Yes - The Word Is Live
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Artist: YesEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2005-08-23
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Then (BBC 1970)
- For Everyone (BBC 1970)
- Astral Traveller (Gothenburg 1971)
- Everydays (Gothenburg 1971)
- Yours Is No Disgrace (London 1971)
- I've Seen All Good People (London 1971)
- America (London 1971)
- It's Love (London 1971)
- Apocalyspse (Detroit 1976)
- Siberian Khatru (Detroit 1976)
- Sound Chaser (Detroit 1976)
- Sweet Dreams (London 1975)
- Future Times/Rejoice (Oakland 1978)
- Circus of Heaven (Oakland 1978)
- Big Medley (Inglewood 1978)
- Hello Chicago (Chicago 1979)
- Roundabout (Chicago 1979)
- Heart of the Sunrise (Oakland 1978)
- Awaken (Chicago 1979)
- Go Through This (New York 1980)
- We Can Fly rom Here (New York 1980)
- Tempus Fugit (New York 1980)
- Rhythm of Love (Houston 1988)
- Hold On (Houston 1988)
- Shoot High, Aim Low (Houston 1988)
- Make It Easy/Owner of A Lonely Heart (Houston 1988)
Free Music Notes for The Word Is Live
Free Music Review: Previously unreleased from the Yes vaults=perfection!
Hit: 5 Stars
I am a die-hard Yes fan. I own everything they have put out, and they are my all-time favorite band. So as a Yes fan/collector, when I first saw this, I grabbed it. And boy was I glad!
Disc one is great. It starts off with two BBC recordings that were released on the now out of print 'Beyond And Before: BBC Sessions 1969-70' album. The sound quality is not the best, but I still love it.
Next up are two songs that aired on Swedish radio. The songs were recorded live in Gothenburg, Sweden, in March 1971, shortly after Steve Howe joined the group. It's cool to hear him play on 'Astral Traveller.' This version is preferably better than the 'Time And A Word' studio version. Howe, in my opinion, is much better suited to play on this song than original guitarist Peter Banks is.
The disc closes out with four shows recorded outdoors in London in late 1971. Bill Bruford jams on concert classics like 'Yours Is No Disgrace' and 'America,' while Squire and Anderson trade verses on their cover of The Rascals' 'It's Love.'
Unfortunately, the album completely skips over the 'classic' period, when keyboardist Tony Kaye left and was replaced by former Strawbs keyboardist Rick Wakeman. That means, the 'Fragile,' 'Close to the Edge' and 'Tales from Topographic Oceans' tours are completely skipped over.
Disc 2 starts off with three songs from their shows in Detroit with Patrick Moraz on keyboards. These were pulled from their famous 'Relayer' tour, where they toured with Peter Frampton for a stretch. The other Detroit show highlights ('Ritual' and 'The Gates of Delirium') appear on their classic live album 'Yesshows,' from 1980.
The Moraz era ends with a great live version of 'Sweet Dreams' recorded live in London in late 1975. The song starts with a short Alan White drum solo, and than Howe's guitar kicks in. It's a great version.
1976 ends, and Moraz is out, and Wakeman is a member of Yes again. Wakeman's second stint with Yes is covered nicely here, with shows from Inglewood, Chicago and Oakland, recorded during the 1978-1979 time period. 'The Big Medley,' from the Inglewood show, is easily the highlight of the entire box set. It's great to hear everybody jam!
Disc three opens with 'Heart of the Sunrise,' recorded in Oakland in 1978, and ends with 'Awaken' recorded in Chicago in 1979. And then came the major departures, with not only Wakeman, but Anderson leaving Yes as well.
The Buggles, famous for their hit 'Video Killed The Radio Star,' were hired as their replacements. They recorded one record under that lineup, 'Drama,' which was panned by many Yes fans because Jon Anderson wasn't featured.
The non-album tracks 'Go Through This' and 'We Can Fly From Here' were put on this set, recorded live in New York in November 1980, and 'Tempus Fugit' from the record was also put on this set.
And finally, the box set ends with three songs from the '90125'/'Big Generator' lineup (1983-1988, 1994-1995), recorded live in Houston in mid-1988. These, in my opinion, is the worst part of the box set, but it's still good, nonetheless.
Overall, if you are a Yes fan as I am, you'll get a hoot out of this box set. It's a great way to experience Yes live through the years. A very enjoyable release.
Highly, highly recommended. ENJOY!!!
The Word Is Live Poster
The most successful, influential, and enduring progressive rock group ever, Yes-still powered by founding members-has expanded the frontiers of musical consiousness for over 30 years. Revered for instrumental virtuosity and bravura vocals in a signature sound fusing rock, classical, pop, folk, metal, and more, their artistically adventurous albums are matched in renown by the brilliance of their live concert spectacles. The Word Is Live presents three sonically stellar discs spotlighting some of their most memorable shows, capturing their exciting stylistic evolutions, and highlighting several of the band's legendary lineups.ELP has come and gone (twice), while Genesis is but a fading memory. Yet Yes improbably soldiers on, as much enduring artistic/philosophical state of mind as stubborn prog rock holdout. This three disc, multiple band lineup spanning collection of (mostly) previously unreleased live performances pays apt tribute to that proud, expansive mindset. While it skips almost entirely over the band's mid-'70s prime (a period already amply chronicled on the double-disc
Disc two focuses on arena performances from the late '70s, featuring an ambitious "Sound Chaser"from the Patrick Moraz line-up, as well as a "Big Medley"of reworked versions of some of their defining songs, with Rick Wakeman back behind the keys. The final chapter is the set's most varied, chronicling not one, but two band revampings via a trio of live tracks from the short-lived tenure of former Buggles Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes and a quartet of performances from the band's surprisingly successful, Trevor Rabin -sparked '80s pop reincarnation, including the rarities "Rhythm of Love" and "Shoot High, Aim Low." If the overall sound quality varies considerably, spanning mono radio recordings of indeterminate generation to soundboard cassettes from Howe's collection and professional multi-track (most of disc 2), it's the ever-forceful, often ambitiously reinventive performances they capture that's more the point. The set's ample booklet reinforces the notion that it's a collection aimed squarely a longtime fans, more than a few of whom contribute their insightful reminisces within. -- Jerry McCulley
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