Yesyears

Infobox Album
Name = Yesyears
Type = Box set
Artist = Yes


Released = August 6 1991
Recorded = 1969 - 1991
Genre = Progressive rock
Length = 4:51:23
Label = Atco Records
Producer = Yes, Paul Clay,
Tony Colton, Eddie Offord, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin and Paul De Villiers
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jt8zefekhgf2 link]
Last album = "Union"
(1991)
This album = "Yesyears"
(1991)
Next album = "Yesstory"
(1992)

"Yesyears" is a career-spanning collection of music by progressive rock band Yes released as a four-disc box set in 1991. It was compiled following the release of "Union" and Yes's departure from Atlantic Records, with whom they had been contracted since 1969 (and the offshoot label Atco Records since 1983). "Yesyears" covers the band's musical story from 1969's debut "Yes" to studio material recorded with Billy Sherwood following Jon Anderson's departure in 1988.

One of the major attractions of "YesYears" was its inclusion of rare material, including many previously unreleased songs, and a full-colour booklet detailing Yes's history.

A condensed version of this package, entitled "Yesstory", would be released in 1992 on two discs.

"Yesyears" was deleted in the late 1990s, preceding the release of Rhino Records' (five-disc) box set "" in 2002. Most of the material found on "Yesyears" but not on "In a word" would surface on Rhino's reissues of Yes albums in 2003 and 2004.

Track listing

Disc one

#"Something's Coming" (Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim) – 7:06
#* "Originally released as the B-Side to "Sweetness" in July 1969"
#"Survival" (Jon Anderson) – 6:18
#"Every Little Thing" (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) – 5:41
#"Then" (Jon Anderson) – 4:18
#* "A BBC recording on January 19 1970"
#"Everydays" (Stephen Stills) – 4:08
#* "A BBC recording on 4 August 1969"
#"Sweet Dreams (Jon Anderson / David Foster) – 3:49
#"No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens) – 4:48
#"Time and a Word" (Jon Anderson / David Foster) – 4:31
#"Starship Trooper" – 9:25
##"Life Seeker" (Jon Anderson)
##"Disillusion" (Chris Squire)
##"Würm" (Steve Howe)
#"Yours Is No Disgrace" (Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Steve Howe / Tony Kaye / Bill Bruford) – 9:41
#"I've Seen All Good People" – 6:53
##"Your Move" (Jon Anderson)
##"All Good People" (Chris Squire)
#"Long Distance Runaround" (Jon Anderson) – 3:30
#"The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" (Chris Squire) – 2:37

Disc two

#"Roundabout" (Jon Anderson / Steve Howe) – 8:31
#"Heart of the Sunrise" (Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Bill Bruford) – 10:35
#"America" (Single Edit) (Paul Simon) – 4:04
#"Close to the Edge" (Jon Anderson / Steve Howe) – 18:34
##"The Solid time of Change"
##"Total Mass Retain"
##"I Get Up I Get Down"
## "Seasons of Man"
#"Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)" (Words by Jon Anderson / Steve Howe; Music by Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Steve Howe / Rick Wakeman / Alan White) – 21:33
#"Sound Chaser" (Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Steve Howe / Alan White / Patrick Moraz) – 9:22

Disc three

#"Soon" (Single Edit) (Jon Anderson) – 4:06
#"Amazing Grace" (Trad. Arr. Chris Squire) – 2:31
#* "Previously unreleased and recorded in November 1976"
#"Vevey, Part One" (Jon Anderson / Rick Wakeman) – 1:07
#* "Previously unreleased and recorded in February 1978"
#"Wonderous Stories" (Jon Anderson) – 3:49
#"Awaken" (Jon Anderson / Steve Howe) – 15:35
#"Montreux's Theme" (Steve Howe / Chris Squire / Jon Anderson / Alan White) – 2:26
#* "Previously unreleased and recorded during Going for the One's sessions"
#"Vevey, Part Two" (Jon Anderson / Rick Wakeman) – 0:56
#* "Previously unreleased and recorded in February 1978"
#"Going for the One" (Jon Anderson) – 5:32
#"Money" (Chris Squire / Jon Anderson / Alan White / Rick Wakeman) – 3:12
#* "Previously unreleased and recorded during Tormato's sessions, with a spoken overdub by Rick Wakeman"
#"Abilene" (Steve Howe) – 3:55
#* "Originally released as the B-Side of "Don't Kill The Whale" in August 1978"
#"Don't Kill the Whale" (Jon Anderson / Chris Squire) – 3:54
#"On the Silent Wings of Freedom" (Jon Anderson / Chris Squire) – 7:46
#"Does It Really Happen?" (Geoff Downes / Trevor Horn / Steve Howe / Chris Squire / Alan White) – 6:30
#"Tempus Fugit" (Geoff Downes / Trevor Horn / Steve Howe / Chris Squire / Alan White) – 5:14
#"Run with the Fox" (Chris Squire / Alan White / Peter Sinfield) – 4:09
#* "A single release in December 1981 credited to Chris Squire and Alan White"
#"I'm Down" (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) – 2:31
#* "Recorded live in New Jersey on July 17 1976"

Disc four

#"Make It Easy (Trevor Rabin) – 6:08
#* "Previously unreleased"
#"It Can Happen" (Jon Anderson / Trevor Rabin / Chris Squire) – 6:01
#* "Previously unreleased early version, recorded by Cinema prior to Jon Anderson joining the sessions."
#"Owner of a Lonely Heart" (Trevor Rabin / Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Trevor Horn) – 4:27
#"Hold On" (Trevor Rabin / Jon Anderson / Chris Squire) – 5:15
#"Shoot High, Aim Low" (Jon Anderson / Tony Kaye / Trevor Rabin / Chris Squire / Alan White) – 7:00
#"Rhythm of Love" (Jon Anderson / Tony Kaye / Trevor Rabin / Chris Squire) – 4:46
#"Love Will Find a Way" (Trevor Rabin) – 4:49
#"Changes" (Live Version) (Trevor Rabin / Jon Anderson / Alan White) – 7:34
#"And You and I" (Live Version) (Jon Anderson; Themes by Bill Bruford / Steve Howe / Chris Squire) – 10:49
##"Cord of Life"
##"Eclipse" (Jon Anderson / Bill Bruford / Steve Howe)
##"The Preacher the Teacher"
##"Apocalypse"
#"Heart of the Sunrise" (Live Version) (Jon Anderson / Chris Squire / Bill Bruford) – 10:50
#* "Tracks 8, 9 and 10 recorded in Houston, Texas, early in 1988 on the Big Generator tour. Additional material from this show is available on the live set, The Word is Live."
#"Love Conquers All" (Chris Squire / Billy Sherwood) – 4:58
#* "An outtake from Union, recorded in early 1991"

"YesYears" (Atco 791 644) failed to chart in the UK or US.