Yes fans?

[Far Rider]

I could barely tolerate Drama - the only tour I saw live. They lost me with 90125. I need a Steve Howe Yes. Prog Rock Yes.

I like the first two LPs more than the Trevor Rabin era. Fragile and Close to the Edge are best imwo.

Couldn't agree more. Trevor Rabin ruined Yes and turned them into a top 40 disgrace.

 

[Far Rider]

I could barely tolerate Drama - the only tour I saw live. They lost me with 90125. I need a Steve Howe Yes. Prog Rock Yes.

I like the first two LPs more than the Trevor Rabin era. Fragile and Close to the Edge are best imwo.

Tales From Topographic Oceans was excellent also. What I believe to be their last great album.

 

[gball]

Huge early Yes fan here, and have been since the mid 70s. They were actually the first big arena concert I ever saw in my life (1976 I think).
I love every album through Going For The One, in particular Close To The Edge.

The first turd they ever dropped was Tormato, and then the wheels completely came off the thing so badly that by the 80s and that godawful 90125 record I had stopped even admitting I was ever a Yes fan. I do still listen to the early albums pretty regularly though.

 

[BFT Gibson]

Fragile !!Roundabout still has the same effect on me all these years later as when i first heard it..right up there with em as far as great ones

 

[GrumpySquatch]

Tales From Topographic Oceans was excellent also. What I believe to be their last great album.

Another fine LP.

That avie of yours is so charming. AI I assume? Not been a fan of much of it. I love van Gogh - something about what I see as wonderment in kitty's eyes.

 

[Far Rider]

Another fine LP.

That avie of yours is so charming. AI I assume? Not been a fan of much of it. I love van Gogh - something about what I see as wonderment in kitty's eyes.

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Thanks! I figured there is nothing better than Van Gogh and cats.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

I love early Yes. First two albums with Peter Banks & Tony Kaye not as much, though it's cool to hear their gestalt taking shape - formative years.
But then with Howe & Wakeman - The Yes Album, Fragile, and Close To The Edge - they produced some of my favorite prog rock ever.
And it's timeless - hasn't become dated (like the ELP albums that I so loved but can't really listen to anymore).
Big fan of Tales From Topographic Oceans too. Even without Bruford, their least-appreciated album still does it for me.
Saw them live a number of times in the 70s; the last tour I saw was Relayer.

My old friend/bandmate Darrell Gilbert toured with them for awhile as Steve Howe's guitar tech.