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DVD : Yes - Yessongs
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Yes - Yessongs starring: Steve Howe, Jon Anderson, Alan White, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman directed by: Peter Neal List Price: $14.99 CD-Charts Price: $7.99 You Save: $7.00 (47%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD EAN: 9786305076995 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC ISBN: 6305076995 Label: Image Entertainment Manufacturer: Image Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Publisher: Image Entertainment Release Date: December 17, 1997 Running Time: 77 minutes Studio: Image Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1973-08 Sales Rank: 14949 MPN: D4209D Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Description: Experience the pure power of Yes on their 1973 world tour, featuring the classic lineup of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman and Alan White. London's Rainbow Theatre reverberates with the energy of the legendary rock group as they perform many of their signature mood pieces from the "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge" albums. You haven't seen this classic rock group until you see them live. Songs: Your Move/I've Seen All Good People, The Clap, And You and I, Close to the Edge, The Six Wives of Henry VIII [excerpt], Roundabout, Yours is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper [excerpt]. Amazon.com: Yes was on tour to promote the recent release of Close to the Edge when this energetic performance was captured on 16-millimeter film in London's Rainbow Theatre in December 1972. Although this DVD was mastered from a ragged print (with plenty of scratches evident throughout), this is actually the better of the two Yes discs available (the other--Live in Philadelphia--has an even murkier transfer from videotape), with marginally better sound quality and a 75-minute performance that finds the band at the height of their "early years" popularity. The lineup is the same as that of the 1979 performance in Philadelphia (Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, Rick Wakeman), but this concert is by a much younger, much more ambitious band that was still forging its formidable prog-rock identity. As a result this is the more valuable of the two Yes performances on DVD--a tighter, sharper, more satisfying look at the band at the peak of their creativity. It's also worth noting that they allowed room for solo improvisations (such as Howe's playful rendition of "The Clap" and Wakeman's excerpts from "The Six Wives of Henry VIII"), but as a group they remained intimately faithful to their studio recordings. And although even die-hard fans will grumble about the film's murky quality (which DVD can do nothing to improve), camera access was adequate for this show and each member of the band is given adequate screen time to demonstrate his instrumental virtuosity--particularly Howe, whose guitar work here is nothing short of amazing. While it's unfortunate that both DVDs featuring live Yes music leave much to be desired, this disc is definitely worth owning if you've ever wanted to see the giants of '70s prog-rock at the top of their game. --Jeff Shannon Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Worth getting for any avid Yes fanAlthough the product is not top-quality photography, the close-ups and clarity are not par to today's technology, or maybe even at that time, this may be the best Yes concert on film in their early years. Yes is one of the most talented groups of musicians and composers of the last 40 years, and continues to tour with original members this year. To me, they did reach their peak of live-performing talent about 15 years after this tour, however. Rating:  - Yes at the height of their powers...I am an old white guy who graduated from high school in 1972 and who was utterly enthralled with what is called "progressive rock" for a decade of my young life. At the top of a heap that included bands like Gentle Giant, Caravan, and Emerson Lake & Palmer stood Yes. It's hard to describe what they meant to me. The first record for me was the "Yes Album," and it literally changed my perspective on music. I saw the band for the first of my 23 shows over a period of more than 25 years at a Catholic high school outside of Cleveland on a Sunday afternoon. It was between the release of the "Yes Album" and "Fragile" - they were debuting songs from that record at the show. I saw the tour captured on this DVD three times. Many other ... Read More: Rating: - Close to the BestIf you are interested in Yes, perhaps this DVD will take you past "I've Seen All Good People." This is a wonderful performance of a wonderful band--a must have for any true Yesfan. Rating: - A Great Concert Showing the Magic that was YESPerformed and recorded a few months after the release of 'Close to the Edge' and the abrupt departure of drummer Bill Bruford, this show represents Yes as it crested on a tidal wave of critical acclaim and creativity. The standards are all here, of course, with the band performing 'Your Move/All Good People', 'Close to the Edge', 'And You and I', 'Roundabout', 'Yours is No Disgrace' etc. but there are, in my opinion at least, some serious omissions here. Yes would have been well served to have left out Howe's solo rendition of 'Clap' and Wakeman's theatrical 'Excepts from Six Wives of Henry the VIII' and instead included, for instance, 'Heart of the Sunrise' and 'Siberian Khatru'- both breathtakingly performed on the Yessongs ... Read More: Rating: - What`s wrong???I get tired of reading complaints about the sound quality and lack of camera angles, extras etc. I understand the critisism concering "Live In Philadelphia", but not this one. The sound here is raw, but the instruments are balanced. What`s wrong with you people? Do you want to see Yes at the peak of their career or not? It`s amazing!!! Buy or die!!!! |
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