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Yesyears is the first box set by English progressive rock band Yes, released in August 1991 on Atco Records. After the group left Atco for Arista Records when they became an eight-man formation in 1990, the deal gave Atco the right to the band's back catalogue, thus allowing them to release a career-spanning box set. Yesyears contains studio and live tracks from 1969 to 1991 with previously unreleased mixes and songs, digitally remastered by Joe Gastwirt.
One of the major attractions of Yesyears was its inclusion of rare material, including many previously unreleased songs, and a full-colour booklet detailing Yes's history. A condensed version of this package, entitled Yesstory, would be released in 1992 on two discs. Yesyears was deleted in the late 1990s, preceding the release of Rhino Records' (five-disc) box set In a Word: Yes (1969–) in 2002. Most of the rare material found on Yesyears but not on In a Word would surface on Rhino's reissues of Yes albums in 2003 and 2004.
Single B-side to "Sweetness", July 1969; while the Yes album reissue (2003) includes the monomix from the UK single, this is the stereo mix, released as an A-side in the Netherlands in 1970.
Previously unreleased, recorded 4 November 1976 in London; included on the Going for the One reissue (2003)
2:31
3.
"Vevey, Part One"
Anderson, Wakeman
Previously unreleased, recorded 23 February 1977 in Vevey; Different recording/version to one found on the Going for the One reissue (2003)
1:07
4.
"Wonderous Stories"
Anderson
Going for the One (1977)
3:49
5.
"Awaken"
Anderson, Howe
Going for the One (1977)
15:35
6.
"Montreux's Theme"
Howe, Squire, Anderson, White
Previously unreleased, recorded during the Going for the One sessions late 1976/early 1977 and included on its reissue (2003)
2:26
7.
"Vevey, Part Two"
Anderson, Wakeman
Previously unreleased, recorded 23 February 1977 in Vevey; Different recording/version to one found on the Going for the One reissue (2003)
0:56
8.
"Going for the One"
Anderson
Going for the One (1977)
5:32
9.
"Money"
Squire, Anderson, White, Wakeman
Previously unreleased, recorded 31 March 1978 in London during the Tormato sessions and included on its reissue (2004); with a spoken overdub by Rick Wakeman
3:12
10.
"Abilene"
Howe
B-side of "Don't Kill the Whale" single (UK), August 1978; included on the Tormato reissue (2004)
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