BRIAN PADLEY

AT THE TENDER AGE OF 16, I VENTURED TO LONDON ON MY OWN TO SEE THE BAND THAT WAS AND HAS REMAINED THE CORNERSTONE OF MY MUSICAL LIFE.
I TRAVELLED FRON SHEFFIELD ON THE TRAIN WITH TWO TICKETS, (MY FRIEND JOHN DIDNT TURN UP) I MET UP WITH SOME GUYS THAT I CANT RECALL THE NAME OF BUT THEY SHARED THEIR CANS OF BEER WITH ME ON THE TRAIN!!
(CHEERS GUYS!!)
WE TRAVELLED TO WEMBLEY AND TOOK UP OUR SEATS,( I WAS JUST SEVEN ROWS FROM THE CIRCULAR STAGE)
I WAS ABSOLUTLEY KNOCKED OUT AND TEARFUL AT THE SAMETIME!!
THEY STARTED WITH SIBERIAN KHATRU I THINK, AND I REMEMBER THINKING THIS WAS HOW IT SHOULD BE (HAVING LISTENED TO 'YESSONGS ' EVERY DAY FOR 3 YEARS!!
I'M SURE THERE ARE SETLISTS AROUND THAT CAN RECALL EXACTLY WHICH SONGS WERE PLAYED AND IN WHICH ORDER, BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT THERE WAS A BBC 'IN CONCERT ' OF THE SAT MATINEE GIG THAT DIDNT CONTAIN ALL OF THE SONGS THAT WERE PLAYED ON THE THURS.
THAT NIGHT WAS A MOST MEMORABLE POINT IN MY LIFE AND I'M STILL A DEVOUT 'YESNIK'
I MANAGED TO SHAKE CHRIS'S HAND AS THEY WERE LEAVING THE STAGE
AFTER THEY PLAYED WHAT I THINK WAS THE DEFINITIVE LIVE VERSIONS OF 'GOOD PEOPLE'AND 'ROUNDABOUT' I SET OFF BACK,AND SLEPT IN THE GOODS WAGON OF THE 'MILK TRAIN' BACK TO SHEFFIELD COS THE TRAIN WAS SO FULL!! WE ARRIVED BACK IN SHEFF AT ABOUT 4 IN THE MORN WITH HAMSTERS RUNNING EVERYWHERE ON THE STATION PLATFORM,(SOMEONE HAD FREED THEM FROM THE 'PARCEL VAN!!) THANKS YES !!(FOR THE MUSIC , NOT RELEASING THE HAMSTERS!!)