Yes: Discography 1969 - 1977

 

Yes are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968. Comprising 20 full-time musicians over their career, their most notable members include lead singer Jon Anderson, bassist

Chris Squire, guitarists Steve Howe and Trevor Rabin, drummers Bill Bruford and Alan White, and keyboardists Tony Kaye and Rick Wakeman. Well-known and influential mainstream progressive from the 1970's, and still around in some form ever since, they were highly influential in their heyday, especially notable for the really creative "Relayer", which included at the time Swiss keyboardist Patrick MORAZ who replaced Rick Wakeman. Yes didn't invent progressive rock, but they helped bring it to mainstream audiences, steering the development and definition of the genre. 
                                  

Yes shifted between complicated time signatures, spliced pastoral folk, and Baroque classical in their muscular rock & roll, structured their songs as mini-suites, and wrapped the entire package in fantastical artwork by Roger Dean. This early incarnation of Yes didn't last long, and once the band regrouped in the

late '70s, they embraced the steely, shiny sounds of album-oriented rock. Yes shifted between complicated time signatures, spliced pastoral folk, and Baroque classical in their muscular rock & roll, structured their songs as mini-suites, and wrapped the entire package in fantastical artwork by Roger Dean. This early incarnation of Yes didn't last long, and once the band regrouped in the late '70s, they embraced the steely, shiny sounds of album-oriented rock. They soared through the MTV era on the strength of their 1983 album 90125 and its dazzling, Trevor Horn-produced hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart," the band's first American number one hit. 
                               

During the 1970s, YES pioneered the use of synthesizers and sound effects in modern music. Driven by Jon's artistic vision, they produced such timeless, symphonic-rock masterworks as "Roundabout," "Close To the Edge," and "Awaken". Yes' fame had diminished somewhat by the end of the '80s, but the band

remained active throughout the next few decades, albeit amid multiple lineup changes and hiatuses. They maintained a loyal fan base through touring and the sporadic release of new albums, continuing to explore on 2014's Heaven & Earth and 2023's Mirror to the Sky. In the 1980s, YES pushed new digital sampling technologies to their limits, selling millions of records and influencing a generation of digital musicians with classics like "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" and "Rhythm Of Love". Moving through the 1990s and into the new millennium, the band keeps expanding its boundaries by using the latest hard-disk recording techniques and, most recently, working with a full orchestra to create their genre-defying music. 
                                     

Music critics Jim DeRogatis and Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic cite Yes as the "definitive English

progressive rock band," and as "epitomizing" the genre. Erlewine credited the band with bringing the genre to mainstream audiences. He described the band's early sound as an amalgamation of "pastoral folk", "Baroque classical" and "muscular rock & roll". He also noted that the band's compositions utilised odd time signatures, and were "structured like mini-suites." He described some of the band's later output as "steely, shiny [...] album-oriented rock." Chris Roberts of Classic Rock said Yes "pioneered 70s progressive and symphonic rock, and dominated 80s stadium pop-rock." Yes have also been described as

an art rock group. Jon Anderson, who served as the original lead vocalist and co-founder of Yes, said that the band incorporated elements of progressive music, symphonic music, jazz, fusion, and world music into their material. He mentioned that the classical composition structure inspired him to craft longer pieces of music and cited the works of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius and English composer Gustav Holst (namely "The Planets") as some of the band's influences.
                         

01. YES - YES JULY 1969

                             

Yes' debut album is surprisingly strong, given the inexperience of all those involved at the time. In an era

when psychedelic meanderings were the order of the day, Yes delivered a surprisingly focused and exciting record that covered lots of bases (perhaps too many) in presenting their sound. Yes was positively received by critics in the United Kingdom and United States, but was not commercially successful and failed to chart in either country. Two singles from the album were released: "Sweetness" and "Looking Around". The album was remastered in 1994 and 2003, the latter containing several previously unreleased tracks, including a rendition of "Something's Coming" from West Side Story. 
                                

Yes – Yes
Label: Rhino Records – 8122-73786-2, Elektra – 8122-73786-2, Atlantic
Series: Expanded & Remastered
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo 2003
Country: Europe
Released: 1969    
Genre: Rock
Style: Art Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

                         

01. Beyond And Before   4:55
Written-By – Chris Squire, Clive Bailey    
02. I See You   6:52
Written-By – David Crosby, Jim McGuinn, Roger McGuinn    
03. Yesterday And Today   2:51
Written-By – Jon Anderson    
04. Looking Around   4:19
Written-By – Chris Squire, Jon Anderson    
05. Harold Land   5:46
Written-By – Bill Bruford, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson    
06. Every Little Thing   5:46
Written-By – John Lennon/Paul McCartney    
07. Sweetness   4:35
Written-By – Chris Squire, Clive Bailey, Jon Anderson    
08. Survival   6:22
Written-By – Jon Anderson
    

BONUS TRACKS        

    
09. Everydays (Single Version)  6:23 
Written-By – Stephen Stills
10. Dear Father (Early Version #2)   5:51
Written-By – Chris Squire, Jon Anderson    
11. Something's Coming   7:09
Written-By – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim    
12. Everydays (Early Version)  5:18 
Written-By – Stephen Stills    
13. Dear Father (Early Version #1)   5:31
Written-By – Chris Squire, Jon Anderson    
14. Something's Coming (Early Version)    8:02  
Written-By – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
    

LINE - UP

Bill Bruford – drums, vibraphone
Tony Kaye – organ, piano
Peter Banks – guitars, vocals
Chris Squire – bass, vocals
Jon Anderson – lead vocals, incidental percussion

NOTES

Expanded & remastered version.
Tracks 10, 12 to 14 previously unreleased.

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02. YES - TIME AND A WORD JULY 1970

                                  

Yes' second album was a transitional effort; the group trying for a more produced and sophisticated sound through the use of an orchestra. Even so, the results weren't conventional, because the group didn't tone down or turn down its sound. Much of Time and a Word relies on bold, highly animated performances by

Bill Bruford, Chris Squire, and Tony Kaye. Additionally, by this time the group was developing a much tauter ensemble than was evident on their first LP, so there's no lack of visceral excitement. Guitarist Peter Banks did not support the idea of adding an orchestra to the album, resulting in increased tensions between him and the rest of the group. During their UK tour in April 1970, and before the album's release, Banks was fired by the band and replaced by Steve Howe. The UK album cover was considered inappropriate for the American market, so a photograph of the band was used; due to the lineup change, this put Howe on the cover of an album on which he did not perform. 
                                         

Yes – Time And A Word
Label: Rhino Records (2) – 8122-73787-2, Elektra – 8122-73787-2, Warner 
Series: Expanded & Remastered
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered 203
Country: Europe
Released: 1970    
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock

TRACKS

                         

01. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed   4:47
Written-By – Richie Havens
02. Then   5:42
Written-By – Jon Anderson
03. Everydays  6:06 
Written-By – Stephen Stills
04. Sweet Dreams   3:48
Written-By – Jon Anderson
Written-By, Vocals [Uncredited] – David Foster (2)
05. The Prophet   6:32
Written-By – Chris Squire, Jon Anderson
06. Clear Days   2:04
Written-By – Jon Anderson
07. Astral Traveller   5:50
Written-By – Jon Anderson
08. Time And A Word   4:31
Written-By – Jon Anderson
Written-By, Acoustic Guitar [Uncredited] – David Foster 

BONUS TRACKS        

    
09. Dear Father   4:14
Written-By – Chris Squire, Jon Anderson
10. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
(Original Mix)   4:46
Written-By – Richie Havens
11. Sweet Dreams (Original Mix)   4:20
Written-By – David Foster, Jon Anderson
12. The Prophet (Single Version)   6:33
Written-By – Chris Squire, Jon Anderson

LINE - UP

Jon Anderson – lead vocals, percussion
Peter Banks – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Chris Squire – bass, backing vocals
Tony Kaye – Hammond organ, piano
Bill Bruford – drums, percussion

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

David Foster – vocals on "Sweet Dreams", acoustic guitar on "Time and a Word"
Tony Cox – orchestration, conductor
Royal College of Music students – brass, strings

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03. YES - THE YES ALBUM FEBRUARY 1971

                                   

On Yes' first two albums, Yes (1969) and Time and a Word (1970), the quintet was mostly searching for a sound on which they could build, losing one of their original members -- guitarist Peter Banks -- in the process. Their third time out proved the charm -- The Yes Album constituted a de facto second debut,

introducing the sound that would carry them forward across the next decade or more. Gone are any covers of outside material, the group now working off of its own music from the ground up. A lot of the new material was actually simpler -- in linear structure, at least -- than some of what had appeared on their previous albums, but the internal dynamics of their playing had also altered radically, and much of the empty space that had been present in their earlier recordings was also filled up here -- suddenly, between new member Steve Howe's odd mix of country- and folk-based progressive guitar and the suddenly liberated bass work and drumming of Chris Squire and Bill Bruford, respectively, the group's music became extremely busy.
                                 

Yes – The Yes Album
Label: Elektra – R2 73788, Rhino Records – R2 73788
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Club Edition 2003
Country: Canada
Released: 1971    
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock

TRACKS

                          

01.  Yours Is No Disgrace   9:41
Written-By – Bill Bruford, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye    
02.  Clap   3:17
Written-By – Steve Howe    
03. Starship Trooper    (9:29)
03a. Life Seeker
Written-By – Jon Anderson    
03b. Disillusion
Written-By – Chris Squire    
03c. Würm
Written-By – Steve Howe    
04. I've Seen All Good People    (6:55)
04a. Your Move
Recorder – Colin Goldring
Written-By – Jon Anderson    
04b. All Good People
Written-By – Chris Squire    
05.  A Venture   3:20
Written-By – Jon Anderson    
06.  Perpetual Change   8:57
Written-By – Chris Squire, Jon Anderson
    

BONUS TRACKS        

    
07.  Your Move (Single Version)   3:00
Recorder – Colin Goldring
Written-By – Jon Anderson    
08.  Starship Trooper: Life Seeker (Single Version)  3:28 
Written-By – Jon Anderson    
09.  Clap (Studio Version)   4:02
Written-By – Steve Howe
    

LINE - UP

Jon Anderson – lead vocals, percussion
Chris Squire – bass guitars, backing vocals
Steve Howe – electric and acoustic guitars, spanish laúd (credited as a "vachalia" on the album's credits), backing vocals
Tony Kaye – piano, organ, Moog synthesizer
Bill Bruford – drums, percussion

ADDITIONAL MUSICIAN

Colin Goldring – recorder on "I've Seen All Good People" ("Your Move")

NOTES

Tracks 1 to 6: produced at Advision Studios, London, Autumn 1970. "Clap" (track 2) recorded live at The Lyceum, London (7/17/70).
Track 7 taken from the Atlantic [UK] single #2814 003 (7/71), and Atlantic single #2819 (9/71).
Track 8 taken from the Atlantic [UK] single #2814 003 (7/71).
Track 9 previously unissued. 

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04. YES - FRAGILE NOVEMBER 1971

                            

Fragile was Yes' breakthrough album, propelling them in a matter of weeks from a cult act to an international phenomenon; not coincidentally, it also marked the point where all of the elements of the music (and more) that would define their success for more than a decade fell into place fully formed. The

science-fiction and fantasy elements that had driven the more successful songs on their preceding record, The Yes Album, were pushed much harder here, and not just in the music but in the packaging of the album: the Roger Dean-designed cover was itself a fascinating creation that seemed to relate to the music

and drew the purchaser's attention in a manner that few records since the heyday of the psychedelic era could match.  Having thrown original keyboard player Tony Kaye overboard early in the sessions -- principally over his refusal to accept the need for the Moog synthesizer in lieu of his preferred Hammond organ -- the band welcomed Rick Wakeman into its ranks.
                          

Yes – Fragile
Label: Elektra – 8122-73789-2, Rhino Records 
Series: Expanded & Remastered
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo 2003
Country: Europe
Released: 1971    
Genre: Rock
Style: Art Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

                              

01. Roundabout   8:36
Written-By – Jon Anderson, Steve Howe
02. Cans And Brahms   1:43
Arranged By – Rick Wakeman
Composed By [Extracts From Brahms' 4th Symphony In E Minor, Third Movement] – Brahms
03. We Have Heaven   1:40
Written-By – Jon Anderson
04. South Side Of The Sky   7:58
Written-By – Chris Squire, Jon Anderson
05. Five Per Cent For Nothing   0:38
Written-By – Bill Bruford
06. Long Distance Runaround   3:30
Written-By – Jon Anderson
07. The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)   2:42
Written-By – Chris Squire
08. Mood For A Day   3:03
Written-By – Steve Howe
09. Heart Of The Sunrise   11:33
Written-By – Bill Bruford, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson

BONUS TRACKS

                         

    
10. America   10:33
Written-By – Paul Simon
11. Roundabout (Early Rough Mix)  8:35 
Written-By – Jon Anderson, Steve Howe

LINE - UP

Jon Anderson – lead and backing vocals
Steve Howe – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Chris Squire – bass guitars, backing vocals, additional electric guitar[65]
Rick Wakeman – Hammond organ, grand piano, RMI 368 Electra-Piano and Harpsichord, Mellotron, Minimoog synthesiser
Bill Bruford – drums, percussion

NOTES

Track 10: First issued on "The New Age of Atlantic", Atlantic UK (7/72) - Also issued as Atlantic single [edit] (7/17/72)
Track 11: Previously unissued

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05. YES - CLOSE TO THE EDGE SEPTEMBER 1972

                                       

With 1971's Fragile having left Yes poised quivering on the brink of what friend and foe acknowledged

was the peak of the band's achievement, Close to the Edge was never going to be an easy album to make. Drummer Bill Bruford was already shifting restlessly against Jon Anderson's increasingly mystic/mystifying lyricism, while contemporary reports of the recording sessions depicted bandmate Rick Wakeman, too, as little more than an observer to the vast tapestry that Anderson, Steve Howe, and Chris

Squire were creating. For it was vast. Close to the Edge comprised just three tracks, the epic "And You and I" and "Siberian Khatru," plus a side-long title track that represented the musical, lyrical, and sonic culmination of all that Yes had worked toward over the past five years. In 1972, Close to the Edge was a flawless masterpiece. 
                       

Yes – Close To The Edge 
Label: Atlantic – WPCR-13516
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered Nov 11, 2013
Country: UK
Released: 1972
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock

TRACKS

                             

01.  Close To The Edge    (18:43)
1i.  The Solid Time Of Change    
1ii. Total Mass Retain    
1iii.I Get Up I Get Down    
1iv. Seasons Of Man    
02.  And You And I    (10:09)
2i.  Cord Of Life    
2ii. Eclipse    
2iii.The Preacher The Teacher    
2iv. The Apocalypse    
03.  Siberian Khatru    9:01
04.  America (Single Version)    4:13
05.  Total Mass Retain (Single Version)    3:21
06.  And You And I (Alternate Version)    (10:18)
6i.  Cord Of Life    
6ii. Eclipse    
6iii.The Preacher The Teacher    
6iv. The Apocalypse    
07.  Siberia (Studio Run-through Of "Siberian Khatru")    9:20

LINE - UP

                                 

Jon Anderson – lead vocals
Steve Howe – guitars, Coral electric sitar,[85] steel guitar, backing vocals
Chris Squire – bass, backing vocals
Rick Wakeman – acoustic and electric pianos, Hammond organ, Minimoog synthesiser, Mellotron, harpsichord, pipe organ on "Close to the Edge" ("I Get Up, I Get Down")
Bill Bruford – drums, percussion

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06. YES - YESSONGS 1973

                             

In many ways, the extravagance of this package equates the profligacy of the prog rock combo

themselves. After all, how else but on a triple-LP collection could one hope to re-create -- or merely contain -- an adequate sampling of Yes' live presentation? Especially since their tunes typically clocked in in excess of ten minutes. Although they had turned in five studio long-players, the vast majority of Yessongs (1973) is drawn from their three most recent endeavors The Yes Album (1970), Fragile (1971), and Close to the Edge (1972). There are two exceptions, the first being the "Opening (Excerpt from "Firebird Suite")" -- which comes from the 1969 Boston Symphony Orchestra's recording, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. The other is Rick Wakeman's keyboard solo "Excerpts from 'The Six Wives Of Henry VIII'." Yes had just undergone a personnel change shortly after concluding work on Close to the Edge as Bill

Bruford (percussion) left to join King Crimson in July of 1972. Bruford can be heard on "Perpetual Change," as well as the medley of "Long Distance Runaround" and "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)." Enthusiasts keen on various and arguably irrelevant minutia should note the spelling of "praimaturus" as credited on Yessongs. It is slightly different from Fragile, which is denoted as "praematurus." That bit of trivia aside, the new lineup finds Alan White (drums), quite ably filling Bruford's shoes, alongside Jon Anderson (vocals), Steve Howe (guitars), Chris Squire (bass/vocals), and Rick Wakeman (keyboards). 
                               

Yes – Yessongs
Label: Atlantic – 82682-2
Format: 2 x CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered Sep 27, 1994
Country: US
Released: 1973    
Genre: Rock
Style: Classic Rock, Prog RocK
                                    

CD1.

                           

01.  Opening (Excerpt From "Firebird Suite")   3:45
Composed By – Stravinsky
02.  Siberian Khatru   8:50
Written-By – Anderson
03.  Heart Of The Sunrise   11:26
Written-By – Bruford, Squire, Anderson
04.  Perpetual Change   14:08
Written-By – Squire, Anderson
05. And You And I    (9:55)
05a. Cord Of Life
Written-By – Bruford, Squire, Anderson, Howe
05b. Eclipse
Written-By – Bruford, Squire, Anderson
05c. The Preacher The Teacher
Written-By – Bruford Squire, Anderson, Howe
05d. The Apocalypse
Written-By – Bruford, Squire, Anderson, Howe
06.  Mood For A Day   2:52
Written-By – Howe
07.  Excerpts From "The Six Wives Of Henry VIII"   6:35
Written-By – Wakeman
08.  Roundabout   8:33
Written-By – Anderson, Howe

CD2. 

                                 

01. I've Seen All Good People    7:00
01a. Your Move
Written-By – Anderson
01b. All Good People
Written-By – Squire
02.  Long Distance Runaround / The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
Written-By – Squire
03.  Close To The Edge18:41
Written-By – Anderson, Howe
03a. Solid Time Of Change    
03b. Total Mass Retain     
03c. I Get Up I Get Down     
03d. Seasons Of Man    
04.  Yours Is No Disgrace   14:21
Written-By – Yes
05.  Starship Trooper   9:25
05a. Life Seeker
Written-By – Anderson
05b. Disillusion
Written-By – Squire
05c. Würm
Written-By – Howe

LINE - UP

                           

Jon Anderson – lead vocals
Chris Squire – bass guitar, backing vocals
Steve Howe – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Rick Wakeman – keyboards
Bill Bruford – drums on "Perpetual Change" and "Long Distance Runaround"/"The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)"
Alan White – drums on all other tracks

NOTES

                          

All tracks recorded on tour during 1972.
Rick Wakeman appears by courtesy of A&M Records Ltd.
Originally released as Atlantic SD 3-100 on May 4, 1973.

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07. YES - TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS DECEMBER 1973

                           

Decades after its release, Tales from Topographic Oceans is still the most controversial record in Yes'

output. This was the place where Yes either fulfilled all of the promise shown on their previous five albums or slid off the rails in a fit of artistic hubris, especially on the part of lead singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Steve Howe, who dominated the composition credits here. Actually, the group probably did a bit of both across 80 minutes of music on a fully packed double-LP set. The musical ambitions of Yes were

obvious on its face. It consisted of four long songs (really suites), each taking up a side of an album, and each longer than the previous album's side-long "Close to the Edge." And Tales had a jumping-off point that was as far advanced in complexity and density as Close to the Edge had been out in front of its predecessor, Fragile (and all of this obviously made The Yes Album seem like basic rock & roll).
                              

Yes – Tales From Topographic Oceans
Label: Panegyric – GYRBD80001
Format: 3 x CD, Album, Remastered, Definitive Edition Oct 7, 2016
Country: UK
Released: 1973    
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock

CD1.

                         

    
01. The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)    20:18
02. The Remembering (High The Memory)    20:32
03. The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)    18:41 

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CD2.

                               

    
01. Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)    21:44
02. Dance Of The Dawn (Additional Track)    22:36
03. Dance Of The Dawn (2003 Extended Version)    22:23

Flac Size: 401 MB

CD3.    

                           

01. High The Memory (Studio Run-Through)    20:36
02. Giants Under The Sun (Studio Run-Through)    17:18
03. Ritual (Live, Zurich, April 1974)    23:11
04. The Revealing Science Of God (Single Edit)    3:54
05. The Remembering (Single Edit)    2:50
06. The Ancient (Single Edit)    3:26
07. Ritual (Single Edit I)    4:20
08. Ritual (Single Edit II)    3:47

Flac Size: 448 MB

LINE - UP

Jon Anderson – lead vocals, percussion
Steve Howe – guitars, electric sitar, lute, backing vocals
Chris Squire – bass guitar, backing vocals
Rick Wakeman – keyboards
Alan White – drums, percussion

NOTES

The version of "Dance of the Dawn" that appears on CD2-2 is the same but is further extended, revealing additional music at 15:39-15:54 and 18:53-19:01 that, like the extended intro of 0:00-1:58, was edited out of the original album release.

08. YES - RELAYER NOVEMBER 1974

                          

Yes had fallen out of critical favor with Tales from Topographic Oceans, a two-record set of four songs that reviewers found indulgent. But they had not fallen out of the Top Ten, and so they had little incentive

to curb their musical ambitiousness. Relayer, released 11 months after Tales, was a single-disc, three-song album, its music organized into suites that alternated abrasive, rhythmically dense instrumental sections featuring solos for the various instruments with delicate vocal and choral sections featuring poetic lyrics devoted to spiritual imagery. Such compositions seemed intended to provide an interesting musical landscape over which the listener might travel, and enough Yes fans did that to make Relayer a Top Ten, gold-selling hit, though critics continued to complain about the lack of concise, coherent song structures. 

                  

Yes – Relayer
Label: Elektra – 8122-73792-2, Rhino Records 
Series: Expanded & Remastered
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo 2003
Country: Europe
Released: Genre:Jazz, Rock
Style: Art Rock, Fusion, Prog Rock

TRACKS

                             

01. The Gates Of Delirium   21:53
Written-By – Alan White, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, Patrick Moraz, Steve Howe
02. Sound Chaser   9:25
Written-By – White, Squire, Anderson, Moraz, Howe
03. To Be Over   9:17
Written-By – White, Squire, Anderson, Moraz, Howe

BONUS TRACKS

    
04. Soon (Single Edit)    4:17
05. Sound Chaser (Single Edit)    3:13
06. The Gates Of Delirium (Studio Run-Through)    21:13

LINE - UP

Jon Anderson – lead vocals, acoustic guitars, piccolo, percussion
Steve Howe – acoustic and electric guitars, pedal steel, electric sitar, backing vocals
Chris Squire – bass guitar, backing vocals
Patrick Moraz – piano, electric piano, Hammond organ, Minimoog, Mellotron
Alan White – drums, percussion

NOTES

Bonus Tracks:
Tracks 4 & 5: Atlantic single #3242 (1/8/75)
Track 6: previously unissued

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09. YES - GOING FOR THE ONE JULY 1977

                          

Going for the One is perhaps the most overlooked item in the Yes catalog. It marked Rick Wakeman's

return to the band after a three-year absence, and also a return to shorter song forms after the experimentalism of Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans, and Relayer. In many ways, this disc could be seen as the follow-up to Fragile. Its five tracks still retain mystical, abstract lyrical images, and the music is grand and melodic, the vocal harmonies perfectly balanced by the stinging guitar work of Steve Howe, Wakeman's keyboards, and the solid rhythms of Alan White and Chris Squire. 
                              

Yes – Going For The One
Label :Elektra – 8122-73793-2, Rhino Records
Series :Expanded & Remastered
Format:    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo Aug 25, 2003
Country: Europe
Released: 1977    
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock

TRACKS

                            

01.  Going For The One   5:32
02.  Turn Of The Century   7:55
03.  Parallels   5:58
04.  Wonderous Stories   3:45
05.  Awaken   15:38

BONUS TRACKS

                       

  
06.  Montreux's Theme   2:38
07.  Vevey (Revisited)   4:46
08.  Amazing Grace   2:36
09.  Going For The One (Rehearsal)   5:10
10.  Parallels (Rehearsal)   6:21
11.  Turn Of The Century (Rehearsal)   6:58
12.  Eastern Numbers   12:16

LINE - UP

Jon Anderson – lead vocals, harp
Steve Howe – steel guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, vachalia, pedal steel guitar, vocals
Chris Squire – bass guitar, fretless bass, 8-string bass, vocals
Rick Wakeman – piano, electric keyboards, church organ at St. Martin's in Vevey, Polymoog synthesizer, choral arrangement on "Awaken"
Alan White – drums, percussion, tuned percussion

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

Ars Laeta of Lausanne – choir on "Awaken"
Richard Williams Singers – choir on "Awaken"

NOTES

Recorded at Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland except church organ on tracks 5 and 7 and harp on track 7, recorded at St. Martins Church, Vevey, Switzerland. Choral recorded at Eglise des Planches, Montreux, Switzerland.
Track 8 recorded at Advision Studios, London, November 4, 1976, produced and mixed at Atlantic Studios, New York , April 29, 1991.
Track 12 is an early version of Awaken. It is titled 'Eastern Number' 

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