______ ______ ____________ _________ / \ | \ __/ \ __/ \__ | \| \ / |/ _ \ | // _____ || / \_/ \ // / \ \\_ \___ \ || _____ ___\ \ \_ \ \ || / --/ ______| \ \ ___\ || | | - /______ __/ \ ___/ \ \\ \_ \_ // | / ___\ _/ \_ \ \_ _// | \__ \__/ ___/ \_ \____ | \_/ \__ ___/ \___ _/ \__ \__/ \ \_________/ \_____/ \_ \_____/ \ \_ | \_ | \__ __/ \_____________/ N o t e s F r o m T h e E d g e # 83 (c) THE Internet Magazine For YES Fans October 20, 1993 ______________________________________________________________________________ |yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE ============= Yes - - New Album News Dead Ringer - - Yes Songs Rick Wakeman - - A Question AWBH Live - - The Bootleg Fish - - Griffin Records Yes - - With Tony Kaye Yes - - The Very Best ? ABWH/Shoreline - - I Was There The Shirt - - Ideas - - More Ideas Jonathan Elias - - More On The Butcher Yes - - Wedding Music The Music - - Quality Vs. Quantity Trevor Rabin - - The Shameful Past Steve Howe - - Transportation ABWH - - A 2nd Request Yes - - Influenced Music Bill Bruford - - Drum Clinics In The US Steve Howe - - US Tour Dates Symphonic Yes - - A Short Review >From The Editor - - Changes ______________________________________________________________________________ |yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEW ALBUM NEWS ============== From: IN%"miketi@microsoft.com" "Mike Tiano" Here's the scoop: A representative at Yes' managment advised me that there still is no official title for the new Yes album which will be released in January or February. I was also advised that Rick Wakeman will not be on the album. Tour plans are tentative at this time, but it appears there will be a South American tour in February or March, with a full scale U.S. tour in late spring. Keep posted to NFTE for details. Mike =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- DEAD RINGER YES SONGS ===================== From: IN%"mcglincj@bcvms.bc.edu" Hi! Has anyone out there ever listened to the radio or a certain album and thought, "This song would be a great Yes song!"? For me, the two which spring immediately to mind are "Funny How Love Is" by Queen (off of Queen II) and "Song for America" by Kansas. In the first, the backup vocal arrangement sounds very Andersonish, and in the second, there is a middle part which sounds much like Squire/Bruford/Wakeman interplay. In fact, when I first heard this song on the radio (I tuned in to this middle part), I thought it was an unreleased Yes song from the 70s, until the vocals kicked in. In both cases, I think if Yes remade these songs (it'll never happen, but one can dream!) they would've sounded even better. Anyone else have any songs like this? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- WAKEMAN QUESTION ================ From: IN%"slater@telerama.pgh.pa.us" "Jan Slater" Humm... According to the album cover... January 1994, is the twenty year anniversary of Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Does anyone know is Rick will be touring it again, or doing anything special? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THE ABWH BOOTLEG DISC ===================== From: IN%"DMARKFI@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU" "David Markfield" The "NEW" ABWH CD is nothing more than a very cleverly packaged bootleg. There is nothing wrong with that but just so people are aware of what they are getting. Copyright laws are different in Europe as opposed to the United States that is why something like that is able to come out over there. However do not fool yourselves that this is a legitimate release with band approval. It is not. It is merely a recording of the much bootlegged Pay-Per-View special at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountainview California =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- GRIFFIN RECORDS AND FISH ======================== From: IN%"grendel@jaflrn.linet.org" The recent discussions of the ABWH set released by Griffin Records has forced me to mention Fish yet again. :) Griffin Records released two Fish 2CD live sets within the last three months, taken straight from DATs and featuring comments from Fish (allegedly). Methinks these are official "Company" bootlegs. The price of each 2CD set was $25. Anyway, Griffin Records is listed as being a subsidiary of Gopaco, Inc., Box 664, Lombard, IL, USA 60148, and was printed and manufactured in Canada. Unlike reports of the ABWH set, the Fish sets feature correct songwriting credits (a bit too correct if you ask me -- Johnathan Mover is credited on "Punch And Judy", and he was only with the band for 5 days!), and includes the entire show. For those who are interested, one set, "Pigpen's Birthday", is from Fish's 1990 tour, and the other, "For Whom The Bells Toll", is from a New Years Eve gig in 1991/1992. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- YES WITH TONY KAYE ================== From: IN%"mcmahan@cs.unca.edu" Someone asked: "Does anybody have live recordings of the following songs", including: |"A Venture," This was never performed live to my knowlege. If it was, it wasn't bootlegged! :) |... "Our Song"? This is an interesting one. Our Song was performed live on the first show of the 90125 tour. They also did Perpetual Change. These songs were apparently dropped from the set early, early on. They must have rehearsed and performed *all* the 90125 material, and then dropped the songs that they didn't like from the set. They obviously pulled out all of The Yes Album except, oddly, A Venture (and Howe's solo piece! :), namely: Disgrace, Trooper, Good People, and Petpetual Change. That first show was bootlegged on a *RARE* bootleg I have only encountered one copy of on the planet earth. The bad news is, this bootleg is mastered at the *wrong speed* -- it's too fast. It sounds weird. Jon sings high, but not *this* high! :) I actually obtained a tape from someone, and had someone else digitally record the bootleg and slow it down using software -- this took so long that it was not done by the time Yesoteric was finished, which is why it isn't on the tapes as a rarity. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THE VERY BEST OF YES ==================== From: IN%"mktjadx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu" I saw the new "Very Best of Yes" CD out yesterday. There is no really new tracks that I noticed, however there is a single edit of "Soon" (can someone say wether this track was ever previously available as a singe?). Also, the box says that all tracks were "digitally remastered from the master tapes." Question: Were any of the other Yes albums actually digitally remastered? Question: Can someone who has bought this give a review of the digital remastering? I have never been happy with the sound quality of old Yes music on CD. Maybe someone who has heard both can let us know if its worth buying simply for the (hopefully) better sound quality. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SHORELINE - ABWH ================ From: IN%"dennis@hpwrc13.mayfield.hp.com" "Dennis Alstrand" Greetings, I'm writing because I had the great luck to be working at the Shoreline on the night ABWH played there. It was my natural assumption that it was just one of many of their concerts but since that time I keep seeing references to it, i.e. the showing of Heart of the Sunrise on the ABWH video. A recent posting raised some questions I can answer, and I'd like to add my 'two cents' about the concert itself. ABWH did finish the first set with Your Move/All Good People and did not, unfortunately, play Siberian Khatru at all during the concert, or the encore. I love that song. As a bass player, I grew up on Chris Squire - along with a few otheres - and found myself amazed at really enjoying the show even without his playing. Berlin's playing (please Chris don't be reading this!!!!) didn't get in the way of the songs at all. I know this is blasphemy, and I STILL LOVE CHRIS, but the songs really came out. I always listen to Chris first, but now I listened to the songs - and loved them even more than before. Beginning the second set my ushering duties were over and I was allowed to sit fully appreciated, just knocked me out. The other (non Chris) musicians really came to the fore and that song. . . I still get a rush thinking about it. I've seen Yes almost every tour since Fragile and never have I been as stricken. Rick was right there, like always. I know it's no big thing, but I recall Rick having to stretch his fingers out getting ready for his solo toward the end. It made me think of an Olympic champion preparing for a major event. Corny yes, but it was my image. I've never heard the song the same again and have wished ever since that I could hear that one particular version of Close To The Edge again. And now I have the chance! YES! By the way, opening the show with Jon walking through the crowd singing Time and a Word would have made Donovan jealous - he pulled it off beautifully. ABWH live at Shoreline gave me the best feeling for a concert I've ever had. But, I've never seen this video mentioned about the concert, and so this new CD will be a top priority for me to find. PS - count me on on a tape and some cash for our Russian friend - what address? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- T-SHIRT IDEAS ============= From: IN%"benr@indirect.com" "The Barefoot Wonder" I like the idea of having a Notes t-shirt. This idea is finally seeing fruition on Paperlate as the design has finally been approved on and are currently taking orders (I've already ordered mine.). It would be great to have a Notes t-shirt as well. How do others feel about this? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- MORE SHIRT IDEAS ================ From: IN%"chitalia@eggo.csee.usf.edu" "John Chitalia" I think a good idea for the shirt would be to have a collage of Yes imagery. Some elements to consider: 1) The ship or the earth from Fragile. 2) The riders from Relayer 3) The bird from Yesshows 4) The Y symbol from 90125 and BG. 5) The human or the buildings from GoingFTOne. 6) The early Yes script balloon. 7) The naked lady from Yes's 2nd album. :-) To reduce the number of colors, most of these should be redrawn by hand either in silhouette or just drawn with fewer colors. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- MORE ON THE BUTCHER =================== From: IN%"brian@wet.sbi.com" > Given the members of ABWHs' past track record and (in particular) > Steve Howe's latest, I am inclined to think that the faults of Union > are probably due to Elias' heavy-handed meddling. I'm glad Steve > slammed him in the interview, and I believe Elias deserves whatever > he gets from now on. In Keyboard magazine (I think) last year, Rick Wakeman said that he wouldn't trust Jonathon Elias with a food mixer, let alone a mixing desk.... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- YES WEDDING MUSIC ? =================== From: IN%"burley@gnu.ai.mit.edu" >"The More We Live-- >Let Go" (I'm surprised no one has written in yet to say that they used this >as music for their wedding--it seems like a natural). Agreed! I'm glad somebody else mentioned this. I'm already married, yet every time I listen to this song now, I think of it as a wedding processional. Part of this is probably due to a dear friend of mine getting married this past Sunday (down in Florida; I couldn't be there), and she's been engaged for over a year. (Prior to the wedding idea, I thought of the song in other terms thanks to another great suggestion by somebody either on NFTE or posting to rec.music.misc -- think of the wedding night and you get the idea. :-) My friend is very spiritual, yet very down-to-earth, and even though she's not (yet) a Yes fan, somehow when I listen to certain Jon Anderson solo stuff and some other music of Yes, I think of her. (Actually, now that I think about it, a lot of the music I listen to inevitably reminds me of some dear friend, especially Jon Anderson solo stuff. Hmm, in fact, "Deborah" and "Gates of Delirium" both remind me of the same person, but that's explained by the fact that when we met, it turned out that "Gates" was her favorite song at the time as it has been mine for about 17 years now. Haven't seen this friend in over six years, though. She plays the flute really well, and is very smart. Anybody run into her lately? :-) Speaking of friends, my wife, whose introduction to non-pop Yes a number of years ago didn't quite work out at the time (she found YesSongs to be too cacophonous), now thinks of Yes (and the related ABWH and solo albums) as an "old friend"! As a teenager falling in love with Yes at the time, I used to imagine I couldn't marry someone who wasn't a Yes fanatic, but I think it's even better that my wife is able to grow to appreciate music (and other things) in an open-minded way. When we started dating, she didn't like choral music either (which I love), and now she's singing in a local chorus and loving it! (I guess the moral of the story is: As tempting as it is to require any potential Significant Other of yours to immediately grasp the Universal Musical Truth as given by Yes in Close To The Edge or forever remain "just a friend", consider instead experiencing the joy of watching him or her slowly fall in love with Yes by osmosis. An SO with an open mind and heart but no love of Yes might actually be preferrable to an SO who loves Yes but refuses to ever listen to new music.) I'm very grateful for/to Yes. Yes and Genesis helped teach me not only what good music can be, but to be willing to search for it less judgementally, and with less respect to the constrictions of mass culture and peer pressure, so I could find beautiful music anywhere, including in my own head and heart and those of my friends. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- QUALITY VS. QUANTITY ==================== From: IN%"sharth26@ursa.Calvin.EDU" "Steven P Harthorn" I think that Jeremy made a good point in his last note about the rate of production of Yes albums. I, myself, would rather see more releases with perhaps slightly less slick production than a meticulously overdubbed, tracked, and polished album. I like a bit more of that "live" feel even from a studio album anyway. Plus, I'm really not upset with the sound quality of the Yes music on CD; with digital recording, it's going to be great. My biggest concern is for the MUSIC. I really like to see Yes work with the whole group involved, getting everyone's input. I like that spirit of compromising and challenge that presses the music forward, and I hope we see that on the new album too. I hope all of the musicians bring in plenty of their influences: Jon's Latin and New Age sounds, Chris's meticulous bass, Trevor's colourful guitar (in my opinion [no flames, please!] more "sparkly" than Steve's) Tony's perfectly-placed keyboards, and Alan's powerful drum work. And maybe even Rick!! Does anybody know this for sure yet?? Anyway, I think this band is going to have a great sound! Another question: are Yes producing it themselves?? Hope so!! Or maybe Eddie!! Later! Steve =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- MORE ON RABIN'S PAST ==================== From: IN%"mcglincj@bcvms.bc.edu" HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I always knew Trevor (Rabin) had it in him!!! The accolade of being on a (--gasp--)...RICK SPRINGFIELD record?!!!!?! :) By the way, the co-author of the song is Patrick Van Blerk, who was the producer of Rabbitt (sp?), Rabin's 70s pre-Yes band. He is also credited on Rabin's latest album, Can't Look Away (I think some songs on the album are remakes of old Rabbitt songs). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- STEVE HOWE/BILLY CURRIE ======================= From: IN%"mktjadx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu" For those who recently purchased Howe's "Grand Scheme of Things", and read the NFTE interview, and yet still can't get enough of Howe, consider this CD I purchased *CUT OUT* the other day for a few bucks. It is part of a series of CDs by IRS records called "NO SPEAK". As the name implies, they are a series of 8 CDs featuring instrumental music by fairly well known artists. The CD I picked up is called "TRANSPORTATION", and is a 1988 release by Billy Currie who some may know from Ultravox. Steve Howe plays much of the guitar on the CD, and is, therefore a worthwhile addition to any Yes aficionado's music collection. The progressive, constantly shifting music style reminded me of Howe's 1991 release TURBULENCE, so I took a look at the credits on that disc. Sure enough, Currie must have reciprocated the favor, because he is credited with the keyboards on all but two tracks. Below is a bit of the liner notes from the chairman of IRS records, as well as a breakdown of the songs featuring Howe, and the instruments he plays. Keep checking those cut out bins! Jeff _____________________________ As a big fan of Ultravox, I was very excited to hear that main instrumentalist (to many The sound of Ultravox) was in the process of making a solo LP. With a little help from some CIA contacts I managed to track him down in a basement studio in West London. There, along with another personal hero, Steve Howe (guitarist with Yes and Asia) he was working on some tracks. Billy played some of the semifinished material and then asked me a few pointed questions. "People tell me I have to be a singer, what do you thing?" "People tell me 'New Age' music is happening, that I should aim for that market, but don't you think my music is a little too energetic for new age?" "Billy", I said, as calmly and confidently as I know how, "Don't touch a thing!" "With what you've created who needs a singer- and forget new age- let me tell you about NO SPEAK." So here we have "TRANSPORTATION". No Speak 005, a truly innovative masterpiece of Currie compositions brilliantly played and produced with the added bonus of one of the world's guitar greats adding his genius to six of the tracks. This is a stunning LP, I hope you enjoy it as much as all of us did. Miles Copeland III Chairman, IRS ________________________________ Songs featuring Steve Howe, and instruments played: Airlift -- Electric Guitar Traveller -- Electric Guitar, Fretless Bass Transportation -- (in order) Steel Guitar, mandolin, Ukulele, Sitar Guitar, Stepp Synth Guitar, Electric Guitar Perfect Flight -- Spanish Guitar Over-Soul -- Electric Guitar Perfect Flight -- Marimba Synth (beginning) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SECOND REQUEST FOR ABWH ======================= From: IN%"lbutler@hubcap.clemson.edu" I posted two months ago about the desire to get a copy of the simulcast and entertained some responses. However, the comittal to make a copy seems to never have been made, and so I ask again, is there anybody with a copy of the ABWH pay-per-view special from Mountainview, preferably in Hi-fi stereo, that they would be willing to either run-off or trade for? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- YES INFLUENCED MUSIC ==================== From: IN%"r.derousse2@genie.geis.com" I am putting together a compilation tape of Yes-influenced music for my own enjoyment. Can anyone help me identify the Yes-soundalikes out there? I am primarily interested in Yes-like songs, but I am also interested in bands that have member(s) who play their instruments like their Yes counterpart(s). For example, Starcastle and Druid are the two obvious examples of Yes-like bands, both in song structure and playing styles. The group Nightwinds has a Squire-like bass player, but the music doesn't sound a whole lot like Yes. Some groups don't normally sound like Yes, but have a small number of song(s) that do. For example, Fireballet's "Carrollon" could be a long-lost Yes song, but the rest of the album, "Two, Too," doesn't sound much like Yes. I'm interested in hearing about all of these types of things! Here are some other bands that I've identified as being at least partially Yes-influenced: Galadriel (vocalist + Howe-like guitar at times), Grobschnitt, Lift, Cathedral, Multi-Story, Now (the Belgium band), Nektar (Squire-like bass sometimes), Skryvania (they even have VERY short covers of Ritual and Close to the Edge on their CD), Harnakis (vocals only), Mr. Sirius, Yezda Urfa, Mirthrandir, Episode, Atoll, Pre, Taurus (vocals and bass), Finch, The Trip, and Realm. I greatly appreciate any help in identifying bands, albums, musicians, or songs who fit this category, and I will post the results of this survey when I'm finished getting responses. Public replies are preferred (for the synergy generated), but private e-mail is OK too. Heck, if you can think of any sound-alike bands for spinoff groups like Bruford or Rick Wakeman (Vail, for example), feel free to mention those too! Oh yeah, please list any cover versions of Yes or Yes-related songs you know of too. (I already know about Skryvania and Robin Crow.) Thanks! I have adopted a grading scheme to help me in my evaluations. Codes: B - bass G - guitar (could use GH for Howe, GR for Rabin, and GB for Banks. I am using G to mean GH.) K - keyboards (could qualify as above. K = KW.) V - vocals (could qualify as above. V = VA.) D - drums (could qualify as above. D = DB.) S - song "sound," feeling, or structure Each factor can be rated from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest). For brevity, I only rate those factors that are closely correlated, so I wouldn't rate something as K1 for keyboards that don't sound like Wakeman. For example, in rating "Holocaust" by Coto-en-Pel, I came up with the following: Aura De Sons - B5,G5,K4,S5 (High correlations for bass, guitar, keyboards and song. Note that vocals and drums were omitted since they don't remind me of JA or BB/AW.) Holcaust (Part 1) - B5,G5,S1 (High correlation for bass and guitar. I chose to specify the low correlation for song structure since it reminds me more of King Crimson than anything!) There are two other songs on the CD, but I didn't mention them here, implying that there isn't much correlation to Yes music in them. (The bass is still Squire-like at times, though.) As an aside - I really like this CD; highly recommended to all Yes and King Crimson fans! I hope this isn't boring too many people, but it's a project I've been thinking about for quite a while, and I think it might be fun for Yes fans and non-Yes fans alike. If nothing else, it might give you a chance to listen to some stuff you haven't heard in a while. Thanks! --Roy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BRUFORD DRUM CLINICS ==================== From: IN%"r.derousse2@genie.geis.com" >From SUZANNE CERQUONE, an editor for the Yes fanzine, Wonderous Stories: OK, here's Bruford's Drum Clinic Itinerary, in support of Tama Drums: Nov. 8th--Brian's Guitars, New Haven, CT 9th--Dale's Music, Harrisburg, PA (Yea, Les!) 10th--Linteen's Music, Akron, OH 13th--PAIS Drummer's Convention, Columbus, OH 15th--Gordon Miller Music, Towson, MD That's it! I'm not sure of some of the music stores' spellings because I was on the phone to England during a really busy workday, so I'm not sure if I got everything right. Regardless, I hope many of you can make it to his clinics....and have fun! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- STEVE HOWE TOUR INFO ==================== From: IN%"mpollock@corpwell.win.net" From Relativity Records: STEVE IS COMING TO TOUR THE U.S. NEXT MONTH!! Tentative schedule for Steve Howe's Solo tour 11/22 San Diego, CA Belly UP 11/23 Sctottsdale, AZ The Rocking Horse 11/24 San Juan Capistrano, CA Coach Horse (typo?) 11/25 Off - Thanksgiving 11/26 Los Angeles, CA The Troubador 11/27 ?????????? 11/28 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall 11/30 San Jose, CA The Cabaret 12/3 Seattle, WA ????????? STILL WORKING ON THE FOLLOWING TERRITORIES Boulder, CA New York, NY Toronto, Canada Dallas, TX Syracuse, NY Montreal, Canada Chicago, IL Poughkeepsie, NY Vancouver, Canada "The Grand Scheme of Things" is number 15 (with a bullet) on the Billboard Magazine's New Age chart. Go Steve!!! The album's also receiving a lot of press, including: Album Reviews in: Entertainment Weekly 8/23 Stereo Review 8/1 CD Preview Relix 10/1 Modern Drummer Foundations 11/2 Goldmine Also features in: Guitar Player Twentieth Century Guitar Music Confidential and of course the print 'zines Wonderous Stories and. . . what's the name of that other mag??? Oh well, I can't remember it, but they'll have something too (we'll probably get a postcard too.) Take care Jeff. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SYMPHONIC YES ALBUM - A REVIEW ============================== From: IN%"W.Kapteijns@kub.nl" Hello, As this is the first time I write to NFTE, I'll introduce myself first. My name is Guy Kapteijns, I'm 21 years old, I live in Den Bosch (The Netherlands) and I study Managemential Information Science (literally transcribed from "Bestuurlijke Informatie Kunde"). My main hobbies are soccer ("Holland against the rest of the world"), music (listening/playing) and computers. My favourite musicians are Yes (surprising, isn't it ?), IQ ("Ever"), Jadis ("More than meets the eye"), Camel, Genesis ("Selling England by the pound"). Well, let me tell you about the new "Yes"-album, SYMPHONIC MUSIC OF YES. The album is performed by: - London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) - Steve Howe, guitars (SH) - Bill Bruford, drums (BB) - Jon Anderson, vocals (JA) - Tim Harries, bass (TH) - David Palmer, keyboards (DO) - English Chamber Orchestra (ECO) - The London Community Gospel Choir (LCGC) - Julian Colbeck (JC) - Keith West (KW) Orchestral recording produced & engeneered by Alan Parsons. Aranged and conducted by David palmer. Album production by Steve Howe & David Palmer. Executive producers: Steve Vining & Pete Smith. This program has been produced with the DOLBY SURROUND encoding system and is fully compatible with both stereo and monaural equipment. The sound quality is remarkable when using a regular hifi- system, although the DOLBY SURROUND encoding didn't please me too much when I played the album at a friend's hifi-system with DOLBY SURROUND enabled - Steve's acoustic guitar had a big echo. According to Steve Howe in his interview on NFTE, SYMPHONIC MUSIC OF YES had been planned by David Palmer and himself for years. Listening to the album it's obvious that they were in charge of the recording. Steve Howe's guitar-work is the key-element of the album, it seems as though the album was build around it. Jon Anderson is just playing a guest-role, he's on only two of the songs. Bill Bruford is much more important, he's on almost every track. Here's the tracklisting with some comments: 1. Roundabout * (LPO, JA, SH, BB, TH, JC, DP, KW) * Sounds remarkably the same as the original, just "a fresh look". 2. Close to the Edge * (LPO, SH, BB, TH, DP) * This is real classic stuff. 3. Wonderous Stories * (SH, BB, TH, DP) * Very nice accoustic guitar by Steve Howe. 4. I've Seen All Good People * (LPO, JA & LCGC, SH, BB, TH) * You'll have to get used to the choir. 5. Mood for a Day * (ECO, SH) * A Barok-version, very nice ! 6. Owner of a lonely heart * (LPO, SH, BB, TH, DP) * This song really makes no sense to me, they probably needed a popular song. 7. Survival * (ECO, LCGC, SH, BB, TH, DP) * Nice, but again the choir. 8. Heart of the sunrise * (LPO, SH, BB, TH, DP) * A lot of the power from the original is lost, but nice replacement of the vocal parts by Steve's guitar. 9. Soon * (LPO, SH, BB, TH, DP) * Probably my favourite track, again much of Steve Howe's guitars. 10. Starship Trooper * (LPO, SH, BB, TH, DP) * Wurm really sounds better than the original. Well, that's about it. You probably can tell it's the first time I wrote an album-review, but I hope you could get an impression of SYMPHONIC MUSIC OF YES. You'll probably buy it anyway. Greetings from Holland, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FROM THE EDITOR =============== Is it my imagination or have things really picked up? Issues have been coming out weekly and the discussion just keeps flowing in. It's good to see so much interaction going on between us. This issue you'll notice that Mike Tiano is now contributing editor. This move will give Mike some leverage in future attempts to secure interviews and/or press releases etc. We want to enhance our validity to the Yes organization and this move helps to do just that. It will also take some of the work off of me ;-) If you want to submit an interview or survey, send it to Mike. He can also serve as editor if I'm going to be away for awhile. This way Notes goes on, sort of like the show (bad pun) The Russian/Yesoteric project is underway. Ron Peterson is our duplicator and we have several volunteers for tapes and money. Thanks to all who cared enough to get involved. I expected more input on the shirt idea. Don't hesitate to give us your opinion! --jeff ______________________________________________________________________________ |yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THOSE ALL-IMPORTANT ADDRESSES: ============================== New subscribers, contributions, questions/comments/criticism: Jeff Hunnicutt (Editor) hunnicutt@vxc.ocis.uncwil.edu Reviews, Surveys, Etc. Mike Tiano (Contributing Editor) miketi@microsoft.com NFTE Server (lyrics, backissues, discography, rarities, surveys, GIFs): Automated. 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