Help me Choose

[Aman]

Hello guys!

I found some awesome Holland pressings of some music I may like still in their wrap, many of them with their posters and etc.

First let me mention my musical tastes:

Yes (I LOVE every album up to "Going for the One")
Jethro Tull (I LOVE Thick as a Brick and Songs from the Wood.. I have heard some of Aqualung (the popular songs mostly) and I like Ministrel in the Gallery)
Emerson Lake and Palmer (I LOVE the first side of Tarkus - haven't heard much else)
Pink Floyd - I LOVE every album from them (and I own every album from them)

I'm looking for stuff like that, I guess. I want to get one of these Holland pressings, and two other albums. These are my choices:

Holland Pressings:
Brain Sallad Surgery - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Kansas - Masque
Kansas - Songs for America
Kansas - Leftoverture

Other albums:
Self Titled - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
A Passion Play - Jethro Tull
Too Old to Rock N' Roll, Too Young to Die - Jethro Tull
Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord


Basically, I am looking to piece together a huge Prog Rock collection one by one .. I decided to start with the main albums and bands. So, anything that is prog and that I haven't experienced yet (I don't own any of these albums, nor have I heard most of them) would be awesome to add.

I am looking for the most essential first, but a variety - I want prog that talks about depressing topics, to rainbows and lolipops, to ye olde ages.

I know this is a hard decision, but any help would be very appreciated!

 

[Rangers34]

Well, those are all certainly solid offerings... Since you're looking for variety, I'd go with Aqua off the Holland list, and then the ELP and Every Good Boy Deserves Flavour. Any way you go should be enjoyable though.

 

[kane]

I would go for Brain Salad Surgery from the Holland pressings.

I like In Search of the Lost Chord and ELP from the second list. In Search.. is the best of their 60's output and relies heavily on the mellotron.

 

[Aman]

Thanks for the help!
I have ended up chosing:

ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
ELP - Self Titled
Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord


thanks again! Next on my list is to complete my Jethro Tull collection - almost there