Steve Howe is literally the only guitarist I can think about getting so excited and pumped while solo playing clean guitar melodies without any distortion
Saw Yes on the Relayer tour at the Glasgow Apollo & this was the first song they played, nobody could believe it, no less complex or slower tempo song to warm them up. No, right into this 100 miles an hour, tempo changing all over the place, hugely challenging composition. That's confidence. Also, when they played a magnificent rendition of The Gates Of Delirium, as the last final notes of soon faded out completely, there were a couple of seconds of stunned silence, and then the loudest & longest applause I have ever been a part of. You should have seen the Band members faces, they were absolutely just looking at each other with huge grins of amazement , knowing that they had performed it superbly & astonished at the volume & sustained applause of their fans. A beautiful moment in a masterful concert, from start to finish.
If ANYONE doesn't think Chris Squire isn't one of the greatest bass players of our era, (1) learn to play this song live (2) write a 10 minute bass line such as this. WOW! Thanks for posting. The band at their best !!!
Absolute favorite prog-rock track of all time on the best album that Yes ever produced. Loved Close to the Edge, the Yes Album, and Chris Squire's solo album Fish out of Water too. RIP Chris Squire, best progressive rock bassist of all time.
Yet despite that failure, the band's occasional rough patches and the song's technical complexities, Yes managed to pull off a performance of one of their more intricate compositions that clearly shows them at yet another of their creative peaks. So very thankful that this was captured on video, so I can come here on this day to remember one of rock's greatest drummers. RIP Alan White, 1949-2022
This was about the time Return To Forever was at their height and I think Yes wanted to show they could do fusion too. Alan White opened on the vibes with a crazy Zappa-ish riff. Bruford was great but any who diss White haven't watched this video. I played drums in a Yes tribute and we got all the way through it in a practice but would NEVER dared to try it live. RIP Alan, Chris...
OK, there are lots of technical problems with the sound/mix, and yes,, it is a shame....But jeez people! - The many moments of brilliance that WERE captured far out-weigh the negative! I just wish I had been there!
One of the most complex compositions I've ever listened to in my life. I'm no connoisseur when it comes to modern classical/chamber music, but I'm a fan of Bela Bartok and Olivier Messiaen AND a rock n' roll fanatic, so my aforementioned complexity statement of this track is based on knowledge I reckon. Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White and Moraz are the eternal champions here... Crazy Crazy track! Thanks for this great upload.
YES compositions owe quite a lot to Stravinsky's ones. The same happens with MAGMA (French Jazz-Rock group). And it's great that SOME groups were able to enhance Psychedelic Rock & Jazz-Rock & Electronic Music with such influences!
Absolutely amazing one of those songs you would think they wouldn't even try to play live because it's just too difficult but they pull it off...YES they do!!!
I saw this show when I was 13. Talk about a life changer for a very young proghead. The light and stage props were mind-blowing. I'm so glad this video exists. It literally takes me way back to the beginning of decades of live music all of the greats....I've seen most of them
Sound Chaser was an experimental track on an experimental album but I loved it all the same! it is more than mrely "sounding out" your instruments during a warm up as my brother had said, though his ears sometimes are preoccupied by his full of self attitude. I think it genious! particularly how Chris Squire and Steve Howe traded leads from bass to guitars in the interlude solos with those two!
@@Vasily_dont_be_silly Are many ELP songs a lot harder than this one? Im not the biggest ELP fan and I dont know them well, but to me relayer is some of the most complex albums I have heard.
@@christianthomassen8420 Yes absolutely. I mean in Relayer the harmonies and rhythm change once in a while, and with ELP they change every bar or two. It's crazy how complex most of their songs are, and I love them for it "Karn Evil 9, 2nd impression" illustrates that complexity the best I think. Or the whole Karn Evil 9 suite, by that matter
While we're on the subject of RELAYER, we thought you might enjoy this clip of SOUND CHASER from the QPR concert in 1975 (although is NOT included on the *audio only* Definitive Edition BluRay or DVD-A).
***** You said it. The first Yes song I ever heard was AYAI. I was in 9th grade 1983-84. It changed my life forever. I saw EVERY tour from TalesFTO on.....I do not know of any other band that gave the same experience to their own generation
Arguably my favourite track by Yes from a purely instrumental standpoint, but what an absolutely butchered mix, especially when Moraz was doing his bit near the end! A pity. Relayer would have to be up there in my 2 - 3 favourite Yes albums, not least because Wakeman's absence brought Howe's guitar even more to the forefront. I don't think he ever shone as brightly as he did on this album. Alan White doesn't often get enough credit either for his wonderful drumming on tracks like this, with complex patterns and constant tempo changes that most drummers would never have to deal with. Very underrated. Of course, Chris Squire's bass also really drives this song along like nobody's business.
Well said, timbo - on all fronts! When Yes played at the Astrodome on this tour, Eddie Offord was mixing. Evidently he had this night off, and the task was taken-over by the janitor! Ouch! Is this the best "Sound Chaser" live available!? This song (and band) deserve so much better!!! I LOVED Moraz on the album, but he just didn't have the same precision and focus live (IMO), like Wakeman tended to provide. And I always felt Wakeman and Howe had nice interplay (especially on Fragile). I was never a huge White fan (I suspect because he didn't often jump into your face like many other prog greats), but he really is quite impressive when you examine his body of work with Yes - as a player and composer! An underrated master, indeed! But this vid's better than nuttin', and I'm grateful to see it - sonic warts and all.
I watched this on the television when it was first broadcast a couple of days after the gig on an Old Grey Whistle Test special - I recorded it on a reel-to-reel tape recorder with the microphone held up at the telly whilst trying to keep family members from laughing and talking over the top - Ah, we had to work hard for our music in those days! Do I still have the tape - I dunno, who would want to listen to it anyhow . . .
Patrick - hate to contradict you, but I went to this concert and I am sure it was about April time. I waited for the show to be broadcast, and it was quite a few weeks. I remember actually managing to phone up the BBC and got through to the production team, I was amazed, and they said it will be broadcast in August.
As we accelerate our days, to the look in your eyes! What awesome music. They just don't make it like this anymore. No one, anywhere...anytime...makes it like this. They were in a league of their own, all alone at the top.
Apparently the band did have a sound recorded direct from the mixing desk which went AWOL. The sweet dreams recording on the official website is better by far which incidentally is a brilliant album by Caravan
Great video but what the hell? Who mixed the audio? A deaf person? This song, this album , cemented Steve Howe, in my honest opinion, as one of the most amazing and technically brilliant guitarists out there. And what can I say about The Fish? Squire's bass is the engine that drives this song along. Every time I listen to this song I hear something else that blows my mind. Wish the audio was a LOT better on this, would have made a fantastic video.
Yeah, boy that’s the WORST mix I’ve ever heard! What a shame. I tried playing the recorded version over it, and tried to enjoy it that way, but...not the same, is it?
My understanding is the audio is bootleg from the monitor desk. The abrupt changes would fit with this. There are at least 5 mixes....probably 6 given Anderson's two positions. What you are probably hearing is the monitor engineer jumping between these. Yes were famous for the live audio quality. Rightly so- I doubt this is what the audience heard.
Yep, the guitar just randomly jump in at 1:23 and then there’s virtually no guitar after that, until the more solo sections. You can barely hear Jon’s vocals at times over the drums. The keyboards are way too loud. They played greatly, the mix just didn’t capture it.
Thank you so much for posting this gem, and what a strange feeling - having listened to the album version of this song for forty years - to finally see who does what. Alan White playing parts I thought were keyboards, and Chris playing parts I thought were guitar or synth drums, and so on. Shame Patrick Moraz's contribution here is so hit and miss, because the album version's blistering from all quarters. Anyway, I will lay happily on my deathbed for having been alive in the era that produced this band and its wonderful music. Thank you, Yes, in all your incarnations. :-)
I think you might be mislead by the video direction regarding "Alan White playing parts I thought were keyboards" if you mean the intro where Moraz indeed plays the Electric piano but we see Alan White at the same time playing tuned percussion. Most of the sound that is coming out from the mix is Moraz.
The sound quality is not there, but no matter, the spirit is there and the madness, the creative genius and the rock momentum are there with incredible vitality! The ghosts of progressive rock continue to live in us through these videos. Thank you so much!
Yes brought this tour to Nashville in 75'. I love this band. Have tkt's for the ARW show this Nov.! Last time I heard Jon sing was the Masterworks tour in 2000. Looking forward to it...
Happy Birthday Patrick Moraz born on June 24, 1948. He is a Swiss musician, film composer and songwriter best known for his tenures as keyboardist in the rock bands Yes and The Moody Blues. Moraz was asked to join Yes, following the departure of Rick Wakeman in May 1974. Moraz watched the band play the middle section of "Sound Chaser", which he said was "Absolutely unbelievable. To experience that - the truest surround experience I had ever encountered as an observer and listener". He was then asked to come up with an opening to it, and what he played ended up on the album. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moraz
I used to like to do the slower violin-like parts of Steve's solo with a volume pedal and the reverb turned up on my Fender Twin Reverb amp. I saw this song live before i bought the album and I remember the cha cha cha section amused the heck out of me at the time. Love Relayer.
RIP Alan White. From a time when great musicianship was fully appreciated by the album buying / gig attending public. Now any old busker with an acoustic guitar, cheeky grin and a handful of chords can pull a big crowd in the UK at least. Go figure?
Uno de los temas más “jazzeros” (ó jazzísticos, como guste más) que compuso YES !!! En el inicio se nota una “atmósfera” tipo RETURN TO FOR EVER”... 🙌🏻 🎶 🎵 🙌🏻
Yes at it's best, mid 70's total psychedelic style Sound Chaser and Gates of Delirium, musical masterpieces. Best performance: 1974 Roosevelt stadium with laser light show and the sound of Moraz' underrated unusual yet extremely fitting Yes synthriffs shooting of with surround effect into space. Do you guys have footage of that concert? Fast paced, extremely well played, quadrophonic sound stage, hippie filled audience, laser show visuals... Can't we redo the 70's so I can say I was there ?
Curti muito esta música na época, através do LP. O solo de Howe é bonito, intensamente melódico, quebra ao meio o riff de mão direita virtuosistica do baixo e guitarra. Nesta gravação os teclados estão com volume muito alto escondendo a base. Moraz passou pelo Brasil e iniciou um trabalho no RJ com a banda Vimana.
I was at this gig. It was Steve Howe who inspired me to take up the guitar. Later Jon Anderson inspired me to take up choral singing and I still do those now.
I remember seeing YES @ The Hollywood Bowl during this tour and Patrick Moraz was sensational !! The rest of the band weren't too bad either ;-) Great show . . so much energy !
Happy Birthday Alan White born on June 14, 1949. He is an English drummer and songwriter best known for his tenure in the progressive rock band Yes. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_White_(Yes_drummer)
I have been in two Yes Concerts one in Boston whith RicK Wakeman and one in UK many years later and I am still completely covinced that an unique Band like Yes never had a music engineer that could match nor have the ability to reproduce the music they perform live. It´s a shame
My guess about the mix is that this was the show's opener, so there were adjustments being made throughout. Almost every concert I've ever been to got better sounding throughout the first couple of songs... no amount of sound-checking can result in a "perfect" mix... especially with the old analog synths which were vulnerable to fluctuations in the electrical power... not sure if they had power conditioners back then.
As an astrologer, I just had to take note of Jon Anderson wearing his Zodiac sign of Scorpio around his neck :-) I've read his horoscope and love that he has an Aquarius Moon and a Libra Ascendant. I know this probably doesn't contribute much on a musical level, but if you are into the mystical side of Yes, you would find this fascinating.
Yes, you noticed it! I do understand the connection and it makes perfect sense! The combination is tailor-made for Jon's approach to music and the arts. It also explains how he might have encountered some subsequent rough patches with his band mates. Regards from Libra sun, Aquarius moon & Gemini rising! ♎️♒️♊️
@@lindazee Aquarius Moon's are my favorite. They are the natural celebrities of all the Moon signs. And natural mystics and spiritual leaders. I'm a Taurus Sun ♉, Aries Moon ♈ Virgo Rising ♍
One of my favorite bands, but I never got to see them live. IMO, this is not one of their better concerts, song selection wise. I liked Going for the One best! I think Yes could have gotten by with just Anderson, Wakeman, and Howe.
Brian Kehew I think this is not at all the mix going in the monitors for the people there. It is probably a "rough" balance made too quickly (may be a sub mix) for the vidéo ...
+MrVitalmusique yeah, usually they work the monitors and the house first and there's a whole separate thing for archival bits like this that has to be done on its own, usually after the rest is perfect, if at all. so yeah, thankfully things probably sounded a heck of a lot better in person.
@@PinkFloydrulez - I was there and it sounded nowhere near as bad as this. I thought it was great. We did not expect a lot in those days knowing no different, but it certainly was not this for sure.
never has a stranger song been played for such a huge audience. gotta love the 70's
With a huge crab 🦀 on the stage nonetheless .
@@freddiesoverbite6162 even better!
Well observed.
Steve Howe is literally the only guitarist I can think about getting so excited and pumped while solo playing clean guitar melodies without any distortion
There's a bit of crunch in there.
it has distortion. just not a ton. It is overdriven.
@@morbidmanmusic Precisely.
"Relayer" is one of my favorite Yes albums and "Sound Chaser" is one of my favorite Yes songs.
I hear something new every time I listen to Gates of Delirium.
@@gillrowley7264 ... and that's why you keep listening to it !
RELAYER IS MY FAVORITE YES ALBUM AND TO BE OVER IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SONG
This is the most complex song from yes. And The Best, after Gates Of D.
I wonder what a second Yes album with Moran would have yielded 😳
Saw Yes on the Relayer tour at the Glasgow Apollo & this was the first song they played, nobody could believe it, no less complex or slower tempo song to warm them up. No, right into this 100 miles an hour, tempo changing all over the place, hugely challenging composition. That's confidence. Also, when they played a magnificent rendition of The Gates Of Delirium, as the last final notes of soon faded out completely, there were a couple of seconds of stunned silence, and then the loudest & longest applause I have ever been a part of. You should have seen the Band members faces, they were absolutely just looking at each other with huge grins of amazement , knowing that they had performed it superbly & astonished at the volume & sustained applause of their fans. A beautiful moment in a masterful concert, from start to finish.
If we didn’t have it on video nobody would believe this could be done
for real, i thought this was all stitched together in the studio. nuts that they played it live!
If ANYONE doesn't think Chris Squire isn't one of the greatest bass players of our era, (1) learn to play this song live (2) write a 10 minute bass line such as this. WOW! Thanks for posting. The band at their best !!!
Yesss! He was a music on two legs :)
Don't worry, I don't think anyone thinks Chris Squire isn't one of the greatest bass players simply because there is no one better!
I've managed (1), but not (2)!
Roundabout is number 1 on my list of the greatest basslines ever!!!
It's Chris or Geddy and Paul for best ever. Take your pick...whatever mood you're in
#CHA #CHA #CHA #CHACHA
Loved Patrick Moraz here, as well as Chris Squire's thumping bass parts. Rest in peace, Mr. Squire. You are missed.
And now Alan White RIP
Absolute favorite prog-rock track of all time on the best album that Yes ever produced. Loved Close to the Edge, the Yes Album, and Chris Squire's solo album Fish out of Water too. RIP Chris Squire, best progressive rock bassist of all time.
The irony that this song is called "Sound Chaser" and that sounds exactly like what the sound engineer is attempting to do and is failing miserably
Haha, true
@@akarshrastogi3682 Yeah, what a shame.
It's what ruined this whole show, which would have been an epic document of them at their peak.
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Yet despite that failure, the band's occasional rough patches and the song's technical complexities, Yes managed to pull off a performance of one of their more intricate compositions that clearly shows them at yet another of their creative peaks. So very thankful that this was captured on video, so I can come here on this day to remember one of rock's greatest drummers. RIP Alan White, 1949-2022
lol!
This was about the time Return To Forever was at their height and I think Yes wanted to show they could do fusion too. Alan White opened on the vibes with a crazy Zappa-ish riff. Bruford was great but any who diss White haven't watched this video. I played drums in a Yes tribute and we got all the way through it in a practice but would NEVER dared to try it live. RIP Alan, Chris...
OK, there are lots of technical problems with the sound/mix, and yes,, it is a shame....But jeez people! - The many moments of brilliance that WERE captured far out-weigh the negative! I just wish I had been there!
One of the most complex compositions I've ever listened to in my life. I'm no connoisseur when it comes to modern classical/chamber music, but I'm a fan of Bela Bartok and Olivier Messiaen AND a rock n' roll fanatic, so my aforementioned complexity statement of this track is based on knowledge I reckon. Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White and Moraz are the eternal champions here... Crazy Crazy track!
Thanks for this great upload.
Zeppelin911 how about Stravinsky? Do you like good ol' Igor?
We think the same . Love from Brittany. And what about the LYRICS by the way ?
YES compositions owe quite a lot to Stravinsky's ones. The same happens with MAGMA (French Jazz-Rock group). And it's great that SOME groups were able to enhance Psychedelic Rock & Jazz-Rock & Electronic Music with such influences!
Yes it a difficult composition. Supper’s ready by Genesis is the same. Lots of different time signatures throughout.
@@pataleno zappa...inca roads....
Absolutely amazing one of those songs you would think they wouldn't even try to play live because it's just too difficult but they pull it off...YES they do!!!
Exactly what I thought.
It's a surprise to me they played this tune live.
Relayer to be played live in 2022!
I saw this show when I was 13. Talk about a life changer for a very young proghead. The light and stage props were mind-blowing. I'm so glad this video exists. It literally takes me way back to the beginning of decades of live music all of the greats....I've seen most of them
I saw Yes on Relayer tour four times, Nov 74 through July 75. This brings back priceless memories and is their best.
Sound Chaser was an experimental track on an experimental album but I loved it all the same! it is more than mrely "sounding out" your instruments during a warm up as my brother had said, though his ears sometimes are preoccupied by his full of self attitude. I think it genious! particularly how Chris Squire and Steve Howe traded leads from bass to guitars in the interlude solos with those two!
Wonderful work by Alan White here
I could watch this forever.
Magic, the best live act of all time! I saw this in 76 in Florida, my second gig and to the day the best concert I've ever been to :-)
This version is mixed so badly that it turns this song into a constant stream of musical jumpscares
Everything about this track is master ... marvelous.... Moraz
Whoever worked the sound board for this concert should be arrested for murder.
i think it´s the other way around, we should be arrested for the things that we will do to this guy if we found him
There is clearly an issue with the guitar volume pedal and/or its wires connections
@@MrUsermister the issue was in the mix table, my friend. It is known fact among every Yes fan.
Moraz must've slipped him a tenner.
Amazing album. Best. Band. Ever.
Relayer is one of the most complex “rock” albums I’ve ever heard
I hope it is remembered and looked back on akin to the music of Mozart and Beethoven etc. Along with Close to the Edge.
Not as complex as anything by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, but way more listener-friendly and optimistic
It is one of the most complex "rock-jazz-classical" albums...
@@Vasily_dont_be_silly Are many ELP songs a lot harder than this one? Im not the biggest ELP fan and I dont know them well, but to me relayer is some of the most complex albums I have heard.
@@christianthomassen8420 Yes absolutely. I mean in Relayer the harmonies and rhythm change once in a while, and with ELP they change every bar or two. It's crazy how complex most of their songs are, and I love them for it
"Karn Evil 9, 2nd impression" illustrates that complexity the best I think. Or the whole Karn Evil 9 suite, by that matter
Alan white really shines on this song .
While we're on the subject of RELAYER, we thought you might enjoy this clip of SOUND CHASER from the QPR concert in 1975 (although is NOT included on the *audio only* Definitive Edition BluRay or DVD-A).
***** im in high school and everyday I think of all the kids I pass by that have no idea of this heavenly music
***** You said it. The first Yes song I ever heard was AYAI. I was in 9th grade 1983-84. It changed my life forever. I saw EVERY tour from TalesFTO on.....I do not know of any other band that gave the same experience to their own generation
John Demarkis me 2
Is that Patrick Moraz on keyboards?
Len Bennati
Thought so. Relayer is one of their best albums. Came as a relief after Topographic Oceans.
Nice to hear this solo Patrick Moraz piece.
The best of yes; wish they would have done more with Moraz.
I'm 19 and I've just discover this... you really had great drugs back in the 70's haha
Arguably my favourite track by Yes from a purely instrumental standpoint, but what an absolutely butchered mix, especially when Moraz was doing his bit near the end! A pity. Relayer would have to be up there in my 2 - 3 favourite Yes albums, not least because Wakeman's absence brought Howe's guitar even more to the forefront. I don't think he ever shone as brightly as he did on this album. Alan White doesn't often get enough credit either for his wonderful drumming on tracks like this, with complex patterns and constant tempo changes that most drummers would never have to deal with. Very underrated. Of course, Chris Squire's bass also really drives this song along like nobody's business.
Well said, timbo - on all fronts! When Yes played at the Astrodome on this tour, Eddie Offord was mixing. Evidently he had this night off, and the task was taken-over by the janitor! Ouch! Is this the best "Sound Chaser" live available!? This song (and band) deserve so much better!!!
I LOVED Moraz on the album, but he just didn't have the same precision and focus live (IMO), like Wakeman tended to provide. And I always felt Wakeman and Howe had nice interplay (especially on Fragile).
I was never a huge White fan (I suspect because he didn't often jump into your face like many other prog greats), but he really is quite impressive when you examine his body of work with Yes - as a player and composer! An underrated master, indeed!
But this vid's better than nuttin', and I'm grateful to see it - sonic warts and all.
timbo wilderbeeste my top 5 has to be
1 Close to the edge
2 Relayer
3 The yes album
4 Drama
5Fragile
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@@harryflowers3433 Jon Davison.
I watched this on the television when it was first broadcast a couple of days after the gig on an Old Grey Whistle Test special - I recorded it on a reel-to-reel tape recorder with the microphone held up at the telly whilst trying to keep family members from laughing and talking over the top - Ah, we had to work hard for our music in those days! Do I still have the tape - I dunno, who would want to listen to it anyhow . . .
The whole RELAYER Album seems to come from another Planet, and a remote one...
Patrick - hate to contradict you, but I went to this concert and I am sure it was about April time. I waited for the show to be broadcast, and it was quite a few weeks. I remember actually managing to phone up the BBC and got through to the production team, I was amazed, and they said it will be broadcast in August.
As we accelerate our days, to the look in your eyes!
What awesome music. They just don't make it like this anymore. No one, anywhere...anytime...makes it like this.
They were in a league of their own, all alone at the top.
That is incredible music
Its more than incredible. One thing for certain, never again. Brilliant
How they pulled that off live is mathematical + human feel! Genius!
Група номер один у світі! Слухаю більше 30 років, а кожен раз сприймаю цю неймовірно чудову музику по новому.
Yes? of course Yes!
Steve Howe makes it look simple. Electric freedom. The band is just fantastic that is really what I think.
Saw this tour in '75! This was the opening song!
Howe. The first Neo Classical guitar shredder
Apparently the band did have a sound recorded direct from the mixing desk which went AWOL. The sweet dreams recording on the official website is better by far which incidentally is a brilliant album by Caravan
Great video but what the hell? Who mixed the audio? A deaf person? This song, this album , cemented Steve Howe, in my honest opinion, as one of the most amazing and technically brilliant guitarists out there. And what can I say about The Fish? Squire's bass is the engine that drives this song along. Every time I listen to this song I hear something else that blows my mind. Wish the audio was a LOT better on this, would have made a fantastic video.
Yeah, boy that’s the WORST mix I’ve ever heard! What a shame. I tried playing the recorded version over it, and tried to enjoy it that way, but...not the same, is it?
Horrible mix
My understanding is the audio is bootleg from the monitor desk. The abrupt changes would fit with this. There are at least 5 mixes....probably 6 given Anderson's two positions. What you are probably hearing is the monitor engineer jumping between these.
Yes were famous for the live audio quality. Rightly so- I doubt this is what the audience heard.
Yep, the guitar just randomly jump in at 1:23 and then there’s virtually no guitar after that, until the more solo sections. You can barely hear Jon’s vocals at times over the drums. The keyboards are way too loud. They played greatly, the mix just didn’t capture it.
@@nickavenoso7851 check my comment above. You're almost certainly listening to the monitor mixes.
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Awesome video! Love Steve's solo there!
Thank you so much for posting this gem, and what a strange feeling - having listened to the album version of this song for forty years - to finally see who does what.
Alan White playing parts I thought were keyboards, and Chris playing parts I thought were guitar or synth drums, and so on. Shame Patrick Moraz's contribution here is so hit and miss, because the album version's blistering from all quarters.
Anyway, I will lay happily on my deathbed for having been alive in the era that produced this band and its wonderful music. Thank you, Yes, in all your incarnations. :-)
I think you might be mislead by the video direction regarding "Alan White playing parts I thought were keyboards" if you mean the intro where Moraz indeed plays the Electric piano but we see Alan White at the same time playing tuned percussion. Most of the sound that is coming out from the mix is Moraz.
RIP Alan White. Prog's most under-rated drummer. This track showcases his power. Listen to the album version for the full impact.
The Chris can play and move about the stage is remarkable.
RIP Alan White 🙌
June 14 1949 - May 26 2022
Son mi grupo favorito de esta y la otra vida!
This is the best song from YES
The keyboard solo in insane!
The sound quality is not there, but no matter, the spirit is there and the madness, the creative genius and the rock momentum are there with incredible vitality! The ghosts of progressive rock continue to live in us through these videos. Thank you so much!
Yes brought this tour to Nashville in 75'. I love this band. Have tkt's for the ARW show this Nov.! Last time I heard Jon sing was the Masterworks tour in 2000. Looking forward to it...
wow... they were so great.. the brilliance shines through the horrible and random mix of parts... Just a great band. A great time in music.
Happy Birthday Patrick Moraz born on June 24, 1948. He is a Swiss musician, film composer and songwriter best known for his tenures as keyboardist in the rock bands Yes and The Moody Blues. Moraz was asked to join Yes, following the departure of Rick Wakeman in May 1974. Moraz watched the band play the middle section of "Sound Chaser", which he said was "Absolutely unbelievable. To experience that - the truest surround experience I had ever encountered as an observer and listener". He was then asked to come up with an opening to it, and what he played ended up on the album. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moraz
I used to like to do the slower violin-like parts of Steve's solo with a volume pedal and the reverb turned up on my Fender Twin Reverb amp. I saw this song live before i bought the album and I remember the cha cha cha section amused the heck out of me at the time. Love Relayer.
RIP Alan White. From a time when great musicianship was fully appreciated by the album buying / gig attending public. Now any old busker with an acoustic guitar, cheeky grin and a handful of chords can pull a big crowd in the UK at least. Go figure?
Can't get enough sound chasing...Cha cha cha cha cha
One of the few if not the only time I've ever seen yes fuk up.
Yes or the mixer?
Uno de los temas más “jazzeros” (ó jazzísticos, como guste más) que compuso YES !!! En el inicio se nota una “atmósfera” tipo RETURN TO FOR EVER”... 🙌🏻 🎶 🎵 🙌🏻
Yes at it's best, mid 70's total psychedelic style Sound Chaser and Gates of Delirium, musical masterpieces.
Best performance: 1974 Roosevelt stadium with laser light show and the sound of Moraz' underrated unusual yet extremely fitting Yes synthriffs shooting of with surround effect into space. Do you guys have footage of that concert?
Fast paced, extremely well played, quadrophonic sound stage, hippie filled audience, laser show visuals...
Can't we redo the 70's so I can say I was there ?
Curti muito esta música na época, através do LP. O solo de Howe é bonito, intensamente melódico, quebra ao meio o riff de mão direita virtuosistica do baixo e guitarra. Nesta gravação os teclados estão com volume muito alto escondendo a base. Moraz passou pelo Brasil e iniciou um trabalho no RJ com a banda Vimana.
The sound guy chasing the sound! 😂 can't believe they held it together through all that haha I'd be dying laughing if I was there
Absolutely astounding
Always loved how Howe gets himself all excited and jerky at the very wrong moments.
Right?!
That's because his hands and his head are a few seconds ahead of the rest of his body. Takes a while for him to catch up to himself!
I like how his tongue is sticking out between his teeth when he sings
GRANDES!! MAGNÍFICOS!! ÍCONOS DE ÍCONOS!! ✨✨🎸🎸🥁🥁🎹🎹🎶🎶🤘🏻🤘🏻😍😍🖤🖤❤️❤️
I was at this gig. It was Steve Howe who inspired me to take up the guitar. Later Jon Anderson inspired me to take up choral singing and I still do those now.
Patrick Moraz is to Yes what ChatGBT is to society. So close, yet so far.
I remember seeing YES @ The Hollywood Bowl during this tour and Patrick Moraz was sensational !! The rest of the band weren't too bad either ;-) Great show . . so much energy !
Awesome stuff.
Happy Birthday Alan White born on June 14, 1949. He is an English drummer and songwriter best known for his tenure in the progressive rock band Yes. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_White_(Yes_drummer)
I have been in two Yes Concerts one in Boston whith RicK Wakeman and one in UK many years later and I am still completely covinced that an unique Band like Yes never had a music engineer that could match nor have the ability to reproduce the music they perform live. It´s a shame
Not even Eddie Offord. Saw him at TTO tour where they also played Cote in Glasgow in 72 poss 73......Faultless
When they had Clair Bros. Sound in the states..it was great ..
Incredible song!
Far out, man! What a band!
I think the audio engineer actually ODed during the making of this.
My guess about the mix is that this was the show's opener, so there were adjustments being made throughout. Almost every concert I've ever been to got better sounding throughout the first couple of songs... no amount of sound-checking can result in a "perfect" mix... especially with the old analog synths which were vulnerable to fluctuations in the electrical power... not sure if they had power conditioners back then.
As an astrologer, I just had to take note of Jon Anderson wearing his Zodiac sign of Scorpio around his neck :-) I've read his horoscope and love that he has an Aquarius Moon and a Libra Ascendant. I know this probably doesn't contribute much on a musical level, but if you are into the mystical side of Yes, you would find this fascinating.
Yes, you noticed it! I do understand the connection and it makes perfect sense! The combination is tailor-made for Jon's approach to music and the arts. It also explains how he might have encountered some subsequent rough patches with his band mates. Regards from Libra sun, Aquarius moon & Gemini rising! ♎️♒️♊️
@@lindazee Aquarius Moon's are my favorite. They are the natural celebrities of all the Moon signs. And natural mystics and spiritual leaders. I'm a Taurus Sun ♉, Aries Moon ♈ Virgo Rising ♍
Great Performance.
RIP Alan White. :'(
The mixing makes it sounds like those "Band shreds" meme videos
Another masterpiece
Me encanta...me encanta...los adoro...
... speechless ...
When Howe and Squire were tight it was magic.
One of my favorite bands, but I never got to see them live. IMO, this is not one of their better concerts, song selection wise. I liked Going for the One best! I think Yes could have gotten by with just Anderson, Wakeman, and Howe.
IN-CRE-DI-BLE SONG!
Chris Squires!!!!
I've started a separate thread about Moraz's sleeves.
8:15 Patrick chasing that sound
The Best.
This was their monster riff piece on the album.
Steve and Chris !
I would love to hear steve Howe's parts on a classical guitar.
im in complete shock they played this live
Trying to recall when last this sad. Bonham 35 years ago? Difficult to say. Difficult to cope.
Under The Sun Same here brother :(
I concur. R.I.P. Fish :-(
Gotta love moraz's spin at 10:03
Tragic mix of an amazing performance. Tip your engineer. Don't let this happen to you!
This would really be good with a nice mix, the balances are waaaay off. Hope they have a tape somewhere still?
Brian Kehew
1975, man! Stone Age mixing technology fighting superb music. What can you do but weep?
Brian Kehew I think this is not at all the mix going in the monitors for the people there. It is probably a "rough" balance made too quickly (may be a sub mix) for the vidéo ...
+MrVitalmusique yeah, usually they work the monitors and the house first and there's a whole separate thing for archival bits like this that has to be done on its own, usually after the rest is perfect, if at all. so yeah, thankfully things probably sounded a heck of a lot better in person.
@@PinkFloydrulez - I was there and it sounded nowhere near as bad as this. I thought it was great. We did not expect a lot in those days knowing no different, but it certainly was not this for sure.
I can only imagine the compromises that were made to even create this recording at the time... I'm glad it exists lol
As nature relays to set the scene....
Best prog rock band ever ¡¡¡¡
Très bien ❤