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    Unseen footage of Yes live in 1971 (Yes Album line-up)

    This just popped up on the YMP FB page, courtesy of Doug Curran. Easily the most interesting Yes related footage find in years!!! There's excerpts of "Yours Is No Disgrace" and a different arrangement of "America"...



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    Pretty cool to hear that early arrangement of America, and with Tony Kaye no less! Squire with the poodle boots.

    But also Quatermass, Family, Coliseum, and Juicy Lucy! Fantastic! Will be watching this in full at some point today.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Progatron View Post
    Pretty cool to hear that early arrangement of America, and with Tony Kaye no less!
    A complete version of "America" with Tony is available on the "Word Is Live" boxed set.
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    Quote Originally Posted by calyx View Post
    A complete version of "America" with Tony is available on the "Word Is Live" boxed set.
    I know, but I had never seen video footage of it myself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Progatron View Post
    I know, but I had never seen video footage of it myself.
    Never had I (although this particular video appears to have been online 4 months), it's just the way you phrased it made it seem you hadn't heard it either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by calyx View Post
    A complete version of "America" with Tony is available on the "Word Is Live" boxed set.
    The version of "America" from The Word Is Live is fantastic and quite different from the final studio version with Wakeman but this version is a different arrangement again. On the version from TWIL, the "pass me a cigarette" verse is played quietly whereas here, there's a far heavier chugging feel to the music. That verse was ultimately left out of the studio version altogether.
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    Wow, what a great time capsule. According to Forgotten Yesterdays this was March 27, 1971. The conceptual performance art is a bit of a slog to sit through, but the band performances are great. And yeah, yet ANOTHER version of "America". It's no wonder Yes never recorded it for so long. They clearly were never really happy with it while Tony was onboard. Most of Yes' performance that night is on boots or YouTube.

    I'm holding out for the Wilson-mixed 5.1 super-duper walletbuster special anniversary extra adjectives edition.

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    Great to see some more early Yes, but the Quatermass portion is priceless! Hardly any exists. Peter Robinson was a monster live and now you guys
    get to see just a little bit of what it was like to see live Quatermass. I was very blessed to have seen them play 2 full sets at the Whisky A Go Go on
    December 22 1970. Unbelievable show!

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    Excited to see the fairly long excerpt by Colosseum of "Lost Angeles".

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    Yes, the Quatermass clip is very cool. Can't be that long before Gustafson decamped to Hard Stuff....

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    Quote Originally Posted by jcleary View Post
    Great to see some more early Yes, but the Quatermass portion is priceless! Hardly any exists. Peter Robinson was a monster live and now you guys
    get to see just a little bit of what it was like to see live Quatermass. I was very blessed to have seen them play 2 full sets at the Whisky A Go Go on
    December 22 1970.
    Unbelievable show!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jcleary View Post
    Great to see some more early Yes, but the Quatermass portion is priceless! Hardly any exists. Peter Robinson was a monster live and now you guys
    get to see just a little bit of what it was like to see live Quatermass. I was very blessed to have seen them play 2 full sets at the Whisky A Go Go on
    December 22 1970. Unbelievable show!
    WOW!!!

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    Way cool, though it would seem it was the first time behind the camera for some folks.

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