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Summary: Yes, you need to read it
Review: This is a must read for any Yes fan. It's informative, enlightening, and at many points, _hilarious_. If you didn't think any of these guys had a sense of humor, you will think twice after reading this book. My only compliant is that it is too short.
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Summary: a very enjoyable book!
Review: This is probably the best book written about a rock band. It's a very enjoyable and entertaining read, but it's also very
informative. The book goes through every track from every album,
with comments from different band members. One also gets a very
good insight into each band member's personality; it does it so
well that by the end of the book you feel like you know every
band member. Peter Banks, not surprisingly, comments on most of
the songs from YES and TIME AND A WORD, and comes across, also
not surprisingly, as very angry and resentful.Tony Kaye has very
little to say and his ex-band members have little to say about him. Alan White comes across as a very personable and likable
down to earth guy, not being afraid to point out his contribu-
tions to the songs. Bill Bruford probably has the best quotes of
all the band members, especially in his detailing of all the
frustrations in making CLOSE TO THE EDGE and his putdowns of the
UNION album. Rick Wakeman comes across as the joker of the bunch.
I also like what the band members say about each other, particu-
larly when Wakeman quotes Jon Anderson's description of himself.
I enjoyed hearing about how the albums were made and how the band
came up with and made the songs,especially Anderson's account of
how he wrote the lyrics for Roundabout. It's fun hearing about the stories of Chris Squire's ongoing tardiness.
THERE IS SO MUCH TO LIKE ABOUT THIS BOOK! No YES fan should be
without this!
Rating:
Summary: Good Bits here
Review: Tim Morse provides a good structure of history here, coordinated with interview material collected from the past. Good insight into the song creation process etc. I enjoyed reading Steve Howe, and Bill Bruford's accounts. Both are very honest with their answers. I've often wondered if Steve Howe or any other bandmember or former band member would write an account specifically for their own biography of YES apart from Rick Wakemans book which was more of an autobiography just on himself. It would be nice to know more just how each member contributed ideas, difficulties, and of post production. Some of this was covered in Chris Welch's biography of Yes, but seen through his own experience with some bits of interview material. Jon could write a book on his lyrics of Yes. Steve could write a detailed studio account of the recording accounts from being in Yes. Chris Squire could write on the different musical infulences that changed with the members who had left or re-joined Yes etc. Many Possibilities here. Yes had almost reached some incredible musical complexity but they still have much to deliver.
Dave Carlin, Philadelphia
Rating:
Summary: Good Bits here
Review: Tim Morse provides a good structure of history here, coordinated with interview material collected from the past. Good insight into the song creation process etc. I enjoyed reading Steve Howe, and Bill Bruford's accounts. Both are very honest with their answers. I've often wondered if Steve Howe or any other bandmember or former band member would write an account specifically for their own biography of YES apart from Rick Wakemans book which was more of an autobiography just on himself. It would be nice to know more just how each member contributed ideas, difficulties, and of post production. Some of this was covered in Chris Welch's biography of Yes, but seen through his own experience with some bits of interview material. Jon could write a book on his lyrics of Yes. Steve could write a detailed studio account of the recording accounts from being in Yes. Chris Squire could write on the different musical infulences that changed with the members who had left or re-joined Yes etc. Many Possibilities here. Yes had almost reached some incredible musical complexity but they still have much to deliver.
Dave Carlin, Philadelphia
Rating: 
Summary: Yes Speak
Review: What a great idea - allowing the band members to tell their own story without the author getting in the way! Tim is to be commended both for his maturity in allowing his own ideas to step back and allow the band to speak, and for his excellent interviewing technique - a technique that resulted in some remarkable statements from band members.This is without a doubt the best book on Yes since Dan Hedges' excellent YES (1979). It belongs in your collection.
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Summary: The Best Book on Yes from the 90s
Review: What a great idea - allowing the band members to tell their own story without the author getting in the way! Tim is to be commended both for his maturity in allowing his own ideas to step back and allow the band to speak, and for his excellent interviewing technique - a technique that resulted in some remarkable statements from band members. This is without a doubt the best book on Yes since Dan Hedges' excellent YES (1979). It belongs in your collection.
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Summary: AMONG THE FINEST COLLECTIONS OF YES EVER DOCUMENTED
Review: yESSTORIES WILL AMAZE AND ENLIGHTEN ANY TRUE YES FAN. THE BOOK COMPILES COMMENTS AND CLIPPINGS FROM THIS PROGRESSIVE ART-ROCK BAND WHICH SPAN 3 DECADES, AND INCLUDES MANY INTERVIEWS WITH PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS. THE READER IS TREATED TO A PERSONAL AND INSIDE LOOK AT THE BAND. THE POLITICS AND THE PRESSURES. THE GOOD AND THE BAD. THE RESEARCH IS THOROUGH, COMPLETE, AND INFORMATIVE. MR. MORSE'S PAINSTAKING DETAIL IS EVIDENT IN THE DEPTH OF INFORMATION THE MEMBERS REVEAL TO HIM. IT IS CLEAR THAT YES IS A COMPLEX GROUP OF MUSICAL GENIOUSES, CAUGHT WITHIN THE GRIPS OF THE WICKED MUSIC INDUSTRY, STRUGGLING TO BRING THE WORLD THEIR DREAMS, PASSIONS, AND MUSIC AS THEY SEE IT, ON THEIR TERMS. YES IS BY FAR THE MOST UNDERRATED MUSICAL GROUP OF OUR TIME, AND TIMS WORK CLEARLY SHOWS THIS. THE BEST MUSICAL BIOGRAPHY WRITTEN.
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Summary: Additional reviews of Yesstories
Review: Yesstories:Yes In Their Own Words is loaded with inside information and is a must for any Yes fan. It might be the most historically thorough document on any prog band, period. John Collinge, Progression Magazine
Tim Morse has produced a fascinating and detailed chronicle of this group...it is sure to be a must-have for all Yes fans.
Rick Schultze, S.Lincoln News
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