1980/81, at a friend's house, Pink Floyd poster on the wall, an old Grundig amplifier with crackling volume knob, cherry-flavoured japanese green tea, Alpha Centauri, Rubycon, Stratosfear LPs ... I've never stopped listening to TD since that time.
been aware of them since 1974, (phaedra been played late at night as i slept as a child). First real listen was Sorcerer, then it was Poland in early 83 that did it! (that did take a long time but good things and all that....).
Bought everything since, including stuff they havent done!
1983 for me, 25 years ago ...still remember picking up a vinyl copy of Hyperborea in WHSmith (yes, you read right!!) and thinking this must be their new album. I got Poland for Christmas 1984, and remember settling down to listen to it on the headphones that morning and being blown away. It was then I realised that followiing them was going to be a lifelong affair!
In 1989 I heard Tangerine Dream for the first time, it was Crystal Curfew from Lily on the Beach. So I went to a record store and bought their only available TD album, Phaedra.