Yes-The Gates of Delirium

Yes Symphonic is my favourite music DVD by some considerable margin. I had it on standard DVD for many years and immediately pre ordered it on Blu Ray when it became available in HD. Absolutely wonderfull versions of Gates, Close To The Edge and Ritual.

dennismoore wrote: richardh wrote: Yes Symphonic is my favourite music DVD by some considerable margin. I had it on standard DVD for many years and immediately pre ordered it on Blu Ray when it became available in HD. Absolutely wonderfull versions of Gates, Close To The Edge and Ritual.   Yes, the High Definition audio was needed in this case.  JA played a lot of chimes on the songs and standard DVD wasn't enough to stop the chimes from sounding overly metallic& digitally sampled it really affected the sound.  With the HD audio that problem is gone.   Also concerts like "Yes Symphonic" are the reason why YES should not just retire and grow old gracefully like MANY people have suggested here.  When YES were in their prime the technology just did not exist to properly archive or showcase this fine band. I LOVE my Yessongs, but the audio is garbage.  Yeah it took a few decades, and YES are older, but discs like Yes Symphonic and the recent Live From Lyon realy show the band in all their audio glory. Other people can argue about wrinkles or weight issues. I could care less. For me its about that glorious music.   My dream would be for YES to do concerts like SteelyDan did of different albums each night and have all that filmed and recorded in HiDef, so when they are gone the music will live on in all its glory

Must admit I havn't taken the plunge with Live In Lyon as yet

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: The album would be perfect without "Soon" Iván

No, I don't think there is; it's an absolute masterpiece. It might just be my favourite Yes song ever. Every time I listen to it, it just amazes me at how the guys could create something of such grandeur and prowess. Every member plays with such amazing musicianship and the composition just flows very consistently. Also, the Soon section is one of the most beautiful pieces of Music I've ever heard. 

I've long loved the entire work "Relayer," including the weak bits & warts!  It was an inspired effort, and one of Yes' masterworks. 

Edited by cstack3 - June 03 2012 at 15:51

I'm not really Yes fan. There was a time when they were my favorite band, but it's too hippy now for me. I like darker stuff, like Crimson and Genesis (there's something about Genesis that I find very dark), but Relayer remains one of my favorite albums ever, with Gates being one of my favorite epics.

actually? Soon,is all i got from Relayer!

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: The album would be perfect without "Soon" Iván

MattGuitat wrote: Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: The album would be perfect without "Soon" Iván The album is perfect with Soon.

Yeah, Steve's slide guitar is gorgeous and Jon's voice shines.

To go slightly off thread for a second....i got into Yes thru Rick Wakeman and a bit after they're pomp around 1979 ish...i asked for a couple of LP's for my birthday that year and got Tormato and Yessongs. Of course I fell in love with both although some might see them as at the opposite ends of their work! So for Xmas the following year I asked for the same and got Yesshows and Relayer. After the big impression that Yessongs had I decided to play the Yesshows LP first...and was blown away by "Gates". When I eventually got round to listening to the studio version I was slightly disappointed at the angular, crystalline feel of the track ( I think in both cases it was the production and the intention that were the differences) To me the live version seems a lot slower and more lush which suits the "Soon" section and the bass and drums were a lot more deep and resonant on the "War" section. I wouldnt change anything on either track though.