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Episode 139 – New Sounds from Heaven and Earth – The Game

Heaven and Earth
New in July 2014

The one hundred and thirty-ninth episode of the Yes Music Podcast, featuring my initial reactions to the extract of ‘The Game’ taken from the forthcoming album, Heaven and Earth.

  • Is The Game in the same mould as Believe Again?
  • Who write the track?
  • Can we tell what the whole song is like from this extract?

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Episode 138 – Drama live

Drama era Yes
1980 Yes by Jeremy North

The one hundred and thirty-eighth episode of the Yes Music Podcast, featuring some thoughts about a 1980 bootleg recording from Madison Square Garden.

  • Can Trevor Horn hold his own?
  • How does Geoff Downes get on in his first stint with the band?
  • Does the Drama material come over better than the ‘classic’ material?

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Episode 137 – Believe Again

Heaven and Earth
New in July 2014

The one hundred and thirty seventh episode of the Yes Music Podcast, featuring a sneak peek at the first track on teh new studio album, Heaven and Earth.

  • How did this track leak out?
  • What is it like?
  • Does it bode well for the rest of the album?

SPOILER ALERT!

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Episode 136 – Epic fail – or not?

epic landscape
Epic artwork

The one hundred and thirty sixth episode of the Yes Music Podcast, featuring some brief thoughts about the concept of ‘epic’ tracks in Yes music and elsewhere.

  • What makes a track epic?
  • Are long tracks necessarily good tracks?
  • Should we wish for epic tracks on new Yes albums?

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