Yes 50 Live

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Yes 50 Live
50 Live cover.jpg
Live album by
Yes
Released2 August 2019 (2019-08-02)[1]
Recorded20–21 July 2018
VenueThe Fillmore Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
GenreProgressive rock
Length1:12:24
LabelRhino[1]
ProducerYes
Yes chronology
Fly From Here – Return Trip
(2018) 		Yes 50 Live
(2019) 		From a Page
(2019)

Yes 50 Live is a double live album by English progressive rock band Yes, released on 2 August 2019 by Rhino Records.[1]

Background[]

Yes reached their fiftieth anniversary year in 2018. To commemorate the milestone, the band—consisting of guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, bassist Billy Sherwood, keyboardist Geoff Downes, and lead vocalist Jon Davison—completed the 50th Anniversary Tour across Europe and the United States between March and July 2018.[2][3][4] The five were joined by American drummer Jay Schellen, who performed the majority of Yes's live sets since 2016 while White recovered from surgery and a bacterial infection that affected his playing.[5] The tour's set list included songs that spanned most of the group's history, from Time and a Word (1970), their second album, to Fly from Here (2011), their twentieth album.

Recording[]

Yes 50 Live was recorded on 20 and 21 July 2018 at The Fillmore Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the North American leg of the tour. It features the majority of the set list performed on the two nights.[6] This particular leg featured guest performances from former keyboardists Tony Kaye and Patrick Moraz; Kaye joined the group for the encores ("Yours Is No Disgrace", "Roundabout", and "Starship Trooper") and Moraz plays on "Soon", the closing section to "The Gates of Delirium".

Sherwood, who has produced and mixed several Yes albums, reprises his role as the mixer on this album.

Release[]

The album was available as a 2-CD and 4-LP set, along with a colored vinyl pressing limited to 1,200 copies.

Track listing[]

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Close to the Edge"
  • I. "The Solid Time of Change"
  • II. "Total Mass Retain"
  • III. "I Get Up, I Get Down"
  • IV. "Seasons of Man"
Jon Anderson, Steve Howe19:06
2."Nine Voices (Longwalker)"Anderson, Howe, Billy Sherwood, Chris Squire, Alan White, Igor Khoroshev3:52
3."Sweet Dreams"Anderson, David Foster5:26
4."Madrigal"Anderson, Rick Wakeman2:53
5."We Can Fly from Here, Pt. 1: We Can Fly"Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, Squire5:58
6."Soon"Anderson, Squire, Howe, White, Patrick Moraz8:00
7."Awaken"Anderson, Howe18:19
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Parallels"Squire6:17
2."Excerpt from 'The Ancient'"Anderson, Howe, Squire, Wakeman, White5:18
3."Yours Is No Disgrace"Anderson, Squire, Howe, Tony Kaye, Bill Bruford12:07
4."Excerpt from 'Georgia's Song' and 'Mood for a Day'"Howe4:01
5."Roundabout"Anderson, Howe9:25
6."Starship Trooper"
  • a. "Life Seeker"
  • b. "Disillusion"
  • c. "Würm"
Anderson, Squire, Howe11:42

Personnel[]

Yes

  • Steve Howe – guitars, backing vocals, production
  • Alan White – drums, percussion, production
  • Geoff Downes – keyboards, production
  • Billy Sherwood – bass guitar, backing vocals, production, mixing
  • Jon Davison – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, production

with

  • Jay Schellen – additional drums, percussion
  • Tony Kaye – keyboards on "Yours Is No Disgrace", "Roundabout", and "Starship Trooper"
  • Patrick Moraz – keyboards on "Soon"

Production

  • Dean Mattson – recording
  • Maor Appelbaum – mastering
  • Roger Dean – painting, design, cover
  • Douglas Gottlieb – photography, design
  • Glenn Gottlieb – photography, design
  • Daniel Earnshaw – product manager

Reception[]

The album made #34 in the UK midweek album chart.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Yes 50 Live". yesworld.com. June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ Munro, Scott (5 September 2017). "Yes announce 50th anniversary UK and European tour". Team Rock. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ^ Munro, Scott (7 December 2017). "Yes announce weekend of London events to celebrate 50th anniversary". Team Rock. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  4. ^ "YES: 50th-Anniversary Tour To Feature TONY KAYE As 'Special Guest'". Blabbermouth.net.
  5. ^ "MESSAGE FROM ALAN WHITE". Yes' official facebook. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ^ Munro, Scott (20 May 2019). "Yes celebrate their half century with new live release". Louder Sound. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Official Albums Chart Update Top 100, 05 August 2019 - 11 August 2019", Official Charts Company, 5 Aug 2019
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