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Episode 72 – Yes Music and Technology

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?

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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 69 – ‘Classic Yes’

Cassette purchased circa. 1984, CD purchased circa. 2005. (Click to enlarge.)
Cassette purchased circa. 1984, CD purchased circa. 2005. (Click to enlarge.)

The sixty-ninth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the 1981 compilation album, ‘Classic Yes’.

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  • Is it possible to have a single album with a representative selection of Classic Yes tracks?
  • Are the right tracks here in the right order?
  • What’s missing?

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Episode 26 – ‘9012LIVE – THE SOLOS’

Vinyl and cassette purchased circa. 1985 (Click to enlarge)

The twenty-sixth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the live album, ‘90125 THE SOLOS’.

  • Should they just have released the whole soundtrack of the 9012LIVE video?
  • Does the record define this time in live Yes music?
  • Is it worth searching for a copy of this rarity?

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Episode 24 – ‘Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe’

CD purchased 1989 (Click to enlarge)

The twenty-fourth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the quasi-Yes studio album, ‘Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe’.

  • Is this a Yes album and does it matter?
  • No Chris Squire, no Yes?
  • Should this have been a more permanent line up?

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Episode 23 – ‘In the presence of…Yes fans’

The first Yes Music Podcast Round Table Event

The twenty-third episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring a round table discussion about Yes today with Andy Pashley, Paul Wilson  and Joost Maglev.

  • Should the band call it a day and retire from touring?
  • Is Jon Anderson an essential element of Yes?
  • Do we need Fly from Here II?

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