Marketing Idiocy

[Q]

While conceding that this is, overall, a wonderful 2-disc set (see my Nov 1997 review in the Louisville Courier-Journal), it has got to be the marketing blunder of the decade for Yes.

The studio tracks here are so distinctive, so well-crafted, and so much an identity statement for the reformed classic line-up, that to bundle them as filler in the second volume of a live set was a thoroughly bubble-headed move.

Don't bother pointing out the badly mis-sequenced Keystudio - it's far after the fact, poorly packaged and the simple truth is that Yes missed an opportunity here to give this music the chance it deserved to join the catalog in a more appropriate position. Stupid, stupid move.

[jcostello]

I agree with the Keys comments. I think whoever was in charge of the "three versions of Magnification" conspiracy also is a greedy dunderhead. Why didn't they release a compleate show of the Masterworks tour with Magnification (so nobody would have to get three copies of the album, instead of one, which is all you need), or do a complete Masterworks show as a separate release.

Peace, Love, and Someone in the Yes Camp is the Village Idiot and the Weakest Link! Goodbye,

John C.

[RobAdams]

I suppose we can add YES IN A WORD to this list of marketing idiocy. I can't get too excited about buying the same music over and over and over just to get a small handful of otherwise unavailable tracks.

YESYEARS was pretty much the same deal, only a little more generous with 'rare tracks'.

Someone tell YES that they don't need anymore compilations. Open the vaults for us dedicated fans.

KEYSTUDIO should have been the KEYS TO ASCENSION album.
The live tracks should have been on another album not connected to KEYS.

[jcostello]

And they still haven't released a complete San Luis Obispo show in one package. You have to get Keys 1 and Keys 2. That Yes "Extended Versions" thing is a joke; why bother us if it's not the complete show?

Peace, Love, and Who Makes These Decisions for Yes?,

John C.