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With their last five albums (including Relayer) reaching Top Five status, Yes are central to the new British Invasion. They combine complex, extended instrumental passages with weighty, quas-imystical lyrics. The group is far removed from the monolithic theatrics of ELP or the cynical conundrums of Jethro Tull and much more deeply into the mystic than the mellowed mind balm of the Moody Blues.

At first Yes redressed mid-Sixties tunes in progressive trappings, along with elaborate but still melodic compositions of their own. By their third and fourth albums (The Yes Album and Fragile), the cover versions had vanished and the originals lengthened.

Yesterdays
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serves as an illustration of the band's earlier phase. It consists of two tracks from their first album and four from their second, plus an obscure B-side to a 1970 single and a ten-minute version of Paul Simon's "America" (previously available only on a British sampler album and, in a considerably shortened version, as a 1972 American single).

Yes reworked Simon & Garfunkel's "America" entirely, with a long and basically unrelated intro (complete with implied snatches of the West Side Story "America") and an alien, elaborate vocal structure which gives the impression that the song is being sung phonetically by a foreign vocalist.

The most interesting track is "Dear Father," previously unavailable on LP and apparently a plea from a doubtful and confused Jesus. It's a relatively straight pop-rock song, with a recurring chorus full of harmonies and some impressive melodic fragments, and it's literally smothered in an overwhelming orchestral arrangement. An atypical number.

Of all the material on Yesterdays, "America" is most important as a transition point. Later songs became even more intricate, bordering on the unfathomable while the lyrics meandered into murkier mystic modes. Yes's last album, Tales from Topographic Oceans, was four sides' worth of hopelessly dense complexity that left many observers recoiling in utter dismay and taxed even the group's most ardent supporters.

Relayer may exhaust even the devoted. Singer Jon Anderson's words plumb new depths of turgidity. Side one of Relayer is taken up by a 22-minute track called "The Gates of Delirium," a titanic battle-of-the-mind-forces allegory of sorts. A sample stanza:

Choose and renounce throwing chains to the floor

Kill or be killing faster sins correct the flow

Casting giant shadows off vast

Penetrating force

To alter via the war that seen

As friction spans the spirits wrath ascending (slowly) to redeem

Pretentious balderdash no matter how you stack it and the remaining lyrics are only marginally clearer.

The music seems equally chaotic. Opening with sheets of cascading guitars and wheeling Mellotrons, it breaks off into a fairly melodic vocal segment. This is followed by a seemingl

At times, the amount of music nerd spasmodia going on here really sounds like some brilliantly colored cartoon. With flashes of country, chorale, space travel, classical guitar and rock all jumbled on top of each other, Relayer is one of the weirdest, most indulgent records ever -- not for the faint of heart, but well worth checking out. "To Be Over" is crazy.

Yes Records and CDs:
90125
Big Generator
Classic Yes
Close To The Edge
Drama
Fragile
Going For The One
Keys To Ascension
  Ladder
Leave It
Love Will Find A Way
Magnification
Open Your Eyes
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Relayer
  Tales From Topographic Oceans
Talk
The Yes Album
Time And A Word
Tormato
Union
Wonderous Stories
  Yes
Yesshows
Yessongs
Yesterdays

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    Yes   Relayer
Remastered
NM/NM CD   $4.88   CMS Music
UK  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Prog ~ 1974 ~ ~ . Atlantic
EX/EX- CD   $8.00   More Music
UK  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
7567826642
S/H CD   $8.73   JACKS
UK  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
N/a Atlantic, 7567826642, 1974
Ex/Ex CD   $9.79   Kellys
UK  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Tracks: 1. Gates Of Delirium, The 2. Sound Chaser 3. To Be Over Atlantic, 7567-82664,...
NM/NM CD   $8.81   Wall of Soun
UK  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Atlantic/74
M-/m- CD   $8.95   Swinging Vin
USA  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Yes - Relayer (bonus Tracks) (rmst) Upc: 081227379223 The Gates Of Delirium Sound C Elektra ...
Brand New CD   $9.26   BetamOnline
USA  More Info   
Yes - Relayer   Yes   Relayer
Import-gbr The Gates Of Delirium Sound Chaser To Be Over Pid, 10/4/1994
Brand New CD   $10.01   Allmusicimpo
USA  More Info   
Relayer - Yes   Yes   Relayer
Expanded & Remastered The Gates Of Delirium Sound Chaser To Be Over <l Ele, 8/26/2003
Brand New CD   $10.10   MusicImport
USA  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
CD   $12.24   Replay Music
UK  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Cd. Release Date: 08/26/2003. Us, Ele, 081227379223, 08/26/2003
NEW CD   $11.24   SilverDisc
USA  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Usa, Wea/elektra Entertai Special Order
New CD   $12.39   CD Euroxpres
USA  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Elektra
new CD   $12.95   Black and
USA  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Attributes: Remastered
New CD   $13.49   CDQuest
USA  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Wea/elektra Entertainment
NEW CD   $13.62   GrooveNet
USA  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
German Pressing On The Warner/rhino Records Label In Mint Condition (still Sealed). Digipak Is Al...
Mint CD   $11.73   Crypt Record
Austral  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Usually Shipped After 2 Business Days. Bonus Tracks, Remastered. Number Of Media (discs, Tapes, R... Special Order
NEW/NEU! ( CD   $13.96   Total Recall
Germany  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
082543 /rel.date;88 0427/label;atlan/pre fix; 756782/barcode;0075678266423 Special Order
CD   $15.24   CDExpress
Netherl  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Original Item, Check <a Href='http://www.fonopress.com/pr oduct_info.php?produ cts_id=39996¤c Special Order
NEW/NEW CD   $17.30   Polish Music
Poland  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Gf Ca, Atlantic, Sd 18122, 1974
VG+ VG- LP   $1.73   suncoast
Canada  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Gatefold, Writing On Cover Atlantic Sd 19135 / 1974
VG+ / VG- LP   $2.99   Musical Ener
USA  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Atlantic Sd-18122 Gatefold. Some Stains On Cover
VG/VG- LP   $3.00   Beaver Hut
USA  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Cover Vg+. Gatefold.lyric Sleeve. Atlantic, 19135, 1974
VG+ LP   $4.32   reporecords
USA  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Atlantic,gatefold,18 122,1974,almost Vg+ Some Surface Noise,
VG+ VG LP   $4.60   Brothers
USA  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Gatefold Sleeve / Inner Lyric Bag Germany, Atlantic/wea, Atl 50096, 1974
VG/G LP   $4.89   154
Belgium  More Info     

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    Yes   Relayer
Ger, Atlantic, Atl 50096, 1974
LP   $4.82   Black Rhythm
Netherl  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Usa, Atlantic, Sd 18122, 1974
Very Good+ LP   $5.00   Select BENJA
USA  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Sd 18122 Gatefold With Original Inner Sleeve And Pic Labels
VG/VG+ LP   $5.50   MightyVinyl
USA  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Atl, K50096
VG+ M- LP   $6.15   A+B Records
Germany  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Very Slight Noise But Not Bad. Gatefold Cover Is Vg+. Bk $10. Us, Atlantic, Sd 18122, 1974
VG LP   $5.99   Merlins
USA  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
1974,gfld,lyric Sleeve,rw Atlantic Sd 18122
VG/VG+ LP   $5.99   Solid Viper
USA  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
1974
GE, VG+/VG LP   $6.15   Bluesite
Germany  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Gatefold Cover Canada, Atlantic, Sd18122, 1/1/1974
VG+ VG+ LP   $6.30   Never Ending
Canada  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
K50096 G/fold + Lyric Bag
VG/EX LP   $6.98   JACKS
UK  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
EX/EX LP   $8.16   Bside the
UK  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
No Scuffs But Record Has A Small Amount Of Surface Noise That Can Be Heard Thru The Quiet Parts G...
VG+++ , VG LP   $8.04   karmamusic
Greece  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Inner Orig Gate, Atlantic, 1974
VE LP   $7.51   Lost Chord
Scotlan  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Gfl/slcw Portugal, Atlantic, Lp-s-39-7, 1974
VG+/VG+ LP   $7.44   Some Records
Portuga  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Yy10450 vinyl-lp Condition: Used Vg++ Barcode: - Year:'74 Title: Relayer Style: Pop - Rock Special Order
LP   $8.25   CDExpress
Netherl  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Atlantic, 1974. K 50096. Ex/ex. Gatefold Sleeve.
LP   $9.79   VinylUK
UK  More Info   
Yes - Relayer Album   Yes   Relayer
The Gates Of Delirium/sound Chaser/to Be Over the Most Seriously Under-rated Of Yes' Album...
VG+ VG LP   $10.32   Vinyl Soluti
Austral  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Uk, Atlantic, K50096, 1970s
ex LP   $8.81   Soul Jones
UK  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Gatefold Sleeve With Original Inner. With Patrick Moraz Securely In Rick Wakeman's Synth Seat Yes...
VG++ LP   $8.81   Vox Pop
UK  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Recs gatefold Sleeve Atlantic, K50096, 1974
LP   $9.79   salter
UK  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Gatefold, Inner. The Gates Of Delirium, Sound Chaser, To Be Over. Uk, Atlantic, K 50096, 1974
EX/EX LP   $9.00   Vinyl In The
UK  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Brazil, Atlantic, 6047013, --/79
ex- LP   $9.00   Faunus
Brasil  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Gfc Atlantic
VG+ M- LP   $9.20   Finyl Vinyl
Canada  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Uk Gatefold Atlantic
Ex/Ex LP   $11.41   Soul Explosi
UK  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Usa, Atlantic, Sd 18122,
vg+/ex LP   $10.00   vakuum
Denmark  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
De, Atlantic 50096
VG LP   $10.00   RAMCD
USA  More Info   

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    Yes   Relayer
(atlantic Sd18122) Original Australian Lp In Gatefold Cover With Custom Label. Australia, 1974
VG+ / VG+ LP   $10.32   Oz Music Onl
Austral  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Gatefold Sleeve. Atlantic, K50096, 1974
VG/EX LP   $12.34   Wall of Soun
UK  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Hard To Find 3 Track 1974 Lp +g/f U.k., Atlantic
EX/VG LP   $12.45   Disc Covery
UK  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Brazil, 79 Atlantic, 6047013, --/
VG+ VG+ LP   $12.07   sebo do disc
Brasil  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Atlantic, K 50096
Ex Ex LP   $11.26   Memories
UK  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Gatefold Sleeve Inner Sleeve. Altantic 1974, K50096
EX/EX LP   $12.48   Vinyl Value
UK  More Info     
Yes - Relayer Record   Yes   Relayer
Label: Atlantic, Published: 1974 Ois Foc[florian] Atlantic, 50096, 1974
C:NM,M:NM LP   $12.53   recordsale
Germany  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Gatefold
vg+/vg+ LP   $12.65   stevens
USA  More Info     
Yes - Relayer LP   Yes   Relayer
St-a-743267-bbb-1 And St-a-743268-bbb-1, Cover Has Some Ring Wear, Lp Has Many Minor Scuffs Usa, ...
EX- VG+ LP   $12.65   TOSCA
USA  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
Ref/atl50096, Gatefold Sleeve, Inner Sleeve With Lyrics. Allemagne, Atlantic
VG++ VG++ LP   $12.58   OTHER
France  More Info     
Yes - Relayer CD   Yes   Relayer
Spanish Titles On Label , Gatefold Cover Uruguay, Atlantic, 113029, 1974
vg++/ex+ LP   $13.00   Sudamerica
Argenti  More Info     
    Yes   Relayer
K 50096 Atlantic
vg/ex LP   $13.71   Acousticsoup
UK  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
Pic Sleeve
Ex LP   $12.24   Al's Tracks
UK  More Info   
    Yes   Relayer
G/f + Lyrics Uk Or As Shown, (atl 50096)
EX/EX LP   $13.05   Rock Revelat
UK  More Info     
 
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