Jon added lyrics and no doubt contributed to the sound, but Trevor Horn needs his credit due as well. This track appears to be immediately after Jon recorded his voice on Cinema’s (Rabin, Squire, White) demo. Rabin’s original acoustic version sounds a little more like the final track. The prechorus here definitely sounds like Squire’s contribution, and this time, I’m glad it was cut!
I think it would of without it being called Yes. Since Asia in '82 being a big success you had prog bands going pop for years so without that idea there was no way it was going to work. Horn Anderson ZTT productions plus the guts of this demo was angle. However the work Squier/White did with Page would've been big
@@georgeratkovich7161Trevor Horn. His production is what made it what it ended up being, and from there with Jon's contributions. Horn brought it from two dimensions into three.
@@smartfart9003 definitely Horn. He got rid of all the extraneous rock'n'roll "one-way ticket" and "scared of romancing" bits, and the more obvious chord changes, and transformed it from Kiss into Yes. It takes a great ear, and a very decisive personality, to hear a demo like that and visualise (auralise?) a glittering finished product such as OOALH.
Trevor Horn was the one responsible for the end result. He was famous in the 80s for completely rewriting work that became ultra-successful. The best example is 'Relax' by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Trevor Horn reworked it so much that there were effectively no original contributions of the band (apart from vocals) left on the final track.
Jeeez - 40 years already? I remember making a bee line for my local record store to place my order, as soon I heard there's a new Yes album about to be released. (I must've made Looney Toons' Roadrunner look like a snail... 😂) By the time this was announced, it was to be called "80102" though. Only later the title was changed to "90125", which is the catalog number. Still got it, of course...
I remember in March of 1982 hearing "Heat of The Moment" recognizing Howe and Downes and at first thinking it was Yes with Wetton (since he was singing on the track) replacing Squire at Bass. The DJ announced that it was a successful progressive mashup called "Asia" with Wetton, Howe, Downes, and Palmer. I was-wondering what had happened to Squire, White, and Horn...now I know that Kaye rejoined and then they joined forces with Rabin to form Cinema....and with Anderson replacing Horn (and Horn moving to the producer slot)...they would be Yes once again...and deliver 90125. This is an AWESOME! account of Yes in 1981-82!! "Run with the Fox" fits in with these songs. It feels like listening to a prog album with a harder rock edge that I would have definitely purchased back then. @Keith Bradbury Thank You so much for sharing!!!
"Run with the Fox" was Alan White and Chris Squire from 1981 and was a special Christmas release. It predates Cinema by a few months, but it was a lone single. Definitely from the same era.
My understanding was that Kaye was added on in name only, pretty much after everything was in the can. I don't think he's playing on the album at all - all the keyboards are the Trevors. Kaye was so late in the game that it's Eddie Jobson and not Kaye who appears in the "Owner" video.
Here's something that will really blow your mind: Trevor Rabin was the origional lead singer on the ASIA song Only Time Will Tell! This was pre Cinema but just before. He was working with Wetton and Palmer at the time. There's a demo somewhere on youtube with Rabin singing lead and Wetton singing backup on the song, the recording is crap but you can tell it would have been awesome with Trevor on lead vocals! Not sure why Rabin left but I don't think he was forced out by Howe and Downes, I think he was gone before they joined ASIA.
Wow...very interesting to hear. Being a fan of 90125, I guess I'm happy someone said "hmmm...yeah...some of these have potential, but they need a bit of work." Because a few definitely did need the work.
Sir, you have done a great deed for Yes fans and for rock music history by gathering and compiling these tracks into a "lost album". Thank you for your service.
A lot of this sounds more like the bands, Foreigner, Journey or Boston than Yes. Great to hear the songs before they were perfected by Yes. Because of this posting, able to appreciate the improvements.Thanks for sharing.
This is fantastic! Interesting to hear how the music to "Moving In" replaced the music in the original version of "Hold On." It's cool to hear that heavy guitar riff from "Fools" was used in "Hearts," which was built around Kaye's beautiful intro. I think "Hearts" was the only true group effort song that was written after Jon came on board. Also, this is the first time I've ever heard the original demo version of "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Amazing what production value Trevor Horn gave to the final version of 90125.
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" went from ".. it's a one way ticket and it ain't gonna pay..." to Jon turning it around into a positive, spiritual message of "watch it now the eagle in the sky how he dances one and only"
I had always wished that there was a whole song based on the that heavy riff, my wish came true before I ever wished it !!! Trevor is just amazing as always
I had the privilege of seeing YES in 1985 in Rock in Rio here at Brazil. It was the band without Steve Howe but in compensation with Tony Kaye's return. At the time, I as a fan twisted the nose for the LP 90125, which also did not like drama of 1980. Anyway, looking at their work today, I have to admit that 90125 was a good LP, listening to this work that Keith Bradbury published me comes to mind as if yes should not have returned ... but as cinema, even with Jon vocals. Here in Latin America, the information has been distorted about the band, except when a member comes here and speaks directly on those occurring. Another thing, I think all the artist has to have the freedom to do whatever it suits him, even if sometimes bothers the fans. Note: I still do not like drama. Hugs!
Trevor Horn was 100% correct about Rabin's lyrical talent....that he had absolutely none. No offense TR, your guitar and song composition is top notch.
The stars aligned for 90125. Rabin's mid-atlantic tendencies certainly needed reigning in at several points in each song, but it was 66.6% there. This is a fascinating document demonstrating the importance of thoughtful arrangements and objective editing as well as meticulous production. A group effort with Rabin's contribution being central. Rabin's lyrics always lacked any real poetry - that just proves he's human when taking into account his hard earned, well rounded, highly musical talent. An amazing collaboration considering it was so long ago.
@@thekeeperofthegatesofdelir9955 Agree 100%. I love Jon, but it bothers me a great deal that people do not realise this is a Trevor Horn effort. It would have been way different if Jon had any influence on it...
@@thekeeperofthegatesofdelir9955 agreed. It bothers me when Trevor Horn doesn’t get recognized enough for how much he made this album what it was. You always here them at Rabin “saved” Yes. He brought some catchy riffs and ideas. It was Horn who brought it to fruition. Maybe Chris and Alan had some input as well that turned these bombastic demos into the timeless album it became?
Actually it was Trevor Horn who rewrote Owner of a Lonely Heart, despite strong objections from Rabin. And Jon hated the lyrics. He got just that one line in “watch it now, the eagle in the sky...” and Horn added the subtle gunshot sound effect to signify shooting that eagle out of the sky LOL
The most interesting thing to me about this is that there is supposedly a 20-minutes-plus version of "Cinema" in the vaults somewhere. I wish that a finished version of it that would be considerably longer than the excerpt that we get on "90125" would be released. I also wish that ARW would have come up with a live version that was longer than what they played on the tours. Would be interesting to hear what Rick would do with it if he had more runway to work with ... thank you for sharing this.
I had heard some of these before, but many I had not. Fascinating, thank you so much for compiling this. Trevor doing Brian May doing Pictures at an Exhibition was a fun listen. I'm always fascinated with the creative process and how ideas morph towards completion. Rabin is a talented guy, but the Yes input took the germs of ideas to fruition. Thanks again.
Fascinating to hear how they spliced Moving In and Hold On into one great song. The Trevor Rabin versions of Owner of A Lonely Heart and a few others were so corny, though. Yes definitely needed Jon Anderson and Chris Squire to be YES.
It’s amazing how this material sounds EXACTLY life Wolf. This is EXACTLY what these songs would sound like if they were on Wolf yet 90125 the final product hardly sounds like Wolf at all. It’s amazing how Jon, Chris, Alan, and Tony make all the difference!
I am glad Trevor Horn got involved - He saved this album and without Horn and Anderson this Album would not have been saved. It would only be remembered as a one off. I love the pictures at exhibition at the end - that was pretty good.
Wow, amazing to hear how this progressed and was refined after Jon returned and it became the masterpiece that it is. I think this is an important piece to keep and worth listening to in its own right for its time and place. Thanks for sharing this!!
Not to take away from Anderson's minimal contributions (as he came when the album was practically finished), but it was actually Trevor Horn (Producer, and previous band member) who complimented the "Masterpiece", and the final result of the songs. Horn truly did a superb producer's job. He himself acknowledges 90125 is the best work of his career. I believe it would have turned out completely different if Jon had had his hands on it...
It’s great to be able to hear these tracks. A few of them I’m hearing here for the first time. They show how a song develops, and how it seems almost like a premonition. It also reveals how some of the spontaneity of an early take has to be sacrificed to arrive at a more unified finished piece of music. I can appreciate punk music, but I also understand wanting to make something polished. The song “Hearts” on 90125 is a perfect example of how putting a lot of work into a song to develop it pays off. It’s as if Trevor provided the missing part of a theme that Yes had been working on since “Tormato” and “Going For the One.”
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Yikes... feels like they dodged a whole lot of bullets with this. I suppose that's how the process goes though. I still love 90125 to this day, and can honestly say I have a completely new appreciation for the magic Trevor Horn worked on this.
The ultimate sliding doors musical moment where a blend of starting and saving of careers combined, without egos, to create an absolute masterpiece in 90125.
I read some years ago that SOME of these songs were demos of Trevor Rabin solo's career even previous to join to Chris Squire and released some year later in an album cold 90124
It really sounded like some American arenas band such as Journey. Jon Anderson’s voice and touch along with Trevor Horn’s amazing production gave a real up and finesse to the sound
@@larsgraberg6783 exactly what I said, this recording sounds like some American arenas band such as Journey… the final recordings, with Jon voice and Trevor production is another thing
What an amazing post, thank you very much for this video! Please, where can I download this album or the complete Cinema sessions with such excellent quality? Thanks in advance!
"... what would that album have sounded like without Jon Anderson?" "okay" Without Anderson's voice "Yes" has been "okay" (at best). That being said, it's fun to listen to these differences.
Last song.... Lead me from tortured dreams Childhood themes of nights alone. Wipe away endless years, childhood tears as dry as stone. From seeds of confusion, illusions dark blossoms have grown. Even now in furrows of sorrow the dance still is sung. My life's course is guided decided by limits drawn on charts of my past ways and pathways since I was born.
There's some really good material here, but I think Mr. Rabin listened to "Hold The Line" by Toto a few too many times. I'm glad that similarity was tempered by the production and rewrites in the final album. (Not busting on the song... it's a classic.) "90125" could not have happened without Trevor and the reinvigorating of Yes gave them a shot in the arm to continue making great (but very different!) music through the 80s and into the 90s.
thanks for the UP I have not listened to these early tracks before, the Trevor albums were solid proof that Yes could continue to evolve and thrive without Howe / Wakeman.
Prog Power Pop with some slick metallic guitar and Horn production synth glimmer , but can never replace Anderson Howe Bruford or White on those first 3 albums or 4 ,You and I , Siberian Khatru ,Heart of the Sunrise.Changes was the best track or Rabin track on 90125 IMO.Many real Yes fans like Topographical Oceans and Relayer etc. My first Yes Album was Tormato 😅 They supposedly did a lot of Shrooms but eh. It's got a couple signature moments here and there but you know I'm not the best Yes officiando Bless the Universe and all Prog fans😊 I listened to Tempus Fugit tonight @ 2am ish why I saw this Cinema
Thanks , interesting view of the evolution of how yes writes ,I don't think "Owner" would have been the hit it became without where it evolved with Jon back in the fold ,in fact inspite of some interesting bits the whole feel here is of an average arena rock band of the era ,Interesting to note there is another completed and completely shelved album that Yes did in Paris following Tormato ,it was never released and it was to be called "talk" ,its before Trevor Rabin was involved in the band , so it was also before the first big split,apparently the band was very unhappy with the end result and shelved it , I have a rare copy of it on cd ,about 100 lp's were released within the yes camp , i acquired a copy of the lp on cd from a former employee of the band , if i can find it i'll put it up , some of the tracks such as " for Richard " and a few others have wound up on youtube under the guise of bonus unreleased studio tracks from Tormato but not all of it
Actually the album wasn’t released for many reasons, Alan White broke his ankle skying with Richard Branson from Virgin records and wasn’t able to finish the recordings, the band wasn’t satisfied with Roy Tomas Baker (from Queen) production, they were fighting and arguing all the time and both Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman spent more time on a pub in Paris, nearby the studio, than recording.
No doubt that Jon Anderson improved this from a pretty good album to a very good album. He came along when these tracks were completed. Huge difference in the final product.
This is great, and a Cinema album would have been good alright, just more AOR and less Yes-like. With Jon's return, the sound was more yes and more prog rock, and more beautiful. cttgaegoaktd 😛😛😛😛
I had bought it for Chris, and I was already a fan of Trevor's from his other work, however compared to the product that turned out all I can say is thank goodness Jon Anderson showed up
Left to his own devices, Trevor Rabin would be a run-of-the-mill singer with generic lyrics and riffs. This would have gone nowhere. It took Trevor Horn to show him what he was good at and Jon Anderson to really turn this into something special.
I'm glad they turned this MESS into YES. "I'll be moving my love into you"? I'm sure their were some snickers from horn and anderson on those lyrics probably more appropriate for a kiss tune 😅as great as Rabin is he can be a bit corny
Interesting in a historical context. I keep reminding myself to not be too harsh since these are not finished tracks. One thing I don't really like is Trevor's vocals. Somehow they just grated on me after hearing them back to back to back. They all sound kind of the same and too raspy. Just a personal opinion. Very much rock-based, not so much prog, so not what I would have been into... Anyway, I appreciate bringing these together to give us a taste of what might have been!
superbe album on savais tous pour le groupe cinema ephemere mais jamais entendu se qu'il avais fais avant 90123 ...rabin avais deja bien bosser et on sens bien la patte des ex yes avant la reunification avec jon anderson
Not sure if anyone else will agree, but these songs remind me of Dave Porter's upstate NY band, 805. They released one fine prog-pop album on RCA, "Stand in Line", in 1982. The song structures, vocals, and especially the lead guitar really have an 805 quality to them. Until I heard "Cinematic", I wouldn't have thought Yes was as big a model for 805. (If you're curious, "Stand in Line" and other songs are available on You Tube.)
Donald Moore, the finished studio songs are available as bonus tracks on 90125 expanded editions. The demos are available on Trevor s demos album 90124. sttgaegoaktd 😛😛😛😛
I'm wondering who had the most to do with the final Hold On as it is on 90125 - the song came a pretty long way from the 2 versions we have here...thx!
An interesting 'best guess' on the TH-cam poster's part - who is also incorrect in stating "Some of these songs are complete." (More enjoyable is Trevor's 2003 release of "90124", which includes cleaner versions of many but not all of these demos.) These are *all* demos, even if you can hear Chris on there - per the 90124 liner note quotes by Trevor Rabin, the music that was actually recorded for the Cinema album became Yes/90125 when Jon was added "at the very end". In other words, take off Jon's vocal tracks from 90125 and what you hear is closer to Cinema than any of these demos. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90124
"Make it Easy" and "It Can Happen" were both complete productions. The first was dropped and the second was re-recorded. We know "Make it Easy" was completed prior to 90125 because it was featured live on that tour. Rabin's 90124 is great, but also contains demos that would end up on future albums (Big Generator and Talk) as well, thus this assembly does not duplicate that album. Several tracks presented here are not on 90124, but much of what was on 90124 would create the foundation of 90125.
Well said. Unfortunately there are people who will always knock Trevor because he was the next guy after their hero, Steve Howe, even though he NEVER intended to become Howe’s replacement.
@@katemurphy1915 You think that the success of 90125 is solely due to Trevor Horn? Like most albums, 90125 was a collaboration of several very talented people who came together to create a spectacular album and in the process saved YES from fading away! It’s important to remember that without Trevor Rabin, 90125 would NEVER have happened!
@@RadagastBrown420 Jon Anderson came very late to the 90125 recordings - but his distinctive voice made Trevor Horn's characteristically impeccable 80s production sound (and expert musical direction) sound more like a Yes album, albeit tailored perfectly to the American AOR market.
Roger Hodgson should have been the singer-guitarist-keyboardist of the band, proof is on Trevor Rabin's ''90124'' album, there is a song called ''Walls'' and you can hear both vocals from Roger and Trevor on it.
Hodgson entered some years later into the picture (six years after the Cinema sessions). He was invited to join Yes n 1988 after Jon's departure to form ABWH; and then Rabin recorded the "Walls" demo with him (the finished track was included on the "Talk" album in 1994). But, back in 1988, the ex Supertramp didn't felt ready to commit himself to Yes. He asked Rabin to record some material as a duo instead, but it didn't happen. Their only other collaboration was when Trevor played guitar and keyboards and sang backing vocals on "The More I Look", a song of Hodgson's "Open the Door" album, in 2000.
@@wurm90125 The Cars could get a bit too New Wave at times but nothing this cheesy. This is like hairspray and spandex techno crap. The lyrics just made me laugh.
Amazing how much Anderson contributed to transform average eighties in something amazing
Jon added lyrics and no doubt contributed to the sound, but Trevor Horn needs his credit due as well. This track appears to be immediately after Jon recorded his voice on Cinema’s (Rabin, Squire, White) demo. Rabin’s original acoustic version sounds a little more like the final track. The prechorus here definitely sounds like Squire’s contribution, and this time, I’m glad it was cut!
without Trevor Horn production this record would have passed unnoticed
Very likely false
I think it would of without it being called Yes. Since Asia in '82 being a big success you had prog bands going pop for years so without that idea there was no way it was going to work. Horn Anderson ZTT productions plus the guts of this demo was angle. However the work Squier/White did with Page would've been big
Never knew how "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" almost sounded completely different; with different lyrics... Glad they put a little more work into it...
Full credit to Jon Anderson on getting that song in better order
@@georgeratkovich7161Trevor Horn. His production is what made it what it ended up being, and from there with Jon's contributions. Horn brought it from two dimensions into three.
@@smartfart9003 definitely Horn. He got rid of all the extraneous rock'n'roll "one-way ticket" and "scared of romancing" bits, and the more obvious chord changes, and transformed it from Kiss into Yes. It takes a great ear, and a very decisive personality, to hear a demo like that and visualise (auralise?) a glittering finished product such as OOALH.
Trevor Horn was the one responsible for the end result. He was famous in the 80s for completely rewriting work that became ultra-successful. The best example is 'Relax' by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Trevor Horn reworked it so much that there were effectively no original contributions of the band (apart from vocals) left on the final track.
Happy 40th anniversary to one of the best albums ever. I remember buying the vinyl at the record store when it came out. 90125!
Jeeez - 40 years already?
I remember making a bee line for my local record store to place my order, as soon I heard there's a new Yes album about to be released.
(I must've made Looney Toons' Roadrunner look like a snail... 😂)
By the time this was announced, it was to be called "80102" though. Only later the title was changed to "90125", which is the catalog number.
Still got it, of course...
The final version of 90125 speaks volumes about Trevor Horn’s talent.
It really does.
I remember in March of 1982 hearing "Heat of The Moment" recognizing Howe and Downes and at first thinking it was Yes with Wetton (since he was singing on the track) replacing Squire at Bass. The DJ announced that it was a successful progressive mashup called "Asia" with Wetton, Howe, Downes, and Palmer. I was-wondering what had happened to Squire, White, and Horn...now I know that Kaye rejoined and then they joined forces with Rabin to form Cinema....and with Anderson replacing Horn (and Horn moving to the producer slot)...they would be Yes once again...and deliver 90125. This is an AWESOME! account of Yes in 1981-82!! "Run with the Fox" fits in with these songs. It feels like listening to a prog album with a harder rock edge that I would have definitely purchased back then. @Keith Bradbury Thank You so much for sharing!!!
"Run with the Fox" was Alan White and Chris Squire from 1981 and was a special Christmas release. It predates Cinema by a few months, but it was a lone single. Definitely from the same era.
My understanding was that Kaye was added on in name only, pretty much after everything was in the can. I don't think he's playing on the album at all - all the keyboards are the Trevors. Kaye was so late in the game that it's Eddie Jobson and not Kaye who appears in the "Owner" video.
We were all confused. We were in the dark in those days... no internet.
Here's something that will really blow your mind: Trevor Rabin was the origional lead singer on the ASIA song Only Time Will Tell! This was pre Cinema but just before. He was working with Wetton and Palmer at the time. There's a demo somewhere on youtube with Rabin singing lead and Wetton singing backup on the song, the recording is crap but you can tell it would have been awesome with Trevor on lead vocals! Not sure why Rabin left but I don't think he was forced out by Howe and Downes, I think he was gone before they joined ASIA.
Wow...very interesting to hear. Being a fan of 90125, I guess I'm happy someone said "hmmm...yeah...some of these have potential, but they need a bit of work." Because a few definitely did need the work.
Huge YES Fan ..Like these versions too ...
That someone was Trevor Horn. Without him as producer, 90125 would have never been the masterpiece it is today :)
Wow! God bless Trevor Horn is I can say!
No Trevor Horn, no Yes (regarding 90125, I mean)
Sir, you have done a great deed for Yes fans and for rock music history by gathering and compiling these tracks into a "lost album". Thank you for your service.
It Can Happen demo is so good
A lot of this sounds more like the bands, Foreigner, Journey or Boston than Yes. Great to hear the songs before they were perfected by Yes. Because of this posting, able to appreciate the improvements.Thanks for sharing.
Sounds like if The Cars did Owner of a Lonely Heart .
:)
I was thinking more Rick James
I love The Cars 😂
Cars?? Ummm no
Maybe in The Cars early 80s phase when they were played on FM radio every hour.
This is fantastic! Interesting to hear how the music to "Moving In" replaced the music in the original version of "Hold On." It's cool to hear that heavy guitar riff from "Fools" was used in "Hearts," which was built around Kaye's beautiful intro. I think "Hearts" was the only true group effort song that was written after Jon came on board. Also, this is the first time I've ever heard the original demo version of "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Amazing what production value Trevor Horn gave to the final version of 90125.
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" went from ".. it's a one way ticket and it ain't gonna pay..." to Jon turning it around into a positive, spiritual message of "watch it now the eagle in the sky how he dances one and only"
I had always wished that there was a whole song based on the that heavy riff, my wish came true before I ever wished it !!! Trevor is just amazing as always
@@b.scottfarthingsworth He saved Yes from going into extinction.
I had the privilege of seeing YES in 1985 in Rock in Rio here at Brazil. It was the band without Steve Howe but in compensation with Tony Kaye's return. At the time, I as a fan twisted the nose for the LP 90125, which also did not like drama of 1980.
Anyway, looking at their work today, I have to admit that 90125 was a good LP, listening to this work that Keith Bradbury published me comes to mind as if yes should not have returned ... but as cinema, even with Jon vocals. Here in Latin America, the information has been distorted about the band, except when a member comes here and speaks directly on those occurring.
Another thing, I think all the artist has to have the freedom to do whatever it suits him, even if sometimes bothers the fans.
Note: I still do not like drama.
Hugs!
DETRÁS DEL LENTE lo mejor del DRAMA ( es un temazo, Howe genio en las cuerdas ) , los demás temas del DRAMA muy aburridos
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Trevor Horn was 100% correct about Rabin's lyrical talent....that he had absolutely none. No offense TR, your guitar and song composition is top notch.
The stars aligned for 90125. Rabin's mid-atlantic tendencies certainly needed reigning in at several points in each song, but it was 66.6% there. This is a fascinating document demonstrating the importance of thoughtful arrangements and objective editing as well as meticulous production. A group effort with Rabin's contribution being central. Rabin's lyrics always lacked any real poetry - that just proves he's human when taking into account his hard earned, well rounded, highly musical talent. An amazing collaboration considering it was so long ago.
As a life long YES fan of 53 years now, your opinion of Trevor Rabin's vocal abilities lacks considerably.
THANK YOU..One can hear how much the arrangements and the production values improved once Jon Anderson came aboard
The production values improved once Trevor Horn was brought on to produce the album.
@@thekeeperofthegatesofdelir9955 Agree 100%. I love Jon, but it bothers me a great deal that people do not realise this is a Trevor Horn effort. It would have been way different if Jon had any influence on it...
@@thekeeperofthegatesofdelir9955 agreed. It bothers me when Trevor Horn doesn’t get recognized enough for how much he made this album what it was. You always here them at Rabin “saved” Yes. He brought some catchy riffs and ideas. It was Horn who brought it to fruition. Maybe Chris and Alan had some input as well that turned these bombastic demos into the timeless album it became?
@@thekeeperofthegatesofdelir9955 Rabin wrote it but it's garbage unless Anderson sings it. Horn helped but without Anderson it's still garbage.
Actually it was Trevor Horn who rewrote Owner of a Lonely Heart, despite strong objections from Rabin. And Jon hated the lyrics. He got just that one line in “watch it now, the eagle in the sky...” and Horn added the subtle gunshot sound effect to signify shooting that eagle out of the sky LOL
The most interesting thing to me about this is that there is supposedly a 20-minutes-plus version of "Cinema" in the vaults somewhere. I wish that a finished version of it that would be considerably longer than the excerpt that we get on "90125" would be released. I also wish that ARW would have come up with a live version that was longer than what they played on the tours. Would be interesting to hear what Rick would do with it if he had more runway to work with ... thank you for sharing this.
I had heard some of these before, but many I had not. Fascinating, thank you so much for compiling this. Trevor doing Brian May doing Pictures at an Exhibition was a fun listen.
I'm always fascinated with the creative process and how ideas morph towards completion. Rabin is a talented guy, but the Yes input took the germs of ideas to fruition.
Thanks again.
Trevor Rabin is an amazing talent. He's got the whole package. Great composer,musician,vocalist and producer
Fascinating to hear how they spliced Moving In and Hold On into one great song. The Trevor Rabin versions of Owner of A Lonely Heart and a few others were so corny, though. Yes definitely needed Jon Anderson and Chris Squire to be YES.
Movin In immediately reminded me of Toto’s Hold The Line! Very hard rock sound! I’m so glad Anderson returned when he did!
Chris sounds fantastic on “It Can Happen”
It’s amazing how this material sounds EXACTLY life Wolf. This is EXACTLY what these songs would sound like if they were on Wolf yet 90125 the final product hardly sounds like Wolf at all. It’s amazing how Jon, Chris, Alan, and Tony make all the difference!
and, most of all soundwise, Trevor Horn!
@@hisham_hmof course! All 6 of them, brilliant geniuses!
As an almost 50 year Yes fan, this is awesome. Thank you!
I am glad Trevor Horn got involved - He saved this album and without Horn and Anderson this Album would not have been saved. It would only be remembered as a one off. I love the pictures at exhibition at the end - that was pretty good.
Wow, amazing to hear how this progressed and was refined after Jon returned and it became the masterpiece that it is. I think this is an important piece to keep and worth listening to in its own right for its time and place. Thanks for sharing this!!
Not to take away from Anderson's minimal contributions (as he came when the album was practically finished), but it was actually Trevor Horn (Producer, and previous band member) who complimented the "Masterpiece", and the final result of the songs. Horn truly did a superb producer's job. He himself acknowledges 90125 is the best work of his career. I believe it would have turned out completely different if Jon had had his hands on it...
@@TheSuperRol I agree Trevor Horn was an amazing producer for several bands.
Crazy how the songs changed on the original album but though good to hear where it goes
It’s great to be able to hear these tracks. A few of them I’m hearing here for the first time. They show how a song develops, and how it seems almost like a premonition. It also reveals how some of the spontaneity of an early take has to be sacrificed to arrive at a more unified finished piece of music. I can appreciate punk music, but I also understand wanting to make something polished. The song “Hearts” on 90125 is a perfect example of how putting a lot of work into a song to develop it pays off. It’s as if Trevor provided the missing part of a theme that Yes had been working on since “Tormato” and “Going For the One.”
Thanks so much, I'd never heard any of this before so it was a pleasant surprise. I enjoyed it even though it was a little bit different,,,I'm so used to Anderson's vocals that it was weird to listen to at first but it soon grew on me.
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This is GREAT! Thank you so much for putting this up!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, Hold On really improved between this and the released version
Totally! Once Chris, Alan, and Tony got involved it turned much more "Yes."
Jon Anderson
@@roberts.2536 wonder who changed the chorus chords, the song was rewritten basically, Trevor probably did all the upgrading in the chords department.
CHANGES que belleza de tema
Antes en demo , luego terminado en el 90125 y en live; todas sus versiones una delicia a los oídos
With Chris involved I'd have bought it but Jon took it to another level. Thanks for the upload
Yikes... feels like they dodged a whole lot of bullets with this. I suppose that's how the process goes though. I still love 90125 to this day, and can honestly say I have a completely new appreciation for the magic Trevor Horn worked on this.
Awesome! YES Rocks 🤙
The ultimate sliding doors musical moment where a blend of starting and saving of careers combined, without egos, to create an absolute masterpiece in 90125.
I read some years ago that SOME of these songs were demos of Trevor Rabin solo's career even previous to join to Chris Squire and released some year later in an album cold 90124
It really sounded like some American arenas band such as Journey. Jon Anderson’s voice and touch along with Trevor Horn’s amazing production gave a real up and finesse to the sound
Jon Anderson is not here in this recording, but anyhow.
@@larsgraberg6783 exactly what I said, this recording sounds like some American arenas band such as Journey… the final recordings, with Jon voice and Trevor production is another thing
Holy crap this is incredible Never heard this before Blows my mind
This is great. Thank you so much for putting it out there. Love it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank god Jon Anderson came in 🙂
What an amazing post, thank you very much for this video! Please, where can I download this album or the complete Cinema sessions with such excellent quality? Thanks in advance!
This reminds me of Trevor’s genius, but that the final Yes/Trevor Horn version was a true/better Yes product. ❤
A couple of these showed up on YesYears. Very nice. Great posting!
Fascinating stuff. It would have been fun to hear Squire keep his lead vocal on the album version of It Can Happen.
It Can Happen its amazing
This is a treasure! Owner of a Lonely Heart sounds COMPLETELY different, but I like it.
Awful.
Now go hunting for Trevor Rabin's original 1981 demo of the song....
"... what would that album have sounded like without Jon Anderson?" "okay" Without Anderson's voice "Yes" has been "okay" (at best). That being said, it's fun to listen to these differences.
Nice!
Last song.... Lead me from tortured dreams
Childhood themes of nights alone.
Wipe away endless years,
childhood tears as dry as stone.
From seeds of confusion,
illusions dark blossoms have grown.
Even now in furrows of sorrow
the dance still is sung.
My life's course is guided
decided by limits drawn
on charts of my past ways
and pathways since I was born.
Love the way Trev sings and plays on the demo Changes. It's got more of an edge, which is missing from the final cut.
Present but subdued *
Half expected to hear Greg Lake singing on the last track.
And it sounds like Brian May in Procession or God save the Queen or in one of his endless live solos
There's some really good material here, but I think Mr. Rabin listened to "Hold The Line" by Toto a few too many times. I'm glad that similarity was tempered by the production and rewrites in the final album. (Not busting on the song... it's a classic.)
"90125" could not have happened without Trevor and the reinvigorating of Yes gave them a shot in the arm to continue making great (but very different!) music through the 80s and into the 90s.
Veeery interesting! Thanks a lot for sharing.
thanks for the UP I have not listened to these early tracks before, the Trevor albums were solid proof that Yes could continue to evolve and thrive without Howe / Wakeman.
It can happen, my lonely heart awakes with so many unreleased, alternate versions to spark up my dulling brain! 💕
No wonder Jon's vocals and Trevor Horn's production added pizzaz to otherwise good songs and made them spectacular.
La llegada de Trevor Rabin al grupo fue determinante en el éxito mundial de Yes.
I believe " It's Over" was added to the remasterd/ expanded YES 90125 album...
Prog Power Pop with some slick metallic guitar and Horn production synth glimmer , but can never replace Anderson Howe Bruford or White on those first 3 albums or 4 ,You and I , Siberian Khatru ,Heart of the Sunrise.Changes was the best track or Rabin track on 90125 IMO.Many real Yes fans like Topographical Oceans and Relayer etc. My first Yes Album was Tormato 😅 They supposedly did a lot of Shrooms but eh. It's got a couple signature moments here and there but you know I'm not the best Yes officiando Bless the Universe and all Prog fans😊 I listened to Tempus Fugit tonight @ 2am ish why I saw this Cinema
es impresionante el cambio que tuvo hold on...
hold on , super song
Great guitar solo on movin in
Thanks, very interesting to hear😊
Amazing Trevor !!!. Love❤ album 90125
Promenade is fantastic
Thanks , interesting view of the evolution of how yes writes ,I don't think "Owner" would have been the hit it became without where it evolved with Jon back in the fold ,in fact inspite of some interesting bits the whole feel here is of an average arena rock band of the era ,Interesting to note there is another completed and completely shelved album that Yes did in Paris following Tormato ,it was never released and it was to be called "talk" ,its before Trevor Rabin was involved in the band , so it was also before the first big split,apparently the band was very unhappy with the end result and shelved it , I have a rare copy of it on cd ,about 100 lp's were released within the yes camp , i acquired a copy of the lp on cd from a former employee of the band , if i can find it i'll put it up , some of the tracks such as " for Richard " and a few others have wound up on youtube under the guise of bonus unreleased studio tracks from Tormato but not all of it
Would love to hear the full version of Richard and how the entire compilation would sound as a single album.
Just read your comment. VERY cool!! Was wondering if you found the CD, if you were going to put it up and if so on what channel. Thanks!
Haven't looked for it been way to busy but i'll try and find it now that the holidays are over
Rabin wrote the whole album but without Jon it's garbage.
Actually the album wasn’t released for many reasons, Alan White broke his ankle skying with Richard Branson from Virgin records and wasn’t able to finish the recordings, the band wasn’t satisfied with Roy Tomas Baker (from Queen) production, they were fighting and arguing all the time and both Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman spent more time on a pub in Paris, nearby the studio, than recording.
Trevor Horn was the missing ingredient
No doubt that Jon Anderson improved this from a pretty good album to a very good album. He came along when these tracks were completed. Huge difference in the final product.
Owner of a lonely heart without the Trevor Horn makeover...great stuff!👍
But I like the Album version better
This is great, and a Cinema album would have been good alright, just more AOR and less Yes-like. With Jon's return, the sound was more yes and more prog rock, and more beautiful.
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I had bought it for Chris, and I was already a fan of Trevor's from his other work, however compared to the product that turned out all I can say is thank goodness Jon Anderson showed up
Man this flies!
Left to his own devices, Trevor Rabin would be a run-of-the-mill singer with generic lyrics and riffs. This would have gone nowhere. It took Trevor Horn to show him what he was good at and Jon Anderson to really turn this into something special.
my fever just subsided with all that cowbell!
Chris singing it can happen ❤
I had no idea that many of the musical ideas for "Hearts" came from the "Fools" demo. Interesting.
Chucking at the obvious Eruption reference in the intro to this Hold On demo. EVH was looming large already.
I'm glad they turned this MESS into YES.
"I'll be moving my love into you"? I'm sure their were some snickers from horn and anderson on those lyrics probably more appropriate for a kiss tune 😅as great as Rabin is he can be a bit corny
Trevor is fucking Amazing
Thanks for this, mate! Great Job!
Interesting in a historical context. I keep reminding myself to not be too harsh since these are not finished tracks. One thing I don't really like is Trevor's vocals. Somehow they just grated on me after hearing them back to back to back. They all sound kind of the same and too raspy. Just a personal opinion. Very much rock-based, not so much prog, so not what I would have been into...
Anyway, I appreciate bringing these together to give us a taste of what might have been!
superbe album on savais tous pour le groupe cinema ephemere mais jamais entendu se qu'il avais fais avant 90123 ...rabin avais deja bien bosser et on sens bien la patte des ex yes avant la reunification avec jon anderson
Not sure if anyone else will agree, but these songs remind me of Dave Porter's upstate NY band, 805. They released one fine prog-pop album on RCA, "Stand in Line", in 1982. The song structures, vocals, and especially the lead guitar really have an 805 quality to them. Until I heard "Cinematic", I wouldn't have thought Yes was as big a model for 805. (If you're curious, "Stand in Line" and other songs are available on You Tube.)
I remeber 805 well. Great times.
Saw 805 at Gentleman Jims in Geneseo NY back in the day. The raw power/SPL was so great it kept kicking the breakers out!
Owner of a Lonely Heart with more cowbell!
Continua sendo uma grande porcaria com o nome do YES.
pre release Hold On sounds just like Toto or 80s Genesis
Este tema suena como si fuera de Asia.
I wish the was a bootleg I need this album
Donald Moore, the finished studio songs are available as bonus tracks on 90125 expanded editions.
The demos are available on Trevor s demos album 90124.
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@@stevenhaywood1195 thank you. I do have that.
One of the first times I have ever said we need LESS cowbell... On Owner of a Lonely Heart for sure!
I'm wondering who had the most to do with the final Hold On as it is on 90125 - the song came a pretty long way from the 2 versions we have here...thx!
An interesting 'best guess' on the TH-cam poster's part - who is also incorrect in stating "Some of these songs are complete." (More enjoyable is Trevor's 2003 release of "90124", which includes cleaner versions of many but not all of these demos.)
These are *all* demos, even if you can hear Chris on there - per the 90124 liner note quotes by Trevor Rabin, the music that was actually recorded for the Cinema album became Yes/90125 when Jon was added "at the very end". In other words, take off Jon's vocal tracks from 90125 and what you hear is closer to Cinema than any of these demos.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90124
"Make it Easy" and "It Can Happen" were both complete productions. The first was dropped and the second was re-recorded. We know "Make it Easy" was completed prior to 90125 because it was featured live on that tour. Rabin's 90124 is great, but also contains demos that would end up on future albums (Big Generator and Talk) as well, thus this assembly does not duplicate that album. Several tracks presented here are not on 90124, but much of what was on 90124 would create the foundation of 90125.
Well said. Unfortunately there are people who will always knock Trevor because he was the next guy after their hero, Steve Howe, even though he NEVER intended to become Howe’s replacement.
@@just82much51 Hey I like Rabin fine; he was the second best keys player Yes ever had, right after Moraz.
Hot potato!
Moving In sounds like the basis for Hold On on Big Generator.
Amazing.
Glad you think so!
Man this is great why wasn't this released back then?
Gag me with a spoon.
90124 has some great songs. Trevor Rabin saved Yes. He's an incredible talent.
100% PUREMUSTARD Trevor Horn helped out with much of the 90125 music.
@@katemurphy1915 You think that the success of 90125 is solely due to Trevor Horn? Like most albums, 90125 was a collaboration of several very talented people who came together to create a spectacular album and in the process saved YES from fading away! It’s important to remember that without Trevor Rabin, 90125 would NEVER have happened!
@@katemurphy1915 Trevor Rabin wrote the entire album. But without Horn, and much more importantly Jon Anderson it would have been garbage.
@@RadagastBrown420 Jon Anderson came very late to the 90125 recordings - but his distinctive voice made Trevor Horn's characteristically impeccable 80s production sound (and expert musical direction) sound more like a Yes album, albeit tailored perfectly to the American AOR market.
As long as Squire was alive he kept Yes alive..
Roger Hodgson should have been the singer-guitarist-keyboardist of the band, proof is on Trevor Rabin's ''90124'' album, there is a song called ''Walls'' and you can hear both vocals from Roger and Trevor on it.
Hodgson is ok, but he's not Jon Anderson.
Hodgson entered some years later into the picture (six years after the Cinema sessions). He was invited to join Yes n 1988 after Jon's departure to form ABWH; and then Rabin recorded the "Walls" demo with him (the finished track was included on the "Talk" album in 1994). But, back in 1988, the ex Supertramp didn't felt ready to commit himself to Yes. He asked Rabin to record some material as a duo instead, but it didn't happen. Their only other collaboration was when Trevor played guitar and keyboards and sang backing vocals on "The More I Look", a song of Hodgson's "Open the Door" album, in 2000.
Even better than Yes.
Que droga te fumaste. Tas como crazy.
This version of Owner sounds like something The Cars would have put out. Moving In=Hold The Line.
Now, don't be too hard on The Cars.
@@NGC6144 it wasn’t intended as a criticism, just an observation.
@@wurm90125 The Cars could get a bit too New Wave at times but nothing this cheesy. This is like hairspray and spandex techno crap. The lyrics just made me laugh.