Yesshows

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yesshows
Live album by Yes
Released	December 19, 1980
Recorded	August 17, 1976 - October 28, 1978
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	78:54
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Yes
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Yes chronology
Drama (1980) Yesshows (1980) Classic Yes (1981)
Back cover

Yesshows is the second live album by British progressive rock group Yes. Released shortly after the appearance of Drama, Yesshows comprises live performances ranging from the summer of 1976 to the supporting tour for Tormato in 1978. The album's release was supervised by bassist Chris Squire.

Like the group's previous live album, Yessongs (1973), Yesshows begins with a recording of Igor Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. Unlike the Yessongs version, the band members may be heard playing in tandem with the Stravinsky track on this recording.

Although Rick Wakeman is the keyboardist on most tracks, the 1976 performances ("The Gates of Delirium" and "Ritual - Nous Sommes du Soleil") feature Patrick Moraz. Moraz left Yes just before the recording of Going for the One (1977).

On the original double vinyl LP, "Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)" was split in two, with its second half continuing on Side D of the record. For the CD edition, it has been restitched back together, although each part has been allotted its own track number.

The album is also notable for showing photographs of the bands late 70s live stage performances - around 1977 they developed the idea of a circular rotating stage, known informally as performing "in the round", with Jon Anderson's microphone hanging from the ceiling of the venue.

Issued as Yes were about to disband (temporarily, as it turned out), Yesshows stands as a fitting live memento of their late 1970's era.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Chart 1.2 Personnel 2 Reissues 2.1 Sources

[edit] Track listing

1. "Parallels" (Chris Squire) – 7:07
   • recorded at Ahoy-Halle, Rotterdam. 11/24/1977
2. "Time and a Word" (Jon Anderson/David Foster) – 4:06
   • recorded at Empire Pool, Wembley, 10/27/1978
3. "Going for the One" (Jon Anderson) – 5:22
   • recorded at Festhalle, Frankfurt, 11/18/1977
4. "The Gates of Delirium" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Steve Howe/Alan White/Patrick Moraz) – 22:40
   • recorded at Cobo Hall, Detroit, 8/17/1976
5. "Don't Kill the Whale" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire) – 6:50
   • recorded at Empire Pool, Wembley, 10/28/1978
6. "Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)" (Part 1) (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Steve Howe/Rick Wakeman/Alan White) – 11:48
   • recorded at Cobo Hall, Detroit, 8/17/1976
7. "Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)" (Part 2) (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Steve Howe/Rick Wakeman/Alan White) – 17:07
   • recorded at Cobo Hall, Detroit, 8/17/1976
8. "Wonderous Stories" (Jon Anderson) – 3:54
   • recorded at Ahoy-Halle, Rotterdam. 11/24/1977

[edit] Chart

Yesshows (Atlantic K 60142) reached #22 in the UK. It also reached #43 in the US during a chart stay of 12 weeks.

The album spend 4 weeks at the Norwegian chart and reached #32.

[edit] Personnel

• Jon Anderson: Vocals
• Chris Squire: Bass guitar, vocals, mixing
• Steve Howe: Guitars, vocals
• Patrick Moraz: Keyboards (tracks 4, 6 and 7)
• Rick Wakeman: Keyboards (everything else)
• Alan White: Drums, vocals

[edit] Reissues

1987 - Atlantic - CD
1994 - Atlantic - CD (Remastered )
2001 - Atlantic - CD (HDCD remaster)

[edit] Sources

• AllMusicGuide.com
• "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c.2002

v • d • e Yes Jon Anderson | Chris Squire | Steve Howe | Alan White Former members Bill Bruford | Peter Banks | Tony Kaye | Rick Wakeman | Patrick Moraz | Geoff Downes | Trevor Horn | Trevor Rabin | Billy Sherwood | Igor Khoroshev Studio albums Yes | Time and a Word | The Yes Album | Fragile | Close to the Edge | Tales from Topographic Oceans | Relayer | Going for the One | Tormato | Drama | 90125 | Big Generator | Union | Talk | Open Your Eyes | The Ladder | Magnification Live albums Yessongs | Yesshows | 9012Live: The Solos | Keys to Ascension | Keys to Ascension 2 | House of Yes: Live from House of Blues | Live at Montreux 2003 Compilations Yesterdays | Classic Yes | Yesstory | Highlights: The Very Best of Yes | Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969-1970 | Keystudio | Yes Remixes | The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection | Yes, Friends and Relatives | Greatest Hits Live Video releases Yessongs | Yes: Live - 1975 at Q.P.R. | Live in Philadelphia | 9012Live | YesYears | Greatest Video Hits | House of Yes: Live from House of Blues | Keys to Ascension | Yesspeak | Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss | Songs from Tsongas | Live at Montreux 2003 | Classic Artists: Yes Box sets Yesyears | In a Word: Yes (1969 - ) | The Word is Live | Essentially Yes Related Articles XYZ | Cinema | The Buggles | Asia | Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe | CIRCA: