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Yes announce 15-disc super deluxe edition of Tales From Topographic Oceans

At last! Tales From Topographic Oceans is now even bigger

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“I bumped into one of Queen’s techs. He said, ‘Steve, come down to the studio – the lads would love to see you’”: How Steve Howe ended up playing on a Queen track

The prog legend was asked to channel a flamenco icon for the spontaneous guest spot

Guitar World

“Queen’s tech said, ‘The lads would love to see you.’ It was a set-up – when I got there they’d set up the studio for me”: Steve Howe’s favourite moments as a guitar for hire, and the one that got away

Yes icon on guesting with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda, his 1960s session career, and never listening to what he recorded for Lou Reed

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YES Network Shakes Up Yankees Broadcasts, Drops Longtime Analyst

YES Network has removed John Flaherty from Yankees broadcasts after 20 years with the network. The former catcher had worked as an analyst and play-by-play broadcaster.

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"I was blown away!" The greatest prog albums, as chosen by prog legend Geoff Downes

He's been in The Buggles, Yes and Asia – but what does Geoff Downes consider the finest prog albums ever?

Louder

“The bassist’s kids were waiting with autograph books because we were pop stars. But some of the fans were pissed off. I would have been too!” This duo were never meant to be a real band, but their hit single had a massive impact on prog

When an experimental project escaped from the studio in 1980, no one could have predicted the consequences for both prog and pop music – and not everyone was happy about it

Louder

“All contemporary pop utilising computers and samplers owes something to the innovations of Trevor Horn”: How Trevor Horn’s anonymous electronic group - the Art of Noise - revolutionised sample culture

Discover how studio and music production was redefined by an unlikely group of Trevor Horn-led English synth geeks

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Debate: What’s the best live prog album of all time?

Is it Rush’s Exit… Stage Left? Genesis’ Seconds Out? Yessongs? Jethro Tull's Bursting Out? Something else? Have your say here

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Yes guitarist Steve Howe to release limited edition vinyl 10 inch EP of Bob Dylan covers

Steve Howe follows his reissue of 1999's Portraits Of Bob Dylan with the three-track Signals Crossed EP in December

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"A significant song of hope!" In 2010, with Yes forging on without him, Jon Anderson teamed up with old pal Rick Wakeman for The Living Tree album

Prog's take on the 2010 The Living Tree album by Yes alumni Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman

Louder

"It's an orchestra-in-a-box, multi-timbral wall of sound, and Swiss army synth rolled into one": Cherry Audio's Trident Mk III continues the legacy of an underrated Korg classic

This '80s gem packaged a polysynth, brass and string sections into a single instrument, popping up on records by everyone from Yes and OMD to Phoenix

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“I was affected as much as anybody hearing that first Van Halen record. I think the other guitar players in LA went, ‘Oh, my God, I’ve got to compete with that’”: Steve Stevens on why he never felt the need to compete with Eddie Van Halen

Both Van Halen and Stevens worked with Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, but the Billy Idol guitar slinger never felt the need to compete with Van Halen

Guitar World

‘Moment of unity’: SNP and Believe in Scotland sign independence campaign deal

THE SNP have signed a deal with campaign organisation Believe in Scotland, marking a significant milestone in establishing a formal partnership to…

The National (Scotland)

“I became more and more angry. Love is like a mental disease that everybody wants to catch… It can feel so damaging when you’re in the middle of it”: Opeth and the making of Sorceress

Mikael Åkerfeldt on his violent games, hotel balcony prank, soaking a label exec in vodka, and being left to make music his own way

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“Dismissed because it doesn’t sound anything like Yes, it’s best to dispense with prog expectations and enjoy the fun”: Alan White’s only solo album, Ramshackled, echoes his earlier times

The drummer decided to make a simple album with a good band, featuring guest spots from Jon Anderson and Steve Howe. With the exception of an ill-advised cod reggae track, it’s all good – if undemanding

Louder

"I've never talked about progressive rock, or thought that we were": David Gilmour says Pink Floyd were never progressive rock

It turns out that lengthy, multi-part instrumentals and concept albums aren't prog after all

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What the latest Holyrood polling means for the SNP, Reform, and independence

ABOVE all else, the reaction of independence supporters to The National's new Scottish poll from Find Out Now will be relief that it once again…

Louder

“He’s the only rock star who’s never done anything to be embarrassed about. He’s never put a foot wrong”: Why Peter Gabriel was the ideal inspiration for fictional prog icon Brian Pern

Simon Day and Rhys Thomas, creators of the TV mockumentaries, identify the Gabriel song that got them started and the one time the ex-Genesis singer refused them – but won’t name the band they wouldn’t allow to take part

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“The bad blood was there from the start. There was no cohesiveness and the atmosphere between certain people was very toxic”: Trevor Rabin was trapped in hell with Yes as they made Big Generator

The guitarist, keyboardist and unwilling producer saw the band’s internal relationships buckling under intense external pressure to make an album as successful as 91025

Louder

“My first instinct was shock at how much like Pink Floyd it sounded. But I can’t deny how important that record is”: Radiohead, Yes, Can and Peter Gabriel feature in Rock Hall boss Jason Hanley’s record collection

The Hall of Fame’s director of education wore out his first copy of 90125, was blown away by OK Computer, devoured So and went on to discover Coheed And Cambria

The National (Scotland)

New campaign urges voters to back independence to save money on energy bills

YES groups have been urged to join a “national push” as part of a campaign urging voters to back independence to save money on their energy…

Louder

Yes announce new reissue of Fly From Here: Return Trip with Atmos mix

Yes's 2018 release, Fly From Here: Return Trip, reunited the band's 1980 Drama line-up

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“It was like we’d climbed the mountain. My head was spinning every time I sang it”: Yes created longer songs than Close To The Edge, but none with as much impact

Classical music, Eastern mysticism and the River Thames came together to inspire the 19-minute title track from their fifth album in 1972

Louder

“Roger Waters’ Amused To Death is something you have to pay attention to. If it had Pink Floyd on the cover, it would have sold millions”: BBC chief football writer Phil McNulty’s prog record collection

The pundit, who met John Wetton and Geoff Downes through their mutual love of the sport, recommends albums by Asia, Supertramp, Marillion and others

The National (Scotland)

Huge Scottish independence rally drowns out 'racist' protest in Edinburgh

THOUSANDS of Scottish independence supporters and anti-racism activists drowned out a small immigration protest outside the Holyrood parliament on…

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