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This week, Mark and I take our cue from the recent announcement of the Talk deluxe box set to be released at the end of this month. It contains a live recording of a 1994 concert in Canandaigua, New York (interestingly seemingly misspelt on the adverts) that includes 5 songs from the recently released album. So we were wondering how the latest songs sounded in 1994 in a live setting.
The best bootleg available up to now has been the TV broadcast from Santiago in Chile during the fairly short South American Tour of 1994. Mark owns a DVD of the show but it’s available to everyone, including me, on YouTube and the version I have included below is the whole of the broadcast version including interviews with the band and behind the scenes footage. It’s well worth a watch in full.
Mark and I focussed on just the Talk songs for this discussion, however, and there’s plenty to enjoy, as you might imagine. This lineup of the band included Billy Sherwood in his first stint and benefits from his singing, guitar playing, keyboards, bass and assorted percussion. He is, as I’m sure you know, a man of many parts. See if you agree with our assessment of the Talk songs from this performance.
- Was it possible to replicate all the studio trickery live?
- Are the band in synch?
- How did the audience react?
Let us know if you agree with us!
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Yes Tour Time Machine – 627
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This week, Mark and I climbed aboard our state of the art time machine to visit the past of the world’s greatest progressive rock band. We each chose 3 Yes tours we would love to be able to visit and gave each other clues to guess which ones we were thinking of. You’ll get the idea I’m sure.
Do play along yourself and see if you can guess the tours in question before Mark or I do – you probably will. Then, why not add your own to the show notes for this week – set a few clues and then see if anyone can guess in the comments. We had a lot of fun with this activity so join us to test your own knowledge. Set phasers to fun, as they say.
- Where will our time machine take us?
- Can you guess from our cryptic clues?
- Do we show off our Yes knowledge or our Yes ignorance?
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Jim Morrison | Jon Pickles | Declan Logue |
Gary Betts | Aaron Steelman | Michael Handerhan |
Barry Gorsky | Steve Perry | Doug Curran |
Martin Kjellberg | Todd Dudley | Rachel Hadaway |
Lind | Paul Hailes | Craig Estenes |
Mark James Lang | Steve Rode | David |
Bob Martilotta | John Holden | Stephen Lambe |
Dem | Fred Barringer | Scott Colombo |
Chris Bandini | David Heyden | John Thomson |
Mark Baggs | John Cowan | John Parry |
Dave Owen | Simon Barrow | Steve Scott |
Terence Sadler | Steve Dill | Robert Nasir |
Fergus Cubbage | William Hayes | Geoff Bailie |
Steven Roehr | Lobate Scarp | Geoffrey Mason |
David Watkinson | Tim Stannard | Robert Vandiver |
Brian Sullivan | David Pannell | Jamie McQuinn |
Miguel Falcão | Paul Tomei | Michael O’Connor |
Brian Harris | Hogne Bø Pettersen | Guy DeRome |
Our Facebook YMP Discussion Group is open to anyone to join. One of the advantages of the new format is that all members of the group have the same ability to post content, so it’s a bit more egalitarian, or somesuch. Please do search for the group and join in.
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Theme music
The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert – I put it together from: archive.org
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Yes Textures – 626
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Mark and I had a great time this week thinking about interesting or unusual Yes musical textures. We both came up with 3 examples that we thought were surprising or different so do have a look below to hear the clips we are referring to and add your own examples to the comments section. You may be surprised with some of our suggestions – that’s somewhat the idea, after all.
- What interesting textures can you think of in Yes music?
- Is it down to instrumentation, arrangement or a combination?
- Do Mark and I choose the same things again?
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YMP Patrons:
Producers:
- Joseph Cottrell
- Ken Fuller
- Jeffrey Crecelius
Patrons:
Jim Morrison | Jon Pickles | Declan Logue |
Gary Betts | Aaron Steelman | Michael Handerhan |
Barry Gorsky | Steve Perry | Doug Curran |
Martin Kjellberg | Todd Dudley | Rachel Hadaway |
Lind | Paul Hailes | Craig Estenes |
Mark James Lang | Steve Rode | David |
Bob Martilotta | John Holden | Stephen Lambe |
Dem | Fred Barringer | Scott Colombo |
Chris Bandini | David Heyden | John Thomson |
Mark Baggs | John Cowan | John Parry |
Dave Owen | Simon Barrow | Steve Scott |
Terence Sadler | Steve Dill | Robert Nasir |
Fergus Cubbage | William Hayes | Geoff Bailie |
Steven Roehr | Lobate Scarp | Geoffrey Mason |
David Watkinson | Tim Stannard | Robert Vandiver |
Brian Sullivan | David Pannell | Jamie McQuinn |
Miguel Falcão | Paul Tomei | Michael O’Connor |
Brian Harris | Hogne Bø Pettersen | Guy DeRome |
Our Facebook YMP Discussion Group is open to anyone to join. One of the advantages of the new format is that all members of the group have the same ability to post content, so it’s a bit more egalitarian, or somesuch. Please do search for the group and join in.
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Theme music
The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert – I put it together from: archive.org
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This week Mark and I attempted to choose 3 Peter Banks era Yes songs each. As you’ll hear, we turned out to be thinking along similar lines but it was still a very enjoyable experience listening to the earliest days of the band and discussing what made Yes unique even at that stage.
This topic was partly in response to a tweet or X post or whatever they are now called from Phil (Primarily_Prog) @primarily_prog who posted a photo of Time and a Word and said –
Continuing tonight with perhaps the most undervalued album in the Yes discography.
— Phil (Primarily_Prog) (@primarily_prog) April 21, 2024
I seldom hear it mentioned, yet the interplay between Banks, Bruford, Squire and Kaye is quite something.
And Jon’s voice to top it off … pic.twitter.com/tiO0ZlZQ5E
- What was special about the Peter Banks era?
- What are our favourite songs from way back then?
- What can we learn about how Yes music developed?
Let us know if you agree with us!
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Yes – The Tormato Story
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YMP Patrons:
Producers:
- Joseph Cottrell
- Ken Fuller
- Jeffrey Crecelius
Patrons:
Jim Morrison | Jon Pickles | Declan Logue |
Gary Betts | Aaron Steelman | Michael Handerhan |
Barry Gorsky | Steve Perry | Doug Curran |
Martin Kjellberg | Todd Dudley | Rachel Hadaway |
Lind | Paul Hailes | Craig Estenes |
Mark James Lang | Steve Rode | David |
Bob Martilotta | John Holden | Stephen Lambe |
Dem | Fred Barringer | Scott Colombo |
Chris Bandini | David Heyden | John Thomson |
Mark Baggs | John Cowan | John Parry |
Dave Owen | Simon Barrow | Steve Scott |
Terence Sadler | Steve Dill | Robert Nasir |
Fergus Cubbage | William Hayes | Geoff Bailie |
Steven Roehr | Lobate Scarp | Geoffrey Mason |
David Watkinson | Tim Stannard | Robert Vandiver |
Brian Sullivan | David Pannell | Jamie McQuinn |
Miguel Falcão | Paul Tomei | Michael O’Connor |
Brian Harris | Hogne Bø Pettersen | Guy DeRome |
Our Facebook YMP Discussion Group is open to anyone to join. One of the advantages of the new format is that all members of the group have the same ability to post content, so it’s a bit more egalitarian, or somesuch. Please do search for the group and join in.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3216603008606331/
Please follow/subscribe!
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Theme music
The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert – I put it together from: archive.org
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Yes tour with Deep Purple – 624
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It was lovely to welcome back onto the YMP our friend and patron, Geoff Bailie this week. Mark and I spoke to him about the recent news that Yes will be on tour with Deep Purple in the US and Canada this Summer. What do you think of that idea? Well, self-confessed Deep Purple fan Geoff shares some thoughts with us and we discuss pretty much every aspect of the forthcoming tour, as you would expect. Do leave your own thoughts on the show notes for this week.
- Why are Yes touring with Deep Purple?
- Is this a co-headlining tour or are Yes the support act?
- Will Yes always play first?
Let us know if you agree with us!
https://deeppurple.com/pages/tours
Check out the progress on my other podcast – https://anthem52.com/
Yes – The Tormato Story
Available now!
YMP Patrons:
Producers:
- Joseph Cottrell
- Ken Fuller
- Jeffrey Crecelius
Patrons:
Jim Morrison | Jon Pickles | Declan Logue |
Gary Betts | Aaron Steelman | Michael Handerhan |
Barry Gorsky | Steve Perry | Doug Curran |
Martin Kjellberg | Todd Dudley | Rachel Hadaway |
Lind | Paul Hailes | Craig Estenes |
Mark James Lang | Steve Rode | David |
Bob Martilotta | John Holden | Stephen Lambe |
Dem | Fred Barringer | Scott Colombo |
Chris Bandini | David Heyden | John Thomson |
Mark Baggs | John Cowan | John Parry |
Dave Owen | Simon Barrow | Steve Scott |
Terence Sadler | Steve Dill | Robert Nasir |
Fergus Cubbage | William Hayes | Geoff Bailie |
Steven Roehr | Lobate Scarp | Geoffrey Mason |
David Watkinson | Tim Stannard | Robert Vandiver |
Brian Sullivan | David Pannell | Jamie McQuinn |
Miguel Falcão | Paul Tomei | Michael O’Connor |
Brian Harris | Hogne Bø Pettersen | Guy DeRome |
Our Facebook YMP Discussion Group is open to anyone to join. One of the advantages of the new format is that all members of the group have the same ability to post content, so it’s a bit more egalitarian, or somesuch. Please do search for the group and join in.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3216603008606331/
Please follow/subscribe!
If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything:
Theme music
The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert – I put it together from: archive.org