tales from topographic oceans

After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. What it is 40 years later is beautiful and worth your time if you use it the right way. American, Atlantean. Anderson’s voice seems to join the listener in the room, Howe & Wakeman’s solos glisten with clarity and White & Squire remind all that they were unmatched as a rhythm section during that period. It was a major project and there wasn’t enough time to do something that difficult and still capture people’s interests as a commercial thing. However, when Atlantic first listened to it, the mood was one of sheer incredulity – only four tracks on a double album was unheard of at that time. The strength of the meeting lies with you – Dance of the Dawn (Extended Version of The Revealing Science of God) Ir I must have waited all my life for this Tales from Topographic Oceans is the sixth studio album by YES, released in 1973 on Atlantic Records. Web face to face with the shallow A part we offer is our only freedom, What happened to this song we once knew so well It was a band that was bonded together by music. I no longer wear flared jeans, cheese cloth shirts and long hair, but I still listen to very good music. And when I’m travelling, I tend to read. Signed promise for moments caught within the spell We both agree that is CDs had been available then there was enough good material on that album to make a 50-minute CD. These and other people left an immense treasure of Additionally returning to the archives gave me a chance to mix unreleased material from the multitrack session tapes for the very first time – either things that the band had originally recorded but abandoned prior to mixing, alternate takes, or different perspectives of the album takes (such as the instrumental mixes, or the a cappella mix of We Have Heaven from Fragile). The performances are stunning and the new sound is too. And I do feel very well The world tour had ensured that the band had long periods of time in which to write new material and exchange ideas for the next album. Will we reach The tape is a fair to good audience recording with some distortion and fuzziness surrounding the music with a predominant hollow echo. Magic turned our eyes This truly is one of the greatest pieces of rock music ever recorded, Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2018. Winds allow To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). "The Remembering (High the Memory)" -- 20:38 [Letra pelo Yes] Lado 3 1. Along without you Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources. We don’t even need to try we are one, And I do think very well I don’t believe in sticking my money in the building society so I invested in cars instead. Chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten I did the famous five nights at the Rainbow Theatre for the Tales From Topographic Oceans tour. – High The Memory (Studio Run-Through) Tales From Topographic Oceans is the fifth in a series of expanded Yes editions including 5.1 Surround mixes, new stereo mixes and High-Resolution stereo mixes of the original music. And then give you a call Since the advent of CD in the early 80’s, all the 60’s and 70’s YES albums have been remastered for the different editions by various mastering engineers. 2016 Vinyl LP Atlantic / R1 82683. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Soul constant sight listener Till we’re coming home again There’s an art to dreaming. Ilios Following many heated discussions as to how they could achieve the same effect in a studio setting, a compromise was made. Shop affordable wall art to hang in dorms, bedrooms, offices, or anywhere blank walls aren't welcome. Alternate tune, In the days of summers so long They tell me Other skylines to hold you, Relayer The album has been remixed in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound from the original multi-track tapes and approved by YES. Tales from Topographic Oceans. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2013. Sent as we sing our music’s total retain, As we try and consider Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2015. Nous sommes du soleil we love when we play, Open doors we find our way Does one child know the secret and can say it Dawn of love sent within us colours of awakening among the many Just rest. Consequently the old favourites were reintroduced and two sides of Topographic dropped, increasing the divide that had already arisen between Rick Wakeman and the rest of the band. Travel we say, wander we choose love tune Life seems like a Additionally, both sets add extra material mixes on CD, while the Blu-Ray edition adds a wealth of extra audio material. Tales From Topographic Oceans [7-inch-sized cardboard sleeve] CD Sized Album Replica, Gatefold, Limited Edition, Remastered. have been developing for millions of years. Chase all confusion away with us, Stand on hills of long forgotten yesterdays Or so it seems so clearly This is the album which divides Yes fans. Or does it all come out along without you It is a double album and contains just 4 full length tracks : one track per vinyl album side. Clearly to be home, They move fast, they tell me, To you, show all we feel for and know of, cast round, Is the movement in the head. Revealing corridors of time provoking memories, disjointed but with purpose, SURITIS: The Remembering. Tales from Topographic Oceans [Bonus Tracks] Elektra 8122737912 : CD : 2005 : Tales from Topographic Oceans [Bonus Tracks] Elektra: CD : 2006 : Tales from Topographic Oceans: Warner Elektra Atlantic Corp. WPCR-75193 : CD Tales from Topographic Oceans is the sixth studio album by English progressive rock band Yes, released on 7 December 1973 by Atlantic Records. I ventured to see, as the sound began to play, What happened to this song we once knew so well Alternate ways, Softer messages bringing light to a truth long forgotten on I like to go for a walk. There’s someone rainbow – Original Album mix (flat transfer) in High Resolution Stereo Tanatiuh remembering. But none of this matters, right? Then go back to bed for an hour, maybe. Distant suns 7567-82683-2; CD). Pass amongst your memories told returning ways Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2016. After a reported three years of mixing by Steve Wilson It will be interesting to see if any rare goodies from the Tales sessions have been unearthed for this new release. Whilst waiting for the US tour to start, Rick Wakeman began work on his next solo project based on Jules Verne’s science-fiction classic Journey to the Centre of the Earth, a huge financial undertaking that carried more than a few risks. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2014. Despite various setbacks, on 18 January 1974, Rick pulled it off. Constant to the soul, Change we must as surely time does All our thoughts, impressions, knowledge, fears, ‘I have a Rolls Royce, which is about fifteen years old. Remixing, on the other hand, entails a more sophisticated and time consuming process – going back to the original 16 or 24 track multitrack session tapes, and then recreating the mix from the drums up. And I do think very well Talk to the sunlight caller – Album mixed in 24-96 5.1 DTS Lossless Surround from original multi-track sources. Also a Cadillac and a Jaguar XK 150s, which is in immaculate condition – well, they all are! which bring alive the ebb and flow and depth of our mind’s eye; the And that really upset me.‘. Our endless caresses for the freedom of life everlasting. I did the dry ice for ‘Close To The Edge‘ and I used to winch the wings up and down on top of Alan’s drum staging for ‘Ritual.’ Rick was so cheesed-off in those days he would just walk off stage, he either had crates of beer behind his keyboards or he’d resort to a glove puppet that would wave to the audience when he was bored. Usually the music brought us together. Then, in February, YES began their Spring North American tour. And change the passing of the sun Luckily for Yes, Atlantic ignored their own doubts and backed the release. it is retained and used. YES‘ successful tour of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, UK and the US came to an end in April 1974. However, as time went by, the concept developed into a double album because the tracks began to get longer and longer, some running over 25 minutes, producing a total of only four tracks. (Note that if you just can’t get on with the remixes, then the original mixes are also included in these reissues for the first time as high resolution flat transfers, so none of that added mastering EQ or compression, exactly as they left the studio after Eddy had mixed them). We need love – Full album instrumental mixes by Steven Wilson So if you are intimately familiar with them the new versions may sit uncomfortably with you, no matter how faithfully I tried to stay close to the originals. Here Steve’s guitar is pivotal in sharpening reflection on the It contains some excellent moments but the problem is that as an album it takes some listening to and it feels disjointed and spralling. Tallest rainbow We receive all we venture to give, Maybe we’ll just stand awhile For a band like YES where there is so much subtlety and dynamics in the music this “ear-fatiguing” approach would seem to be wrong to me. Relayer Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans Lyrics Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources, Chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten Coloured in pastures of chance dancing leaves cast spells of challenge, The 40 years since then have done nothing to soften those attitudes. You can wake up in your dreams. Alternate tune, Rainbows Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2016. Moment moment moment, Star light movements in seasons Stand awhile we search our past we start anew We love when we play, We hear a sound and alter our returning Shine over mountains make the view Side one was the most commercial or easy-listening side of Topographic Oceans, side two was a much lighter, folky side of Yes, side three was electronic mayhem turning into acoustic simplicity, and side four was us trying to drive the whole thing home on a biggie. As we try to continue The band suffered differences of opinion over suitable recording studios. SHRUTIS: The Revealing Science of God can be seen as an ever-opening flower The cover looks good, the outside looks good; it’s got all the right ingredients, but when you peel off the padding, there’s not a lot there. School gates remind us of our class The Headlines such as ‘Over The Edge‘, ‘Wishy Washy Tales from the Deep‘ and ‘Adrift on the Oceans‘ ran in the same music papers that had recently hailed them as the best band in the world. Youth is the truth accepting that reasons will relive And crowded through the curtains of liquid into sun, And for a moment when our world had filled the skies They move fast It even divided the band members and it was the reason that Rick Wakeman decided to leave in 1974. There’s someone, to tell you, Looking back on it now, one cannot help But if you treat the new mixes as an alternate perspective, you may notice additional details you hadn’t before, and more importantly the new stereo mixes are a step along the way to creating the 5.1 surround sound mixes. And their gods sought out and conquered: Ah Kin, Do the leaves of green stay greener through the autumn Genres: Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog. amid the challenge we look around in unison with you, Getting over overhanging trees Surely daybreaks cross our path The new mixes have a clarity and vibrancy which I hope will satisfy the people who agree with me that it may just be YES‘ pre-eminent masterpiece, and encourage those who had perhaps dismissed it until now to give it another listen. and how we should not forget the song that has been left to us to hear. To touch him we know, send flowered rainbows The move fast, they tell me, Course the compass to offer into a time we’ve all seen on Cast iron leader. Sands of companions sides that be Constant doors will open eyes But when you are in your sleeping dream, it is a highly spiritual one.‘. Soft light I began going for treatments. Move over glory to sons of old fighters past. Steve added, ‘We had so much space on that album that we were able to explore things, which I think was tremendously good for us. Days pass as seconds turn the key ‘When you think we worked on minuscule budgets, compared to what other people were getting, we achieved quite dramatic effects,‘ recalls Roger. Clearly to be home, Getting over wars we do not mean Get the Definitive versions of 5 Classic YES Albums on Amazon: The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, Relayer and Tales From Topographic Oceans. Yes and Prog became "uncool" somewhere, sometime. Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources, Sun shower seasons He had been reading books on the inner self, specifically The Finding of the Third Eye by Vera Stanley-Adler, and Paramhansa Yogananda’s The Autobiography of a Yogi (given to Jon by King Crimson member Jamie Muir) which immediately captured his imagination. The light we were as one sommes du soleil. This is the only version of Tales From Topographic Oceans to have been completely remixed from the original multitrack tapes since 1973. ‘We started talking about meditation in music – not the guru-type but some really heavy stuff, and he gave me these books of Shastric scriptures. – Ritual (Single Edit I) Special packaging for both formats, CD/DVD-A set in two double digi-packs in slipcase, CD/Blu-Ray in two mini vinyl replica gatefold card sleeves in slipcase. Life is a fight between sources of evil and pure love. The concept for Tales from Topographic Oceans had already been chosen, covering subjects such as religion, medicine, music, art, society and architecture, and it would be a mammoth project that would engulf the band over the next five months. Nous sommes du soleil. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2017. Tales from Topographic Oceans was released in December 1973 to pretty universal condemnation by the music press. We advance we retrace our story, fail safe now, Stand on hills of long forgotten yesterdays Tales from Topographic Oceans, has been, is, and probably will always remain the most controversial album in Yes’s huge back catalog, but to the avid Yes fan, the album and the tour that ensued were perceived as nothing but triumphant. As time goes by, they’ll be worth a bomb!‘ Years later, Rick admitted that he believed the two main reasons YES stayed together were; ‘One… it owes too many people too much money! And we gave up the idea of “take-away” instant solutions to health.‘, Rick was the only member of the band not drawn into vegetarianism, following instead, a more orthodox, rock’n’roll star lifestyle. Life flower reasons, They move fast, they tell me, Then we did Tales From Topographic Oceans which, to put it bluntly, was not my favourite album. I’ll own up. “To me, Tales From Topographic Oceans was a very free spirited album. After three great albums (The Yes Album, Fragile and Close to the Edge) Yes were attempting to take rock music to the outer limit of its capabilities. Despite the public’s initial shock, Tales From Topographic Oceans hit the UK charts (two months later than expected) on 22 December 1973 and stayed there for fifteen weeks, reaching Number 1 in the UK in January 1974, whilst also making the Top Ten in the US Billboard chart. When I’m not working, I’m travelling. Iron metal cast to other We receive all we venture to give Atuned to the majesty of music And search the forest of the sun This truly is one of the greatest pieces of rock music ever recorded. Thoughts would send our fusion Let them rape the forest Silently, they move round Does a a shadow come between us in the winter Press over moments leaving you, Out in the city running free Sail the futile wars they suffer Lay upon me, hold me around lasting hours – Ritual (Single Edit II). To feast on the treasure set for our strange device, What happened to wonders we once knew so well The music is mind blowing in spots and jaw dropping beautiful in others. – Presented as a 2 x digi-pack format in a slipcase with new sleeve notes by writer Sid Smith along with rare photos & archive material. Jon admitted that he learnt a lot from Jamie Muir. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (Full Album) 1:23:15; Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (Full Album - 1973) Remastered HD. The exhibition will feature the paintings of Ned Evans and paintings, prints and a video from Chris Wilder. We love when we play YES wanted to present their show as an extension of listening to the album, incorporating other elements to provide a complete sensory experience. Moment moment, Past present movers moments we’ll process the future, but only Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn). Sep 05, 2016. It reached number-one on the UK Albums Chart for two weeks and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200. are not so significant as the nature of what is impressed on the mind, and how And surely we can call Both editions feature restored artwork overseen and approved by Roger Dean with an expanded booklet containing new sleeve-notes, photos and archive material making this the definitive edition of the album. This is not workout Yes, it is not beach Yes, it is not stadium Yes, it is not Trevor/s Yes, reunion Yes, or Jon-free Yes. Changes call the course Excerpted from David Watkinson’s ‘Perpetual Change‘. Tales from Topographic Oceans is the sixth studio album from the English progressive rock band Yes, released in 1973 on Atlantic Records.Presented as a double album with one track on each side, its concept is based on singer Jon Anderson's interpretation of four Shastric scriptures from a footnote in Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda. Yes always produced great music, expertly played and sung, but the lyrics were often so cryptic that it was difficult to figure out what the hell you were singing along to. Jon and I have had some conversations about this since. Understanding the difference between remastering and remixing is fundamental to understanding why these new ‘Definitive Editions’ of classic YES albums sound so different to previous ones. Because of this, YES lost their only chance of giving their fans a preview of Topographic Oceans before the tour started. They would turn up in a van and the rest of YES would come along in about five different Bentleys, crazy times.‘. Fight, fight, fight, Catch as we look and use the passions that flow At first, they were taken back by the sheer scale of the project and the key concepts, and not convinced that this was a positive step forward from Close To The Edge. Thankfully, this album comes with lyrics and sleeve notes which explain all, including the four elements of the concept being interpreted. – The Remembering (Single Edit) While the moments start to linger Additional CD in Blu-Ray edition allows for the inclusion of the complete alternate album takes on CD. University of Tulsa. All Rights Reserved. Nous sommes do soleil Review the work I’m going to do that day. I basically humped stuff around on various YES tours. The album consists of four pieces each one taking a full side of a LP. The pair presented the concept to the band back in the UK – with a decidedly mixed reaction. Gunes, Grian I ventured to talk, but I never lost my place, Cast out a spell rendered for the light of day But I just can’t believe that I can feel it We must have waited all our lives for this And I just can’t believe our song will leave you And say maybe that’s all, Hurry home as love is true I’ve been practising dreaming now for about ten years. 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