Yessongs (film)

Yessongs is a 1975 concert film produced by David Speechley and directed by Peter Neal. It features the English progressive rock band Yes performing during their Close to the Edge Tour in December 1972. The film contains live performances of nine songs, including tracks from Close to the Edge, the album supported by the tour.

Yessongs
Directed byPeter Neal
Produced byBrian Lane
David Speechley
StarringJon Anderson
Chris Squire
Steve Howe
Rick Wakeman
Alan White
Music byYes
CinematographyBrian Grainger
Ian McMillan
Richard Stanley
Anthony Stern
Edited byPhilip Howe
Misha Norland
Production
company
AIOK Pictures
Distributed byEllman Film Enterprises
Release date
  • 14 March 1975 (1975-03-14)
Running time
76 minutes

Synopsis

Yessongs depicts a Yes concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London during the band's Close to the Edge Tour on 15 December 1972.[1] "Close to the Edge" and "Würm" are the same performances as heard on the Yessongs album.

Setlist

All titles written by Yes. "Excerpts from The Six Wives of Henry VIII" contains excerpts of "Jingle Bells" and "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah.

  1. "Overture"
  2. "I've Seen All Good People"
    1. "Your Move"
    2. "All Good People"
  3. Clap
  4. "And You and I"
    1. Cord of Life
    2. Eclipse
    3. The Preacher, The Teacher
    4. Apocalypse
  5. "Close to the Edge"
    1. The Solid Time of Change
    2. Total Mass Retain
    3. I Get Up, I Get Down
    4. Seasons of Man
  6. "Excerpts from The Six Wives of Henry VIII"
  7. "Roundabout"
Encore
  1. "Yours Is No Disgrace"
Closing credits
  1. "Würm" (Excerpt from "Starship Trooper")

Release

The film premiered on 14 March 1975 at the Alpha Fine Arts Theatre in Cincinnati, Ohio, with quadraphonic sound. Limited engagements began on the following day in Madison, Wisconsin and Charlotte, North Carolina.[2] It was presented as a double bill with Death of a Red Planet. Its release expanded to 20 other US cities that spring.[3]

The film was released on 17 December 1997 on DVD format.

On 30 April 2012, for the album's fortieth anniversary, the film was released on Blu-ray format in England (Region B locked) with bonus features including Howe's guitar short "Beginnings" (which was considered lost) and a "Yes 40 Years On" documentary.

Personnel

References
  1. "Yes - Yessongs DVD". www.cduniverse.com. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  2. "Yessongs On Film". The Capital Times. 15 March 1975. p. 5. Retrieved 31 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Lewis, Barbara (2 April 1975). "Here's the answer:". The News Leader. p. 28. Retrieved 31 March 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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