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Billy Sherwood’s bass – 672

This week Mark and I enjoyed thinking about what Billy Sherwood has contributed on bass to the last two Yes albums, The Quest and Mirror to the Sky. We each chose three examples of songs from those two records to talk about and shared our thoughts on whether Billy has continued the tradition of Chris Squire bass playing or gone his own way – or a combination of the two.

  • Is Billy channelling Chris?
  • What do we want from a ‘new’ bass player?
  • How does Billy’s multi-instrumentalist pedigree affect his bass playing with Yes?
Billy Sherwood © William Mulryne
Billy Sherwood © William Mulryne

There wasn’t enough time to review the posts on the YMP Facebook discussion group this week but hopefully I’ll be able to get back to that next week.

Also, apologies to those who sent in entries to last week’s quiz. I haven’t forgotten and I’ll be announcing the winner next week.

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Yes Connections – The Game! 671

Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller

This week, Mark and I are trying out a new concept – it’s a game called Yes connections. There will be chances to laugh at my ineptitude as well as chances to get involved yourself with a special Yes connections round for listeners – with a prize for the more creative – or maybe funny entry sent into the show. Hang onto your hat and test your Yes knowledge in a few minutes’ time.

  • What are the connections?
  • Why doesn’t Kevin know the answers?
  • Did you shout at your phone?

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Reactions to Record Store Day 2025 – 670

Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller

This week, Mark and I were joined by Jon Pickles to talk about the latest (greatest?) Yes Record Store Day offering – Live at the Rainbow London, England 12/16/1972 – a catchy title if there ever was one. I haven’t forked out the considerable amount of money for a copy – yet – but both Jon and Mark have, so at least they are speaking from a position of knowledge. No change there then.

Have you managed to get a copy of this new release?

  • What does the music sound like?
  • Is it a good performance?
  • Is the high cost justified?

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Yes songs with great contrasts – 669

Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller

This week, Mark and I had a think about the Yes songs we like that include contrasts – one of my favourite aspects of progressive rock – and Yes music. We both chose 2 songs to talk about in depth but also went on a bit about other songs that also fit this category. It was another very interesting conversation – at least I thought so.

  • What songs do we choose?
  • What do we mean by contrast?
  • Do our selections cover a wide range of eras of the band?

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Mark Lang’s photos from the Pete Roth Trio and John Lodge concerts plus his coloured vinyl Jon ANderson and the Band Geeks album:

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YesKit Part 3 – 668

Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller

Mark and I always enjoy ‘getting into the weeds’ and ‘geeking out’ about Yes kit so here is another perfect example of this. This week we both chose 3 pieces of YesKit that took our fancy and went on about them for a long time. If you don’t consider yourself a 5%er who loves hearing about the minutiae of music tech as used by Yes, then feel free to skip this episode. If you do, though, I feel I should point out that you’ll miss Mark playing actual musical examples and me giving a little bit of a sneak preview of what’s coming up in the Tales book. You have been warned.

  • What bits of YesKit do we choose?
  • Did you know all about these already?
  • What do you think of Mark’s instrumental ‘chops’?

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Yes concert at the Montreal Forum 1974 – the Iron Butterfly sound system – photo courtesy of David Cohn
Roland Gaia keyboard at the top
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. My sweet keyboard rig for #Kimmel. Source
My sweet keyboard rig for #Kimmel. Watch us on June 25! Author Mike Schmid from Hollywood, CA, USA

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