remembering. # #-----# Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:23:37 -0500 From: TitanObel Subject: y/yes/tales_from_a_topographic_ocean.tab Yes "Tales from Topographic Oceans" (guitar parts by Steve Howe; Words by Jon Anderson) (acoustic guitar tab) transcribed by Torsten Lasse contact: uzsrbw@uni-bonn.de File name: "yes-tales_from_t_o.txt" ((Version 1)) These transcribtion contains several … Steve Howe: guitars, timpani, vocals Here Steve’s guitar is pivotal in sharpening reflection on the And search the forest of the sun The exhibition is being curated by B.V.B. “To me, Tales From Topographic Oceans was a very free spirited album. CDs feature a completely new stereo album mix by Steven Wilson, a new mix of Dance of the Dawn and five new single edits (both editions). Naytheet Rape the forest, they might stand and leave them I don’t believe in sticking my money in the building society so I invested in cars instead. I’ll own up. Rick commented, ‘I had some great times and some lousy times. Please try again. Tanatiuh Dream as one Saule – A needle-drop of a US branded promo album pressing. Tales from Topographic Oceans became the first album in the UK to earn a gold certification prior to its release. Thoughts would send our fusion However, if your one of those that likes it, (I'll confess that most of part 3 leaves me cold), then this is the version to get, especially if you have a 5.1 system. Changes call the course Looking back on it now, one cannot help This was a new experience for YES, whose relationship with the press had been extremely amicable up to this point. And surely we can call Featured peformers: Jon Anderson (vocals, timpani, harp, tambourine, lyrics), Steve Howe (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, timpani, backing vocals, lyrics), Chris Squire (bass, timpani, … A course towards a universal season, Getting over overhanging trees let them Three CD + All Region Blu-ray edition. The strength of the moment lies with you He had been reading books on the inner self, specifically The Finding of the Third Eye by Vera Stanley-Adler, and Paramhansa Yogananda’s The Autobiography of a Yogi (given to Jon by King Crimson member Jamie Muir) which immediately captured his imagination. Tales From Topographic Oceans began with a single conversation between two characters at very different ends of the musical spectrum. As a collective these hacks had little talent as writers and the later detractors who were "musicians" were to quote a source I can't remember the name of "over amplified and under talented", Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2016. When I’m not working, I’m travelling. Soul constant sight listener 1 (24bit/96khz). Chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten. So if you are intimately familiar with them the new versions may sit uncomfortably with you, no matter how faithfully I tried to stay close to the originals. As they don’t seem to matter at all Tales From Topographic Oceans, an Album by Yes. The album has been mixed for 5. Out tender outward lights of you Tales from Topographic Oceans was released in December 1973 to pretty universal condemnation by the music press. You could sense you were on a spaceship to the centre of the Yes music universe, each release taking you nearer. Tell Me Jon also had a bathroom built, copying his own from home with the exact tiles so he could recreate the same echo sounds he’s discovered while singing in the bath. School gates remind us of our class Here, it is especially Rick’s keyboards There, in Bill Bruford ’s London flat in early March 1973, along with dozens of other friends celebrating Bruford’s wedding earlier in the day, Jon Anderson sat perched on an open windowsill talking with Jamie Muir. It reached number-one on the UK Albums Chart for two weeks and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200. As our song memories long hope in a way We receive all we venture to give Dawn of our power we amuse redescending as fast as misused Other skylines to hold you, Relayer Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2016, I was one of the fans who loved this album on it's release in 1973 so having it released in 5.1 surround pleased me no end. And stay maybe a while, Let them run, let them chase You can wake up in your dreams. Nous sommes du soleil. 1974 Preview SONG TIME The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn) 1. The Remembering 20:26 side three: 1. SURITIS: The Remembering. # #-----# Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:23:37 -0500 From: TitanObel Subject: y/yes/tales_from_a_topographic_ocean.tab Yes "Tales from Topographic Oceans" (guitar parts by Steve Howe; Words by Jon Anderson) (acoustic guitar tab) transcribed by Torsten Lasse contact: [email protected] File name: "yes-tales_from_t_o.txt" ((Version 1)) These transcribtion contains several … Ideas were sought from the entire band, but it was Jon who came up with the final idea. Unable to add item to Wish List. which bring alive the ebb and flow and depth of our mind’s eye; the I did the dry ice for ‘Close To The Edge‘ and I used to winch the wings up and down on top of Alan’s drum staging for ‘Ritual.’ Rick was so cheesed-off in those days he would just walk off stage, he either had crates of beer behind his keyboards or he’d resort to a glove puppet that would wave to the audience when he was bored. There’s someone, to tell you, We dream as we dream! I began going for treatments. Other skylines ‘We started talking about meditation in music – not the guru-type but some really heavy stuff, and he gave me these books of Shastric scriptures. It went gold on pre-sales alone and was nominated for Grammy awards in the US. – Presented as a 2 x digi-pack format in a slipcase with new sleeve notes by writer Sid Smith along with rare photos & archive material. It was an enormous feat and subsequently the album was a huge success. I think it's fair to say that you need to be a committed Yes fan to fully appreciate it. We were really getting going. Clearly to be home, We’ve moved fast All the dying cried before you 1 Surround Sound from the original studio masters by Steven Wilson and is fully approved by Yes. Following many heated discussions as to how they could achieve the same effect in a studio setting, a compromise was made. As the silence of the seasons on we relive abridge sails afloat The four tracks that made up Tales From Topographic Oceans were ‘>The Revealing Science of God‘, ‘The Remembering‘, ‘The Ancient‘ and ‘Ritual‘. Lay upon me, hold me around lasting hours Get the Definitive versions of 5 Classic YES Albums on Amazon: The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, Relayer and Tales From Topographic Oceans. Silently Bill Turner, a roadie for YES between the years 1972-74 remembers, ‘I started to work with YES through Hemdale films. Wilson's new mix, whether stereo or surround, … The album, naturally, took Atlantic Records by surprise as they had no idea of the content and their feelings were kept decidedly mute. Our endless caresses for the freedom of life everlasting. Nous Are there many more in comfort understanding 27 April, 2008 - 10:07 — Alan Shulman Tweet Stand awhile we search our past we start anew Website by, THE REVEALING SCIENCE OF GOD (DANCE OF DAWN), iTunes (Standard Edition, Mastered for iTunes). Outwards ways, Things are all in colours and the size of other’s shall send you forward Will we reach YES‘ successful tour of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, UK and the US came to an end in April 1974. Steven Wilson has produced the new mixes with the approval of the band. past, our own life, our own history. Web face to face with the shallow This is the only version of Tales From Topographic Oceans to have been completely remixed from the original multitrack tapes since 1973. We need love Remixing, on the other hand, entails a more sophisticated and time consuming process – going back to the original 16 or 24 track multitrack session tapes, and then recreating the mix from the drums up. It was a major project and there wasn’t enough time to do something that difficult and still capture people’s interests as a commercial thing. Tales from Topographic Oceans is where they took this gambit to the limit, 4 songs on four sides, and were vindicated by the end product. If TFTO is an album you like/love, then this remix is a must buy. I love Frederick Delius. We wander out the days so long knowledge. in which simple truths emerge examining the complexities and magic of the past We drift the shadows and course our way on home Life is a fight between sources of evil and pure love. The move fast, they tell me, Along without you We played teams like EMI and the Wormwood Scrubs Prison. It certainly is a sprawling, complex piece of work that sometimes threatens to disappear up its own backside but if you are a prog rock fan then that probably won't put you off too much. With no time to acclimatise themselves to the work, the press could not comprehend the scale of what YES had done. Side one was the most commercial or easy-listening side of Topographic Oceans, side two was a much lighter, folky side of Yes, side three was electronic mayhem turning into acoustic simplicity, and side four was us trying to drive the whole thing home on a biggie. Sent as we sing our music’s total retain, As we try and consider In keeping with all the other releases in this series, Steven Wilson’s approach for new stereo & 5.1 mixes is to faithfully retain the spirit & sounds of the original album mix, while applying modern mix techniques to bring further clarity to the individual instrument, vocal & overdubs for each track. The stage set-up for the shows saw the band situated in their standard positions, with Alan on a centre drum riser.To his right, Rick played stylised organ pipes, which looked extremely dramatic alongside Alan’s fibreglass canopy drum rostrum – lit from the inside creating the appearance of changing shapes, representing anything from animals and flowers to machines.The split canopy would slowly move during the finale of ‘Ritual‘ and an array of coloured lights would flood out from within. – New Album mix in High Resolution Stereo Yes‘ sixth studio album Tales From Topographic Oceans will be reissued at the end of September with new Steven Wilson stereo and 5.1 remixes created from the original multi-track tapes… This is the fifth in the series of expanded Yes albums and it comes in 3CD+Blu-ray audio and 2CD+2DVD-A configurations. So, it fell a little short.‘ Rick added, ‘Tales from Topographic Oceans is like a woman’s padded bra. Surely daybreaks cross our path These and other people left an immense treasure of Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2018. Alan and Chris He has made wonderful efforts on the othe albums he's remixed, but truly excelled himself with this one. The new mixes have a clarity and vibrancy which I hope will satisfy the people who agree with me that it may just be YES‘ pre-eminent masterpiece, and encourage those who had perhaps dismissed it until now to give it another listen. A part we offer is our only freedom, What happened to this song we once knew so well So the ends meet the river’s son, I reach over and the fruit of life stands still This is probably the most divisive album in the Yes catalogue. – The Remembering (Single Edit) For a band like YES where there is so much subtlety and dynamics in the music this “ear-fatiguing” approach would seem to be wrong to me. Let them hide between Chris Squire commented that, ‘It wasn’t a particularly happy album. The album has been mixed for 5. A peace of mind It was said who are these pompous, deluded fellas releasing a doubly album with only 4 tracks. – Dance of the Dawn (Extended Version of The Revealing Science of God) The strength of the meeting lies with you The Ancient 41:09 side four: 1. The album has been remixed in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound from the original multi-track tapes and approved by YES. Shall call to be near you To feast on the treasure set for our strange device, What happened to wonders we once knew so well Tales from Topographic Oceans is the sixth studio album by YES, released in 1973 on Atlantic Records. However, when Atlantic first listened to it, the mood was one of sheer incredulity – only four tracks on a double album was unheard of at that time. And I will be there That’s not to say that this means these new mixes are “better”, because particularly the original mixes of albums such as The Yes Album, Fragile, and Close to the Edge are brilliant. All the passion spent on one cross The day can consist of a zillion things at once. The strength of the moment lies with you, Don the cap and close your eyes imagine yourself that is the challenge This is by a country mile the most divisive release by Yes. Revealing corridors of time provoking memories, disjointed but with purpose, Wakeman left the band because of it, and many Yes fans hated it, it truly is a 'Marmite' album. life. Tales From Topographic Oceans is the fifth in a series of remixed and expanded Yes classics. We had five totally different people in the band. Dawn of love sent within us colours of awakening among the many Released 26 October 1973 on Atlantic (catalog no. It wasn’t bad until things got to a stage where I didn’t know what direction the music was going in. Remixed & Remastered by Steven Wilson in HD24-96 5.1 & Stereo, and also including the original YES/Eddy Offord mix, with a host of extra tracks. In the grand old days of prog, especially with Yes, there was a wisdom and comfort in everything they brought to us. .fusion-fullwidth.fusion-builder-row-1 { overflow:visible; }. Nous sommes do soleil Chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten Distant drums, Force the bit between the mouth of freedom didn’t learn to fly Nous sommes do soleil Young Christians see it from the beginning Tales From Topographic Oceans is the fifth in a series of expanded Yes editions including 5.1 Surround mixes, new stereo mixes and High-Resolution stereo mixes of the original music. Also, another different live version of Ritual can also be heard because it seems that this was taken from Steve Howe's sound mix, the guitar is more upfront than the original studio version. Maybe I’ll just say hello I did the famous five nights at the Rainbow Theatre for the Tales From Topographic Oceans tour. Two months later, Yes released Tales from Topographic Oceans; Wakeman disagreed with the musical direction the band took, feeling much of the album was too experimental that required further rehearsal, and spent most of his time in the bar at Morgan Studios and playing keyboards on "Sabbra Caddabra" on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath in the adjacent studio. Alternate view, surely, surely, Jon Anderson/Steve Howe/Chris Squire/Rick Wakeman/Alan White. Contains: The strength regains us in between our time, As we shall speak to differ also the ends meet the river’s son And change the passing of the sun Skyline teacher As I read them, I became engrossed with the idea of making music around the concepts they spoke of, making a four-part epic built around the four-part themes of which I was reading.‘, Spirituality had become a big part of Jon’s life and was increasingly reflected in YES‘ music. Craving penetrations offer links with the self instructor’s sharp All our thoughts, impressions, knowledge, fears, it is retained and used. Getting over wars we do not mean When it was first released way back in 1973,the music columnists were in an uproar. Each player is at the top of their game and there is something interesting to hear at every moment during these tracks. And I do feel very well – Original Album mix (flat transfer) in High Resolution Stereo are not so significant as the nature of what is impressed on the mind, and how Excerpted from David Watkinson’s ‘Perpetual Change‘. And then give you a call I opened I up and put the needle down on track one (which is all of side one). Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources. Following the fantastically successful collaboration between Roger Dean and his brother Martyn on the Tales From Topographic Oceans album cover, the Deans copied a number of stylistic features for the stage design. Amused but real in thought, we fled from the sea whole. Move over glory to sons of old fighters past. The exhibition will feature the paintings of Ned Evans and paintings, prints and a video from Chris Wilder. Constant to the soul, Change we must as surely time does The rest of the room looked like I had just killed Bambi, they just didn't get it at all (meaning it didn't speak to them not that they didn't understand the music.). I love to read Henry Miller and Carlos Castaneda… dreaming is really where I get into the mysteries of life. While there is also a two-CD/two-DVD-A edition of Panegyric's Tales from Topographic Oceans, given the added material only available on the Blu Ray edition, it is the three-CD/Blu Ray version that is truly the definitive reissue of an album that may have received mixed reactions at the time of its release, but to which time has largely been much kinder. Sun shower seasons CDs feature a completely new stereo album mix by Steven Wilson. Press indifference to the album had resulted in heated discussions within the band. During the first few months the band held rehearsals at Manticore Studios in London, followed by a move to Morgan Studios. What we can relate to is our own ‘Some designers were working with budgets literally a hundred times greater than we were spending.‘, By this stage Steve had become a vegetarian, like most of the band. The music is intriguing, sometimes disconcerting with parts of songs that seems to not flowing naturally together. Constant doors will open eyes Call out all our memories Tales from Topographic Oceans [Bonus Tracks] Elektra 8122737912 : CD : 2005 : Tales from Topographic Oceans [Bonus Tracks] Elektra: CD : 2006 : Tales from Topographic Oceans: Warner Elektra Atlantic Corp. WPCR-75193 : CD I don't think it will win Yes any new fans but if you have a soft spot for this album you won't be disappointed. I must have waited all my life for this Since the advent of CD in the early 80’s, all the 60’s and 70’s YES albums have been remastered for the different editions by various mastering engineers. I basically humped stuff around on various YES tours. Of the velvet sailors’ course on Till we’re coming home again Other skylines So, it's the best sounding source we can have of the album. Review the work I’m going to do that day. The cover looks good, the outside looks good; it’s got all the right ingredients, but when you peel off the padding, there’s not a lot there. Luckily for Yes, Atlantic ignored their own doubts and backed the release. Or so it seems so clearly – A needle-drop of an original UK vinyl pressing The Anderson’s voice seems to join the listener in the room, Howe & Wakeman’s solos glisten with clarity and White & Squire remind all that they were unmatched as a rhythm section during that period. present and relay the struggle out of which comes a positive source. 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