What is your rating of Yesshows?

[BrianD]

This has been done before but not in a way to keep track of the scores - hopefully this will overcome that by allowing you to choose one score per album.

You can base your evaluation on any version of the album

[MARS]

It's OK. Not my best live album. 7

[True Believer]

Gave it an 8.

[YesfanAndy]

A 7. Good points - Live versions of GOD and Ritual - Bad Points - Not long enough. This should have been a triple album and a complete concert from the 78-79 shows. Nice artwork though.

[heartofthesunrise]

Not a bad effort, though I'd reach for Yessongs 9 times out of ten before Yesshows.

[yessongs72]

Not a bad effort, though I'd reach for Yessongs 9 times out of ten before Yesshows.

I relate to that, I give it a 8.

[cinderella]

I'll give it a 7. Not a favorite.

I don't like Going For The One or Don't Kill The Whale or Parallels.

[YesJen357]

Better than many of my 'boots' in sound quality.
Only a personal preference, but for a live recording, I'd rather the magic of one show, than a collection of songs from different arena's spliced together.

[Albedo]

I give it a 7. Live GofD and Ritual are terrific, the rest is OK.

[Whitefish]

I gave it a 7.

Sounds okay. Sound like they cut "Time and Word" into Going for the One" . Maybe that was how they did it, but it does not sound like it was how they did it. Sounds like a huge edit. And I do not like how they split "Ritual" over 2 sides on the LP. But I guess there was no choice. What they should have done is given it a whole side.

I read in "Yesstories" that everyone did not approve of this album and Chris did it on his own after Yes broke up.

[BrianD]

I gave it a 7.

Sounds okay. Sound like they cut "Time and Word" into Going for the One" . Maybe that was how they did it, but it does not sound like it was how they did it. Sounds like a huge edit. And I do not like how they split "Ritual" over 2 sides on the LP. But I guess there was no choice. What they should have done is given it a whole side.

I read in "Yesstories" that everyone did not approve of this album and Chris did it on his own after Yes broke up.

You are correct about Time and a Word - it actually was the first part of the medley and segued into Long Distance Runaround.

[Earl Grey]

Before we had bootlegs, we had Yesshows.

I give it a nine!

Awaken would made it a ten.

:ele:

[ndselwood]

Its pretty good - liked it a helluva lot when first released.

Gets an 8 from me

[BrianD]

Yesshows currently rates 7.2

[BrianD]

after 22 votes, an average of 7.27

[nicmin64]

Great live performace whe they were at ther best.

[gathernear]

I love it, my favorite version of Gates is there. I couldn't give it a 10. I gave it a 9, since no one else has, but Earl said he did.


Larry

[Purple Wolfhound]

This album definitely has the best live version of Ritual I have ever heard. Gates, too. I wish the recording could have been better, though. I'll give it an 8.

[BrianD]

This album was a disappointment to me after Yessongs. I wasn't surprised to later find out that the released version was not sanctioned by the band.

[Store Hadji]

I gave it an 8.

Though it's not really an Album Proper. It is not a representative live set.

It's more like Yessongs 2 - or Yessongs The Update.

That Quebec 79 concert blows this official release out of the water.

[hailhail]

Gave it 9/10

agree with others it should have been a triple album

Love Gates and Jon`s vocal on Soon

Ritual is awesome

[Jackaranda]

I like what hots said, but I'd still give it a 9. Yessongs is a 10+. Those versions of Gates and Ritual are priceless, especially with Moraz on them.

[MrZuLu]

this particular rendition of "gates" is the hottest rendition I have ever heard.IMHO

I remember when I bought it... Las Vegas... it was the morning I first dated a girl that was my steady for 20 years... I made the mistake of asking her hand...
haven't seen nor heard from her since

[JL]

Gave it a 9. The version of Gates alone justifies that.

[BrianD]

On January 7 2006 after 52 votes Yesshows average is 7.62

[BrianD]

On July 1 2008 after 54 votes average 7.69

[Steve Mahoney]

An 8 from him.

[orpheus]

I rated it 8 too. Parallels, Ritual and Gates are excellent the rest probably great if you were there but the recording loses something

[Senor Mono]

8+

my favorite next to Symphonic

[CybrKhatru]

Gave it a 9.

This one would benefit from a remix. The music, however, is stellar.