[excerpts from southern California newspapers, 1976] ******************* [beginning of article clipped] YES Finally, headliner Yes will appear. The Atlantic recording group is known for hits "Roundabout, " "America" and "And You And I.'' An English supergroup, Yes puts in a spectacular visual show complete with laser beams, closed circuit TV and other special effects. Yes is composed of Jon Anderson, lead vocalist and band guide, Chris Squire Steve Howe, Alan White and Patrick Moraz. Concert-goers are reminded that no containers (glass or plastic) ice chests folding chairs or alcoholic beverage are permitted. ******************* HEADLINERS --British rock act, Yes, will be the featured band during this Saturday's sold-out concert at Anaheim Stadium. They are from left: Chris Squire, drums; Steve Hawe, guitarist; Alan White, drums; Jon Anderson, guitar and Patrick Moraz, keyboards. The Atlantic recording artists have a number af lps out, their latest being ''Yesterdays.'' Other featured attractions on Saturday include Peter Frampton, Gary Wright and Gentle Giant. Concert begins at 4 p.m. No containers, ice chests or beach-folding chairs are allowed. There will be no Sunday concert as previously reported. ******************* Alan White of Yes interviewed By ROBERT CRANCER Guest Writer ANAHEIM-- With explosives cracking the anxious air of the 50,000 attendees at the Anaheim Stadium for Saturday's Yes/Frampton concert, I sat with Yes drummer Alan White discussing the past year of the band's accomplishments, their movie (Yessongs) and their respective solo albums. As the crowd readied itself for the fruitless acoustic opening of Peter Frampton, I opened the interview with questions on the concert that Yes would be doing that afternoon; would they be performing music from the next album, or will it be a combination of all their musical phases? White replied, ''The actual music side of the whole thing will be a combination of all our music . . . At the time we decided to get into this tour, we decided to play all the songs that the people wanted to hear.'' He continued to explain that the group did not feel as though they got all the music out of their systems on last year's tour. In fact, they did not feel that the overall approach to last year's shows let them put across the music the way they desired. White explained it this way, ''It takes about six months to a year to play a piece of Yes music perfectly . . . you know it, say, after a year, it begins to cook.'' As I posed a question to White about his particular solo album "Ramshackled," an explosive, appa- rently heaved from the crowd found its way into the Winnebago courtyard and exploded at the feet of a Yes roadcrew member. But White did not find the dis- turbance to be distracting enough to forget his ''Ram- shackled'' lp. ''I tried to portray on that album all the different styles of music I like and have influences on my life. The only central core of the whole album is the rhythm section, the sound you hear.'' When he was asked about the musicians playing on the album with him, White explained that they are people he had played with in bands before he joined Yes. He added that some of the music on the album was material he had had on hand for two or three years, and was written with some of the musicians who appear on the disc. He also attributed as major influences on the album's music and structure to the likes of Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell and other jazz experimentals. I then sought the answer that might dispell those nasty rumors about Yes breaking up as a result of their solo albums being worked on last year. ''It just seemed that the solo albums were something that each one of us felt had to be done. We planned it that way. We would go off tour ('75), record our albums, get back together and rehearse for our next album and tour. There was never any talk of us splitting up, nor were there any thoughts nf that either, he added. About the movie ''Yessongs,'' produced by Richard Ellman, White had mixed emotions. ''It was done a long time ago, almost four years or so.'' He continued on the reason why the stage was not the usual elaborate Yes stage show. ''The place was small. . . it was filmed at the Rainbow in London. We re- gard it as a piece of history, really, Rick (Wakeman) being in it and all,'' he concluded. White had earlier explained that Roger Dean designed the ''Lungfish'' lighting rack that hangs over their stage, giving an ethereal, cloudlike look to what would normally be an average light apparatus. He referred to its absence in the Yessong movie as not being conceived for its present role as part of their light show equipment. But the Lungfish's purpose and ef- fectiveness was beautifully displayed Saturday night. ******************* YES, FRAMPTON Rock Show Appealin By GARY LUCAS Bulletin Staff Writer ANAHEIM-- British rock group Yes put on a spectacular show Saturday at Anaheim Stadium before a sold-out house of 50,000-plus, playing a variety of their hits from the past five years. Stadium personnel and City police have become more polished in orchestrating these shows, molding this, the second in a five-concert series, into what has now become a familiar pattern: The multitude of music lovers is funneled into the Big-A where they are allowed to seat themselves festival-style wherever they can, and are permitted to enjoy the fantasyland at- mosphere unharrased by authorities. Unintimidated (as other Southland audiences have been in the past by Los Angeles police during the ill-fated Pink Floyd concert at the LA Coliseum), the young crowd was relaxed and generally well- behaved. Though crowd control has been refined, promoters Wolf and Rissmiller plus Stadium officials have not perfected diversionary entertainment between rock acts. Saturday's show was plagued with long, dull periods of nothingness during the bands' equipment changes. True, weight-lifters, parachutists and high wire performers provided some respite from the lulls, but these were short-lived events. The rock show opened with Gentle Giant, Capitol Records' recording artists, who have a well-rounded performance, featuring their classically-influenced, ''progressive'' music, much of it off their latest album, ''Interview.'' Warner Brothers' act Gary Wright followed with his ''Love Is Alive'' plus ''Dream Weaver,'' which went over well before enthusiastic onlookers. After Wright's lively music and action, there was a long lag and boredom as everyone waited the arrival of freefall skyjumpers. When the parachutists finally arrived, however, they gave a panache exhibition. A multitude of skydiv- ers made two runs over the Stadium, spiralling down from the heavens in colorful chutes of different designs, trailing plumes of varied-hued smoke. Peter Frampton, one of the hottest solo artists mak- ing personal appearances in the contemporary music field today, performed next, and his popularity was con- firmed by a wild, appreciative commotion by the audl- ence. Frampton an A&M Records man, proved himself a confident charismatic musician and singer on stage, and he seemed to enjoy playing live Saturday and had complete control of his viewers. By the time Yes appeared, the sun had set, and the crowd took advantage of the darkness and offered the now-traditional salute to the band by lighting matches, popping flash bulbs and waving popular green luminous flares. The current Yes tour features a set right out of ''Alice in Wonderland'' which includes illuminated fantasyland vegetation and a three-pronged, self- contained overhead lighting fixture (which reminded one of the Caterpillar in the ''Wonderland'' novel) plus lazer light beams. The Atlantic Records group give a lively show, and the crowd thoroughly enjoyed the performance. It has been reported Yes will begin work on a new album within the next two months, and it is hoped it will be released about the end of the year. ******************* Articles donated by Brian and Dawn