This phenomenon is actually pretty common in my collection. A few examples: "Hero & Heroine" by Strawbs, "Solid Air" by John Martyn, "Io Sono Nato Libero" by Banco, "Movies" by Holger Czukay, and "Angel's Egg" by Gong. I have a lot of albums by these artists, but the first one I heard by them is still my favorite. Of course, with some artists I have no clear favorite album, and others I just can't remember which album I heard first.
"Yes" by Morphine.
"Past, Present & Future" by Al Stewart
I have everything by Morphine and Mark Sandman and nearly everything Al Stewart has done.
Industry Standard by The Dregs
Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
Rockin' The Fillmore - Humble Pie
Rides Again - The James Gang
LZ1
Stand Up - JT
Raw Sienna - SB
Thirds - JG
Town & Country - HP
In Rock - DP
America
John Lennon/Plastoc Ono Band
Shady Grove - QMS
Atom Heart Mother - PF
Parachute - Pretty THings
Fire and Water - Free
Tarkus - ELP
ATT - GG
Cricklewood Green - TYA
Journey - KC
YATMWJTB - Trapeze
Anthem of the Sun - GD
Epic Forest - RB
Pawn Hearts - VDGG
GWGPITN - Caravan
Moving Waves - Focus
Ogden's - Faces (Small and not)
If You Saw Thro' My Eyes - Ian Matthews
The House on the Hill - Audience
The Polite Force - Egg
From Genesis to Revelation - Just Kidding
Roxy Music
Captain Beyond
Sailin' Shoes - LF
Secret Treaties - BOC
Wolf City - AD2
Tubular Bells - MO
Renaissance
Solar Fire - MMEB
Spectrum -Billy Cobham
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy - RTF
Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night - PH
Twice Removed From Yesterday - RT
A Salty Dog - Procol Harum
Mirage - Camel
Crime of the Century - ST
Kimono My House - Sparks
No Answer - ELO
Jade Warrior 1st
Midnight Mushrumps -Gryphon
Med Tales - Trimvirat
Voyage of the Acolyte - Steve Hackett
Rough and Ready - Jeff Beck
Cross-Collateral Passport
The Tubes
Thin Lizzy
Peter Gabriel 1st
Flat Broke - Roy Harper
The Cars
Call of The West - Stan Ridgway
David Sancious - Forest of Feelings
Todd Rundgren - Nazz debut
Chicago - CTA
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill (really my #2 to "Scam")
Laura Nyro - The First Songs (orig. s/t)
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Blue Oyster Cult / Agents Of Fortune
Boston / Boston
Kansas / Leftoverture
King Crimson / In The Court Of The Crimson King
Genesis / A Trick Of The Tail
Uriah Heep / Live
UK / UK
Bruford / One Of A Kind
Santana / Abraxas
Brand X / Moroccan Roll
Jeff Beck / Wired
Hoelderin - Live Traumstadt
Kraan - Wiederhören
Grobschnitt - Solar Music Live
Not that often, but Yessongs - definitely!
Trilogy and UK too
My Progressive Workshop at http://soundcloud.com/hfxx
Yes - The Yes Album
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers; I had the others previous to it, but this is the first one I really "heard."
The Strawbs - Bursting at the Seams
The Groundhogs - Split
The Move - Shazam
The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
Spirit - Spirit
Electric Light Orchestra - No Answer
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
Two that come to mind:
Gentle Giant - Power & the Glory
PFM - Chocolate Kings
It's hard for me to even remember the first albums I heard by a lot of bands. Genesis was probably either Abacab or And Then There Were Three, but neither made much of an impression. With Yes, the first album I heard was Tormato, which I borrowed from a friend in anticipation of seeing them live. I also borrowed Yessongs, but didn't hear that until after the show (which blew me away). This is likely why I've always had something of a soft spot for Tormato.
Tull was likely Aqualung and KC was likely Court, but neither are my favorites. My first Banco was Io Sono Nato Libero, but I like Darwin and Di Terra better.
Bill
Yes-The Yes Album
King Crimson-ITCOTCK
Santana-Abraxas
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
Genesis - Genesis Live
The Who - Quadrophenia (yeah, really the first I hear all the way through...)
Chicago - Carnegie Hall
Gentle Giant - Octopus
Red Elvises - Your Favorite Band Live
Ronnie Montrose - Open Fire
Salem Hill - Be
Nektar - Recycled
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
Captain Beyond - s/t
Hatfield.... - s/t
ELP - s/t
Art Bears - Hopes & Fears
Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors
Jeff Beck - Truth
CTA - s/t
Traffic - Mr. Fantasy
KC - ICoKC
LZ - s/t
Magma - MDK
Nucleus - Elastic Rock
Spirit - s/t
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
ELO - s/t (No Answer)
Steve Miller - Children of the Future
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
Same here. TAAB was the first Tull album I bought and it's my favorite Tull, but did I hear Aqualung before that? I'm not sure. Chicago II is the first from them I bought and it's my fave, but did I hear any of CTA before that? Not sure.Originally Posted by Sputnik
One I am sure about - Humble Pie, "Smokin'".
You say Mega Ultra Deluxe Special Limited Edition Extended Autographed 5-LP, 3-CD, 4-DVD, 2-BlueRay, 4-Cassette, five 8-Track, MP4 Download plus Demos, Outtakes, Booklet, T-Shirt and Guitar Pick Gold-Leafed Box Set Version like it's a bad thing...
Genesis.......................Foxtrot
Spirit...........................Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Eloy............................Floating
Black Sabbath..............Paranoid
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KC.......Red
Led......IV
Chicago......CTA
Black Sabbath.....Vol.4
VDGG......Pawn Hearts
Thin Lizzy.......Bad Reputation
That's all I can think of for now.
Yes-----The Yes Album
Spirit----12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
The Flower Kings----Unfold The Future
Dream Theater----Awake
Magic Pie----Motions of Desire
Big Big Train----The Underfall Yard
Phideaux-----Doomsday Afternoon
Tears For Fears-----The Hurting
The Cure----Head On The Door
"The woods would be very silent if the only birds that sang were those who sang best..." - Henry David Thoreau
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Ten Years After - LIVE
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Mountain - Twin Peaks
UK - S/T
Ozric Tentacles - Pungent Efflugent
VDGG - Pawn Hearts
ELP - BSS
G.A.S -aholic
Good call! I forgot that one.
Bill
I second and third that.
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One would have to limit him/herself to the albums they picked up by luck/hinge/, because nowadays with all the books and the web, it's easy to pck the "best" album of a band first, but back in the 70's, it really wasn't all that easy
I'll include some of my stlll second best-preferred my fave being in ( )
Stand Up - JT (TAAB)
Raw Sienna - SB
Cricklewood Green - TYA (Space In Time)
Renaissance - debut
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Abraxas (Caravanserai)
Grey and Pink
Solar Music Live
Terrapin Station
Chicago - Carnegie Hall
A Love Supreme
Bitches Brew
Black Saint & Lady Sinner
Dr. Sardonicus
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Grand Illusion
DSOTM
ITOTCK (Lizard)
Sad Wings Of Destiny
Rainbow Rising
Timewind & Ricochet
Hoelderlin's Traum
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Six Wives Hank 8
High Class In Borrowed Shoes
Black Noise
I probably forgot some (Journey, Boston, Violent Femmes, Anvil's respective debuts)
Also SEBTP, but I didn't like it at first... had to wait until ATOTT to appreciate it)
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my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
"Space Revolver" by The Flower Kings.
"Arf." -- Frank Zappa, "Beauty Knows No Pain" (live version)
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Shriekback - Jam Science
Galahad - Nothing Is Written
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple
Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
Fleetwood Mac--Then Play On
Small Faces--Ogden's Nut Gone Flakes
CSN--s/t
Grateful Dead--Anthem of the Sun
Genesis--Live
Bob Dylan--John Westley Hardin
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