Dan and Steven discuss The Yes Album on the 55th anniversary of its release! The third Yes album overall, this was the first to feature Steve Howe as the guitarist, and also the end of their three-album run with Tony Kaye as the keyboardist, long before his eventual return. Where does this album rank for you? We'll be reading some fan comments as well!

Steven talks about the rereleased Yes - Symphonic Live set, which comes in vinyl and CD/Blu-ray formats! Photo slideshow included! Order it at https://linktr.ee/YESSymphonicLive

Leon Alvarado joins Dan and Steven for an interview about his upcoming album, The Wicked Forest, coming out February 27th! Leon plays drums and keyboards on the album, which also features Yes' Billy Sherwood on bass and Jon Davison on vocals, as well as the late great Johnny Bruhns on guitar. Head over to http://leonalvarado.bandcamp.com and keep an eye out for this release.

On this Steven's Vinyl Adventures episode, Steven talks about Asia in Asia, the 1983-recorded live album, in honor of the current Asia lineup paying tribute to that setlist on their Japanese tour! But first, some Record Store Day announcements involving Yes, Jon Anderson, and Bill Bruford. And perhaps a sprinkling of Rick Wakeman news, because, why not? Tune in!

Steven recaps his experience seeing Spock's Beard perform at Alvas Showroom, San Pedro February 2, 2026! He got their album The Archaeoptimist on red vinyl from the merch stand there, so he has given the album another listen and talks about that as well! Purchase the album here: https://spocksbeardmadfish.lnk.to/The_Archaeoptimist And check out the band's upcoming tour dates here: ⁠https://www.spocksbeard.com/tour/

On this episode, Steven talks about his vinyl copy of Asia's second album, Alpha, released in 1983. He also talks about the video of John Wetton's final concert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSny30oIVJk) and the video of Asia's single "Only Time Will Tell" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWtf1du8uSc) from the upcoming Live in England release. There's also a donation link for the Love Hope Strength Charity and details here about how you can have your name featured in the booklet of the upcoming Asia studio album: https://www.facebook.com/asiatheband/posts/pfbid08SSAVJxn51zFxwJ2NuRumWAqFTgBXyQT9Lsi3KVghHMDyWPhxjqnUnk6fgKcnvj2l

Steven presents another Yesshift News Desk Edition, reminding everyone that January 31st is the deadline for fan submissions for the book Yesstuff 4 over at http://gottliebbros.com There's also a surprise David Cross & Peter Banks album release titled The Other Horizon. And, of course, some Oliver Wakeman updates, and more!

Bob Cesca joins us for an interview to talk about the art for the rerelease of Yes' Symphonic Live, which you can order here: https://linktr.ee/YESSymphonicLive Bob Cesca has also done the art for Yes' Magnification (even mentioning an upcoming reissue of it), Alt.Music.Yes collaborative album Cyberian Khatru, and Conspiracy's The Unknown.

Here's an excerpt from when Oliver Wakeman just joined us for another interview/fan Q&A session! To watch the full archived stream with the fan Q&A portion, become a Premium Member of http://www.DrumTalkTVBrilliance.com

Pre-order the 20th anniversary edition of his Mother's Ruin album here: https://mercury-studios.lnk.to/JpopR3MB Follow him at http://facebook.com/OliverWakeman And see more Oliver Wakeman news and updates here: http://oliverwakeman.co.uk/

Steven provides the first Yesshift News Desk Edition of the year! We have an Oliver Wakeman Fan Q&A happening over at http//www.DrumTalkTVBrilliance.com on Wednesday, January 21st, 11am PST / 2pm EST / 7pm UK Time. So he'll talk about that, as well as the news of Oliver Wakeman's Mother's Ruin album being reissued, Oliver's touring updates, Rick Wakeman updates, a bit about Adam Wakeman's Jazz Sabbath Live album coming up, Asia Acoustic, and other things that have either happened or are coming up!