.::::::. ::::::::. ...::::::... ...:::::::... .::|||::::..::::::::: .::|||||::::::::~.::::||||::::::::. ::|||||::::::::::::::'.::|||||::::::::: .::|||||::::::::::: :::||||:::::::::::::'.::||||::::::'~`:: ::|||||::::::' `~' ::::||||::::::::::: ::|||:::::' `:.`::|||||:::::::.. `::::||||::::::::: ::||::::: .::. ``::||:::|||:::. `::::|||::::::::.`:|::::: ..:~ ..:::'' .. :::|::::|||::: `::::||:::::::: :::::'.:::. ::'' ..::: .::::::::::|||:: ...:::.`:::||:::::::.`:::. ::|::.`:.::::::' ::::::::::|||::: ..::||:::::: ::||:::::::' `::.`::|:::.`:::''.:::::::::::||:::: .:::||::' ``.::||::::::'.:. `` `:||:::.~ ```:::::::::::::'' ::|||::::...::|||:::::'.||:::.. :|||:::. ````'''' `:::::::::::|||:::::'.:::|||:::::...:::|||::::. ```:::::::::''' `::::|||::::::::::::::::::. `:::||||:::::::::::::::::. ::::|||||:::::::::::|::: `::::||||||:::::::||::' `:::::||||||::|||::: `::::::||||||:::' ```:::::::'' N o t e s F r o m T h e E d g e # 106 THE Internet YES Newsletter June 13, 1994 ______________________________________________________________________________ = nfte nfte nfte nfte nfte nfte nfte = ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE ============= Future Times Union Shows Angelus Howe in N.Y. New West Coast Yesoteric Person Olias' Artwork New Releases Scheduled Shows Perpetual Change Talk Suggestion Yes CD Reissues Wakeman On TV Squire Comments Challenged Wakeman 700 Club Text Squire Thanks Yes Like Bands Anderson Question Commentary - Talk Too Much Yes Tickets Available Negativity Yes Items For Sale Sound Enhancement Thoughts Orginal ABWH? Close 2 The Hype GTR Alive? TalkShow Response From The Editor ______________________________________________________________________________ = nfte nfte nfte nfte nfte nfte nfte = ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ============ FUTURE TIMES ============ From the Associate Editor, Mike Tiano (miketi@microsoft.com) CONCERT INFO & UPDATES I. CONCERTSONICS What Chris Squire said in the Notes interview is coming to pass: Yes will be introducing 'Concertsonics'. This will enable those sitting in certain areas to receive what they say is 'an exceptionally distinctive, high-quality mix of enhanced audio through a personal "Walkman Style" portable radio with headphones.' Unfortunately if you're sitting outside the main area then the sound may be slightly out of phase; since this is an experiment and Yes only recently received FCC approval to do this they were not able to sell tickets accordingly, so those who already have purchased tickets will not really know if they are sitting in the correct area. This is assembled in conjunction with longtime Yes sound associates Clair Bros Audio. In addition there will be radio promotions where listeners can win tickets in these sections along with headphones and FM receivers. Here's more info from the press release: 1. What exactly is Concertsonics? > An experimental broadcast of the show's live audio program. Ticket buyers in the pre-arranged section who have headphones and an FM receiver will be able to tune in and hear the special stereo broadcast of the show. They will experience a new dimension in sound unheard before in a live concert environment. 2. Which seats will receive this transmission? > Optimally, a designated section of seats approximately 25 feet deep by approximately 60 - 80 feet wide. Other areas may receive the broadcast but the audio time delay will only be correct for the designated area. 3. How much extra will it cost me to participate? > Nothing extra if you own the headsets and FM receiver or win them as part of a radio station promotion. The ticket price is not increased in any way for the qualifying sections. 4. Has anyone done this before? > No. Not in a concert hall environment. 5. Can I keep the headphones? > If you win the headphones and FM receiver they are yours to keep. 6. Why is Yes doing this? > Innovation has always been something that Yes has strived for. Yes are always interested in giving their audience production values never before experienced. 7. What can I expect? > Very clean audio with good stereo effects and almost no blurring of the sonics by the room and audience. 8. What if my tickets aren't in the headphone area? > You may still be able to hear the broadcast, but it may sound a little "echoey" or out of sync outside the designated area. 9. Am I obligated to listen to the whole show with the headphones? > No. The system is designated to enhance the show and may be used at your preference. 10. Do the headsets need to be exactly like the ones they are giving away on the radio? > The system will work best if the headsets match those issued by YES/ The Radio Station, but others may work also. Generally, as a rule of thumb, superior quality earphones and receivers should be used such as a Sony SRF-M43 AM/FM Walkman Radio. If you use anything else, you are on your own. This is why we call this an experiment. As a minimum requirement, however, your receiver should have two AA batteries, not one. 11. Can I bring a boom box? > No. ============ II. REVISED YES TOUR DATES: NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA, & JAPAN Here are the latest tour dates, subject to change without notice. Changes and additions are only for the North American dates and are denoted by the asterisk (*). Any dates where the city is a question mark (?) denotes nothing scheduled, so the band may be off or another show may be scheduled. DATE CITY ==== ==== June ==== Sat 18 Binghampton, NY Sun 19 Rochester, NY Mon 20 David Letterman Show Tue 21 Allentown Wed 22 OFF Thu 23 Dayton, OH Fri 24 Columbus, OH Sat 25 Clarkston, MI Sun 26 Indianapois, IN Mon 27 OFF Tue 28 Moline, IL Wed 29 St. Louis, MO Thu 30 Milwaukee, WI July ==== Fri 1 ? Sat 2 Chicago, IL Sun 3 Minneapolis, MN Mon 4 Kansas City, MO Tue 5 OFF Wed 6 Denver, Co Thu 7 Salt Lake City, UT Fri 8 OFF Sat 9 Salem, OR Sun 10 Quincy, WA Mon 11 Vancouver, CAN Tue 12 OFF Wed 13 Concord, CA Thu 14 Sacramento, CA Fri 15 Mountainview, CA Sat 16 Reno, NV Sun 17 San Bernadino, CA Mon 18 OFF Tue 19 Fresno, CA Wed 20 OFF Thu 21 Los Angeles, CA Fri 22 Los Angeles, CA Sat 23 ? Sun 24 Santa Barbara Mon 25 OFF Tue 26 San Diego, CA Wed 27 Las Vegas, NV Thu 28 Phoenix, AZ Fri 29 OFF Sun 30 Dallas, TX Sun 31 San Antonio, TX August ====== *Mon 1 Houston, TX *Tue 2 OFF Wed 3 Oklahoma City, OK Thu 4 OFF Fri 5 New Orleans, LA Sat 6 Pensacola, FL Sun 7 Atlanta, GA Mon 8 OFF Tue 9 Tampa, FL Wed 10 Miami, FL Thurs 11 Orlando, FL Fri 12 Jacksonville, FL Sat 13 Raleigh, NC Sun 14 Charlotte, NC Mon 15 OFF Tue 16 Huntsville, AL Wed 17 Nashville, TN Thu 18 Knoxville, TN Fri 19 OFF Sat 20 Cleveland, OH *Sun 21 Middletown, NY Mon 22 Saratoga, NY Tue 23 OFF Wed 24 Pittsburgh, PA Thu 25 Syracuse, NY Fri 26 Philadelphia, PA *Sat 27 Richmond, VA Sun 28 Columbia, MD Mon 29 Mansfield, MA Tue 30 OFF Wed 31 Toronto, CAN September ========= Thu 1 Montreal, CAN Fri 2 Quebec [City?], CAN Sat 3 Portland, ME *Sun 4 OFF Mon 5 OFF Tue 6 OFF Wed 7 Holmdel, NJ Thu 8 Wantagh, NY *Fri 9 New Haven, CT Sat 10 New York, NY ***SOUTH AMERICA*** Wed 14 Rio Fri 16 Sao Paulo Sat 17 Sao Paulo Sun 18 Sao Paulo Tue 20 Santiago Wed 21 Santiago Fri 23 Buenos Aires Sat 24 Buenos Aires Sun 25 Buenos Aires ***JAPAN*** Fri 30 Tokyo October ======= Tue 4 Tokyo Wed 5 Osaka Mon 10 Nagoya Watch future issues for additions and possible changes. Will have European dates whenever they become available. Mike * * * * * * * * * * UNION SHOWS =========== From: IN%"lbutler@hubcap.clemson.edu" "L Clator Butler Jr" I am curious. There are two allegedly good copies of the Union tour on disc: Masters of Time and Say Yes. Which of these is better sound wise? Trackwise? Please E-mail me at the address below. Also, anybody with Blockbuster Pavillion (Charlotte) or Charleston ticket info, let me know what you know. -- * * * * * * * * * * NASCIMENTO _ANGELUS_ ==================== From: IN%"V091RUSJ@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu" "CONFUSION" I recently found Milton Nasciamento's _Angelus_ in the used section of a local music store. It had a promo stamp. Does anybody know the availability of this album? I have never seen it anywhere. Is this the guitarist from Anderson's South American efforts? Anderson sings on one track titled "Estrelada". It is quite good. The album has considerable latin influences, with much falsetto scatting(for lack of a better term) by Milton Nasciamento himself. There is a very interesting cover of Hello Goodbye by the beatles. Peter Gabriel also sings on another track called "Qualquer Coisa A Haver Com O Paraiso". James Taylor, Pat Metheny, and Herbie Hancock also make appearances. The album is sung almost completely in Portugeuse. If anybody wants more info from the sleeve or whatever, they can write me or I can post a more complete representation. I may want to get rid of this if anybody is interested, as I was mainly interested in hearing the Anderson track and possibly taping it. Later! * * * * * * * * * * STEVE HOWE IN NY ================ From: IN%"V091RUSJ@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu" "CONFUSION" Saturday, May 16th, I had the oppurtunity to hear Steve Howe play a short set at the Super Jam of the Classic American Guitar Festival. He began with the shortened "Roundabout"(a la Regis and Kathie Lee), moved to excerpts from "Starship Trooper", and concluded with "My White Bicycle" featuring special guest Keith West on vocals. When the crowd refused to relent, Steve returned for an encore in which he played and sang "Milk Cow Blues", the biggest surprise of all. I was aghast! It was such fun, though, and his voice seemed more appropriate in the blues vein. He sported a backup band consisting of the editors of the magazine sponsoring the largest part of the festival. The apearance of Keith West was a special treat, though his voice isn't as flexible as it once was. What fun! Ian McDonald of King Crimson fame also played during the super jam. He took a great flute solo during the actual mass jam at the end, though he held his own on guitar. I had a chance to converse with both Steve Howe and Keith West (separately) the following day at the festival, and I may post some of the info discussed at a later time(but not too much later!). * * * * * * * * * * NEW WEST COAST YESOTERIC DUPLICATOR =================================== From: IN%"edju@scf.usc.edu" "Mortal Kombatant" As the retiring West Coast duplicator for the Yesoteric Tapes, I present to you the new duplicator for the West Coast: Mr. Eric Wincentsen. Eric has volunteered to carry on the torch and he will be the official West Coast duplicator as soon as I mail him the master tapes, which will take about a month. Watch for his announcement on NTFE once he has received the master tapes and is ready to serve the West Coast region. Thanks for all your support and patience during my tenure. It's been fun! * * * * * * * * * * OLIAS ARTWORK ============= From: IN%"icshin@chiak.kaist.ac.kr" Hi, all good people This is a Korean NFTE'er again. I would like to ask you the same question that I once asked to Korean prog mailinglist, YeBaDong. I couldn't get an answer from that people. I once thought the Jon Anderson's first solo album _Olias of Sunhillow_ artwork is from Roger Dean. Its cool Fragile like ship made me think so. But after closer observation of the booklet, I realized that it was not drawn by R.Dean. I couldn't remeber his name exactly this time though. Roger Dean was simply credited for _Sawing the Seeds_. But I still think it was THE work of Dean himself. Did Dean intentionally hide his name for some reason ? Is there anybody out there has any idea about it? * * * * * * * * * * TALK ON THE CHARTS ================== From: IN%"J_SANTIAGO@UPR1.UPR.CLU.EDU" "Javier Santiago Lucerna" Hi y'all Yesheads! While a comparison between "Talk" and "The Division Bell" may look to distant when considered from their respectives positions on the charts, both albums IMHO may have more in common than originally thought... First of all, I haven't heard "Talk"; and probably won't until at least a year or the time it takes to get the album at $6.99 or something like that. Believe, after hearing "The Calling" on the radio for the first time, I knew (like with "Big Generator") that "Talk" was not aimed at me. It was rather a sort-of hard rock, badly influenced by alternative (whatever that is) and created in the mind of Trevor Rabin. And as far as I have read in Notes, I may not be that wrong. Nothing personal; it just that I prefer to listen to "Turbulence", Fripp's and Sylvian's "The First Day" and some other new stuff that while may not sound like the heydays of progressive music, it still re- tain some creativity in that direction. In that sense, "Talk", more than anything else, is a Trevor Rabin solo proyect done under the name of Yes. The reasons for this may be a thousand; the only thing I can think of is that, the creativity on the rest of the group has diminished so much during the last 14 years that nothing remains to be done. So, why not do this travesty thing? "Talk" may result in another bombast; and album that won't sell much, and will end up at rebates sooner than expected. In this respect, it may look diffe- rent from "The Division Bell", but... Isn't the New Pink Floyd album another David Gilmour solo project under the name of the Floyd. I always thought that about "A Momentary Lapse of Reason", but the fine mixture between instruments, and the whole progressive aura the album created made me obliterate the fact that ALL the music was conceived before Gilmour and Mason decided to put the Floyd back. However "Bell" isn't even closed to that aura of "Momentary". It is simply an album that showcases Gilmour's ability to repeat and repeat the same bluesy style of guitar playing. There's a minimal offering of what may be considered Floyd music: "Keep Talking", "Marooned" and a couple of others. The question may be, why Rabin's solo album (under a big name) has not been as succesfull as Gilmour's effort? How about the fact that for Yes, the cover has already been blown. Everybody may know that every other member of Yes is not closed to what he used to be (Hey Chris?), while for the Floyd people may have forgotten the fact that once they used to be a band(remember Meddle?), long before the dictatorship of Waters, and the enterprenuership of Gilmour. Yesson * * * * * * * * * * NEW RELEASES ============ From: IN%"sraiteri@GCPL.LIB.OH.US" "Steve Raiteri" Here's some further info on new Yes-related releases that I've discovered in the latest issue of _Goldmine_, the record collector's magazine: -- The video of ABWH's Evening of Yes Music Plus includes three songs not included on the CD: "Madrigal," "I've Seen All Good People," and "The Meeting." Just once (no, all the time, actually), I'd like to see the CDs of such things be COMPLETE. -- The new Jon Anderson CD single "Close to the Hype" features Rick Wakeman as well as Jon and his son Damion. -- Wakeman is also featured on a new Griffin release by Denny Laine, ex-Moody Blues and Wings singer/guitarist, called _Blue Nights_. Paul and Linda McCartney are also on the CD. -- Griffin's two new Rick Wakeman video releases are "The Very Best of the Rick Wakeman Chronicles", recorded live in Australia in 1975 with an orchestra and choir and including "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", and "Rick Wakeman Live", which features "Catherine Parr", "Elizabethan Rock/Make Me a Woman", "Anne Boelyn", "Journey", and "Merlin". -- Patrick Moraz's _Story of I_ and _Out in the Sun_ have been reissued on CD (I think in Europe). -- There is a Japanese 3-inch CD single out of "The Calling/Real Love". No bonus tracks are mentioned. * * * * * * * * * * SHOWS SCHEDULED =============== From: IN%"talbert@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu" I just spent five days in Knoxville, TN at a math conference. While I was there, I called around to try to get some information on the upcoming (August 18) YES show there. Here's what I got. I talked to a person at the Civic Colliseum, and what he said was that the YES show was still in the *discussion* phase, and that no final plans as to the lease of the venue had been made as of yet. In other words, the show is not confirmed yet. So either this person has outdated facts, or the tour schedules I have seen here and on a.m.p. are no accurate. At any rate, if you, like myself, are planning on going to this show in August, you should call Tickets Unlimited at (615)656-4444 in a few weeks or so to make sure that the show is still scheduled. (Tickets Unlimited is apparently a local ticket vendor run out of the University of Tennessee, and they are coordinating all ticket sales for the Colisseum.) Frankly, if the show is still in the discussion stages, and the tour starts in a few weeks, then things don't look too bright for a Knoxville show. But here's hoping somebody's wrong. looking forward to a great tour! Robert PS: Anybody with info on the Huntsville, AL show on August 16, please email me. Thanks! * * * * * * * * * * PERPETUAL CHANGE ================ From: IN%"mcmahan@cs.unca.edu" The Story Of Perpetual Change: Second Version Since Chris Squire wants Notes issues faxed to him, and I want him to play Perpetual Change in concert, I felt that it was time to update the Story of Perpetual Change and throw in a not-very-subtle reminder that the Talk tour is the time to play it again. I last featured it in NFTE #85, way back in Novemebr 1993. Since then, a few new interesting pieces of information have turned up regarding the song. Dig out The Yes Album, start playing the last track, and enjoy! ___ / / ----- /__/ / / / / E R P E T U A L /_____ H A N G E Originally recorded for The Yes Album, Perpetual Change was the first hint of things to come for epic Yes tracks that transcend the mere label of "songs". This is a living, breathing work of art that inspires and awes every time it is played. Creating a breathtaking and majestic sound, songwriters Chris Squire and Jon Anderson used a simple chord underpinning to create a complex tapestry. The height and majesty was the result of strategicly placed suspended chords. Lyrically, the song was a precursor of Heart of the Sunrise and Parallels. The lyrics "As mist and sun are both the same" were inspired by mist on the moors near the studio where the album was being recorded. Yet somehow this track gets overlooked in the face of later songs from other eras. The fact that is is infrequently played in concert is a contributor to the situation. The song is one of the few Anderson/Squire collaborations (Disillusion from Starship Trooper is another noted one, where they truly collaborated on the lyrics.) The album version features some of Tony Kaye's most inspiring organ work and piano playing. Kaye is the master of creating musical backdrops with his organ, and does so very effectively. The subject matter lends itself to the sound of an organ. Squire's bass riff is one of his best ever, unmatched by anything until Drama. Yes with Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye, and Bill Bruford performed the song on the 1971 Yes Album tour. The song was used to close the shows, and featured all-out rocking. Bill Bruford incorporated into the song a long and fabulous drum solo. The most remarkable thing about Perpetual Change is that the live version was played like the album version, including the middle part where two different things are being played at once! On the album, it is done by stereo mixing, but live they duplicated it by having Kaye playing the keyboard riff, Squire doing the bass riff, and Howe soloing his guts out. To find a recording of this song being performed in 1971 is an experience every Yes fan should have. Anyone who has anything negative to say about Tony Kaye should listen to him live on this tour! A longer and baroquely lavish version appeared when Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman tried to out-solo one another on the (Fragile or more likely the Close To The Edge or both) tour. This masterpiece was preserved on the live album Yessongs. The band was so incredibly tight on the track included on the live album that it is difficult to take in when listening to the song. Like Bruford, White contributes a drum solo. Perpetual Change was given a rest for a long time until the Tormato tour. Although not performed in full, it was included in a medley of other Yes songs such as Survival. The Tormato tour was the height of virtuoso Yes and recordings from this era are incredible. Howe apparently did not miss an entire note for the entire tour from listening to his playing, and was more "on" than he has ever been. For a lackluster and poorly produced album, Yes apologized by playing their classic tracks better than they ever had. The whole band went flat-out on the song. The medley aspect gives Perpetual Change an entirely different perspective, since the band followed it by the end of the nightmarish Gates of Delirium, Soon. Jon Anderson pulled out Perpetual Change for the 1982 Animation tour. Unfortunately, this is one version of the song that I have never actually heard. I'm not sure if it was part of one of the Yessong medleys Jon did, or performed full-length. I believe there are some (or at least one) bootlegs of a full-length Animation show. If you have a recording of Perpetual Change from this tour, let me know. After Drama, Chris Squire and Alan White formed a new band called Cinema with guitarist Trevor Rabin. Tony Kaye was brought in on keyboards, and although a Yes rebirth was the result, at the time the band was formed Chris Squire was the only Yes member left that had been in the band when Kaye was in it over 10 years earlier. Singer Jon Anderson became involved, Cinema became Yes, and there was a tour. Virtually every song from the Yes Album (excluding only the personalized songs A Venture and Steve Howe's guitar solo The Clap), including Perpetual Change, was resurrected and performed at some point. Not only were the band members different, but a lot of the songs from The Yes Album had fallen by the wayside with Yes' growing catalogue of songs from the 70s. The interpretation of the track shifted from Wakeman and Howe's virtuoso instrumentalization to a rocking but rawer sound. Recordings of this version of Perpetual Change are almost impossible to find. I know of only one recording extant of the song, a very bad bootleg of the very first show of the 90125 tour. It is a shame that no better recording exists, because this marks an important milestone of Yes' perpetual change in lineups and growth. The song was again given a rest for a time. It seems to come back in 10 year cycles now, since the Talk tour marks the resurrection of the song! * * * * * * * * * * TALK SUGGESTION =============== From: IN%"tms@oclc.org" I've already posted my two-cents on Talk, and since then, I've heard (most of) it many more times. Finally, the advantages of CD technology almost make it worth the extra dough. I'm talking about programmability. Every YES album which has ever etched a place in my heart has required a lot of listening to reach a "mind-meld" with the intent, fun and joy of the music. My problem with Talk was that the first song, The Calling, just plain wore me out - those opening 3 chords over&over&over and White's high backbeat whack on every 3rd beat - drove me to tune out. Then when the "Look into the headlights" comes - it's an incredible relief, the first sign of a melody, and for some reason, it has a "Chris Squire-feel" to it. But it's too little, too late, after 6+ minutes - I'm wasted and ready to break the drum kit (and I like White's playing on the other songs). SO. I program in tracks 2,3,6,7,8,9,4 and ZOWIE, I've got an album that I enjoy listeningto over&over&over&over. The emotion and content even reminds me a bit of TalesOTO and Soon. The harsh Rabin interludes don't upset the balance of their songs, they just provide contrast. I had to groan, then laugh when Chris Squire, in the interview, said "Walls" would be the next radio cut. That little 3-chord thing should be played on Country Radio. It's monotonous repetition, and those old 1-4-5 chords, shut my ears down. Give radio Calling and Walls, and I'll savor the rest. Anyone know what "Lenasia" is? I read all of these Notes, and I missed something. What's the story with Jon Anderson's injury/health/back? Let me close with one little observation. At the very end of Endless Dream, when the lyric goes "and you *will* find, that it's something that touches me" they changed the expected chord under the word "will" very deliciously - flated a note - very nice, touching. I took it as a wink from the band (a Squire-ism?) that repetition-for-pop-radio will NOT have the last word, that the YES muse is NOT DEAD! --- * * * * * * * * * * YES REISSUES ============ From: IN%"phil@sonosam.wisdom.bubble.org" YES Reissues - News From ICE Magazine, June Issue Atlantic will be going back and remastering Yes Cds. Initially they will issue Relayer and either Classic Yes or The Yes Album in September, then others in the successive months. So... Don't fill out your Yes collection yet Not when you can buy extra copies of TALK!!! :-O Non-Yes News. (Genesis) They also are going to do this with Genesis, but they need to simul-release it with Virgin in the U.K. Close to Yes News. (Vangelis) The Soundtrack to Bladerunner will be out soon. This will be the original score by Vangelis. Apparently he was pissed at what was left after the movie was edited (like 10 seconds of a x-minute theme) so there never was a release with his approval. He working on this now. Later.... * * * * * * * * * * WAKEMAN ON TV ============= From: IN%"br@informatics.rutherford.ac.uk" One piece of sheer trivia that came out on tonight's "Bygones" show. There once was a TV contest called "That's My Dog". Tonight's winners - Rick's team - were given one of its certificates as a prize, whereupon Rick announced that he appeared on that once, but was disqualified because it *wasn't* his dog! Linda Lusardi was on the show too, and when Rick confided in her in the dressing room before the show, she admitted that her dog wasn't hers either...! Tonight, Danny Baker played a musical car horn at one point; "Hey, that's from one of my concept albums!" exclaimed Rick... More trivia: Rick wears an incredibly loud jacket - looks like it's made out of flags! It's good to see his funny side... * * * * * * * * * * From: IN%"toby@cs.man.ac.uk" "Toby Howard" 6-JUN-1994 04:00:23.90 Subj: Wakeman on 'Masterchef' On Sunday 29 May Rick was on the BBCTV 'Masterchef' cooking competetion programme. Really. He was judging, not cooking though :-) Toby * * * * * * * * * * SQUIRE COMMENTS =============== From: IN%"DMARKFI@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU" "David Markfield" First off agreat big thank you to Mike and Jeff for bringing us the Chris Squire interview. And also a big thank you to Chris for allowing the interview I greatly enjoed it. However, while I greatly enjoyed the interview, I really must take issue with something Chris said. Mike mentioned performing songs such as "Sound Chaser". In response to that Chris stated that it was not too realistic as that would entail asking Trevor and Tony to perform parts that they had not been involved in, parts that were originally Steve and Pat's. This strikes me as an incredibly feeble arguement. In the course of their history Yes have released I believe 14 albums of original material (not counting live sets, greatest hits collections, etc...). Tony has been on 7 of these and Trevor on 4 and of cours Tony and Trevor have only been on 4 together. Are we therefore to assume that due to the nature of Trevor and Tony we can ONLY expect songs from those 4 albums...or maybe Tony can only play songs from the 7 albums he was on. This of course begs the question of how Tony and Trevor ever learned or consented to play Rounabout, And You and I, Heart of the Sunrise, or even Parallels which I believe Yes performed at the beginning of the 90125 tour. I believe both Tony Kaye and Trevor Rabin to be both talented and professional individuals. It is common within the music industry that when an individual joins an existing band that they learn songs from that bands back catalog. Therefore I have trouble understanding why songs from the seven albums that they did not appear on should be practically off limits as Chris seemed to imply. I can only hope that when Chris and the band read the comments and suggestions that the Notes readership have submitted that they will change their minds. In the 19 years that I have followed Yes I have always felt them to be a d that band that cared about their fans....it seems as if it is once again time for them to prove it. dave markfield * * * * * * * * * * WAKEMAN ON 700 CLUB TRANSCRIPTION ================================= From: IN%"replogle@sage.cc.purdue.edu" This is an interview that appeared on the 700 Club March 9, 1994. This is my first post, and my first interview transcription. Words or phrases I'm not certain about or put in [] brackets. My interjections are put in the <> brackets. 700> Here's a man who's success can be measured in two ways... by his phenomenal talents on the keyboards or by the shear volume of his work: 50 solo album titles plus a long career with the group YES. But this man with millions of fans and friends still faced a time of desperate loneliness. Here to tell us about his life's journey, please welcome to the 700 club, from Isle of Man, Rick Wakeman. Rick, welcome. RW> Thank you. 700> What a pleasure to have you here. RW> Thank you. 700> You know, I think for a lot of us who, um, kind of grew up and came through those rock and roll days, they were much like that last story we just saw, days of partying and fun... RW> Well absolutely, yeah. It was interesting to watch that um... 700> I wondered what you were thinking as you watched that. RW> It was very interesting. There's a couple of things, I spoke to a couple of people in the green room out there, that are interesting to note; that uh, one of the nice areas we can give now... it's all very well to tell people you can't do something and take something away, but you have to give them an alternative. You have to give something right to replace it with, that's what's so nice about that story. The rock and roll days... I have to go back a little bit to explain. I was brought up in a very strong Christian family. My father was a deacon, my grandfather was a lay preacher, and I was a member of a church from age five when I started, till I was nineteen, where I was a Sunday school teacher [there was all my courses and various things there] 700> So you felt like you always knew who Jesus was? RW> Oh, yeah, absolutely, I mean I never.. my actual faith was never in doubt. I mean, where I went wrong, I kicked it [into touch]. That's the big mistake. That's where rock and roll had a big part to play. And I'm not either condoning or knocking rock and roll, because a lot of rock and roll is good, it's not ALL bad. What basically happened was at the age of 19 in 1968, I was baptized at my church at [South Hara] baptist church and it become, I suppose, almost a form of protection for me, 'cause for then, suddenly, I'd left college, I'm in the rock and roll world, and at that particular time in the seventies, the rock and roll world really, you know was, couldn't have been any further away from my church and my friends there. It was a whole different group of people, a whole different thing. And you get at that age seriously clouded by success both financially and idolitry. 700> Did you feel like you were living a double standard? RW> Um, it's very funny. If I look back and I'm really honest, there were lots and lots of times when the Big Boss Upstairs was saying "Hoy, give me [attention]," and I'm going, "No, not now." It's very strange, uh, He was always there, and I always knew He was there, and a lot of things I got involved with... it was just ridiculous. But, the most marvelous thing was coming out of that, about 9 - 10 years ago. And I would like to be able to turn around and say that it happened in one giant flash, but it didn't for me. What happened... Sorry go on... 700> I just wanted to ask you, here you are at the pinnacle of this great career with tremendous recognition, I would assume financially... that you were very comfortable? RW> At that particular time, yes. 700> Why did you feel a need to come back? RW> Um, well I was financially secure; as all rock and roll musicians did in the 70's you waste it, you don't pay your taxes and things, I had failed marriages and things. People used to say... "Hey that's rock and roll, you know?" And then I found myself in the 80's, very unpopular, musically, because the sort of music I did was not the popular music of the time. Then there was a bit of a resurgence and... A lot of people say sometimes you come back to Christianity or turn to it because of the problems in your life, but that didn't happen with me. I came back because I grew up. It was early 80's, I'd been on tour and I just felt that I was actually going nowhere. And, all the mistakes I was making and still making, it just seemed ridiculous. And I looked at myself and didn't like myself very much. And that was the moment in time when I realized that I had, as we all have, a gift, however small, it might be a small gift or it might be a large gift; and he's given us that gift and we have to use it in the way that He wants. That was really the major decision change in my life, realizing that I had got a gift which He had bestowed upon me, and He'd had infinite patience in waiting 35-odd years for me to use it properly, and now he'd finally got through, that now was the time. So that's been my guideline from then. 700> Now you left YES, you went back to YES. You left YES, you went back to YES. You left and went back again. Now you left in 1992, tell us what's happened since then in your life. RW> Yeah, Um, it's been a big change. A lot of it's been very helpful with my wife who became, um... if there's degrees of becoming a Christian, she's reading 9.9 on the meter, and that happened while I was away last year, and amazingly enough she joined the baptist church on the Isle of Man where we live, so I've moved from [the little village church] back to the baptist church, so I've done a full circle from [South Hara baptist church which really brought me back where I started]. We now base every decision we do, not on financial grounds or work grounds, but on what we feel and believe we're being told to do, which is meant, um I'd be a liar if I said that financially some of the things that have been offered wouldn't have been extremely helpful to sort out tax problems and various things, but we've decided that we've turned things down; big things down which included "Yes" things because I feel that I have to do what is right and what I'm told to do, where I'm told to play, and so I've been working very closely with my friend Dan Wooding on Christian work, and I've formed a small record label called "Hope Records," because I want to try and do in the U.K. for Christian music, what the USA has succeeded in doing so tremendously. 700> Tell me, I know you're also involved in a Pen Pal project with people in Russia, and we're gonna have Dan come out in a little while and we'll visit with him too, but tell me about your involvement with this project. RW> It started about 5 years ago, Dan Wooding and I have been marvelous friends for cracking more than we probably care to admit. Dan started this project, I won't spoil- he's got a wonderful punch line to the story which is absolutely outrageous, but um, he's involved in this project with [twinning] people, both churches and people in Russia. And it's now, I suppose, wonderfully got out of hand. I'm involved helping, I produce some records for them, supporting them in any way that I can. I've been doing a few piano recitals, and in my way of helping. He's doing a tremendous thing. I've been out to Russia, and I've seen in a very small way, the results of what's been happening with people going over there. I know that television is a wonderful meter of putting things across, but if you see something on the screen of what's happening in a country and then actually go there and see it, it just takes you another stage higher... and I've seen what Dan's doing at work, and it's fantastic. 700> Well now, the friends that are watching of this ministry will know what you're talking about, because I know that Dan's working directly with people who've responded to our Russian media blitz over there, which is really exciting, and we're going to have a chance to hear more about that in just a few minutes. Well, coming up you'll hear the classic talent of this amazing musician as he plays an old song, but one with new meaning. Rick Wakeman performs when the 700 club continues. <<<< COMMERCIAL BREAK >>>> It's not often that a classic hymn becomes a famous popular song, but a marvelous exception is the song "Morning Has Broken" sung by Cat Stevens, accompanied by Rick Wakeman. Today the changes in Rick's life bring a special new meaning to the song, so here's Rick Wakeman with "Morning Has Broken." <<<< Rick plays the song beautifully. They never do speak with Dan Wooding as she (the interviewer) said they would. * * * * * * * * * * SQUIRE THANKS ============= From: "A.Gupta" That must have been hard work - arranging and transcribing etc. Well done ! Excellent work ! Ashok Gupta Philips Research Labs, Redhill, Surrey, UK * * * * * * * * * * From: Ron Chrisley Thanks for the cool interview! Later, Ronald L. Chrisley (ronc@cogs.susx.ac.uk) School of Cognitive & Computing Sciences University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK Tel: +44 273 678581; Fax: +44 273 671 320 WWW users: see/hear me at http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/gallery/fac.html#ronc (You might want to use a "delay image loading" option for this...) * * * * * * * * * * YES LIKE BANDS ============== From: IN%"r.derousse2@genie.geis.com" 30-MAY-1994 20:09:32.08 Subj: Yes-Like Bands I finally had time to complete my compilation of Yes-like music that I had been planning for years! It is a two volume (TDK MA-110s) tape collection that I titled "Yes (Not Yes)," subtitled "Q: Are We Not Yes?, A: No, We Just Sound Like Them." Here is the song line-up: TAPE 1, SIDE A: Starcastle - Lady of the Lake Coto-En-Pel - Aura De Sons [last 9:34] Granada - Ahora Vamos a Ver Que Pasa (Vamonos Para el Mediterraneo) Cathedral - Gong Harnakis - Numb yes, the soul revelation [last 3:08] Skryvania - Renaissance - Ritual - Close to the Edge [I wasn't going to include any Yes cover songs, but it fit perfectly in the space remaining 2+ minutes on this side] Ethos (ardour) - Memories TAPE 1, SIDE B: Finch - Register Magister IQ - Out of Nowhere Greenslade - Melange FM - Random Harvest Galadriel - Lagada Realm - Little Bottle Episode - Edge of the Sky TAPE 2, SIDE A: Pre - Ascetic Eros Anglagard - Jordrok [first 3:29 only] Atoll - Au-Dela Des Ecrans De Cristal Yezda Urfa - The Bases of Dubenglazy (While Dirk Does the Dance) Grobschinitt - Nick-Odeon Sindelfingen - Three Ladies Wallenstein - Dedicated to Mystery Land TAPE 2, SIDE B: Fireballet - Carrollon Carmen - Viva Mi Sevilla Pentwater - Gwen's Madrigal Cherry Five - The Picture of Dorian Gray Trettioariga Kriget - Krigssang ii Druid - Shangri La I did this strictly for fun. I'm not trying to claim that any of these bands deliberately tried to sound like Yes. In some cases, the song on this collection is the only one that sounds anything like Yes at all. Time restrictions prevented me from including quite a few other bands that I wanted, but I guess that's to be expected due to the length of some of these songs. (Krigssang ii is 17:32!) Anyway, I hope that some Yes fans are interested in checking out some of these great bands! --Roy * * * * * * * * * * ANDERSON QUESTION ================= From: IN%"danec@netcom.com" Does anyone know anything about the "The Sky and His Shadow", what it is? where it came from? I know it's supposed to be French Radio, but it can't be live or it's more than just Jon by himself. Any ideas? thanks. Dane * * * * * * * * * * COMMENTARY ========== From: IN%"danec@netcom.com" Since discussion concerning the new YES tour is the topic of the day. I thought I would give my opinons. I find TALK to be a break from the Yes that was, this is a totally new YES. Not that any Yes album since Drama has really sounded like the YES I want to hear, what's a YES fan to do? The set list for the new tour will include all of TALK, this makes it easy for them to fill out the rest of the show. You know Heart of the Sunrise will be there, and god forbid they don't play Roundabout. How about switching from Starship Trooper to South Side of the Sky? How about dropping Your Move/All Good People all together. Stick with what you know: Miracle of Life, Changes, Shoot High Aim Low, Rythmn of Love. With Talk, Heart, Owner, and Round thats 1 hour 15 minutes or so right there. Let's drop The Fish Chris, Play Hold Out Your Hand (pleeeaaassseeee!!!!) or The More We Love-Let Go, Does it Really Happen would work as well. Drop the dreadful Solly's Beard, Rabin solos's enough, or at least do something new, Steve H you ain't. Stay Electric Trevor. Let Tony actually play, add No Opportunity Necessary... or Every Little Thing. I would love to hear I'm Running played live. All I ask is DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS TIME! Have fun, don't feel bound to play those "classics". And many thanks to Mike T. for the Squire interview, loved it. Dane * * * * * * * * * * TOO MUCH YES ============ From: IN%"sullivan@unix1.circ.gwu.edu" "Steven Sullivan" I've just finished consuming the entire backlog of NFTEdges and as I'm feeling rather queasy and full, I'd like to let a few belches of opinion and ramblage out, in the hopes of edifying and perhaps annoying some my fellow Yes fans. I've been into the band since around the time Roundabout was a radio hit, although I didn't buy any albums until Yessongs came out (loved that cover!). I first saw them when I was 16, at the legendary Roosevelt Stadium show in 1976, an event from which I probably haven't fully recovered even today. I subsequently cuaght them multiple times on the tours from 1977-80, and then on the 90125 tour, after which I withdrew in disgust for some years. Caught the ABWH and Union tours too, but wasn't bowled over by either. So you can guess where my sympathies lie. Mostly, I love the CTTE-TALES-RELAYER troika, with their amusing musical cross-references, and the YESSONGS album with its unparalleled energy. I think the band rand out of ideas after Relayer, although they continued to play well live for several years afterwards. From the post-Relayer work, only "Turn of the Century", parts of DRAMA, the song Cinema, and the song "The more We Live -Let Go" recall the quality of the earlier work. AS for changeling-Yes (i.e. The Trevor Rabin Revue), I'd have no problem ignoring them generally if they'd stuck to calling themselves Cinema, but alas they chose the path of outright inflammation. It's been quite an experience reading through NFTE these past few weeks. I was always much more a fan of the band than of its fans. I have no use for slavish uncritical hero-worship in music, so widespread in prog circles it seems. Still, having lived through any number of concerts and encountered with spaced-out Anderson-clones, even I was rendered wide-eyed and slack jawed by some of the things posted here, a list of the more incredible follows: - the guy who talked about the B string of a Rick bass - the fellow who called Yes the most Beatlesesque band in existence - the fan who cited current Pink Floyd as an example of a band that still had musical integrity - the guy who called the ABWH version of CTTE "definitive" Etc. And I won't even DISCUSS the "interpretations" os song lyrics (e.g. the one of Turn of theCentury by someone who'd never heard of Pygmalion), or the "stories" based on Yes songs (again, Turn of the Century gets the nod -- what has this poor little song done to deserve such treatment??). I definitely vote NAY to more of these! And whiloe I'm batting bricks, I could do without Yes MAgazine/Gottlieb hucksterism. I know Yes is a business, but sheesh. Anyway, lest I give the impression of complete "negativity", I'll finish with a few tidbits of knowledge gleaned from years of doing whatever it is I do: 1) pissed off at tapes/CDs that play at the wrong pitch? There's an easy way to correct this, but it requires some fortitude and a smattering of technical ability. Open your tape deck and locate the main drive motor. There's usually a small hole in it with a rubber flap over it (or, in fancier models, a separate pot). This is for speed adjustment. By using plastic TV repariman's screwdrivers and a tuning fork, I've adjusted the playback speed of tapes/taped CD's, made a copy onto another deck, and voila! To get the player back to normal speed, use a combination of CD and a tape of the smae music. 2) There's this misconception goin round that Yes has always gotten a bad rap from the music press. Not so! Fragile and CTTE got very good to rave reviews from none other than Rolling Stone! I have copies of the original reviews, and if it's not too illegal I can post them here. (And BTW, Christgau upgraded his review of Tales from C to B in his revised record guide.) 3) My favorite Yes interview moment: alison steele talking to Squire about Tormato, just after its release: ALISON: Jon called it a very "attacking" album....what do you think he meant? SQUIRE: (Pause) Well, that's one of 'is *words*. 4) Second through tenth: anything Bruford said on the YesYears video. Finally , a question or two. Did yes EVER play South SIde of the Sky live? Is the complete Roosevelt 1976 concert available on CD (including Ritual, which "Quasi Mystical Vision" omits)? Does Chris know Kathy Sullivan, and if not, can we introduce them? Thanks for letting me force my opinions on you. I hope to chime in again from time to time, less wordily. * * * * * * * * * * TICKETS AVAILABLE ================= From: IN%"Radcliff@aol.com" I have two extra, reserved, 4th row tickets for the June 21st Allentown, PA show. If anyone is interested in purchasing these tickets please respond to me via E-mail. Shawn * * * * * * * * * * RARE DISC SOURCES ================= From: IN%"ponder@ibmoto.com" "Carl Ponder" Several months ago, NFTE posted reviews of the CD sets "Masters of Time" and "Electric Freedom". I finally found a source for these CD's: Smokin' Soundz P.O. Box 353 Dunedin, Florida 34697 Write them and ask for a copy of their catalog. Here's their Yes listings: Electric Freedom (London 10/5/75) $45 (2CD) G.O. 1984 (Edmonton 1984) $25 (1CD) (ABWH) Hunting Dinosaurs (Demo for 1st LP) $26 (1CD) Masters of Time (Nagoya 3/3/92) $65 (3CD) Return to Fantasy (London 6/22/91) $25 (1CD) Reunion 1992 (Yoyogi Olympic Pool, Tokyo 2/21/92) $50 (2CD) Yesshows (USA 1988) $25 (1CD) Siberian Khatru (1974) $25 (1CD) (ABWH) King Biscuit Flower Hour $40 (1CD) Sound Chaser (Boston 1974) $25 (1CD) Starship to the Gates of Eternity (Quebec 1979) $25 (1CD) Tourmato 1 & 2 (Vancouver 1979) $45 (2CD) Their Postage/Handling charge is $3.50 for orders under $75.00, $4.50 for orders over $75.00. Happy listening! * * * * * * * * * * NEGATIVITY THOUGHTS =================== From: IN%"SQUILLACIOTI@vaxvmsx.babson.edu" Absolutely blown away by NFTE, it IS niffty. However, A little bit discouraged by the negativity on the line. I mean, I love YES. I get very heated about the music in conversation too, however, I think it is a bit silly to devote time and space to People jabbering about this guy who is in the band, and that guy who is not. The guys know what they are doing. Have some faith in them. The music is what it is, like it or lump it. You don't have to or more over, you SHOULDN't critisize it. YES music is like T.V. if you don't like what is on, change the channel, don't just sit there wasting time getting angry saying: "Shit, I wish Rick were on this album, or that there were more Chris Squire bits in this song or that..." The point of the band is not to foster animosity. The name would tell even the most uninitiated that much. Not to mention that YES is the only group that doesn't grow, it experiences evolution, that is what makes it so dynamic in a world of static metal and rap. Implicit in the trade for creativity is the prospect of "Perpetual Change." Again, like it or lump it, that is the band, that is the music. I mean, who was it that said... "You can't change your age, but you can become aware of what year you're living in." ? That is my peace, Take it for what you've paid for it. * * * * * * * * * * YES ITEMS FOR SALE ================== From: IN%"I261%NEMOMUS.bitnet@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU" "M@" I'm strapped for cash and I've got this Yes stuff that I got at the '91 Denver concert for sale. If interested, write to me. Make me an offer. 1) Program of the '91 tour (includes pictures, biography of each of the eight members, etc.) Also included in this are a poster (three color) advertising the Denver concert and the newspaper review of the concert from the Denver paper. 2) "Yes" hat from the '91 tour. Black with the Dean Brothers "Yes" logo on the front in blue, black, and red. Never worn (except by a stuffed Opus.) 3) Three of Trevor Rabin's guitar strings from the concert that night. Yep. I think you can even check in the old issues of "Notes From The Edge" to verify my story on this. (I'm pretty sure that I sent it in...I dunno...it was three years ago.) Me and a friend were walking by the round stage on the way out when we passed by the roadies who were unloading stuff from underneath the stage. We passed by Rabin's guitar roadie who was busy removing an big rack of effects processors and I looked down and saw the cut strings from his guitar laying by the package. (They were laying ontop of some of the roadie's carrying cases.) I grabbed the strings and bolted. They're cut off the guitar, which means that they were played that night. I think I have the E, A, and D. (Regardless, the three are sequential.) On my honor on this one. (I remember the package being D'Darios (sp?) brand. I think I also remember seeing him endorse this brand in a guitar magazine, too...) Write to either i261%neomus@academic.nemostate.edu or skyway@phoenix.creighton.edu. * * * * * * * * * * SOUND ENHANCEMENT ================= From: IN%"habbinga@microlab.Colorado.EDU" "Erik" > From: IN%"donovan@psych.umass.edu" "Sean Donovan" > > Just saw an ad for the Jones Beach show in this Sunday's NY > Times. There was note saying that the show would have "special sound > enhancements" -- what the hell does that mean? I'm assuming it's > something good, but it almost sounds like they'll be lip-synching or > something. Anybody know what this means? Will it be at ALL the shows > (I'm going to Great Woods and would like to know what to expect). Any > info is apprecietd. Thanks -- bye for now! > I heard on the radio this morning (as I was waking up, so forgive me for any misinformation in this post) that there will be a "special" mix broadcast over low power FM. Concert goers will either be given radio receivers and headphones or will be allowed to bring FM radios to listen to the special mix. This seems like a problem, having people bringing in their Walkmen into the concert hall and taping the "Special" mix right at the show! Also, it is unlikely, but they might have problems with the wireless guitar and bass systems that Rabin and Squire use. Finally, I think that the PA system will drown out anything you could hear in your headphones. I hazily remember the idea being that you could get a better sound out of the headphones than the PA. I can't imagine how they will get this to work successfully. Erik * * * * * * * * * * ORIGINAL ABWH? ============== From: IN%"h9352447@obelix.wu-wien.ac.at" "Ethan Evan Prater" I recently purchased a grey market ABWH CD called "Hunting Like the Dinosaurs", on the DIYE label, DIYE 33. It has thirteen tracks, 61:38. "The original version of their first album, before Arista got involved", says the liner. The music is similar to the commercial ABWH release, but it's obvious that it was substantially reworked; a few long stretches of music that didn't make it onto the album. The material sounds more refined than just demos, but it would probably need a little more work to be released legitimately. Sound quality is near legitimate, just a few odd edits and tape dropouts. I have combed through back issues of NFTE looking for a reference to this, and the music doesn't appear to be on the Yesoteric tapes. What is the story with this music? Had ABWH completed an album before they signed with Arista that they had to rework? I can give more info on the tracks or music itself if anyone needs it. Thanks for any help. * * * * * * * * * * DISC FOR SALE ============= From: IN%"RAMIZ@vms.huji.ac.il" I have Yes' "The Twelve Towers At Dawn" of the 28/10/78 Wembley Arena show and trying to sell it over the net. I'll send the further needed details if appropriate. Cheers, * * * * * * * * * * CLOSE 2 THE HYPE ================ From: IN%"DSMCCANN@JUNIOR.READ.TASC.COM" "Shawn McCann" I picked up the "Close to the Hype" single last week. The first thing I'll say about it is it's spent more time in my CD player than _Talk_. Now, I'm not a fan of Rap music (which is what C2tHype is, basically), but I find this song amusing and fun to listen to. It starts off with a quote from "Yours is no Disgrace" (not a sample) which is one of the main musical themes used. There are some obvious samples from 90125, and the rap lyrics contain many phrases from other songs by Yes (even "Time and a Word": 'the time is now/and the word is HYPE'). Jon sings a paraphrase/parody of Close to the Edge: 'Close to the Hype/ down by the rhythm', etc. The other main musical theme is different melody sung by Jon over the previously mentioned theme from "Yours is no Disgrace": 'Gonna make you reel/gonna make you feel alright'. I'm not sure what it's all about (could Jon be poking fun at the new Yes and all the hype surrounding _Talk_?). But it's definitely fun to listen to, trying to catch all the Yes references in the lyrics. Although it's basically a rap "song", there's some interesting music on it...I't venture to say that it has more interesting music than _Talk_. -- Shawn * * * * * * * * * * GTR ALIVE? ========== From: IN%"dmcohen@is-next.umd.edu" Hey all! I was looking around the Weekend section of the Washington Post and noticed an add for the Kansas concert coming around. Then I noticed that the openning act is GTR! I'm assuming that they're touring without Howe. Anyway, for anyone interested, the concert was Sunday, May 22 at the City Limit, located at 224 So. Jefferson St., Frederick, MD. * * * * * * * * * * DRUID ===== From: Bob Brown Hi there, Yes fans! I wonder if anyone out there ever heard of a band called 'Druid'? They were an English progressive group in the early(ish) '80s. I seem to remember that they got John Peel's seal of approval for a while and did a session for him that was broadcast on the BBC. They made two (IMHO excellent) records: 'Fluid' and "Toward the sun." I had their music on tape but Hong Kong's weather is so *!@$&**% humid that the tapes are now almost useless! Does anybody remember them. Even better--can anybody 'refresh' my tapes. I will SOOOO happy if anybody can help me. Take my advice: if you can, give them a listen--they were good. I don't know why they called it a day after 2 albums. I would have been very happy to hear lots more from them. Please get in touch if you can help me out. TIA Bob Brown csbrown@comp.hkp.hk * * * * * * * * * * TALKSHOW RESPONSE ================= From: IN%"j.ogawa1@genie.geis.com" This is mostly in response to Rael's "Talkshow" of NFTE 103, where he says that Jon Anderson seems to have sold out. My first reaction was, "Sacrilege!" As adamzion@cellar.org pointed out, Jon "...owns [Yes] in a spiritual sense." There is no Yes without him although ardent Drama fans will probably disagree with this; at the very least, Jon has been the one with the vision, the "entrepreneur", if you will, behind Yes. "We did what we set out to do, which was to keep going and not feed the pop machine, because it will swallow you..." (Jon Anderson from Yesyears) All this was going through my head, but then I thought of Walls. Yech. Maybe Rael has a point. But I have to remember that Trevor Rabin is and has been a major driving force behind Yes since the 1980s. So I'm not going to give up on Jon. (BTW, for the record, although I like Talk and 90125, I think Big Generator has been the only Yes album since Tormato that feels like Yes. Talk is Trevor's baby despite Jon's contribution, and 90125 was basically Cinema + Jon Anderson, but I feel like Big Generator was more of a group effort.) * * * * * * * * * * FROM THE EDITOR =============== You may have noticed the new logo at the top of Notes. It was created and submitted by a friend of a subscriber. It's much appreciated. For those of you in my neck of the woods, tickets to the Raleigh/Walnut Creek show go on sale Friday, June 17th. See you there! After the great Squire interview we're moving on. Plans are underway to speak with Peter Banks. No dates yet but it will happen. I'll solicit questions when the time is near. I'd like to take this time to plug the new Dixie Dregs album, Full Circle. I'm an unabashed Dregs fan and suggest you give them a try. 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