I always considered Saga lowest echelon. Stadium-type.
I have the first 3 lps. Don't think much of them. Its light, fun-prog. Pedestrian but not as horrid as , say, Klaatu.

Here are two from 1970 that ACTUALLY FIT.

(Courtesy of Permy)

Fretless:

please do not post Wiki.

That Canadian prog list is sad.

And, of course, Beaver & Krause. Their lps box set, The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music, was out in '67 and is basically a sound sample MANUAL for the moog.(With one sidelong composition by them) They took one of Bob Moog's first synths to Monteray Festival where they had a demonstration boot...

I was placing special orders for Strawbs & Genesis when no one heard of them here in Canada. ... As to Seventh Wave being first synth duo...that is '74. Perrey & Kingsley - Best of Moog 2lp SAMPLER '73 Vanguard label Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff (Tonto's Expanding Headband) '71 others...

Of course, Joe, you are right - at the very beginning no bands were following a more-or-less strict "prog" composition guidebook. There was no such thing since it all was an open field. Bands were experimenting out into various different directions.There was no specific name for it. (Peter...

I must correct myself: I said, "discounting the last 2 and a half months, you CANNOT SAY anything other than Crimson was prog BEFORE JAN 1970." In those two and a half months there WERE 4 lps that you could & probably should consider prog: Arzachel -same, Moody Blues-To Our Children's ...

We come to Caravan: the sleeve notes on the first lp say the all-important words "progressive rock". The issue date of the first Caravan lp is October 1968. Does this prove anything? NO! 1: "Progressive" is being used AS A DESCRIPTOR; an adjective. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE IN...

As to the bands you mention being prog: First Procol Harem lp is an absolute KILLER lp - one of my top ten faves of all time - but its not prog. Its baroque-rock. Pretty Things, of course, never were prog. Family, I never considered prog, but peeps seem to. (I somehow always confuse this band with A...

No need to get nasty. You may be correct on this...I'm just wondering if you have written proof - maybe even something written on ticket stubs.(People DO hold on to those.) I do not need your memories and I did not ask for them. Scour the internet - find me something. If its not worth the bother...w...