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Following the massive commercial and artistic success of albums like FRAGILE, THE YES ALBUM and CLOSE TO THE EDGE, Yes released this 1974 collection to remind their audience of the band's beginnings. YESTERDAYS features cuts from the first two Yes albums as well as two previously unreleased early recordings. The early Yes sound was much less complex, closer in spirit to the more forward-looking rock and folk-rock groups of the late-'60s.
"Looking Around" features visceral riffing from original guitarist Peter Banks and simple, buoyant organ from Tony Kaye. "Survival" and "Then" find Jon Anderson beginning to explore the socio-philosophical themes he would develop later in the band's career. A nice surprise comes in the form of a Simon & Garfunkel cover, "America," making plain Yes' initial debt to '60s folk-rock. YESTERDAYS is an intriguing snapshot of a band on their way to something as yet unheard.
Yes: Jon Anderson (vocals); Peter Banks, Steve Howe (guitar, background vocals); Tony Kaye (organ); Rick Wakeman (keyboards); Chris Squire (bass instrument, background vocals); Bill Bruford (drums).
Recording information: 1969 - 1972.
Yesterdays Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   Great Yes Album
I have never considered Yesterdays as being a "compilation" or a "best of" album. Sure most of the songs were taken from the first two Yes albums with the addition of the Paul Simon song America, but this is a great album on its own. Great Yes songs with original guitar player Peter Banks on every song except America. It's too bad that Banks was never included in some of the Yes reunion tours, or some of the 90's Yes lineups.
This is a great CD that every Yes fan must have!!
Submitted by Erv (Abbotsford B.C. Canada) 
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 Yesterdays is great!!!!!!!
yes----sound mighty fine here-
i love early yes w/peter banks on guitar. listen to his playing on ASTRAL TRAVELLER! incred--plus,this best of from the 1st two YES albums--features the smooth heavenly voice of JON ANDERSON,and the pounding, relentless, but tasteful melodic bass of CHRIS SQUIRE. i like all the songs a LOT! also--incl AMERICA done in a way only YES can....incl a WILD guitar solo of MAMMOTH proportions by....Steve Howe.
YES.........is simply superb here.5 stars!
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A forgotten gem.
More than just a simple compilation of earlier material, "Yesterdays", with it's own unique Roger Dean cover, assumes the identity of an original Yes LP.
The bulk of the tracks are lifted from "Yes" and "Time and a word", the first two Yes albums, but the LP does include two original tracks. The most important of these tunes is the Simon and Garfunkel cover "America" which Yes still include in live performances.
Don't be put off by the "compilation" status of this recording; this is an important Yes album in it's own right.
Submitted by a reviewer (Somewhere in England.)
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