Huge Yes fan as well. Remember hearing Roundabout on the radio, bought Fragile and then every album thereafter when it came out. Prog bands were my favorite then and now. Finally way later, maybe 20 years ago I finally got copies of the first two albums Yes, and Time And a Word. I've got to say, and I'm sure I'm well in the minority here that these have been my go to Yes records for a long time! Of course Fragile, CTTE are masterpieces, and Relayer is jaw dropping at times but there's something about the first two records that has a period character that's so different. Still in the first couple innings of what became prog without a blueprint; scents of 60's psychedelia, experimentations and arrangements of copy songs, a sound combination of jazz drumming, lead bass, pinched distorted but interesting guitar, and especially the growling Hammond organ! Love Tony Kaye's aggression, taste. This first Yes generation came up with something at the start, laid the creative blueprint to be greatly expanded later by monster mufos Howe and Wakeman. Not everything worked, not all the singing is on key. They jumped in and were hungry, no success guaranteed. I hear the beauty and innocence on these records, they are seldom mentioned, and I love 'em!