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Intended to demonstrate that, after years of shuffling line-ups, rival groups and assorted legal wranglings, Yes was in fact once more an ongoing proposition, with its most classic line-up--Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Alan White--reunited in March of 1996 at San Luis Obispo, California, to run through a set dominated by older compositions ("Siberian Khatru", "The Revealing Science Of God" from Topographic Oceans), which they performed with surprising energy and conviction. What was unsurprising, of course, was their length: these two CDs feature just eight songs. Not as bloated an
Intended to demonstrate that, after years of shuffling line-ups, rival groups and assorted legal wranglings, Yes was in fact once more an ongoing proposition, with its most classic line-up--Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Alan White--reunited in March of 1996 at San Luis Obispo, California, to run through a set dominated by older compositions ("Siberian Khatru", "The Revealing Science Of God" from Topographic Oceans), which they performed with surprising energy and conviction. What was unsurprising, of course, was their length: these two CDs feature just eight songs. Not as bloated an endeavour as 90125 Live: The Solos, admittedly, but faintly indulgent nonetheless. The passing years have seen Jon Anderson's falsetto deepen slightly--particularly evident on "Starship Trooper"--and their playing, while losing none of its virtuosity, has become notably more lyrical, more attentive to nuance: their cover of Paul Simon's "America" (which they first tackled for Yesterdays, way back when) manages to be both graceful and understated--words not generally found in the context of a Yes review. --Andrew McGuire
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Manufacturer: Sanctuary
Release date: 28 October 1996
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 5017615841725
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