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This week, Mark and I have been enjoying listening to Night After Night, the live album from UK in our quest to discover why Yes wanted Eddie Jobson. Hear our views in a few moments’ time and add your own to the comments in the show notes for this week’s episode.

Did you see UK in either of their incarnations? What do you think of the 3-piece lineup without Bruford and Holdsworth but with Terry Bozzio? Did it work? Let us know.

* How does the 3-piece UK sound?* Is the guitar missed?* Is it all prog?

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This week Mark and I have been considering why Yes wanted Eddie Jobson. He stayed with the band for about as long as a British Prime Minister but there must have been compelling musical reasons why he was asked to join in the first place. So that’s what we are beginning to explore in this episode. While Eddie isn’t very well-known outside the Prog world, he certainly had the capacity to take Yes in a different and perhaps very interesting direction before he was replaced by the returning Tony Kaye. Another parallel with the UK political situation?

* Child prodigy to Prog legend - an amazing story.* What skills did Eddie have which attracted Yes?* Did he have the experience to join Yes?

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We are finally back with part 2 of our look at the Buggles and why Yes might have wanted them. For this, we’ve been listening to the first album from the duo, The Age Of Plastic, seeing if we can pick up some pointers. As usual, it was a revealing and enjoyable experience and quite topical as Trevor Horn’s autobiography is being advertised across all of my social media at the moment. Let us know what you think of our views in the show notes for this week.

* Does the album sound dated in 2022?* Is there more to it than just Video Killed The Radio Star?* Is it obvious why Yes wanted Downes and Horn to join them?

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What a week it’s been in the world of Yes. Thanks to friend of the YMP Roie Avin, I managed to speak to Steve Howe about his new album with his late son Virgil, Lunar Mist as well as the US tour which began yesterday with a preview concert. (Don’t worry, I managed to slip in a question about Tormato as well.) YMP Producer Ken Fuller went along to the dress rehearsal and I’ve added his photos from the event to the show notes for this week. The gig took place at Mickey’s Black Box, part of long-time Yes collaborator Michael Tait’s empire also known as the Rock Lititz campus in Philadelphia. In fact Michael introduced the band and spoke about his connections with Yes. (Incidentally he is now retired.)

Also this week Doug Curran was at the wonderful Alan White tribute concert in Seattle which featured Trevor Rabin, Billy Sherwood, Jon Davison, Geoff Downes, Jay Schellen and a host of other stars. A truly moving event to remember a truly remarkable person.

Add to all this the announcement of concert dates for Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks in 2023 complete with a great video of the whole band in action together. Actually I think it’s a composite video using some clever remote recording but whatever the case, it all sounds fantastic. Fingers crossed they are able to visit the UK.

* How does Lunar Mist complement Nexus?* Who decided what Tormato should be called?* How is touring?

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Ken Fuller's photos from the dress rehearsal:

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This week we decided to postpone the second part of our Buggles episode because we had the chance to interview James Gardner about Rick Wakeman’s use of the harpsichord. It was a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion and we learned a lot about both the instrument and some of the characters involved with creating the actual instruments Rick used on recordings with Yes.

James has an encyclopedic knowledge of the use of harpsichords in popular music and he mentions a large number of songs which have featured the instrument over the years. I’ve added YouTube videos of each song James refers to in the show notes for this episode. You might want to refer to those while you listen to the interview or come back to them at the end. I found they helped me a great deal.

* What kind of harpsichord did Rick use?* Who made it?* Where else can we hear harpsichords in popular music?

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Mark Lang's setlist:

Our guest, James Gardner:

Radio NZ Thomas Goff - The Fall and Rise of Harpsichord 6

James' article about the origin of the VCS3 synth

A James Gardner playlist (music mentioned in the episode)

https://youtu.be/HOS86MCi29c

https://youtu.be/E5tWBBcRYdM

https://youtu.be/XqyQKdN6JtI

https://youtu.be/3j4rUqgCeI4

Probably the first person to record on the harpsichord

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https://youtu.be/z-GUjA67mdc

https://youtu.be/IqlmGLr74dc

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https://youtu.be/bCTECXngCX0

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https://youtu.be/JLcNRKAc2rQ

https://youtu.be/iRFGgr4XIos

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https://youtu.be/hWnrh40_2m4

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This week we are back with our ‘Why did Yes want…’ series and we have reached 1980 when both Anderson and Wakeman had left the band and up stepped Horn and Downes. How did this happen and why would Yes want to develop a relationship with a pop band? Listen on to discover our thoughts and then add your own to the show notes. Over the coming week we will be listening to The Buggles album, ‘The Age Of Plastic’ to try and find some clues to help us with the question above so please do join in with that and let us know what you think of the album, 42 years later.

* A pop band?* Are you serious?* How could that work?

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Courtesy of Doug Curran

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This week, Mark and I consider the question of what would happen if Yes were restricted to only playing music from Open Your Eyes to The Quest in a concert. Imagine that. Well, we did. Listen out for our ideas and add your own to the show notes for this week.

* What would you choose?* Can a sensible setlist be constructed?* How would it fit together?

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Here are all the albums we had to work with!

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Robert and David

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This week, Mark and I give our impressions of the self-titled album by Refugee, featuring Patrick Moraz, in our attempt to see why Yes wanted him in the band in 1974. As you will hear, we both rather like it. Please do add your own comments to the show notes for this week’s episode and let us know if you agree or disagree.

* Is it obvious why Yes wanted Patrick Moraz from this album?* What special abilities does he show here?* Would he fit in?

Patrick Moraz!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMcLoouGu-o&list=PLGfb2R92OHul6B1GBr1niUp0JyGGEqLzT&index=1

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* What characteristics did Patrick have that Yes wanted?* What was Moraz up to before joining Yes?* Why didn’t they go for Vangelis?

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This week Mark and I consider why Yes wanted Swiss keyboardist Patrick Moraz to join them after the departure of Rick Wakeman. We discuss the bands which Moraz played in and the route he took to arrive with Yes which, as you might imagine, wasn’t straightforward! It eventually led to his band, Refugee so we will be spending next week listening to their self-titled album in order to give you our thoughts on that record. Sounds like it’s going to be fun.

Patrick Moraz!

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* What characteristics did Patrick have that Yes wanted?* What was Moraz up to before joining Yes?* Why didn’t they go for Vangelis?

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The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from: archive.org

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Mark and I had a great time speaking to photographer Rob Brimson this week. He was with Po from Hipgnosis when the photos of YES band members on the inner gatefold sleeve of Going For The One were taken and he took the shot of Yes Tor which adorns the cover of Tormato. He also did a bit of informal modelling work… Rob was open and generous about the days when he was based at Hipgnosis’ studios in London as well as his trip to Mountain Studios in Montreux and the story about the helicopter and the escape of the flying pig. Listen out for that one later. More Yes revelations are included in our conversation.

Rob's website:

https://www.robbrimson.com/

Also this week around the social media hotspots, I have been posting some adverts for my new website which is supporting the Tormato book I announced last week on the YMP. To keep it nice and simple, I’ve called it https://tormatobook.com and if you’d like to sign up to receive regular updates on the progress towards the publications of the book, then add your details to receive the email newsletter.

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* Is that really you on the cover?* What was it like working for Hipgnosis?* What happened to the escaped pig?

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