Best Kevin Mulryne Podcasts (2025)

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Ep 204 - Kevin Mulryne Interview: Tales from Topographic Oceans Yes Album Listening Guide 1:01:36

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We interview Yes Music Podcast's Kevin Mulryne, who recently released a book: Tales from Topographic Oceans Yes Album Listening Guide! You can order it at https://yesmusicbooks.com/ and check out http://yesmusicpodcast.com

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News Desk Edition 11/2/25 - Yesstuff Books, Asia 2026 Japan Tour, Wakeman & Son Warm-Up Gig & More 59:49

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Steven goes live with recent Yes-related news, including the Yesstuff books from the Gottlieb Brothers, calendars from Yes Music Books (with discount code), Asia's upcoming Japan tour dates, Jon Anderson Official YouTube channel status, Wakeman & Son's warm-up gig, and more. Note: The intro music does go on for the first seven minutes, due to it no…

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Trevor Rabin’s Star Licks video – 695 1:02:41

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusIn last week’s episode about Chris Squire’s Star Licks video, I was intrigued to notice that Trevor Rabin had also produced one and I had never watched it. Now that we are blessed with YouTube and the efforts of dedicated fans like, in this case, @YesSource, we can all enjoy w…

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Ep 208 - Jon Anderson's The Lost Tapes 1:09:11

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Happy birthday to Jon Anderson! Steven talks with Dan about his recently acquired box set, Jon Anderson's The Lost Tapes! This is something that Steven has wanted since he first found out about it in middle school, and for years was unable to order it while it was out of print, and then finally got it when he saw the listing on Bespoke Editions ove…

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Ep 207 - Adam Parrish Talks About Gordon Giltrap, Rick Wakeman & More 54:20

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Dan and Steven chat with keyboardist Adam Parrish! Hear about his gigs and check out his site https://adamparrishmusician.wordpress.com/ He has assisted on Rick Wakeman's crew before, has seen Rick's recent shows, and has performed with Gordon Giltrap! There's also some Yes music chat, and a fun bit of info regarding his sparkling outfit!…

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A Chris Squire Master Class – 694 59:06

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week Mark and I took a careful look at the iconic Chris Squire Star Licks video from 1990. Chris is at his relaxed and chatty best and shows off his skills, his guitars and his pedal board. It’s a wonderful time capsule of Yes goodness and Mark and I hugely enjoyed chatti…

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Ep 206 - Cyberian Khatru Review 55:38

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Dan and Steven review Cyberian Khatru, recently uploaded by Miguelbass here: ⁠https://youtu.be/3ky-74Fr1Xg?si=Ggps08Q8rpcRqjza⁠ Released in 2002, this project includes tracks by Yes fans to showcase "the sounds of alt.music.yes," an online newsgroup instrumental in bringing fans together in the early days of the internet. The cover artwork was also…

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Ep 205 - Reviewing Rick Wakeman's Melancholia 25:27

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We review Rick Wakeman's latest piano album, Melancholia! In Rick's own words, "Though often misunderstood as mere sadness, melancholia - as Wakeman himself notes - is more textured, more intricate. It is a temperament as much as a mood: sensitive, thoughtful, loyal, creatively driven, deeply analytical, and quietly steadfast. That richer definitio…

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The Drama is Live – 693 45:57

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusAfter the emergence online of another Drama Tour video - with sound - by James Ferrani on YouTube, Mark and I took a careful look at his 2 videos from consecutive days on the 1980 Drama Tour that featured Buggles men Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes. There are at least 2 revelatio…

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News Desk Edition - Steve Howe's Signals Crossed EP, Roger Dean Campaigns, ProgStock & More 1:09:59

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Steven does a Yesshift News Desk Edition, sharing reminders of Roger Dean shirt and stamp campaigns that are ending soon, the announcement of Steve Howe's upcoming EP Signals Crossed, thoughts on the streams from ProgStock he was able to watch, and more!

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Ep 203 - Remembering John Lodge 15:32

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This morning, we awoke to the news of the passing of John Lodge. Music fans know of his long history with The Moody Blues. Yes fans may have seen him on the 2019 Royal Affair Tour and know that he was Jon Davison's father-in-law. Feel free to comment any memories you may have of John Lodge.

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Yessport (or Yessports) – 692 1:02:33

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusFollowing a suggestion from the latest member of the Patreon YMP group, Thomas DeVries, Mark and I delved into Yes sporting links this week. It was great fun to learn about all the ways in which music and sport have collided over the decades and we were helped out by several k…

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Steven's Vinyl Adventures - The Absence of Presence by Kansas + Rush Reformation News 33:33

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Billy Sherwood talks about Fragile 2025, his gear and new Yes music PLUS our first reactions to the Yes setlist – 691 56:33

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week it was a pleasure to welcome Billy Sherwood to the YMP once again. We spoke to him just before a rehearsal at Mickey’s Black Box rehearsal facility as the band prepared for the 2025 Fragile Tour of the US. Since that conversation, Yes have played 2 concerts. We spoke…

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Steven's Vinyl Adventures - Circling from Above by Styx 28:29

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Ahead of the Todd Sucherman Fan Q&A on October 1st, 12pm PDT over at http://www.DrumTalkTVBrilliance.com Steven talks about his vinyl copy of the latest Styx album Circling from Above!

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News Desk Edition 9/27/25 - Strawbs Documentary Update, Cyberian Khatru Resurfaces & More 43:44

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Steven goes through the pile of Yes and Yes-related news as of late! Yes have posted a couple clips of their rehearsals, there is at last an update about the Strawbs Documentary The Magic of It All, Alan White's Ramshackled has now been reissued, Miguelbass uploaded a piece of alt music yes history in the form of the 2CD Cyberian Khatru, and more!…

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Dave Watkinson’s financial forensic detective work in the Yes archives – 690 37:45

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week, Mark and I spoke to the redoubtable David Watkinson who has published another fabulous Yessay (see what he did there?) on Forgotten-Yesterdays.com. This time, it’s about a subject that might appear a bit dry - the band’s accounts books from 1969-1970. In fact, there…

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Ep 202 - Derek Shulman Interview: New Book Giant Steps 51:15

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Derek Shulman of Gentle Giant joins us again, this time to talk about his new book Giant Steps, which comes out November 14th in the UK and December 2nd in North America! The book is a great read, reflecting on his early life, work as a musician, and work as a record executive! You can pre-order here: https://gentlegiantband.com/blogs/news/giantste…

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Steven's Vinyl Adventures - Nexus by Virgil & Steve Howe 15:30

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Steven talks about his recently acquired vinyl copy of Nexus, an album by Steve Howe and his son the late great Virgil Howe. Give this music a spin on what would have been Virgil's 50th birthday.

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Steven's Venue Adventures - Doll Hut in Anaheim September 20, 2025 24:08

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Steven recounts his experience going to the Doll Hut in Anaheim and seeing/hearing bands perform there September 20, 2025. Bands booked for that night included Dead Never Sleep, Fake Band Practice, The Clowns, Weaponized, Cheeseball, Carpit, Tragic Radicals, and Reincarnates. Steven was not able to see all of them, but shares what he can about the …

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The earliest online Yes conversations with Henry Potts – 689 48:58

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusIn a different kind of time travel this week, Mark and I welcomed Henry Potts back onto the show to talk about his recollections of the first Yes online discussions he was involved with in the early 1990s. After I posted some photos of the Yes fanzines I have in my collection …

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News Desk Edition 9/18/25 - Yes' Fragile UK Tour Dates, Wakeman & Son US Tour Dates & More 50:22

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Steven goes over some news of the past couple weeks, including Yes' Fragile UK tour dates, Wakeman & Son's US tour dates, DBA's sixth album, a limited edition Jon Anderson item, a Yes song appearing in a Netflix documentary, and more!

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Steven's Vinyl Adventures - Playing the Fool for the City 32:26

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It's a double feature on this episode of Steven's Vinyl Adventures on Yesshift, as Steven talks about the 50th anniversary re-release of Foghat's Fool for the City (which includes extra live tracks), and Gentle Giant's recent archival release Playing the Fool: The Complete Live Experience! Find these at the links below.Fool for the City: https://ww…

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Ep 201 - Reviewing Steve Howe's Portraits of Bob Dylan and Natural Timbre 44:41

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We review the reissued Steve Howe solo albums Portraits of Bob Dylan (1999) and Natural Timbre (2001). Between the two of these albums, featured musicians include Dylan Howe, Jon Anderson, Geoff Downes, Annie Haslam, Andrew Pryce Jackman, and more! Get the albums here: https://cargorecordsdirect.co.uk/collections/vendors…

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Ep 200 - Your Top 10 Prog Rock Bands (Apart from Yes) 49:49

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We read people's lists of their top 10 prog rock bands apart from Yes! Tell us yours! What a way to celebrate episode 200!

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6 reasons Talk is a great Yes album 32:16

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week, Mark and I considered what makes Talk from 1994 a great Yes album. The final Yes record featuring Trevor Rabin was a tour-de-force of progressive rock in many ways but what do you think Mark and I chose as our reasons to focus on? Perhaps we chose the same aspects a…

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Steven's Vinyl Adventures - Life in the Wires by Frost* 30:37

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Steven talks about his vinyl copy of the 2024 Frost* album Life in the Wires. Hear what he has to say about it!

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Deep Cuts outside Yes – 687 1:01:10

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusMark and I spent some time this week searching through both our memory banks and our shelves of Yes related records. We wanted to uncover and promote some lesser-known deep cuts on albums that Yes men have been involved with outside the main group.We each came up with 3 songs …

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News Desk Edition 9/01/25 - Fly from Here - Return Trip Super Deluxe Edition & More 56:58

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It's 90125 Day in the US! Steven begins the month with another Yesshift News Desk Edition. Topics on this episode include:-Fly from Here - Return Trip Super Deluxe Edition-Additions to the Cruise to the Edge lineup-Recent and upcoming Wakeman men activities-And MORE!

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Steven's Vinyl Adventures - Yes' Tales from Topographic Oceans 20:14

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In honor of Roger Dean's birthday, Steven talks a little about his vinyl copy of Tales from Topographic Oceans, which has one of the most iconic Roger Dean covers!

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Steve Howe talks about his solo re-releases PLUS ‘Yes Guess Who’! – 686 1:02:11

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusIn a truly epic episode this week, I had a lovely conversation with Steve Howe about the re-release of two of his solo albums, Portraits of Bob Dylan and Natural Timbre. Then, Mark and I enjoyed goofing around asking each other to guess the Yes men being referred to in various…

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Steven's Vinyl Adventures - Yes' Drama 35:18

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Steven talks about his vinyl copy of Yes' Drama album and reads the rest of the fan comments on Drama that were not read on the show last week! And happy birthday to Geoff Downes!

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Ep 199 - Looking Back at Play for Chris 11 with Miguel Falcão (miguelbass) 1:09:22

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Miguel Falcão (miguelbass) joins us once again as we look back at Play for Chris 11 and showcase excerpts from it (including our own)! If you haven't seen the video with all the submissions, check it out here: https://youtu.be/LN0YL1ezlIk?si=Jsb54F8DgYuxIGjM And find him at miguelbass.com

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Ep 198 - Talking About ProgStock with Tom Palmieri and Ann Rinaldi 54:16

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Ann Rinaldi and Tom Palmieri join us to talk about ProgStock, the annual prog rock festival featuring various artists! ProgStock is the American Northeast's only international progressive rock festival, and it'll take place October 9-12, 2025 in Rutherford, New Jersey. It will feature such artists as Annie Haslam, Rachel Flowers, Derek Shulman, Pat…

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Ep 197 - 45 Years of Drama 59:33

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Dan and Steven celebrate 45 years of Drama by talking about the album's music, the lineup, its place in Yes history, and what fans have to say about it! And if you haven't watched it, check out this footage from a Philadelphia show on the Drama Tour that has surfaced recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbcQTITKOc&pp=ygUbeWVzIGRyYW1hIHRvdXIga…

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Yes Authenticity – 685 37:52

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusIt was great to think a little about what might make up Yes’ authenticity this week. Is it possible to define what makes the output of a band - or any kind of artistic endeavour 'authentic’? Rather than try and come up with a definition of authenticity (which is probably a lof…

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Ep 196 - 11 Prog Rock Bands and Their 5 Most Collected Albums on Discogs 52:48

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On this episode, we react to the stats collected for this recent Loudwire article titled The Most Collected Albums By 11 Big Prog Rock Bands (on Discogs): https://loudwire.com/most-collected-prog-rock-albums-discogs/ Do any of the results surprise you? Join the discussion!

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Yes Time Machine – Support Bands Edition – 684 43:31

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week Mark and I set off once again in our YMP Yes Time Machines, this time to visit Yes concerts that also featured fascinating support bands, or bands on the same bill that we would loved to have seen.According to the essential Forgotten Yesterdays website, there have be…

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Ep 195 - John Perez of Close to the Yes Talks About Progapalooza 1:00:56

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John Perez, drummer of Close to the Yes, a Texas-based Yes tribute band, joins us on Yesshift again! This time, he's here to talk about an upcoming event called Progapalooza, which includes a few other tribute bands as well: Clockwork Angels (a tribute to Rush), Schizoid Men (a tribute to King Crimson), The Zeppelin Project! Check out the event her…

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News Desk Edition - August 4, 2025 - Steve Howe Solo Album Reissues & More 27:44

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On this Yesshift News Desk Edition, Steven talks about Steve Howe's Portraits of Bob Dylan and Natural Timbre getting reissues (And happy birthday to Dylan Howe who plays drums on them!), King Crimson reissuing In the Wake of Poseidon and Lizard, an Asia charity gig, a bit about Play for Chris 11, and more!…

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Fragile Solo Songs Revisited – 683 43:12

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week, Mark and I discussed the 'solo' songs on Fragile. Each band member contributed an individual project, some with more success than others. The style and approaches used by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe and Squire are very different and they certainly prompted an i…

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Are there any short Yes epics? – 682 38:34

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week Mark and I had all sorts of fun thinking about whether there are any short Yes epics - or if this idea is even possible. We set ourselves the restriction of only choosing Yes songs less than 6mins in duration so can you guess what we came up with and how we justified…

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Ep 194 - 55 Years' Time and a Word About It 49:39

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We celebrate 55 years of the second Yes album Time and a Word! What do you think of this album? Any favorite tracks? What's its legacy? Tune in to the discussion!

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Ep 193 - Craig Maher Interview: exo-X-xeno Album Luminous Voyage 51:11

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Craig Maher, guitarist of exo-X-xeno, joins Steven on Yesshift to talk about the new album Luminous Voyage, which also features Patrick Moraz, Jay Schellen, and Billy Sherwood! Get the album here: https://www.exo-x-xeno.com/store

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Six reasons why 90125 is a great Yes album – 681 35:58

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Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey CreceliusThis week, Mark and I returned to the show to talk about the Yes classic album, 90125 from 1983. It is clearly, we believe, a great album but what makes it a great Yes album? It wasn’t originally going to be a Yes album at all and only became one at the last possible moment wh…

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Ep 192 - Gordon Giltrap Interview: Starfield 1:00:58

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Guitarist Gordon Giltrap joins us for an interview about his EP Starfield, which you can get here: https://www.giltrap.co.uk/cds/f/CDs/6230/ Yes fans may also know Giltrap collaborated with Rick Wakeman on their 2010 album From Brush & Stone, as well as with Oliver Wakeman on 2013's Ravens & Lullabies, even performing together on what was later rel…

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Steven's Vinyl Adventures - Yes' Self-Titled Debut Album 20:06

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Steven talks about his vinyl copy of Yes' self-titled debut album he acquired recently!

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Steven's Venue Adventures - Stick Men at The Baked Potato 26:16

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Steven recaps his experience seeing Stick Men perform at The Baked Potato July 14, 2025. With Tony Levin having to sit out some shows for medical reasons, Janek Gwizdala filled in for him, playing alongside Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter. Steven also acquired the latest Stick Men CD Brutal, as well as a CD titled KOMARA II, which features Mastelo…

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Steven's Venue Adventures - Travis Larson and ProgJect at Alvas Showroom 40:02

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Steven reviews the show he saw at Alvas Showroom in San Pedro, which included guitarist Travis Larson as the opening act, followed by the ProgJect, consisting of Alessandro Del Vecchio (vocals), Mike Keneally (guitar, vocals), Ryo Okumoto (keyboards), Pete Griffin bass, guitar, keys, vocals), and Jonathan Mover (drums, vocals) performing '70s (and …

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Ep 191 - Yesshift 4-Year Anniversary Show 1:05:05

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We celebrate four years of Yesshift! You'll hear them zoom through multiple topics: reminiscing about the podcast, giving a nod to the late percussionist Luis Jardim (who worked with Trevor Horn), our copies of Prog Magazine 160 (the one honoring Chris Squire), Yes' 2000 Masterworks Tour, the CD and DVD contents of Yes - The Early Broadcasts, Rick …