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Record Collector Presents Yes – 735

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

This week Mark and I discuss the latest special edition of Record Collector magazine which is dedicated to the world’s greatest progressive rock band. I was surprised and pleased to be asked to contribute some articles to the publication and the publisher came back and asked for more so I assume they liked what I had done. I ended up writing 4 pieces:

  • An article on Close to the Edge
  • A profile of Jon Davison
  • A roundup of the most interesting extra tracks on remastered and expanded albums
  • An overview of Yes members’ side projects

This is the first time I have been published in a nation/international periodical and I am delighted that the edition has turned out to be the best of this type of special I have seen.

YMP Patrons Dave Watkinson and Stephen Lambe also contributed major sections of the magazine so it’s wonderful that Record Collector have chosen to engage with real Yes fans. The other authors featured are clearly knowledgeable and experienced as well, for example Jerry Ewing, editor of Prog Magazine.

Do try and get hold of a copy of this edition after listening to Mark and me banging on about how good it is. Let us know what you think of it and leave us a comment below.

  • What does this magazine contain?
  • Is it worth the money?
  • Is the whole of Yes’ history covered?

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:

Aaron SteelmanSteve LuziettiLind
Al Dell’AngeloTerence SadlerLobate Scarp
Barry GorskyJohn ThomsonMark Baggs
Bill WhittakerSteve PerryMark James Lang
Bob MartilottaThomas DeVriesMark Slater
Brian HarrisJohn ViolaMartin Kjellberg
Brian SullivanSteve RodeMichael Handerhan
Chris BandiniTim StannardMichael O’Connor
Craig EstenesSteve ScottMiguel Falcão
Dave OwenChip PalmerPaul Hailes
DavidGuy DeRomePaul Tomei
David HeydenSteve MossRachel Hadaway
David PannellGeoffrey MasonRobert Nasir
David WatkinsonHenrik AntonssonRobert Vandiver
Declan LogueHogne Bø PettersenRonnie Neeley
DemSteven RoehrScott Colombo
BrianTodd DudleySimon Barrow
Fergus CubbageJohn HoldenStephen Lambe
Fred BarringerDouglas CaldwellSteve Dill
Gary BettsJohn CowanJamie McQuinn
Geoff BailieRay RiethmeierKen Fuller
P.T. WilsonPeter Hearnden

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A conversation with Chris Clark from Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks – 734

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

This week, Mark and I spoke to Chris Clark, thanks to YMP Patron, Mark Lang who put us in touch with him. We asked Chris about his experiences working with Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks live and in the studio. Now a veteran of approaching 100 concerts with the Yes co-founder, we were keen to know what it’s been like, how it came about, how the first album, True, was born and what the future might hold for the collaboration. If you listen carefully, I think you might be able to pick up some tantalising clues as to what the forthcoming second album might be like and we had a great time getting to know Chris. I will be seeing him with Jon Anderson and the Geeks in September so I am looking forward to that.

  • How did Chris become involved with the Band Geeks and then Jon Anderson?
  • Has it been fun?
  • How has the band evolved?

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:

Aaron SteelmanSteve LuziettiLind
Al Dell’AngeloTerence SadlerLobate Scarp
Barry GorskyJohn ThomsonMark Baggs
Bill WhittakerSteve PerryMark James Lang
Bob MartilottaThomas DeVriesMark Slater
Brian HarrisJohn ViolaMartin Kjellberg
Brian SullivanSteve RodeMichael Handerhan
Chris BandiniTim StannardMichael O’Connor
Craig EstenesSteve ScottMiguel Falcão
Dave OwenChip PalmerPaul Hailes
DavidGuy DeRomePaul Tomei
David HeydenSteve MossRachel Hadaway
David PannellGeoffrey MasonRobert Nasir
David WatkinsonHenrik AntonssonRobert Vandiver
Declan LogueHogne Bø PettersenRonnie Neeley
DemSteven RoehrScott Colombo
BrianTodd DudleySimon Barrow
Fergus CubbageJohn HoldenStephen Lambe
Fred BarringerDouglas CaldwellSteve Dill
Gary BettsJohn CowanJamie McQuinn
Geoff BailieRay RiethmeierKen Fuller
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Roosevelt 1976 Live – 733

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

This week, Mark and I have been taking a somewhat forensic look at the newly-released Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City 17 June 1976 live set. We go rather deeply into the weeds around the quality, sources, presentation and packaging, all for your edification. Mark uncovers some surprising aspects of the (rather expensive) vinyl version of this release and we both enjoy the actual performances of the band which featured Patrick Moraz rather than Rick Wakeman at this time, during the Solo Albums Tour.

  • What does this recording sound like?
  • Where did it come from?
  • What are the troubling aspects of the vinyl version?
Vinyl and CD versions
Hype sticker from CD
Slightly spurious details?
Rear of vinyl
The puzzling expanse of dead wax…

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:

Aaron SteelmanSteve LuziettiLind
Al Dell’AngeloTerence SadlerLobate Scarp
Barry GorskyJohn ThomsonMark Baggs
Bill WhittakerSteve PerryMark James Lang
Bob MartilottaThomas DeVriesMark Slater
Brian HarrisJohn ViolaMartin Kjellberg
Brian SullivanSteve RodeMichael Handerhan
Chris BandiniTim StannardMichael O’Connor
Craig EstenesSteve ScottMiguel Falcão
Dave OwenChip PalmerPaul Hailes
DavidGuy DeRomePaul Tomei
David HeydenSteve MossRachel Hadaway
David PannellGeoffrey MasonRobert Nasir
David WatkinsonHenrik AntonssonRobert Vandiver
Declan LogueHogne Bø PettersenRonnie Neeley
DemSteven RoehrScott Colombo
BrianTodd DudleySimon Barrow
Fergus CubbageJohn HoldenStephen Lambe
Fred BarringerDouglas CaldwellSteve Dill
Gary BettsJohn CowanJamie McQuinn
Geoff BailieRay RiethmeierKen Fuller
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Prog at the Proms or Yes Symphonic? – 732

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

This week, Mark and I were unable to get together so we both recorded separately, like we used to do years ago. Here we have ‘retro’ or ‘classic’ YMP I suppose. Anyway, we both enjoyed listening to/watching 2 different versions of And You And I – one from the brilliant Symphonic Live DVD and the other from the BBC Prog Prom event last week.

I have embedded both versions into the show notes for this week so do watch those and see what you think of our reactions.

  • Which version is ‘better’?
  • Is it fair to compare them?
  • What was the rest of the concert like?

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:

Aaron SteelmanSteve LuziettiLind
Al Dell’AngeloTerence SadlerLobate Scarp
Barry GorskyJohn ThomsonMark Baggs
Bill WhittakerSteve PerryMark James Lang
Bob MartilottaThomas DeVriesMark Slater
Brian HarrisJohn ViolaMartin Kjellberg
Brian SullivanSteve RodeMichael Handerhan
Chris BandiniTim StannardMichael O’Connor
Craig EstenesSteve ScottMiguel Falcão
Dave OwenChip PalmerPaul Hailes
DavidGuy DeRomePaul Tomei
David HeydenSteve MossRachel Hadaway
David PannellGeoffrey MasonRobert Nasir
David WatkinsonHenrik AntonssonRobert Vandiver
Declan LogueHogne Bø PettersenRonnie Neeley
DemSteven RoehrScott Colombo
BrianTodd DudleySimon Barrow
Fergus CubbageJohn HoldenStephen Lambe
Fred BarringerDouglas CaldwellSteve Dill
Gary BettsJohn CowanJamie McQuinn
Geoff BailieRay RiethmeierKen Fuller
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Who did a better Yes Medley? – 731

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

This week Mark and I listened to 2 medleys – the Big Medley from the The Word Is Live box set, recorded on 5th October 1978 at The Forum, Inglewood and a recording of Jon Anderson and The New Life Band playing their Yes medley in 1980 at The Royal Albert Hall from a BBC recording broadcast the same year. 

It was a very entertaining process and, as you’ll hear, Mark has a particularly interesting reaction to the rather different style of the New Life Band’s interpretations, on a tour that Jon Anderson arranged to promote his recently-released second solo album, Song of Seven. Having just left Yes for the first time, he ended up being out on tour at the same time as the Yeggles version of Yes, who boasted Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn as part of their (fairly hastily assembled) lineup. For his part, Anderson collected together brilliant musicians but with a rather different instrumentation to the classic rock band arrangement.

The Big Medley wasn’t played on The Drama Tour (unfortunately, some would say) so we can’t compare these two performances directly, but they are very close in time.

  • What songs were included in each medley?
  • How does the New Life Band instrumentation work?
  • Which ends up being a better Yes medley (and do we even make a decision on that)?

Do take a listen to the recordings I have embedded into the show notes for this week and let us know what you think in the comments below.

Mark Lang’s photos:

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:

Aaron SteelmanSteve LuziettiLind
Al Dell’AngeloTerence SadlerLobate Scarp
Barry GorskyJohn ThomsonMark Baggs
Bill WhittakerSteve PerryMark James Lang
Bob MartilottaThomas DeVriesMark Slater
Brian HarrisJohn ViolaMartin Kjellberg
Brian SullivanSteve RodeMichael Handerhan
Chris BandiniTim StannardMichael O’Connor
Craig EstenesSteve ScottMiguel Falcão
Dave OwenChip PalmerPaul Hailes
DavidGuy DeRomePaul Tomei
David HeydenSteve MossRachel Hadaway
David PannellGeoffrey MasonRobert Nasir
David WatkinsonHenrik AntonssonRobert Vandiver
Declan LogueHogne Bø PettersenRonnie Neeley
DemSteven RoehrScott Colombo
BrianTodd DudleySimon Barrow
Fergus CubbageJohn HoldenStephen Lambe
Fred BarringerDouglas CaldwellSteve Dill
Gary BettsJohn CowanJamie McQuinn
Geoff BailieRay RiethmeierKen Fuller
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