Jon Anderson solo discography 1976-2010 [FLAC]

Jon Roy Anderson (born 25 October 1944) is an English-American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the former lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassist Chris Squire. Renowned for his countertenor range, he was a member of the band across three tenures until 2008. Anderson was also a member of ARW along with former Yes bandmates Rick Wakeman and Trevor Rabin from 2016 to 2020. Together with bassist Lee Pomeroy and drummer Lou Molino III, they toured under the name Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman.

Anderson is also noted for his solo career and collaborations with other artists, including Vangelis as Jon and Vangelis, Roine Stolt as Anderson/Stolt, and Jean-Luc Ponty as the Anderson Ponty Band. He has also appeared on albums by King Crimson, Lawrence Gowan, Tangerine Dream, Iron Butterfly, Milton Nascimento, Battles, Mike Oldfield and Kitaro.

Anderson released his first solo album, Olias of Sunhillow, in 1976, while still a member of Yes, and subsequently released 14 more albums as a solo artist. Anderson became an American citizen in 2009. In 2017, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.

Jon Anderson . 1976 . Olias Of Sunhillow 

Jon Anderson . 1980 . Song of Seven 

Jon Anderson . 1982 . Animation 

Jon Anderson . 1985 . 3 Ships 

Jon Anderson . 1988 . In The City Of Angels 

Jon Anderson . 1994 . Change We Must 

Jon Anderson . 1994 . Deseo 

Jon Anderson . 1995 . Angels Embrace 

Jon Anderson . 1996 . Toltec 

Jon Anderson . 1997 . Earth Mother Earth 

Jon Anderson . 1997 . The Promise Ring 

Jon Anderson . 1998 . The More You Know 

Jon Anderson . 2010 . Survival & Other Stories 

 

Yes - 8 albums (UHQCD x MQA) - 1971-1978 (2013-2023) [FLAC]

Collection of Japan releases of early Yes albums in UHQ-CD (MQA)

quality

1970 - Time and a word [MQA-CD] (2022)

1971 - Fragile (MQA-CD) (2022)

1971 - The Yes Album (MQA-CD) (2022)

1972 - Close to the Edge (MQA-CD) (2013)

1973 - Tales from Topographic Oceans [MQA-CD] (2013)

1973 - Yessongs (MQA-CD) 1973 (2022) 

1974 - Relayer [MQA-CD] (2023)

1978 - Tormato {MQA-CD} (2013)

 

Yes - The Yes Album (Super Deluxe Edition, 2023 Remaster) (Steven Wilson Remix) [24-96]

Rhino takes a deep dive into Yes’ third studio album with boxed set that presents a newly remastered version of The Yes Album expanded with rarities, two previously unreleased concerts, and fresh mixes by Steven Wilson, including an immersive Dolby Atmos Mix.

Yes - Yes, Friends And Relatives Vol. 1 & 2 [1998,2000/FLAC]

 Yes, Friends And Relatives is a compilation album of solo material, released in 1998 by Yes. It was followed in 2000 by Yes, Friends And Relatives Vol. 2. 

Yes - Progeny : Seven Shows from Seventy Two (14 CD, 2015) [FLAC + 320]

 

Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two is a 14-CD live album box set from the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 25 May 2015 on Rhino Records. The album consists of seven complete shows recorded in 1972 during the band's Close to the Edge tour. 

Yes- The Steven Wilson Remixes (5 CD, 2018) [FLAC +24/96]

 

In 2013, in addition to his many recording and remixing projects, Steven Wilson remixed a sizeable chunk of the Yes catalog. Interestingly, he didn’t proceed chronologically, but by using an inner aesthetic that has become his trademark through previous projects with King Crimson and Jethro Tull. In 2013, he completed 1972’s Close to the Edge, in 2014 he did a stellar job on 1974’s Relayer (arguably never properly heard until this mix) and 1971’s The Yes Album. The following year it was 1972’s Fragile and in 2016, 1973’s double-length Tales from Topographic Oceans. These high-resolution remixes were previously available only on Blu-Ray and DVD (while the conventional CDs contained 16/48 resolution mixes).

  

Yes - High Vibration SACD Box (2013) [16 Discs Box Set] (Hi-RES & SACD ISO)

 

High Vibration is a limited edition 16 SACD box set, featuring the 13 albums released by English prog rock supergroup Yes, between 1968 and 1987, including live album "Yessongs". A unique 12-track bonus SACD features rare selections such "Owner of a Lonely Heart (Move Yourself Mix)" from 1991 and 1972's "Total Mass Retain (Single version)" is also included. Everything has been newly remastered in Japan by Isao Kikuchi, and comes with a 200-page book (mostly on japanese language). The audio quality of these 2013 remasters are far superior to previous releases and for the first time allow the listener to hear what producers were monitoring in studio.

• Yes (1969)
• Time and a Word (1970)
• The Yes Album (1971)
• Fragile (1971)
• Close to the Edge (1972)
• Yessongs (1973)
• Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)
• Relayer (1974)
• Going for the One (1977)
• Tormato (1978)
• Drama (1980)
• 90125 (1983)
• Big Generator (1987)
• Bonus Disc (2013)

There are FLAC versions of all albums and original SACD ISO, be sure you can play SACD ISO on your equipment.

 

 

 

Yes - Tormato (1978/2013) [24-192]

Tormato is the ninth studio album by English progressive rock band Yes. It was released on 22 September 1978 on Atlantic Records, and is their last album with singer Jon Anderson and keyboardist Rick Wakeman before their departure from the group in 1980. After touring their previous album Going for the One (1977), the band entered rehearsals in London to record a follow-up. The album was affected by various problems, such as internal disputes over the direction of the music and artwork, and the departure of engineer Eddy Offord early into the sessions, resulting in the group producing the album themselves. 

•     Jon Anderson – vocals, 10-string Alvarez guitar (1, 5 and 8)
•     Steve Howe – Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar, Martin 000–45, Fender Broadcaster, Gibson ES-175, Gibson acoustic guitar, mandolin, Spanish guitar, vocals
•     Chris Squire – harmonised Rickenbacker bass, Gibson Thunderbird bass, bass pedals, piano (2), vocals
•     Rick Wakeman – Birotron, Hammond organ, Polymoog synthesizer, piano, harpsichord, RMI Electra Piano
•     Alan White – drums, military snare drum (1), glockenspiel, crotales, cymbals, bell tree, drum synthesizer (5), gongs, vibraphone, vocals (4)

1.  Future Times/Rejoice 6:46
2.  Don't Kill The Whale 3:55
3.  Madrigal 2:27
4.  Release, Release 5:44
5.  Arriving UFO 6:07
6.  Circus Of Heaven 4:31
7.  Onward 4:05
8.  On The Silent Wings Of Freedom 7:47

Yes - Fragile (1971) [24-192] + Isolated Bass Tracks [FLAC]

Fragile is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 12 November 1971 by Atlantic Records. It was the band's first album to feature keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who replaced Tony Kaye after the group had finished touring their breakthrough record, The Yes Album (1971).

Yes - Drama (1980/2013] [24-192]

Drama is the tenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 18 August 1980 by Atlantic Records. It is their only album to feature Trevor Horn on lead vocals and the first with Geoff Downes on keyboards. This followed the departures of Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman after attempts to record a new album in Paris and London had failed. Drama was recorded hurriedly with Horn and Downes, as a tour had already been booked before the change in personnel. The album marked a development in Yes' musical direction, combining the band's progressive signature with Horn and Downes' new wave sensibilities. 

•     Trevor Horn – lead vocals, fretless bass on Run Through the Light
•     Steve Howe – Gibson Les Paul guitar on Machine Messiah and Run Through the Light, Gibson Les Paul Gold Top on Does It Really Happen?, Fender Console Pedal steel guitar and Fender Telecaster guitar on Into the Lens, Martin mandolin on Run Through the Light, Fender Stratocaster on Tempus Fugit, backing vocals
•     Chris Squire – bass except on Run Through the Light, piano on Run Through the Light, backing vocals
•     Geoff Downes – keyboards, Fairlight CMI, vocoder on Into the Lens
•     Alan White – drums, percussion, backing vocals

01. Machine Messiah

02. White Car

03. Does It Really Happen?

04. Into The Lens

05. Run Through The Light

06. Tempus Fugit

Yes - Time and a Word (1970/2013) [24-192]

Time and a Word is the second studio album by English rock band Yes, released on 24 July 1970 by Atlantic Records. It was put together several months after the release of the band's 1969 eponymous debut, during which they continued to tour heavily and recorded Time and a Word during gaps between shows. Yes continued to follow their early musical direction of performing original material and cover versions of songs by pop, jazz, and folk artists. A small orchestra of brass and string session musicians was used on most of the album's songs.

    Jon Anderson – lead vocals, percussion

    Peter Banks – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals

    Chris Squire – bass, backing vocals

    Tony Kaye – Hammond organ, piano

    Bill Bruford – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

    David Foster – vocals on "Sweet Dreams", acoustic guitar on "Time and a Word"

    Tony Cox – orchestration, conductor

    Royal College of Music students – brass, strings

Yes - Yessongs (3 CD, 1973) [24-96]

 Yessongs is the first live album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released as a triple album in May 1973 on Atlantic Records. After completing their Close to the Edge Tour in April 1973, the band selected live recordings between February and December 1972 on their tours supporting Fragile (1971) and Close to the Edge (1972) for a live album release. They were then edited and remixed with their producer and live sound mixer Eddy Offord. Three tracks feature original Yes drummer Bill Bruford while the remaining tracks feature his replacement, Alan White. 

•     Jon Anderson – lead vocals
•     Chris Squire – bass guitar, backing vocals
•     Steve Howe – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
•     Rick Wakeman – keyboards
•     Bill Bruford – drums on "Perpetual Change", "Long Distance Runaround", and "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)"
•     Alan White – drums on all other tracks

 

Yes - Songs From Tsongas - 35th Anniversary Concert [ LP + 2 DVD + 2 x DVDRIP] (2004)

 

Songs From Tsongas is the video release of a concert by the progressive rock group Yes recorded live at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts, on May 15, 2004. The video features the entire concert performed that night, which was part of the US leg of the band's 35th anniversary tour.

The setlist features songs from all eras of the band's career, including a large number of progressive rock classics from their 1970s heyday, as well as a rare performance from the band's 1969 debut album, two tracks from the band's 1980s pop rock era, and the first performance of the 1996 epic "Mind Drive" from the overlooked Keys to Ascension albums (the band had never performed material from these recordings).

• Jon Anderson: vocals, guitar, percussion, keyboards
• Steve Howe: guitar, vocals, mandolin
• Rick Wakeman: keyboards, synths
• Chris Squire: bass, harmonica
• Alan White: drums

 

Yes - The Yes Album - 1971/2014 (Blu-ray Audio) [FLAC-HD]

The Yes Album is probably the most relaxed album and although the albums that followed this one are produced better and show much more experimentation and epic musicianship, the toned down, simplistic songs here are solid gold. This is one of the best Yes albums of , probably the first masterpiece they created which serves as a great starting point for newcomers. 

•  Jon Anderson (vocals, percussion)
• Chris Squire (bass, vocals)
• Steve Howe (acoustic and electric guitars, vocals)
• Tony Kaye (piano, Hammond organ, Moog synthesiser)
• Bill Bruford (drums, percussion)

Additional musicians
Colin Goldring recorders on "Your Move"

Bill Bruford - Making a Song and Dance: A Complete-Career Collection (6 CD, 2022/FLAC)

Over the past 50 years Bill Bruford has been one of the most original and innovative drummers across multiple genres. Making A Song and Dance: A Complete Career Collection is a 6CD Boxset that charts some of the many highlights of Bruford’s incredible career and is released on 29th April through BMG.

From early steps with progressive legends YES and a quarter of a century in King Crimson, to ground-breaking jazz fusion leading his own Bruford and Earthworks projects, Bill Bruford has always wanted to explore his chosen discipline to the full – and then push the boundaries further. This desire to challenge convention has created some breath-taking moments and made Bruford the drummer-of-choice for collaborations with leading musicians around the world.

For this anthology, Bruford has selected 70 tracks from across his whole career, comprising works from some 23 different artists and bands over a 40-year period. “I’ve deliberately avoided forcing them into industry categories such as ‘progressive rock’, ‘fusion’ or ‘jazz’,” Bruford adds, “on the grounds that most of the music I’ve been associated with fits very poorly into such straight-jackets. Round holes and square pegs come to mind.”

The 6CD boxset Making a Song and Dance includes tracks from YES, King Crimson, Bruford, Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, his work with iconic global guitarists Al Di Meola, Steve Howe and Kazumi Watanabe and collaborations with keyboardists Patrick Moraz and Michiel Borstlap and many others. The package also includes a detailed explanation in a 52-page hardback book, written by Bruford, featuring rare and unseen photos. The outer box artwork, gatefold CDs and booklet have been designed by Bruford’s long-time artist and graphic designer Dave McKean.

 

 

Yes – YesYears (1969-1991) [4 CD,1991/FLAC]

  

YesYears is a career-spanning collection of music by progressive rock band Yes released as a four-disc box set in 1991. It was compiled following the release of Union and Yes's departure from Atlantic Records, with whom they had been contracted since 1969 (and the offshoot label Atco Records since 1983). Yesyears covers the band's musical story from 1969's debut Yes to studio material recorded with Billy Sherwood following Jon Anderson's departure in 1988.

One of the major attractions of YesYears was its inclusion of rare material, including many previously unreleased songs, and a full-colour booklet detailing Yes's history.

A condensed version of this package, entitled Yesstory, was released in 1992 on two discs.
Yesyears was deleted in the late 1990s, preceding the release of Rhino Records' (five-disc) box set In a Word: Yes (1969 - ) in 2002. Most of the material found on Yesyears but not on In a word would surface on Rhino's reissues of Yes albums in 2003 and 2004.

VA - The Many Faces Of Yes [3 CD, 2014/FLAC]

 

The Many Faces of Yes presents an unknown side of the band, with recordings by the group as a whole and also by solo members, including rarities and other gems. On CD 1, "The BBC Sessions", the group is presented in their original lineup (Jon Anderson on vocals, Peter Banks on guitar, Bill Bruford on drums, Chris Squire on bass and Tony Kaye on keyboards) with their performanc es in the London's BBC Radio. CD 2 is titled "Before and After Yes' Projects" and contains songs by several members of the group recorded before and after they were part of the band. CD 3 is titled "Playin' Their Favourite Songs" and its name says it all. Members and former members of Yes playing songs from Pink Floyd, Genesis and even the AOR classic "More Than A Feeling" by Boston.

Yes - From A Page [3 CD, 2021/FLAC]

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 2021 contains the complete works of the Benoît David, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Oliver Wakeman and Alan White incarnation of Yes and features four previously unreleased studio tracks plus the Live From Lyon 2009 recordings (including the Japanese only bonus track Second Initial).

 

Oliver Wakeman has personally overseen the preparation of the studio recordings (from 2010) which were mixed by Karl Groom and mastered by Mike Pietrini)

Yes - In a Word: Yes (1969–) [5 CD, 2002]

 In a Word: Yes (1969–) is the second box set by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in July 2002 by Rhino Records. The five-CD set includes tracks from the band's entire career between the years 1969 to 2001, including material by Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe and previously unreleased tracks. 

Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water (1975) [2018, 2 CD Limited Edition/FLAC]

 

Esoteric Recordings are proud to announce the release of an official limited edition deluxe boxed set of Yes founder CHRIS SQUIRE’s legendary 1975 solo album FISH OUT OF WATER.