Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken Fuller

We continue our Tales from topographic oceans obsession this week with a look at 3 very different live recordings of side 4, Ritual - Nous Sommes du Soleil. The 3 different performances are included in the show notes below. They are from Yesshows (1980) , Symphonic Live (2002) and Topographic Drama (2017). This means we have the following musicians to listen to: Anderson, Squire, White, Moraz, Howe, Downes, Brislin, Sherwood, Davison, Schellen and the whole of the European Festival Orchestra. Wow. There are many differences between the recordings so listen along and see what you think.

Which is the best performance?

No Wakeman?

A whole symphony orchestra - what does it add?

Let us know if you agree with us!

Yesshows CD

Yessymphonic CD

Symphonic Live CD

Topographic Drama CD

https://youtu.be/QkT2NW1498o?si=AmQMYZxo1_BbBO0Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_kXpPYEz60&list=PLcqYZB8Ap0gUjcaIXhSkCIMFhB-x91FvW

Click through to YouTube to watch Symphonic Live

https://youtu.be/y1wVxgrVEnk?si=TJHyC1qyLKpZcP6S

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Theme music

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