Back in 1989, I was in college in Rhode Island, and I did the Heavy Metal Show on Sunday nights at our college radio station. One night during the show, I came across a new album in the bin by a band called Dream Theater. I thought that was a great name for a band. When Dream And Day Unite. That's a cool title too. I thought the front cover was um..a little queer, and the band pic on the back was worse..
During a song on the show, I dropped the needle on it "in cue", which in DJ talk, is the mode you use to line up the beginning of the next song. Unfortunately, the sound "in cue" doesn't give you the full sound. Kind of like only hearing one stereo speaker. Anyway, the keyboards really dominated the sound, and the singer sounded a little tinny. I put the album back in the bin, and completely forgot about it.
Flash forward to late 1993. By this time, I "discovered" Dream Theater at Iron Maiden's 1992 concert at The Ritz (I took my avatar pic the day of the show), had seen DT 5 times, and also owned Live At the Marquee. I understood they had a "first" album with a different singer. I ended up ordering it on import. (I used to use Worldwide CD out of Chicago). When WDADU was delivered, I opened it and ...OMG..I immediately recognized (cue the Psycho theme) the cover. HOLY SHIT, THIS was the album I sampled 4 years earlier!