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In Clip #11 from the Planet Rock History interview, Jon Anderson talks about the creation of "And You & I" and working with King Crimson on the Lizard album.

King Crimson with Jon Anderson - Prince Rupert Awakes

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 16 2022 at 04:03

Mike Oldfield & Jon Anderson - Shine (a long-forgotten 1986 single release that's only available on the DVD, Elements: The Best of Mike Oldfield.

My favorite former member of Pink Floyd. I mean Genesis. Tongue

Olias of Sunhillow was my favorite by him. I love the Tony Banks keyboards. Wink

Planet Rock History interview clip #10:- Jon Anderson talks about being in the presence of aliens. Dead

Just in time for Christmas.....

1985: Jon Anderson - 3 Ships - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL59orJUqhigRTSjBHAL7k9Y3zPE2jfZ-W

Not one of the greatest Christmas albums, it has to be said, but still much better than "Shatner Claus: The Christmas Album", although that's no great recommendation. Tongue

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - December 10 2022 at 10:26

1982: Jon Anderson - Live 1982 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLujSdGxqdZ6Vps1TBtVN9IYIySbJSa4HX

In Part 8 of the Rock History Music interview, Jon Anderson is Remembering the making of the classic Tales from Topographic Oceans album and Rick Wakeman's involvement in it.

Revolving Doors: Jon Anderson talks about the comings and goings of various YES members over the years, including the times when he first met Steve Howe (in Bodast) and Rick Wakeman (in the Strawbs) in Part 7 of the Rock History Music interview.

In Part 5 of the Rock History interview, Jon Anderson talks about how driving from Edinburgh to Glasgow over an endless succession of roundabouts led to the writing of Roundabout, in a roundabout way. Smile

The best Live performance of Roundabout you'll ever hear with Geddy Lee of Rush filling in for Chris Squire on bass. Clap

^ Thanks! Flight of the Moorglade is a great song, which reminds me that Jon played all of the instruments himself on the Olias of Sunhillow (so it truly was a solo album in every sense), which I still haven't managed to buy on CD. I currently only have two Jon Anderson albums on CD: Toltec and The More You Know. The one YES album I'd really love to get hold of is Tales from Topographic Oceans, then I can sail away to dreamland listening to the album late at night. Smile

Undoubtedly, The Yes Album that's been the Big Generator of the most controversy over the years is Tales from Topographic Oceans. YES, it's a long double album with four long Yessongs which was treated like a rotten Tormato by the music press, but if you Open Your Eyes, you'll gain The Keys to Ascension and realise what a classic album this is. The album came Close to the Edge of splitting the band up, when there was a Magnification of tensions within the group with so many Fragile egos at stake. In the ensuing Drama, Time and a Word has it that Rick Wakeman threatened to walk out during the recording of the album. The album climbed The Ladder of success though, topping the UK album charts for two weeks. Rick Wakeman left the band and didn't appear on the following Relayer album. There was Talk of a re-Union, but Heaven & Earth had to be moved to persuade Rick to return for the Going for the One album in 1977. The best-selling YES album of all though, released in 1983, was famously named after its catalogue number, 90125.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 30 2022 at 05:39