Witness the monumental tour that brought Yes’s most ambitious work to life with this limited 3xLP vinyl breakout of the legendary live performances from the 1973-74 tour of “Tales From Topographic Oceans” era. This set captures the raw, metamorphic energy of the band pushing the edges of the known world, featuring full, soaring live versions of all four epic album sides, including a rare take on “The Remembering“.
When the album came out, it took time for some fans and critics to catch up with the band, as writer Syd Schwartz of Jazz & Coffee recalls in the set’s liner notes. “Consensus was never the point,” he says. “Tales from Topographic Oceans” will continue to be debated, dismissed, defended, and rediscovered. Its resistance to easy categorization is not a failure—it’s the reason it endures. It’s a vast, unknowable ocean of sound and spirit. And it still hasn’t finished revealing itself.”
Schwartz also notes the album would be a turning point for the future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® inductees and GRAMMY® winners: “Without Tales, there’s no Relayer. No pivot to leaner, sharper structures in the later ’70s. No map gets drawn without first pushing the edges of the known world — and Tales is where YES did exactly that.”
Don’t miss this chance to own a document of the band’s demanding material and live moments of discovery.
FORMAT: LP BOXSET
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