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I recommend you read
The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock
by David Weigel
it has the history.
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
These mixes were previously released in the form of individual deluxe CD + 5.1 surround Blu-Ray sets.
Amazon now has a listing for this forthcoming 6 LP version. Great news for vinyl lovers.
They are not on Spotify (at least in my country) but from the youtube comments "This album and "Armed to the Teeth" were just re-released through a company called Blood and Iron Records!" which lead me to https://bloodandironrecords.webs.com/ which then took me to e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Armed-Teeth-Asia-ASIA/dp/B0162SKSCS which looks to be a double CD with both of their albums on it, released in 2015.
From there I've found a few copies on eBay etc, and both albums as single-tracks on youtube, but nothing more concrete than that.
MOG has eight of the ten, missing only Between the Buried and Me (#7) and Anathema (#1). I made a playlist of the albums (counting down from #10). If you're a MOG subscriber, enjoy.
Spotify has the same records, here's the Spotify playlist.
I can't help thinking your money/time would be better spent on replacing the cassette deck with an MP3/Bluetooth player. You can pick them up on Amazon for less than $25
That's only a few dollars more than the price of Fragile on cassette at $21.50
Then you can listen to whatever you like off a USB stick or your phone.
Happy cake day, by the way!
I can recommend Bondage Fruit, or maybe Melt Banana...
But have a whizz through this, mate.
I'd recommend checking out Yes - Best [Band Score] (that's a free pdf download), it has some very accurate transcriptions of each individual part from five different Yes tracks
Try doing some research instead of opining. Dream Theater did not "invent" progressive metal, there are tons of bands, albums, songs doing it before DT.
https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Progressive+Metal/
Also, implying that Death isn't "progressive metal that anyone ever actually gave a shit about" is foolish. Death is hugely influential and popular.
I saw this in a bookstore a while back and it looked like the most complete & in depth book ever written about a band (although I have read Recording The Beatles). Music nerd-wise, I doubt that one can be topped but this should prove interesting as a unique perspective from one of the members of the band.
Edit - didn't Greg Lake write an autobiography? I guess that's different...
This is from a collection called "Odyssey - The Greatest Tale" which is one of the great prog rock collections created in the 2000s by Colossus, the Finnish Progressive Music Association and the Musea music label. These collections each have a theme and include songs from a bunch of prog rock groups, mostly European, and have a ton of great music.
Unfortunately, they've become hard to find and a few might even be out of print. But "Odyssey" is still available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Odyssey-Greatest-Tale-Various-Artists/dp/B000E3LF5W
Glass Hammer was a pretty regular contributor to these projects.
Tangerine Dream? Maybe you know stuff like their album Force Maejure or the Risky Business theme, but they have some other incredible stuff.
The recent Sessions CDs of the current band live are great: https://www.amazon.com/Sessions-III-Tangerine-Dream/dp/B07GRV89XY
I'm currently reading A New Day Yesterday: UK Progressive Rock & The 1970s by Mike Barnes. It's an excellent introduction to the genre and covers all the major British prog bands from the 70's and quite a few more obscure ones too. I just listened to Henry Cow for the first time after reading it, that was an experience!
There's an excellent two disc set called Genesis for Two Grand Pianos with amazing interpretations of the music. They don't cover Musical Box though.
Well, if you accept the pun, a group with Latin ~~American~~ influences is Deus Ex Machina. They are italians, but the lyrics are in ancient Latin...
I listen to a lot of metal: Death, Thrash, Prog, Power, Trad, Doom (Stoner and Sludge included) and Black mainly. Also jazz/fusion, a bit of hip-hop and a bit of hard rock. However, mostly those types of metal and prog rock.
As for artist and release year, there's just too many to list. If you want to see more in depth what I like, check out my RYM wall, ratings and the like. https://rateyourmusic.com/~Relinquish
Note: I only recently started rating, so not everything I have heard is rated yet. Also, if anyone wants any recommendations, just tell me what type of sound you're looking for (try to be as specific as possible) and I'd be glad to give you some.
Well, if we want to get super technical, On The Sunday of Life came out in July of 92, 8 years and 11 months before this performance. The last Porcupine Tree live performance was in October of 2010, which happened 9 years and 4 months after this performance. The band still had over half of their career since the originally posted performance, meaning this was in the earlier half of their career. Further, the band gained considerably more fans after the release of In Absentia, and again with Fear of a Blank Planet, therefore making an earlier work more obscure.
In objective reality, this performance lies right in the middle of Porcupine Tree's career when measuring by linear time, but taking into account their dramatic rise in popularity, I'd say it would be fair to consider anything prior to In Absentia "early" Porcupine Tree material, despite the larger studio album discography.
EDIT: Disclaimer- I realize that Tarquins Seaweed Farm came out a few years earlier, but considering that was a silly joke between Wilson and a friend, and Wilson was primarily focussing on No-man at the time, I'd say it's fair to consider On the Sunday of Life as the proper beginning to Porcupine Tree.
i was going to suggest visiting social music sites to hear songs played in real-time. i have learned tons. i am not into newer prog so i dont really have any suggestions other than the ones mentioned here....or check out newer artists under neo-prog from RYM...https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Neo-Prog/42 .....about that social music thing, here is where i listen to prog/psych etc https://plug.dj/prog-psych-stoner-blues-rock
You can download the scores from here (for a short while): https://disk.yandex.com/d/svzJj1E5pPwDfw
In the book I published only a few pages from Amygdala and Beast, and the Labyrinth was missing.
YouTube Center (https://github.com/YePpHa/YouTubeCenter/wiki)
It's an add-on for Chrome or Firefox; it will insert a download link below any YouTube video, for HD, SD, or even audio only
To install: Chrome users--download Tampermonkey before getting YouTube Center. Firefox users--download Greasemonkey before getting YouTube Center
Read the link up above for some instructions on how to use it
In an interview some years ago, Greg Lake was asked to shed light on what the number 9 means in the title of this song: "I have no fucking clue what number 9's got to do with anything, to be honest with you."
That is not normally my thing, but a couple of years I went on a big Can bender. I just happened to come across this awesome tome about them in my public library, which added a lot of context, too:
https://www.amazon.com/All-Gates-Open-Story-CAN/dp/0571311490
There's a really early version of 'Anyway' that is called 'Frustration'. It was released on the Extra Tracks disc of the 70-75 box set.
If you like it the extra tracks disc from that set can be purchased on amazon in MP3 format. I got it a while back, didn't want the whole set because I have all the PG albums but I wanted that disk for the rarities on it.
It would seem to be out of print, but people are selling their used CDs. Here is the amazon page. And here is the discogs page.
I don't off hand sadly. It was a wonderful gift from my parents two Christmases ago. Maybe Amazon?
Edit: Found it Audio Technica AT-LP60BK Fully Automatic Belt-Drive Stereo Turntable, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008872SIO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_f0KwAbT3HME1C
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).
Amazon. Even part of prime streaming
Full album on youtube https://youtu.be/xNqSNmSx9uI
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
I'll throw this one out there, even though it is about prog-metal. Talks about the whole scene. Does not emphasize Yes or Genesis but is written well and provides a history.
I have the shirt for Discipline, i really like it
there's also one available for larks' and a few others, they are out there.