| Identifier | 6998490 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
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Performance
| Actuel Festival 1969-10-27 Actuel Festival, Amougies, Belgium | |
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| Set 1 | Yes: No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Havens) tuning problems Then (Anderson) It's Love (Cavaliere/Brigati) Everydays (Stills) I See You (McGuinn/Crosby) Something's Coming (Bernstein/Sondheim) Jon Anderson - lead vocals Peter Banks - guitar & backing vocals Tony Kaye - organ Chris Squire - bass & vocals Bill Bruford - drums |
| Set 2 | Sam Apple Pie: unknown unknown Moonlight Man Sam Sampson - vocals & harmonica Mick Smith - lead guitar Andy Johnson - slide guitar Bob Renny - bass Dave Charles - drums |
| Set 3 | Pretty Things: soundcheck / band intro / unknown Phil May - vocals Victor Unitt - guitar John Povey - keyboards Wally Allen - bass 'Twink' Alder - drums |
| Comment | And now for the penultimate day of this legendary festival... I'm sure this is one of the most anticipated performances - a rare early performance by Yes, plus bits from the Pretty Things and Sam Apple Pie sets. With the exception of "Then", they only play covers, including the rare "It's Love" from The Rascals which extensively features Chris Squire on vocals and bass (there is a version with Steve Howe on the recent live boxed set) - and, already at that point, has Anderson quoting the introductory theme to Stravinsky's "Rite Of Spring" (as he again did on "Yessongs"). The climax of the gig, I think, is the very extended "I See You" which has one of those long, wild guitar/drums duets between Banks and Bruford that Banks has referred to repeatedly but here's the first real chance of hearing what it really was like. Of course, Yes went on to make great music, arguably better and more accomplished, but there's a wildness and freedom to their early incarnation that was missing in their later, superstar days. |