Jon Anderson: Here's a song by Paul Simon called 'America'.
before 'Open Your Eyes'
transcribed by: Geoff Dunn
Jon Anderson: ...it's racing up the charts as we speak. It's a song called, ahh, 'Open Your Eyes'.
before 'And You And I'
transcribed by: Geoff Dunn
Jon Anderson: We had a great engineer in those days, he was called Eddie Offord. Really great guy. And, ahh, we'd been rehearsing this next song for quite a while and it was ten past four on a Thursday. I think it was ten past four. And we always had tea at ten past four, being English, British, whatever. And, ahh, magical mint tea, phhhhh, ahhhh, yeah alright. This is the song that changed my life, and the tea definitely changed my life! The sounds that were in the studio at that time were sort of harmonics of sounds and I started to hear them and I said "Eddie, quick, start recording", so he did, and this is what it sounded like.
before 'From The Balcony'
transcribed by: Geoff Dunn
Jon Anderson: ...it's called 'From The Balcony'.
before 'Ram'
transcribed by: Geoff Dunn
Jon Anderson: ...Mr. Steve Howe!
before 'Clap'
transcribed by: Geoff Dunn
Steve Howe: ...the phases and moods of Yes. And, way back then, when I wrote my very first guitar instrumental, this is what it sounded like, and thank you.
before 'Children Of Light'
transcribed by: Geoff Dunn
Jon Anderson: ...called 'Children of Light'.
before 'Khoroshev Solo'
transcribed by: Geoff Dunn
Jon Anderson: It was, ahh, only about three, four months ago, I, ahh, I had been carrying this tape around in my bag for nearly three months before that, never listening to it, because it was just another one. And we decided we were going to go on the road, we need a keyboard player. So I pulled out the tape and it had a Russian name on it, so I played the tape, beautiful piano work, and I rang the guy up. And he was a guy from Moscow, living in Boston and really, a great guy. A wonderful, great guy to be with, and he's a big Yes fan, which really helps. Here he is, Mr. Igor Khorochev!
before 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart'
transcribed by: Geoff Dunn
Jon Anderson: It has to be said that, ahh, Alan White is a quiet guy. He really is, and then all of a sudden, get him behind the drums and this is what he does