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Way too expensive for CDRs of material they've made their money on over and over, IMO.

Doesn't Squire own the rights to the name Yes? I thought that was the reason for "Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe". From Wiki, so take it for what it's worth: "Although conceived by Anderson as being a Yes re-union, others in the band were keen to distance themselves from the "Yes" name. At the time, the name for the band "Yes" was co-owned by Anderson, Alan White and Chris Squire, and Squire and White were still continuing with Yes along with Trevor Rabin and Tony Kaye; for these reasons, it was not possible for ABWH to use the "Yes" name anyway. Anticipating this problem, Jon Anderson suggested they call themselves "The Affirmative," but the other band members felt that was disingenuous. The name "No" was also suggested, but in the end, they decided to simply name themselves after the members of the band, in the vein of Emerson Lake and Palmer, despite the criticism that it made them sound like an accounting or legal firm. When Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe toured, they titled their shows "An Evening Of Yes Music Plus", a name that was also used for their subsequent live album. ABWH were sued by Yes in an attempt to prevent any mention of Yes in the ABWH promotional material. This seems to stem from an agreement before the release of Yes's 90125 album between Yes (then including Anderson too), Howe and Wakeman over the use of the Yes name in the promotion of other activities."

As Jazzbo says, it's a black cardboard slipcase/box, and the two individual boxes housing the discs slide out of it. And the cover is different from other Mosaic boxes - at least the ones I have:

What point - that Germans love David Hasselhoff? (with removable chest-hair carpet)

Hey!! Somehow I missed this during the hub-bub of the NY's holiday (actually I was geo-caching with my kids). That's great news - I hope their other beers start showing up too. I may be in Philly next month again, so might have to seek this one out. Thanks Rolf! PS - Do you still have the glass I sent you back then?

Soulstation's gonna love hearing that!

Al - You can root for ANY of the teams left. They ALL beat Dallas this season, LOL. Granted the 'Boys beat the Eagles early in the season, but now in retrospect that had to have been an aberration; their real character showed up in the season ending smackdown in Philly.

E.S.T. - Leucocyte David Bowie - I Select

Well I'm 0-3 so far this weekend! That doesn't bode well for the Steelers.

I think you might have missed something here. I don't think there's a single Wynton disciple in this thread.

I do have one comment. I've really enjoyed Chris' archives, but for me they're limited to the actual personal items - photographs, letters, tickets & flyers, etc. Things that are of significance because they show some sort of insight into either him or the artists. Promotional photos are sort of different to my thinking. While the images are nice, I don't understand the value in posting them as much as the other stuff. I"m not sure how much storage space Jim has available to him, and maybe it's no big deal really, but I'd vote to drop the promo photos if server storage space is any sort of problem.

Happy Birthday!!

I think that your "l to r" should be "r to l". Great pictures as always.

Happy Birthday David!! 2009 * 7 = 14063 ----------------------- 2009 * 4 = 8036 14063/8036 doesn't have the same ring as 7/4 though.

Happy Birthday Patricia!!!

I bet the reason the cover is larger is because you sent Downbeat a little payola after successfully lobbying the band for the album name.

Maybe Roger Waters was in town?

Interesting little tidbit direct from Billy Sherwood today, from the Progressive Ears website (at the end of this thread, which is a Yes year-in-review thing). It sounds like the original intent was for for Squire to be ousted, with Billy Sherwood taking his place as bassist. After some reconciliation or something, Sherwood did some production work for Yes on the Keys to Ascension material, and then became a full fledged band member afterwards. The plan to dump Squire is interesting, though.

...Happy Birthday, AB! Wish you'd rejoin us - miss your contributions and your artwork both!

I believe so, as well as Al Haig's widow (board name "Grange Lady Haig Rutan"). And I thought someone else's son or daughter, as well...but don't recall who

That's an interesting route. I can see getting from Sonic Youth to Ayler, but it seems like another step would be in there before getting to Bird...at least to me. But then WTF do I know.

Robert Palmer was a witness? The UFO must have found the turbine to be Simply Irresistable.

Happy Birthday Clifford - thanks for your contributions to the board!

I was SO hoping you were referring to Jerry here.