Yesshows

Yesshows
Live album by Yes
Released 24 November 1980
Recorded 17 August 1976–28 October 1978
Genre Progressive rock
Length 78:54
Label Atlantic
Producer Chris Squire
Yes chronology
Drama
(1980)
Yesshows
(1980)
90125
(1983)

Yesshows is the second live album from the English progressive rock band Yes, released in November 1980 on Atlantic Records. The album is compiled of recordings from their 1976, 1977, and 1978 tours from dates in North America and Europe with its mixing supervised by bassist Chris Squire.

Yesshows was remastered and expanded in 2009 by Isao Kikuchi, and published by Warner Music Japan as part of their "Yes SHM-CD Papersleeve" series.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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

Track listing

Note: "Parallels" opens with an excerpt from The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky.

Side one
No.TitleMusicRecording date and locationLength
1."Parallels"  Chris Squire24 November 1977; Ahoy'-Hal, Rotterdam7:07
2."Time and a Word"  Jon Anderson, David Foster27 October 1978; Empire Pool, London4:06
3."Going for the One"  Anderson18 November 1977; Festhalle, Frankfurt5:22
Side two
No.TitleMusicRecording date and locationLength
1."The Gates of Delirium"  Anderson, Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White, Patrick Moraz17 August 1976; Cobo Hall, Detroit22:40
Side three
No.TitleMusicRecording date and locationLength
1."Don't Kill the Whale"  Anderson, Squire28 October 1978; Empire Pool, London4:12
2."Ritual (Nous sommes du soleil) (Part I)"  Anderson, Squire, Howe, Rick Wakeman, White17 August 1976; Cobo Hall, Detroit11:48
Side four
No.TitleMusicRecording date and locationLength
1."Ritual (Nous sommes du soleil) (Part II)"  Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White17 August 1976; Cobo Hall, Detroit17:07
2."Wonderous Stories"  Anderson24 November 1977; Ahoy'-Hal, Rotterdam3:54

2009 CD

Personnel

Reissues

1987 - Atlantic - CD (Japanese only)
1994 - Atlantic - CD (Remastered)
2009 - 2-CD New Remaster by Isao Kikuchi - Warner Music Japan WPCR-13525/6

References

  1. Planer, Lindsay (2011). "Yesshows - Yes | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.

Sources

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