Yessongs (Remastered)

Description

Opening with a few bars of Stravinsky to set the adoring crowd on its feet, this once-three-LP set is Yes at their finest. This was, after all, probably the most mainstream act that had even provisional "prog rock" status, and their tunes show it. While "Heart of the Sunrise" may be one of the more modestly titled Yes songs (compare it with "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" or "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" or even "Total Mass Retain"), it also bears marks of the band playing at its most frenetic pace around Jon Anderson's soaring near-falsetto. Rick Wakeman's grand synthesizer flashes are more than textural, finding visual meshes aplenty with Roger Dean's cryptic cover art--most of which is shrunken or absent on this two-CD reissue. Tracklist: Disc 1 1. Opening (Excerpt from "Firebird Suite") 2. Siberian Khatru 3. Heart of the Sunrise 4. Perpetual Change 5. And You and I: i. Cord of Life, ii. Eclipse, iii. The Preach 6. Mood for a Day 7. Excerpts from "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" 8. Roundabout Disc 2 1. I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move, b. All Good People 2. Long Distance Runaround / The Fish (Schindleria Praemeturus) 3. Close to the Edge (I. The Solid Time of Change, II. Total Ma 4. Yours Is No Disgrace 5. Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker, b. Disillusion, c. Würm