This series on BBC2 continues tonight with a programme dedicated to Progressive Rock, the review I read last night refers to Yes and ELP and warns people to look out for 'Hair as long as Rapunzles' and songs that you have grown older with. I'm sorry but I can't remember the exact time of the broadcast. It also mentions an episode with Rick Wakeman when he didn't recognise Salvador Dali and threw him off stage, still his taste in art always was a bit dodgy!! :O)) (I understand Wakeman now
collects fountain pens, and could be seen waxing lyrical about one on a BBC antique programme earlier this week) did someone lend him an anorak?? :O))
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From: Jane Armstrong (janea@tgis.co.uk) - October 3
I've just had a wonderful time wallowing in nostalgia! Rock Family Trees traced the Prog Rock movement from the origins of ELP and Yes to the present day, following all the ins and outs of the various members. It was great!!!! There was so much old footage which I'd never seen before, interviews with various band members on their memories of the times, and layouts of old Melody Makers and LP covers. And the sad thing was I still have some of those old newspapers and actually have all but one of the LPs
(an Earthworks one) I rarely play vinyl as the record player is on it's last legs, but this made me want to dig out all those old 12 inchers and admire the wonderful artwork and inserts. I just don't feel the same way about CD's. I used to rush home and study every inch of my LP cover, read all the lyrics, look at the booklets some of them had inside, read all the credits. I was almost as excited about the cover as I was about the music.
A CD doesn't have the same appeal. And besides, these old eyes can't cope with the minuscule writing on a CD cover!
It made me remember how much I loved ELP and Yes in the 70's and how they have influenced my life, and how much I STILL love the music. And there was a wonderful shot of Keith with his parrot at the end!
Jane
10/2/98 - Igor is pleased to announce that he will appear on a forthcoming ELP tribute album, to be released by Magna Carta (the same label that brought us the Tales From Yesterday Yes trib).
For more info, visit The Igor Khoroshev Web Site and click on the "News" link.
I stumbled across this quite by accident today:
Free Outdoor Concert featuring Entrain, Bim Skala Bim, Patrick Moraz and more at Marketplace Center (near Faneuil Hall) ~ October 3rd...
The subject line says it all. Tonight Westwood One broadcasted a YES concert in Surround Sound. The one catch was that you had to be listening to the show on a surround sound entertainment center to get the full effect. The show was recorded at the San Diego Civic Center during their last tour. Lots of classic hits mixed with a several new songs - all in all a great show.
Chris Welch has a book out on Yes in January, looks like it will
be good. Mail me for more details as I don't want to waste bandwidth.
Dave McCann's Marillion website
A brand new UK title from Dennis Publishing, Classic Rock is out on October 1st, priced =A32.50. A full-colour magazine, it includes features with (takes a quick breath): Genesis, Steve Hackett, Mott The Hoople, Bruce Dickinson, Marillion, Brian May, Hootie & The Blowfish, Deep Purple, Manic Street Preachers, the 'New Prog' (Radiohead and The Verve) and Mick Wall's REAL story behind the Guns N' Roses 'Get In The Ring'.
News stories include Bad Company classic line-up reunion, an Asia
studio report, Kiss, Wetton on the new UK album, Mike Oldfield, Rush, Dream Theater, Fish, Twisted Sister reunion, Bowie plays Ziggy again, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Bob Catley, Uriah Heep and Thunder.
Besides a free 11-track cover disc including tracks by Greg Lake, So! (featuring Steve Overland of FM), Judas Priest, Humble Pie, Robin Trower, Orange Goblin and Blackfoot, it also finds space to review 79 albums - including Dire Straits, Sabbath live, Kiss, Styx, Nazareth, Silver Sun, Stratovarius, Roger Taylor, 21 Guns, Budgie, Jonny Lang and Sheryl Crow.
This is the magazine you've all been telling us you wanted to see, so it's important you support it right from the start.
Classic Rock will be available in all good newsagents, including WH Smith, but anyone who has difficulty tracking it down is welcome to email me at:
production.oneshots@dennis.co.uk
Dave Ling
Rick is on Radio 3 as I write this, speaking with Gone but Not Forgotten in the background.....(of course I am taping it!!).
Keith Emerson has just explained that the famous carpets on stage were to prevent Greg Lake getting a shock when his lips touched the Mike. Now playing "Arena" - this sounds pretty good - can anyone recommend a larger sample? ...just gone on to talk about Jaberwocky (w/Oliver Wakeman as I sign off).
Regards, Brian
Supporting SYN - Scottish YES Network
Hello Friends!
Lots of new things going on. I may have to split the newsletter in two
again ;-) Also, with so much new stuff added, the Jukebox
And now made available to us through Mark J. T. Griffin, author of the
biography Vangelis - The Unknown Man, are two CD's from Vangelis close
associates Raphael Preston and Bill Marshall. Many Vangelis fans will
recognize Raphael Preston's name as being the engineer credited on quite a
number of Vangelis and Jon & Vangelis albums and is one of the few
performers to actually play on a Vangelis album (which he did on 1492 and a
number of others!). While Bill Marshall's name has not been as visible, he
has certainly played a large role in the development of Vangelis' sound as
he was the inventor of the 'Direct Box,' an electronic device which has
become integral to Vangelis' performance and composition technique for over
a decade now. In fact, it has been such a valuable tool to Vangelis that he
made exlusive arrangements with Bill. And so Bill Marshall and Vangelis are
the only two people on the Earth that have the infamous 'Direct Box!'
You'll find these at
Issue No. 28 of Progression
* In-depth interview with keyboardist Larry Fast of Synergy fame.
This quarterly publication exceeds 130 pages per issue and features the work
of the world's leading authorities on progressive music -- professional
musicians, journalists, photographers and academics.
Progression No. 29 is slated to be published in late December and will
include the following: feature interviews with Steve Hogarth of Marillion,
Par Lindh Project, ex-Genesis member Anthony Phillips, Djam Karet, Tiles,
space/psych proggers Escapade, and others. Retrospective analyses of Eela
Craig and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. Also, coverage of the ProgDay '98
festival and Strange Daze '98 festival, plus other surprises!
Well here we are with Part 2 of our newsletter dealing specifically with the
latest in imports. Here are some new items that have recently been added to
our Pre-order page at
PRE-ORDERS/ IMPORT FULL LENGTH CDS
WAKEMAN,RICK-MASTER SERIES $15.95
And if you go to
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STRAWBS-GHOSTS + 1 ....CD $19.95
STRAWBS-HERO AND HEROINE + 2 ....CD $19.95
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DTS Digital Suround, sponsor of the Summer US tour, has part of its website
devoted to the Yes to(u)r.
It includes a photo gallery, brief interview with Jon, and a very interesting
tour journal by a DTS staff member. Check it out!
Last night driving I picked up a radio show called "Reelin in the Years" and
at the end of the show they promoted next week's show - played on MY local
station from 11-12 midnight in the central time zone on Sunday. (YMMV) This
coming Sunday night there is to be music and interviews with Jon.
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From David: Dblspace@aol.com - October 26
Just to follow up - Jon discussed how Steve introduced the band to Roger
Dean's work; Jon's initial reaction was that of "we want this art for our
stage, stationary, and album covers!." Nice the way things worked out. And it
may account for why no Yes album without Steve possesses Dean artwork (and why
Dean is seen *almost* excluseively on his Howe's solo works).
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Roger Dean - (was Anderson on Radio Show)
David said
...and the good news is that Roger is designing the album cover and stage set for Rick's "Return".
How many Southsiders are going to London on 16th January for the premiere?
YESterday evening I was watching tv (Slovenia 1) and instead of some
regular music show they transmitted some Canadian TV emission about
Gibson guitars.
My attention was caught at the very beginning since the second guitar
player who spoke was Steve Howe. At first I saw Slash speaking of how
he takes his guitar everywhere he goes and then I couldnt belive my
eyes. It was Steve, surrounded with his guitars, with one in his hands and
he was speaking how some very long time ago he actually slept with his
guitar (I assume it was back when he did not have so many guitars). It was
after some show and he was afraid someone not to steal his guitar so he took
it into his bed.
After Steves quote there was the whole story about Gibson guitars told
by the inventors and guitarists (like Les Paul, BB King, Tony Iommi...),
and then again Steve saying how the guitar player must have different
guitars for different sounds and how he must develop special relationship
vith every different guitar he plays and that is why he is travelling
with so many guitars. And during his talking they went to show a very
beginning of Roundabout from Yessongs.
I need to say that I went totally nuts (YES on Slovenia 1 TV!!!). I
jumped around the room in pure happiness.
The show lasted 1 hour and at the end there was also Chet Atkins
speaking and playing and then my not-so-yes-crazy-yet girfriend said:
-Listen, he is playing acoustic guitar like your Steve Howe, and I said
to her, that he was one of Steves influences, and I congratulted her for
(sorry, mistake: I wanted to say it was played very similar to Clap)).
Sorry for I was so long but as non-english speaking person I have some
difficulties with describing things...
Enjoy in your Yesness,
>You can hear a little bit of Igor's work, "Urban Nocturne" from the
Hey Rob and all,
To clear it up - the NFTE site IS 'official' in that it's run by the Official Yes internet organization (NFTE/YesWorld - IMHO, they do a great job, 'props' all around).
The original Igor Khoroshev Web Site (at Yeshoo!) is not 'officially' sanctioned - I put it up a year ago as a "fan site" to fill the gaping need for Igor info when he first hooked up with the band...
But, it has since taken on a quasi-official status, since Igor has personally contributed quite a bit and has had an ongoing, active role in helping me with the site's evolution. [ LOL - A quasi-official site for a quasi-official Yes member! ;) ]
And now, the NFTE site has (quite nicely!) duplicated a lot of the structure and content of the original IKWS. Since Igor doesn't need two nearly identical web sites, I'm planning a substantial re-design of the IKWS, working with Igor to target areas that the NFTE 'Official' site doesn't cover - along with continuing to provide the standard stuff. Stay tuned, and suggestions are welcome.
Also, to publicly answer a private e-mail question I received - YES, any fan mail sent to the IK web site (via igor.khoroshev@usa.net) absolutely DOES get immediately forwarded to Igor!
BTW - You mentioned the streaming Java audio - so it's not only me? No matter what I try, I can never get that $%#!@& Emblaze stuff to work.
Float Your Quasi-Official Java Streaming Climb,
John A
Asia is in the process of putting out a new album with a great guitarist by the name of Ian Crichton from SAGA. From what I've heard there is suppose to be an epic piece on it?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Geoff is going to work with Peter Banks on an album with new versions of songs from Drama an T&aW.
There is also work on a Wetton/Downes CD.
Geoff also has a CD out with Glenn Hughes called Achive tapes I think. Glenn also does a nice job of singing VKtRS on Geoff's Vox Humana CD.
actually, i just looked Bruce Fairbairn up at the all-music guide. here's some of who he's produced:
Loverboy (early 80s: "Turn Me Loose", "Working for the Weekend")
he's also associated w/ the Twister soundtrack, which (i'm not sure) Trevor Rabin is associated with also.
so now, the question of the day is
For those who enjoy the hunt: Annie Haslam & Steve Howe; Lily's in the Field. TCG Records # CD12195.
CD Single
Good Luck, I was told I have the very last copy YesMagazine had. And they told me it was out of stock, it is out of print. I have no clue as howe to find one.
Good depth to the instruments, thunder sheets, Good acoustic weaving by Steve. Haunting effect by Annie. I'd give it about a 78.
Not bad.
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From: Rhea Frankel
This was originally for sale at the Lily's in the Field concert. They only pressed 1000 copies, and I think they hoped to sell them all at the show. I bought several copies for friends, and everyone wanted one. This song will be on the Haslam/Howe album when it eventually gets released.
Forgot to mention to check out WMMR's write up about the band on their website www.wmmr.com. Go to their Rocktober calendar and click on the YES logo on today's date.
YesWorld have now launched their Igor Khoroshev page at
http://www.nfte.org/Igor.Khoroshev/ put together by webmaster Bryan Jensen,
complete with news, a biography and a section to send questions to Khoroshev.
Khoroshev appears on the forthcoming Magna Carta ELP tribute album, playing on
"Bitches Crystal", arranged by Trent Gardner, and "The Barbarian", arranged by
Robert Berry. He is currently working on his contributions prior to rehearsals
with Yes for their next album.
Khoroshev may be doing some soundtrack work for Steve Apicella of Elevator
Pictures, Inc. (New York).
Plans to launch the label Young and Hungry Records with Carl Jacobson, are on
hold for the time being. Khoroshev is completing two solo project - a solo
album with Jacobson and another of solo piano music - which were to have been
released by Young and Hungry, but will probably go to existing labels for
now.
Charlie Farren's _Greasetown_ is being re-released on to CD with two or three
bonus tracks from 1995 with Khoroshev on keyboards.
"Urban Nocturne", one of Khoroshev's pieces for Cakewalk music software, can
be heard at his YesWorld site or at the Yeshoo site at
http://www.geocities.com/~yeshoo/ikmusic.htm
Khoroshev was interviewed by Keyboard magazine, but the article is currently
on hold.
The a.m.y. FAQ is at http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/amy_faq.htm
News about Yes members is at http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/wh_now.htm
[Here's the latest scoop from the man himself, folks!]
Due to the direction the 'Legacy' album has taken during its development,
Eddie and John have jointly and amicably decided that John will no longer
participate as the singer on the project. As a result of that decision,
the album will not be released under the name 'UK'. At the present time,
John will still appear on the album on acoustic guitar and bass.
Eddie is starting the process of finding the appropriate singer to replace
John, and he plans on completing the album as the process permits. Though
the loss of John's vocal performances will be a disappointment to many, the
overall character and content of the album will remain substantially the
same.
The album will be known simply as "Legacy" - The Album - featuring Eddie
Jobson, Bill Bruford, Francis Dunnery, Steve Hackett, Tony Levin, John
Wetton, The Bulgarian Women's Choir, The City of Prague Philharmonic
Strings, (and other musicians to be announced).
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My Yes-friend was home sick from work, watching silly stuff and cartoons.
On one cartoon, there was a point where the dwarf needed four key words to
get in the gate. In a very slapstick kind of way, he held up an object for
each one. Like "brick" and he would hold up a brick (only that wasn't it).
Well, one of the words was "Yes" and he held up a YES album, complete with
Roger Dean art!
Float your cartoon surprises,
* Interview with the California Guitar Trio.
* Interview with Roger Trigaux of Present.
* Interview with Annie Haslam on the Renaissance reunion album.
* Interview with prog-metal band Iced Earth.
* Feature on prog band reunions.
* Feature on Polish progressive rock.
* Feature on avant-prog band U Totem.
* Several prog luminaries answer the question: "What is your most frequently
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Digitally remastered reissue of their 1970 album, complete with three
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Digitally remastered reissue of the group's 1975 A&M album with "Changes
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Digitally remastered reissue of the group's 1974 A&M album with two tracks
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Smart Voice" and a version of "Lay A Little Light". 12 tracks total. 'Hero
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From: Roy DeRousse (relayer@iname.com) October 14Anderson on radio show
From David: Dblspace@aol.com - 0ctober 19
From: brian_neeson@solectron.co.uk - October 27
>Just to follow up - Jon discussed how Steve introduced the band to Roger
>Dean's work; Jon's initial reaction was that of "we want this art for our
>stage, stationary, and album covers!." Nice the way things worked out. And it
>may account for why no Yes album without Steve possesses Dean artwork (and why
>Dean is seen *almost* excluseively on his Howe's solo works). Gibson guitars
From: ANDRO (andrej.stolfa@NUK.Uni-Lj.Si) October 20
AndrejIgor's websites on NFTE and Yeshoo
From: "Yeshoo!" (yeshoo@princeton.nj.com) October 22
>Cakewalk 6 demos, on his new NFTE page at
>http://www.nfte.org/IgorK/music/mus.html (in some weird streaming >Java format) or a better quality but edited downloadable version at
>http://www.geocities.com/~yeshoo/ikmusic.htm which is the page he >runs with Yeshoo. (Not sure which site is 'official' since neither >one claims to be, and he works with both.) Urban Nocturne sounds a >little on the progmetal side IMO but is very nice.
Yeshoo! Yesworld survey
From mark Fugit: (Her3yes@webtv.net) October 26Next Yes album
From Ty Perry (ty@e-corp.com) October 26
Bon Jovi's _Slippery_When_Wet_ ("You Give Love a Bad Name", "Living on a Prayer")
Aerosmith (late 80s - 90s: "Dude Looks Like a Lady", "Love in an Elevator", "Crazy")
AC/DC's _The_Razor's_Edge_ ("Thunderstruck", "Money Talks")
Poison's _Flesh_and_Blood_ ("Unskinny Bop", "Something to Believe In")
Van Halen's _Balance_ (last album w/ Sammy Hagar; i'm not familiar with this album)
Cranberries' _To_The_Faithful_Departed_ ("Salvation", "Free to Decide")
WHY Bruce Fairbairn?????? Lilies in the Field
From: YESChef@aol.com - October 23Jon's B-Day
From: Rkauff7777 - October 25FAQ: Igor Khoroshev news
From: h.potts@icrf.icnet.uk - October 27UK/Legacy news from Jobson himself
From: Eddie_Jobson@nowhere! - October 28Introducing... Awaken Magazine!!!
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