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Rick Wakeman released his "Two Sides of Yes" in 2002, which featured instrumental versions of numerous Yes songs. I particularly enjoyed the arrangement for "Don't Kill the Whale." So I decided to add Jon Anderson's vocals to the track as a fun little project...
I stripped the Jon Anderson vocals from both Yes albums "Tormato" and "Yesshows," as individually, each track was difficult to obtain cleanly.. Then I mixed the two vocal tracks into one. Next, I had to cut the vocals and change the tempo to make them fit, as everything was in the right key, but the time signatures are different.
So, here you go; Rick Wakeman's solo version of "Don't Kill the Whale" with Jon Anderson's vocals. Enjoy!
After Yes disbanded in 1981 following the Drama tour, bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White formed a new group with singer-songwriter/guitarist Trevor Rabin and former Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye. This new group was known as "Cinema." Demos were recorded and a debut album began to take shape...
That album was never completed.
As the album was being mixed, Jon Anderson returned to helm the vocals and the band name "Cinema" was jettisoned. Yes had returned!
But what would that album have sounded like without Jon Anderson? Through the years, bits and pieces of the Cinema-era songs have surfaced.
This video represents a "best guess," using the songs that were either completely recorded or contained elements and riffs that would later result in the official 90125 release.
Some of these songs are complete, others a bit rough, but you will get the picture...
Presenting the album that almost was... "Yes: Cinematic"
1) Make it Easy (0:00)
2) Owner of a Lonely Heart (2:50)
3) Moving In (8:20)
4) It Can Happen (13:52)
5) Changes (19:57)
6) Cinema (23:09)
7) It's Over (27:40)
8) Fools (33:18)
9) Hold On (38:47)
10) Promenade (43:48)
Jon Anderson explores the musical journey of his life.
The former Yes frontman discusses how he was inspired by classical composers including Mozart, Delius and Greig, saying of Stravinsky: “I wanted to know how he did that – how did he manage to put all that together? I began playing piano.”
He continues by talking about his adventures in Indonesia and China, discovering a gamelan music school, explorations in Bali and other journeys.
Reflecting on how one’s music will last far beyond one’s life, Anderson says he’d love it if, some time in the future, a group of young musicians get together and say: “Let’s do what Yes did – let’s play their music and see what it would sound like now. That would be cool.”
The Mysteries Of Music documentary includes Yes masterpiece Awaken along with many samples of music that’s meant something to him over the years.
"How many lives do we live in each lifetime ".
Free mp3 download https://soundcloud.com/michael-byrne-...
My second collaboration with Jon. Upbeat and positive, such a generous and pure soul.
A slightly different version of this beautiful song originally from the 1989 album "ABWH".
Earth and Peace was written for the 'Show of Peace' in China 2010 by myself and the music of Austin Haynes, with love and new hope for the future...Jon
"It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living".
David Attenborough