----------------------------------------------------- SEPTEMBER 13, 1976 ----------------------------------------------------- Source: Circus Magazine Next Yes LP Due At Year's End Yes aren't performing any of the material they've written for their next album onstage this tour, so Yes fans will just have to wait until November or December when the album is planned for release. The recording will begin in September, after the tour is completed, but so far no studio has been picked to record at. Studios in America and Europe are being considered, and Chris Squire even suggested that the band may cut it in the Bahamas. "We've pretty well prepared most of the music for the album," says Squire. "We've each written a section, and it's gonna be a Yes album. What I mean is that it's gonna be an album where the theme is the music, and not particularly a story line that's running with it. "There's not actually a concept as such. It's gonna be very much a 'Yes playing as a band' album. What I'm saying is that there is no theme other than what Yes is and what Yes is playing. "We've got some good things organized, and a lot of it is pretty well-rehearsed as well. You can't really talk about music before, because it might change anyway, but the feelings have been laid down, and the things we've done, demos and that, all point to a very solid album. Everyone has some very good music that we all want to play, so that's what the next album's gonna be." Squire promises that the next Yes album will rock a lot more than some recent Yes records, where sometimes difficult concepts tended to bog the music down in a mire of space and philosophy. It will be the first Yes album where each member will contribute one part to the whole. "Everybody's always had the freedom to contribute," insists the bassist, "it's just whether the desire was always there from everybody to do it. We've done a couple of concept albums that were initially Jon's, and we followed that path, and now we're changing again." Close Window YesInThePress.com For site comments, problems, corrections, or additions, contact YesinthePress@aol.com