Espectacular tu aporte. Yes es la mejor banda prog y Tales fue su mejor trabajo. Vamos a ver qué tal sonó en vivo...
Les copio lo que dicen de este disco (la versión en estudio) en un libro que vanía la caja de 4 discos "Yes Years": "In the summer of 1973, Yes Edition # 4 entered the studio to begin work on their most ambitious work to date. Having searched for a suitable, positive theme for a large-scale compposition, Anderson found what he wa looking for in the four partShastric Scripturs. Jon And Steve then togethe formulated the basic vocal/lyrical/instrumental foundation of the four sides of the epic, controversial "Tales from the Toppographic Oceans". During the 5 months it took to arrange, rehearse and record the album, Chris, Rick, and Alan actively joined in the task of developing the original conception. From the day one, the cration of Yes music has always been something of an organic process - as musical and lyrical ideas are introduced, exchanged, thrashed out, worked and re-worked to fashion a cohesive musical statement. As Chris states, "It is very much a group effort, very democratic in a way. Everyone takes their personal ideas and tries to transform them all under one roof. It's a peculiar process, but thats's how we do things." This writer recalls sitting in a Yes tour rehearsal in the '70s, watching as each musicianbegan to play. With Jon servin as a kind of cosmic conductor, the unmistakable Yes sound gradyally assembled itself out of barely-controlled cacophony. Tales... was an extraordinary result of tha organic process: four sprawling, yet often brilliant, sides of music comprising a single musical work. Released in january 1974, the album was, as Jon notes, "very, very well received and very heavily criticized at the same time. It was a mammoth piece put together, but there was a definite feeling that we had achieved somethig. It was very educational for me. I was learning all about music-structure, shape, form, potential. And I will be reaping the rewards of that moment in the next ten years." Chris goes on the note: "By teh time we got to Topographic..., wemay have labored the idea of doing longer pieces a bit. We were in a period of stretching out musically, and there was definitelya loss of form. However, if we hadn't gone through that phase, we probably wouldn't have come round to being able to do other experimental thigs later".