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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2006 at 18:55
Originally posted by ivan_2068 ivan_2068 wrote:

Sorry, but in this case it's a fact, FRAGILE SD 7211 was released in 1972.

Each and every source, including the Bruford site confirm this, ALLMUSIC is talking crap(As usual), SD 7211 is a USA and Canada release from 1972.

Not even you can doubt this because there are too many quotes and auctions withthis serial number in 1972, Still I can't find any official 1971 release.

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Totally agree as I said in the other post that SD7211 IS released in 1972. Just wanted to show how incosistent the information on the internet can be.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2006 at 20:34
Originally posted by Gomah Gomah wrote:

Originally posted by ivan_2068 ivan_2068 wrote:

Sorry, but in this case it's a fact, FRAGILE SD 7211 was released in 1972.

Each and every source, including the Bruford site confirm this, ALLMUSIC is talking crap(As usual), SD 7211 is a USA and Canada release from 1972.

Not even you can doubt this because there are too many quotes and auctions withthis serial number in 1972, Still I can't find any official 1971 release.

Iván

Totally agree as I said in the other post that SD7211 IS released in 1972. Just wanted to show how incosistent the information on the internet can be.

Yes, Allmusic is great to find FAST BUT SUPERFICIAL information about artists, biographies are usually pretty accurate (Well they once said that Triumvirat was  "a Finland band a la Focus"  and I had to send them a mail).

But in dates, release numbers, etc, it's crap, absolutely inaccurate, that's why I only mentioned Allmusic but recognized it was usually inaccurate.

At last we agree in something without  rseservations.

Iván



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2006 at 20:36
Originally posted by Guests Guests wrote:

Originally posted by Gentle Tull Gentle Tull wrote:

woah tough one.

Can't choose.

What if you could only keep one?

Then I would knock out the person that would only let me keep one, and then run away.

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Iván

If I understood you and the law correctly, when mentioning the copyright, they should mention all previous copyright holders and dates, am I right? So what do you think about this?

Quote Yessongs

RELEASE INFO:

05/04/73 CD US Atlantic 100-2
Remastered (US) 7567-82682
 

MUSICIANS:

  • Jon Anderson: Vocals
  • Chris Squire: Bass and vocals
  • Rick Wakeman: Keyboards
  • Bill Bruford: Drums on 4 and 10
  • Alan White: Drums on everything else
  • Steve Howe: Guitars and vocals

TRACKS:

  1. Opening Excerpt From "Firebird Suite"*** 3:45
  2. Siberian Khatru* 9:50
  3. Heart Of The Sunrise** 11:26
  4. Perpetual Change** 14:08
  5. And You And I* 10:55
  6. Mood For A Day** 3:52
  7. Excerpts From "The Six Wives Of Henry VIII"****3:52
  8. Roundabout** 8:33
  9. I've Seen All Good People** 7:00
  10. Long Distance Runaround/The Fish** 13:45
  11. Close To The Edge* 18:41
  12. Yours Is No Disgrace** 14:21
  13. Starship Trooper** 9:25

TOTAL TIME: 2:10:07 (130:07)

 

* ©1973 Yessongs, ASCAP
** ©1973 Cotillion BMI/Yessongs, ASCAP
*** ©1973 Boosey & Hawkes, ASCAP
**** ©1973 Almo, ASCAP
Used by permission. All rights reserved.

http://yesworld.com/lyrics/ysongs.html

Do you think because it is a live track, the copyright is different than studio version? Bearing in mind that as you said (c) covers lyrics too and possibly lyrics are published for Yessongs (I am not sure though). Again if that's the case why is it different here:

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Keys To Ascension

Live Tracks (Recorded March 1996)

  1. Siberian Khatru*
  2. The Revealing Science of God**
  3. America***
  4. Onward Intro: Unity****
  5. Onward*****
  6. Awaken******
  7. Roundabout*******
  8. Starship Trooper********

* © 1972 Topographic Music, Ltd / Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
** © 1973 Topographic Music, Ltd / Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
*** © 1968 Paul Simon (BMI) / Pattern Music, Ltd.
**** © 1996 Basedown Ltd. ***** © 1978 Topographic Music, Ltd / Warner Chappell Music, Ltd.
****** © 1977 Topographic Music, Ltd / Warner Chappell Music, Ltd.
******* © 1971 Yessongs / Topographic Music, Ltd / Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
******** © 1971 Topographic Music, Ltd / Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
********* © 1996 Carlin Music Publishing, Ltd. / Opio Music Publishing / Basedown Ltd.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.

http://yesworld.com/lyrics/KeysToAscension.html

Look at Siberian Khatru and try to explain please. Thanks



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2006 at 22:39
Originally posted by Gomah Gomah wrote:

Iván

If I understood you and the law correctly, when mentioning the copyright, they should mention all previous copyright holders and dates, am I right? So what do you think about this?

Quote Yessongs

RELEASE INFO:

05/04/73 CD US Atlantic 100-2
Remastered (US) 7567-82682
 

MUSICIANS:

  • Jon Anderson: Vocals
  • Chris Squire: Bass and vocals
  • Rick Wakeman: Keyboards
  • Bill Bruford: Drums on 4 and 10
  • Alan White: Drums on everything else
  • Steve Howe: Guitars and vocals

TRACKS:

  1. Opening Excerpt From "Firebird Suite"*** 3:45
  2. Siberian Khatru* 9:50
  3. Heart Of The Sunrise** 11:26
  4. Perpetual Change** 14:08
  5. And You And I* 10:55
  6. Mood For A Day** 3:52
  7. Excerpts From "The Six Wives Of Henry VIII"****3:52
  8. Roundabout** 8:33
  9. I've Seen All Good People** 7:00
  10. Long Distance Runaround/The Fish** 13:45
  11. Close To The Edge* 18:41
  12. Yours Is No Disgrace** 14:21
  13. Starship Trooper** 9:25

TOTAL TIME: 2:10:07 (130:07)

 

* ©1973 Yessongs, ASCAP
** ©1973 Cotillion BMI/Yessongs, ASCAP
*** ©1973 Boosey & Hawkes, ASCAP
**** ©1973 Almo, ASCAP
Used by permission. All rights reserved.

http://yesworld.com/lyrics/ysongs.html

Do you think because it is a live track, the copyright is different than studio version? Bearing in mind that as you said (c) covers lyrics too and possibly lyrics are published for Yessongs (I am not sure though). Again if that's the case why is it different here:

Look at Siberian Khatru and try to explain please. Thanks

NOTE: Siberian Khatru and all the songs from Close to the Edge have 1 asterisk, because probably A&M Records made a different agreement with the Rick Wakeman's percentage of the songs from this album.

This is a very interesting contractual issue that I'll be glad to explain:

When a label as ATLANTIC recruits a band like YES they make a standart contract that contains issues like :

  • The label must pay recording sessions, expenses, propaganda, etc.
  • The band will recieve X% of the total sales of the studio albums
  • The Label will pay tours to promote the albums
  • ETC.

But there are sometimes special clauses like:

  • The band is allowed to release a Live album during a determined period of years (Often no longer than 2 or 3 years)
  • The band is allowed to own the copyright of the songs used in this live albums
  • Extra percentage for the band if the album sells a high and determined number of copies.
  • And some extra benefits that both parts agree.

So:

1.- Lets forget KTA, because it was released after 27 years of the original contract between Yes and Atlantic.

2.- No company will ever make a contract for periods longer than 2 or 3 years, because they don't know if the band will succeed or become a faillure.

So lets only worry about Yessongs because it was recorded in 1973.

When Atlantic and the publishers designed by them go to ask the copyright of Fragile or The Yes Album, they must take the contract we talked about lines above, so the registers know what are the conditions accepted by both parts.

If there are special agreements like the ones I mentioned, the Copyright Registers create an EXTEND NOTICE:

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  1. Extending your copyright notice

  2. Why extend your notice?

    In some cases you may wish to permit certain activities, in others you may wish to make it clear that you are withholding all rights, or require the user to apply for a licence to carry out certain actions. To do this you should include a statement that explicitly sets out these terms, the statement should appear as a sentence after the copyright notice.   http://www.copyrightwitness.com/copyright/p03_copyright_noti ces

If you notice all the tracks of Yessongs have a copyright of 1973, so it's clear that:

  1. This is part of a private arrangement between Yes and Atlantic to allow Yes to hold the rights of Live performances during 1973.
  2. Yes gave the publishing rights to different companies, but all in 1973,
  3. This Copyright is different to all the previous because of the will of the parts.
  4. Probably Yes has recieved all the money from this live album and the shows.
  5. That's why band members often say that their business is not the percentage they recieve from the studio albums (Because it's very small), but all the money ther gain during the concerts.

I can't tell you more without having the original contract signed by Atlantic and Yes, but this is clear as water.

Iván

EDIT: All songs are co-owned by ASCAP because this company represents Rick Wakeman and probably A&M didn't accepted to share the percentage of Wakeman with Yes.

This is evident because Excerpts of Six Wives is owned exclusively by ALMO - ASCAP because it's an excerpt from a solo Wakeman album.

 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2006 at 23:15

Iván

Thanks for the info. That makes things clear. Still we don't know what has happened in case of Fragile!



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2006 at 23:31
Originally posted by Gomah Gomah wrote:

Iván

Thanks for the info. That makes things clear. Still we don't know what has happened in case of Fragile!

Lets send this to unsolved mysteries or any Leonard Nimoy TV Program. 

Iván



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2006 at 12:10
Originally posted by ivan_2068 ivan_2068 wrote:

Originally posted by TheLamb TheLamb wrote:

It seems your fingers are working far more than your mind, haha, because Ivan and yourself keep repeating yourselves :P lol...

I believe this a little unfair with us, all this arguments are from 1972, we can't create new ones.

What changes is the interpretation and a analysis of the data and the legal quotes which are analyzed in different ways by different lawyers and judges, if it wasn't like this, there would never exist trials because all we would need is someone to read the law and sanction it.

Iván

 

Always makes me laugh when I say some kind of friendly joke and people take it seriously..

 

c'mon man dont take this thing so seriously!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2006 at 17:50

No Lamb, I'm not taking it seriously, if I was you would have seen a lot of high case words

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QUEEN A Night At The Opera* progressive rock album and reviews Prog Related
(Studio Album, 1975)
Avg: 4.28/5
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QUEEN "A Night At The Opera*"
Review (Permanent link) by Bob McBeath (Easy livin)
Posted 1:51:56 PM EST, 1/3/2006

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4 stars   “A night at the opera” is generally recognised as Queen’s finest, and indeed most progressive album. Having been preceded by the phenomenally successful 6 minute single “Bohemian Rhapsody”, the album was guaranteed a chart topping position even before it was released.
 
 
 
 
 
I was reading this review by EL and find it interesting... probably previous sellings may guarantee a chart position of a work even before it is officially released.
I know that it happens here in Brazil with the yearly product of singer Roberto Carlos  made available only in December but appearing in the charts in October/November.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2006 at 18:32
Definitely Fragile.

Fragile vs. Foxtrot might be a tougher choice.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2006 at 19:37
http://yesmuseum.org/FragileReview.txt


hmmmm.... Rolling Stones magazine's review of the album.  No light on the descrepancy front, but there is one....

Fragile
Yes
Released: 1971

The sure and steady pace at which Yes has progressed
through their four albums seems to suit them just fine,
and in _Fragile_ the fruit is at last beginning to ripen.

Some problems remain, however: They're good and
they know it, so they tend to succumb to the show-off
syndrome. Their music (notably "Cans and Brahms" and
"We Have Heaven") often seems designed only to impress
and tries too hard to call attention to itself. Is anyone
really still excited by things like "Five tracks on this
album are individual ideas, personally arranged and
organized by the five members of the band..etc." They've got
it in them to do a lot more than provide fodder for
those strange people who get it off to visions of keyboard
battles between Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson.
Then too, with the nimble Wakeman and his many instruments,
a guitarist (Steve Howe) who can finger-pick like the
devil and, apparently, a wealth of collective imagination,
they could inject at least a tad more variety into their work.
As it is, most of the songs sound like variations on one
idea rather than distinct entities sharing a common style.

But make no mistake -- the Yes people have a lot to be
excited over. Gorgeous melodies, intelligent, carefully
crafted, constantly surprising arrangements, concise and
energetic performances, cryptic but evocative lyrics -- when
all these are present Yes is quite boggling and their potential
seemingly unlimited.

As in the opening "Roundabout", marked by a thick,
chugging texture which almost imperceptibly accumulates,
during deceptively innocent little breaks and fills, a screaming,
shattering intensity that builds and builds until suddenly
everything drops away but Wakeman's liquid organ trills,
some scattered guitar notes and Jon Anderson's pure,
plaintive voice: "In and around the lake/Mountains come
out of the sky and they/Stand there". It's a tour-de-force,
a complete knockout, and perhaps the most quietly
devastating moment to appear on a record in recent memory.

The heavily atmosphearic "South Side of the Sky" is also
a grabber, a song that goes from full chorus and band
(that's loud) to a segment that is nearly Oriental in its
pristine simplicity -- just wandering piano, electronic
swirlings and the whoosh of an icy wind. "Heart of the Sunrise"
is the third extended cut, and it puts everything they've got
into a wide-ranging and most impressive package which
demonstrates that progressive (remember progressive rock?)
doesn't mean sterile and that complex isn't the same
thing as inaccessible.

When it's all working, the music made by Yes is what
the best musicalways is, a powerful and emotional
experience. It's probably the first music to come along
since some of the Kinks' older stuff that actually
brings the beginnings of tears to these jaded eyes
of mine. Don't be it can't happen to you.

-- Richard Cromelin, Rolling Stone, 3-16-72.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2006 at 19:47
and one additional post... some info dug up by an interested observer who PM'd this to me.


...it appears to be one of those rather simple items that Fragile was released first in the UK and then 2 mths later in the US and was called the official release date....and Nov 71 the initial release date....

RELEASE DATA

REGION RELEASE DATE LABEL MEDIA ID NUMBER FEATURES
UK November 1, 1971 Atlantic LP/CS
US January 4, 1972 Atlantic LP/CS/8T SD/CS/TP7211 gatefold cover w. booklet
UK 1982 Atlantic 2LP/CS 80002 repackaged w. Close to the Edge
US 1980s? Atlantic LP/CD/CS SD/CS19132 gatefold cover w. booklet
UK December 1986 Atlantic CD
US 1993 Atlantic CD 82524 24k gold disc w. booklet
US August 16, 1994 Atlantic CD/CS 82667 digitally remastered

....here is a good example of this happening with Deep Purple Made in Japan....notice the different release dates...from Dec 72 to 75...and two months between the UK and US release....Warner Bros for example calls Jan 1973 the official release date...as the US was being flooded by the "imports"...Take care

UK December 1972 Purple Records TPSP-351 [2LP]
UK December 1972/January 1973 Purple Records TC2-TPSP-351 (1e284-94024) [1MC]
Yugoslavia December 1972 Purple Records LSPUR-70522/3 [2LP]
Japan December 1972 Warner Bros P-5066/7W [2LP; different cover; title: Live In Japan]
South Africa December 1972 Purple Records TPSPJ-(D)-351 [2LP]
New Zealand December 1972 Purple Records TPSP-351 [2LP]
All over Europe December 1972/January 1973 Purple Records country prefix + 93915/6 or 93915/16 [2LP]
US January 1973 Warner Bros 2WS-2710.2 [2LP]
Canada January 1973 Warner Bros 2WS-2701 [2LP]
Germany January 1973 Purple Records 1c284-93024 [1MC]
Brazil 1973 Purple Records 31c164-93915/6 [2LP]
Brazil 1973 Purple Records 6190/1 [2LP]
Israel 1973 EMI/Purple Records TPSP-351 [2LP; different cover]
Mexico 1973 Capitol [2LP]
Chile 1973 Purple Records SLDC-35349/50 [2LP]
Germany 1973 Columbia 1c188-93915/6 [2LP; club issue]
Germany 1974- Purple Records 1c172-93915/6 [2LP]
EEC 1974- Purple Records 1a138-93915/6 (5c188-93915/6) [2LP]
Uruguay 1975- Purple Records 6190/1 [2LP; different cover]
Philippines 1975- EMI/Parlophone TPS-351 [2x1LP; in two vols]
Thailand 1975- Golden Sound GSLP-3011.1 [2LP]
Peru 1975 Odeon ELD-0301-270 [2LP; different cover]

....and this is an odd one that is the other way around for Purple`s Fireball album May 1971 (US), September 1971 (UK)

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2006 at 22:01

OHH MICKY MICKY MICKY................

Quote http://yesmuseum.org/FragileReview.txt


hmmmm.... Rolling Stones magazine's review of the album.  No light on the descrepancy front, but there is one....

Already mentioned by Gomah 15 posts ago, and we agreed  this info is not taken from an official Yes Museum but from the Yesman's  Museum, and it's only a review, remeber critics from Magazines as ROLLING STONES in the 70's (And still now) have access to the albums before the rest of the world.

Please, bring me official info, not second hand news

Quote RELEASE DATA

REGION RELEASE DATE LABEL MEDIA ID NUMBER FEATURES
UK November 1, 1971 Atlantic LP/CS NO SERIAL NUMBER??????
US January 4, 1972 Atlantic LP/CS/8T SD/CS/TP7211 gatefold cover w. booklet
UK 1982 Atlantic 2LP/CS 80002 repackaged w. Close to the Edge
US 1980s? Atlantic LP/CD/CS SD/CS19132 gatefold cover w. booklet
UK December 1986 Atlantic CD
US 1993 Atlantic CD 82524 24k gold disc w. booklet
US August 16, 1994 Atlantic CD/CS 82667 digitally remastered

Please, Micky, what's the source? Is it reliable? Why is no serial N° mentioned in 1971?

Omited the Deep Purple because we're talking about a specific Yes release, please remember the official Yes info discriminates in all cases between UK and USA Releases:

Taken from the page 16 OFFICIAL HISTORY BOOKLET IN YESYEARS:

Quote Yes - Yes

UK Release date, July 25, 1969

US release date: October 15, 1969

7567-81147-1/2 (Official andoriginal catalog number, which is correlative)

As you can see, clearly discriminates between the UK and US release, when there's a difference

NOW TAKE A LOOK AT FRAGILE in the same page:

RELEASE DATE: JAN 4, 1972

7567-81531-1/4/2

But if you still doubt, check again page 8 third parragraph of the same OFFICIAL HISTORY BOOKLET:

Quote Released in the OPENING MOMENTS OF 1972, FRAGILE contained......

You want More Official info???

Quote

Fragile

(Atlantic, SD 7211) (1972)

http://www.billbruford.com/discog/yes.html (Bill Bruford Official Website)

Still you need more???

Quote

 Fragile (1972)

 

 

 

http://www.jonanderson.com/music.html Jon Anderson OFFICIAL Website

Not enough?

Quote

August, 1971  Rick Wakeman joins Yes.

August-September, 1971  Fragile is recorded in five weeks.

January 4, 1972  Fragile is released.

September 24, 1971 - March 27, 1972  On tour supporting Fragile.

http://chrissquire.com/cs_bio70.html Chris Squire Official Website's BIOGRAPHY 

 

As you see I only use OFFICIAL YES information, released and published by YES, or Official Yes and Yes Members Sites, bring me something that has the same value as any of this sources (Not anonymous informants ) and we can start to talk.

Iván

EDIT: Atkingani wrote:

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QUEEN A Night At The Opera* progressive rock album and reviews Prog Related
(Studio Album, 1975)
Avg: 4.28/5
from 46 ratings

QUEEN "A Night At The Opera*"
Review (Permanent link) by Bob McBeath (Easy livin)
Posted 1:51:56 PM EST, 1/3/2006

SPECIAL COLLABORATOR (Forum Moderator & Reviews Manager)

4 stars   “A night at the opera” is generally recognised as Queen’s finest, and indeed most progressive album. Having been preceded by the phenomenally successful 6 minute single “Bohemian Rhapsody”, the album was guaranteed a chart topping position even before it was released.
 
 
I was reading this review by EL and find it interesting... probably previous sellings may guarantee a chart position of a work even before it is officially released.
I know that it happens here in Brazil with the yearly product of singer Roberto Carlos  made available only in December but appearing in the charts in October/November.

Thanks Atkingani, new and valuable info that can easily explain what happened with Fragile, because the OFFICIAL information by YES can't be challenged.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2006 at 23:08
oh jesus... I won't bother trying to quote that hahahhahah

sorry about the same info with Rolling Stone.... forgot it had been posted already.


hahahah, I'm working on something official for you.  The point with Deep Purple was that multiple release dates for that album are out there, and the 'official' release date was in fact not the true one.  Has no bearing on this obviously... other than a cautionary tale. Official =/ accurate.  The trick is finding that truth to your satisfaction.  Albums that are haven't been released, don't appear on the charts, Fragile is on the charts in '71 so I'm convinced your official info is incomplete.  Call me stubborn,  but the charts don't lie, Fragile was out out on the market.  That's why I'm being so stubborn about this.  Anyway, I'll post any info I get back from some emails I sent today. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2006 at 23:20
Ivan- great point (in the Queen review) missed it until you referred to your 'heavy artillery' hahahahah. As always, I'll conceed gracefully if wrong, but enjoying the process so I'm going to follow it out till I see the answer for the discrepancy between the charts and release date for myself. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2006 at 23:23

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

oh jesus... I won't bother trying to quote that hahahhahah

sorry about the same info with Rolling Stone.... forgot it had been posted already.


hahahah, I'm working on something official for you.  The point with Deep Purple was that multiple release dates for that album are out there, and the 'official' release date was in fact not the true one.  Has no bearing on this obviously... other than a cautionary tale. Official =/ accurate.  The trick is finding that truth to your satisfaction.  Albums that are haven't been released, don't appear on the charts, Fragile is on the charts in '71 so I'm convinced your official info is incomplete.  Call me stubborn,  but the charts don't lie, Fragile was out out on the market.  That's why I'm being so stubborn about this.  Anyway, I'll post any info I get back from some emails I sent today. 

1.- Did you read Atkingani's post about Roberto Carlos being in the charts two months before his album release? Charts also can be wrong.

2.- This charts in the 70's were made by radios who gathered votes from the people  who used their phone to call. This calls were not easy because you had to try several times before being answered (radio stations didn't had many lines because Phones were more expensive in the 70's) so when I used to call always recieved the busy sound.

Today with Internet you can vote 24 hours a day so the charts reflex the vote of millions, but in the 70's radio stations could only be called during working hours, and each program had their own charts that added made the general chart.

This charts rarely exceeded 1 or 2 hundreed votes per album, because of the dificulty and cost of phones back in those years (There was not even re dial, the phone had a heavy circular dial  there was not even call on wait, so when you received the busy sound it was over, you had to dial again).

I'm sure that  several hundreed persons who saw the excellent Fragile tour would have called the radios to give their votes even before being released, remember in phone polls without multiple lines as today,  a couple hundreed calls could make the difference.

3.- As I told you on a PM, when I helped in a radio, they used to get special albums one, two or even three months before the release, with great covers and sometimes wonderful booklets full of interesting photos and info that were never released to the public.

This albums given to the radios had no serial N° and a big black advice that said: "Solo para uso de la crítica......Prohibida su venta"  (Only for critic purpose, not to be sold)

4.- I know at least of two cases outside of Perú where this albums were copied and sold, I also remember watching in a friend's house one famous movie  on DVD six months before the release of the DVD.

The movie had little letters that said something like "For the use of the Movie Academy members" that appeared once in a while.

This might be the case of the review and the reason why the album you mention has no serial number.


Iván



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hmmmmm.... just found a UK  1971 pressing of the Fragile Lp available for sale online.  Think I'm going to buy it and take a loosie at it. They want 8 pounds for it.  What is that,  about $16?


Has a serial number..  2401-019

if this has been posted before..... forgive me.  I'm not on as much as I'd like and some posts slip by me.




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and a link to someone selling it on ebay....

http://popsike.com/php/detaildata.php?itemnr=4705562519
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2006 at 02:16

Sh*t, just was going to bed when I recieved your PM about the the K50009 which aparently wasnt correct, so I checked the last one and found:

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YES- FRAGILE- UK 1ST PRESSING ATLANTIC 2401019 LP

End price:

GBP

183

  End date:

2005-03-09

Start price:

GBP

10

  Start date:

2005-02-27

Number of  bids:

13

Auctioned at:

ebay


Country:

Great Britain

Micky, it's talking about pressing date........... Any album released in January 4, 1972 has to be pressed in 1971

Jan 1 1971 was saturday, Jan 2 was Sunday, Jan 3 was Monday.

You can't press an album in one working day Micky.

Face it, Yes in 2005 is not only a band, it's a huge company, this company can't afford to make such a mistake in Yes publications and Yes Official site if they say it was released in 1972, it was released in 1972.

Yes members are also part of different companies indidually and all their official sites can't have the same mistake.

BTW: I forgot a couple of facts about how 70's charts were made:

  1. In those days there was no PC's, radio stations hired people to answer phone calls, this people wrote the votes in a paper sheet and later took it to type, this was pretty inaccurate.
  2. Some DJ's and hired guys were fans of a band, it was very easy to alter the results in favour of their favorite band, because phone calls leave no trace (In thosedays even harder).
  3. There were also some publishers (NOT SAYING YES PUBLISHERS) who gave some gifts ($$$) to some DJ's to promote their albums.
  4. In the 70's the votes for best album were insignificant in comparison with the votes for best song.

So I insist, 100 phone calls could take an album to the top 10 in one radio station, probably 150 calls to the top 5. But if you want triple that number, do it,  still it's a bunch of people for the thousands who saw Fragile tour in 1971.

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