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From | govango <govango@yahoo.com> |
Subject | Re: the first Yes album |
Date | Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:11:38 -0700 (PDT) |
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Doesn't this have a great cover of
Every Little Thing?
too lazy to find my copy right now.
michael
--- On Sun, 10/12/08, synthhtnys@comcast.net <synthhtnys@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: synthhtnys@comcast.net <synthhtnys@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: the first Yes album
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 1:02 AM
> Yes are one of the few Prog bands that live in my collection
> (Yes, ELP, Tull and Gentle Giant and that's about it.)
> The first two albums are unique in their catalog... I
> didn't like them for the longest time, but actually now
> that I've been dipping into Baroque pop, Chamber pop,
> Sunshine Pop they make perfect sense.... Actually according
> to the band themselves the Beach Boys and the 5th Dimension
> were a big influence vocally on those first two albums.....
> Peter Banks was a more "crunchy" Pete Townsend
> sounding guitarist than Howe ever was... and Tony Kaye was a
> more "pop" organist early on...
>
> The first two albums are quite good, just take a bit of
> getting used to if you're more familiar with the Roger
> Dean - Yes.
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: <gabrielfuentes@fibertel.com.ar>
>
> > Been enjoying this album on my ipod lately. Issued in
> 1969 this album has some
> > really nice pop moments on it but still has that Yes
> sound and arrangements.
> > Sort of fits in with me listening to the first few ELO
> albums. Not that they are
> > the same just kinda has a similar feel to them.
> >
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