Jon Anderson: Wonderous Stories
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Topic: Jon Anderson: Wonderous Stories
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Jon Anderson: Wonderous Stories
Date Posted: September 28 2020 at 04:47
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Jon Anderson has been weaving Wonderous Stories of mythical proggy adventures for over fifty years now, ever since meeting Chris Squire in Mabel Greer's Toyshop way back in 1968. His marvellous solo albums are stronger than ever at the Turn of the Century, with many songs having obvious Parallels with the songs of Yes. It's time to Awaken to the awesome power of prog and celebrate together now with Jon Anderson as we're Going for the One album where his solo career began: Olias of Sunhillow Jon Anderson's Discography  1976: Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBSq7AacYXCz-ayb3U8NF21" rel="nofollow -  1979: Jon & Vangelis - Short Stories - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuvQaVWvwnrLN-9FH9_SW-m" rel="nofollow - 1980: Jon Anderson - Song of Seven - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB8D71tpfMwYmCa7hvBQn9" rel="nofollow - 1981: Jon & Vangelis - The Friends of Mr Cairo - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtJ1t-8bDOqVC7b9G1wDNFQ" rel="nofollow - 1982: Jon Anderson - Animation - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD-1c-9PN0lO21cX2I8U0Ai" rel="nofollow - 1983: Jon & Vangelis - Private Collection - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtfSUU5PVNLFguKdQGK4O85" rel="nofollow -  1985: Jon Anderson - 3 Ships - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB_97bUpsWTlYn4YRY-lFRm" rel="nofollow - 1988: Jon Anderson - In the City of Angels - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBZVbdK8jrx44SpMKmh_Bq" rel="nofollow - 1991: Jon & Vangelis - Page of Life - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsMWC3ykf69E6RKnzMM6b5A" rel="nofollow - 1994: Jon Anderson - Deseo - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBKxtKH3t98F_c0041OqmiS" rel="nofollow - 1994: Jon Anderson - Change We Must - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD3Osq6nGjafBbv1om8js43" rel="nofollow - 1995: Jon Anderson - Angels Embrace - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCE6_JMaUmSlSklpeA2nYja" rel="nofollow - 1996: Jon Anderson - Toltec - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXK9m2PbaCQ" rel="nofollow - 1997: Jon & Jane Anderson - The Promise Ring - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCrJhOBfVElrkES9jlutw_i" rel="nofollow - 1997: Jon Anderson - Earth Mother Earth - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDqbtZDGZOX9Vx4aROFmjA6" rel="nofollow - 1998: Jon Anderson - The More You Know - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCtEBu9k0g4j4BEwgm8Svtn" rel="nofollow - 2005: Jon Anderson - Tour of the Universe - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC10NWCLXoqKdu2_8fnqbkn" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC10NWCLXoqKdu2_8fnqbkn 2006: Jon Anderson - Watching the Flags That Fly - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBte4u1Tsmbp6oHJYYIzd3L" rel="nofollow - 2007: Jon Anderson - Live from La La Land - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCFxZXLwhy4bpm9e9ucdfQh" rel="nofollow - 2010: Anderson / Wakeman - The Living Tree - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCyu1g0LVusBKDtykc49jcC" rel="nofollow - 2011: Jon Anderson - Survival & Other Stories - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCZwwlTtB1XsBQxh0HJm94V" rel="nofollow - 2011:Jon Anderson - Open (E.P.) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR3zlvnpyAc" rel="nofollow - 2015: Anderson-Ponty Band - Better Late Than Never - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDVrgEz7r3E0n78TwjSNz-6" rel="nofollow - 2016: Anderson / Stolt - Invention of Knowledge - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCElVGw_tqrXc-fIpFzgwP8" rel="nofollow - 2019: Jon Anderson - One Thousand Hands: Chapter One - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC3IZrQV4m38Xwoz5smnZj0" rel="nofollow - "Open" (2011):- My all-time favourite song from Jon Anderson's solo albums, which brings back wonderful proggy memories of the classic Yes years. In my opinion, this is just as good as all of the Yessongs on Heaven & Earth, although you may disagree.  |
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 28 2020 at 06:32
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"Open" is good (although it doesn't take that much to be better than the songs on H&E), I like the stuff he did with Vangelis and One Thousand Hands is good and I haven't heard much from the others, but Olias is by far the best thing I've heard from him as a solo artist, easily a 5 star album. The album he did with Stolt is good as well. How did he not get in the Prog Magazine Top 100 musicians poll? btw - 1 mark off Paul for using a Squire song in your opening essay.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 28 2020 at 06:46
When I said I like the "Open" song just as much any Yessong on Heaven & Earth, I meant Heaven & Earth itself, not the Heaven & Earth album. I had to include the Chris Squire song "Parallels" in my introduction to complete the list of five songs on the "Going for the One" album. My favourite piece of music on the Olias of Sunhillow album is the closing song: "To the Runner"  |
chopper wrote:Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 28 2020 at 06:50
My apologies, hadn't spotted that.  I agree about To The Runner but the whole instrumental bit leading up to it is magical as well.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 28 2020 at 07:07
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Jon Anderson has also collaborated with Michael Byrne on several superb New Age songs, none of which appear on an album, although I hope they will appear on an album sometime soon. Whispers of Forgiveness (Pale Blue Dot) Dancin' & Jumpin' Andromeda Requiem for the Americas |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: September 28 2020 at 12:28
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I am really enjoying Jon’s collaborations with Byrne on YouTube, and it would be nice if an album came out of it. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 28 2020 at 13:19
I'd definitely buy the album, just on the strength of the four songs above.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 29 2020 at 07:44
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Another one of my favourites from the Olias of Sunhillow album... Solid Space |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 29 2020 at 07:57
| "Olias of Sunhillow" needs a decent re-release. My CD copy has just the front and back covers of the album booklet in type so small you need to be an ant to read it and the story is a major part of the whole experience. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 29 2020 at 08:46
I still haven't managed to get hold of the Olias of Sunhillow album on CD. The only Jon Anderson album I have on CD is "The More You Know" from 1998, which is not one of his best.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 29 2020 at 08:47
It's £11.18 on that web site named after a well known South American river.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 29 2020 at 08:57
Thanks. I'll take a look at the Orinoco web site, although I like to buy CD's the old-fashioned way from a record store - that's if there are any left open at the end of the lockdown. I just heard my favourite music store in Nottingham (FOPP) has permanently closed its doors.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 29 2020 at 09:00
 That's a bummer, I hope the one in Covent Garden doesn't shut. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 29 2020 at 09:30
FOPP is owned by HMV, so I'm just hoping that the Nottingham HMV store remains open, otherwise we'll have no decent record stores left in Nottingham.
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Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: September 29 2020 at 10:09
That really is depressing. The only one near me now that I know of is in Rye, Kent. ------------- "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" - Robert Fripp "I am an anti-Christ" - Johnny Rotten |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 29 2020 at 11:26
We have a Rough Trade record store in Nottingham (one of only four in the world), but their rough & ready prog section is virtually threadbare. They didn't even have any albums by any of the "Big Six" the last time I went in there.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 29 2020 at 14:43
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Oddly I don't own any Anderson solo albums although I have most of his collaborative efforts and enjoy them! Anderson/Ponty band is probably my favourite. I even bought the expanded version having bought the single disc version to start with. I imagine his solo albums to be a bit 'silly' but that is just a prejudice on my part.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: September 29 2020 at 14:59
| I've only heard maybe 40-50 percent of his solo albums(at the most) but have enjoyed most of the ones I have heard. My favorite is Olias of Sunhillow but I also really like in the city of angels and animation. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: September 30 2020 at 09:35
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My favourite song and video from Jon Anderson's second album: Song of Seven (1980) For You, For Me |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 12 2020 at 09:04
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Jon Anderson & Kevin Shima - Big Buddha Song, from the album, Survival & Other Stories (2011) |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 12 2020 at 09:17
Not to be a downer...but I have the first 2 on old vinyl and find them to be mildly pleasant but ultimately not that interesting. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 12 2020 at 09:37
I think Jon Anderson's latest album, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000_Hands:_Chapter_One" rel="nofollow -
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 12 2020 at 10:38
Well... Heaven and Earth got a 2.34 rating here at PA so that's not saying much...  to be honest I have only heard the first 2....after that I simply thought there were better albums to spend my money on. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 13 2020 at 06:21
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Jon Anderson - "Where Does Music Come From", which comes from the album, 1000 Hands (2019) |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: November 13 2020 at 07:24
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I'm rather with dr wu here: Anderson's solo efforts or his collaborations have never really impressed me. Most would be three star albums at best... Olias is nice to listen to every once in a while, but for me it's a three star album, maybe three and a half. My preferred one would be Jon & Vangelis' Friends of Mr Cairo (I would give it four stars) and I was pleasantly surprised by his collaboration with Stolt (3,5/4 stars). Expected more from his collaboration with JL Ponty, but that one was disappointing as is 1000 Hands, to my ears... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 13 2020 at 09:05
That might make a decent theme song for an HBO movie of the week. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 13 2020 at 10:14
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If you're not too impressed by Where Does Music Come From, then try Ramalama, which comes from the same album. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 29 2020 at 04:58
What a Way to Surrender - the atomic hit single from Jon Anderson's third album: Animation (1982). It's a jolly tune about nuclear Armageddon and the end of the world as we know it. It's funny how Jon Anderson still manages to sound bright and cheerful when he's singing about death and destruction in a nuclear holocaust.  |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 03 2021 at 12:36
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Jon Anderson's Discography Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow (1976) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBSq7AacYXCz-ayb3U8NF21" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBSq7AacYXCz-ayb3U8NF21 Jon & Vangelis - Short Stories (1979) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuvQaVWvwnrLN-9FH9_SW-m" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LuvQaVWvwnrLN-9FH9_SW-m Jon Anderson - Song of Seven (1980) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB8D71tpfMwYmCa7hvBQn9" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB8D71tpfMwYmCa7hvBQn9 _ Jon & Vangelis - The Friends of Mr Cairo (1981) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtJ1t-8bDOqVC7b9G1wDNFQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtJ1t-8bDOqVC7b9G1wDNFQ Jon Anderson - Animation (1982) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD-1c-9PN0lO21cX2I8U0Ai" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD-1c-9PN0lO21cX2I8U0Ai Jon & Vangelis - Private Collection (1983) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtfSUU5PVNLFguKdQGK4O85" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LtfSUU5PVNLFguKdQGK4O85 Jon Anderson - 3 Ships (1985) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB_97bUpsWTlYn4YRY-lFRm" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB_97bUpsWTlYn4YRY-lFRm Jon Anderson - In the City of Angels (1988) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBZVbdK8jrx44SpMKmh_Bq" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBZVbdK8jrx44SpMKmh_Bq - Jon & Vangelis - Page of Life (1991) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsMWC3ykf69E6RKnzMM6b5A" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsMWC3ykf69E6RKnzMM6b5A Jon Anderson - Deseo (1994) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBKxtKH3t98F_c0041OqmiS" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBKxtKH3t98F_c0041OqmiS Jon Anderson - Change We Must (1994) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD3Osq6nGjafBbv1om8js43" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD3Osq6nGjafBbv1om8js43 Jon Anderson - Angels Embrace (1995) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCE6_JMaUmSlSklpeA2nYja" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCE6_JMaUmSlSklpeA2nYja Jon Anderson - Toltec (1996) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXK9m2PbaCQ" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXK9m2PbaCQ Jon & Jane Anderson - The Promise Ring (1997) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCrJhOBfVElrkES9jlutw_i" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCrJhOBfVElrkES9jlutw_i Jon Anderson - Earth Mother Earth (1997) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDqbtZDGZOX9Vx4aROFmjA6" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDqbtZDGZOX9Vx4aROFmjA6 Jon Anderson - The More You Know (1998) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCtEBu9k0g4j4BEwgm8Svtn" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCtEBu9k0g4j4BEwgm8Svtn Jon Anderson - Tour of the Universe (2005) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC10NWCLXoqKdu2_8fnqbkn" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC10NWCLXoqKdu2_8fnqbkn Jon Anderson - Watching the Flags That Fly (2006) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBte4u1Tsmbp6oHJYYIzd3L" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBte4u1Tsmbp6oHJYYIzd3L Jon Anderson - Live from La La Land (2007) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCFxZXLwhy4bpm9e9ucdfQh" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCFxZXLwhy4bpm9e9ucdfQh Anderson / Wakeman - The Living Tree (2010) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCyu1g0LVusBKDtykc49jcC" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCyu1g0LVusBKDtykc49jcC Jon Anderson - Survival & Other Stories (2011) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCZwwlTtB1XsBQxh0HJm94V" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCZwwlTtB1XsBQxh0HJm94V Jon Anderson - Open (E.P.) (2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR3zlvnpyAc" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR3zlvnpyAc Anderson-Ponty Band - Better Late Than Never (2015) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDVrgEz7r3E0n78TwjSNz-6" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDVrgEz7r3E0n78TwjSNz-6 Anderson / Stolt - Invention of Knowledge (2016) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCElVGw_tqrXc-fIpFzgwP8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCElVGw_tqrXc-fIpFzgwP8 Jon Anderson - One Thousand Hands: Chapter One (2019) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC3IZrQV4m38Xwoz5smnZj0" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC3IZrQV4m38Xwoz5smnZj0 |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 17 2021 at 13:34
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A newly-discovered Live album from Jon Anderson! Jon Anderson - Tour of the Universe (2005) Harmony (video courtesy of DevoutYesFan) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC10NWCLXoqKdu2_8fnqbkn" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC10NWCLXoqKdu2_8fnqbkn |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 17 2021 at 19:58
It's very easily better than Heaven & Earth. |
Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: March 28 2024 at 15:07
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Gentle Bump Anderson's solo work is fantastic a lot of the time, I've got a few of his solo works, and few with Vangelis, great stuff, especially Olias, (and here we are... STILL waiting for the Sequel) Also, random side note, Anderson released a song in 2020, titled ' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcyk7k5E4Rw" rel="nofollow - Go Screw Yourself ' it makes for a pretty comedic listen and the video is amazing as well. ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |