• 07-29-2014, 09:09 AM
    Dave_G
    Yes - Heaven And Earth - new album
    I received this cd the other day. I like it. A lot. One of those albums you hear 1st time ever and you know it is good, and will get better and better with time. The production by Billy Sherwood it fantastic. Smooth, clean, crisp, not loud at all.

    A breath of new air for the true YES listener.

    DG
  • 07-29-2014, 09:14 AM
    Hyfi
    Looking forward to sampling this one. I stopped listening at Going for the One.
  • 07-29-2014, 10:17 AM
    Finch Platte
    Who is singing?
  • 07-29-2014, 10:23 AM
    Hyfi
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Finch Platte View Post
    Who is singing?
    Jon Davison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Heaven & Earth (Yes album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • 07-29-2014, 11:57 AM
    ForeverAutumn
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Finch Platte View Post
    Who is singing?
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hyfi
    Jon Davison
    The singer was hired because he had the closest name they could find to Jon Anderson. He even kinda looks like Jon Anderson in the 70's.

    They figured that the old fogie Yes fans probably had sufficient memory loss that they would confuse the two and continue to buy tickets to live shows.

    :D
  • 07-29-2014, 02:02 PM
    Finch Platte
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn View Post
    The singer was hired because he had the closest name they could find to Jon Anderson. He even kinda looks like Jon Anderson in the 70's.

    They figured that the old fogie Yes fans probably had sufficient memory loss that they would confuse the two and continue to buy tickets to live shows.

    :D
    Ha!

    I bet Jon Peterson and Jon Dickinson were really disappointed.
  • 07-29-2014, 05:04 PM
    Hyfi
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Finch Platte View Post
    Ha!

    I bet Jon Peterson and Jon Dickinson were really disappointed.
    What about "Good Old Lenny Johnson" :confused:
  • 07-29-2014, 05:05 PM
    Hyfi
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn View Post
    The singer was hired because he had the closest name they could find to Jon Anderson. He even kinda looks like Jon Anderson in the 70's.

    They figured that the old fogie Yes fans probably had sufficient memory loss that they would confuse the two and continue to buy tickets to live shows.

    :D
    You have been to a few Geezer shows recently, right?
  • 08-07-2014, 06:19 AM
    3LB
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dave_G View Post
    The production by Billy Sherwood it fantastic.
    actually, that'd be Roy Thomas Baker producing; Sherwood was brought in to mix and arrange vocals afterward.

    and I'm not much of a fan of this one at all. Yes, there are some good melodies and competent musicianship but no one stands out here at all except Davison (who also sang on Glass Hammer's last three albums). He's got a great voice and his writing style channels Jon Anderson. This is for the most part, hospital zone prog IMO. No fire in these guys bellies at all.