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This week, Mark and I took a listen to some of the existing Yes songs and versions that have already been added to official reissued albums and collections and classed as ‘previously unreleased’. We have chosen some of our favourites and discuss what we like about them.
This activity was partly prompted by Yes aficionado Jon Dee who, in his own words on Facebook says the following:
“I’m currently listening to YES playing ‘Eleanor Rigby’… IN THE STUDIO!!
There are 3 takes and it sounds like they’re doing a studio run through. Sounds like a single microphone was used to record it as a demo – but it’s very good quality.
Getting this on top of the multi-tracks for some ‘Time and a Word’ songs has made this a great week!
I have let the record label and management know about this as the first two albums will be getting rereleased at some point.How many of you would like to hear ‘Eleanor Rigby’ by YES – plus an orchestra free version of ‘No Opportunity’, ‘Sweet Dreams’ and ‘Clear Days’??
‘No Opportunity’ will blow people away when they hear a no orchestra version with Kaye, Squire and Banks far more to the fore. It seriously rocks.
In addition to his full electric guitar track, there is also a Spanish guitar track from Banks on the multi-track for ‘No Opportunity’. Peter plays some very cool acoustic guitar on that track.”
It’s another set of very exciting discoveries for us Yes fans so keep your ears peeled for more news of that, hopefully soon.
- What could we hear in the future?
- What are our favourite previously unreleased songs?
- Could any of them have been on official albums?
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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: archive.org
2 replies on “Previously unreleased – 638”
Guys, thanks for showcasing unreleased tracks – great idea! A few tracks that I would add are on YesYears from the GFTO sessions: Vevey (parts 1 & 2) and Montreaux’s Theme. I think Vevey is important not for its musicality, but that it captured Jon and Rick jamming in St. Martin’s church, Rick using the pipe organ that ended up on Parallels and Awaken. It’s just nice to have those tidbits. Montreaux’s Theme has a great quasi-acoustic sound and it is very well developed especially toward the end. They had obviously rehearsed it (it wasn’t a spontaneous jam) and it’s a shame that it didn’t see the light of day with a more developed version.
I like the tunes you selected. I think I heard Mark say that Have We Really Got to Go Through This had no lyrics when they did it live, and I have to push back on that point. I saw both Drama shows in Philadelphia on September 12 and 13, 1980. Trevor introduced the song as “Go Through This” and he absolutely sang throughout the entire song both nights. You can hear it in this bootleg (horrible quality) starting at 49:48.https://youtu.be/-Q7iB5cBpSA?si=PFFkRMJHyadlcohS There are also lyrics with Steve singing on his Homebrew Vol. 6. Of course they also did We Can Fly From Here as the other unreleased song on that tour.
Yes there are lyrics for Go Through This. They’re terrible but they’re on the Word Is Live track.