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YesKit Part 4 – Jon Anderson Edition – 697

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The Dark Days Of Yesterday – Projekt Gemineye – the new album by our own Mark Anthony K!

Mark says: “This is the 10th studio album! Wow…if you would have told me that id release 10 albums..I’m not sure if I would believe it.
This is a rather personal album for me….lyrically speaking. Its talks about some of the darker times in my life….i dont get too specific about things..not only because they are difficult memories…but also so that they can be relatable other people as well.
Musically and production wise.. I’m very pleased with it and i hope you enjoy it as well.”

https://projektgemineye.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark-days-of-yesterday

From a tiny idea I had about Jon Anderson’s use of instruments live with Yes, Mark and I managed to bang on for ages again this week. Hopefully, you will find the discussion as interesting as we did, particularly as I noticed some definite links between the band’s sonic changes over the decades, Jon’s development as a musician and the instruments he used.

In order to create some kind of helpful structure to the conversation, I managed to find the earliest examples of each kind of instrument Jon uses live in the photos on the amazing Forgotten Yesterdays website and I have embedded them into the show notes here – do take a look at those and add a comment if you can think of any other Yeskit Jon used live with the band – or add a comment even if you can’t.

  • What are all the instruments Jon used live with Yes?
  • When did he start playing tuned instruments?
  • What can we glean about the band amd about Jon from his choice of instruments?

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

All images from the wonderful Forgotten Yesterdays website:


Screen capture from video 1969 Wiesbaden DE – Tambourine
Screen capture from video
11/23/1969 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre FR –
 
Tambourine with skin
11/26/1969 Basel CH
Benito De Juan Dolio –
 
Claves
1971 Photo by Michael Putland –
 
Dewtron Mr Bassman pedals
Jill Furmanovsky 1971 –
 
Cowbell
07/31/1971 London UK. Geoffrey Mason –
 
Maracas
02/14/1974 Uniondale NY
Photo by RDZK –
 
The ‘bus stop’ percussion kit for Ritual
02/10/1974 Columbia SC – Benito De Juan Dolio –
 
Acoustic guitar
05/10/1975 London UK
 
Sound Chaser
Daniel Potvin –
 
Flute (or is it a piccolo?)
05/17/1975 Stoke UK
 
Photo by Dick Barnatt –
 
Electric guitar
06/18/1976 Boston MA
 
Photo by Barry Rogoff –
 
Large harp
08/20/1977 Buffalo NY
 
Steve Wehner –
 
10-string Cuatro
06/18/1984 Berlin DE
 
Thomas Holland-Cunz –
 
Small keyboard
03/04/1996 San Luis Obispo CA
Laurel Renz –
 
Small harp
03/03/1998 Bournemouth UK
Cengiz Varlik –
 
Newer version of the ‘bus stop’
09/18/1999 San Pedro CR
 
Carlos Chacón Cambronero –
 
Keyboard
12/01/1999 Pittsburgh PA
Brian King –
 
Percussion ‘sticks’
08/18/2001 Atlanta GA
Rick Glover –

Martin Backpacker modified MIDI controller

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Yes – The Tormato Story & Tales from Topographic Oceans – Yes Album Listening Guide

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Yeskit part 2 – 646

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller

I’m delighted to say that we are back at the helm of the good ship YMP this week. First of all I’d like to say thank you to everyone who has sent their best wishes to me. It is very much appreciated.

This week, Mark and I have been thinking about all the different Yeskit that has fascinated us over the years. We have chosen 2 items each to talk about – it could be scenery, musical equipment or anything else you could describe as kit. Listen out for our choices and add your own to the show notes for this episode.

  • What Yeskit did we choose?
  • What was analogue kit like?
  • Who was Mister Bassman?

Let us know if you agree with us!

Mister Bassman!
Morley EVO Oil Can Delay
Hammond Organ in Rock!
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Yes – The Tormato Story

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  • Joseph Cottrell
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  • Ken Fuller
  • Jeffrey Crecelius

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Gary Betts Aaron SteelmanMichael Handerhan
Barry Gorsky Steve Perry Doug Curran
Martin Kjellberg Todd Dudley Rachel Hadaway
Lind  Paul Hailes Craig Estenes
Mark James Lang Steve Rode David
Bob Martilotta John Holden Stephen Lambe
Dem Fred Barringer Scott Colombo
Chris Bandini David Heyden John Thomson
Mark Baggs John Cowan John Parry
Dave Owen Simon Barrow Steve Scott
Terence Sadler Steve Dill Robert Nasir 
Fergus Cubbage William Hayes Geoff Bailie
Steven Roehr Lobate Scarp Geoffrey Mason
David Watkinson Tim Stannard Robert Vandiver
Brian Sullivan David Pannell Jamie McQuinn
Miguel Falcão Paul Tomei Michael O’Connor
Brian HarrisHogne Bø PettersenGuy DeRome
Mark Slater

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Yeskit part 1 – 639

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Tales from Topographic Oceans
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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller

Before we start, I’d like to thank everyone who has taken part in the Presale for my new book, the Tales from Topographic Oceans Listening Guide. It’s gone really well and I can now afford to commission book covers, pay for production costs and licences for essential photographs and so on. The Presale is still open to those who have signed up to the e-newsletter over at tormatobook.com and to all YMP Patrons. If you are yet to sign up for the e-newsletter, you’ll receive a message telling you how to access the presale as soon as you subscribe.

Remember that the presale is the only way to purchase signed copies of the forthcoming book and you’ll also receive an exclusive mini-pack of book-based memorabilia. What could be better? So make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to be the proud owner of those fine extras. Finally, almost all the Executive Producer slots have been snapped up. At time of recording this episode there are just 7 remaining so if you’d like to see your name printed towards the front of the Tales book as an official Executive Producer, you’d better get in quickly.

This week, Mark and I were going to talk about our favourite pieces of Yes-related equipment but unfortunately Mark was unavailable in the end due to an emergency situation with his dog, Shadow. So, instead, here is a chapter of the audiobook version of my book, Yes – The Tormato Story that deals with one of the pieces of Yes kit I probably would have mentioned anyway – Rick Wakeman’s Birotron. Incidentally, the audiobook is still available from Audible, Spotify and other fine purveyors of that digital format. As one kind review said about my first foray into authorship which, incidentally, he believes is, “presented as a teenage fan essay”, the audio version is delivered with what he calls a, “clipped late night Radio 2 circa 1990 style”. Hopefully that won’t put you off too much.

  • What was the world’s rarest instrument?
  • How was Rick Wakeman involved with it?
  • How does Chris Dale all this?

Let us know if you agree with us!

There are only 100 of these packs available, so buy yours now! (Opens in a new window)

Check out the progress on my other podcast – https://anthem52.com/

Yes – The Tormato Story

Available now!

TormatoBook.com

YMP Patrons:

Producers:

  • Joseph Cottrell
  • Wayne Hall
  • Ken Fuller
  • Jeffrey Crecelius

Patrons:

Jim Morrison Jon Pickles Declan Logue
Gary Betts Aaron SteelmanMichael Handerhan
Barry Gorsky Steve Perry Doug Curran
Martin Kjellberg Todd Dudley Rachel Hadaway
Lind  Paul Hailes Craig Estenes
Mark James Lang Steve Rode David
Bob Martilotta John Holden Stephen Lambe
Dem Fred Barringer Scott Colombo
Chris Bandini David Heyden John Thomson
Mark Baggs John Cowan John Parry
Dave Owen Simon Barrow Steve Scott
Terence Sadler Steve Dill Robert Nasir 
Fergus Cubbage William Hayes Geoff Bailie
Steven Roehr Lobate Scarp Geoffrey Mason
David Watkinson Tim Stannard Robert Vandiver
Brian Sullivan David Pannell Jamie McQuinn
Miguel Falcão Paul Tomei Michael O’Connor
Brian HarrisHogne Bø PettersenGuy DeRome
Become a Patron!

Our Facebook YMP Discussion Group is open to anyone to join. 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/

Please follow/subscribe!

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

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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