Collectors Music Reviews

Before The Birth Of Yes (Seymour SR-021/022) Disc 1, Happy Magazine (w/ Alan White):  Who Belongs To You, Beautiful Land.  Federals (W/ Tony Kaye):  Brazil, In A Persian Market, The Climb, Dance With A Dolly, Boot Hill, Keep On Dancin’ With Me, Marlena, Please Believe Me, Twilight Time, Lost And Alone, Bucketful Of Love, Leah.  The In Crowd (W/ Steve Howe):  Why Must They Criticize?, I Don’t Mind.  Keith West (W/ Steve [...]

Bird Of Prey (Siréne-200) Kouseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan – March 12th, 1973 Disc 1:  Firebird Suite, Siberian Khatru, Heart Of The Sunrise, Sakura Sakura, Mood For A Day, Clap, And You And I, Close To The Edge Disc 2:  keyboard solo, Roundabout, Yours Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper Bird Of Prey contains an almost complete new audience recording that has never circulated before for Yes’ concert [...]

Wonderous Master (Siréne-197) Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA – September 26th, 1977 Disc 1:  Firebird Suite, Parallels, I’ve Seen All Good People, Close To The Edge, Wondrous Stories, Colours Of The Rainbow, Turn Of The Century, Tour Song, And You And I, Going For The One Disc 2:  Flight Jam, Awaken, Starship Trooper, Roundabout Wonderous Master is the newest Yes release on the prolific Sirene label and [...]

Handle With Care (Siréne-187) Disc 1, Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA - March 17th, 1972:  Firebird Suite, Roundabout, Heart Of The Sunrise, Clap, Perpetual Change (incl. drum solo), I’ve Seen All Good People Disc 2, Academy Of Music, New York, NY - November 24th, 1971:  Firebird Suite, Roundabout, I’ve Seen All Good People, Clap, Wakeman piano solo, Long Distance Runaround, The Fish, Perpetual Change (incl. drum solo), Yours Is No Disgrace Handle With [...]

The One For All (Siréne-115) Scandinavium, Göteborg, Sweden – November 12th, 1977 Disc 1:  Firebird Suite, Parallels, I’ve Seen All Good People, Close To The Edge, Wondrous Stories, Colours Of The Rainbow, Turn Of The Century, And You And I Disc 2:  mc, Going For The One, Flight Jam, Awaken, Roundabout, Yours Is No Disgrace [...]

Solid Time Of Change (Siréne-104) Duke University, Durham, NC – November 11th, 1972 Disc 1 (48:05):  Firebird Suite, Siberian Khatru, I’ve Seen All Good People, Heart Of The Sunrise, Clap/Mood For A Day/Clap, And You And IDisc 2 (49:11):  Close To The Edge, Rick Wakeman Solo, Roundabout, Yours Is No Disgrace Solid Time Of Change documents Yes’ [...]

The Word Is Love (Tarantura TCDY-1~5) The Word Is Love is one of the more interesting products released from Japan in recent years.  The detailed liner notes explain: “Yesmusic is complex and demanding.  It requires special attention, not only to the sound of the music, but also to the presentation of it.  Dedicated Yesfans and [...]

Yes In Japan (Siréne-071) Kanada Kyoritsu Kondou, Tokyo, Japan – March 10th, 1973 Disc 1 (48:13):  Siberian Khatru, I’ve Seen All Good People, Heart Of The Sunrise, Mood For A Day, Clap, Colours Of The Rainbow, And You And I Disc 2 (66:31):  Close To The Edge, Rick Wakeman solo, Roundabout, Yours Is No Disgrace, [...]

Roosevelt Stadium 1976 (Siréne-061) Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ – June 17th, 1976 Disc 1:  WNEW/WMMR DJ chatter, Apocalypse intro, Siberian Khatru, Sound Chaser, I’ve Seen All Good People, The Gates Of Delirium Disc 2:  Long Distance Runaround, Patrick Moraz solo, Steve How solo – Clap, Jon Anderson solo – Olias, Heart Of The Sunrise, [...]

At The Opera (YES 14112001) Alte Oper, Hamburg, Germany – November 11th, 2001 Disc 1:  Opening Act (Orchestra), Orchestral Intro, Close To The Edge, Orchestral Intro/Long Distance Runaround, Don’t Go, It’s Good To Be Here in Frankfurt, In The Presence Of, Gates of Delirium, Guitar Solo (Vivaldi) Disc 2:  Mood For A Day, Starship Trooper, [...]

Heart Of The Sunrise (Siréne-044) Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan – March 8th, 1973 Disc 1 (67:54):  Firebird Suite, Siberian Khatru, I’ve Seen All Good People, Heart Of The Sunrise, Mood For A Day, Clap, Colours Of The Rainbow, And You And I, Close To The Edge Disc 2 (46:26):  Rick Wakeman solo, Roundabout, Yours Is [...]

Close To The East (Ayanami-255) Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan – March 9th, 1973 Disc 1 (48:10):  Excerpt from ‘Firebird Suite,’ Siberian Khatru, I’ve Seen All Good People, Heart Of The Sunrise, Mood For A Day, Clap, Colours Of The Rainbow, And You And I Disc 2 (38:10):  mc, Close To The Edge, Rick Wakeman solo, [...]

Repetrory Of Delirium (Flux And Reflux FARM-20505/6) Artpark Repertory Theater, Lewiston, NY – August 22nd, 2001   Disc 1:  Intro., Close To The Edge, Long Distance Runaround, Don’t Go, In The Presence Of, The Gates Of Delirium, Steve Howe solo (Corkscrew), Mood For A Day, Wondrous Stories Disc 2:  Perpetual Change, And You And I, Ritual, [...]

Return To Drama (Highland HL649/650) Boston Gardens, Boston, MA – September 9th, 1980 Disc 1 (67:50):  Young Person’s Guide to Orchestra, Does It Really Happen?, Yours Is No Disgrace, Into The Lens, Clap, And You And I, Go Through This, Man In The White Car Suite, Parallels, We Can Fly From Here Disc 2 (47:08):  [...]

Special Request’s Night (Highland HL634/635) International Forum, Tokyo, Japan – September 15th, 2003 Disc 1 (70:49):  Opening (Firebird Suite), Siberian Khatru, Magnification, Don’t Kill The Whale, In The Presence Of, We Have Heaven, South Side Of The Sky, And You And I, Steve Howe solo (To Be Over, The Clap) Disc 2 (74:47):  second half opening, [...]

Tales From Playing The Oceans (Highland HL638/639) Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany – April 16th, 1974 Disc 1 (61:35):  Firebird Suite, Siberian Khatru, And You And I, Close To The Edge, The Revealing Science of God Disc 2 (71:36):  The Ancient, Prelude Ritual, Ritual, Roundabout, Starship Trooper Tales From Playing The Oceans contains one of the final shows [...]

Extra Tracks (Highland HL633) (46:35):  Close To The Edge (studio run through), High The Memory:  The Remembering (studio run through), Roundabout (backing track) To coincide with the release of Rhino’s “expanded and remastered” edition of Yes’ catalogue, Highland released this disc of outtakes that were not included on the offiical releases.  The Yes discussion boards [...]

Going For Mind Drive (Highland HL653/654) Piazza Della Riforma, Lugano Estival Jazz, Switzerland – July 8th, 2004 Disc 1 (61:42):  Opening/Firebird Suite, Going For The One, Sweet Dreams, I’ve Seen All Good People, Mind Drive/South Side Of The Sky/Footprints/Mind Drive, Yours Is No Disgrace Disc 2 (64:05):  Second Initial (Steve solo), Rick Wakeman solo, Long [...]

Solo Chaser (Highland HL657/658) MECCA Arena, Milwaukee, WI – August 16th, 1976 Disc 1 (54:30):  Apocalypse, Siberian Khatru, Sound Chaser, I’ve Seen All Good People, The Gates Of Delirium Disc 2 (66:41):  Long Distance Runaround, Patrick Moraz solo, On Wings Of Gold/Clap, Jon Anderson harp solo, Heart Of The Sunrise, Ritual, Roundabout Yes’ 1976 Solo [...]

Open The Show (Highland HL165/66/67#Y29) Kultur Und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany  – March 20th, 1998 Disc 1 (58:27):  Firebird Suite, Siberian Khatru, Rhythm Of Love, America, Open Your Eyes, And You And I, Heart Of The Sunrise Disc 2 (43:13):  Mood For A Day, Diary Of A Man Who Vanished, Clap, From The Balcony, Wonderous Stories, Khoroshev Solo, [...]