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Episode 79 – Yes Tracks Through Time Part 1 – Astral Traveller

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astral lyrics
Cosmic lyrics (Click to enlarge)

The seventy-ninth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the first in a series of Yes Tracks Through Time. After the initial recording, what happened to songs live? How did different line-ups of the band alter the character of tracks – if at all?

Listen and then let me know what you think of the different approaches by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • Which of the three versions of Astral Traveller is the best?
  • Should group members leave tracks alone or add their own character?
  • Does the band’s approach change over time?

 

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Episode 73 – My hopes for the new Yes album

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What will it be like?
What will it be like?

The seventy-third episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring some hopes for the new Yes album which is supposed to be recorded in 2013.

Listen and see if you are hoping for the same thnigs as me, then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • Will the new album be another Fly From Here?
  • What difference will Jon Davison make?
  • Will it be epic, progressive or modern?

Please send in photographs of your favourite Yes-related memorabilia

  1. Upload your photograph (with your name in the title) via the page here.
  2. Let me know what you have uploaded and why via the contact form here or by leaving a voicemail on the telephone number on the right or via the green ‘Record a message’ button.

If you need to you can use the usual email address instead: show@yesmusicpodcast.com

This can be any kind of Yes item – it doesn’t need to be rare or valuable – we are just interested in the story behind it and why it means so much to you. (By uploading, you agree to let me add your photograph to a YouTube video and to re-tell your story on the podcast.)

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Episode 72 – Yes Music and Technology

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Geoff Downes and Fairlight synth on the Drama tour. Photo by Jeremy North
Geoff Downes and Fairlight synth on the Drama tour. Photo by Jeremy North

The seventy-second episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring some thoughts about Yes music and its relationship with technology.

Listen and see if you agree with me, then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • Would Yes music exist without technology?
  • What is musical technology?
  • Has Yes music relied too much on technology at any point?

Please send in photographs of your favourite Yes-related memorabilia

  1. Upload your photograph (with your name in the title) via the page here.
  2. Let me know what you have uploaded and why via the contact form here or by leaving a voicemail on the telephone number on the right or via the green ‘Record a message’ button.

If you need to you can use the usual email address instead: show@yesmusicpodcast.com

This can be any kind of Yes item – it doesn’t need to be rare or valuable – we are just interested in the story behind it and why it means so much to you. (By uploading, you agree to let me add your photograph to a YouTube video and to re-tell your story on the podcast.)

Thanks so much for getting involved!!

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Episode 64 – Yes QI – Part 3

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Book purchased 1998
Book purchased 1998

The sixty-fourth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring some more Quite Interesting things from Tim Morse’s book, ‘Yesstories – Yes in their own words’.

Listen and see if all you agree with me that this second set are also Quite Interesting facts, then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • What can we learn about the band from what members actually said?
  • How does the time when the quotations were made affect the opinions given?
  • What insights can we gain about what life in Yes was like at the time?

Lobate Scarp will be appearing on YMP in the New Year. Listen to their great stuff here:

Check out Len Rice’s photo of Rick Wakeman in action and see if you can tell when it was taken..

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Episode 53 – The Yes Alphabet – ‘D’

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…brought to you by the letter, ‘D’.

The fifty-third episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the letter, ‘D’.

Listen and see if your letter ‘D’ choices are included. Then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • How many ‘D’ band personnel can you name?
  • Which other ‘D’s are crucial elements of the band’s success?
  • Which tracks begin with ‘D’?
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