CIRCUS Magazine
November 26, 1976

NewYes LP From Switzerland

Their summer tour a huge success (reaching more
than 1.2 million people), Yes celebrated by going
into the recording studio in Montreux, Switzerland
to lay down tracks for the first new Yes group album
in nearly two years. As they entered the studio the
first week of October, they met Emerson, Lake and
Palmer, who were putting the finishing touches on
their own long-awaited LP.

The new Yes LP will contain six or seven songs,
to which Chris Squire, Pat Moraz, Jon Anderson,
Alan White and Steve Howe will all contribute.
"There won't be any 'concept' stuff on this album,"
says Chris Squire. "It should sound more like the
early Yes compositions, particularly the songs on
_Fragile_."

The recording sessions should take no more than
four weeks, since most of the music was already
written by the time the tour ended. The release date?
Atlantic Records is hoping for December, but figures
that the disc will surely be available by late Janu-
ary, 1977.

This is the tenth group LP for Yes. The group,
which was founded in 1969, has gone through a num-
ber of personnel changes; the only original members
left today are singer/songwriter Jon Anderson and
Chris Squire. Pat Moraz is the third keyboard man
the group has had.

Beyond this new LP (untitled as we went to
press), there's been talk of a new live Yes album.
There's good reason for the talk: during the three-
month long summer tour, the group was accompanied
by a crew that both recorded and filmed a number
of the shows. In fact, there is conjecture that they
may be thinking about putting out a full-length fea-
ture film (not simply a tour movie). In any case,
while in the Montreux studio, the group will be mix-
ing the summer recordings.