Yesyears [Box]

構成数 : 4枚
合計収録時間 : 04:51:10
Producers: Eddie Offord, Paul Clay, Tony Colton, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin, Paul De Villiers, Yes. Compilation producer: Yves Beauvais. This 4 disc set spans Yes' entire career and contains many rarities. Most of the material in this collection is mastered from the original master tapes. According to the producer, Yves Bauvais, the improvement over currently available material is most evident on FRAGILE. Among the rarities included are the stereo mix of "Something's Coming", (from WEST SIDE STORY), "Then" and "Everydays" (both originally recorded for the BBC but never aired), "Montreux's Theme" (and other outtakes from GOING FOR THE ONE), "Money" (a previously unreleased song with vocals by Rick Wakeman), "I'm Down" (a live version of the Beatles song from 1976), 2 demos from Cinema (featuring Trevor Rabin, Alan White, Tony Kaye and Chris Squire) from 1982 and "Love Conquers All" (an outtake from UNION). The set comes packaged in a 12" X 12" box, with a 32-page booklet containing color photos and liner notes by Bob Kaus of Atlantic records. The artwork on the box, as well as the jewel boxes and the discs themselves, is by Roger Dean, whose prior credits include Yes LPs - Fragile, Close To The Edge, Tales Of Topographic Oceans, Relayer and others. The accompanying video is titled "Yesyears, The Video Retrospective". It includes exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews, rare archival footage, plus live performances spanning the band's career. Personnel: Rick Wakeman (vocals, organ); Billy Sherwood (acoustic guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Jon Anderson (harp); Trevor Rabin (keyboards); Bill Bruford (drums). Audio Mixers: Mark Mancina; Bobby Warner. Audio Remasterer: Joe Gastwirt. Liner Note Author: Bob Kaus. Recording information: Advision & Trident Studios, London, England (1969-1991); Church Of Vevey, Switzerland (1969-1991); Morgan Studios, London, England (1969-1991); Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland (1969-1991); Rak Studios, London, England (1969-1991); Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ (1969-1991); Townhouse Studios, London, England (1969-1991); Trident Studios, London, England (1969-1991). Illustrator: Roger Dean . Photographers: Jeffrey Mayer; Lisa Powers; Robert Ellis ; Richard Creamer; David Gahr; Popsie; Andre Scillac; Michael Putland; Neal Preston; Roger Dean ; Todd Kaplan; Caroline Greyshock; Lisa Tanner; Barry Wentzell; Yves Beauvais. Unknown Contributor Roles: Pete Frame; Patrick Moraz; Peter Banks; Steve Howe; Tony Kaye. This extensive box includes not only a fine mixture of classics and less familiar songs, but plenty of previously unheard material as well. Along the way, YESYEARS manages to encapsulate the band's career. Yes was one of the first progressive rock bands, achieving a perfect blend of hard-hitting rock excitement and sophisticated, classical-derived structure. Yes began by adapting other people's songs to the band's expansive, post-psychedelic style ("Every Little Thing," "Everydays"), but as the band grew more confident, it constructed ever more complex opuses full of virtuosic instrumental displays and complex shifts of meter and mood ("Starship Trooper," "Yours is no Disgrace"). The arrival of keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman meant the incorporation of elaborate synthesizer tapestries and a more extensive guitar/keyboard interplay ("Roundabout," "Close to the Edge"). By the time he was replaced by former Mainhorse/Refugee member Patrick Moraz, Yes's sound had reached its most sophisticated, abstract extremes, and the band truly earned its "art rock" tag ("Sound Chaser"). More personnel changes would ensue, and by the early '80s, Yes returned with a more stripped-down, rhythm-based sound ("Owner of a Lonely Heart"). YESYEARS covers all of this and more, with enough surprises to keep even hardcore fans on their toes.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)