Yes form '71 till '77 were almost perfect. Tales should have been a single LP with the some of the fat cut, but that is about it.
I just rocked Going For The One yesterday.
A couple of years later realized I really dug "Siberian Khatru" and started expanding the collection backwards.:friendly_wink:
Also really loved 90125's "Owner of a Lonely Heart" after coming to see the '80's as the best era since the '60's for a "pop renaissance" with Talking Heads and Police, Simple Minds, even (gasp!) Duran Duran's Seven and the Ragged Tiger, and U2, and the Bangles, and...gosh maybe that'd be a good topic for another thread...
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Great call, I was trying to remember what else came out in '71, although to be fair Yes wasn't getting any play on AM radio here until "Roundabout" hit, and I actually remembered it as '72.
Oh, I was right, single released January '72 in US.
But yes a revolutionary sound.
The previously mentioned Allman Bros At Fillmore East featuring "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", was another revolutionary sound for the era, no AM play, though, you had to have FM to hear 'em.
LOL!.
Yep.
Maybe we were lucky down here in Australia -a single version of 'I've Seen All Good People/Your Move' from The Yes Album got airplay here before 'Roundabout'
In fact that led to me becoming a huge Yes fan after discussing this great song we were hearing on the radio a High School classmate lent me The Yes Album and as soon as 'Yours Is No Disgrace' began playing ... I was hooked!
Great reminder, my buddy taught me the "open chords" trick on that tune.Agreed, The Yes Album is another great album - "Starship Trooper"!
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Oh yeah, after studying release dates for awhile now, it's obvious US companies frequently used different from their UK (and I assume Commonwealth) counterparts.Maybe we were lucky down here in Australia -a single version of 'I've Seen All Good People/Your Move' from The Yes Album got airplay here before 'Roundabout'
Yeah, that was part of the magic, wasn't it.In fact that led to me becoming a huge Yes fan after discussing this great song we were hearing on the radio a High School classmate lent me The Yes Album and as soon as 'Yours Is No Disgrace' began playing ... I was hooked!
Black Sabbath and Yes ... boy that was some concert!
The schoolmate that lent me The Yes Album had an early morning job delivering newspapers on his bicycle - it gave him enough funds to join a 'record club'! Remember those?
What was the last Stones album any of us bought. Some Girls for me. Over, I can't count how many years ago that was. 40ish maybe.
Sadly as big of a Yes fan as I am, I only got to see the 80's Yes. Close To The Edge is one of my top 5 favorite albums. I loved on 901253824 (or what ever it was) the way they did the vocals and a few songs were decent, but to me it was not YES. No Howe, No Bruford, No Wakeman. White, Anderson, and Squire were there, and the okay Tony Kaye was back, but he was no Wakeman. Sadly, Yes is still touring, and with no members of the original group. This trend of dinosaurs touring needs to go. The Stones are still touring, is this what we need. Grandpa Mick prancing around looking like he is gonna brake a hip at any moment. What was the last Stones album any of us bought. Some Girls for me. Over, I can't count how many years ago that was. 40ish maybe.
I thought Blue and Lonesome (recorded over three days in 2015, released in 2016) was a surprisingly good and welcome return to their bluesy roots.
Allman Brothers released Live at the Fillmore East (recorded earlier that year - if you like that give a listen to Live at A&R Studios, also recorded in '71 and not released until 2016).
Soul Serenade is just mind blowing on that A&R album!!
Soul Serenade is just mind blowing on that A&R album!!
+1. A great album with Eric Clapton on a few tracks.
Also, two post-Some Girls albums I like a lot - Voodoo Lounge (1994) and A Bigger Bang (2005). And I would also highly recommend Keith Richards solo album from 2015, Cross-Eyed Heart.
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So you are one of the people 3 who bought those?
Not a Stones fan, huh? I assume you are just joking, but seriously, these albums sold well, particularly Voodoo Lounge.
Voodoo Lounge - reached #2 in US Billboard charts, also won the 1995 Grammy for Best Rock album. Platinum X 2 sales - over 2 million copies sold in the US alone.
A Bigger Bang - reached #3 in US Billboard charts. Reached platinum (1 million copies) sales in the US alone.
Blue and Lonesome - #4 on the charts, and Richards' solo album reached #8.
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