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Yes men covers – 660

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

After an important update on last week’s episode, Mark and I choose 3 interesting cover versions each. They all feature Yes men past or present. If you’d like to listen to the songs before listening to us banging on about them, they are all embedded below with the original versions as well.

  • Which covers did we choose?
  • Who is represented from Yes?
  • How do they stand up against the originals?

Let us know if you agree with us!

Some of the many compilations that include Yes men covers

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Yes – The Tormato Story

Available now!

YesMusicBooks.com


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Producers:

  • Joseph Cottrell
  • Wayne Hall
  • Ken Fuller
  • Jeffrey Crecelius

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The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts.

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Yes stole The Gates of Delirium – 659

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

I received an interesting email from a listener this week. She asked if anyone was aware of the connections between a song by the Italian prog group PFM and Yes’ Gates of Delirium. I’ll explain more when I go through the email with Mark a little later on.

Many thanks to the Patrons who gave their feedback on the topic and before you listen to Mark and my take, you may want to listen to the music involved. I’ve embedded the PFM and the Yes songs in the show notes below so head on over to yesmusicpodcast.com and see what you think – then please do add your thoughts to the comments section.

  • Did Yes copy the PFM song in Gates?
  • Who are PFM anyway?
  • Are there any connections between the bands?

Let us know if you agree with us!


I MADE IT TO ANTHEM 52! MY Other podcast – https://anthem52.com/

Yes – The Tormato Story

Available now!

YesMusicBooks.com


YMP Patrons:

Producers:

  • Joseph Cottrell
  • Wayne Hall
  • Ken Fuller
  • Jeffrey Crecelius

Patrons:

Become a Patron!

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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The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts.

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Trident Studios Tales with Jon Pickles – 658

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

Mark was back this week and we welcomed YMP listener and Patron Jon Pickles onto the show to talk about the time he was a ‘tea boy’ at Trident Studios in London. You’ll need to listen to the interview to hear all about it but Trident was the world-renowned studio where, amongst unnumbered highlights of rock music, Yes recorded overdubs for their first album, Queen recorded their first two albums and The Beatles recorded Let It Be and other seminal songs.

Listen out for stories about Rick Wakeman, Bill Bruford, Trevor Horn and many more!

A screenshot from the video below showing Trident Studios – note the control room above and the Bechstein Grand piano used by Rick Wakeman, Paul McCartney etc.
  • What did Jon have to do as a ‘tea boy’?
  • Who did he meet and work with?
  • What was it like being in Soho in those days?

Let us know if you agree with us!

Yes fans outside Trident Studios during Dave Watkinson’s Yes 50th Anniversary Convention in 2018

I MADE IT TO ANTHEM 52! MY Other podcast – https://anthem52.com/

Yes – The Tormato Story

Available now!

YesMusicBooks.com


YMP Patrons:

Producers:

  • Joseph Cottrell
  • Wayne Hall
  • Ken Fuller
  • Jeffrey Crecelius

Patrons:

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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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The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts.

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Will 2025 be a great year for Yes? – with Henry Potts – 657

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

Unfortunately, Mark was unwell this week so we wish him a speedy recovery. I’m sure he will be back with us next week.

I did manage to speak to the Yes expert Henry Potts, however, about his recent blog post. Called ‘What does 2025 hold for Yes fans?’ it contains, in Henry’s usual style, a huge amount of detail about all sorts of live and recorded Yes and Yes-related activity that may or may not see the light of day in 2025.

As I say later on, if only half of what we talk about actually appears, it will indeed be a great year for Yes and associated artists.

Many thanks to Henry who was as cheerful and generous as always, despite only having 24hrs notice of the recording.

Henry’s site is a veritable cornucopia of Yes and Yes-related information and is one of the longest-lived sources of Yes information on the internet, having been active since 1998!

http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/wnyesm.htm

  • What is Yes likely to do in 2025?
  • What has already been announced?
  • What are past Yes members up to this year?

Let us know if you agree with us!

What does 2025 have in store for Yes fans?

I MADE IT TO ANTHEM 52! MY Other podcast – https://anthem52.com/

Yes – The Tormato Story

Available now!

YesMusicBooks.com


YMP Patrons:

Producers:

  • Joseph Cottrell
  • Wayne Hall
  • Ken Fuller
  • Jeffrey Crecelius

Patrons:

Become a Patron!

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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The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts.

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6 reasons why Drama is a great Yes album – 656

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

It’s 2025 and Mark and I are back for another year of the Yes Music Podcast. According to an online tool, it’s 13 years 3 months 2 weeks and 6 days since I published episode 1. Wow.

This episode focuses on Drama from 1980 – released 44 years 4 months 2 weeks and 5 days ago. Despite the shock of the dramatic lineup changes (Buggles Horn and Downes replacing Anderson and Wakeman) and the resulting initial dismissal of the album by some fans, the record is now amongst the most popular of all Yes albums. So why is Drama now regarded as a great Yes album? Mark and I have come up with our 6 reasons as you will hear in a few minutes. See if you agree and let us know in the comments for this episode.

  • Why can we even call this a Yes album?
  • What was the impact of The Buggles?
  • Does it look like a Yes album?

I MADE IT TO ANTHEM 52! MY Other podcast – https://anthem52.com/

Yes – The Tormato Story

Available now!

YesMusicBooks.com


YMP Patrons:

Producers:

  • Joseph Cottrell
  • Wayne Hall
  • Ken Fuller
  • Jeffrey Crecelius

Patrons:

Jim Morrison Jon Pickles Declan Logue
Gary Betts Aaron SteelmanMichael 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 HarrisHogne Bø PettersenGuy DeRome
Mark SlaterSteve Luzietti

Become a Patron!

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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The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts.