Yes & related DVDs

classicyesfan · 18 Oct 2006

(aka The James Durst thread

~ Linda)

[bigred]Rock Milestones: "Yes/Close to the Edge"[/bigred]

One of "The Essential Albums of All Time"....

dvd released 4-3-2007

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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LRYT36/?tag=imwan-20

Also make note of the separate thread for Asia's 2-DVD set [lilred]Fantasia[/lilred]:

http://www.imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=10488

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

I watched this last night. It's basically an unauthorized look at the album. The only band member interviewed for this was Steve Howe. The music and band footage is mostly from the Yessongs movie and Jon Anderson is represented via a radio interview from 1981.

Most of the interviews are with rock critics and musicologists, who break down and analyze the songs. I enjoyed it, but the band didn't participate in it and it would have been great to have gotten some insights from Squire, Bruford & Wakeman.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:50 pm

[August 28, 2007]

This is a UK export edition, formatted as NTSC/Region-0 so that it's playable on North American systems:

[bigred]ABWH: An Evening of Yes Music Plus[/bigred]

This performance was captured on the American leg of the 1989 world tour and finds the band performing not only material from the self titled album but also classic material from YES including Starship Trooper, Close To The Edge and also And You And I. Now on DVD, this magnificent fan favorite comes complete with the original Roger Dean artwork, a beautiful DVD photo booklet, and new sleeve notes. Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe made up of four fifths of the classic YES lineup from the seventies. Put together by Jon Anderson, the band recorded one self titled album released in 1989, and then embarked on an extensive and hugely successful worldwide tour filmed here.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000O78S6M/?tag=imwan-20

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

Linda wrote:

[bigred]ABWH: An Evening of Yes Music Plus[/bigred]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000O78S6M/?tag=imwan-20

I'm guessing that this is the same DVD advertised on the web earlier, probably minus the bonus DVD that the "Limited Edition" had.

Dr. Chris Evil wrote:

This has been available for a short while, but I just became aware of it...

http://www.abwhdvd.com/

The year was 1989 when former Yes-men Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman, and Steve Howe, longing to rekindle the magic that defined Yes music in the 70’s, joined forces to record and release a new album. Dubbed simply “Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe,” they released the album to critical acclaim as fans around the globe watched in wide-eyed amazement at this most unlikely turn of events.

And as if a new studio album wasn’t enough, ABWH set course upon a breathtaking world tour titled, “An Evening Of Yes Music Plus.” The setlist for the ABWH tour was a Yes fan’s dream, including Starship Trooper, Heart Of The Sunrise, Close To The Edge, And You And I, Roundabout, and other Yes classics. Fans were also treated to tracks from the new ABWH album, including Brother Of Mine, Themes, The Meeting, Birthright, and more, along with stunning solo performances from the four principals. A truly amazing tour, “An Evening Of Yes Music Plus” was captured on video and released as a a CD and VHS in 1994. Sadly, these products were only available for a short time before disappearing … seemingly forever.

But now “An Evening Of Yes Music Plus” is available in all its glory. You can once again—or perhaps for the very first time—experience the splendor and majesty that was the ABWH tour. These fan favorites are each re-released in gorgeous double CD and DVD disc Digipak packaging, complete with the original Roger Dean artwork. Both the CD and DVD package also contains a beautiful photo booklet with images of Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe as they performed. And for a limited time, the limited edition DVD boasts a very special bonus: The second disc contains original ABWH promotional video clips released in 1989 as a VHS titled, “In The Big Dream.” “In The Big Dream” boasts video shorts for Brother Of Mine, Order Of The Universe, and Quartet (I’m Alive), and is sure to be a hit with fans and collectors the world over.

But you'll want to act immediately. There will only be a limited number of copies of the double DVD Digipak produced, and of those the first 1,000 will be a limited edition autographed by legends Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman, and Steve Howe. Once quantities of the Digipak double DVD packages are exhausted, “An Evening Of Yes Music Plus” will become a single DVD package, which will no longer contain the bonus material, "In The Big Dream."

So don’t delay … recapture the magic and join Jon, Bill, Rick, and Steve for an evening of Yes music plus.

Be sure to check out the track listing for the DVD and CD, as well as the sample video.

Brought Chris' description from the other thread into this one. ~ Linda

classicyesfan · 18 Oct 2006

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(aka The James Durst thread )

Linda, thanks. That's the best thing anyone's said about me all week!

I had already picked up the deluxe version. Does anyone else recall this show when it was offered as a pay-per-view on cable back then?

I saw this show earlier in the tour before Tony Levin became ill. It was a beautiful sunny evening at Pine Knob in Clarkston MI when Jon walked out singing acapella!

My biggest memory of that night are the somewhat puzzled, self-acknowledging glances between Jon and Rick after the first set closed with "Close to the Edge". The entire audience gave them a standing ovation that lasted for at least 5 minutes. ABWH seemed overwhelmed by that response.

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

My first Yes show was ABWH at the Wang Center in Boston, 1990. That place had excellent acoustics and you could really hear the detail in the music. And it was a great show, too.

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