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My Top 5 70’s albums by Rick Wakeman – 711

Post author By Kevin
Post date March 6, 2026
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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius

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Yes (sort-of) Unplugged – 696

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Post date November 7, 2025
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As you will hear, I was looking at one of the amazing photos in the Barry Plummer Calendar (available now from YesMusicBooks.com) recently, when I noticed something peculiar about Chris Squire. I think what Barry has captured is a unique moment in Yes concert history. I don’t think Chris ever did this in any other situation than the shows on the 1975 Relayer tour – and maybe not all of those performances. I have watched the QPR video many times but I hadn’t realised exactly what was going on until I saw this photo and then re-watched the QPR performance.

After watching that QPR version, Mark and I also took a careful look at a much later version, from the Yes Acoustic video. It’s very different.

I’ve included a heavily watermarked version of the Squire photo below but if you want to enjoy the full-quality version, you know what to do. Order the calendar now while there’s still time to receive it before the New Year.

So, what do you think I’m on about? Stay tuned for the full rabbit hole exploration with Mark.

What’s unique about the QPR live situation?
What is that guitar?
Which is the ‘better’ version?

See if you agree with us and then leave a comment below.

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Tags Alan White, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, Patrick Moraz, QPR, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Yes Acoustic

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Deep Cuts outside Yes – 687

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Post date September 5, 2025
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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius

Mark and I spent some time this week searching through both our memory banks and our shelves of Yes related records. We wanted to uncover and promote some lesser-known deep cuts on albums that Yes men have been involved with outside the main group.

We each came up with 3 songs you may not have heard or you may have forgotten about. We hope you enjoy revisiting them or discovering a little more of the breadth and depth of what Yes musicians have been involved with over the decades.

Of course, we would be delighted to have your own suggestions of what other deep cuts we can all benefit from hearing – leave your suggestions on the show notes for this week’s episode below.

What are your favourite solo deep cuts?
What do Mark and Kevin choose?
Do you know all these songs already?

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Dave Owen	Paul Hailes
David	Paul Tomei
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Fragile Solo Songs Revisited – 683

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Post date August 1, 2025
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This week, Mark and I discussed the ‘solo’ songs on Fragile. Each band member contributed an individual project, some with more success than others. The style and approaches used by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe and Squire are very different and they certainly prompted an interesting discussion as you’ll hear.

With Yes soon to embark on playing the whole of Fragile live for the third time, we also touched on how these songs come over live – and if it’s even a good idea to include them alongside the 4 ‘proper’ songs.

Which of the solo songs is the best?
How do they differ in approach?
Should they be played live?

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Chris Bandini	Michael O’Connor
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Dave Owen	Paul Hailes
David	Paul Tomei
David Heyden	Rachel Hadaway
David Pannell	Robert Nasir
David Watkinson	Robert Vandiver
Declan Logue	Ronnie Neeley
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Doug Curran	Simon Barrow
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Fred Barringer	Steve Dill
Gary Betts	Steve Luzietti
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Geoffrey Mason	Steve Rode
Guy DeRome	Steve Scott
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Hogne Bø Pettersen	Terence Sadler
Todd Dudley
John Cowan	John Thomson
John Holden	John Viola
Jamie McQuinn	Tim Stannard