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Steven talks about his vinyl copy of the new Jazz Sabbath album The 1968 Tapes, which once again features Adam Wakeman as Milton Keanes, a character who claims Black Sabbath took their music from Jazz Sabbath.

Ahead of its 50th anniversary, we talk about the legendary 1974 Yes album Relayer! This was such an interesting period for the band, featuring a lineup of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Patrick Moraz, Chris Squire, and Alan White. We'll be reading some comments reflecting on this album! Where does the album rank for you?

Steven gets caught up on recent Yes and related news. One thing covered midway through will be the "Dare to Know" situation, and the band's response. (You can read Jon Davison's statement here: https://www.yesworld.com/2024/11/jon-davison-statement-november-2024/ and Steve Howe's statement here: https://www.facebook.com/yestheband/posts/pfbid02jJDLTcTRFF5BqSQ1PqQPd9PUEnyihYmPqBURWPdXoXKjumVuSfzsRa...

Dan and Steven spend the 20th anniversary of National Treasure to share thoughts on the franchise and Trevor Rabin's music for it. Are you a fan of National Treasure? Feel free to share any memories.

Dave Kerzner joins us again, this time to talk about IT - A Celebration of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway! Are you a fan of the original concept album by Genesis? The 50th anniversary is Nov. 22nd, and that's when IT comes out! You can order it here: https://sonicelements.bandcamp.com/ IT features: Francis Dunnery Dave Kerzner Nick D'Virgilio Fernando Perdomo Billy Sherwood Steven Rothery Nad Sylv...

Steven recaps his experience attending the BEAT concert that took place November 10th! BEAT is made up of Adrian Belew, Danny Carey, Tony Levin, and Steve Vai playing '80s King Crimson music!

We talk about the 2004 Prince's Trust Concert, known as Produced by Trevor Horn, which included performers from throughout Trevor Horn's production career, including a one-off Yes lineup featuring Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire, and Alan White.

Steven recaps his experience seeing David Gilmour's Luck and Strange Tour concert at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, which took place October 25, 2024!

We read people's dream setlists for a scenario in which Jon Anderson could perform any of his works with an orchestra! Happy 80th birthday to him!

Jon Anderson joined us for an interview! In the window of time we had with him, we talked about True, got a glimpse of another bit of music that may come from him and The Band Geeks, his musical Chagall, and what he likes doing in his spare time! And check out his Patreon: patreon.com/JonAnderson

Steven goes live to remind people we have Jon Anderson on Yesshift tomorrow, 11:30am PDT, as well as to talk about recent/upcoming music releases, and a review of what he saw of the ProgStock live streams!

Steven talks about his vinyl copy of the new Rick Wakeman release, Yessonata, a piano album containing Yes and King Arthur medleys! Have you listened to it? Did you get to see it performed live?

Drummer Joe Cass guests on Yesshift again, this time to talk to Steven about Yes tribute band Total Mass Retain's upcoming JA80 Tour celebrating Jon Anderson's 80th birthday!

We talk about the now 30-year-old Jon Anderson solo album Change We Must! Let us know what other songs he was involved in you'd like to see him do with an orchestra as part of your dream setlist, and we'll read people's lists on Jon's birthday October 25th!

For Tom Brislin's birthday, we are sharing our thoughts on a couple videos he did with The Band Geeks! We share snippets, but check out the full versions over on Richie Castellano's YouTube channel afterward!

Andy Ascolese joins us for an interview for Drum Talk TV and Yesshift! Recently, he's been drumming with Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks, who've released a new album called True! Check out our conversation about the album, his own solo album Endless Sunset, his bandmates, touring, and gear!

Steven does a news catchup for the month of September. Check out what's come out and what's coming up, including Fake Band Practice's Out of My Mind, Chris Braide's There Was A Time - The Songs of Marc Bolan, and Concentus - the John Wetton Live Collection, Volume 1, among others. Plus, it's been 40 years since 9012Live was filmed.

Steven talks about his vinyl copy of Nektar's latest album Mission to Mars. And Dan will be interviewing their drummer Jay Dittamo later today, Tues. Sept. 24th, 6pm PDT / 9pm EDT. It'll be live @DrumTalkTV on Facebook and YouTube!

For the late Virgil Howe's birthday, Steven goes live for a bit to talk about his vinyl copy of Virgil & Steve Howe's Lunar Mist album. Have you listened to it?

What are your memories and favorite moments of The Ladder? We’re celebrating its 25th anniversary! Join us as we talk about what we think of the album and share fan comments about it!

Adam Wakeman joins us for an interview! We'll be talking about Jazz Sabbath and perhaps other facets of his music career! Jazz Sabbath's The 1968 Tapes comes out November 29th and can be pre-ordered here: https://jazzsabbath.bandcamp.com/album/the-1968-tapes

We review Steve Howe's upcoming album Guitarscape, which will be releasing September 27th! The album sees Steve Howe not just on acoustic, electric, steel, and bass guitars, but also on keyboards! And joining on drums is his son Dylan Howe! Pre-order here: https://lnk.to/hkKdov

Happy 80th birthday to Roger Dean! What are some of your favorite non-Yes artworks he's done? Being very familiar with Yes, we share our observations on what makes his non-Yes art for other bands and solo albums different. He's made many incredible works over the years, so let's celebrate!

We go live to take a little look at our CD copies of True and talk about the contents!

Happy birthday to Geoff Downes! Join us as we talk about him and his work, and speculate about how things might have been different had he rejoined Yes in 1997, something that almost happened!