Best Kevin Mulryne Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 700 – a celebration! – 700 53:12

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusWell, here we are - 14 years and 700 episodes of the Yes Music Podcast. Thank you to Miguel Falcão who has created the new jingles for 700 episodes and thank you to everyone who has sent messages of congratulation. I’ve inserted the audio ones fairly randomly throughout the sh…

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Rotten Tormatoes? The Wembley Recording, 1978 – 699 58:18

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThe Yes-a-verse went into meltdown this week over a new release of the Wembley BBC concert recording. As you will hear, it’s a bit of a twisted tale so I was grateful to have Mark to help me wade through the marshy world of bootlegs. We’d love to hear your thoughts on this rel…

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Yes Guess Who II – 698 42:42

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week, Mark and I had a lovely time trying to outwit each other with another round of the Yes Guess Who game. I simplified the rules, as you’ll hear, and it went rather more smoothly as a result. What fun we had. Do play along yourself and let us know how you did in the co…

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YesKit Part 4 – Jon Anderson Edition – 697 57:24

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThe Dark Days Of Yesterday - Projekt Gemineye - the new album by our own Mark Anthony K!Mark says: "This is the 10th studio album! Wow…if you would have told me that id release 10 albums..I'm not sure if I would believe it.This is a rather personal album for me….lyrically spea…

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Yes (sort-of) Unplugged – 696 38:39

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusAs you will hear, I was looking at one of the amazing photos in the Barry Plummer Calendar (available now from YesMusicBooks.com) recently, when I noticed something peculiar about Chris Squire. I think what Barry has captured is a unique moment in Yes concert history. I don’t …

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Trevor Rabin’s Star Licks video – 695 1:02:41

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusIn last week’s episode about Chris Squire’s Star Licks video, I was intrigued to notice that Trevor Rabin had also produced one and I had never watched it. Now that we are blessed with YouTube and the efforts of dedicated fans like, in this case, @YesSource, we can all enjoy w…

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A Chris Squire Master Class – 694 59:06

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week Mark and I took a careful look at the iconic Chris Squire Star Licks video from 1990. Chris is at his relaxed and chatty best and shows off his skills, his guitars and his pedal board. It’s a wonderful time capsule of Yes goodness and Mark and I hugely enjoyed chatti…

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The Drama is Live – 693 45:57

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusAfter the emergence online of another Drama Tour video - with sound - by James Ferrani on YouTube, Mark and I took a careful look at his 2 videos from consecutive days on the 1980 Drama Tour that featured Buggles men Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes. There are at least 2 revelatio…

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Yessport (or Yessports) – 692 1:02:33

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusFollowing a suggestion from the latest member of the Patreon YMP group, Thomas DeVries, Mark and I delved into Yes sporting links this week. It was great fun to learn about all the ways in which music and sport have collided over the decades and we were helped out by several k…

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Billy Sherwood talks about Fragile 2025, his gear and new Yes music PLUS our first reactions to the Yes setlist – 691 56:33

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week it was a pleasure to welcome Billy Sherwood to the YMP once again. We spoke to him just before a rehearsal at Mickey’s Black Box rehearsal facility as the band prepared for the 2025 Fragile Tour of the US. Since that conversation, Yes have played 2 concerts. We spoke…

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Dave Watkinson’s financial forensic detective work in the Yes archives – 690 37:45

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week, Mark and I spoke to the redoubtable David Watkinson who has published another fabulous Yessay (see what he did there?) on Forgotten-Yesterdays.com. This time, it’s about a subject that might appear a bit dry - the band’s accounts books from 1969-1970. In fact, there…

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The earliest online Yes conversations with Henry Potts – 689 48:58

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusIn a different kind of time travel this week, Mark and I welcomed Henry Potts back onto the show to talk about his recollections of the first Yes online discussions he was involved with in the early 1990s. After I posted some photos of the Yes fanzines I have in my collection …

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6 reasons Talk is a great Yes album 32:16

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week, Mark and I considered what makes Talk from 1994 a great Yes album. The final Yes record featuring Trevor Rabin was a tour-de-force of progressive rock in many ways but what do you think Mark and I chose as our reasons to focus on? Perhaps we chose the same aspects a…

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Deep Cuts outside Yes – 687 1:01:10

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusMark and I spent some time this week searching through both our memory banks and our shelves of Yes related records. We wanted to uncover and promote some lesser-known deep cuts on albums that Yes men have been involved with outside the main group.We each came up with 3 songs …

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Steve Howe talks about his solo re-releases PLUS ‘Yes Guess Who’! – 686 1:02:11

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusIn a truly epic episode this week, I had a lovely conversation with Steve Howe about the re-release of two of his solo albums, Portraits of Bob Dylan and Natural Timbre. Then, Mark and I enjoyed goofing around asking each other to guess the Yes men being referred to in various…

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Yes Authenticity – 685 37:52

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusIt was great to think a little about what might make up Yes’ authenticity this week. Is it possible to define what makes the output of a band - or any kind of artistic endeavour 'authentic’? Rather than try and come up with a definition of authenticity (which is probably a lof…

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Yes Time Machine – Support Bands Edition – 684 43:31

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week Mark and I set off once again in our YMP Yes Time Machines, this time to visit Yes concerts that also featured fascinating support bands, or bands on the same bill that we would loved to have seen.According to the essential Forgotten Yesterdays website, there have be…

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Fragile Solo Songs Revisited – 683 43:12

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week, Mark and I discussed the 'solo' songs on Fragile. Each band member contributed an individual project, some with more success than others. The style and approaches used by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe and Squire are very different and they certainly prompted an i…

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Are there any short Yes epics? – 682 38:34

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week Mark and I had all sorts of fun thinking about whether there are any short Yes epics - or if this idea is even possible. We set ourselves the restriction of only choosing Yes songs less than 6mins in duration so can you guess what we came up with and how we justified…

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Six reasons why 90125 is a great Yes album – 681 35:58

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week, Mark and I returned to the show to talk about the Yes classic album, 90125 from 1983. It is clearly, we believe, a great album but what makes it a great Yes album? It wasn’t originally going to be a Yes album at all and only became one at the last possible moment wh…

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The Tales book is released PLUS Adam Wildi Tales interview – 680 21:32

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week I’d like to celebrate the release of my second book, Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes Album Listening Guide - a title almost as lengthy as the record itself. It’s been a very long and sometimes challenging process to prepare the book for publication - much like th…

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6 reasons The Yes Album is a great Yes album – 679 41:51

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week, Mark and I enjoyed coming up with 6 reasons why the band’s third record, The Yes Album, is a great Yes album. As I’m sure you know, this was Steve Howe’s first album with Yes and also Tony Kaye’s last. It is correctly viewed by many fans, critics and Steve Howe hims…

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Favourite new millennium Yes songs – 678 37:17

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusR.I.P. Johnny Bruhnshttps://www.youtube.com/live/QkQRiUdVUag?si=-VMIOIbSdCzLqNYUhttps://johnnybruhns.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-the-kingdomhttps://www.youtube.com/live/1wOQPyQMbE4?si=4rzlFs59JGG5RAsXThis week, Mark and I considered the Yes music of the new Millennium - 25 y…

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Yes audacity – 677 38:40

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week, Mark and I returned to our occasional series on Yes concepts. This time we considered Yes audacity - those times when the band has done something few others would have attempted. We both came up with 3 examples and it proved to be a very enjoyable conversation, albe…

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AI killed the prog star? – 676 1:20:09

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week we have a bumper, epic episode where Simon Barrow, Mark and I discuss AI and its impact, in the context of Yes music, of course. My daughter, Charlotte, also gives us her thoughts on the subject so many thanks to her. This topic was suggested by the appearance on You…

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Alan White’s adaptability – 675 46:57

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusIt’s already been 3 years since Alan White died. To mark the sad anniversary, Mark and I discussed the iconic drummer’s adaptability this week. We each chose 3 different examples of his playing to highlight different aspects of his musical character. In addition, 4 YMP Patrons…

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Chris Squire – 10 years gone with Stephen Lambe – 674 33:26

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusUnbelievably, it’s already 10 years since we lost Chris Squire. Tempus Fugit, but this time not in a good way. To mark this sad milestone, Prog Magazine has included 2 large articles about Chris in the latest issue, number 160. The person charged with writing the main piece wa…

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Yes virtuosity – 673 54:28

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Mark and I really enjoyed discussing what Yes virtuosity means to us with the help of YMP Patrons Brian Harris, Michael OConnor, HB Pettersen, Jon Pickles, Dave Owen, Gary Betts, Mark Slater and Ronnie Neeley this week. Can you guess what we all chose for our examples of Yes virtuosity? You might be surprised, as Mark and I were. There were some co…

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Billy Sherwood’s bass – 672 40:24

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This week Mark and I enjoyed thinking about what Billy Sherwood has contributed on bass to the last two Yes albums, The Quest and Mirror to the Sky. We each chose three examples of songs from those two records to talk about and shared our thoughts on whether Billy has continued the tradition of Chris Squire bass playing or gone his own way - or a c…

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Yes Connections – The Game! 671 36:33

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week, Mark and I are trying out a new concept - it’s a game called Yes connections. There will be chances to laugh at my ineptitude as well as chances to get involved yourself with a special Yes connections round for listeners - with a prize for the more creative - or may…

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Reactions to Record Store Day 2025 – 670 51:47

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week, Mark and I were joined by Jon Pickles to talk about the latest (greatest?) Yes Record Store Day offering - Live at the Rainbow London, England 12/16/1972 - a catchy title if there ever was one. I haven't forked out the considerable amount of money for a copy - yet -…

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Yes songs with great contrasts – 669 41:22

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week, Mark and I had a think about the Yes songs we like that include contrasts - one of my favourite aspects of progressive rock - and Yes music. We both chose 2 songs to talk about in depth but also went on a bit about other songs that also fit this category. It was ano…

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YesKit Part 3 – 668 57:59

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerMark and I always enjoy ‘getting into the weeds’ and ‘geeking out’ about Yes kit so here is another perfect example of this. This week we both chose 3 pieces of YesKit that took our fancy and went on about them for a long time. If you don’t consider yourself a 5%er who loves h…

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Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks – Live Perpetual Change – 667 36:58

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week Mark and I have been listening to the great live album by Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks - Live Perpetual Change. Listen out for our comments in a few minutes and do let us know if you agree or disagree with us by leaving a comment on the show notes for this week.Ho…

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Delving into the archive for a Yes Tracks Through Time – 666 17:15

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerUnfortunately, Mark has been unwell this week so best wishes to him for a speedy recovery. As we couldn't record an episode, I've been delving into the archive to uncover the first Yes Tracks Through Time episode I ever did. That was back in April 2013. Wow.Here are the show n…

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Something’s Coming – Peter Banks and the new Yes album – 665 49:15

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerIn a bumper double-feature episode (or something like that), Mark and I compare the Empire featuring Peter Banks version of Something’s Coming with the Yes studio version and we also indulge in a little bit of speculation about the forthcoming Yes album - and who doesn’t enjoy…

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Yes Tracks Through Time – Awaken – 664 45:41

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week, Mark and I return to one of our favourite pastimes - listening to Yes tracks through time. We each chose 3 different live recordings of Awaken to listen to and then discuss. So it’s time to put your Roger Dean thinking caps on and see if you would have chosen the sa…

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Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales from Topographic Oceans – Part 13 – Extras on the Steven Wilson Blu-ray of Tales – 663 40:58

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week Mark and I enjoyed discovering the many delights of the Blu-ray version of the Steven Wilson remix set of Tales from Topographic Oceans. It’s packed full of obscure and unusual versions of the songs on the album - a delight for all Yes nerds fans everywhere.Do you ha…

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You’re playing my song! – 662 40:55

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week Mark and I consider 6 songs that were performed live really well by lineups of Yes that didn’t record them. With the revolving door policy of the band over the decades, there was a lot to choose from so see if we came up with anything you would have chosen yourself. …

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David Watkinson, Roger Dean and Trading Boundaries – 661 45:07

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Produced by Wayne Hall, Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week I’m feeding back on my trip to Trading Boundaries to see what Dave Watkinson has put on display alongside the permanent Roger Dean exhibition there. I made a video of Dave showing me around and we both enthuse about all the amazing items.I then had a chance to chat w…

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Illustrator and Yes collaborator Jeff Cummins – 602 37:01

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerWe had yet another lovely conversation with a relatively unsung hero of the Yes story this week. As you’ll hear, you have probably seen Jeff Cumins’ work, even if you don’t realise it. He has a long and distinguished career as an artist and illustrator and revealed fascinating insights th…

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Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 5 – Steve Howe’s guitars – 601 55:18

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week Mark and I returned to Tales form topographic oceans to consider Steve Howe’s guitars, based on Mark’s expert knowledge and thanks to Geioff Bailie kindly sending us photos of the Steve Howe guitar collection book.After recording I also heard from Nick Kokoshis that he has assem…

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Episode 600 with Trevor Rabin 52:38

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerSupport the Fundraiser!After more than 12 years, we have reached episode 600! It was a delight to welcome Yes legend, Trevor Rabin, onto the show to help us celebrate the milestone. We spoke about Yes, Cinema, his new solo album, Rio, and more. Trevor was a generous and amusing guest and …

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Rolling with Brian Chatton – The Warriors, Jon Anderson, Patrick Moraz, Keith Emerson and other stories – 599 46:51

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThanks to YMP Patron Doug Curran, we were able to speak to Brian Chatton this week. A friend of and collaborator with Jon Anderson since the 1960s, Brian has indeed 'Rolled with Rock Royalty' and our conversation shed light on a variety of eras of Yes and the other bands and artists Brian…

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Olias of Sunhillow inspires the making of this Indie-Prog album by Peter D’Amore – 598 50:40

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week we spoke to the generous Peter D’Amore, the longtime Yes fan who spent 7 years making his own ‘Olias’ album, an indie/Prog 2-CD project. We talk about his music, his Yes influences and many aspects of the band including the latest album and the setlist that was played on the war…

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Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 4 – Sid Smith talks about the context – 597 33:22

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThe hugely knowledgeable Sid Smith joined us again this week to chat about the context of Tales from Topographic Oceans. Sid wrote the sleeve notes for the Steven Wilson remix of Tales which was released by Panegyric in 2016.He also wrote the remarkable book, 'In the Court of King Crimson…

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Stephen Lambe on his updated book – Yes every album, every song – 596 28:40

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerStephen Lambe joins us in a moment to talk about his updated, comprehensive Yes book as well as touching on Tales and Trevor Rabin.https://burningshed.com/store/sonicbondWhat has Stephen added to his already great Yes book?What does he think of the current state of Yes?Where can you get h…

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Geoff Bailie discusses new old Yes releases – 595 41:42

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week Mark and I were joined by YMP Patron and The Prog Report’s Geoff Bailie to talk about the two new old releases from Warner/Rhino - a box set of The Yes Album and the Yessingles collection. It’s a robust conversation so stand by for that.Geoff Bailie and some other blokehttps://p…

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Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 3 – Chris Dale talks about the keyboards on Tales – 594 32:00

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week Mark and I welcomed the knowledgeable Chris Dale back onto the show for the third time. If you haven't listened to the episodes where Chris talks about the Birotron (the infamous rarest musical instrument in the world) and the other keyboards on Tormato, then you may want to cat…

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Geoff Downes in conversation about DBA’s new album, Celestial Songs – 593 21:46

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week we welcomed the ever-generous Geoff Downes onto the show. It was great to speak to the current Yes keyboard wizard about the new DBA album, Celestial Songs, as well as the recent John Wetton tribute concert and, of course, Tales from Topographic Oceans. Geoff also hinted at what…