Comments on Profile Post by spwath

New York Dolls - Self-titled and Too Much Too Soon

There is a million sub-genres of metal, I'd start there, but I'm biased.

It would help if you tell us some of your favorite artists so we know which direction to go in.

Not sure how much I like punk (? or at least the origins of punk), or metal type music. But I could try some things, haven't really listened to much of that.

Lets see, I like: Styx, Chicago, Pink Floyd, Marillion, Jethro Tull, Billy Joel, The Who, ELO (more the older ELO), The Doors, King Crimson, ELP (when I'm in the mood for over the top pretentious progness), Mannheim Steamroller (when I'm in the mood for that kind of thing).

Yes - Fragile is a reference album if you haven't heard it yet.

Yes, I need to get that. All I have is the not too good Classic Yes greatest hits album. That's no good, and roundabout is just bad in that version.

I see a lot of different masters of Fragile. Which one would I want?

HDTracks The Yes Album is a great mastering of a great album. (Same for New York Dolls - S/T if you are interested.)

Hmmm, I usually prefer to get CD's, as they usually seem cheaper and high quality, and then I get a pretty physical thing.

I'd recommend adding some Deep Purple (specifically Deep Purple In Rock & Machine Head).

You know, I think I (meaning my parents) have some deep purple, ill have to check what albums there is.

The only way to get Steve Wilson Yes albums in physical format are Blu-Ray/CD combo packs. The Barry Diament Yes CDs are the next best but he was sometimes given problematic tapes to work with. (The only 1st NY Dolls CD that sounds good is an 80s one from Japan with the 1st album and the 2nd album minus 2 songs.) Sometimes it gets kind of complicated. :(

So this is one I would want, right? Steve Wilson https://www.amazon.com/Fragile-Expanded-Remixed-Yes/dp/B013R9LE1Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1500353275&sr=8-2&keywords=yes+fragile

That is the one.

I really like Yes's Drama. Possibly Squire's best bass tone IMO.

One of my fave Pink Floyd albums is Meddle if you don't have that one.

Steve Wilson mixed Prog sounds great in general. Avoid Jethro Tull - Aqualung on CD. Peter Mew mastered it and jacked up the highs and added NR. Thick as a Brick was messed up in it's initial run and they corrected it in a second run. (The downloads don't have these problems.)

It is hard to find a bad sounding Pink Floyd CD. (I can only think of a couple of bad masterings.)

IMO, Steve Wilson's own prog sounds pretty great too. Hand.Cannot.Erase. (Solo) and Lightbulb Sun (Porcupine Tree) would be my picks.

If you like prog and Marillion then you must listen to '70s Genesis, specifically Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and A Trick of the Tail

Yeah, Selling England by the Pound and Lamb Lies Down on Broadway are my Genesis faves.

For Genesis you need to find the old '80s CDs. The new ones are remixed and sound awful. The 1994 remasters are decent but a little no-noised in places.

If you really like Chicago II and have the Rhino, the Steven Wilson Remix is so much better it is worth replacing. Edit: added correct url - http://tinyurl.com/yals5omh

Lol I was wondering why I had 30+ alerts. I'll recommend some of my favs in a couple genres. I'm a big Styx and Pink Floyd fan, so maybe some of this stuff with stick out to you. Metal - Consign to Oblivion by Epica, The Fourth Legacy by Kamelot. Moonspell is great as they have a long discography of wildly varying genres of metal, but pretty gloomy.

Phantasma is a collaboration of sorts in the form of an awesome rock/metal opera. Moving on from metal, if your in the mood to contemplate your existence, check out Blinkers Removed by Man of No Ego. If you want some 80s/90s retrowave nostalgia check out FM-84.

@DigMe recommendation of digging into Pink Floyds earlier stuff like Meddle I'll second, I think Meddle is one of my favorite of theirs.
All this stuff is on tidal, amazon(cds) or sometimes bandcamp.

Yes - Close to the Edge
Genesis - Wind & Wuthering
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
The Pentangle - self-titled
Steely Dan - Katy Lied, Aja
Gong - Angel's Egg
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Michael Rother - Flammende Herzen
Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
John Fahey - God, Time & Causality
Bill Evans - Explorations
Jan Johansson - Jazz på svenska
Herbie Hancock - Sextant
Kate Bush - Never For Ever

Suggestions in no particular order!

I'm familiar with about half of your list @Garns . I'll have to try (or retry) some of the others.

You check my posts on the Prog Rock Rebels thread?

Thanks for all the suggestions everybody, Ill check those out.
@Merrick where do you suggest I find the Genesis albums? On amazon all I see is the remaster, or what looks like the original, but for $40.

Unless you're buying whatever the brand new release is for an album, I always use Discogs. The sellers there are good at listing what issue they have and you can set up wish lists and track them for the prices to come into the range you want.

Great, thanks. ust ordered a few cds there. Hmm, my HI_KL key isn't working (the letter that comes in between those in the alphabet)

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May want to replace your keyboard first

I'm working on building a new keyboard, but its not done yet. For now, I like my trusty 1994 Apple Adjustable Keyboard.