The Collection Thus Far

In roughly the order in which I acquired them, from earliest to most recent, here's a list of the vinyls I currently own:

The seeds of my record collection, purchased at Lost and Found Records in Knoxville, TN:

Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
Yes - Yessongs
The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn
Genesis - Foxtrot

The Disc Exchange, in Knoxville:

The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
Rush - 2112
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Asia - Asia

Another trip to Lost and Found:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus

At one of the Great Escape locations in Nashville, TN:

Rush - Grace Under Pressure
Yes - Close to the Edge

From the pathetic record collection at McKay in Knoxville:

Supertramp - Crime of the Century

And finally, from a few trips to Wuxtry Records in Athens, GA

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
Kansas - Point of Know Return
Focus - Hamburger Concerto
Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
King Crimson - Lizard
Camel - Mirage

The last two will get their own post soon, since I got them today. All great records, except for maybe Grace Under Pressure, which is not exactly my favorite Rush album.

I learned about the vast majority of these records via ProgArchives, a fantastic resource for fans of progressive rock and metal. On that site, they have a "Top 100" page - the 100 most highly-rated progressive albums of all time. When I'm bored, I'll go through that list and listen to unfamiliar bands, which is how I discovered Camel and Focus.

Eventually, perhaps during a slow record-buying period, I hope to review each of these. I should try to space them out, since they'll all be similarly positive and glowing.