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The fifty-eighth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the pre-Yes band, Mabel Greer’s Toyshop.
Listen and see if you agree with me that this band gives a fascinating insight into the development of Yes, then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- Are any of the surviving recordings of Mabel Greer’s Toyshop worth listening to?
- What clues are there to the early sound of Yes?
- Why should we bother to remember bands like this?
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Show links
Mozila Open Badges blog posts on mulryne.com
YMP YouTube channel featuring the Mabel Greer’s Toyshop playlist
Mabel Greer’s Toyshop on Allmusic
Peter Banks’ Can I play You Something? on Amazon
Dustbin Full of Rubbish on Allmusic
Mabel Greer’s Toyshop on the Flash website
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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 the following two creative commons sources: