Yes – Drama (1980/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:56 minutes | 1,41 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic
1980 was a great year for the legendary Yes. While the Close To The Edge line-up was taking a break, founding member Chris Squire maintained the legendary status of the band along with long- time band mates Steve Howe & Alan White, with new members Trevor Horn & Geoff Downes (The Buggles), and created the harder rocking masterpiece, Drama. With stand outs like “Into The Lens”, it was easy to hear why this new edgy Yes sound truly resonated in the eighties. Check out the amazing musicianship on “Run Through The Light” and “Tempus Fugit”, all of which made Drama the classic album it is today!
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Yes – Big Generator (1987/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 43:34 minutes | 1,61 GB | Genre: Hi-Res Audio
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rock
Yes’ 1987 classic is the follow-up to their comeback album 90125, featuring Trevor Rabin. The album reached the Billboard Top Twenty and includes the rock anthems “Love Will Find A Way,” “Rhythm Of Love,” “Shoot High, Aim Low” and more. This Platinum-selling hit is another masterpiece in their illustrious career. Must-have!
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Yes – 90125 (1983/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:47 minutes | 941 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic
Chart History/Awards
– Reached #5 on the Billboard 200.
– “Cinema” won the GRAMMY® for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
– “Owner Of A Lonely Heart,” “It Can Happen,” “Leave It” and “Changes” reached the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot 100.
90125 is the eleventh studio classic by the prog-rock band. It marks the return of Trevor Rabin, Jon Anderson and Tony Kaye. The record reached the Top Five on the Billboard 200 and includes the Top Ten singles, “Owner Of A Lonely Heart,” “It Can Happen,” “Leave It” and “Changes.” In addition, “Cinema” won the GRAMMY for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Absolutely essential.
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Yes – Magnification
Artist: Yes | Album: Magnification | Style: Progressive Rock | Year: 2002 [2001 original] | Quality: DTS 5.1 (.wav+.cue) + DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, PCM 2.0 96kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 5.1) | Tracks: 10+1 live bonus | Size: 7.96 Gb | Recovery: 5% | Covers: in archive | Release: © Rhino | WEA, 2002 + DTS ремукс DVD-Audio | Note: Watermarked
Many call Yes’ brand of progressive rock “symphonic rock.” The term means that the group produces arrangements in the vein of a symphony using typical rock instrumentation. With Magnification, Yes has taken that a step further, adding a symphony orchestra. The orchestra is not simply thrown over the top, though; the songs were written for this particular grouping. Yes has flirted with this type of thing before. Released in 1970, the Time and a Word album featured a string section, but the complete integration is what makes Magnification a superior work. The material on the CD is pretty standard modern Yes fare, but the addition of that symphony really does create a whole new texture. It also seems as if it inspired the band, and some members put in performances that are head and shoulders above their recent work. The album does have its weak moments and gets just a little over the top at times, but there are a lot more moments that shine than dull ones. (more…)
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Yes – Fragile (1971/2015)
Blu-Ray: MPEG-4 AVC Video 1080p, 23,976, 16:9, High Profile 4.1 -> 37.41 Gb
LPCM Audio 2.0, 24/96, 4608 kbpst / LPCM Audio 5.1, 24/96, 13824 kbps
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, 24/96 (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
FLAC: 2.0 Stereo | Tracks 24bit/96kHz(192) – 2,49 GB
Progressive Rock
Fragile was Yes’ breakthrough album, propelling them in a matter of weeks from a cult act to an international phenomenon; not coincidentally, it also marked the point where all of the elements of the music (and more) that would define their success for more than a decade fell into place fully formed. The science-fiction and fantasy elements that had driven the more successful songs on their preceding record, The Yes Album, were pushed much harder here, and not just in the music but in the packaging of the album: the Roger Dean-designed cover was itself a fascinating creation that seemed to relate to the music and drew the purchaser’s attention in a manner that few records since the heyday of the psychedelic era could match. Having thrown original keyboard player Tony Kaye overboard early in the sessions – principally over his refusal to accept the need for the Moog synthesizer in lieu of his preferred Hammond organ – the band welcomed Rick Wakeman into its ranks. His use of the Moog, among other instruments, coupled with an overall bolder and more aggressive style of playing, opened the way for a harder, hotter sound by the group as a whole; bassist Chris Squire sounds like he’s got his amp turned up to “12,” and Steve Howe’s electric guitars are not far behind, although the group also displayed subtlety where it was needed. The opening minute of “Roundabout,” the album opener – and the basis for the edited single that would reach number 13 on the Billboard charts and get the group onto AM radio in a way that most other prog rock outfits could only look upon with envy – was dominated by Howe’s acoustic guitar and Bill Bruford‘s drums, and only in the middle section did the band show some of what they could do with serious amperage. Elsewhere on the record, as on “South Side of the Sky,” they would sound as though they were ready to leave the ground (and the planet), between the volume and intensity of their playing. “Long Distance Runaround,” which also served as the B-side of the single, was probably the most accessible track here apart from “Roundabout,” but they were both ambitious enough to carry most listeners on to the heavier sides at the core of this long player. The solo tracks by the members were actually a necessity: they needed to get Fragile out in a hurry to cover the cost of the keyboards that Wakeman had added to the group’s sonic arsenal. But they ended up being more than filler. Each member, in effect, took a “bow” in mostly fairly serious settings, and Squire’s “The Fish” and Howe’s “Mood For a Day” pointed directly to future, more substantial projects as well as taking on a life of their own on-stage. If not exactly their peak, Fragile was as perfect a record as the group would ever make, and just as flawless in its timing as its content.
by Bruce Eder, AMG
Yes: Like It Is - Live at the Mesa Arts Center (2014) Blu-ray 1080i AVC LPCM 2.0 + BDRip 720p/1080p
Title: Like It Is: Yes – Live At The Mesa Arts Center
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Progressive rock
Artist: Jon Davison – vocals; Steve Howe – guitars; Chris Squire – bass; Alan White – drums; Geoff Downes – keyboards
Production/Label: Frontiers Records
Duration: 01:25:10
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 30000 kbps / 19201080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
On Tuesday August 12th 2014, YES jumped on stage at the Ikeda Theater in Mesa, AZ performing some of their most well-known and influential releases ever. Reflected in this new retrospective live chapter and perfect companion of ‘Like it Is – Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome’, this new live audio visual album offers two of their classic albums in their entirety, all in one concert: 1971’s FRAGILE, and 1972’s CLOSE TO THE EDGE.
Music audiences across the world experienced the albums – each representing an important milestone in YES’ career which encompasses sales of close to 50 million albums worldwide – performed from beginning to end.
In a career that has so far spanned more than four decades, ‘Like it Is – Yes at the Mesa Arts Center’ sees YES continuing with its tradition of symphonic progressive rock that remains timelessly fresh and innovative. (more…)
Title: Like It Is – Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome
Released: 2014
Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock
Artists: Jon Davison, vocals; Chris Squire, bass; Steve Howe, guitars; Alan White, drums; Geoff Downes, keyboards.
• Among the world’s most influential, ground-breaking, and respected progressive rock bands, Grammy Award winning, YES, is proud to announce its new live album, ‘Heaven and Earth.’ Having sold nearly 40 million albums in a career that has so far spanned more than four decades, ‘Heaven and Earth’ sees YES continuing with its tradition of symphonic progressive rock that remains timelessly fresh and innovative.
• In Spring 2014, YES performed in their Canada, UK and European tour a true classic rock header by performing two of their most popular albums in their entirety, all in one concert: 1971’s THE YES ALBUM, and 1977’s GOING FOR THE ONE.
• Music audiences across the world experienced the albums – each representing an important milestone in YES’ career which encompasses sales of close to 50 million albums worldwide – performed from beginning to end. (more…)
Title: Like It Is – Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome
Released: 2014
Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock
Artists: Jon Davison, vocals; Chris Squire, bass; Steve Howe, guitars; Alan White, drums; Geoff Downes, keyboards.
Released: Frontiers Records
Duration: 1:33:14
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 29843 kbps / 1920 * 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16: 9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 22.25 GiB
• Among the world’s most influential, ground-breaking, and respected progressive rock bands, Grammy Award winning, YES, is proud to announce its new live album, ‘Heaven and Earth.’ Having sold nearly 40 million albums in a career that has so far spanned more than four decades, ‘Heaven and Earth’ sees YES continuing with its tradition of symphonic progressive rock that remains timelessly fresh and innovative.
• In Spring 2014, YES performed in their Canada, UK and European tour a true classic rock header by performing two of their most popular albums in their entirety, all in one concert: 1971’s THE YES ALBUM, and 1977’s GOING FOR THE ONE.
• Music audiences across the world experienced the albums – each representing an important milestone in YES’ career which encompasses sales of close to 50 million albums worldwide – performed from beginning to end.
Title: Yes – Songs From Tsongas – 35th Anniversary Concert
Released: 2014
Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock
Directed by: Thomas Joe
Artists: Jon Anderson – vocals, MIDI guitar, percussion, keyboards; Steve Howe – guitars, vocals, Portuguese guitar; Rick Wakeman – keyboards, synthesizers, piano [briefly]; Chris Squire – bass, harmonica, vocals; Alan White – drums, percussion
Released: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 2:24:34
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: DTS, AC-3, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 20655 kbps / 1920 * 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16: 9 / High Profile 4.1
# 1 Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2432 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio # 2: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps /
Size: 37.69 GB
This Special Edition of Songs From Tsongas contains two different concerts from Yes 35th Anniversary Tour in 2004, the last tour by the band to feature the classic line-up of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman and Alan White. Part One contains the whole of the concert from the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts. This epic show features a brand new stage set by legendary
designer and Yes collaborator Roger Dean and the setlist features tracks from across the band s career including an extensive acoustic section (tracks 11 18) and some tracks that have rarely been performed live. Part Two contains 70 minutes of highlights from a very different concert on the same tour filmed at Estival in Lugano, Switzerland. This outdoor concert sees a stripped down stage and full on rock versions of the acoustic tracks from Tsongas whilst the crowd wield a multitude of umbrellas against the pouring rain, which is clearly not preventing them having a great time!
• In 2012/2013, The Who embarked on the Quadrophenia and More Tour, performing their landmark rock opera in its entirety, marking the 40th anniversary of the original 1973 release of this double-album masterpiece. The critically acclaimed and highly successful tour closed at London’s Wembley Arena, with the cameras rolling, to record the closing night of this historic anniversary tour.
• Filmed on July 8, 2013, QUADROPHENIA: LIVE IN LONDON Blu-rayTM features The Who in peak form, performing Quadrophenia from front to back, in its entirety, plus a special set of some of their all-time greatest hits. The film captures the band’s dynamic performance in front of their hometown crowd and features blistering performances of ‘The Real Me’, ‘The Punk And The Godfather’, ‘Doctor Jimmy’ and a powerful performance of ‘Love Reign O’er Me’. With HD screen backdrops, archival footage and today’s advanced technology in sound, QUADROPHENIA: LIVE IN LONDON reunites The Who with bandmates John Entwistle, for ‘5:15’, and Keith Moon for his signature song ‘Bell Boy’. In addition to their performance of Quadrophenia, the band tear through classic tracks such as ‘Pinball Wizard’, ‘Who Are You’, ‘You Better You Bet’ ‘Baba O’Riley’ ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ and ‘Tea & Theatre’, from their 2006 release ‘Endless Wire’, with the intensity and power only The Who can conjure.
Tracklist:
• Live in London’s Wembley Arena on July 8, 2013
1. I Am The Sea 01:57
2. The Real Me 03:42
3. Quadrophenia 05:50
4. Cut My Hair 04:08
5. The Punk And The Godfather 05:02
6. I’m One 03:01
7. The Dirty Jobs 04:55
8. Helpless Dancer 02:17
9. Is It In My Head 03:37
10. I’ve Had Enough 06:42
11. 5:15 11:12
12. Sea And Sand 05:40
13. Drowned 07:21
14. Bell Boy 05:11
15. Doctor Jimmy 08:09
16. The Rock 06:51
17. Love Reign O’er Me 07:22
Bonus Performance:
18. Who Are You 06:27
19. You Better You Bet 05:35
20. Pinball Wizard 02:53
21. Baba O’Riley 05:27
22. Won’t Get Fooled Again 09:06
23. Tea & Theatre 03:58
Yes – Fragile
Artist: Yes | Album: Fragile | Style: Progressive, Art Rock | Year: 2002 | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96Khz/24Bit, LPCM 2.0 96kHz/24Bit, DTS 5.1, Dolby AC3 5.1, Dolby AC3 2.0) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 9 + 1 bonus | Size: ~5.02 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: © Electra | Rhino Records (R2 78249), 2002 | Note: Watermarked
Tracklist:
01. Roundabout
02. Cans And Brahms
03. We Have Heaven
04. South Side Of The Sky
05. Five Per Cent For Nothing
06. Long Distance Runaround
07. The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
08. Mood For A Day
09. Heart Of The Sunrise
Bonus track:
10. America