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“Po…confirmed it was me!” – YMP speaks to Rob Brimson, YES photographer and the guy on the cover of Tormato – 548

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Mark and I had a great time speaking to photographer Rob Brimson this week. He was with Po from Hipgnosis when the photos of YES band members on the inner gatefold sleeve of Going For The One were taken and he took the shot of Yes Tor which adorns the cover of Tormato. He also did a bit of informal modelling work… Rob was open and generous about the days when he was based at Hipgnosis’ studios in London as well as his trip to Mountain Studios in Montreux and the story about the helicopter and the escape of the flying pig. Listen out for that one later. More Yes revelations are included in our conversation.

Rob’s website:

https://www.robbrimson.com/

Also this week around the social media hotspots, I have been posting some adverts for my new website which is supporting the Tormato book I announced last week on the YMP. To keep it nice and simple, I’ve called it https://tormatobook.com and if you’d like to sign up to receive regular updates on the progress towards the publications of the book, then add your details to receive the email newsletter.

Not final artwork – just me messing about with one of Jeremy North’s photos
  • Is that really you on the cover?
  • What was it like working for Hipgnosis?
  • What happened to the escaped pig?

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Robert and David

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Why did Yes want…Alan White? Part 2 – 547

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This week Mark and I have enjoyed listening to Alan White in a rather different context to normal – adding his remarkable talents to John Lennon’s classic album, Imagine. We present our thoughts and then get together to have a chat about the music and the musicians involved. Please do add your own thoughts below and see if you agree with Mark and me.

This is the image from our conversation with Alan

We also found time to consider a two pence topic around Jon Anderson’s plans for live concerts next year with The Band Geeks. Stay tuned for our thoughts on that.

In other news, I’m excited to announce that I am part-way through writing a book about Tormato which will include all the aspects we’ve covered on the YMP as well as copious illustrations and a myriad of other things. It will be in paper and online format and I’ll be announcing all kinds of other news about it as we approach the publication date – which is still a long way off. However, you can already go to tormatobook.com to find out more and to sign up to an email newsletter to keep up-to-date with progress. The book will be published by Five Per Cent For Something Publishing (see what I did there?) and is to be called, ‘Too Close To The Edge? The surprising and instructive story of TORMATO, the final YES album of the 1970s’. Good title eh?

Not final artwork – just me messing about with one of Jeremy North’s photos
  • What does Alan’s drumming on Imagine sound like?
  • Does he play appropriately?
  • Can you tell it’s him?

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Joost Maglev
		David Heyden

Martin Kjellberg
		Paul Wilson

Bob Martilotta
		Lind

Michael O’Connor
		William Hayes
Brian Sullivan
		David Pannell

Miguel Falcão
		Lobate Scarp

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		David Watkinson

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		Rachel Hadaway

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		Dem

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		Mark ‘Zarkol’ Baggs

Doug Curran
		Robert Nasir

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		Scott Colombo

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		Gary Betts
Geoff Bailie
		Simon Barrow
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		Stephen Lambe

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		Steve Dill

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		Steve Perry

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Jamie McQuinn
		Steven Roehr

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Terence Sadler

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		Tim Stannard

Jim
		Todd Dudley

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		Tony Handley

John Holden
		Joseph Cottrell

John Parry
		Keith Hoisington

John Thomson
		Barry Gorsky


Robert and David

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Why did Yes want…Alan White? Part 1 – 546

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Produced by Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius

While we wait for Yes to begin their tour in Japan in September and following the end of Jon Anderson’s Close To The Edge tour, it’s comparatively quiet in Yes world at the moment. That certainly doesn’t mean we don’t have anything to talk about, of course. So this week Mark and I have been thinking about why Yes wanted the late and already desperately missed Alan White.

We have discovered or perhaps rediscovered some aspects of Alan’s early career which made him the perfect fit for Yes following the departure of Bill Bruford, very shortly before the beginning of the original Close To The Edge tour. It was an excellent discussion reminding us just how multi-faceted Alan’s abilities were so do keep listening for that.

  • What about Alan White attracted Yes?
  • What did Alan spend his teenage years doing?
  • What recordings can we hear pre-Yes Alan playing on?

Take a listen to the episode and then let us know what you think below!

Peter D’Amore, featuring Billy Sherwood:

John Michels mentioned this video:

…and here are his photos:

Griffin featuring Alan White:

Become a Patron!

YMP Patrons:

Producers:

  • Ken Fuller
  • Jeffrey Crecelius and
  • Wayne Hall

Patrons:

Aaron Steelman
		Dave Owen

Mark James Lang
		Paul Tomei

Joost Maglev
		David Heyden

Martin Kjellberg
		Paul Wilson

Bob Martilotta
		Lind

Michael O’Connor
		William Hayes
Brian Sullivan
		David Pannell

Miguel Falcão
		Lobate Scarp

Chris Bandini
		David Watkinson

Neal Kaforey
		Rachel Hadaway

Craig Estenes
		Dem

Paul Hailes
		Mark ‘Zarkol’ Baggs

Doug Curran
		Robert Nasir

Fergus Cubbage
		Scott Colombo

Fred Barringer
		Gary Betts
Geoff Bailie
		Simon Barrow
Geoffrey Mason
		Stephen Lambe

Guy R DeRome
		Steve Dill

Henrik Antonsson
		Steve Perry

Hogne Bø Pettersen
		Steve Rode

Declan Logue
Steve Scott
Jamie McQuinn
		Steven Roehr

Alan Begg
Terence Sadler

Michael Handerhan
		Tim Stannard

Jim
		Todd Dudley

John Cowan
		Tony Handley

John Holden
		Joseph Cottrell

John Parry
		Keith Hoisington

John Thomson
		Barry Gorsky


Robert and David

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Our tributes to Alan White – 536

Alan White
Alan White

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Alan White from the Ramshackled album

This week we present our tributes to Alan White, Yes drummer for half a century, in the words of YMP Patrons and listeners.

Please add your own tribute to the show notes for this week if you haven’t already done so.

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R.I.P. Alan White, Yes’ stalwart drummer throughout decades of Perpetual Change – 535

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Next week’s YMP episode will be a proper tribute to Alan White so please add your contributions in the comments section below.

This week, rather than a ‘standard’ episode we thought it would be appropriate to re-play our interview with Alan from January 2020. He was in fine form, as always and it was a joy to speak to him.

‘Legendary’ is an entirely apt description of this true gentleman, extraordinary musician and friend to all he encountered. R.I.P. Alan.

Original interview episode show notes:

Mark and I have ticked off another of our top ambitions on the podcast by speaking to Yes drum legend, Alan White. We cover a number of different topics and Alan is absolutely delightful, as I’m sure you know.

For the first time in ages, I also managed to do a news catch-up which features a few highlights from around the social webs in recent days and/or weeks and do listen out for a couple of new items. I hope you enjoy the whole episode!

  • What did Alan think of From A Page?
  • What is Alan’s favourite Yes album??
  • What is Relayer going to be like to play live in 2020?
Alan White from the Ramshackled album

Listen to the episode and let us know what you think.