Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerGeoff Bailie and some other blokeIt was lovely to welcome back onto the YMP our friend and patron, Geoff Bailie this week. Mark and I spoke to him about the recent news that Y

Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 8 – The unsung hero, Genaro Rippo – 623

13 days ago 29m 28s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerIt seems like a long time since the last episode but it’s not. Anyway, it was delightful to speak to a warm and friendly unsung hero of Yes last week. As you will hear, despit

Talk re-issue – the ‘Lost’ Yes album? – 622

27 days ago 26m 51s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerI'm publishing this episode on Good Friday so there's been no time for the usual news roundup. However, Mark and I did manage to talk about 'Talk' receiving the box set treatment.

Anyone for tennis – and a pint? In conversation with Yes drummer, Jay Schellen – 621

Mar 20th, 2024 31m 25s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerWe were delighted to be able to speak to Jay Schellen this week about the upcoming Yes UK and Europe Tour and many other topics, particularly his relationship with the late, great

Pre-Conversation with Yes drummer, Jay Schellen – 620

Mar 15th, 2024 2m 53s

This week Mark and I were due to have a conversation with Jay Schellen about the forthcoming Yes tour of the UK and Europe. Unfortunately, this didn’t happen for reasons outside our control. We will be speaking to Jay on Monday instead so I’m a

Chris Squire – bass lines we love – 619

Mar 8th, 2024 48m 49s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week would have been Chris Squire’s 76th birthday. To celebrate his legacy, Mark and I chose 3 of our favourite Squire bass lines and also chatted about his signature sound a

Old ABWH and the new Yes video – 618

Mar 1st, 2024 47m 47s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerMark and I had a fun time this week re-watching the ABWH Brother of Mine video and the new Mirror to the Sky one. Listen out for our thoughts in a few minutes’ time and see if you

Why did Yes want Geoff Downes…again? Part 2 – 617

Feb 23rd, 2024 28m 53s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerAfter a short break, Mark and I are back to consider what Geoff Downes was doing before being asked to rejoin Yes for the recording of Fly From Here, released in 2011, shortly bef

Why did Yes want Geoff Downes…again? Part 1 – 616

Feb 8th, 2024 23m 10s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week, Mark and I talked about the situation in Yes at the time Geoff Downes rejoined for Fly From Here - around 2010-11. It's a contentious time - but then again when isn't w

Yes ephemera – print and digital – 615

Feb 2nd, 2024 53m 28s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week, Mark and I had a great conversation about Yes ephemera - what do I mean by that? Well it’s stuff that would certainly have disappeared if it wasn’t for people like Stev

Shhhh – quiet Yes songs – 614

Jan 19th, 2024 46m 25s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerAs you will hear, the title of this week’s episode is a bit misleading. Mark and I have been choosing some of our favourite slower, calmer songs or parts of songs from the extensi

Yes iconography – 613

Jan 12th, 2024 50m 50s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week's episode is a rather visual one so you will probably want to listen after (or concurrently with) looking at the images below. Mark and I discuss some of the most instan

Why did Rick Wakeman want Larry Fast? Part 2 – 612

Jan 5th, 2024 27m 25s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerHappy New Year to you. I hope you had a great time whatever you were celebrating in mid-winter or mid-summer or something else depending on where you are on the globe.This wee

Why did Rick Wakeman want Larry Fast? – 611

Dec 22nd, 2023 37m 44s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week Mark and I are once again indebted to Doug Curran for setting us off to find out more about keyboard innovator Larry Fast and his Tales from Topographic Oceans connectio

Why did Rick Wakeman want Larry Fast? – 611

Dec 22nd, 2023 37m 44s

Tales from Topographic Oceans 50th Anniversary – a fan-made boxset – Part 2 with Ian Hartley – 610

Dec 15th, 2023 36m 21s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerMark and I had a great conversation with Ian Hartley this week. As mentioned last week, Ian has produced his own 50th Anniversary box set of Tales from Topographic Oceans and we w

Tales from Topographic Oceans 50th Anniversary – a fan-made boxset – Part 1 – 609

Dec 8th, 2023 41m 40s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week Mark and I take a look at and have a chat about what Yes fan Ian Hartley has done to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Tales from Topographic Oceans. A chap after our ow

Yes Tracks Through Time – Ritual – Shows, Symphonic and Drama – 608

Dec 1st, 2023 47m 45s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerWe continue our Tales from topographic oceans obsession this week with a look at 3 very different live recordings of side 4, Ritual - Nous Sommes du Soleil. The 3 different perfor

Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 7 – Chris Squire’s bass with Miguel Falcão – 607

Nov 24th, 2023 50m 40s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerIt was a delight to welcome the bass maestro Miguel Falcão back onto the YMP this week. As you would expect, he knows a lot about how Chris Squire created the bass lines for Tales

Steven Rosen, author and interviewer – 606

Nov 17th, 2023 45m 15s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerWe had a great conversation with veteran music journalist Steve Rosen this week. Steve has interviewed almost all members of Yes over the decades, although they weren't always 'ea

90124 vs. 90125 – 605

Nov 10th, 2023 37m 18s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerIn the week of the 40th anniversary of 90125, Mark and I looked at Trevor Rabin's 90124 which contains a lot of source material for the classic from 1983. 90124 appeared in 2003 o

Yes – Best of the 80s – 604

Nov 3rd, 2023 45m 37s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerWe took a break from Tales from Topographic Oceans this week to consider what Yes were up to in the 1980s. Across just four albums (if you are happy to call ABWH a Yes album), Yes

Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 6 – Alan White’s drums with Joe Cass – 603

Oct 27th, 2023 52m 27s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week we are back to the epic in-depth study of Tales from Topographic Oceans. We asked the ever-generous drummer of Yes tribute band Total Mass Retain Joe Cass to join us to

Illustrator and Yes collaborator Jeff Cummins – 602

Oct 20th, 2023 37m 1s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerWe had yet another lovely conversation with a relatively unsung hero of the Yes story this week. As you’ll hear, you have probably seen Jeff Cumins’ work, even if you don’t realis

Yes Album Listening Guides – Tales From Topographic Oceans Part 5 – Steve Howe’s guitars – 601

Oct 15th, 2023 55m 18s

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Jeffrey Crecelius and Ken FullerThis week Mark and I returned to Tales form topographic oceans to consider Steve Howe’s guitars, based on Mark’s expert knowledge and thanks to Geioff Bailie kindly sending us pho