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Anyone for tennis – and a pint? In conversation with Yes drummer, Jay Schellen – 621

March 20, 2024 15:42 - 31 minutes - 22.1 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller We were delighted to be able to speak to Jay Schellen this week about the upcoming Yes UK and Europe Tour and many other topics, particularly his relationship with the late, great Alan White. As you will hear, Jay's connections with Yes are numerous and he is a truly talented all-round musician, not 'just' a drummer. Stand by for surprising stories, tennis and visits to the pub... How did Jay find himself playing with so many Ye...

Pre-Conversation with Yes drummer, Jay Schellen – 620

March 15, 2024 14:42 - 2 minutes - 2.55 MB

This week Mark and I were due to have a conversation with Jay Schellen about the forthcoming Yes tour of the UK and Europe. Unfortunately, this didn’t happen for reasons outside our control. We will be speaking to Jay on Monday instead so I’m afraid you’ll have to wait just a little bit longer for that. In the meantime in this very short episode, I thought I’d mention some of the interesting things I have found out about the (relatively) new Yes drummer. See how many of these facts you knew ...

Chris Squire – bass lines we love – 619

March 08, 2024 14:19 - 48 minutes - 34.1 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week would have been Chris Squire’s 76th birthday. To celebrate his legacy, Mark and I chose 3 of our favourite Squire bass lines and also chatted about his signature sound and how he achieved it. Make sure you add your own selections to the comments on the show notes for this episode and let’s celebrate the legacy of the world’s greatest bassist together. What are your favourite Squire bass lines? How did Chris achieve his...

Old ABWH and the new Yes video – 618

March 01, 2024 14:40 - 47 minutes - 44.3 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller Mark and I had a fun time this week re-watching the ABWH Brother of Mine video and the new Mirror to the Sky one. Listen out for our thoughts in a few minutes’ time and see if you can count how many times I call the song Long Lost Brother of Mine by mistake. Also, do check out the show notes below before or during listening to Mark and me banging on because I’ve added lots of screenshots from the videos that we refer to in the con...

Why did Yes want Geoff Downes…again? Part 2 – 617

February 23, 2024 13:49 - 28 minutes - 20.4 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller After a short break, Mark and I are back to consider what Geoff Downes was doing before being asked to rejoin Yes for the recording of Fly From Here, released in 2011, shortly before the Yes Music Podcast was established. We have been listening to the John Wetton album, Raised in Captivity which includes many prog rock heroes so listen out for our thoughts on that and what, if anything, we learned about why Geoff was re-recruited....

Why did Yes want Geoff Downes…again? Part 1 – 616

February 08, 2024 16:03 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week, Mark and I talked about the situation in Yes at the time Geoff Downes rejoined for Fly From Here - around 2010-11. It's a contentious time - but then again when isn't with Yes? Oliver Wakeman had to make way for the return of Downes who had worked very closely with Steve Howe in Asia for many years and, when Trevor Horn was brought in to produce the new album, perhaps the writing was on the wall for a Downes redux. All...

Yes ephemera – print and digital – 615

February 02, 2024 15:00 - 53 minutes - 37.3 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week, Mark and I had a great conversation about Yes ephemera - what do I mean by that? Well it’s stuff that would certainly have disappeared if it wasn’t for people like Steve Sullivan, Pete Whipple and Geoffrey Mason over at forgotten-yesterdays.com who collect and share all sorts of items on that amazing site. As on other occasions, it’s best if you take a look at the images below either as you listen or afterwards because ...

Shhhh – quiet Yes songs – 614

January 19, 2024 14:57 - 46 minutes - 32.4 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller As you will hear, the title of this week’s episode is a bit misleading. Mark and I have been choosing some of our favourite slower, calmer songs or parts of songs from the extensive Yes catalogue to talk about this week. There are plenty to choose from given the remarkable ability of Yes to create contrasting musical experiences within an album or even a single song, as I’m sure you know. See what you think of our selections and ...

Yes iconography – 613

January 12, 2024 11:49 - 50 minutes - 35.5 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week's episode is a rather visual one so you will probably want to listen after (or concurrently with) looking at the images below. Mark and I discuss some of the most instantly identifiable (for Yes fans) images which don't include the name of the band. We start off with a quiz for Mark using the first set of images below and then we head off down Yes, Jon Anderson, Roger Dean and some other associated rabbit holes. All of ...

Why did Rick Wakeman want Larry Fast? Part 2 – 612

January 05, 2024 15:15 - 27 minutes - 19.4 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller Happy New Year to you. I hope you had a great time whatever you were celebrating in mid-winter or mid-summer or something else depending on where you are on the globe. This week, Mark and I return to the second part of our discussion around why Rick Wakeman wanted Larry Fast to help him out on Tales from Topographic Oceans. We listened to Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra by Synergy on which Larry played everything. Stay...

Why did Rick Wakeman want Larry Fast? – 611

December 22, 2023 04:00 - 37 minutes - 26.5 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week Mark and I are once again indebted to Doug Curran for setting us off to find out more about keyboard innovator Larry Fast and his Tales from Topographic Oceans connections. As you will hear, Larry was involved in the sound of the keyboards on Tales, something I did not realise until Doug posted a happy birthday message to Larry on the YMP Facebook Discussion Group last week. How much did you know about Larry’s connection...

Tales from Topographic Oceans 50th Anniversary – a fan-made boxset – Part 2 with Ian Hartley – 610

December 15, 2023 14:42 - 36 minutes - 25.5 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller Mark and I had a great conversation with Ian Hartley this week. As mentioned last week, Ian has produced his own 50th Anniversary box set of Tales from Topographic Oceans and we were keen to know what motivated him, how he went about it and how it fitted in with his own Yes story. If you haven’t already watched Ian’s YouTube video where he unboxes his own box and also shows off some of his Tales collection, then please do - it’s e...

Tales from Topographic Oceans 50th Anniversary – a fan-made boxset – Part 1 – 609

December 08, 2023 14:26 - 41 minutes - 29.2 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week Mark and I take a look at and have a chat about what Yes fan Ian Hartley has done to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Tales from Topographic Oceans. A chap after our own 5%-er hearts, he has taken things very much into his own hands as you will hear. If you want to understand fully what we are banging on about (if that’s even possible) then watch the video Ian made of the set which I have embedded below. What has Ian ...

Yes Tracks Through Time – Ritual – Shows, Symphonic and Drama – 608

December 01, 2023 15:51 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller We continue our Tales from topographic oceans obsession this week with a look at 3 very different live recordings of side 4, Ritual - Nous Sommes du Soleil. The 3 different performances are included in the show notes below. They are from Yesshows (1980) , Symphonic Live (2002) and Topographic Drama (2017). This means we have the following musicians to listen to: Anderson, Squire, White, Moraz, Howe, Downes, Brislin, Sherwood, Davi...

Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 7 – Chris Squire’s bass with Miguel Falcão – 607

November 24, 2023 17:33 - 50 minutes - 35.4 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller It was a delight to welcome the bass maestro Miguel Falcão back onto the YMP this week. As you would expect, he knows a lot about how Chris Squire created the bass lines for Tales from Topographic Oceans. You may have heard Miguel's bass covers of both The Ancient and The Remembering, and if not they are embedded below. We found out many things including what basses Chris used to record and play Tales live. So stand by for a mass...

Steven Rosen, author and interviewer – 606

November 17, 2023 16:51 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller We had a great conversation with veteran music journalist Steve Rosen this week. Steve has interviewed almost all members of Yes over the decades, although they weren't always 'easy' sessions, as you will hear! Steve also spent a great deal of time with the iconic guitarist Edward Van Halen and has recently published a book, 'Tonechaser' about this relationship, which helps the reader to understand the personality of Edward, rath...

90124 vs. 90125 – 605

November 10, 2023 16:31 - 37 minutes - 26.2 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller In the week of the 40th anniversary of 90125, Mark and I looked at Trevor Rabin's 90124 which contains a lot of source material for the classic from 1983. 90124 appeared in 2003 on the 20th anniversary of the globally-successful Yes album and contains all of Trevor's demos of songs such as Hold On, Changes, Owner of a Lonely Heart and Cinema. A truly fascinating listen, there are also demos of later Yes songs like Where Will You B...

Yes – Best of the 80s – 604

November 03, 2023 16:49 - 45 minutes - 31.9 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller We took a break from Tales from Topographic Oceans this week to consider what Yes were up to in the 1980s. Across just four albums (if you are happy to call ABWH a Yes album), Yes music was somewhat different to what had come before. You are probably aware that our friends and YMP Patrons Stephen Lambe and Dave Watkinson wrote a whole book about Yes in the 1980s so don't forget to check that out if you don't already have a copy -...

Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 6 – Alan White’s drums with Joe Cass – 603

October 27, 2023 15:00 - 52 minutes - 36.6 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week we are back to the epic in-depth study of Tales from Topographic Oceans. We asked the ever-generous drummer of Yes tribute band Total Mass Retain Joe Cass to join us to talk about Alan White’s contribution to the classic album. You won’t be surprised to hear that Joe managed to help us to uncover a wealth of detail about the percussion on the album and the musical and personal character of the late deeply missed Yes stic...

Illustrator and Yes collaborator Jeff Cummins – 602

October 20, 2023 15:37 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller We had yet another lovely conversation with a relatively unsung hero of the Yes story this week. As you’ll hear, you have probably seen Jeff Cumins’ work, even if you don’t realise it. He has a long and distinguished career as an artist and illustrator and revealed fascinating insights that neither Mark nor I had heard before. I’m sure you’ll enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed talking to him. Do check out the images in this wee...

Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 5 – Steve Howe’s guitars – 601

October 15, 2023 17:01 - 55 minutes - 38.5 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week Mark and I returned to Tales form topographic oceans to consider Steve Howe’s guitars, based on Mark’s expert knowledge and thanks to Geioff Bailie kindly sending us photos of the Steve Howe guitar collection book. After recording I also heard from Nick Kokoshis that he has assembled a set of photos on Facebook all about the guitars on Tales so please see the link below to see what he has found out. You may need to join...

Episode 600 with Trevor Rabin

October 06, 2023 13:23 - 52 minutes - 36.7 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller Support the Fundraiser! After more than 12 years, we have reached episode 600! It was a delight to welcome Yes legend, Trevor Rabin, onto the show to help us celebrate the milestone. We spoke about Yes, Cinema, his new solo album, Rio, and more. Trevor was a generous and amusing guest and Rio is a great, varied album. Thank you to him for helping us to mark the special occasion. As part of our celebrations, you'll hear that we ...

Rolling with Brian Chatton – The Warriors, Jon Anderson, Patrick Moraz, Keith Emerson and other stories – 599

September 29, 2023 14:55 - 46 minutes - 32.7 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller Thanks to YMP Patron Doug Curran, we were able to speak to Brian Chatton this week. A friend of and collaborator with Jon Anderson since the 1960s, Brian has indeed 'Rolled with Rock Royalty' and our conversation shed light on a variety of eras of Yes and the other bands and artists Brian has been associated with. No single interview with Brian could possibly scratch the surface of his extraordinary life and career so do check ou...

Olias of Sunhillow inspires the making of this Indie-Prog album by Peter D’Amore – 598

September 22, 2023 15:26 - 50 minutes - 35.4 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week we spoke to the generous Peter D’Amore, the longtime Yes fan who spent 7 years making his own ‘Olias’ album, an indie/Prog 2-CD project. We talk about his music, his Yes influences and many aspects of the band including the latest album and the setlist that was played on the warm-up night a couple of days ago. I’ve embedded several of Peter’s YouTube videos into the show notes including his recent collaboration with Bil...

Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 4 – Sid Smith talks about the context – 597

September 15, 2023 14:50 - 33 minutes - 23.5 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller The hugely knowledgeable Sid Smith joined us again this week to chat about the context of Tales from Topographic Oceans. Sid wrote the sleeve notes for the Steven Wilson remix of Tales which was released by Panegyric in 2016. He also wrote the remarkable book, 'In the Court of King Crimson - An Observation over Fifty Years', so we were delighted to be able to ask him about the relationship between Crimson main man, Robert Fripp, ...

Stephen Lambe on his updated book – Yes every album, every song – 596

September 08, 2023 15:02 - 28 minutes - 20.2 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller Stephen Lambe joins us in a moment to talk about his updated, comprehensive Yes book as well as touching on Tales and Trevor Rabin. https://burningshed.com/store/sonicbond What has Stephen added to his already great Yes book? What does he think of the current state of Yes? Where can you get his book? Let us know if you agree with us! We are entering another period of intense Yes activity this week with the band preparing for...

Geoff Bailie discusses new old Yes releases – 595

September 01, 2023 13:55 - 41 minutes - 29.2 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week  Mark and I were joined by YMP Patron and The Prog Report’s Geoff Bailie to talk about the two new old releases from Warner/Rhino - a box set of The Yes Album and the Yessingles collection. It’s a robust conversation so stand by for that. Geoff Bailie and some other bloke https://progreport.com/yes-mirror-to-the-sky-album-review/ Order Yessingles: https://burningshed.com/yes_yessingles_vinyl Are there no more intere...

Chris Dale talks about the keyboards on Tales – 594

August 25, 2023 15:49 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week Mark and I welcomed the knowledgeable Chris Dale back onto the show for the third time. If you haven't listened to the episodes where Chris talks about the Birotron (the infamous rarest musical instrument in the world) and the other keyboards on Tormato, then you may want to catch up with those before listening to this latest installment. The Birotron - episode 503 The other Tormato keyboards - episode 531 This time t...

Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 3 – Chris Dale talks about the keyboards on Tales – 594

August 25, 2023 15:49 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week Mark and I welcomed the knowledgeable Chris Dale back onto the show for the third time. If you haven't listened to the episodes where Chris talks about the Birotron (the infamous rarest musical instrument in the world) and the other keyboards on Tormato, then you may want to catch up with those before listening to this latest installment. The Birotron - episode 503 The other Tormato keyboards - episode 531 This time t...

Geoff Downes in conversation about DBA’s new album, Celestial Songs – 593

August 18, 2023 15:51 - 21 minutes - 15.5 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller This week we welcomed the ever-generous Geoff Downes onto the show. It was great to speak to the current Yes keyboard wizard about the new DBA album, Celestial Songs, as well as the recent John Wetton tribute concert and, of course, Tales from Topographic Oceans. Geoff also hinted at what’s being planned for the forthcoming The Classic Tales Of Yes Tour so listen out for that! It’s always a treat to talk to Geoff who reiterates th...

Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 2 – Simon Barrow helps us to conceptualise the concept – 592

August 11, 2023 15:58 - 53 minutes - 37 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell and Ken Fuller This week we are joined by Yes book author, Simon Barrow, to talk about the concept behind Tales From Topographic Oceans. We get into a lot of detail as you would expect and explore some pretty fascinating areas of concept music - whatever that actually is! What is a concept album? Is Tales a concept album? Does it even matter? Let us know if you agree with us! Some of Kevin's copies of Tales The actual footnote Jon Anderson based the concept ...

Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 1 – 591

August 04, 2023 15:37 - 38 minutes - 27 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week we are starting a new project - The Yes Album Listening Guides. Eventually this will be a series of books and I explain more with Mark in this episode. What is this new book series going to be about? What is the first album? How can I be involved? Let us know if you agree with us! Some of Kevin's copies of Tales Available now! TormatoBook.com YMP Patrons: Producers: Joseph Cottrell Ken Fuller Jeff...

Why did Yes want Oliver Wakeman? Part 2 – 590

July 14, 2023 15:50 - 34 minutes - 24 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius Mark and I really enjoyed listening to/watching Oliver's album/DVD 'Coming To Town - Live In Katowice'. We were surprised by and delighted with the performances, the writing and the production. It's a great set from a band firing on all cylinders! Is this all progressive rock? Does Oliver take the lead? How proficient are the others in the band? Oliver's Website page about the album Let us know if you agree with u...

Why did Yes want Oliver Wakeman? Part 1 – 589

July 07, 2023 14:32 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius Contrary to what I said last week, we are going to continue with our Why did Yes want series this week as we turn back slightly in time to Oliver Wakeman after we inadvertently got Benoit David in the wrong order last time. It was one of the most confusing periods of the band in terms of personnel so I have turned to interviews and accounts from those involved to try and get as close as possible to the truth - see if ...

Why did Yes want Benoit David? Part 2 – 588

June 30, 2023 15:42 - 28 minutes - 20.2 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I return to the second part of our 'Why did Yes want...' series and it's time to consider Mystery's album, Beneath The Veil Of Winter's Face. HIs this Prog? How did Benoit sound? Why did Yes want him based on this record? Let us know if you agree with us! Available now! TormatoBook.com YMP Patrons: Producers: Joseph Cottrell Ken Fuller Jeffrey Crecelius and Wayne Hall Patrons: Aaron St...

Why did Yes want Benoit David? – 587

June 23, 2023 13:33 - 23 minutes - 16.9 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I return to our 'Why did Yes want...' series and it's time to consider Benoit David. Jon Anderson had been unwell and so the band needed to find what Chris Squire referred to as an 'understudy', presumably with the intention of Jon returning at some point. How did the band find Benoit? How did he know the music? What was he up to just before joining Yes? Let us know if you agree with us! Availab...

How does staging affect Yes music? – 586

June 16, 2023 13:14 - 50 minutes - 35.3 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I talk about various different approaches Yes have had to their stage design over the decades. This was partly prompted by the rumour that the band are intending to change they way in which they set up from 2024 onwards. Do let us know what Yes stage setups have been your favourites and why in the show notes for this week's episode. What is your favourite Yes stage setup? Do you like 3D sets? Are...

Technological Musical Magician, Derek Dearden – 585

June 09, 2023 14:45 - 32 minutes - 23 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius Unless you have already read my book, Yes The Tormato Story, you may not recognise the name Derek Dearden. However, you have certainly heard the results of his amazing technical wizardry. This is another deep dive episode but it also contains much of interest to any Yes fan. Derek was a delight to speak to when Mark and I interviewed him a few months ago and I’ve been keeping this fascinating interview under wraps so t...

Why did Yes want Rick Wakeman…back…again? – Part 2 – 584

June 02, 2023 14:56 - 37 minutes - 26.5 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I subjected ourselves to 2 sides of Yes by Rick Wakeman. As you’ll hear, it was a bit grim at times. See what you think of our responses and let us know what you think of this collection in the comments on this week’s show notes. What is this collection like? What was Rick thinking? Come on...! https://youtu.be/stACRExjX_E Order the new album now! https://Yes-Band.lnk.to/MirrorToTheSky https:...

Why did Yes want Rick Wakeman…back…again? – 583

May 26, 2023 13:09 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I return to our perennial favourite, the 'why did Yes want' series. Rick is back - again - after the orchestral diversion of Magnification and the Symphonic Tour just after the turn of the century (pun intended). He produced two albums of Yes-related music shortly before returning to the band so we are going to listen to those this coming week and bang on about them next week - you are most welcome ...

Why did Yes want Rick Wakeman…back…again? – 582

May 26, 2023 13:09 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I return to our perennial favourite, the 'why did Yes want' series. Rick is back - again - after the orchestral diversion of Magnification and the Symphonic Tour just after the turn of the century (pun intended). He produced two albums of Yes-related music shortly before returning to the band so we are going to listen to those this coming week and bang on about them next week - you are most welcome ...

Release, Release Day! (Yes album and my book) with Simon Barrow – 582

May 19, 2023 13:35 - 53 minutes - 37.2 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius A momentous week in a number of ways. There have been so many positive reactions to the new Yes album Mirror to the Stars and it’s even doing really well in the charts. You’ll know from our reviews that Mark and I are very impressed with the record and we invited Simon Barrow to discuss it with us - listen out for that in a few minutes’ time. We also took the opportunity to share some thoughts about the other release s...

A conversation with Jon Davison about Mirror to the Sky – 581

May 12, 2023 16:00 - 28 minutes - 20.2 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I had a lovely conversation with Yes lead singer, Jon Davison. We chatted about the new album, Mirror to the Sky and his contributions to it as well as the band’s live plans and the future. We also touched on Tormato (there’s a surprise), John Lodge and other topics in a packed interview. Jon was an absolute delight and his passion for Yes music is obvious. As he points out, Billy, Jay and he have a...

The new Yes album and other hot topics with Henry Potts – 580

May 05, 2023 14:22 - 44 minutes - 31.4 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I were joined by Henry Potts to talk about the new Yes album, Mirror to the Sky as well as some of the more controversial topics of the day. In case you are unaware, Henry is one of the most knowledgeable Yes historians anywhere and his amazing online resource where he stores the chronicles of the world’s greatest progressive rock band can be found at http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/  See if you agree ...

The New Yes Album – Mirror to the Sky – 579

April 28, 2023 15:34 - 53 minutes - 37 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius Mark and I listen to the new Yes album Mirror to the Skies this week and share our responses to it. Spoiler alert - it’s really good. Is the rest of the album like Cut From The Stars?? How progressive is it? What is the epic title track like? https://youtu.be/4ZJaP9ThILI TormatoBook.com YMP Patrons: Producers: Joseph Cottrell Ken Fuller Jeffrey Crecelius and Wayne Hall Patrons: Aaron SteelmanDave OwenMar...

Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks Live – 578

April 21, 2023 12:50 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius Mark and I have been watching videos of Jon Anderson’s latest live project, this time with the fabulous Band Geeks. We discuss our reactions this week. How did the Band Geeks get on playing a whole concert of Yes music with Jon Anderson? How did Jon's voice hold up? Was it an enjoyable concert of Yes music? https://youtu.be/qZEkwtqOUuQ https://richiecastellano.com/bandgeek/ Jon's website: http://jonanderson.com/...

Why did Yes want Larry Groupé? – Part 2 – 577

April 07, 2023 10:33 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I spoke to the generous and talented composer, Larry Groupé, about his compositions for the 2001 Yes album, Magnification. We also talked about the orchestrations he did for the Symphonic Tour and his conducting. It was a wonderful, wide-ranging conversation. How did Larry Groupé end up working on Magnification? How did Larry approach the writing? Was he happy with the results? Larry's website - ...

Why did Yes want Larry Groupé? – Part 1 – 576

March 31, 2023 14:09 - 26 minutes - 18.7 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I continued to subtly subvert the format of our ‘Why Did Yes Want…?’ series by looking at Larry Groupé who provided orchestrations, arrangements and unique orchestral music for the 2001 album, Magnification. We learned some interesting things about the Professor and prolific film and TV composer which will make our forthcoming conversation with him even more fascinating. As is so often the case, Larr...

Why did Yes want Igor Khoroshev – Part 2 – finally – 575

March 24, 2023 15:45 - 36 minutes - 25.9 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius Mark and I finally got round to finishing off our examination of why Yes wanted Igor Khoroshev this week after listening to a very enjoyable bootleg recording from the Open Your Eyes Tour. We also had a chance to discuss in a two pence the recent news of the postponement of the Relayer Tour in the UK and Europe until 2024. Please leave your own comments as always on the show notes for this week if you have anything to ...

Paul K Joyce talks about his orchestrations for Mirror To The Sky – 574

March 17, 2023 16:18 - 42 minutes - 29.9 MB

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Ken Fuller, Wayne Hall and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I had a lovely conversation with Paul K Joyce, the orchestrator on The Quest and Mirror To The Sky. He tells us some rather interesting things about the forthcoming album. Speaking of which, Simon Barrow returns this week to say a bit about the fan reaction to the new single, Cut From The Stars. He’s not happy. When was Paul asked to provide orchestrations for another new Yes album? Is the new albu...

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