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A conversation with The Wizard of Prog, Rick Wakeman – 744

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius

This is a very important episode for the YMP. After 15 years we have managed to speak to the Wizard of Prog. Thanks to Doug Curran, Mark Lang and Oliver Wakeman who we spoke to last week, it was a privilege and a pleasure to welcome Rick onto the show. Mark and I took the opportunity to ask him all sorts of things and he was very generous with his time. The result is a wide-ranging and fascinating conversation with plenty of hilarity, of course.

  • Why did Rick decide Yes was the band for him?
  • What was the inspiration behind the 2 Red Planet albums?
  • What’s Rick doing at Brand’s Hatch with a sticker on his jacket?
Mark Lang’s photos:
The Japanese translation from Shoji Yamada
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Yes – The Tormato Story & Tales from Topographic Oceans – Yes Album Listening Guide

Available now!

YesMusicBooks.com

YMP Patrons:

Producers:

  • Joseph Cottrell
  • Wayne Hall
  • Jeffrey Crecelius
  • Doug Curran

Patrons:

Robert NasirDeclan LogueJohn Thomson
John HoldenJamie McQuinnStephen Lambe
Chip PalmerBrian HusvarMichael O’Connor
Geoff BailieLobate ScarpRonnie Neeley
Hogne Bø PettersenChris BandiniMichael Handerhan
Peter HearndenScott ColomboJohn Viola
Mark SlaterRobert VandiverPaul Tomei
Brian SullivanTodd DudleyDavid Watkinson
Simon BarrowSteve ScottGeoffrey Mason
Steve DillTim StannardDavid Pannell
Thomas DeVries Bob MartilottaBrian Harris
Brian Harris Paul HailesRay Riethmeier
Henrik AntonssonP.T. WilsonTerence Sadler
Steve Luzietti Barry GorskySteven Roehr
Craig EstenesMartin Kjellberg Gary Betts
Fergus Cubbage Bill WhittakerAaron Steelman
LindMark James LangSteve Rode
John Parry John CowanMiguelbass
Fred BarringerRachel Hadaway Dem
Steve Moss Douglas CaldwellSteve Perry
David PhyrillasDavid Heyden
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A conversation with keyboard legend, Oliver Wakeman – 743

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius

l-r Scott Higham, Dan Nelson, Oliver Day, Hayley Griffiths, Oliver Wakeman and Arthur Wakeman

Oliver returned to the YMP this week to help us celebrate 15 years of the show, by way of letting us pick his brain about the fabulous From A Page Expanded and Remastered album. We delve deeply into how the songs were (in some cases) salvaged and reconstructed as well as finding out about what his experiences were of writing with Squire, Howe, David and White. There’s a lot more to those stories than we had imagined. The second leg of The Oliver Wakeman Band’s From A Page Tour is about to begin so it was a great time to speak to Oliver. Mark and I hugely enjoyed speaking to the former Yes keyboardist and we both managed to insert a couple of questions about other aspects of his time with the band as well.

  • What was it like writing music with the rest of the band?
  • When was Trevor Horn part of the process and what was he like to work with?
  • Is there anything else in the vault that could be resurrected in future?

Yes – The Tormato Story & Tales from Topographic Oceans – Yes Album Listening Guide

Available now!

YesMusicBooks.com

YMP Patrons:

Producers:

  • Joseph Cottrell
  • Wayne Hall
  • Jeffrey Crecelius
  • Doug Curran

Patrons:

Robert NasirDeclan LogueJohn Thomson
John HoldenJamie McQuinnStephen Lambe
Chip PalmerBrian HusvarMichael O’Connor
Geoff BailieLobate ScarpRonnie Neeley
Hogne Bø PettersenChris BandiniMichael Handerhan
Peter HearndenScott ColomboJohn Viola
Mark SlaterRobert VandiverPaul Tomei
Brian SullivanTodd DudleyDavid Watkinson
Simon BarrowSteve ScottGeoffrey Mason
Steve DillTim StannardDavid Pannell
Thomas DeVries Bob MartilottaBrian Harris
Brian Harris Paul HailesRay Riethmeier
Henrik AntonssonP.T. WilsonTerence Sadler
Steve Luzietti Barry GorskySteven Roehr
Craig EstenesMartin Kjellberg Gary Betts
Fergus Cubbage Bill WhittakerAaron Steelman
LindMark James LangSteve Rode
John Parry John CowanMiguelbass
Fred BarringerRachel Hadaway Dem
Steve Moss Douglas CaldwellSteve Perry
David PhyrillasDavid Heyden
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Group Chat by the Pete Roth Trio with Simon Barrow – 742

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius

It was a great pleasure, as usual, to welcome Simon Barrow onto the YMP to help us talk about the new Pete Roth Trio album, Group Chat. Mark knows about jazz but I certainly don’t, so I relied on the other guys’ understanding of the genre but, as will become clear, it’s a bit of a mistake to try to categorise Bill Bruford’s new-ish collaboration with guitarist Pete Roth and bassist Mike Pratt. Roth says it’s ‘near-jazz, near-rock’ but listen without prejudice, as they say, and we will all enjoy this highly creative and collaborative endeavour.

Simon also shared some items in the chat and afterwards including:

Jam-Bot: Virtual Virtuosity and Embodied Performance

A Microtonal Poke in the Eye for AI?

With Feeling: Performance, Humanity and Technology

  • Does it matter how we categorise this music?
  • Is it all improvised?
  • Is it enjoyable?

Our own Mark Anthony K’s latest release is now available on Bandcamp – Racing From Time, a great 4-track EP.

Yes – The Tormato Story & Tales from Topographic Oceans – Yes Album Listening Guide

Available now!

YesMusicBooks.com

YMP Patrons:

Producers:

  • Joseph Cottrell
  • Wayne Hall
  • Jeffrey Crecelius
  • Doug Curran

Patrons:

Robert NasirDeclan LogueJohn Thomson
John HoldenJamie McQuinnStephen Lambe
Chip PalmerBrian HusvarMichael O’Connor
Geoff BailieLobate ScarpRonnie Neeley
Hogne Bø PettersenChris BandiniMichael Handerhan
Peter HearndenScott ColomboJohn Viola
Mark SlaterRobert VandiverPaul Tomei
Brian SullivanTodd DudleyDavid Watkinson
Simon BarrowSteve ScottGeoffrey Mason
Steve DillTim StannardDavid Pannell
Thomas DeVries Bob MartilottaBrian Harris
Brian Harris Paul HailesRay Riethmeier
Henrik AntonssonP.T. WilsonTerence Sadler
Steve Luzietti Barry GorskySteven Roehr
Craig EstenesMartin Kjellberg Gary Betts
Fergus Cubbage Bill WhittakerAaron Steelman
LindMark James LangSteve Rode
John Parry John CowanMiguelbass
Fred BarringerRachel Hadaway Dem
Steve Moss Douglas CaldwellSteve Perry
David Phyrillas
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The Syn Deep Dive Part 2 – Early Songs – 741

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius

This week, Mark and I continue our deep dive into The Syn by listening to the oldest songs on the compilation album, Flowerman – Rare Blooms from The Syn 1965-69. We discovered some fascinating music along with information about how it came about via the very good sleeve notes in the album. As with Yes, there are plenty of surprising twists to the tale of The Syn, even in the comparatively short spell they were active in the 60s. After our overview from Streve Nardelli last week, we enjoyed listening to the surviving output from those days.

I have included the YouTube videos of the whole album in the show notes for this week so you may want to listen to the music before putting up with Mark and me banging on about it.

  • How much music was officially released by The Syn in their initial period?
  • Does it sound anything like early Yes?
  • How successful were the band?

Yes – The Tormato Story & Tales from Topographic Oceans – Yes Album Listening Guide

Available now!

YesMusicBooks.com

YMP Patrons:

Producers:

  • Joseph Cottrell
  • Wayne Hall
  • Jeffrey Crecelius
  • Doug Curran

Patrons:

Robert NasirDeclan LogueJohn Thomson
John HoldenJamie McQuinnStephen Lambe
Chip PalmerBrian HusvarMichael O’Connor
Geoff BailieLobate ScarpRonnie Neeley
Hogne Bø PettersenChris BandiniMichael Handerhan
Peter HearndenScott ColomboJohn Viola
Mark SlaterRobert VandiverPaul Tomei
Brian SullivanTodd DudleyDavid Watkinson
Simon BarrowSteve ScottGeoffrey Mason
Steve DillTim StannardDavid Pannell
Thomas DeVries Bob MartilottaBrian Harris
Brian Harris Paul HailesRay Riethmeier
Henrik AntonssonP.T. WilsonTerence Sadler
Steve Luzietti Barry GorskySteven Roehr
Craig EstenesMartin Kjellberg Gary Betts
Fergus Cubbage Bill WhittakerAaron Steelman
LindMark James LangSteve Rode
John Parry John CowanMiguelbass
Fred BarringerRachel Hadaway Dem
Steve Moss Douglas CaldwellSteve Perry
David Phyrillas
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The Syn Deep Dive Part 1 – 740

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius

Spot the Yes men…

This week, Mark and I begin a mini-series in which we will explore The Syn, the band that is deeply-connected with the origins of Yes. The story will evolve as we go but, to set the scene, we had a conversation about our 2018 interview with The Syn’s lead singer, Steve Nardelli. Once we have finished talking about the parts of the interview that were the most interesting for us, I play the whole interview so you can make your own mind up.

In future weeks, we will be listening to all sorts of The Syn music, so if you’d like to follow along, just search YouTube – almost all the music we will be talking about is there.

  • When were The Syn active?
  • In what ways were The Syn important in the early development of Yes?
  • What are the Yes connections across the decades?

Yes – The Tormato Story & Tales from Topographic Oceans – Yes Album Listening Guide

Available now!

YesMusicBooks.com

YMP Patrons:

Producers:

  • Joseph Cottrell
  • Wayne Hall
  • Jeffrey Crecelius
  • Doug Curran

Patrons:

Robert NasirDeclan LogueJohn Thomson
John HoldenJamie McQuinnStephen Lambe
Chip PalmerBrian HusvarMichael O’Connor
Geoff BailieLobate ScarpRonnie Neeley
Hogne Bø PettersenChris BandiniMichael Handerhan
Peter HearndenScott ColomboJohn Viola
Mark SlaterRobert VandiverPaul Tomei
Brian SullivanTodd DudleyDavid Watkinson
Simon BarrowSteve ScottGeoffrey Mason
Steve DillTim StannardDavid Pannell
Thomas DeVries Bob MartilottaBrian Harris
Brian Harris Paul HailesRay Riethmeier
Henrik AntonssonP.T. WilsonTerence Sadler
Steve Luzietti Barry GorskySteven Roehr
Craig EstenesMartin Kjellberg Gary Betts
Fergus Cubbage Bill WhittakerAaron Steelman
LindMark James LangSteve Rode
John Parry John CowanMiguelbass
Fred BarringerRachel Hadaway Dem
Steve Moss Douglas CaldwellSteve Perry
David Phyrillas
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