Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius

This week we spoke to Paul K Joyce who has contributed orchestrations to the new Yes album, Aurora. This is the third Yes album he has been involved with after helping the band create the wonderful aural landscapes of The Quest and Mirror to the Sky. He tells us about how the decisions came about, how many of the songs on Aurora feature orchestra and how the Czech National Symphony Orchestra went about recording the tracks, with him in the recording booth. As always, it was a fascinating conversation with someone who is both intimately connected with the newest Yes music and is also a huge Yes fan himself.

There is also time for Mark to give us some great feedback on the Record Store Day release of Tales From Topographic Tours.

• How many songs on the forthcoming album have orchestral augmentation?
• Who made the decisions on what to put where?
• What was it like working with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra?

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius

Kevin is back! He and Mark bang on at length about the recent Oliver Wakeman concert with his band at Worcester, the remastered and expanded From A Page album and the first single from the new Yes album, Aurora.

My thanks to everyone who has wished me well, including Brian Breen, Chris Berry and Gary Betts and his wife and most importantly Mark, who has kept the wheels turning at YMP Towers brilliantly.

There are also some thoughts from Daniel and Amanda about the new From A Page, especially the inclusion of the song, Aliens and do check out the show notes for a video of our own Geoff Bailie discussing the new Yes single with his Prog Report compatriots.

• How was the Oliver Wakeman band?
• What's new about the expanded From A Page?
• What do we think of the new Yes single?

Mark shares news about the forthcoming Yes album, Aurora, and runs down his own top 5 Yes live albums. Tune in and compare your own favourites!

Another stellar (how topical) episode from Mark in Kevin's absence! This week, he covers a wide variety of topics including the weather(!), his own latest Projekt Gemineye release, Jon Davison and the new Yes album and the main topic - the record pressings you must have if you count yourself as a fanatical Yes collector!

https://projektgemineye.bandcamp.com/album/the-dark-days-of-yesterday

Mark recorded this episode shortly before the news broke that the Yes Fragile Tour has had to be postponed due to Steve Howe requiring an operation. Get well soon, Steve!

Continuing his sterling work in Kevin's absense, Mark considers his picks for the Top 5 Yes albums since 1980. I wonder how his list will compare with yours. Let us know in the comments, as always.

• What post-1980 album comes out top for Mark?
• How does his top 5 compare with yours?
• Do any of his picks seem odd to you?

Mark considers the new version of Yes Symphonic Live, from the amazing combination of Anderson, White, Squire, Howe, Brislin and orchestra.

• Is the new version significantly different to the original?
• What are the added ingredients?
• Is it worth the purchase price?

Mark continues his solo episodes in Kevin's absence. This week, he thinks about his memories associated with three Yes albums.

There's also time to reflect on the recent announcement of the deluxe and expanded version of the Oliver Wakeman-led Yes album, From a Page.

In his second solo episode, Mark talks about a very small section of his extensive Rick Wakeman collection.

A Vinyl Collector compares and analyzes Time and a Word.

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius

This week we were delighted to welcome Yes drummer Jay Schellen back on the YMP. Just like last time, we had a lovely conversation and Jay shared his thoughts about the forthcoming UK and European Fragile Tour as well as the new Yes album that is now being prepared for release in July (hopefully). It's clear from our interview that Jay is totally committed to the future development of the band and believes that the new album will be warmly received. We look forward to that, of course.

• What unexpected item does Jay take with him on tour?

• How does his kit differ from Alan White's

• Has Jay been more involved in the writing of the forthcoming album than his previous Yes records?

Let us know your thoughts in the sahow notes for this week.