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My favorite Yes album is Relayer, so I'd definitely get that one next. I know most people hate Tormato and Drama, but I happen to like them both quite a bit. I basically like everything Yes from 1969-1983.

Another one that gets overlooked in Yes' catalog is the debut. That album is a lot jazzier (due to Peter Banks' guitar work), and the songwriting is a bit less prog-oriented, but awesome nonetheless.

With King Crimson, I'd basically recommend everything else (I'm a fanboy; bite me, haha). Most importantly, I'd go for Discipline and In the Wake first.

Also, pick up as many live albums as you can from KC. They were always a very interesting live act. The Larks' Tongues and Red lineup were probably the best out of the bunch in regards to live performance, but the 80's lineup weren't slackers by any means.

Here's a good place to start with live albums:

[Absent Lovers: Live in Montreal 1984]
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000007SHH/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A2ZU8EIQF8C865)

The Collectable King Crimson, Volume 1 (Live at Mainz; Live in Asbury Park)

Live at Summit Studios March 12, 1972

These are two of my favorite bands, and I'm probably a little biased in my recommendations, but this should be enough for someone relatively new to them to be content.

While both bands are categorized as prog, they are quite different. Each has undergone many lineup changes over the years but have always put on great live performances. Enjoy!

For those who haven't seen Crimson recently and won't be seeing them on this tour, I highly recommend getting a hold of Radical Action To Unseat The Hold Of Monkey Mind. It is a fantastic box set (3CD + Blu-Ray). Watch this on a good home theater system and it's the next best thing to attending a live concert (in some ways better). This performance is especially great as they revisit much of their early material with new powerful interpretations that really do them justice.

Do not go for beats, they are really shit. Or, not really shit, but they are so bass heavy that you basically end up not listening to your music, but rather some weirdly lowpass filtered version of it. I really dislike them. I bought a Nootec Zoro which are supposed to be cheap "knock-offs" but are actually surprisingly good. If you are willing to spend a bit more then your limit, the Bose QuietComfort 15 is simply spectacular. Their acoustic noise-cancelling is fucking excellent and the sound is so crisp I felt like I was hearing my test tracks for the first time... there were so many new sounds. If I had the monies I would definitely go for them. I image the new line QC 25 is equally good (or better) but I haven't tried them.

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Enjoy! :)

do they have to be prog?

Conan the Barbarian soundtrack by Basil Poledouris - possibly the best soundtrack I've ever heard.

The Bones of All Men by Phillip Pickett and Richard Thompson - like a medieval rock band

and just for fun, The Art of the Bawdy Song by the Baltimore Consort

The Road Back Home is a "Greatest Hits" style record, it is a great crash course that should give you an idea which era you like best. They released a lot of stuff and each album has its own flavour. My personal favourites are the jazz fusion-tinged craziness of Unfolded the Future and the more raw "live" sounding Paradox Hotel (love the concept, too).

Mountains Come Out of the Sky is a beautiful book that is also pretty comprehensive.

SW's got a long running project to remix (not just remaster!) classic albums from the original master tapes (where they still exist) to produce a version of the record that in most cases sounds better than they could have made at the time.

Releases usually have the option of both a "standard" CD mix, as well as high-res audio on both Vinyl and Blu-Ray and/or DVD, with the digital audio being available in up to 96k/24bit in 5.1 Surround. You tend to get a "new" and an "original" mix on those too, plus alternate takes and other goodies.

Check the Amazon listing for Fragile to get an idea of what you're likely to get: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fragile-CD-BluRay-Yes/dp/B013R9LE1Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462373376&sr=8-1&keywords=B00EG0MVMA%7CB00IS3E30Y%7CB00NAYYSS8%7CB013R9LE1Y

I know this is not really what you're asking for, but if you haven't already, check out Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays Prog Rock Classics, I really enjoyed it.

https://www.amazon.com/Yes-Answer-Other-Prog-Rock-Tales/dp/0985490209

This one is pretty great, particularly the one about Genesis written by Tom Junod

A very good way to be introduced to 70's Camel album is to listen to A Live Record, great live album.

Close to the Edge by Chris Welch is a good one, but I enjoyed Yes: Perpetual Change even more because of its larger size and larger number of photos.

I got the CD which included bonus tracks as well as a live version of Three Piece Suite off Amazon for £13 and it's even cheaper now.

Yes it was -- good eye! It's in the Roger Dean coffee table book I've got. I need to scan that book in, one of these days, and post it online.

Recently got Journey to the centre of the earth by Wakeman as a gift. You got a favourite studio album by him?

I'll check out Tony Banks. I'm sure my dad has some lying around in his collection. He pretty much exclusively listens to Genesis and everything surrounding it inc. Hackett, Banks, Phillips

[this is a great book] (http://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Come-Out-Sky-Illustrated/dp/0879309911).

It did; it's also pretty cheap on Amazon right now.
https://www.amazon.com/Yesterdays-YES/dp/B000002J22