[sharcnorris]

As a young teen in the 60's, 16 in 1969, Hitchhiking Europe in 1971. I lived the Prog Life. I would sit at 3 in the Morning in the Album rock Studio with my DJ friends, smoking weed and Opening all the Newest stuff mailed to the Station... I heard keithie scream on those live LP's when they Came out.

Prog started as pychodelic.Beach Boys, Beatles, Who's Tommy, Spirit, Arthur Lee's Love, Ogden's NutgoneFlake by the Small Faces, Moody Blues, the Nice, Vanilla Fudge, Santana, I think it was the blossoming of True Musicians in a 3 chord world

Thats all I liked, not much american rock, Not the Tweeners, ...Boston, Steely Dan etc

I played Organ to Doors Covers and the Yardbirds on my Farfisa
Late Night I had a transistor Radio under my pillow. I would listen to college Radio Jazz, Organ based Trios, Lionel Hampton's Vibraphones... I was All Keyboards all the time.

I was a fullfledged Anti-War/Nixon Hippie by 1969, I lived 2 hours from Woodstock here in Ct., but minus the Who and Santana ( both I had already seen that year) it wasnt Prog enough for me!
then I heard IN THE COURT, then Yes, and It all exploded.......

I would like to speak to hindsight compared to lived experience.
To get an Lp, live with it for 100's of plays for a year and then get the New release is an evolution in Society. As Pop changed so did Prog, Oldfields Disco Feel, Top 100 Genesis, Camels Single Factor, P.G's sledgehammer, all were evolutions for the time
Judging a Groups whole output is quite differant then growing with them in the time of production. The Artists are the Same, But the Times Changed the Music, as The Music made a Backdrop for the Times.