Yes: Ocean Tales 1974 (VG Aud) FLAC

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PRRP013- YES - OCEAN TALES, Febuary 28, 1974, (Cobo Hall - Detroit, Michigan)

Disc 1
1.1 Firebird Suite 1:31
1.2 Siberian Khatru 9:06
1.3 And You And I 9:46
1.4 Close To The Edge 19:09
1.5 The Revealing Science Of God 21:37

Disc 2
2.1 The Remembering 21:22
2.2 The Ancient 19:23
2.3 Ritual 24:21
2.4 Roundabout 7:37

YES
Jon Anderson –Lead Vocals- Guitars and Percussion
Chris Squire –Bass Guitars- Percussion and Vocals
Steve Howe –Lead Guitars and Vocals
Alan White –Drums and Percussion
Rick Wakeman –Keyboard

The Tale of an Epic ! 
            The year was 1973, one that would take on epic proportions in the world of progressive rock. Genesis would start Selling England by the Pound, Jethro Tull wrote a Passion Play, ELP conducted Brain Salad Surgery and Pink Floyd took us on a trip to the Dark Side of the Moon. A vintage year to say the least. What could Yes do but to follow this incredibly creative movement.
            After the huge public success and critical acclaim of their last two albums, Fragile and Close to the Edge, many thought that the band had found the right formula and would follow the same path. Instead, Yes went where no one expected them to go. The release of Tales from Topographic Oceans in November of 1973 came as a shock to many Yes fans and press critics alike, not to mention the big heads at Atlantic records who were rather reluctant to have it released in the first place. This double album consisted of only four songs which were based on Sanskrit Shastric scriptures.
            The concept and Jon Anderson’s ethereal lyrics were met with mixed reviews, even from Fellow musicians within the band. Rich Wakeman for one was quite uncomfortable with it, as he recalls: “Experimentation is fine, but it’s something you should do in your own time as you’re writing and rehearsing the music, until that experiment is proven in your own mind. Once you know where things are going, then you can put that music on record.  The music of Tales was not proven in my mind. It wasn’t worked out !”
            Experimental or not, the album was finished just the same, and a gigantic tour to promote it lay ahead. Yes would perform some 75 concerts in 5 months. This tour started in Bournemouth, England on November 16th, 1973 and would end in Rome, Italy on April 23rd, 1974.
            The band had chosen to play the Whole of Topographic Oceans as well as the entire Close to the Edge album, with Roundabout as the encore. It was to be an endurance marathon for both musicians and fans. Chris Squire remarked, “Let’s just say it didn’t go down very well at all !”
            As the tour advanced, and Rick Wakeman became increasingly unhappy, the band realized that the entire Tales album was perhaps a bit too much for an audience to grasp all at once. At one point, The Remembering was just dropped from the set to make way for a couple more familiar songs like Starship Trooper. The grand concept was turning into a nightmare. Disgusted by the whole episode, Wakeman left Yes right after the tour, just as Bill Bruford had left a year previous after being fed up with the endless development of the Close to the Edge album. Tales from Topographic Oceans, has been, is, and probably will always remain the most controversial album in Yes’s huge back catalog, but to the avid Yes fan, the album and the tour that ensued were perceived as nothing but triumphant. Looking back on it now, one cannot help but be taken by the majestic grandeur of the music offered in these four songs. Live recordings from this tour are highly sought after by fans nowadays.
            The present concert was recorded from the audience at the Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan, on February 28th, 1974, the second of a two night stay. Yes performed the whole Close to the Edge and Topographic Oceans that night, something that would become rather scarce soon thereafter. This recording has always been appreciated by avid Yes fans as one of the best performances of the Tales material, but has been marred by high hiss and noise levels. PRRP staff have done their best to remove as much offending noise as possible so that the mastery of this music can be more fully appreciated.

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