Wondering if anyone can help?
I love this album but would have much preferred it minus orchestra. I prefer listening to Banks & Kaye playing those orchestra parts! I am trying to create my own 'alternate live Time & a Word' album. I've just about managed it from the BBC recordings but I need The Prophet & Clear Days to make it complete. Does anyone know of any good quality boots where I can get those songs, if indeed they where ever played live?
Last edited by Rufus; 12-09-2014 at 03:04 PM.
To me the orchestra, the best of that album.Originally Posted by Rufus
I believe both "Clear Days" and "The Prophet" were in fact played live in the early days but I don't recall ever seeing them on a boot... but then, I don't think I ever collected anything pre-Yes Album.
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Maybe there will be a "Time and a Word Naked" like with Let it Be a few years ago. Anyway, I like it just as it is but that's just me. Does the orchestra ruin it? Some people seem to think so but for me it would be an entirely different album. I think it works. Good luck with your search in finding tracks without the orchestra though.
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i for one would love to hear a mix without orchestra. there are some moments on the album where the orchestra sounds a bit too separate from the the band for my tastes.
I like the orchestra. Mostly.
No, the original is not the best example of rock band and orchestra but it still works better than DP's "concerto with rock band and orchestra" or whatever it's called.
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I suspect the BBC recordings released some time ago is about as close as you'll get..
I agree that the orchestra makes the material seem more leaden than it is. It's a 'difficult second album' nevertheless- some of it is an advance on the debut, some of it isn't. And I remember not being thrilled with the mix.
The Rhino CD has those extra tracks with the alternate mixes...I remember seeing a record of this album with a colour (as opposed to black-and-white) cover which I later read also featured these alternate mixes, presumably by mistake! I don't remember how different the mixes are.
Yeah I read somewhere (perhaps Henry commented on this some time ago) that there was a Dutch release with alternative mixes..
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