=-> Quoting Scott Rhodes to Martin Ridgley:
 MR> And I'm certainly not slagging Wakeman.  He's a great keyboard
 MR> player. But ... He seems to me to be more of an individualist
 MR> than a band-oriented  musician.
 SR> Perhaps, but in a band like Yes that tends to work pretty well.  On
 SR> songs like "Close to the Edge" and "Awaken", every band member gets
 SR> his own chance at showing off, but it comes together very well.
   Yeah, true.  It does work sometimes.  But Yes seemed more of a
 cohesive group to me on _The Yes Album_ (with Tony Kaye).
   Still, _Close to the Edge_ is one of my favourite albums.  The only
 Yes album where I really felt the individualism was a bit too pronounced
 was _Fragile_.  That's what solo albums should be for.
 SR> I must be in the minority on this one.  _Yesshows_ is one of only
 SR> a handful of live albums I consider worth owning.  It's got some
 SR> draggy moments on it, but "Gates of Delirium" and "Ritual" are, IMO,
 SR> excellent.
   Yeah, it seems you are in the minority.  ;-)  I haven't heard _Yesshows_
 in years, but I don't recall hearing anything on it that made me want to
 buy it.   I *would* like to hear "Gates of Delirium" with Moraz again.
 _Relayer_ is one of my fave Yes albums.
    Cheers,
             Martin
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