90125

Occupation

Jon Anderson: Vocals
Tony Kaye: Keyboards
Trevor Rabin: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Chris Squire: Bass, Vocals
Alan White: drums, percussion, vocals

90125 is an album by the British progressive rock band Yes from the year 1983. 90125 The title stems (as in the Spliff album 85555 of 1982) by the number of the album in the catalog of record company ATCO. With the total of 15 album Yes released their 11th and most successful studio work.

Formation

The band broke up in 1981 after the Drama tour, only Chris Squire and Alan White were still working together. They tried to make to various colleagues contacts, including Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin. They met under the name "XYZ" ( eX -Yes- & - Zeppelin) in April 1981 in Squires Studio and tried out a few ideas, but Plant held the material for the top-heavy and decided not to join XYZ. The short-lived project fell apart quickly then. Some of the XYZ ideas are as bootleg and was released on albums by The Firm and Yes.

Squire and White then took on a Christmas single called Run With the Fox, which is supposedly based also on an XYZ melody ( December 1981).

Regardless, there were several attempts since 1980 to a supergroup by Trevor Rabin, a South African guitarist, who had fled to Britain in his home in front of the apartheid regime. Possible lineups included Rick Wakeman, John Wetton, Carl Palmer and Keith Emerson or Rabin, Jack Bruce and Rabin. He was also drawn in 1981 as a keyboard player for Foreigner into consideration, and for a time acted even as the fifth man in the band Asia. However, Rabin decided in 1982 for an offer from the former Yes - Rhythm section: Chris Squire had come across a few demo tapes of the guitarist. Although the first session ( you first played XYZ material ) according to a statement of all involved musically rather were a disaster, understood all so good that it was decided to continue the cooperation.

Rabin, Squire and White, who were forced by Atlantic Records Ahmet Ertegun boss to write a commercial album, keyboardist Eddie Jobson did with the, previously at UK and Jethro Tull, actually form a new band called Cinema. But Jobson, who in the recording of his album Zinc middle - put The green album, had to cancel. He was then replaced by Tony Kaye, a former Yes member, the Squire had accidentally met again at a party. The vocals were initially divided Rabin and Squire.

At the urging of Phil Carson, then the head of Atlantic Records in the United Kingdom, Squire played the demos of the new band of former Yes singer Jon Anderson. This had 1979/1980 at loggerheads with the former Yes members and the manager of the band, Brian Lane, over his alleged excessive spending. Nevertheless, he now showed interest in the new, now exclusively from Rabin's idea for a planned solo album actually existing and now very far gediehenen song material ( melt the ice brought the demo of Hearts). Anderson worked then for three weeks to small changes in the lyrics and sang one of his passages. The realization Squires and Anderson that it would have the new band easier if she were wearing the already world-famous name of " Yes", and the pressure from the record company, the band and the singer / guitarist Rabin a pure singer / frontman ( Anderson) to to provide side, seems to be the reason that you renamed the project. As Kaye, who had never shed his old aversion to technologically advanced keyboards, and with producer Trevor Horn personally not well get along, the band had to leave shortly before the completion of the album, first took over Rabin and Horn buttons work, then succeeded another attempt Jobson to get into the boat. This was then for two weeks Member of Yes and is seen briefly in the video for Owner of a Lonely Heart. Then problems arose regarding the use of the name " Yes". To date, the rights to this name had not been clearly established, and Atlantic feared that it could prohibit the use of the band - an initiative could come from both Steve Howe, guitarist with Asia at that time, and Rick Wakeman. For this reason they picked Kaye back to have so many former Yes members as possible in the new band ( including with Kaye alone three founding members). The proposal to divide the keyboard work with Kaye, Jobson rejected in view of the less demanding parts, he left the band it permanently. The keyboards on the album were played, however neither of nor by Kaye Jobson: Actually Trevor Rabin served almost all keyboard instruments.

To avoid name legal problems in the future, closed all current and former members of Yes on May 22, 1984 a contract which stated that only the time remaining Yes musicians have the right to use the name and the band logo and that a full- ascended member after a certain period its membership is no longer allowed to mention (by a promotional effect that this certainly has until today to take advantage of ). Finally resolved, the problem of naming rights was not so.

The renaming Cinemas Yes just did not happen to the delight of Rabin, which was the thought of being seen by the old Yes fans as a replacement for Steve Howe and held responsible for the change of style the band uncomfortable. So when exactly this happened, emerged first friction in the band, especially between Rabin and Anderson, who wanted to follow a more traditional route to 90125. However, Rabin prevailed in the long run with its pop -rock- oriented style. In fact, however, Rabin was not the reason for the change of style, but the move away from collective composition, which had influenced the style of Yes in the seventies. The first effects of such renunciation had been on the album Tormato (1978 ) and its predecessor, Going for the One (1977, see Chris Squires Parallels ) indicated.

Cinema Sessions

The history of cinema (or 90125 - ) sessions is still not nearly as well worked like the Paris Sessions 1979 is certain is that Trevor Rabin at the time of his encounter with Alan White and Chris Squire at least 24 songs in various stages of development. ready held in the form of demos. About what material Squire and White possessed at this time is unclear. However, it is to be assumed that they will continue working on the games played on the frame of the XYZ project material. However, from the popular to this day XYZ ideas has been used on 90125 nothing. Instead, many of the Rabin demos landed on the album. The following list contains those demos where possible with alternative titles and, where available, later publications. For the following list a few comments:

Some songs are not clearly identifiable because they were published under different names on bootlegs. Where these names are very similar ( eg Lonely girl / Lonely girls ), identification is possible, all other cases are marked with question marks.
Under Cinema sessions, 1982 more songs are recorded, the (? , And Kaye ) were recorded allegedly by Rabin, Squire, White. Whether that is true and if some of these songs are the same ( in addition may possibly be different titled ) Rabin demos, can not be determined with certainty.

Trevor Rabin demos, 1982:

Baby I'm easy (possibly under the title Love Does not Come Easy? )
Cinema (Demo played later on Trevor Rabin album 90124, also works as a part of longtracks Time)
Fools ( parts that can be found similarly in Tonight 's our night were to the heavy passage of Hearts on 90125 processed later)
Girl it is not easy ( as It Is not Easy Living Without You )
Harmony ( as Marmony )
Hold on ( The chorus of Hold was on along with a passage from Tonight 's our night and the verse and the solo part of moving in to Hold on to 90125, demo later on Trevor Rabin Album 90124 )
( Let Me Hear Your ) Heart Beat
I'm with you ( A passage from the guitar solo of the demo was later to make it easy, published on YesYears and the Rhino edition of 90125, used )
It's enough (possibly under the title Is It Love? )
It's Over (released on the Rhino edition of 90125 )
Lonely girl ( s )
Love Keeps Coming Around
Make it easy ( as instrumental and as part of longtracks Time. In another version posted on YesYears and the Rhino edition of 90125 )
Moving in ( the verse and the solo part were combined with the refrain of Hold on and a passage from Tonight 's our night to Hold on to 90125, demo later on Trevor Rabin Album 90124 )
Moving with the times
Promenade ( Mussorgsky arrangement, possibly, as Rabin, only for Big Generator. Demo later on Trevor Rabin Album 90124 )
Slow dancer
Owner of a lonely heart ( demo later on Trevor Rabin Album 90124 )
( To the passage of heavy hearts on 90125 processed later addition to moving in and Hold on were a starting point for Hold on to 90125 similar parts in Fools ) Tonight 's our night
Turn it on ( also titled Turn It Up Girl)
Waiting By The Telephone
Who were you with last night?
Would you (feel my Love ) (also known as Would you feel and can you feel my Love? ) ( Demo later on Trevor Rabin Album 90124 published)
You know something I do not know

Cinema sessions, 1982:

Jamming # 2
Untitled (already played as a 2 Telephone Secrets, Spies Telephone or Unknown Song # under the XYZ Sessions, appeared on the Rhino edition of Drama as a song no. 4 (Satellite ) be published)
Changes ( demo later on Trevor Rabin Album 90124 )
Do not you know
It can happen (published as It can happen to YesYears and as It Can Happen ( Cinema Version) on the Rhino edition of 90125 )
Open your door
Red Light, Green Light
Time ( an approximately 20 - minute epic that began with a combination of the later Cinema and Make it Easy, but was never composed to an end. )

The Long Track 'Time'

Only about half of all demos that brought Rabin to the cinema sessions ended up on the finished album. Few others were later on official albums published (on YesYears, on the expanded edition of 90125 ( Rhino Records, 2004), which contains three demos from the period of Cinema sessions among the six bonus tracks, plus five other demos on Rabin's album 90124 ).

Yes fans speculate especially on a play called Time, a 20 - minute epic, the well- established a connection to the 70s and the transition to the new style of the band made less abrupt would. Time was taken during the recording sessions, but was never composed to an end, and the protestations According to the band members, there are also no recordings. Nevertheless, it can at least be reconstructed the beginning: The piece began with the instrumental part, which can be heard today as Cinema on 90125. This is followed by a first song part joined directly, who later became first published under the title Make it easy on YesYears. A version of Cinema on 90124 documented this transition. They will disappear after 4:13, which can be interpreted as an indication of the presence of other material.

Cover

The album's title corresponds to its (then) LP and CD Catalogue number ( until it was finally nearing publication, the catalog number, was the planned name 90104th bassist Chris Squire opposed the renaming vehemently, but unsuccessfully). 90125 appeared on ATCO, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records, a label that clearly better suited to the mainstream version of Yes. The cover, which picks up this new simplicity, was designed by Garry Mouat of Assorted Images. Only a new, simpler Yes logo and lettering adorn it and mark the change of style, which has occurred with this album. On the familiar curving Yes logo has foregone - Steve Howe also holds parts of the rights to this logo, however, had left the band. The back is kept as simple. The plate inner envelope, however, was designed comparatively expensive. It contains the lyrics and some album information.

Review

After a three year hiatus turned 90125 a kind of rebirth for Yes dar. The Progressive Rock of the 70's had long since become outdated and as with the new, streamlined music was the music of bands like Foreigner, Journey or the Genesis of the 80s much closer Tales from Topographic Oceans or Relayer, the band won a new generation of fans. This was primarily due to the success of the first single release, Owner of a Lonely Heart, responsible. The piece was on 21 January 1984, the first and hitherto only number-one hit of the band in the U.S. ( in the UK, the song reached only # 28 ). The album was in the Top 5 and is sold 3 million units to date, the most commercially successful of the band. In addition, the Grammy Award the instrumental Cinema won the 1984 Best Rock Instrumental Performance in the category.

The dispute under Yes supporters to the style change and the role of Rabin continues to this day. Ultimately, you will only be able correctly to classify the album in the band's history and evaluate justice, if one views it as a Cinema album, which has received the name of Yes at the last moment. Rabin himself has repeatedly stated that he had composed completely different if he had known that he was working on a Yes album. Other reasons for the new style of the band are in the production of former Yes - member Trevor Horn ( the first for a short time as a singer of Cinema was in the conversation ) and to seek, in the pressure of the record label Atlantic Records and her boss Ahmet Ertegun, in Rabin's material looked especially commercial potential, and pushed the musicians to a hit album. Therefore, the album breaks completely with the progressive rock of the previous Yes works.

2005 reached Max Graham's remix of Owner Of A Lonely Heart No. 9 in the UK Singles Chart.

1983 was the CD (as well as pre-recorded Compact Cassette) nor an insignificant volume. The large press shop by WEA in Alsdorf at that time had not yet own CD production. Therefore, the competitor Polygram in Hanover took over for the time being the production of the CD. 90125 became the first Yes CD ( price at that time about 60 DM). The Polygram CD did not sell very often and therefore is now a relatively rare collector's item.

Title list

Comments

In the production of Leave It happened an error: The time reference track of the votes at the analog tapes was mistakenly deleted after completion of the song. For the single Leave It therefore had to be sung again. The result that today there is also an a cappella version.

The album was remastered in 2004 by Rhino Records and re-released. This edition contains the following 6 bonus tracks:

Comments

The tracks 10, 11, 12 and 15 had already been published before. Tracks 11 and 12 are from the Cinema sessions, Track 13 is one of the Rabin demos from 1982. Additional parts of the Cinema sessions were released on the Trevor Rabin Album 90124 and YesYears.

Important 12-inch versions

Owner of a lonely Heart, Our Song / Owner of a lonely Heart (Special Remix Dance Version )
Leave It ( Hello, Goodbye Mix) / Leave It (Re- Mix), Leave It ( Acappella )
It Can Happen ( Edit) / It Can Happen ( Live)

Swell

English website with explanations on Yes' album covers ( version of 25 November 2005 at the Internet Archive )

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