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Points: 7849 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2013 at 18:33
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Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

My Tales story started in 1975.  I became friends with this Yes fanatic a couple years older who worked at my local hobby shop.  I took the Yes plunge and bought CTTE in September, then a couple months later Relayer.  My friend would always speak about Tales in such reverential tones I was intrigued...I remember going somewhere in his car and he was playing his Tales 8-track - when I heard the part from side 2 about "Relayer, all the passion spent on one cross", I thought it was so cool that they mentioned the name of their next album in one of the songs.  When I discovered it had only 4 songs on a double album I knew I had to hear this incredible achievement.  I bought it the following spring and still remember the first time I heard it.  It was late at night in my room and I replaced the normal light with a dim 25 watt blue bulb.  Dropped the needle and..."Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources..."  One of my fondest early prog memories.  My favourite sides are 1, 3, 2, & 4 and it remains my 2nd fave Yes album behind Relayer.


Any prog Story that contains an A-Track player I perk up immediately. Also, love your light show atmosphere for your first spin of Relayer. Now that ambience baby!!


Woops. Meant Tales. Lol

My big Relayer memory was I had a Radio Shack stereo with small speakers.  I used to lay down on the floor with my head between the speakers like some insanely huge headphones and blast Gates of Delirium into my 15 yr old brain...I still haven't fully recovered LOL  


Now I'm a bit of an audio Nut, so I have to ask which headphones were smothering that 15 year-old Noggin of yours?

Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:


Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

My Tales story started in 1975.  I became friends with this Yes fanatic a couple years older who worked at my local hobby shop.  I took the Yes plunge and bought CTTE in September, then a couple months later Relayer.  My friend would always speak about Tales in such reverential tones I was intrigued...I remember going somewhere in his car and he was playing his Tales 8-track - when I heard the part from side 2 about "Relayer, all the passion spent on one cross", I thought it was so cool that they mentioned the name of their next album in one of the songs.  When I discovered it had only 4 songs on a double album I knew I had to hear this incredible achievement.  I bought it the following spring and still remember the first time I heard it.  It was late at night in my room and I replaced the normal light with a dim 25 watt blue bulb.  Dropped the needle and..."Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources..."  One of my fondest early prog memories.  My favourite sides are 1, 3, 2, & 4 and it remains my 2nd fave Yes album behind Relayer.


Any prog Story that contains an A-Track player I perk up immediately. Also, love your light show atmosphere for your first spin of Relayer. Now that ambience baby!!


Woops. Meant Tales. Lol

My big Relayer memory was I had a Radio Shack stereo with small speakers.  I used to lay down on the floor with my head between the speakers like some insanely huge headphones and blast Gates of Delirium into my 15 yr old brain...I still haven't fully recovered LOL  


Now I'm a bit of an audio Nut, so I have to ask which headphones were smothering that 15 year-old Noggin of yours?


That was the crazy part, I didn't have any headphones...I just put the regular speakers a couple inches away on either side of my head and let it rip Evil Smile
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Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:


Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:


Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

My Tales story started in 1975.  I became friends with this Yes fanatic a couple years older who worked at my local hobby shop.  I took the Yes plunge and bought CTTE in September, then a couple months later Relayer.  My friend would always speak about Tales in such reverential tones I was intrigued...I remember going somewhere in his car and he was playing his Tales 8-track - when I heard the part from side 2 about "Relayer, all the passion spent on one cross", I thought it was so cool that they mentioned the name of their next album in one of the songs.  When I discovered it had only 4 songs on a double album I knew I had to hear this incredible achievement.  I bought it the following spring and still remember the first time I heard it.  It was late at night in my room and I replaced the normal light with a dim 25 watt blue bulb.  Dropped the needle and..."Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources..."  One of my fondest early prog memories.  My favourite sides are 1, 3, 2, & 4 and it remains my 2nd fave Yes album behind Relayer.


Any prog Story that contains an A-Track player I perk up immediately. Also, love your light show atmosphere for your first spin of Relayer. Now that ambience baby!!


Woops. Meant Tales. Lol

My big Relayer memory was I had a Radio Shack stereo with small speakers.  I used to lay down on the floor with my head between the speakers like some insanely huge headphones and blast Gates of Delirium into my 15 yr old brain...I still haven't fully recovered LOL  


Now I'm a bit of an audio Nut, so I have to ask which headphones were smothering that 15 year-old Noggin of yours?


That was the crazy part, I didn't have any headphones...I just put the regular speakers a couple inches away on either side of my head and let it rip Evil Smile


Now that's what I call pulling a Marty McFly from back to the future.
Love it when he flys back! Lol
Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Among the great string of albums from TYA through GFTO, Tales stands out as a highlight and their most atmospheric opus - a course towards a universal season.
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love it oh boy thats a big Yes,Yes,Yes And Yes.
Tales From Topographic Oceans. i got it on vinyl the day it was frist released. its still fab. 
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Absolutely love Tales, don't see how you couldn't! Probably my 2nd favourite Yes album tieing with Relayer, and Close To The Edge would be my favourite Smile

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Well, all I can now say is that 40 years later and people still talk about this album....so what does that tell ya?

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TFTO is/was an epic achievement.
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Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

Well, all I can now say is that 40 years later and people still talk about this album....so what does that tell ya?


Right, that really says something Exclamation
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

TFTO is/was an epic achievement.
I agree. I remember buying TFTO from HMV some time in the 1970s. It cost £4.99 which was a lot for an album in those days (Genesis Live only cost me £1.99). Worth every penny.
 
"The Remembering" is my favourite track, particularly the "don the cap" section and the brilliant ending.
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Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

[QUOTE=The.Crimson.King]
[QUOTE=progbethyname] [QUOTE=progbethyname] [QUOTE=The.Crimson.King] I thought it was so cool that they mentioned the name of their next album in one of the songs.  
 
And there is a bit of their previous album in "Ritual".
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by progbethyname progbethyname wrote:

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[QUOTE=progbethyname] [QUOTE=progbethyname] [QUOTE=The.Crimson.King] I thought it was so cool that they mentioned the name of their next album in one of the songs.  
 
And there is a bit of their previous album in "Ritual".

I never noticed that before.  What section in Ritual?
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The version of Ritual on Yesshows is even more rewarding.

Wonder if there exist any recording of Moraz playing others.
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Originally posted by Bitterblogger Bitterblogger wrote:

The version of Ritual on Yesshows is even more rewarding.

Wonder if there exist any recording of Moraz playing others.

Don't know about audio but there is a video called "Yes at Queens Park Rangers" or "QPR" on youtube that I believe is from the '75 YesSolo tour and is a complete concert featuring Moraz.  It was originally a Japanese documentary available on videodisc and like so many other cool things has been uploaded to youtube.  It's also noteworthy because the mixing is a disaster during Gates of Delirium and Jon Anderson's rhythm guitar is so loud you can barely hear anything else LOL
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Thanks. Saw the Relayer tour (2nd concert I ever attended), and own the
video you mentioned. It's been cleaned up somewhat regarding the mix. The original was sure a mess!
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Originally posted by Bitterblogger Bitterblogger wrote:

Thanks. Saw the Relayer tour (2nd concert I ever attended), and own the
video you mentioned. It's been cleaned up somewhat regarding the mix. The original was sure a mess!

Cool.  I saw the YesSolo '76 tour with Moraz (my 2nd concert as well) and I love this video because they used the same 3 headed hydra stage set when I saw them.  I love that part in the video where they all come to the front of the stage to acknowledge the crowd and Moraz nearly trips over his 3 inch high heel boots LOL
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Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

I love that part in the video where they all come to the front of the stage to acknowledge the crowd and Moraz nearly trips over his 3 inch high heel boots LOL


3-inch heels? Did he hang out with Ziggy Bowie before the tour?
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

I love that part in the video where they all come to the front of the stage to acknowledge the crowd and Moraz nearly trips over his 3 inch high heel boots LOL


3-inch heels? Did he hang out with Ziggy Bowie before the tour?

Maybe Chris Squires thigh-high-fur boots made him feel a little inadequate Clown
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Greatest album ever made.

... of all time, across all genres ... or 2nd greatest ... I still can't decide. Took me about two-three listens to finally dig it.


Heck, took me over a dozen listens before I finally dug it. What a rewarding trek though.

My brother loves to give the album a little hate, but he's yet to make it the entire way through even once. I keep working with him though Wink

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TFTO - Loved by true connoisseurs of Symphonic progressive rock. Hated by nearly everybody else - and often used as the paradigm for the progressive rock dinosaurs who nearly destroyed music (SIC) only for it to be saved by the musical integrity of the new wave (Punk) - oh how that still makes me laugh at yet another facet of mass-humankind ignorance.... 
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