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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 76 – An interview with Tom Brislin, Yes live keyboard player

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Symphonic Tour Yes keyboardist, Tom Brislin
Symphonic Tour Yes keyboardist, Tom Brislin

The seventy-sixth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring an interview with Tom Brislin who played keyboards on the Symphonic Tour in 2001.

Listen and learn all about Tom, his time with Yes and his own new solo album. Please contact me and keep the dialogue going via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • How did Tom get the most important keyboard gig in the world?
  • What was working with the band like?
  • What’s the story behind why Tom plays Trevor Rabin’s guitar solo in Owner of a Lonely Heart on the keyboard? (Thanks, Ben Craven!)

 

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Episode 75 – An interview with Yes book author, Scott O’Reilly

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Author and Yes fan, Scott O'Reilly
Author and Yes fan, Scott O’Reilly
The mythical Ouroboros which eats its own tail
The mythical Ouroboros which eats its own tail

The seventy-fifth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring an interview with Scott O’Reilly, author of ‘Yes and Philosophy: The Spiritual and Philosophical Dimensions of Yes Music’.

Listen and find out what the book is all about, then let me know what you think by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • What have the sun and the mythical Uroborus got to do with Yes music?
  • Are Jon Anderson’s lyrics just impossible to understand?
  • Why should you read Scott’s book?

The Yes and Philosophy blog by Scott

Scott’s author page on Amazon

Yes and Philosophy paperback on Amazon (UK)

Yes and Philosophy Kindle edition on Amazon (UK)

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Episode 68 – My programmes

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Four great shows (click to enlarge)
Four great shows (click to enlarge)

The sixty-eighth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring the programmes I have collected from Yes shows.

Listen and see if you have any similar Yes programmes 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 state of the band at the time from the programmes?
  • Are all programmes created equal?
  • What makes for a satisfying Yes programme?
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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?

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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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