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Old 30th July 2004   #25
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Originally posted by scott petito
I too was a hugh Yes fan and they are right up there with the beatles maybe more so as the reason I do what I do today....a few years ago I worked on an Album with Bill Bruford and he indeed confirmed the major editing task of a yes project... some fragments were performed in 1and 2 bar sections ...much like a lot of classical music is put together,,,,,another interest note many years ago Eddie offord moved here to woodstock and set up a no control room studio... it was a pretty revolutionary thing at the time ...he was right in the room with the players... many years later i would do alot of similar recording with the" Band" at Levon Helms house no glass ,minimal isolation and I often thought of eddie doing it all those years before...he was always ahead of his time

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sp
When eddy moved to woodstock he did the David Sancious and Tone records
which were also great
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