Mixing the raw power of rock and roll with the complex textures of classical music and the fluidity of jazz, Yes created a startling new sound that swept them from the London club scene to world stages. In spite of internal conflicts, the group has managed to stay together for over 30 years. Combining biography, set lists, a complete list of tour dates, memorabilia, photographs, bootleg information, album details, and an introduction by the current members of Yes, this retrospective is a collector's dream.
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Pretty well documented,
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This review is from: Yes: Perpetual Change (Paperback)
This book, though not THE Bible for a Yes fan, is a good reference particularly for the novice who wants to know more about the pre-history of a band who helped create prog rock in the early 70s.The reader will find it widely illustrated with tour photos, posters and pics taken from several LP booklets. It has a huge amount of info on different albums, LPs, singles and CD releases. A nice book for the price.
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A plethora of information for the avid yes fan!,
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"Perpetual Change" by David Watkinson & Rick Wakeman proves to be a very handy reference guide for the avid Yes fan. The book contains a forward by Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman. The book features a brief history of the popular progressive band with many glossy photos some color and some black and white. There are also many examples (some in color) of Roger Dean's excellent album artwork. In addition there are a number of memorabilia items shown like tour posters, magazine covers, newspaper articles, tickets, backstage passes and tour books. A detailed section is included of Yes tour dates and support acts. Much of the early information in this section comes from Bill Bruford's diary of his tenure in the band. A list of songs played during each tour is also included. Some humerous anecdotes and exploits of the band are mentioned. The last section contains a detailed single, album, and cd discography. This section not only provides country of origin and song listings but also differences between songs (for example if the single version is shorter than the lp track). The book ends with an extensive bootleg discography. The bootleg section includes various bootleg releases and includes song listings and venues and sound quality if available. All in all this is an essential purchase for fans progressive rock legends Yes.
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Good but Here is some clarification,
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Mr Watkinson has produced a good scrap-book here. Much of the biography section is made up of previous articles, interviews meshed together. If you are a Dedicated Yes Fan then most of the biographical text will appear familiar. Some of the photos are good archival photos, but a strange observation however is the need to include the YESSONGS movie poster shot twice in the book, one in color and the other in Black and white later in the chapters....really no need for this....I have always believed and I think true YES fans would also that we need some seperate autobiographical books from the band members themselves.....I know there is a book allready out called Yes-Stories, but these are just pieced together based on the issues the author finds important.....Perpetual Change really doesn't go foward here, but as I said, is a decent scrapbook. I would love to read a Jon Anderson account or a Steve Howe account of their entire experiences in the Band and history....Publishers, If you are reading this, go after the Band-members for their accounts....(. . .)
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