Yesstory

Yesstory
Compilation album by Yes
Released 15 September 1992
Recorded 1969 - 1987
Genre Progressive rock
Length 2:27:44
Label Atco
Producer Yes, Paul Clay,
Tony Colton, Eddie Offord, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin and Paul De Villiers
Yes chronology
Yesyears
(1991)		 Yesstory
(1992)		 Symphonic Music of Yes
(1993)
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Yesstory is a double CD and triple LP career-spanning distillation of music by progressive rock band Yes that had originally appeared on the 1991 box set Yesyears. Yesstory was issued in 1992 lacking the rarity material that had characterized its parent release.

Yesstory is still available, although Yesyears has since been deleted due to the appearance of the 2002 Rhino Records box set In a Word: Yes (1969 - ).

Contents

Track listing (CD version)

Disc one

  1. "Something's Coming" (Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim) – 7:06
    • Originally released as the B-Side to "Sweetness" in July 1969
  2. "Survival" (Jon Anderson) – 6:18
  3. "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens) – 4:48
  4. "Time and a Word" (Jon Anderson / David Foster) – 4:31
  5. "Starship Trooper" – 9:25
    1. "Life Seeker" (Jon Anderson)
    2. "Disillusion" (Chris Squire)
    3. "Würm" (Steve Howe)
  6. "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Steve Howe / Tony Kaye / Bill Bruford) – 9:41
  7. "I've Seen All Good People" – 6:53
    1. "Your Move" (Jon Anderson)
    2. "All Good People" (Chris Squire)
  8. "Roundabout" (Jon Anderson / Steve Howe) – 8:31
  9. "Heart of the Sunrise" (Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Bill Bruford) – 10:35

Disc two

  1. "Long Distance Runaround" (Jon Anderson) – 3:30
  2. "America" (Single Edit) (Paul Simon) – 4:04
  3. "Close to the Edge" (Jon Anderson / Steve Howe) – 18:34
    1. "The Solid Time of Change"
    2. "Total Mass Retain"
    3. "I Get Up I Get Down"
    4. "Seasons of Man"
  4. "Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)" (Words by Jon Anderson / Steve Howe; Music by Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Steve Howe / Rick Wakeman / Alan White) – 21:33
  5. "Soon" (Single Edit) (Jon Anderson) – 4:06
  6. "Wondrous Stories" (Jon Anderson) – 3:49
  7. "Going for the One" (Jon Anderson) – 5:32
  8. "Don't Kill the Whale" (Jon Anderson / Chris Squire) – 3:54
  9. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Trevor Rabin / Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Trevor Horn) – 4:27
  10. "Rhythm of Love" (Jon Anderson / Tony Kaye / Trevor Rabin / Chris Squire) – 4:46

Yesstory (Atco 792 202) failed to chart in the U.S. or UK.

Track Listing (Vinyl version)

The vinyl version has a slightly different running order and tracklisting:

LP 1 Side 1

  1. "Survival" (Jon Anderson) – 6:18
  2. "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens) – 4:48
  3. "Time and a Word" (Jon Anderson / David Foster) – 4:31
  4. "Starship Trooper" – 9:25

LP 1 Side 2

  1. "I've Seen All Good People" – 6:53
  2. "Roundabout" (Jon Anderson / Steve Howe) – 8:31
  3. "Heart of the Sunrise" (Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Bill Bruford) – 10:35

LP 2 Side 1

  1. "Close to the Edge" (Jon Anderson / Steve Howe) – 18:34

LP 2 Side 2

  1. "Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)" (Words by Jon Anderson / Steve Howe; Music by Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Steve Howe / Rick Wakeman / Alan White) – 21:33

LP 3 Side 1

  1. "Soon" (Single Edit) (Jon Anderson) – 4:06
  2. "Wondrous Stories" (Jon Anderson) – 3:49
  3. "Going for the One" (Jon Anderson) – 5:32
  4. "Don't Kill the Whale" (Jon Anderson / Chris Squire) – 3:54
  5. "Does it really happen?" (Howe/Squire/White/Downes) - 6.34

LP 3 Side 2

  1. "Make it easy" (T.Rabin) - 6.08
  2. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Trevor Rabin / Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Trevor Horn) – 4:27
  3. "Rhythm of Love" (Jon Anderson / Tony Kaye / Trevor Rabin / Chris Squire) – 4:46
  4. "Changes - Live version" (Rabin/Anderson/White) - 7.34

References

  1. ^ Collins, P. (2011 [last update]). "Yesstory - Yes | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r77853. Retrieved 25 July 2011. 
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