Fish Out Of Water

[True]

As it happens, I heard "You By My Side" on SiriusXM while in the car just a few hours ago - it had been a very long time since I had heard anything from FOOW on the radio.

I listened to the album a great deal in the year or two after its release. Now only occasionally, but a lot of it still sounds very good to me. I think the album might have had more lasting commercial success if Squire had hired a lead singer to sing on it. Chris was a very skilled singer but the sound of his voice never struck me as a lead singer's voice.

I remember seeing the film Rocky , which came out maybe a year or two after FOOW, and there was an orchestral theme in the soundtrack, which I imagine would be recognized by anyone who has seen the film - and I remember being in the theater and saying out loud that this bit of the Rocky music sounded very much like a section about halfway through "Safe(Canon Song)". And my friend sitting with me in the theater said "not everything has something to do with Yes, you know"
But, to this day, when I hear that section of Safe (CS), I still remember why I thought of it while watching Rocky for the first time. Maybe the Rocky composer was a Yes fan.

[pianozach]

I sold the cassette on Ebay a few months ago. Quite scarce, but not much demand - it was up for sale for months. Sold for about £10.

That's pretty good for a cassette though.

There's a neat feature on ebay: At the bottom of the left column where you can filter your search results by "Sold Items", so you see what items actually SOLD FOR rather than what people are ASKING FOR that item. This way you can see what people have already paid for an item you're thinking of listing.

In August someone sold `SQUIRE,CHRIS`-FISH OUT OF WATER-LIMITED 2CD/2DVD/1LP/2 X 7" SINGLES BOOK SEALED
Brand New for $26.85 (+ $3.95 shipping). In September an identical sealed set sold for $53.00 (+ $9.99 shipping).

Right now there's an unsealed FOOW cassette LISTED for $29.98.

[RelayerI]

I sold the cassette on Ebay a few months ago. Quite scarce, but not much demand - it was up for sale for months. Sold for about £10.

[pianozach]

I have come across

CHRIS SQUIRE

Fish Out Of Water

Atlantic SD 18159

White test pressing. ST-A-753512-A / ST 14? 753511-A. Presswell Records on label.

Could anyone give me some info on it, or how much it`s worth. If your interested make me an offer

It's certainly sellable, but by no means should you expect a "collector's" price from anyone. Yep, very likely very rare, by there's not really much of a market for Chris Squire collectables.

[bondegezou]

This album is so good that Squire simply could not make another. He was always, "Oh, I think I'll make another one next year" or something like that in interviews. But whatever he did ended up being used for Yes. Sure, he had Conspiracy, Squackett, a Christmas album. But no true second solo album. He never followed up FOOW. It outshines all or at least most other Yes solo endeavors. It was too good to be in any series of solo discography, it had to be the only one.

Squire talked about doing a second album throughout the '90s. The album he was referring to was what was eventually released as Conspiracy. That was his follow up. It might not be as good, but that's what he intended and did.

[RelayerI]

^ Sarcasm becomes you !

[Gilly Goodness]

I have come across

CHRIS SQUIRE

Fish Out Of Water

Atlantic SD 18159

White test pressing. ST-A-753512-A / ST 14? 753511-A. Presswell Records on label.

Could anyone give me some info on it, or how much it`s worth. If your interested make me an offer

Longtime lurker, first time poster, eh? Welcome aboard.
Now. Info? Chris Squire was a tall bass player with very big hands.

I'm interested. I'll give you 2 spondoolies for it.

[Soundwaveseeker]

This album is so good that Squire simply could not make another. He was always, "Oh, I think I'll make another one next year" or something like that in interviews. But whatever he did ended up being used for Yes. Sure, he had Conspiracy, Squackett, a Christmas album. But no true second solo album. He never followed up FOOW. It outshines all or at least most other Yes solo endeavors. It was too good to be in any series of solo discography, it had to be the only one.

[oldies45rpm]

I have come across

CHRIS SQUIRE

Fish Out Of Water

Atlantic SD 18159

White test pressing. ST-A-753512-A / ST 14? 753511-A. Presswell Records on label.

Could anyone give me some info on it, or how much it`s worth. If your interested make me an offer

[bondegezou]

This is an interesting way to make a mix. Here is what I have as my Squire heavy mix, but I'm sure Henry and Arno have some additional info:
Parallels
Onward
Future Times/Rejoice
OTSWOF
Tempus Fugit
Run Through The Light
Does It Really Happen
Leave It
It Can Happen
I'm Running
Lift Me Up
The More We Live
Love Conquers All
Real Love
Open Your Eyes
Fortune Seller
Red Light Ahead
Half A World Away
Man In The Moon
Mind Drive
Lightning Strikes
Give Love Each Day
Breaking Down Walls
Some Time, Some Way
Cathedral of Love
The Promise
Aliens
The Summer Backwards
Can't Stop The Rain
TMYAWMTB
Into The Storm
Gift of Love
The Game

These songs I hear Squire's writing influence pretty heavy or full on. I'm sure I might be wrong about some or forgot a few. But an interesting playlist I enjoy with Chris shinning brightly

Those are (mostly) Squire-heavy songs, but that wasn't quite Soundwaveseeker's question, which was on "Squire tracks [that] got absorbed into the collective and ended up as a Yes song". A lot of those Yes songs were by Squire, but were always intended for Yes. The exceptions there are material written for Mabel Greer's Toy Shop that was inherited by Yes (e.g. "Beyond & Before"); "Parallels", as discussed; material written for Cinema on 90125; material written with Sherwood were it wasn't necessarily clear whether the material would be for Yes initially ("The More We Live", "Love Conquers All") or where it was definitely intended for something else and folded into Yes ("Open Your Eyes", "Man in the Moon"); or material for a post-Syn solo project that ended up used by Yes ("The Man You...", "Gift of Love"/"The Game") or Squackett.

A few of those songs, I don't think Squire was that involved in writing them, although he made his mark in the arrangements. Syndestructible was largely written before Squire joined. I'm not certain "Give Love Each Day" was particularly Squire's. "Fortune Seller" was mainly Sherwood.

There's a lot of earlier Yes songs where Squire was a key writer: "Beyond and Before", "Looking Around", "Dear Father", "Perpetual Change", "ISAGP", "Heart of the Sunrise", "Sound Chaser" etc.

[Grey Wolf]

I would include "For Everyone" for its long lead vocal by Chris, and of couse that became part of "Starship Trooper". And I really love it. 😋

[Somis Sound]

That would be interesting to know which Squire tracks got absorbed into the collective and ended up as a Yes song. I know Parallels was written for FOOW but got held back for the next Yes album, GFTO. The Man You Always Wanted Me To Be I read was written with other Syn alumni with solo album or project in mind. Can You Imagine is another. I wonder what else?

This is an interesting way to make a mix. Here is what I have as my Squire heavy mix, but I'm sure Henry and Arno have some additional info:
Parallels
Onward
Future Times/Rejoice
OTSWOF
Tempus Fugit
Run Through The Light
Does It Really Happen
Leave It
It Can Happen
I'm Running
Lift Me Up
The More We Live
Love Conquers All
Real Love
Open Your Eyes
Fortune Seller
Red Light Ahead
Half A World Away
Man In The Moon
Mind Drive
Lightning Strikes
Give Love Each Day
Breaking Down Walls
Some Time, Some Way
Cathedral of Love
The Promise
Aliens
The Summer Backwards
Can't Stop The Rain
TMYAWMTB
Into The Storm
Gift of Love
The Game

These songs I hear Squire's writing influence pretty heavy or full on. I'm sure I might be wrong about some or forgot a few. But an interesting playlist I enjoy with Chris shinning brightly

[Soundwaveseeker]

Agree.

Although a good chunk of Drama is like Yes do Buggles, I'd say a good chunk is a lot like Buggles and Howe/White do Squire. And from Drama (or even GFTO) on, I could make a mix of the Squire heavy Yes/Conspiracy/Squackett/Syn songs that make up what might have been a lot from his missing solo album(s).

That would be interesting to know which Squire tracks got absorbed into the collective and ended up as a Yes song. I know Parallels was written for FOOW but got held back for the next Yes album, GFTO. The Man You Always Wanted Me To Be I read was written with other Syn alumni with solo album or project in mind. Can You Imagine is another. I wonder what else?

[Somis Sound]

Squire often started a solo album, but whatever he wrote got absorbed into a Yes album or some other project. If he was a little quicker at pumping out material, he may have had a few solo albums spread out throughout the years, but that wouldn't have been the Chris Squire we all love. I suppose he got around to stuff. But what there is of Chris' stuff is automatic listening for me, more so that any of the other 'pillar' members. His voice goes well with whatever other singers he works with - Anderson, Sherwood, Horn, Davison, Benoit, Steve Hackett or Steve Nardelli. He makes them all sound even better.

Agree.

Although a good chunk of Drama is like Yes do Buggles, I'd say a good chunk is a lot like Buggles and Howe/White do Squire. And from Drama (or even GFTO) on, I could make a mix of the Squire heavy Yes/Conspiracy/Squackett/Syn songs that make up what might have been a lot from his missing solo album(s).

[Soundwaveseeker]

Squire often started a solo album, but whatever he wrote got absorbed into a Yes album or some other project. If he was a little quicker at pumping out material, he may have had a few solo albums spread out throughout the years, but that wouldn't have been the Chris Squire we all love. I suppose he got around to stuff. But what there is of Chris' stuff is automatic listening for me, more so that any of the other 'pillar' members. His voice goes well with whatever other singers he works with - Anderson, Sherwood, Horn, Davison, Benoit, Steve Hackett or Steve Nardelli. He makes them all sound even better.