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I purchased "The Yes Album" back in '80, my first Experience with Yes. I was very pleased, but never pursued the band any further until their '83 "90125" release. Till a few weeks ago that still was pretty much my entire knowledge and Xperience with Yes. A friend mentioned how they had really enjoyed Yes back in the day. It peeked my interest and I started looking through their catalog. I saw this five album (cd) compilation and thought for the price it was a bargain and would give me some more Xposure in which to judge Yes by. I want to qualify the following comments by first saying I really have never been a big Yes fan. "Going For The One" '77 was a very competent well put together album. Found it hard to believe that I'd never heard anything from it before. I think anyone who likes "The Yes Album" would enjoy this release. There may not be anything quite as good as "The Yes Album" material on this release, but it’s very listenable. I like it. "Tormato" '78: The fact is, the album cover on this album is probably what turned me off from Xploring more of the Yes catalog back in my college years ('80s). Not that this says anything about the music on this album, but I just detested that cover. After listening to it, I really can't say anything bad about it...maybe not up to "The Yes Album" standards, but really not bad. I forgot to mention, I recently listened to "Close To The Edge" '72...and I do see why their fan base is not as pleased with these later '70s releases, but "Tormato" does stand on its own merit. "Drama" '80: I already had a preconceived notion that I would not really care for this album due to Anderson & Wakeman not being a part of it. I'm sure there are many a Yes fan who are not happy with this album, but I was pleasantly surprised with how much harder or heavier it sounded, while still retaining the basic Yes feel. This is my favorite find of the package deal. "90125" '83: This is just an awesome album, it veers from the early '70s Yes as it is more radio hits friendly than the long three or four part songs they had become known for. "Big Generator" '87: This is similar in make up to "90125", but just not as strong. Where almost every song on '90125" got some radio play on the AOR stations..."Big Generator" really only had a couple, maybe three songs that got much rotation on the radio stations I recall listening to during its release. I think for anyone who either knows they like Yes and just want to build their catalog or anyone who's unfamiliar and wants to find out for themselves...this is a good buy, good price for 4 good and 1 great album. Please know, that all but "Big Generator" were remastered and have bonus material back in 2003, but they will cost a little more. I actually liked what I heard so much, I'm probably going to go back and get the remastered versions with bonus material.Read full review
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People who still tuned in the 60s, should listen to them; their sound is unique and one of their hits (Kyrie Eleison) is on "EASY RIDER" OST.
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Thank you for a great product. I was able to replace these CD's that I had missing or lost from my collection at great value..
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Nice set of Yes Albums for a great price. Really enjoying some progressive rock music!
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great!
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