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 wrote: > From: 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: > > > 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. > >