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All of this was kicked off for me by the tiny, circular icons on the inner gatefold sleeve of Tales from Topographic Oceans and I posted this photo of Instagram:
The images I tested Mark with:
- What are those little icons on the sleeve of Tales all about?
- You is the Vitruvian Man?
- What is the Olias symbol?
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The Tales images we talk about:
Roger Dean items on various Yes albums:
The Olias symbol
80s icons:
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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
7 replies on “Yes iconography – 613”
Good show, guys. FYI, Roger calls his flying craft a Space Ark.
The last Yes related icon you mentioned is Roger’s official stamp,which he puts on much of his original art. It’s an open R and D in a circle. See my photo. See my photo of my Roger original sketch for a better view of it.
This became Patrick Moraz’s icon/logo. First appears on the ‘Story of I’ album.
Yes! Great spot!
Excellent chat guys. I do enjoy these small areas of Yes’ influence that make up part of the fascination as a whole with the band.
Oh btw I still have all the exhibition and the head, not sure what to do with it all and more of course, but yes the head was popular for sure. I tried to copy the colour of the original, and I was aware of its significant time travelling effect on people. I think I need to put it on a shelf an have it visable maybe?
Keep up the good work.
Greetings Kevin & Mark & All –
Enjoyed the Yes Iconography podcast very much – thank you! A most clever idea for a Yes conversation.
Just want to add a “light bulb” that happened for me years ago regarding the original Time and a Word album cover: the naked woman drawing is in the shape of a “Y”. I’ve assumed this was intentional, since the angle of view for the drawing is otherwise a bit odd, and the Y is the front-and-center dominant shape on the cover. But of course I don’t really know for sure about the intent. Was this a proto-Yes logo, doomed from the start because of its content?
In any case, by the time of Roger Dean’s involvement with Yesterdays, the Y shape must not have been in focus, as his version, though clearly a reference to the original, doesn’t present the Y.
(Being in the U.S., by the way, I was unaware for many years that a different original cover for Time and a Word even existed.)
Thanks again and all the best,
Greg
Thanks Greg. Fascinating idea about Time and a Word! I will go and take another look.