Yesoteric: Non-Chronicles (20 parts) & Chronicles (14 parts)
What is "Yesoteric"?

The Yesoteric Tape collection was a most laudable effort started by fans, through the Notes From The Edge e-mail newsletter as a reaction to bootsellers, in an effort to get the music to fans without filling the pockets of people not connected to the band. You can do a newsletter archival search on it at www.nfte.org to see how it all came about. Its purpose was to attempt to collect as many rare live tracks, B-sides, remixes, and the like in one obtainable collection.

One could say that it was truly one of the first organized attempts by Yes fans to help each other out, help all this great music get heard by people, and also undermine the bootleggers who sell for profit.

It was set up as strictly a "trade", or "Blanks and Postage / cover the costs" deal. No money was to be made off of it. There were voluntary semi-official "regional tape duplicators" at one time who could be contacted for full or partial sets.

But Yesoteric was not without its problems.

First off, the project quickly became unwieldy as it quickly grew to 25 tapes and eventually grew to at least 29. There may be more for all we know. If a duplicator received 10 requests, that required making 250 tapes! (Later, organized efforts were made to circulate Yesoteric 6 tapes at a time via trading tress)

Second, the internet was still a relatively new thing. There were a couple of cases of duplicators trying to charge money for the tapes or duplicators not seeing their obligations through. Frankly, given the tasks the duplicators were taking on (although they DID volunteer), it's understandable how they could quickly just look at the pile of tapes ahead of them with utter despair!! :-)

Also, CDRs were not too prevalent at the time, so the media for circulating these were tapes, thus, the guy who organized Yesoteric (Jeremy Weissenburger, a first class gentleman) was getting at LEAST 2nd generation copies, which were then copied for the regional duplicators who then passed them on to others who often passed them on. Thus, most people
received at least 4th generation tapes, if not worse, because in some cases the original sources were already high gen bootlegs.

However, some truly rare GEMS were unearthed...

In an attempt to mitigate the problem of circulating these via tape, one or more of the tape duplicators went through the effort of converting most of the best Yesoteric had to offer to MP3s and upload them to a website, hosted by Southside.org.

Alas, the band was NOT happy about this turn of events, due to the circulation of demos that were NOT intended for public consumption and which were in at least one case, stolen from a band member's home. Their management threatened a lawsuit and the site was taken down.

When NFTE became an official band fan site, NFTE decided to disavow themselves from Yesoteric altogether, even to the point of censoring any further mention of it in their newsletter. Most circulation of it from that point on was conducted via the newsgroup alt.music.yes, which is
a completely un-moderated forum. Most of what is on there is obtainable through better sounding sources anyway.

Apparently, there have been attempts to organize the 25-29 tape mishmash of material and organize the best of them into a CDR set.
This version follows the transformation into 9 MP3 CDs by Simon Funnell (15 November 2000): 20 non-chronicle parts and 14 chronicle parts.

Volume 3 - CD5 - Non-Chronicles 17 - Yescellaneous
01 I'm Running
02 Love Will Find A Way
03 Rhythm of Love
04 Big Generator
05 Shoot High, Aim Low
06 Holy Lamb
07 Almost Like Love
08 Final Eyes
09 Instrumental #1
10 Instrumental #2
11 Can You See
12 Telephone Secrets

Volume 3 - CD5 - Non-Chronicles 18 - Pre-Yes
01 Never My Love
02 All Of The Time
03 (Autobiography Of A) Mississippi Hobo
04 Sonata Of Love
05 You Came Along
06 Don't Make Me Blue
07 Beyond And Before
08 Johnny On The Monorail
09 Island
10 Technopop
11 Locomotive Breath
12 Something's Gone Wrong
13 Grounded
14 Created By Clive
15 Flowerman
16 14th Hour Technicolor Dream
17 Beyond And Before
18 Images Of You And Me
19 Jeanetta

Volume 3 - CD5 - Non-Chronicles 19 - And Now Patrick Moraz 1
01 Tribute To KJ
02 Gentle Storm
03 Untitled I
04 Shine
05 Untitled II
06 Fun Kong

Volume 3 - CD5 - Non-Chronicles 20 - And Now Patrick Moraz 2
01 New Song (parts 1 & 2)
02 Blue Funk
03 Spare Notes
04 Sorrento
05 Roads
06 Another From Age
07 Minuet
08 Un-lead-ed
09 Untitled III

Volume 3 - CD6 - Chronicles 01 - 1969-1970
01 Jon Anderson - Coke Commercial
02 No Opportunity Necessary + Dear Father
03 Every Little Thing
04 Something's Coming
05 Dear Father
06 Eleanor Rigby
07 I See You
08 For Everyone
09 No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
10 Then
11 Every Little Thing

Volume 3 - CD6 - Chronicles 02 - 1971
01 America
02 Clap
03 Starship Trooper
04 I've Seen All Good People
05 Yours Is No Disgrace
06 Astral Traveller
07 Everydays
08 Jam with Iron Butterfly

Volume 3 - CD6 - Chronicles 03 - 1971-1974
01 America
02 It's Love
03 Roundabout (1971 demo)
04 Sakura, Sakura
05 Colours Of The Rainbow
06 Topographic Tour Song
07 The Remembering

Volume 3 - CD6 - Chronicles 04 - 1974-1976
01 The Ancient
02 Sound Chaser
03 To Be Over
04 Your Move / Mood For A Day (acoustic version)
05 Long Distance Runaround (1975 acoustic version)
06 High Vibration
07 Flight Of The Moorglade
08 Ram
09 Hold Out Your Hand / You By My Side
10 Break Away From It All

Vol.3-CD5
17 - Yescellaneous
1 Yes I'm Running Remix 0:07:24
2 Yes Love Will Find A Way Remix 0:09:01
3 Yes Rhythm of Love Remix 0:04:08
4 Yes Big Generator Remix 0:04:04
5 Yes Shoot High, Aim Low Remix 0:06:20
6 Yes Holy Lamb Remix 0:03:38
7 Yes Almost Like Love Remix 0:05:00
8 Yes Final Eyes Remix 0:04:56
9 XYZ Instrumental #1 Session 0:04:35
10 XYZ Instrumental #2 Session 0:04:01
11 XYZ Can You See Session 0:04:24
12 XYZ Telephone Secrets Session 0:07:21
1:04:52

Vol.3-CD5
18 - Pre-Yes
1 Hans Christian Never My Love Single 0:02:20
2 Hans Christian All Of The Time Single 0:02:08
3 Hans Christian (Autobiography Of A) Mississippi Hobo Single 0:02:32
4 Hans Christian Sonata Of Love Single 0:02:55
5 The Warriors You Came Along Single 0:02:02
6 The Warriors Don't Make Me Blue Single 0:02:02
7 Mabel Greer's Toyshop Beyond And Before Single 0:04:06
8 Buggles Johnny On The Monorail 0:03:52
9 Buggles Island 0:03:29
10 Buggles Technopop 0:03:38
11 Rabbitt Locomotive Breath 0:03:33
12 Rabbitt Something's Gone Wrong 0:03:41
13 The Syn Grounded 0:02:21
14 The Syn Created By Clive 0:02:27
15 The Syn Flowerman 0:02:33
16 The Syn 14th Hour Technicolor Dream 0:02:52
17 Mabel Greer's Toyshop Beyond And Before Session 0:03:48
18 Mabel Greer's Toyshop Images Of You And Me Session 0:03:55
19 Mabel Greer's Toyshop Jeanetta Session 0:03:04
0:57:18

Vol.3-CD5
19 - And Now Patrick Moraz 1
1 Patrick Moraz Tribute To KJ Demo 0:08:52
2 Patrick Moraz Gentle Storm Demo 0:08:44
3 Patrick Moraz Untitled I Demo 0:05:10
4 Patrick Moraz Shine Demo 0:04:30
5 Patrick Moraz Untitled II Demo 0:06:03
6 Patrick Moraz Fun Kong Demo 0:13:50
0:47:09

Vol.3-CD5
20 - And Now Patrick Moraz 2
1 Patrick Moraz New Song (parts 1 & 2) Demo 0:13:12
2 Patrick Moraz Blue Funk Demo 0:02:37
3 Patrick Moraz Spare Notes Demo 0:06:47
4 Patrick Moraz Sorrento Demo 0:06:23
5 Patrick Moraz Roads Demo 0:03:37
6 Patrick Moraz Another From Age Demo 0:06:17
7 Patrick Moraz Minuet Demo 0:02:58
8 Patrick Moraz Un-lead-ed Demo 0:02:52
9 Patrick Moraz Untitled III Demo 0:05:45
0:50:28

Vol.3-CD6
01 - 1969 - 1970
1 Yes Jon Anderson - Coke Commercial Demo 01-01-69 0:00:58
2 Yes No Opportunity Necessary + Dear Father Live Essen, Germany 09-10-69 0:10:57
3 Yes Every Little Thing Live Essen, Germany 09-10-69 0:06:40
4 Yes Something's Coming Live Essen, Germany 09-10-69 0:08:28
5 Yes Dear Father Live Sheffield, England 21-12-69 0:05:40
6 Yes Eleanor Rigby Live Sheffield, England 21-12-69 0:03:24
7 Yes I See You Live Sheffield, England 21-12-69 0:07:48
8 Yes For Everyone Session BBC 01-01-70 0:09:08
9 Yes No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed Live Koln, Germany 04-04-70 0:04:32
10 Yes Then Live Koln, Germany 04-04-70 0:05:51
11 Yes Every Little Thing Live Koln, Germany 04-04-70 0:06:17
1:09:43

Vol.3-CD6
02 - 1971
1 Yes America Session BBC 01-01-71 0:14:17
2 Yes Clap Session BBC 01-01-71 0:03:21
3 Yes Starship Trooper Session BBC 01-01-71 0:07:56
4 Yes I've Seen All Good People Live German TV 01-01-71 0:03:16
5 Yes Yours Is No Disgrace Live Unknown 01-01-71 0:10:21
6 Yes Astral Traveller Live Göteborg, Sweden 24-01-71 0:07:30
7 Yes Everydays Live Göteborg, Sweden 24-01-71 0:11:00
8 Yes Jam with Iron Butterfly Live Göteborg, Sweden 24-01-71 0:02:55
1:00:36

Vol.3-CD6
03 - 1971-1974
1 Yes America Live Berlin, Germany 05-06-71 0:17:08
2 Yes It's Love Live New York, NY 24-11-71 0:10:10
3 Yes Roundabout (1971 demo) Demo 31-12-71 0:07:44
4 Yes Sakura, Sakura Live Osaka, Japan 12-03-73 0:01:46
5 Yes Colours Of The Rainbow Live Osaka, Japan 12-03-73 0:01:12
6 Yes Topographic Tour Song Live Detroit, MI 14-02-74 0:01:58
7 Yes The Remembering Live Madison Square Garden, NY 18-02-74 0:21:18
1:01:16

Vol.3-CD6
04 - 1974-1976
1 Yes The Ancient Live Madison Square Garden, NY 18-02-74 0:17:50
2 Yes Sound Chaser Live Boston, MA 11-12-74 0:10:31
3 Yes To Be Over Live Boston, MA 11-12-74 0:10:20
4 Yes Your Move / Mood For A Day (acoustic version) Live Yale Bowl, NY 21-06-75 0:04:56
5 Yes Long Distance Runaround (1975 acoustic version) Live Yale Bowl, NY 21-06-75 0:05:18
6 Yes High Vibration Live Philadelphia, PA 07-07-75 0:01:25
7 Yes Flight Of The Moorglade Live Roanoke, VA (rehearsal) 27-05-76 0:04:44
8 Yes Ram Live Roanoke, VA 28-05-76 0:01:59
9 Yes Hold Out Your Hand / You By My Side Live Roanoke, VA 28-05-76 0:09:13
10 Yes Break Away From It All Live Roanoke, VA 28-05-76 0:05:38
1:11:54