Yes - YesSpeak - Yes Acoustic - 35th Anniversary Edition (DVD)


Year of Release: 2005
Label: Classic Pictures
Catalog Number: DVD8050X
Format: DVD
Total Time: 140:00:00

In 2003 Classic Pictures released YesSpeak as a double DVD set in a slipcase. It contained no less than 190 minutes worth of material, whilst as an extra, the entire live set was included in dynamic Dolby 5.1 and Dolby Stereo. One year later the same company released the Yes Acoustic DVD. Another year later and the material from both discs gets combined and released onto one single disc. Labelled as the "35th Anniversary Edition," the set comes in a newly designed package by Roger Dean. The outer slipcase is in full colour whilst the inlay for the actual DVD case comes as a monochrome design. When I say "all" the material from both previous releases are included, I?m lying. All of the stuff from the Yes Acoustic DVD is there but, instead of the lengthy version of the YesSpeak 2DVD, the company this time has opted to include the cinema version. Compared to the first DVD release, we go from a duration of around 190 minutes down to 75 minutes. On 26th January 2004 in a simultaneous live satellite transmission from a studio in Los Angeles to cinemas throughout the USA, a 75 minute version of the film YesSpeak was premiered. So it is that particular version instead of the previously released "complete" version that is on offer here. Roger Daltrey still is our narrator, whilst all the funny bits are well and truly in place. Wakeman still is the joker of the lot, keeping all of the material nicely together. So for the Yes fan who already owns both DVDs as mentioned, this "new" release doesn?t offer anything extra. However if you look at the film version of YesSpeak as being something different then yes this release does offer something new and interesting as it makes the cinema version available for the very first time. You also still get the "unseen footage" with commentary from Rick plus all of the US trailers are also present.

For the review of the included material I suggest you read the respective reviews of the separate releases elsewhere on this website. All you have to remember of course is that the material from the YesSpeak movie contains far less material than on the complete package. The tracklisting below indicates what?s on this new disc so when you compare it with the other review you immediately know what?s missing. For those of you who still would like the complete two disc version of YesSpeak, the good news is that it is still available! For those who are pleased with a mere selection of this combined with the acoustic session then no doubt this disc is for you!


Tracklisting:
YesSpeak: And You And I / The Firebird Suite / I've Seen All Good People / No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed / Yours Is No Disgrace / Heart Of The Sunrise / Rick Wakeman Solo / South Side Of The Sky / Long Distance Runaround / We Have Heaven / Roundabout / The Fish / Don?t Kill The Whale / Show Me / To Be Over / Awaken

Yes Acoustic: Tiger Rag / Long Distance Runaround / South Side Of The Sky / Show Me / Roundabout / Time Is Time / I?ve Seen All Good People

Special features: Fully animated menu / trailers / the unseen footage

Musicians:
Jon Anderson - vocals, guitars
Steve Howe - guitars, vocals
Chris Squire - bass, vocals
Rick Wakeman - keyboards
Alan White - drums, percussion

Discography:
Yes (1969)
Time And A Word (1970)
The Yes Album (1971)
Fragile (1972)
Close To The Edge (1972)
Yessongs (1973)
Tales From Topographic Oceans (1974)
Relayer (1975)
Going For The One (1977)
Tormato (1978)
Yesshows (1980)
Drama (1980)
Classic Yes (1982)
90125 (1983/2004)
90125 Live - The Solos (1985)
Big Generator (1987)
Union (1989)
Yesyears (1991)
Yesstory (1991)
Highlights: The Very Best Of Yes (1993)
Talk (1994)
Keys To Ascension I (1996)
Keys To Ascension II (1997)
Open Your Eyes (1997)
Yes, Friends And Relatives (1998)
Beyond And Before: BBC Recordings 1969-1970 (1998)
Something's Coming (1998)
Friends & Relatives (1998)
The Ladder (1999)
Millennium Collection (1999)
House Of Yes: Live From The House Of Blues (2000)
Yes, Friends and Relatives - Volume Two (2001)
YesSymphonic (ep) (2001)
Magnification (2001)
Keystudio (ep) (2001)
3 For 1 Box Set (2001)
Original Members Of Yes (2001)
Extended Versions (2002)
Friends And Relatives: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1 (2002)
Yestoday (2002)
In A Word (2002)
Yes Remixes (2003)
Friends And Relatives: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 2 (2003)
Roundabout: Best Of Yes Live (2003)
The Yes Story Gold (2003)
The Ultimate Yes - 35th Anniverary Collection (2004)
(Re)Union (2004)
Topography: The Yes Anthology (2004)
Inside Yes 1968-1973: A Critical Review (2004)
The Word Is Live (2005)
Live And Solo: The Collection (2006)
Greatest Hits Live (2006)
An Evening Of Yes (2006)
Yesstories: Group & Solo Tales (2006)
Essentially Yes (2006)
The Definitive Rock Collection (2007)
Roundabout & Other Hits (2006)
Live At Montreux 2003 (2007)
Works (2007)
The Best Of Yes: 1970-1987 (2007)
Symphonic Live (2009)
The BBC Recordings 1969-1970 (2009)
Introducing Yes (2009)
Wonderous Stories: The Best Of Yes (2009)
Union Live (2011)
Fly From Here (2011)
In The Present - Live From Lyon (2011)
Heaven & Earth (2014)
Songs From Tsongas (2014)
Like It Is: Yes At The Bristol Hippodrome (2014)
Progeny: Seven Shows From Seventy-Two (boxset) (2015)
Like It Is: Yes At The Mesa Arts Center (2015)
Topographic Drama - Live Across America (2017)
Fly From Here - Return Trip (2018)
From A Page - Studio Tracks Plus In The Present Live From Lyon (2019) Yes50 Live (2019)

9012LIve (VHS/DVD) (1985/2005)
Greatest Hits Video (VHS/DVD) (1991/2001)
Yesyears: A Retrospective (VHS/DVD) (1991/2003)
Yes: Live - 1975 At Q.P.R. (VHS) (1993)
Live In Philadelphia 1979 (VHS/DVD) (1996/2003)
Keys To Ascension (VHS/DVD) (1997/2001/2009)
The Union Tour Live (DVD) (1999)
House Of Yes: Live From The House Of Blues (VHS/DVD) (2000)
The Best Of MusikLaden Live (VHS/DVD) (2000/2003)
Live In Amsterdam (VHS/DVD) (2002)
Symphonic Live (DVD+CD) (2003)
Yes: Special Edition EP (DVD) (2003)
YesSpeak (DVD) (2003)
YesAcoustic (DVD) (2004/2006)
35th Anniversary Concert: Songs From Tsongas (DVD) (2004)
YesSpeak - YesAcoustic - 35th Anniversary Edition (DVD) (2005)
Critical Review 1968-1973 (DVD) (2005)
Greatest Video Hits (DVD) (2005)
Inside Yes Plus Friends And Family (DVD) (2006)
Acoustic Live (DVD) (2006)
Total Rock Review (DVD) (2006)
Close To The Edge: Rock Milestones (DVD) (2007)
Live At Montreux (DVD/BR) (2007)
The Lost Broadcasts (DVD) (2009)
Rock Of The 70s (DVD) (2009)
Union Live (2011)
Live Hemel Hempstead Pavilion October 3rd 1971 (2014)

Genre: Progressive Rock

Origin UK

Added: March 29th 2005
Reviewer: John "Bobo" Bollenberg

Artist website: yesworld.com
Hits: 2500
Language: english

  

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