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Episode 103 – Yes Greatest Video Hits – Part 2

Greatest Video Hits
VHS cassette purchased circa. 1992 (click to enlarge).

The one hundred and third episode of the Yes Music Podcast, featuring part two of the VHS collection – ‘Yes Greatest Video Hits’.

Listen and see if you agree with me about this collection of the band’s promotional videaos, 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 on earth is going on in several of these videos?
  • Has Big Generator strayed too far from the principles of Yes?
  • Rabin’s toilet story emerges once again – why?

 

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Episode 93 – Jon Davison and the new Yes album

Jon Davison
Jon Davison – photo by Bob Mantin

The ninety-third episode of the Yes Music Podcast, featuring an examination of what Jon Davison might bring to the writing and performing of the next Yes album, based on what he added to the Glass Hammer album, ‘If’.

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!

  • Does Jon Davison has a recognisable writing style?
  • What was his contribution to ‘If’ by Glass Hammer?
  • Do Glass Hammer and Jon Davison simply copy old-style progressive rock from the masters?

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Episode 91 – ‘Talk’ revisited part 3

Talk Collector's Edition
CD purchased 2002 (click to enlarge)

The ninety-first episode of the Yes Music Podcast, featuring a further and final look at a YouTube video of a ‘Talk Tour’ concert from 1994. Listen and see if you agree with me about this concert footage, 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 do the new songs come over live?
  • Are there any backing tapes in use?
  • What does Billy Sherwoood add?

Please contribute to the Episode 100 audio feedback project before 12th August, 2013

Please send an audio message to the show via any of the methods on the right hand side of the website. You don’t have to say anything elaborate or clever – unless you want to. Just give your name (first name alone is fine if you want) and where in the world you are. Many thanks! I look forward to receiving your audio clip to play on the 100th show!

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Episode 90 – ‘Talk’ revisited part 2

Talk Collector's Edition
CD purchased 2002 (click to enlarge)

The ninetieth episode of the Yes Music Podcast, featuring alook at a YouTube video of a ‘Talk Tour’ concert from 1994. Listen and see if you agree with me about this concert footage, 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 do the new songs come over live?
  • Are there any backing tapes in use?
  • What does Billy Sherwoood add?

Please contribute to the Episode 100 audio feedback project before 12th August, 2013

Please send an audio message to the show via any of the methods on the right hand side of the website. You don’t have to say anything elaborate or clever – unless you want to. Just give your name (first name alone is fine if you want) and where in the world you are. Many thanks! I look forward to receiving your audio clip to play on the 100th show!

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Episode 89 – ‘Talk’ revisited part 1

Talk Collector's Edition
CD purchased 2002 (click to enlarge)

The eighty-ninth episode of the Yes Music Podcast, featuring some interesting facts about Talk which I didn’t mention in Episode 15. Listen and see if you agree with me about this album, then let me know by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!

  • Is this Rabin at his best?
  • Who was responsible for the writing on the album?
  • What was special about the recording of Talk?