Despite it's rather brief running time (only about 72 minutes),this film will delight Yes fans (especially the ones that were subjected to their lesser material from 1980,onwards). This rock & roll concert film (or rock doc,as they are now being called) was filmed on their 1972, 'Close To The Edge' tour, before Rick Wakeman decided to step down from the band (and would be replaced by Swiss keyboard wizard,Patrick Moraz),and just as Alan White (ex Plastic Ono Band drummer)joined. The band snorts fire through several of their more familiar anthems (including one of the best versions of 'Close to the edge' I've ever seen/heard). I'm told that it was originally presented in four track stereophonic sound (I was not so lucky to have seen it in it's original release---I first saw it on the USA Network's 'Night Flight' program back in the early 1980's). Perhaps if there is any extra footage from that concert,maybe one day it will be made available on a DVD/Blue Ray extended version. Not rated by the MPAA, but contains nothing to offend.
Review of Yessongs
