Tag: Relayer

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Mark and I spent a very enjoyable week listening to CTTE and Relayer – and why not? In time honoured fashion we have recorded our thoughts independently and then we meet up to criticise each other’s ideas. Not really. We do, however, indulge in the futile but nevertheless enjoyable process of ranking the albums against each other and coming out with a winner. Will you agree with our assessments? The sense of anticipation could be cut with a proverbial hacksaw.

• Is it possible to rank these albums after listening to them?
• Why would anyone want to?
• Go on then, which one is better?

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

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• Ken Fuller
• Jeffrey Crecelius and
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Aaron Steelman 	Dave Owen 	Mark James Lang	Paul Tomei
Joost Maglev 	David Heyden 	Paul Wilson	Martin Kjellberg
Bob Martilotta	Lind	Michael O’Connor	William Hayes
Brian Sullivan 	David Pannell 	Lobate Scarp	Miguel Falcão
Chris Bandini 	David Watkinson 	Neal Kaforey	Rachel Hadaway
Craig Estenes	Dem	Mark ‘Zarkol’ Baggs	Paul Hailes
Doug Curran 	Robert Nasir 	Fergus Cubbage	Scott Colombo
Fred Barringer	David	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	Todd Dudley	Jim
Jamie McQuinn 	Steven Roehr 	John Parry	Keith Hoisington
Alan Begg	Terence Sadler	John Holden	Barry Gorsky
Michael Handerhan	Tim Stannard 	Joseph Cottrell	John Thomson
John Cowan	Tony Handley	Robert

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Produced by Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius

This week Mark and I embark upon another inevitably unjustifiable escapade – the rating of two classic Yes albums against each other. If it wasn’t fun we wouldn’t do it but it keeps us off the streets at least. This time we have decided to pit Close To The Edge against Relayer and you can play along as well. In part 1 we bang on about the similarities and differences between the records and then next week we will report back on our findings after listening carefully to the albums. Please do add your own thoughts to the show notes for both weeks’ episodes.

• Which album is ‘better’?
• What are the main differences and similarities?
• Why would you want to do this?

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

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Facebook has just changed how pages work which means that I’ve had to establish a new place for us to post and discuss Yes-related happenings. It’s a new group entitled, rather creatively, YMP Discussion Group. For the moment it’s open to anyone to join but I’ll be adding rules and joining requirements when I have time. One of the advantages of the new format is that all members of the group have the same ability to post content, so it’s a bit more egalitarian, or somesuch. Please do search for the group and join in.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3216603008606331/

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If you haven’t already done so, please sign up at tormatobook.com to the email newsletter. PRESALE IS UNDERWAY (for subscribers only)! If you sign up now, for free, you can have access to the newsletters you’ve missed. It really helps to know people are looking forward to reading the culmination of my decades of Tormato obsession.

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YMP Patrons:

Producers:

• Ken Fuller
• Jeffrey Crecelius and
• Wayne Hall

Patrons:

Aaron Steelman 	Dave Owen 	Mark James Lang	Paul Tomei
Joost Maglev 	David Heyden 	Paul Wilson	Martin Kjellberg
Bob Martilotta	Lind	Michael O’Connor	William Hayes
Brian Sullivan 	David Pannell 	Lobate Scarp	Miguel Falcão
Chris Bandini 	David Watkinson 	Neal Kaforey	Rachel Hadaway
Craig Estenes	Dem	Mark ‘Zarkol’ Baggs	Paul Hailes
Doug Curran 	Robert Nasir 	Fergus Cubbage	Scott Colombo
Fred Barringer	David	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	Todd Dudley	Jim
Jamie McQuinn 	Steven Roehr 	John Parry	Keith Hoisington
Alan Begg	Terence Sadler	John Holden	Barry Gorsky
Michael Handerhan	Tim Stannard 	Joseph Cottrell	John Thomson
John Cowan	Tony Handley	Robert

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If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything:

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

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Produced by Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius

I was on the road this week but still managed to catch up with Mark and Henry Potts to discuss the news that Yes will not be playing Relayer on the upcoming tour but have opted to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Close To The Edge instead.

I was in a hotel room with just my laptop but this news was clearly too important to miss.

• Why has Relayer been shelved?
• Will we ever hear the full album live?
• Is it too soon to play Close To The Edge in its entirety again?

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

PRESS RELEASE:

50th Anniversary Celebration

of Close to the Edge

for UK

The Album Series Tour in June

8th March 2022: Progressive pioneers YES have announced a change to their forthcoming The Album Series Tour 2022 as they will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their iconic album Close to the Edge. This tour, twice rescheduled due to the Covid pandemic was intended to showcase YES’s 1974 classic Relayer album but will now feature Close to the Edge, performed in full, along with other classic tracks from YES’s extensive catalogue.  An announcement regarding the European dates will be made shortly.

The tour line-up features Steve Howe (guitars), Alan White (drums), Geoff Downes (keyboards), Jon Davison (vocals), Billy Sherwood (bass guitar and backing vocals) with additional drums and percussion by Jay Schellen. All tour dates are as previously announced and all tickets remain valid. A full performance of the Relayer album will now be featured in a future tour in The Album Series.

The show will comprise full production and a high-definition video wall directed by Roger Dean who will also be joining the tour with an exhibition of YES related art.

Following the release of The Yes Album and Fragile, in 1971, YES released what is widely considered one of the most defining albums, not only for YES but for the whole progressive movement. Close to the Edge became an inspiration for their contemporaries and for successive generations of musicians.

“We reached a real high, doing ‘Close to the Edge’,” said Steve Howe. “We valued the musicianship, the artistic ideas and the vocalising that people bring and that’s why we’re still doing it, because it’s exciting to do! ‘Close to the Edge’ was voted the most-proggy album possibly ever made. It was very experimental. We had already done 10-minute epics but with ‘Close to the Edge’ we just took it a stage further and I’m very pleased we were brave enough to do that.”

YES 2022 UK Tour Dates Are:

June 2022

15th June       Wednesday   Glasgow        Royal Concert Hall

17th June       Friday             Manchester   Bridgewater Hall

18th June       Saturday        Nottingham   Royal Concert Hall

20th June       Monday          Liverpool        Philharmonic Hall

21st June        Tuesday         London           Royal Albert Hall

22nd June       Thursday       York                Barbican

24th June       Friday             Birmingham   Symphony Hall

26th June       Sunday          Newcastle      O2 City Hall

28th June       Tuesday         Dublin Eire    Vicar Street

29th June       Wednesday   Cork Eire       Opera House

Tickets remain valid for the rescheduled shows. For full details and to book tickets for all shows go to venue website or http://yesworld.com/live where you can also book Meet and Greets with the band.

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YMP Patrons:

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• 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 
IanNB 	Steve Scott 
Jamie McQuinn 	Steven Roehr 
Ken Fuller 	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 
Alan Begg

Robert and David

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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