Your First Prog Album

**Lopez** · 08-13-2015

Mine would be The Mass in F Minor by the Electric Prunes, if that can be considered prog by any stretch of the imagination. Got it when it first came out in 1968. Other than that it would be Days of Future Passed by the Moodies, which I also bought in 1968. That started the prog hunt for me.

**TheH** · 08-13-2015

Queen - A Night at the Opera or Rainbow - On Stage

**jcarr73729** · 08-13-2015

Red

**rickmoraz** · 08-13-2015

TLLDOB after seeing them (Genesis) live in Annecy, France in March 1975.

Ed

**Rarebird** · 08-13-2015

I think Kayak, either s/t or See see the sun, after seeing them live.

Another one was:
ELP - Welcome back my friends,.....

After hearing Jerusalem and Karn Evil no 9 in English class.

**Phlakaton** · 08-13-2015

Rush - Moving Pictures --- I must have been 8 or 9 when it came out. All gravy from there!

**Scrotum Scissor** · 08-13-2015

Originally Posted by Lopez

Mine would be The Mass in F Minor by the Electric Prunes, if that can be considered prog by any stretch of the imagination. Got it when it first came out in 1968.

I'd actually say this is one of the absolute first ones in the US. Earlier than Sea Train, Touch, It's a Beautiful Day and Brimstone, more trickily arranged than Vanilla Fudge and the likes.

Been YEARS since I listened to it now, but I particularly remember "Gloria Patria" having a scorching guitar-vs-bass solo middle part. Of course, this and Release of an Oath were both as much the creations of David Axelrod as of the band, which (IIRC) mostly consisted of studio musicians at the time, as opposed to the earlier freakbeat version. Both versions of EP were rather interesting, I think.

**Dave the Brave** · 08-13-2015

ELP 1

DtB

**grego** · 08-13-2015

Surpised to see Uriah Heep, Rainbow considered as prog..that's strange categorization to me....always thought they are hard rock acts..

**butch.....from chicago** · 08-13-2015

i would have to say.......revolver

i knew there was something....more....to it

**Ozgorilla** · 08-13-2015

Invisible Touch clearly doesn't count, but it did lead me to subsequently discover Genesis' early work - and then Yes, and then Pink Floyd and then ELP, and then...

**strawberrybrick** · 08-13-2015

Yes Fragile, a birthday present from my sisters, followed by Close To The Edge for xmas. Of course, I was rockin' to the Beatles as a child...

**pb2015** · 08-13-2015

I think of The Yes Album purchased in the early 80's as my first (although I had heard Pink Floyd, and maybe Jethro Tull earlier). I remember for a short time I thought it was their first album, until I read in the Rolling Stone rock encyclopedia about the two albums with Peter Banks.

**moecurlythanu** · 08-13-2015

Originally Posted by grego

Surpised to see Uriah Heep, Rainbow considered as prog..that's strange categorization to me....always thought they are hard rock acts..

After you've been here for a while, you come to understand that Prog is a fancy word for "music."

**Scrotum Scissor** · 08-13-2015

Originally Posted by grego

Surpised to see Uriah Heep, Rainbow considered as prog..that's strange categorization.

I never did that either; they were "runners up" in that they belonged to the same time period. That's how Solar Fire became my first "true prog" buy in 1984.

**Birdy** · 08-13-2015

I believe that mine was a used copy of Snow Goose if I recall. Still one of my faves today.

**dgtlman** · 08-13-2015

All the mentions of Queen, Rainbow, etc. ain't prog IMO. If that were the case then Alice Cooper - Killer, would be my first, just for Halo Of Flies. Then Uriah Heep, starting with Magician's Birthday & Demons then LAY, Salisbury, etc.
In all that mix, however, I bought Yessongs in the spring of '74 & BSS soon after that, so I consider those to be first

**2steves** · 08-13-2015

FRAGILE---I never heard music like that before---every musician was unique and a standout----including the singer----there were 5 players but I could hear each part individually but it still sounded cohesive---that is what great Yes music is---5 great players doing their thing and sounding original.

**dleone** · 08-13-2015

Rush - Permanent Waves or Moving Pictures. Soon after, many other Rush records, and then onto Queen, Yes, and by the time I hit King Crimson, it was all over

**Scott Bails** · 08-13-2015

Asia's debut made me a huge fan of Steve Howe. I was going on about him at a party when a friend said, "you think you like Steve Howe, listen to this!" and played me The Yes Album. I was hooked and never went back.

**mozo-pg** · 08-13-2015

Christmas 1976 - My older brother gave me a copy of Genesis Live. I was intrigued by the album cover. When I played the LP on my father's turntable at the cottage, nothing. I'm not sure how it happened but a few months later my buddy said he thought I was going to run off the groves on the LP. I loved it. This led me to more Genesis and then Yes, Pink Floyd, and so on.