Yeah I know this isn’t vinyl, and not really an album, but the tracks on this acoustic bonus EP from 2004 represent the final recordings by the “classic” lineup of Yes, which is where we are at this point.
Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Yes, Rick Wakeman rejoined Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, and Alan White for the Full Circle Tour. There was a new compilation released and the band recorded this session as a fun extra for the set. “Roundabout” gets an interesting swing reboot, while the epic “South Side Of The Sky” gets pulled from the mothballs and given new life. Steve Howe recasts his “Australia” as an instrumental, and Chris Squire rearranges part of Dvorak’s ”New World Symphony” for bass and that is pretty fun.
The real highlight is “Show Me”, the last song Jon Anderson would bring to Yes. An absolutely gorgeous strummer with a poignant, emotional lyric, it’s a fitting coda to his time in the band.
I really wish they would release these tracks on vinyl.
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