Hey
I was too young and far away to have been there
but neverthe less...
Itīs not only my favourite yes album but also where Ricky Wakemand finally
redfeimeed himself a s a prog rock keyboard Essential
[quote=KeithieW;39590]Indeed it is....Tales was officially released in the US at Midnight on 9th January 1974 although we lucky blighters in the UK had been able to buy it for some time.
It became, and has remained, my favourite album of all time. The highs, the lows, the ups and the downs are all magical and I have to listen to it often.
lind. The first part of the gig was a performance of the whole of Close to the Edge starting with The Firebird Suite (what else?) then Siberian Khatru, which was magical, absolutely magical, And you and I and then CTTE itself. We all felt pretty damned good but what was to follow defies description.
r overhanging trees and I was mesmerised. Nearly a half hour of bliss. It couldn't stay as good as this could it?
Too right it could!! The folklike beginning of The Remembering had us gripped. We all cried before Relayer and our passion was spent on one cross. Rick's keyboards soared over us in washes of pure beauty and then the final few minutes the crescendo leading to Jon singing "Surely, surely". God I still get the chills when I think of it.
What next? My God! What next?
Jon said that we were to be taken back even further in time even before The Remembering to a time when there were Giants under the Sun. The Ancient.....
Lights flashed in unison with the pounding Bass, pink and green light in fact, Steve Howe's guitar work entranced us and then the acoustic ending and "The Leaves of green" and the "Colour of the Sun" left us yearning for more.
Ritual!!!!!!!!!!!