From a Page

From a Page is a mini-album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 25 October 2019 by Yes Records. It contains four previously unreleased tracks originally recorded by the 2008–2011 line-up of the group and intended for release on an album, but ultimately weren't included on Fly from Here. During this time, the lineup included bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, singer Benoît David, and keyboardist Oliver Wakeman. Wakeman, who wrote most of the material on From a Page, was inspired to release it following Squire's death in 2015.

From a Page
EP / box set by
Yes
Released25 October 2019 (2019-10-25)
Recorded2010, 2019
StudioPhoenix, Arizona
Beverley Hills, California
The Opus Suite, Devon
GenreProgressive rock
Length25:43 (CD)
30:05 (Vinyl)
LabelYes 97 LLC
ProducerOliver Wakeman
Yes chronology
Yes 50 Live
(2019)		 From a Page
(2019)

Overview

The release is based around four songs developed by the band in 2009/10, but not then used on 2011's Fly from Here. The line-up is bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, singer Benoît David and keyboardist Oliver Wakeman. Wakeman assembled the material following Squire's death.[1][2]

Release

From a Page was released exclusively through Burning Shed as a single (five-track) vinyl mini-LP (YES002LP) and as the (four-track) first disc of a 3-CD mini box set (YES002BX) along with a re-release of the band's 2011 double live album In the Present – Live from Lyon, recorded in 2009 by the same line-up that recorded From a Page.[3][4] According to Wakeman, From a Page may be distributed to stores in other countries "at some point in the future".

Cover art

Cover art is by long-time Yes collaborator Roger Dean.

Songs

The vinyl and first CD contain 4 songs, 3 being previously unreleased studio songs that were worked on in the Fly from Here sessions in late 2010 and the fourth being a new recording of an unfinished song from the same period named "From the Turn of a Card". The song was developed at the same time as the other songs, but not completed. "From the Turn of a Card" was subsequently recorded and released in 2013 on the album Ravens & Lullabies by Gordon Giltrap and Oliver Wakeman, with Benoît David on lead vocals. The "From the Turn of a Card" version here is a piano/vocal duet taking David's vocal from that album and using a newly recorded piano accompaniment by Wakeman.[2]

A lyric video for the single mix of "To the Moment" was released on YouTube.[5] The 4:22 single mix version of the track "To the Moment" is only available on the vinyl edition.

Track listing

Vinyl edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."To the Moment"Oliver Wakeman6:09
2."Words on a Page"Wakeman6:18
3."From the Turn of a Card"Wakeman3:24
4."The Gift of Love"Wakeman, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Benoît David, Alan White9:52
5."To the Moment (Single Mix)"Wakeman4:22

CD edition
CD 1 – From a Page
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."To the Moment"Wakeman6:09
2."Words on a Page"Wakeman6:18
3."From the Turn of a Card"Wakeman3:24
4."The Gift of Love"Wakeman, Squire, Howe, David, White9:52
CD 2 – In the Present – Live from Lyon
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Siberian Khatru"Jon Anderson, Howe, Rick Wakeman10:39
2."I've Seen All Good People"
  • a. "Your Move"
  • b. "All Good People"
Anderson, Squire7:17
3."Tempus Fugit"Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn, Howe, Squire, White6:05
4."Onward"Squire4:38
5."Astral Traveller"Anderson8:49
6."Yours Is No Disgrace"Anderson, Bill Bruford, Howe, Tony Kaye, Squire13:23
7."And You and I"
  • I. "Cord of Life"
  • II. "Eclipse"
  • III. "The Preacher, the Teacher"
  • IV. "Apocalypse"
Anderson; themes by Bruford, Howe, Squire11:27
8."Corkscrew"Howe3:49
9."Second Initial"Howe 
CD 3 – In the Present – Live from Lyon
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Owner of a Lonely Heart"Anderson, Horn, Trevor Rabin, Squire6:05
2."South Side of the Sky"Anderson, Squire10:44
3."Machine Messiah"Downes, Horn, Howe, Squire, White11:41
4."Heart of the Sunrise"Anderson, Bruford, Squire11:43
5."Roundabout"Anderson, Howe9:35
6."Starship Trooper"
  • a. "Life Seeker"
  • b. "Disillusion"
  • c. "Würm"
Anderson, Howe, Squire13:08

Personnel

Credits adapted from the vinyl edition.[6]

Yes

Production

  • Patrick MacDougall – engineer
  • Tim Weidner – engineer
  • Oliver Wakeman – producer, design, layout
  • Mike Pietrini – mastering
  • Karl Groom – mixing
  • Roger Dean – painting

Reception

The album made #23 in the UK Rock album chart.[7]

References
  1. Prog, Scott Munro2019-10-25T14:29:24Z. "Yes revisit 2010 recordings for new album From A Page". Prog Magazine.
  2. From a Page (Yes Records) liner notes
  3. "From A Page, Vinyl". burningshed.com.
  4. "From A Page, CD". burningshed.com.
  5. "YES - To The Moment (single mix) from the FROM A PAGE Box Set" – via www.youtube.com.
  6. From a Page [LP Edition] (Media notes). Yes. Yes Records. 2019. YES002LP – via Discogs.CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
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