Prog

Mick Pointer

Where’s home?

I’m in east Devon.

Earliest prog memory?

My brother bringing home Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967, when I was 11. Listening to it while poring over the cover, it felt like a new world.

First prog album you bought?

I bought Deep Purple’s with my first wage packet in 1972, and that really changed my life. It was closely followed by Yes’ .

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