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Title:	Welcome to the CD Notes Conference
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Created:	Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1517
Total number of notes:	13349

354.0. "The Yes Album" by TLE::LIONEL (Steve Lionel) Mon May 12 1986 11:43

    Many of us have heard people say "I won't buy a CD player until
    my favorite old album comes out on CD".  Heck, I said this myself,
    but convinced myself to buy a player a year ago anyway, and have
    enjoyed it tremendously.  But, it finally happened - my all-time
    favorite recording is now out on CD.  It is very difficult to find
    right now, due to the New England distributors underestimating
    demand, but I found one yesterday.  I found "The Yes Album" -
    Atlantic SD19131-2.
    
    I'd love to say that I was "blown away" by the tremendous improvement
    of the CD over vinyl, but the original album was made so well that
    the improvements of CD are more in the loss of clicks and pops,
    plus a noticeable extra clarity, especially on tracks such as "The
    Clap".  That I won't have to worry about scratches and dust anymore
    will greatly improve my enjoyment of this disc.  This recording
    is fifteen years old, and is of course originally analog, but I
    could hear no hiss at all.
    
    A fine, fine transfer to polycarbonate, and I greatly look forward
    to additional Yes releases such as Fragile and Tales from Topographic
    Oceans.
    					Steve

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
354.1	agreed	RENOIR::MCLEMAN	Jeff McLeman Worksystems Eng	`Mon May 12 1986 15:34`	6
	Aye, Laddie I feel the same way about the review ( even though it's not my favourite) Jeff
354.2		PSW::WINALSKI	Paul S. Winalski	`Sat May 17 1986 15:46`	5
	Hear, hear! Agree 100% with the review. Let's see more old YES on CD! --PSW
354.3	we want more!!!	GUMDRP::BARWISE		`Wed May 21 1986 08:59`	8
	Can you imagine how "Close To the Edge" and "Relayer" would sound?!!! Actually, any of their recordings would have a coveted place in my collection. rob
354.4		PSW::WINALSKI	Paul S. Winalski	`Sat Aug 06 1988 21:03`	29
	RE: .0 > A fine, fine transfer to polycarbonate, and I greatly look forward > to additional Yes releases such as Fragile and Tales from Topographic > Oceans. The wait is over. I picked up my copy of TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS today. The Yes Compact Discography now stands at: THE YES ALBUM FRAGILE CLOSE TO THE EDGE YESSONGS TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS RELAYER GOING FOR THE ONE CLASSIC YES 90125 BIG GENERATOR Still unreleased: YES TIME AND A WORD YESSHOWS TORMATO DRAMA (no big loss) --PSW
354.5	Compact Disc, Compact Price	HPSCAD::WALL	Desperado Under the Eaves	`Mon Aug 08 1988 08:11`	13
	re: Drama (no great loss) Sez you! :-) My second favorite Yes song ever is on Drama. However, given that Tales got released, I can't see how the rest of the catalog could fail to make it to disk. Another pleasant surprise was the price of Tales -- I got it for just over $20, after taxes. DFW
354.6	Don't Hold Your Breath For This Either	AQUA::ROST	Life is serious, but art is fun	`Mon Aug 08 1988 10:32`	7
	Re: .4 You missed "Yesterdays" which is a compilation from "Yes", "Time and A Word" and two orphans, "America" and "Dear Father".
354.7	It wasn't their best, but ...	REORG::ROGOFF	Barry Rogoff	`Mon Aug 08 1988 15:43`	11
	> DRAMA (no big loss) In defense of Drama, it's debatable whether any album without Jon Anderson is really a Yes album but at least Drama has Steve Howe on guitar, which 90125 and Big Generator do not. I'm sure that anyone who has ever heard Howe play live knows what I mean. I've been subjected to Trevor Rabin twice and my only comment is "Bleeccchhh! How can a great band sink so low?" Geoffrey Downs is much better than Tony Kaye on stage as well. Listening to Kaye trying to play Wakeman's parts is laughable.
354.8	What was on Yesterdays?	DECWET::HELSEL	Well....isn't that special?	`Tue Aug 16 1988 13:26`	8
	re: .6 Was Yesterdays the anthology with "Don't Kill the Whale", "Gates of Delirium", "Time and a Word" etc. ? Is that released or unreleased? Brett.
354.9		PSW::WINALSKI	Paul S. Winalski	`Sat Aug 20 1988 02:54`	8
	RE: .8 No, the one you are thinking of is their second live album, Yesshows. Yesterdays includes several selections from their first two albums along with a cover version of Simon & Garfunkel's "America." --PSW
354.10	TREVOR IS GOOD	FRAIS::PRC		`Mon Dec 19 1988 05:16`	12
	DEAR BARRY. I WAS LISTEN TO STEVE HOWE WITH "ASIA", IT SOUNDS LIKE A 6 YEARS OLD CHILD WITCH IS TRYING TO PLAY GUITAR!! UUUUAARGH!!! TREVOR IS AS GOOD ON GUITAR AS THE TOP TEN GUITARISTS CAN BE. THE TWO NEW YES ALBUMS ARE THE BEST YES DID EVER RELEASE WITH EXEPTION OF TALES... AND RELAYER.I HOPE, YOU LISTEN TO THESE ONE MORE TIME AND I THINK YOU WOULDT AGREE WITH ME. I'M SORRY ABOUT MY BAD, BAD ENGLISH ANNOUNCEMENT!! PLEASE PARDON ME! REGARDS FROM GERMANY BY VOLKER
354.11		HPSCAD::WALL	Stonehenge was a prank	`Mon Dec 19 1988 09:42`	11
	I can't bring myself to compare Trevor Rabin and Steve Howe. Particularly after hearing "Relayer" and "Tales from Topographic Oceans." I much prefer Howe to Rabin. I don't think Rabin's an incompetent guitarist by any stretch of the imagination, 'cause he's not. I just think Howe is better. "Asia" is definitely not the place to listen to Steve Howe (or Carl Palmer, for that matter). DFW
354.12		REORG::ROGOFF	Zen Software Documentation	`Mon Dec 19 1988 16:44`	24
	Volker, Re: 354.10, if you really like 90125 and Big Generator, you would probably like their first two albums (Yes and Time and a Word) as well. I haven't been able to get either on CD yet. I didn't intend to do any more Trevor-bashing, but since you asked... I can listen to 90125 and Big Generator but to me, Yes without Steve Howe isn't Yes. My opinion is based in part on live performances. Howe was never anything less then superb in concert. Rabin was horrible. I saw Yes twice on the 90125 tour, once at the beginning of the tour and once at the end. In the first show, Trevor was okay. He couldn't play the break in "Owner of a Lonely Heart" but at least the band sounded like Yes. In the other show, he was absolutely putrid. He went prancing around the stage and playing guitar like a cheap, sloppy imitation of Van Halen. As a person who used to practically live for Yes concerts, I was disgusted, embarrassed, and humiliated. I had to walk out before the show was over. I knew how sublime they once were and just couldn't stand any more. Barry