Take a Pebble, Still…You Turn Me On, Lucky Man, piano improvisation, Take A Pebble (conclusion)


Disc 2 (72:53): Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression), Karn Evil 9 (2nd Impression), Karn Evil 9 (3rd Impression), Pictures At An Exhibition
When ELP would approach the closing nights of a tour they would expand the improvisations on stage, using their well rehearsed songs as a launching pad for off the wall improvisations and jams. The July 26th show in Buffalo occurs about a month after the extremely long Brain Salad Surgery tour that began the previous spring. This is a very good to excellent audience recording with fantastic atmosphere. It was first pressed on Impressions (Tumble Weed Recordings TW 53001/2) in 1993. My Darling Nemesis…The Illuminati is a direct copy of Karn Evil 9 Exhibition (Highland HL129#EL7).
The tape cuts in during “Hoedown,” is cut at the very end of “Tarkus,” has a cut in “Karn Evil 9″ between the first and second impressions and a cut before “Pictures At An Exhibition.” “Benny The Bouncer,” which was normally played after “Tarkus,” was dropped from the set.
Eric Clapton and The Band’s show on July 4th was the first rock concert at Rich Stadium in Buffalo after it opened in 1973 (and a show notable for a very drunk Clapton). Emerson, Lake & Palmer was the second. They were supported by The James Gang and Lynyrd Skynyrd and they play the standard set but it is simply one of the best ELP concerts caught on tape. There is such a wonderful atmosphere to the recording but the passion in the performance really hooks in the listener and doesn’t let up for two hours.
“Jerusalem,” the first song off the new album played, sounds intense and mysterious in this setting. “Toccata” is a showcase for both Emerson and Palmer with his synthesized percussion. Lake, however, has a rare electric guitar break and comes close to stealing the number from them. This is one of the very few times an ELP song relies on the guitar for its strength. “Tarkus,” reaches more than a half hour and is an amazing spectacle.
The long piano improvisations include Friedrich Gulda’s “Fugue” and Joe Sullivan’s “Little Rock Getaway” among other snippets of well known melodies. “Karn Evil 9″ is almost complete in this recording, something that is unusual. The first impression goes on for quite some time, reaching almost twenty minutes. The tape flip between the first and second impressions is very small, losing very little music.
The entire piece reaches thirty-five minutes, one of the longest renditions on tape. The ”Pictures At An Exhibition” encore features Emerson in a very heroic mood, playing many grandiose melodies and flourishes as the bombast comes to an end. Buffalo is not only one of the best ELP concerts on tape, but is one of the best progressive rock shows ever. It is a convincing statement of the musical forms intention and power to hold a sold out stadium full of fans in attention.

I was there. Damn frizbes flying all over the place... I didn't know about the CD until now, MUST buy !!

[Progbear]

I am jealous of anyone who saw ELP on the Brain Salad Surgery tour 1974.

I’m jealous of anyone who saw any prog, ever, during its 70s prime. The only concert I went to in the 70s was Tony Orlando & Dawn with my sister, mother and aunt. :oops

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MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")

"'Thin Thighs For Your Man.' But I don't *like* men with thin thighs" --Daria

N.P.:“Can You Feel It”-Angel/On Earth as It Is in Heaven

[m.k]

The only concert I went to in the 70s was Tony Orlando & Dawn with my sister, mother and aunt. :oops

I hope at least the acid was good! ;)

[gregory]

Peter Hammill, summer 1995. Gorbushka city hall:)

[magmaniac]

32 years, 3 months, 15 days ago: Peter Gabriel 1980, Eissporthalle, Berlin, Germany

[mozo-pg]

Severnties prog shows, not that extensive - Genesis Trick and Wind and 3, Tull 76, Yes 78, Rush 2112 and Hemispheres, Fripp and the League of Gentlemen, FM, Max Webster (a bunch of times). Lots of non-prog acts (Styx, Aerosmith, Rick Derringer, Johnny Winters, Nazareth, Ramones, etc.). Several Blues greats (John Hammond, Albert Collins, John Lee Hooker) The 70s were a very hazy decade so I'm no doubt missing shows.

I missed Tony Orlando and Dawn. :)

[trurl]

Max Webster (a bunch of times).
Dude, you suck :D :D I take it you lived in or near Toronto?

[A. Scherze]

I saw ELP in:
'72 - Trilogy (Phila. Spectrum)
'73 - BSS (Phila. Spectrum)
'74 - WBMF (Jersey City Roosevelt Stadium), (Phila. Spectrum)
'77 - W1 (NYC MSG, w/orch) (Phila. Spectrum, no orch)
'78 - W2 (Princeton)


(plus re-union shows, ELPowell, KEB, E&L, 3)

[mozo-pg]

Dude, you suck :D :D I take it you lived in or near Toronto?

Haha - right next door, Ottawa.

[trurl]

Haha - right next door, Ottawa.
Oh duh, it's right there on your post *lol* I'm not real observant...

[gregory]

I saw ELP in:
'72 - Trilogy (Phila. Spectrum)
'73 - BSS (Phila. Spectrum)
'74 - WBMF (Jersey City Roosevelt Stadium), (Phila. Spectrum)
'77 - W1 (NYC MSG, w/orch) (Phila. Spectrum, no orch)
'78 - W2 (Princeton)


(plus re-union shows, ELPowell, KEB, E&L, 3)

Simply fantastic. I only seen them at their last concert in 2010.

[Trane]

Dude, you suck :D :D I take it you lived in or near Toronto?


Webster was from Sarnia (on lake Simcoe), and even if they used Toronto as a base, you had plenty of occasion to catch them anywhere in English Canada (including the Maritime Provinces to the east) throughout the years... I'm not sure they toured Quebec much, though.

[trurl]

Webster was from Sarnia (on lake Simcoe), and even if they used Toronto as a base, you had plenty of occasion to catch them anywhere in English Canada (including the Maritime Provinces to the east) throughout the years...
Yeah, I know, but I figured anyone who was seeing them and FM on a pretty regular basis was probably from that general area...

[Dave the Brave]

Wracking my brain. Too much use of resinous substances causes memory loss.

However I'm pretty sure it was E.L.P. around 72 /73

Also Yes around the same time and Genesis a few years later.

DtB

[Dave the Brave]

Dude, you suck :D :D I take it you lived in or near Toronto?

I saw Max Webster on a weekly basis back in the good old days.

Goddo and Rush too since they were all bar bands back then.

DtB

[tom unbound]

Back then it was like - " You mean Rush or Mahogany Rush ?"... eh ? ;)

[Mr. Grizzly Bear]

From the 70's, I saw:

Rick Wakeman (King Arthur tour) with Gentle Giant opening (Free Hand era) was my first prog show, Waterbury CT fall of 1975, Giant blew Wakeman off the stage as far as I was concerned, Wakeman's whole thing was pure cheez-wiz by comparison.

Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior tour @ Shakespeare Theatre - Stratford CT.

Larry Coryell/11th House on Level One tour, early 1976

Genesis - Wind & Wuthering tour March 1977 Hartford CT

Brand X - Masques tour November of 1978 at the Roxy in L.A.

[Magog]

I'm thinking Yes - "Drama" & Genesis - "Duke"...

Same for me...I think.:O

Matt

[beano]

YES @ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN , JUNE 1979.....

[hippypants]

Emerson, Lake, & Palmer--around the 70's?

[Garyhead]

Gentle Giant opening for Yes....Seattle, summer of 76.

[Shadow]

It was supposed to be Gentle Giant opening for Mahavishnu Orchestra, but Giant were sick so MO played the whole night. So it was either when they came back through opening for Robin Trower or The Lamb tour by Genesis.

[Digital_Man]

Yes in 87 at the Spectrum. Followed shortly after by Rush in 87 at the same venue.

[Digital_Man]

I’m jealous of anyone who saw any prog, ever, during its 70s prime. The only concert I went to in the 70s was Tony Orlando & Dawn with my sister, mother and aunt. :oops


Wow, you might have me beat depending on you look at it. The only real concert(and it's barely even that)I went to in the seventies was Beatlemania when I was about 8. I was a kid and big into the Beatles and not much else as far as music goes.

[Mythos]

I guess this will restart some kinda argument, but I saw Rush at a live recording of a Don Kirschner Rock Concert, back around 74/75 just after their first album was released and NO WAY that Rush was a Prog-band, they were a rock trio.

[Digital_Man]

Well you could say Rush and Yes weren't really prog in the late eighties(ditto Genesis)but they did play a lot of their prog tracks. Rush even played "la villa strangiato" as one of their encores which surprised me and the guy I went with(who was big Rush fan and partly responsible for me getting into the band).

[Mythos]

The Far East Family band played four nights at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, March 23, 24, 25 & 26 in 1979, tickets were $6.00. I was there and still have my ticket stub as well as an ad for the All Ears (Record Label) sponsored show. They were pretty awesome as I recall

[ronmac]

Johnny Winters

That's Winter with no "s." Oh, and I'm jealous as hell that you saw him and Derringer. I did see Johnny on the late 70s and about 11 times in all. But never his pure Rock and Roll years between '74 and '76.

[KIPMEISTER]

Yes at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, N.J. in 1972, Ten Wheel Drive with Genya Ravan was the opener!

[malterb]

Rush 1980 Chicago International Ampitheater (Permanant Waves Tour) shortly after saw Yes at the same venue in the round Drama Tour

[DefinitiveGazer]

Steve Hackett, Spectral Mornings tour, November 1979 at the Colston Hall in Bristol. Guitar synths, Mellotron, Taurus pedals. Awesome.

Here's a pic : http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/330871_2439499909135_219342326_o.jpg

and another : http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/194713_2439500509150_877962185_o.jpg

[Shadow]

It was supposed to be Gentle Giant opening for Mahavishnu Orchestra, but Giant were sick so MO played the whole night. So it was either when they came back through opening for Robin Trower or The Lamb tour by Genesis.

Or maybe Tangerine Dream at the Warner Ampa Theatre in DC.

[mozo-pg]

That's Winter with no "s." Oh, and I'm jealous as hell that you saw him and Derringer. I did see Johnny on the late 70s and about 11 times in all. But never his pure Rock and Roll years between '74 and '76.

I actually saw Johnny at the World Music Festival in Toronto in 1978, so I missed the earlier stuff. I saw Derringer back up a bigger name act, which I can't remember right now, and Deringer totally blew them off the stage.

[mogrooves]

^^^ ^ I caught Winter numerous times between '69 and '71, including the "And...Live" album. He was a real road hog back then, seemingly always around.

[ronmac]

I actually saw Johnny at the World Music Festival in Toronto in 1978, so I missed the earlier stuff. I saw Derringer back up a bigger name act, which I can't remember right now, and Deringer totally blew them off the stage.

I almost saw Rick open for Triumph right around '79. He's who I actually went to see (we were really into his live album at the time), but his bus got stuck outside of town and he never showed. (Triumph's stage crew stood in as the opening act and were great.) Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, can play as many styles as well as Rick Derringer. He also opened for The Marshall Tucker Band a few years later.

[ronmac]

^^^ ^ I caught Winter numerous times between '69 and '71, including the "And...Live" album. He was a real road hog back then, seemingly always around.

I'm dying here. :(

[mozo-pg]

I almost saw Rick open for Triumph right around '79.

Here's a piece of useless trivia. I saw the Masterworks tour (Yes) about 10 years ago at Massey Hall into Toronto and bumped into Rik Emmett on the way out and he told me his favourite guitarist is Steve Howe.

[cNektar]

It was either Pink Floyd at Jersey City or Nektar @ Asbury Park NJ in 1975. Both bands had me hooked ever since although I do not really care for their recent albums.

Maybe it was their music or maybe it was their Light show or maybe it was SOB!

[Progatron]

I suppose my first was Rush on the Presto tour, May 17, 1990 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Voivod opened, Alex had long hair, they resurrected "Xanadu" (at the time it hadn't been played in years)... amazing.

[gryphon]

Pink Floyd 1975 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.
I was in a severely altered state of mind at 17.
The lights came up and they were on stage with heads bowed, they raised their heads up like robots
and started playing .
A huge rocket that I never saw till it happened came out of the back of the
arena's cieling ran down a wire and exploded in flames on stage.
At the end they just bowed their heads as the lights went down.
Good times
Jeff

[A. Scherze]

Pink Floyd 1975 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.


They played two nights. I was at the second show.

[gryphon]

They played two nights. I was at the second show.

Wow, small world? I couldn't say which show I was at (first or second).

Jeff

[FredOCal]

The Far East Family band played four nights at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, March 23, 24, 25 & 26 in 1979, tickets were $6.00. I was there and still have my ticket stub as well as an ad for the All Ears (Record Label) sponsored show. They were pretty awesome as I recall

Wow, that sounds like it would have amazing. The first concert I remember was going to see was Paul Simon on the Graceland tour at the Spectrum in Philly. I didn't get into prog until 1992, and the first prog show I attended was Pink Floyd for the Division Bell tour at the Vet (with my mom, sis and my best friend). That was followed shortly by me seeing Yes for the time at the Spectrum on the Talk tour. "Endless Dream" was top notch.

[mozo-pg]

Wow, that sounds like it would have amazing. I attended was Pink Floyd for the Division Bell tour

This is my first Floyd show too! I saw them in Montreal and they put on an excellent show.

[Man In The Mountain]

Jethro Tull Stormwatch Tour in Chicago 1979, with UK opening. |)

[Yanks2014]

Mine was Yes in 1984, on the 90125 tour. They played "Heart of the Sunrise" along with "And You And I", so it counts as prog Yes to me.

[Bucka001]

Genesis - Chicago, '78

[Progatron]

Jethro Tull Stormwatch Tour in Chicago 1979, with UK opening. |)

Ahhh, not long before a member of one band joined the other!



Genesis - Chicago, '78

The famous Uptown Theater gig? Originally known (from one source, anyway) as "From The Mouth Of The Monster"? Nice!

[Bucka001]

The famous Uptown Theater gig? Originally known (from one source, anyway) as "From The Mouth Of The Monster"? Nice!

I think so; I was in 7th grade and my friend's mom drove us from our homes in Waukegan to the gig in Chicago. The gig I saw was the first one. The band came back to Chicago a few weeks later for an unscheduled Chicago appearance and this 2nd one was aired on the radio. I remember listening to that live radio airing in my family den, and PC saying something like the reason they came back was because they weren't happy with the way they played the first time around (or something like that), which was confusing to me because I thought they were fine when I saw them previously (although I remember being bummed that Hackett wasn't there).

[Progatron]

The band came back to Chicago a few weeks later for an unscheduled Chicago appearance and this 2nd one was aired on the radio.

OK, that's the famous boot then. But still... I wish I saw them in '78!!

[Big Block 454 part 2]

The first gig I ever saw was King Crimson (Islands Tour) at Leeds Town Hall in 1971.

[ajcmixer]

Jethro Tull Stormwatch Tour in Chicago 1979, with UK opening. |)

Nice, probably my favorite Tull tour and easily one of the best double-bills I've ever been in the building for...:up :up.

Peace,
Alex

[Henry Krinkle]

it would have to be either ELP on the Works tour or Renaissance on the Novella tour in 1977, can't remember which one was first. Oh, and Yes on the Going for the One tour and Kansas on the POKR tour were in there somewhere too, but I think later than those, got to check my ticket stubs sometime.

[No Pride]

I guess that would be Soft Machine opening for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

[mozo-pg]

I guess that would be Soft Machine opening for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Ernie, I have a had time imagining what it must have been like to see Jimi. What was it like?

[No Pride]

Ernie, I have a had time imagining what it must have been like to see Jimi. What was it like?
Pretty awesome, especially for my 15 year old ears! At the end of the show, Jimi played "Taps," threw his guitar at his amplifier and it crashed to the ground and layed there, feeding back as they all walked off the stage. Those were the days, my friend! ;)

[ronmac]

Pretty awesome, especially for my 15 year old ears! At the end of the show, Jimi played "Taps," threw his guitar at his amplifier and it crashed to the ground and layed there, feeding back as they all walked off the stage. Those were the days, my friend! ;)

So, when did you see him? Do you know the specific date?

[No Pride]

So, when did you see him? Do you know the specific date?
Well, I had to do some Googling to figure it out, since I suck at remembering specific dates (and I'm not the kind that hangs on to concert tickets for souvenirs). But there's not much you can't find on the Internet!

It was February 25, 1968 at The Civic Opera House in Chicago. Which means I was 14 years old. Sheesh, I've been loving music for too long...

[ronmac]

It was February 25, 1968 at The Civic Opera House in Chicago.

Here's the set list from that show. Look familiar?

1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Fire
3. The Wind Cries Mary
4. Foxy Lady
5. I Don't Live Today
6. Hey Joe
7. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
8. Manic Depression
9. Like A Rolling Stone
10. Purple Haze

- 'Wind Cries Mary' would only be performed twice more.
- Though not exactly rarely performed after, this was the first American appearance of 'I Don't Live Today' (3rd overall)
- 3rd of only 5 known performances of 'Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window'
- First ever regular concert appearance of 'Manic Depression', save the BBC performance in April '67.
- Relatively rare 'Like A Rolling Stone'

There is a recording available.

I also found a couple of reviews.

[Chip]

Here's the set list from that show. Look familiar?

1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Fire
3. The Wind Cries Mary
4. Foxy Lady
5. I Don't Live Today
6. Hey Joe
7. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
8. Manic Depression
9. Like A Rolling Stone
10. Purple Haze

- 'Wind Cries Mary' would only be performed twice more.
- Though not exactly rarely performed after, this was the first American appearance of 'I Don't Live Today' (3rd overall)
- 3rd of only 5 known performances of 'Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window'
- First ever regular concert appearance of 'Manic Depression', save the BBC performance in April '67.
- Relatively rare 'Like A Rolling Stone'

There is a recording available.

I also found a couple of reviews.

Hendrix doing Like a Rolling Stone? wow. The Dylan influence again.....

[ronmac]

Hendrix doing Like a Rolling Stone? wow. The Dylan influence again.....

Surely, you know that was one of the highlights of the American debut of the Experience at Monterey Pop. BTW, "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window" is also a Dylan song.

[ronmac]

Hendrix at Monterey


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s5DnoEHAGI

[mogrooves]

'Wind Cries Mary' would only be performed twice more.

I caught him a month later and he did it, if memory serves......

[ronmac]

I caught him a month later and he did it, if memory serves......

Any idea of the date and location?

[mogrooves]

Any idea of the date and location?

March 10, 1968, Washington DC.

Saw him for the third time a few months later. I still have this poster:

http://www.vintageconcertposterbuyer.com/images/gallery/jimi_hendrix_columbia.jpg

[Chip]

Surely, you know that was one of the highlights of the American debut of the Experience at Monterey Pop. BTW, "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window" is also a Dylan song.

Yes, and like he said, relatively rarely played.

[ronmac]

Sunday, 10 March 1968 The Experience International Ballroom, Washington Hilton Hotel

1.Killing Floor
2.Foxy Lady
3.The Wind Cries Mary (second-to-last performance)
4.Fire
5.Red House
6.I Don't Live Today
7.Purple Haze
8.Wild Thing

[philsunset]

The first concert, of any kind, I saw was Cream in 1968. The first "prog"show, if they're considered prog was Procol Harum in 1969. Also was at the very first US performance of Tommy, Grande Ballroom, Detroit, May 1969.

[mogrooves]

The first concert, of any kind, I saw was Cream in 1968. The first "prog"show, if they're considered prog was Procol Harum in 1969. Also was at the very first US performance of Tommy, Grande Ballroom, Detroit, May 1969.

I caught all three during those same years as well. (LZ opened for The Who when I saw them that same month).....

[philsunset]

A great time for music back then. Glad I was there. Joe Cocker opened for The Who at the Grande.

[Gladiator1634]

Was at many of the ones already mentioned from 1975 on in the NY area but my first which was only my seconded concert ever was definitely my all time favorite December 7, 1974 Genesis Lamb show at the Academy of Music NYC and the same show a week later at the Capital Theater in Passaic NJ. Still have the $6 ticket stubs!

[Shadow]

Was at many of the ones already mentioned from 1975 on in the NY area but my first which was only my seconded concert ever was definitely my all time favorite December 7, 1974 Genesis Lamb show at the Academy of Music NYC and the same show a week later at the Capital Theater in Passaic NJ. Still have the $6 ticket stubs!

I saw that tour at the Lyric Theatre in Baltimore. Would love to see a recording of that show up on Dime one day.

[Mick]

I was at over 800 NEKTAR concerts from 1970-1978... do they count? ... lol.

[mozo-pg]

I was at over 800 NEKTAR concerts from 1970-1978... do they count? ... lol.

Yep. :)

[José Costa]

As I'm only 31 :D

First Prog Concert: Dream Theater with Spock's Beard as opening act in 1999
First Concert ever: Moonspell, Cradle of Filth, Megadeth and Scorpions in 1996

and by the way:
Greatest Prog Concert ever: The Flower Kings in 2003 (with Daniel Gildenlow)
Greatest Concert Ever: a very close tie between Iron Maiden in 2000 (the return of Bruce Dickinson)
and Mastodon, Lamb of God, Machine Head and Metallica in 2009

[Scrotum Scissor]

Terje Rypdal w. the Chaser band at Torgalmenningen (huge open public space in the middle of Bergen, Norway) in 1985, I believe, during that year's Nattjazz-festival.

Local act Saffran appearing with a 25-minute set in a contest (again in Bergen) in 1986; they did "Hold On" from 90125 a.o.t.

First truly big gig: Pink Floyd at Valle Hovin Stadium in 1988 before some 40,000 spectators. Not a very interesting concert, IMHO.

[mozo-pg]

[QUOTE=Scrotum Scissor;28187]Terje Rypdal w. the Chaser band at Torgalmenningen (huge open public space in the middle of Bergen, Norway) in 1985, I believe, during that year's Nattjazz-festival.]

How was this show? I regretfully missed him by one night during last year's Montreal Jazz festival.

[Scrotum Scissor]

[QUOTE=Scrotum Scissor;28187]How was this show? I regretfully missed him by one night during last year's Montreal Jazz festival.

It was fairly good I suppose (and the musicians were awesome, quite obviously), except for the fact of course that I didn't really know too much about just who and what I was watching and listening to - I was 13 1/2 years old. The concert appearance itself was actually only a teaser for Rypdal's full-blown appearance later in the festival, which takes place annually during summertime and thus lends itself to outdoor presentation. This aside, Chaser never turned out to be one of his stronger albums for me when I eventually did get into Rypdal a few years down the line.

[richt]

First Concert: Stevie Wonder opening for The Supremes Westbury Music Fair 1967
First Almost Prog: Tull Schaefer Music Festival 7/1970
First Official Prog: ELP The Academy of Music 4/1972

[mogrooves]

ELP The Academy of Music 4/1971

I was there, only it was the Fillmore. (Curved Air opened)

[richt]

Your'e right Mo, ELP Academy was 1972. I did have tickets for Jethro at the Fillmore April 1971 but they cancelled, we went anyway and saw Tin House, Edgar Winter, Cactus and Humble Pie. Thanks for the heads up MO!!!!

[richt]

Your'e right Mo, ELP Academy was 1972. I did have tickets for Jethro at the Fillmore April 1971 but they cancelled, we went anyway and saw Tin House, Edgar Winter, Cactus and Humble Pie. Thanks for the heads up MO!!!!

[A. Scherze]

re: ELP/Curved Air

I would love to have seen that show. Every time I saw ELP there was some crappy opening act, like Snafu and Stray Dog.
The first time I saw them (4/72, the Spectrum) the opener was Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. Yuck!

[Big Ears]

^ I like Snafu.

[A. Scherze]

^ I like Snafu.

Are you a friend or relative of theirs?

I was at Roosevelt Field when they were pelted with garbage. (The only band I've ever seen that happen to.) Then, I was forced to endure a second round in Philadelphia.

[mogrooves]

^^^ Yeah, bad opening acts were par for the course. I once endured Redbone ("Come & Get Your Love") opening for KC.

[A. Scherze]

^^^ Yeah, bad opening acts were par for the course. I once endured Redbone ("Come & Get Your Love") opening for KC.

I liked one of their songs, "Maggie", but I couldn't take a whole set.

Another bad one was the opener for one of the League of Gentlemen shows, a truly awful stand-up comic.

[mozo-pg]

the League of Gentlemen shows, a truly awful stand-up comic.

I missed the stand-up comic but Fripp did throw a serious hissy fit - stopping the show - for what, of course, a flash from a camera. It was still a great show and hallucinogenic experience (last point probrably too much information).

[BrianG]

April 1972 - Focus, with Jan Akkerman appearing, at the utica Aud. Had to hear that yodeling. Spencer David Group opened.

[willyswing]

Also my first concert of any genre:Yes/King Crimson/Procol Harum 1971 NY Academy of Music.

[mogrooves]

Also my first concert of any genre:Yes/King Crimson/Procol Harum 1971 NY Academy of Music.

I was there as well. Thanksgiving!

[willyswing]

I was there as well. Thanksgiving!

Yep! Although I think I was there the night before (Thanksgiving-Eve). Sat in the second-to-last row of the balcony!

[bburman]

Yes at Winterland 1974 doing Tales of Topographic Oceans.

[mpoll]

Genesis (ATTWT Tour) - July 19, 1978 at Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI

[Brian Griffin]

I was at Roosevelt Field when they were pelted with garbage


Pelted with garbage at a shopping mall?

Tremendous!

BG

[A. Scherze]

Pelted with garbage at a shopping mall?

Tremendous!

BG


Oops! My bad.

I meant the baseball field, Roosevelt Stadium (since demolished).

[Brian Griffin]

Oops! My bad.

I meant the baseball field, Roosevelt Stadium (since demolished).



I was just cracking wise - pretty funny visual though, no?

:)

BG

[MR654]

August 71 - Emerson Lake and Palmer in Chicago with the previously mentioned Sweathog. They redeemed themselves in November of 71 when they returned with Yes as the warmup. People still don't believe me when I tell them the tickets were only $4.50. What would you pay now to see those exact lineups?

[Shadow]

I like Snafu.

Especially a shaved one. ;)

[Yanks2014]

First truly big gig: Pink Floyd at Valle Hovin Stadium in 1988 before some 40,000 spectators. Not a very interesting concert, IMHO.

What does a band have to do to be interesting? That tour was like a 3 ring circus, you had no idea what to look at next, there was so much going on. If I hated the music, I would have been thrilled with the light show alone.

[ronmac]

What does a band have to do to be interesting? That tour was like a 3 ring circus, you had no idea what to look at next, there was so much going on. If I hated the music, I would have been thrilled with the light show alone.

Why does everyone have to share your perspective? Maybe, just maybe, someone else would have been more thrilled to experience the music without all the bells and whistles.

[NogbadTheBad]

Why does everyone have to share your perspective? Maybe, just maybe, someone else would have been more thrilled to experience the music without all the bells and whistles.This is a rhetorical question, right?

[tom unbound]

More bells and whistles, please.

[ronmac]

This is a rhetorical question, right?

Actually, it's not. It just gets tiring when people have to challenge the preferences of others, just because they can't grasp them.

"Why is it that your favorite color is blue? I'd be happy if everything in my house was painted red. Why don't you see things the way I do?"

It gets really old.

Rant over.

[NogbadTheBad]

Oh I agree, but of all the people dead set in their views Thomas may be the most intransigent.

[mozo-pg]

Hey, what's happening on my hippy-feel good and very hazy memories thread? :)

[Andrew Hamer]

Steve Hackett Bradford 1979

[Yanks2014]

Why does everyone have to share your perspective? Maybe, just maybe, someone else would have been more thrilled to experience the music without all the bells and whistles.

We are all sharing our personal perspective, our own opinions, its the whole point of a message board. Yeah, it's shocking to me that someone would be bored by one of the grandest musical spectacles I've ever witnessed. Does anyone have to agree with me? Would be nice, but I don't expect it.

[Yanks2014]

Oh I agree, but of all the people dead set in their views Thomas may be the most intransigent.

So we all have to agree on everything, and if we don't, we shouldn't post it? Not sure what I did different than everyone else on PE. PE would be dreadfully dull if we all avoided any kind of disagreement.

[bill g]

I think one of my first prog concerts was seeing Camel open for Wishbone Ash on the Mirage tour. I had never heard of Camel at the time. I don't remember for certain if the Gentle Giant/Strawbs show I saw was before or after that. But seeing Tull, Thick as a Brick tour I imagine was my first.

[Scrotum Scissor]

So we all have to agree on everything, and if we don't, we shouldn't post it? Not sure what I did different than everyone else on PE. PE would be dreadfully dull if we all avoided any kind of disagreement.

There was a thread on PF's DSoT quite recently, and I elaborated there.

[ronmac]

We are all sharing our personal perspective, our own opinions, its the whole point of a message board.

Indeed. Yet...


it's shocking to me that someone would be bored by one of the grandest musical spectacles I've ever witnessed.

You perfectly illustrated my point (emphasis added). Why is it so shocking that someone doesn't share your experience? The sooner people learn to not be shocked by our differences, the better off we'll all be.

[PotatoSolution]

My very first concert ever was Genesis during their "Invisible Touch" tour (17 October 1986 at the Forum in Inglewood, CA). I was 15 years old.

I'd still rank it in the top two or three of my absolute favorite concert-going experiences of my life, mostly because it was my first and I had never seen or heard anything like it in my life at that point.

[mozo-pg]

My very first concert ever was Genesis during their "Invisible Touch" tour (17 October 1986 at the Forum in Inglewood, CA). I was 15 years old.

I'd still rank it in the top two or three of my absolute favorite concert-going experiences of my life, mostly because it was my first and I had never seen or heard anything like it in my life at that point.

I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. I saw the Trick of the Tail tour when I was 14 and it was truly amazing.

[Yanks2014]

Indeed. Yet...
You perfectly illustrated my point (emphasis added). Why is it so shocking that someone doesn't share your experience? The sooner people learn to not be shocked by our differences, the better off we'll all be.

God, some of you have to analyze EVERYTHING! It was a seriously intense, epic show, that was a major draw across multiple continents, wowing nearly everyone with a ticket. An arena tour in the fall gave way to a spring and summer stadium tour, the demand was so great. The pulled out every trick in the book, and invented quite a few of their own, and to this day I've never seen a better light show. It was a pretty overwhelming experience and was a colossal success. How could I not be surprised someone would be bored by it? And somehow I'm wrong for stating my surprise? Your reaction is bizarre to say the least.

[NogbadTheBad]

Your reaction is bizarre to say the least.While yours is entirely predictable.

[PotatoSolution]

I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. I saw the Trick of the Tail tour when I was 14 and it was truly amazing.

I would have loved to see all the classic prog bands in their true prime, but alas, I was born too late.

I will never get to see Genesis led by a young Gabriel or Jethro Tull or ELP or Yes during their amazing runs in the 70s, alas.

[ronmac]

And somehow I'm wrong for stating my surprise?

Not at all. But, it seems to have gone from shock and near dismissal to surprise.

Your problem is that you are clearly unable to -- or, maybe unwilling to -- accept the fact that there are different strokes for different folks.

Whatever. I've wasted too much of my time and forum space on this already.

[mozo-pg]

I would have loved to see all the classic prog bands in their true prime, but alas, I was born too late.

I will never get to see Genesis led by a young Gabriel or Jethro Tull or ELP or Yes during their amazing runs in the 70s, alas.

All that matters is you had a good time with the shows you saw. I missed the pinnacle of the progressive rock movement but don't really care.

[Yanks2014]

Not at all. But, it seems to have gone from shock and near dismissal to surprise.
Your problem is that you are clearly unable to -- or, maybe unwilling to -- accept the fact that there are different strokes for different folks.
Whatever. I've wasted too much of my time and forum space on this already.

I accept it, and I also hope to change a few minds along the way, nothing wrong with that. Do I really want everyone to agree with me? Yup. Will it ever happen? Of course not, but its nice to dream...

[Bucka001]

PE would be dreadfully dull if we all avoided any kind of disagreement.

Hi Thomas. I understand what you're saying, and disagreement is A-Okay. But sometimes it comes off as if you're bufuddled by an opinion. Personally, I strongly dislike Pink Floyd (except for Pipers, Saucerful, etc... the brilliant early psych stuff). Dark Side is just boring to me (like blues rock dressed up with quad sound effects so that the masses think it's "heavy"). I suppose a PF concert with great visuals would be interesting in the way a fireworks display is, but I think Madonna, Lady Gaga, etc, shows are interesting in the same way (big stage spectacles, and all that). But I'm cool that most would disagree. Still, it's the way I look at it, and if you tell me that Pawn Hearts is a load of rubbish with terrible vocals, etc, I promise I won't say, "Whoa... how can you think that??? I know so many people who think this album is a masterpiece, including me, and it was a totally transcendental experience to see them do some of that album live in concert!" I wouldn't go there and I'd understand that it's my take, and am not befuddled by the fact that you may hate it. But it seems that this is precisely where you are going. (all due respect!)

[KIPMEISTER]

Yes at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, N.J. 1972

[jgprogbear]

Pink Floyd in Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City. DSOTM tour, 1972. First concert ever, sat in the first row under Rick Wright. My memoray is kind of hazy, but then so was the air....

[ronmac]

Yes at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, N.J. 1972

Great theater, terrible town. I went to see Johnny Winter there in 1980 and my car got broken into. The cops were utterly useless. I had to drive home about 100 miles in freezing temps without a window.

[Yanks2014]

Hi Thomas. I understand what you're saying, and disagreement is A-Okay. But sometimes it comes off as if you're bufuddled by an opinion. Still, it's the way I look at it, and if you tell me that Pawn Hearts is a load of rubbish with terrible vocals, etc, I promise I won't say, "Whoa... how can you think that??? I know so many people who think this album is a masterpiece, including me, and it was a totally transcendental experience to see them do some of that album live in concert!" I wouldn't go there and I'd understand that it's my take, and am not befuddled by the fact that you may hate it. But it seems that this is precisely where you are going. (all due respect!)

"Befuddled" is a really great description of my reaction to a lot of opinions shared here, as was the case here. It's not at all about taste. If you don't like most Pink Floyd, I can't and wont try and convince you otherwise. It would work about as well as trying to convince me to like VDGG or Hammill solo. What I was befuddled over was someone finding the Floyd stage show boring. You can still hate that sort of thing, but nothing about it screams BORING! The examples of Lady Gaga and Madonna are spot on, I would totally hate those shows despite the big, flashy production. But I know I wouldn't find them boring. Annoying and stupid maybe, but not boring. Personally I love a big spectacle, but if I hate the music attached to it, it will be tough to sit through. Does this clear things up a bit?

[KIPMEISTER]

Tell me about it, my cousin and I were mugged at knifepoint about 3 blocks away from the theater on our way to see John Mayall. They took our money but we still had our weed and tickets for the show, was a very frightening experience to say the least.

[mogrooves]

to see John Mayall.

With Dr. Hook? I caught that gig, too.

The Capitol was a regular haunt but, yeah, it was a pretty sketchy scene. I never encountered any problems but I knew people who did.....

[Bucka001]

What I was befuddled over was someone finding the Floyd stage show boring. You can still hate that sort of thing, but nothing about it screams BORING! The examples of Lady Gaga and Madonna are spot on, I would totally hate those shows despite the big, flashy production. But I know I wouldn't find them boring. Annoying and stupid maybe, but not boring. Personally I love a big spectacle, but if I hate the music attached to it, it will be tough to sit through. Does this clear things up a bit?

Fair enough. That does make sense and seems perfectly sound to me. I can relate in a way. I remember seeing Yes on their 90215 tour and they had a really great stage show (not like the ones we're talking about, but cool enough; there was a three dimensional laser fired over the audience which spelled out 'Yes' and it was pretty breathtaking). The following tour was with Big Generator, which I found to be a really boring album. But I went to see the show anyway because, as you would understand, I thought I might see a cool stage show and I hoped they'd play some of the old chestnuts I liked. Well... the show was much more stripped down that year and they played a lot of Big Generator (not surprisingly) so it was a major disappointment.

But your point about being bored by a spectacle on the scale you're talking is well taken. I might hate the music and not dig the vibe behind having a big show like that, but it probably wouldn't be boring (aggravating and annoying maybe, but not boring).

[Yanks2014]

Fair enough. That does make sense and seems perfectly sound to me. I can relate in a way. I remember seeing Yes on their 90215 tour and they had a really great stage show (not like the ones we're talking about, but cool enough; there was a three dimensional laser fired over the audience which spelled out 'Yes' and it was pretty breathtaking). The following tour was with Big Generator, which I found to be a really boring album. But I went to see the show anyway because, as you would understand, I thought I might see a cool stage show and I hoped they'd play some of the old chestnuts I liked. Well... the show was much more stripped down that year and they played a lot of Big Generator (not surprisingly) so it was a major disappointment.

But your point about being bored by a spectacle on the scale you're talking is well taken. I might hate the music and not dig the vibe behind having a big show like that, but it probably wouldn't be boring (aggravating and annoying maybe, but not boring).

I saw both Yes tours, and I recall being disappointed by the visuals for Big Generator. Not that is was bad, I expected something more special. Of course its always better going into a show without any expectations, it ends up hard to live up to what you are hoping for.

[llanwydd]

I avoided this thread because of the hated word "prog" but my very first concert was Yes at Madison Square Garden in 1978. I got to hear a good deal of Tormato before its release (release). They were "in the round" that year and for the following two tours as well. That means a rotating stage. The stage turned very slowly so everyone in the audience could see the whole band.

I thought Future Times was really cool and Don't Kill the Whale was almost as interesting just for the subject matter (imagine subject matter in a Yes song). I was a little put off by Circus of Heaven, particularly the stage effects including plywood hobbyhorses rising and falling around the circular stage and the voice of Damien on the PA. I'm sure he was a cool kid but that was overbearing. One effect I was really impressed with, though, was the multi-colored laser lights. Everyone was reaching out to touch a beam.

Overall I was fascinated with the concert. I sat in the mezzanine and had huge joints and party bowls passed to me about every five minutes. When they started playing what Jon said would be the last song, ISAGP, I left the mezzanine to try to get closer to the stage. Then I left the Garden, not knowing they were going to play an encore and then heard someone talking about Roundabout which surprised me.

I was sixteen at the time and had never been to a rock concert. Great way to start.

[Yanks2014]

I was a little put off by Circus of Heaven, particularly the stage effects including plywood hobbyhorses rising and falling around the circular stage and the voice of Damien on the PA.


They actually played this live? Scary thought. I actually like Tormato, but consider Circus of Heaven to be frighteningly bad. I had no idea they actually played it on the Tormato tour.

[Rand Kelly]

Wild Turkey/Yes/Black Sabbath...March 1972. Las Vegas,Nv Convention Center. Before anyone says,Black Sabbath ain't prog,let me just say in 1972 as I was building my collection exposing my ears to anything that I could,the term prog or progressive rock had not even been invented yet. In those days it was all music A-Z and you either liked it or you didn't. We didn't label music then the way we do today and to a great extent,I miss that innocence. I was playing Yes,ELP and Jethro Tull along side Three Dog Night,Steppenwolf and Grand Funk Railroad. If it was good music that was all that mattered....there was room for anything and everything you know? I was in the air force at the tender age of 18 and just opening myself up to all kinds of music. A lot of albums I liked then I never replaced,Humble Pie was a good example,loved Rockin' The Fillmore,Smokin' and saw them live,but over the years they just fell out of favor for whatever reason. I was getting more and more art rock soon to be known as progressive rock and there was only so much money to spend on music,so I had to make some cuts.

[ronmac]

They actually played this live? Scary thought. I actually like Tormato, but consider Circus of Heaven to be frighteningly bad. I had no idea they actually played it on the Tormato tour.

So much hatred on PE for a song that captures a certain whimsical magic that only Jon can create. Yes, they did play that and it was actually a nice break from the other material.

[llanwydd]

So much hatred on PE for a song that captures a certain whimsical magic that only Jon can create. Yes, they did play that and it was actually a nice break from the other material.

I don't hate the song. I just didn't like the stage effects.

[ronmac]

I don't hate the song. I just didn't like the stage effects.

Fair enough.

[Yanks2014]

So much hatred on PE for a song that captures a certain whimsical magic that only Jon can create. Yes, they did play that and it was actually a nice break from the other material.

There is a lot of hatred on PE for Tormato in general, though I've never understood it. But "Circus", I've never warmed to it at all.

[Yanks2014]

in 1972 as I was building my collection exposing my ears to anything that I could,the term prog or progressive rock had not even been invented yet. In those days it was all music A-Z and you either liked it or you didn't. We didn't label music then the way we do today and to a great extent,I miss that innocence. I was playing Yes,ELP and Jethro Tull along side Three Dog Night,Steppenwolf and Grand Funk Railroad. If it was good music that was all that mattered....

I hear this said often, but I'm wondering if people didn't at least hear a big difference between the sound of Yes and Black Sabbath, I mean they are light years apart in so many ways. I would think pairing them up wouldn't make a lot of sense to all that many people. I'm someone who does bounce around a lot between totally different styles, seeing nothing odd about listening to Bach, Iron Maiden, Tangerine Dream and Marshall Tucker Band all in the same day. But I'd think most people don't like going too far outside a comfort zone. Despite all the labeling today, I gladly choose many different things to listen to not sticking to one tiny, exclusive box. But I do like to know what box that particular sound comes from, and let my mood dictate what I want to hear.

[A. Scherze]

In those days it was all music A-Z and you either liked it or you didn't. We didn't label music then the way we do today and to a great extent,I miss that innocence.


While the audience may not have been as fragmented then as now, there still were divisions (e.g. mods v. rockers) and there were certainly labels (beat, surf rock, hard rock, soft rock, acid rock, folk rock, country rock, bubble gum, soul, funk, r&b, blues, space rock, glam, fusion, art rock, etc.).