Music Monday: Yes/Time and a Word (Side One)

The second album released by Yes was called Time and a Word. A live orchestra was used on the recording of all of the tracks, giving it a kind of "eerie" feel in my book. This actually caused a lot of tension in the band, prompting one of the members, guitar player Peter Banks, to leave. So this is the last album to feature the original lineup, and unfortunately it started an almost continuous revolving door of personnel. Steve Howe joined the band (and what a major upgrade!) before this album was released, but he didn't play on it.

UK Front Cover

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And now, on to Side One.