Live Music From 50th Anniversary Tour On 4LP Set!
Yes celebrated the band's 50th anniversary with an extensive tour that included shows in Europe, North America and Japan. Now, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are back with a new double live album that was recorded during the group's anniversary tour.
YES 50 LIVE features 13 live performances of key songs that helped make Yes the most enduring, ambitious, and virtuosic progressive band in rock history. What makes this collection even more extraordinary is the number of band members who are featured. In fact, much of the album was recorded in Philadelphia, a show where 10 members of Yes were on stage during the encore (current members) Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Alan White, Billy Sherwood and Jon Davison, Jay Schellen, plus (former members) Tony Kaye, Patrick Moraz, Tom Brislin and Trevor Horn. Patrick Moraz is featured on "Soon" and Tony Kaye is featured on "Yours Is No Disgrace", "Roundabout", and "Starship Trooper."
The live performances on YES 50 LIVE seamlessly weave together several eras from the band's past with songs from 10 different studio albums recorded between 1970 and 2011. Naturally, the collection highlights some of the group's most important music, including "Starship Trooper" from The Yes Album (1971), "Roundabout" from Fragile (1971) and the title track from Close To The Edge (1972). But the new live album also highlights some of Yes' most adventurous work with an excerpt from "The Ancient", a track that appeared on 1973's Tales From Topographic Oceans, and "Soon", which is the final section in "The Gates Of Delirium" from 1974's Relayer.
The cover of YES 50 LIVE was painted by Roger Dean, whose artwork and trademark calligraphy are synonymous with the band's identity. The CD and vinyl versions both come with an eight-page booklet that includes photographs from the tour taken by the Gottlieb Brothers.
Features:
• 4LP Set
• Recorded on the 50th Anniversary U.S. Tour, 2018
• Special guests Tony Kaye and Patrick Moraz
• 7 sides of music
• Etching on 8th side
• Wide spine gatefold jacket
• 8-page booklet with tour photos taken by the Gottlieb Brothers
• Made in EU
Musicians:
Jon Davison, lead vocals
Steve Howe, guitars, vocals
Geoff Downes, keyboards
Billy Sherwood, bass, vocals
Alan White, drums
Special Guests:
Jay Schellen, drums
Tony Kaye, keyboards
Patrick Moraz, keyboards
Selections:
Side One:
1. Close To The Edge
(i) The Solid Time Of Change
(ii) Total Mass Retain
(iii) I Get Up I Get Down
(iv) Seasons Of Man
Side Two:
1. Nine Voices (Longwalker)
2. Sweet Dreams
3. Madrigal
4. We Can Fly From Here Pt. 1
Side Three:
1. Soon
Side Four:
1. Awaken
Side Five:
1. Parallels
2. Excerpt From The Ancient
Side Six:
1. Yours Is No Disgrace
2. Excerpt From Georgia's Song And Mood For A Day
Side Seven:
1. Roundabout
2. Starship Trooper
a. Live Seeker
b. Disillusion
c. Wurm
Side Eight:
Etching
Yes celebrated the band's 50th anniversary with an extensive tour that included shows in Europe, North America and Japan. Now, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are back with a new double live album that was recorded during the group's anniversary tour.
YES 50 LIVE features 13 live performances of key songs that helped make Yes the most enduring, ambitious, and virtuosic progressive band in rock history. What makes this collection even more extraordinary is the number of band members who are featured. In fact, much of the album was recorded in Philadelphia, a show where 10 members of Yes were on stage during the encore (current members) Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Alan White, Billy Sherwood and Jon Davison, Jay Schellen, plus (former members) Tony Kaye, Patrick Moraz, Tom Brislin and Trevor Horn. Patrick Moraz is featured on "Soon" and Tony Kaye is featured on "Yours Is No Disgrace", "Roundabout", and "Starship Trooper."
The live performances on YES 50 LIVE seamlessly weave together several eras from the band's past with songs from 10 different studio albums recorded between 1970 and 2011. Naturally, the collection highlights some of the group's most important music, including "Starship Trooper" from The Yes Album (1971), "Roundabout" from Fragile (1971) and the title track from Close To The Edge (1972). But the new live album also highlights some of Yes' most adventurous work with an excerpt from "The Ancient", a track that appeared on 1973's Tales From Topographic Oceans, and "Soon", which is the final section in "The Gates Of Delirium" from 1974's Relayer.
The cover of YES 50 LIVE was painted by Roger Dean, whose artwork and trademark calligraphy are synonymous with the band's identity. The CD and vinyl versions both come with an eight-page booklet that includes photographs from the tour taken by the Gottlieb Brothers.
Features:
• 4LP Set
• Recorded on the 50th Anniversary U.S. Tour, 2018
• Special guests Tony Kaye and Patrick Moraz
• 7 sides of music
• Etching on 8th side
• Wide spine gatefold jacket
• 8-page booklet with tour photos taken by the Gottlieb Brothers
• Made in EU
Musicians:
Jon Davison, lead vocals
Steve Howe, guitars, vocals
Geoff Downes, keyboards
Billy Sherwood, bass, vocals
Alan White, drums
Special Guests:
Jay Schellen, drums
Tony Kaye, keyboards
Patrick Moraz, keyboards
Selections:
Side One:
1. Close To The Edge
(i) The Solid Time Of Change
(ii) Total Mass Retain
(iii) I Get Up I Get Down
(iv) Seasons Of Man
Side Two:
1. Nine Voices (Longwalker)
2. Sweet Dreams
3. Madrigal
4. We Can Fly From Here Pt. 1
Side Three:
1. Soon
Side Four:
1. Awaken
Side Five:
1. Parallels
2. Excerpt From The Ancient
Side Six:
1. Yours Is No Disgrace
2. Excerpt From Georgia's Song And Mood For A Day
Side Seven:
1. Roundabout
2. Starship Trooper
a. Live Seeker
b. Disillusion
c. Wurm
Side Eight:
Etching
