The Word Is Live
The Word Is Live | ||||
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Box set by Yes | ||||
Released | 23 August 2005 | |||
Recorded | 12 March 1970–19 February 1988 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 3:49:40 | |||
Label | Rhino | |||
Producer | Steve Woolard | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Word Is Live is a box set by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in August 2005 by Rhino Records. A triple album, the set is compiled of live recordings from radio broadcasts and concert tours between 1970 and 1988, mostly from guitarist Steve Howe's tape collection.[2]
Background
Many of the tracks were originally broadcast on radio shows and have been bootlegged extensively. In these, it is often the case that the radio show's final mix was the only mix available so few improvements in quality could be done for the release. While a few of the recordings (mostly those from the 1980 tour) do feature a less-than-polished quality to them, The Word Is Live is still considered a fine document of Yes in a concert setting.
The box set also comes with a 52-page book containing images and stories by Yes fans and praising retroperspectives from artists such as John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Geddy Lee of Rush. The opening for the book was written by Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
The set includes several pieces not originally released as studio recordings by Yes, including "It's Love", an extended cover of a song by The Young Rascals, and "Go Through This" and "We Can Fly from Here" from the tour to support Drama, but which were not released on that album. The latter would eventually be reworked and released thirty-one years later in the album Fly from Here.
The title is a pun on the lyric, "(and) the word is love", from their song "Time and a Word".
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and location | Length |
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1. | "Then" | Jon Anderson | 12 March 1970, BBC Studios, London on John Peel's Sunday Show | 5:25 |
2. | "For Everyone" | Anderson, Chris Squire | 12 March 1970 | 4:44 |
3. | "Astral Traveller" | Anderson | 24 January 1971, Konserthuset, Gothenburg | 7:24 |
4. | "Everydays" | Stephen Stills | 24 January 1971 | 11:01 |
5. | "Yours Is No Disgrace" | Anderson, Squire, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye, Bill Bruford | 31 July 1971, Crystal Palace, London | 11:45 |
6. | "I've Seen All Good People"
| Anderson, Squire | 31 July 1971 | 7:52 |
7. | "America" | Paul Simon | 31 July 1971 | 16:21 |
8. | "It's Love" | Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati | 31 July 1971 | 11:07 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and location | Length |
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1. | "Apocalypse" | Anderson, Squire, Howe, Bruford | 17 August 1976, Cobo Arena, Detroit | 3:08 |
2. | "Siberian Khatru" | Anderson, Howe, Rick Wakeman | 17 August 1976 | 10:10 |
3. | "Sound Chaser" | Anderson, Squire, Howe, Patrick Moraz, Alan White | 17 August 1976 | 11:17 |
4. | "Sweet Dreams" | Anderson, David Foster | 10 May 1975, Loftus Road Stadium, London | 6:22 |
5. | "Future Times/Rejoice" | Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White | 8 October 1978, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland | 6:59 |
6. | "Circus of Heaven" | Anderson | 8 October 1978 | 4:52 |
7. | "The Big Medley"
| Anderson, Foster, Squire | 5 October 1978, The Forum, Inglewood | 25:53 |
8. | "Hello Chicago" | Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White | 10 June 1979, International Amphitheatre, Chicago | 2:11 |
9. | "Roundabout" | Anderson, Howe | 10 June 1979 | 8:42 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and location | Length |
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1. | "Heart of the Sunrise" | Anderson, Squire, Bruford | 8 October 1978 | 10:56 |
2. | "Awaken" | Anderson, Howe | 10 June 1979 | 17:53 |
3. | "Go Through This" | Steve Howe | 6 September 1980, Madison Square Gardens, New York City | 4:21 |
4. | "We Can Fly from Here" | Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn | 6 September 1980 | 6:46 |
5. | "Tempus Fugit" | Downes, Horn, Howe, Squire, White | 6 September 1980 | 5:53 |
6. | "Rhythm of Love" | Anderson, Squire, Trevor Rabin, Kaye | 19 February 1988, The Summit, Houston | 6:42 |
7. | "Hold On" | Anderson, Squire, Rabin | 19 February 1988 | 7:24 |
8. | "Shoot High, Aim Low" | Anderson, Squire, Rabin, Kaye, White | 19 February 1988 | 8:27 |
9. | "Make It Easy / Owner of a Lonely Heart" | Anderson, Squire, Rabin, Horn | 19 February 1988 | 6:09 |
Personnel
- Jon Anderson – lead vocals (1.1 – 3.2, 3.6 – 3.9)
- Peter Banks – guitar, backing vocals (1.1 – 1.2)
- Bill Bruford – drums (1.1 – 1.8)
- Tony Kaye – keyboards (1.1 – 1.8, 3.6 – 3.9)
- Chris Squire – bass, backing vocals (all)
- Steve Howe – guitar, backing vocals (1.3 – 3.5)
- Rick Wakeman – keyboards (2.5 – 3.2)
- Alan White – drums (2.1 – 3.9)
- Patrick Moraz – keyboards (2.1 – 2.4)
- Geoff Downes – keyboards (3.3 – 3.5)
- Trevor Horn – lead vocals (3.3 – 3.5)
- Trevor Rabin – guitar, backing vocals (3.6 – 3.9)
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- Tales from Topographic Oceans
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- House of Yes: Live from House of Blues
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- In the Present – Live from Lyon
- Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome
- Progeny: Highlights from Seventy-Two
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- Topographic Drama – Live Across America
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- "Leave It"
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- "Rhythm of Love"
- "Lift Me Up"
- "Saving My Heart"
- "Make It Easy"
- "The Calling"
- "Walls"
- "Open Your Eyes"
- "Lightning Strikes"
- "We Can Fly"
- "Yours Is No Disgrace"
- "Starship Trooper"
- "I've Seen All Good People"
- "South Side of the Sky"
- "Five Per Cent for Nothing"
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- "Heart of the Sunrise"
- "Close to the Edge"
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- "The Gates of Delirium"
- "Run with the Fox"
- "Changes"
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- "The Solution"
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