YESTERDAYS

"Yesterdays" is extremely worthy early compilation of YES. It combines probably the best and most developed moments from the first two, largely overlooked, studio albums - the self-titled debut and "A Time and a Word". Plus there is previously unissued cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "America", which alone can justify the puchase of this collection. True, the classic YES period starts with their third "The Yes Album", but perhaps just because of that "Yesterdays" can serve as excellent introduction before you play "Yours Is No Disgrace"! And personally, I am even more inclined towards the early underdeveloped, naive but sincere and explorative works of YES than to their later overblown and pompose space-rock "concepts" after 1972.