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| From | <gabrielfuentes@fibertel.com.ar> |
| Subject | Re: the first Yes album |
| Date | Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:34:59 -0300 |
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I started with Close To the Edge...I think I was drawn to it becuase I had never heard anything like that before. I was in jr high when i first came across it. It was the summer in which my family and I moved from Wash DC to San Diego, CA. Up until then I was a music fan but it was mostly just listening to FM and AM radio. So, I knew all the pop singles from back then but had never really heard anything quite like Yes.
I continued to buy up what I could..I eventually ended up with everything from The Yes Album until Tormato. I had never really heard the first two Yes LPs until much later..
around 79 and 80 I got deeply involved in reggae and did not go back to YES until I started buying up the reissues and various box sets that came out (i.e., 35th Anniv). ..
In any event, it has been fun to go back and listen to these albums. I must tell you, listening to Close to the Edge or Tales from Topo on my ipod while i walk, ride the bus, or ride the subway in Buenos Aires is a whole other experience..it is certainly different from me sitting in front of my stereo with my headphones on staring at the album cover when i was 14..
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De: "garymaher@juno.com" <garymaher@juno.com>
Fecha: Lunes, Octubre 13, 2008 0:04 am
Asunto: Re: the first Yes album
> I've been on a Yes bender of late, listening to all their vinyl I
> have in order. After not really listening to them for 10 years
> plus, I found that the first album is still really great, the
> second is decent, things really take off with The Yes Album,
> Fragile is superb and Close to the Edge is epic -- even better
> than I remembered it! Topographic Oceans is better than I've been
> giving it credit for, but Alan White is no Bill Bruford and
> Wakeman seemed to be phoning in his parts. Relayer is mediocre
> (although Pat Moraz did an admirable job replacing Wakeman) and
> the singles on Going for the One are wondrous. And that's as far
> as I've gotten. Looking forward to Whales and Onward from
> Tormato, the tragically overlooked Drama (popsters should note the
> absorption of the Buggles into the band for this record) and the
> mighty comeback that was 90125. I think I'll skip Big Generator
> in favor of some Asia, though . . .
> g
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