A couple of CD Reviews - Yes, Fly From Here and Journey Eclipse
I've had a big of an influx of new CDs lately so am going to do a few catch up reviews. Yes - Fly From Here . The first new Yes studio album since Magnification which was fully 10 years ago when that was released only the second Yes album to not feature Jon Anderson on lead vocals the first being Drama back in 1980 - which is now fully 31 years ago! So what is the story then... Yes was restored to the "classic" line up of Jon Anderson vocals, Steve Howe guitar, Chris Squire bass, Rick Wakeman keyboards, Alan White drums back in 2002 when the embarked on a lengthy 35th anniversary tour - there is a good DVD available of a show from San Fransisco for anyone interested in that. The group then took a break when they decided to get back together Jon Anderson was unable to commit due to some health issues with his throat. Rick Wakeman was not prepared for big long tours and didn't want to have anything to do with it with out Jon Anderson... so he left to be replac...