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"Wonderous Stories" is a song by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in September 1977 as the first single from their eighth studio album, Going for the One. It was written by lead vocalist Jon Anderson , who gained inspiration for the song one morning during his stay in Montreux , Switzerland where the band recorded the album.
The album spawned two singles, both released in 1977. "Wonderous Stories" was released with "Parallels" as the B-side [42] which peaked at number 7 in the UK singles chart. To help promote the song, Yes filmed their first music video for the song which received airplay on the BBC television music show Top of the Pops. It remains the band's ...
Time and a Word is the second studio album by English rock band Yes, first released in the UK on 24 July 1970 and later in the US on 2 November 1970 by Atlantic Records. [2] It was put together several months after the release of the band's 1969 eponymous debut , during which they continued to tour heavily and recorded Time and a Word between ...
90125 is the eleventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 7 November 1983 by Atco Records. [5] After Yes disbanded in 1981, following the Drama (1980) tour, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Alan White and Trevor Rabin (guitarist, singer, songwriter) formed Cinema, and began recording an album with original Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye, who had been fired in 1971.
Parallels", "Going for the One", and "Wonderous Stories" were recorded on 24 November 1977 at Ahoy-Hal in Rotterdam during the 1977 tour in support of Going for the One (1977). [3] "Time and a Word" and "Don't Kill the Whale" are from the Wembley Arena in London from the Tormato tour. The latter was recorded by the BBC using the Manor Mobile ...
Main articles: List of Yes concert tours (1960s–70s), List of Yes concert tours (2000s–10s), and List of Yes concert tours (2020s) The English progressive rock band Yes has toured for five decades. The band played live from its creation in Summer 1968. Their first overseas shows were in Belgium and the Netherlands in June 1969. They played regularly through December 1980, with the band ...
The Ladder saw Yes write an album collectively for the first time in a while; one of the conditions they agreed upon was that if a member contributed a song of theirs, the band would not use it. Sections of songs were then brought in and combined with another, particularly if they were not complete to allow them to be worked on further. [ 7 ]
During this time Moraz also played on Steve Howe's album Beginnings (1975) and Chris Squire's album Fish Out of Water (1975). Moraz travelled to Brazil and incorporated Brazilian rhythms and musicians on The Story of I, giving it a world music flavour. Afterward he reconvened with Yes for their 1976 North American tour, where the band headlined ...