Books about Yes & Books about Yes Lyrics?

[brianos]

Here are the Yes books on my shelf, gathered over about 35 years. I think all titles have been mentioned already!

[Susanne]

Have had this one sitting on my shelf for several years but never finished it (streaming TV-induced Laziness, more than anything !)

I also have this one, but haven't read it, yet. I'm saving it. For what, I don't know...

[carlmarx38]

Read every page of this one, though (maybe because it cost me $50 on Ebay !)

[carlmarx38]

Have had this one sitting on my shelf for several years but never finished it (streaming TV-induced Laziness, more than anything !)

[Ash Armstrong]

Favourite one is Dan Hedges, charmingly written and constructed. Sadly it stopps after Drama, he should have continued...

And then of course Bill Martin, I often use it, it is like "Junior Woodchucks' Guide Book" to me.

Nice photo of Jon skinning up, Yes Album session at Advision I think...

[PeterCologne]

Favourite one is Dan Hedges, charmingly written and constructed. Sadly it stopps after Drama, he should have continued...

And then of course Bill Martin, I often use it, it is like "Junior Woodchucks' Guide Book" to me.

[Ash Armstrong]

that's pretty sweet, definitely qualifies you to be a SMYF (Super Mega Yes Fan).......how many tours have you seen them Live ?

Only thing I'm confused about, where were you during the crazy 20-year run of the original Yesfans.com ?

How many tours? Fewer than I might have liked, as some of them didn't come to Europe, like the Solos tour in 1976, Masterworks in 2000. I didn't go to the 90125 shows, and Big Generator and Talk also didn't come here, though I probably wouldn't have attended them.

First tour was Tales, November 1973. Just one show, and my first ever rock concert. I'd never heard anything that loud before!
After that was Relayer (6), Going For The One (3), Tormato (2), ABWH (3), Union (4), Open Your Eyes (6), The Ladder (5), Symphonic (5), Full Circle (2), 3 Albums (1), ARW (1).

I was on Yesfans on and off from 2005, or possibly from the year before, under a few different names. It could get heated very quickly, and I didn't respond well, carried it around in my head for days at a time. Mainly the sort of challenge along the line of 'How can you be a Yesfan if you think that about this, why are you even here....'. Over and done with now. Thankfully, there's none of kind of thing here.

Still not made up my mind about the forthcoming tour. In part it depends on whether I secure work in the next month or so, though a friend has a ticket I can have for the Albert Hall show in June. However, since that will almost certainly necessitate staying overnight in London, that too is wage-labour dependent.

[carlmarx38]

More images from my first Yesbook...

that's pretty sweet, definitely qualifies you to be a SMYF (Super Mega Yes Fan).......how many tours have you seen them Live ?

Only thing I'm confused about, where were you during the crazy 20-year run of the original Yesfans.com ?

[Ash Armstrong]

More images from my first Yesbook...

[Ash Armstrong]

My First Yesbook !

Pulled this old thing off my bookshelf last night. Startling to realise I'd written it 45 years ago. I used an Osmoroid fountain pen with an italic nib.
So, the Dan Hedges' book was not my first Yesbook, the one I wrote myself was! This probably makes me a bit of a fan....

[Ceasar’s Palace]

I’d love a Yes book done like the Beatles Anthology. I suppose it would have to cover only the Atlantic years.

[Soundwaveseeker]

Bill's autobiography is well worth checking out, lots of wit and humor.

Also have Peter Banks autobiog, here you can read his career and about some of the less talked about moments like how Flash imploded and split up in the middle of a tour. I'm not sure if that's even available anymore. There's also a Yes book called Endless Dream: 70's 80's 90's, I forget who wrote that one, I'm too lazy to go to the bookshelf to fish it out right now. That one goes into the post 70's years for a large chunk of the book, but is a bit critical of Billy Sherwood. Decent reads, most of them. Not so much into some books' retelling of the same Yes story, or books that just cut and paste the same quotes and pages of the same discographies. I kinda like the ones with a different angle.

[Gilly Goodness]

Was there ever a doubt that Ash would have the most packed book shelf?!?!? 😉

And stories about meeting the actual people....

8. Ash Armstrong "Brushes with the Music Industry".
Faber and Faber 2022

[Gtkgasman]

Nice shelf Ash.

1. Martin book. Some good insights esp. about lyrics but tad pretentious. He's some kind of Marxist professor. Not that there's anything wrong with that

2. Welch book. He was there. Tad sycophantic.

3. Morse book. Recycled quotes but got it before I had heard Talk and Union so was enthralled by the info on them. A lot of neg comments were proven right.

4. Haven't read Bill's but like his dry sense of humour.

5. Steve's book is not very racy. Factual. Lots of guitar tech. Had a first wife.

6. Roger's books are great. My favourite landscape artist.

7. Don't forget the Special magazines like Uncut. Loads of great old articles. Photos.

Was there ever a doubt that Ash would have the most packed book shelf?!?!? 😉

[ragtime]

I had Dan Hedges, Yes: The Authorized Biography years ago. I'm not sure where it is now. I probably lent it to someone ... I have Bruford's autobiography, which is a good read - intelligent, critical analysis and sardonic, witty commentary on the modern music industry and his own contribution to it