Essentially Yes

Essentially Yes
Box set by Yes
Released	December 2006
Recorded	1993 - 2003
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	?:??:??
Label	Eagle Records
Producer	Yes, Trevor Rabin, Bruce Fairbairn, Tim Weidner

Essentially Yes is a box set by progressive rock band Yes. It was released in 2006 by Eagle Records. It contains five discs, four of which are previously released studio albums; Talk, Open Your Eyes, The Ladder, and Magnification, though not in chronological order. The fifth disc is a single CD version of what was later released as the 2CD live album Live at Montreux 2003.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc 1 1.2 Disc 2 1.3 Disc 3 1.4 Disc 4 1.5 Disc 5 2 Personnel

Track listing

Disc 1

• Open Your Eyes

Disc 2

• The Ladder (includes Homeworld preview)

Disc 3

• Magnification

Disc 4

• Talk (includes 2002 bonus track)

Disc 5

• single CD version of Live at Montreux 2003

Personnel

• Jon Anderson: Vocals on all discs.
• Chris Squire: Bass on all discs.
• Steve Howe: Guitar on discs 1, 2, 3, and 5.
• Trevor Rabin: Guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, and string arrangements on disc 4.
• Tony Kaye: Hammond organ on disc 4.
• Rick Wakeman: Keyboards on disc 5.
• Igor Khoroshev: Keyboards on disc 2.
• Billy Sherwood: Guitar and keyboards on discs 1 and 2.
• Alan White: Drums on all discs.

with

• Steve Porcaro: Keyboards on disc 1 track 2.
• Larry Groupé: Orchestra conductor on disc 3.

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