One night…long ago, I was in an abandoned dingy dark basement, in an industrial building in south Norwalk, CT. It was wet, it was cold, and very eerie, full of mold and decay, however…I noticed a door, in the corner, behind piles of trash, and mounds of scrap metal waste. Why did I notice this door, because, again…an eerie light came from this half opened door. So…after awhile…after making my way…alone…across this basement of waste, I FINALLY made it to the door. Upon entering this door, I again…entered into a very poorly lit room full of twisted metal and scrap, BUT…I noticed something peculiar..:in the corner…tracked up against a wet brick wall, dripping with water, I could vaguely make out two HUGE letters, that looked like light boxes. Those letters were the letters U and K. Then, upon closer inspection…I began to notice that it actually WAS U.K’s actual light show…probably dumped there by a bunch of dudes and long forgotten. It looked liked it had been sitting there for quite some time. After looking at this long forgotten pile of light show junk, I had MANY visions of what this light show saw from back in the day. So…after standing there alone…for quite sometime, I turned and left…astonished and dumbfounded.
I remember when I bought and listened to the "Danger Money" album in 1979, I didn't like it very much. I was missing my dear Allan. But today, I have to admit that it is a Work of Art and I continue listening to it, just like the previous one. They are both fantastic!
Well ELP and UK are my favourite bands so loving this in depth dive into one of my all time favourite albums. Bozzio is incendiary on Danger Money . I was lucky to have met John Wetton on a number of occasions and to spend time with him . I asked him about the mysterious lyric on Rendez Vous and he basically told me it’s a ghost story . Great work Sir
Thank you Graham, you were lucky to have spent time with Wetton. I also plan to prepare at least one videos on JW also. I also loved his influential work with early King Crimson.
I was always amazed at how good John Wetton sounded in those UK reunion shows. I know he had some health and substance abuse issues in the years prior to those shows and a lot of 70s & 80s legends didn't necessarily keep up their vocal chops. But Wetton sounded so good and true to music that he recorded 30+ years prior. UK, both incarnations, will continue to be my favorite to the grave.
The late 1970's and early 1980's held great promise for progressive rock as a popular art form. There was a lot of excitement for the cable TV broadcasts of Asia's Tokyo performance with Greg Lake, and Return to Forever's performance of Romantic Warrior. I studied classical guitar at the university, to join society's most popular music genre of the future. However, other genres appeared to eclipse prog rock, and nothing rivals J.S. Bach. I'm grateful for The Yak on TH-cam, and enjoy this latest installment of the Jobson trilogy.
Hi Arthur, thank you for your interest and feedback. I grew up with classical music and have many complete boxed sets of the great J. S. Bach, including most of his surviving approx. 200 cantatas. Part 3 should be ready in a few weeks. Tom
I still have the original cassette of Danger Money I purchased when I was a young lad. To this day, one of those albums of unbelievable music mastery that remains unmatched. RIP John Wetton.
There is some 8mm footage on TH-cam of the trio playing in 1979 in Philadelphia. Short clips of not-great quality, but props to the guy who shot it and posted it!
Thank you so much for posting this video! In my little hometown of Carmel, California, we had a diehard group of UK fans. Danger Money was a very big album for us. I had the privilege of seeing the UK trio on their reunion tour in Portland, Oregon with Eddie, John, and Terry. Blistering! I was part of the meet and greet with Eddie and found him very informative and engaging. I wore the same UK Danger Money t-shirt you have on! Many thanks.
Thank you so much for this. I sure wish I had seen them back in the day. Absolutely outstanding musicianship. I long for the days of this kind of music. Gosh, how I miss John Wetton.
Finally some information about my idol Eddie Jobson since I was 10 years old. At part 1 of the serie I was worried that another idol, Terry Bozzio, was not in the serie, but this documentery maks that allright.
Thanks for this. Back in the day I had the first UK album but was unaware of the second incarnation. An old friend came back into my life and loaned me Danger Money. I was entranced! I got the live album and scrounged every bootleg I could find on the internet over the years.
Excellent in depth look at the behind scenes making of Danger Money and all of it's songs as well as a great retrospective of the UK three piece lineup. This was a briliant follow up to the previous one, i'm really looking forward to part 3. Thank you so much for your amazing coverage on Eddie Jobson, keep up the good work.
@@theyak7912 you're most welcome, it's really good to see someone like Eddie Jobson getting some very well deserved love and respect for legendary contributions. Looking forward to episode 3
It is such a shame to me that Jobson did so little after this. You have made a documentary longer than his recorded output. I do have Zinc and Theme of secrets but they do not compare to UK. I am glad I got to see them live in London not long before Wetton left us such a great band they and we deserved much more of this music.
Amazing video ! The second one in the series covering musical oeuvre of one of the most important prog-rock stars Eddie Jobson. At the same time it's the first (and I think the only one around) video series, that covers in-detail entire U.K. career. Superb job again, Tom ! Can't wait for the part three...
A perfect album imo. Amazing playing and compositions. Different to the first but both wonderful albums. 🤘🏻👍🏻 thanks for the show. Look forward to part 3. Jobson was in the 90125 yes for 5 minutes. Maybe mention in next episode?
Hello again John. Yes the sound on Danger Money is different for sure, and the compositions were more 'structured', to quote another viewer. I will certainly mention Eddie's stay with Yes and show a couple of pics. Cheers
Indeed, Eddie was in Yes for 5 minutes, but nevertheless he devoted lots of his time and effort to learn Yes material to… never perform it live ! Imagine Eddie sitting in his studio transcribing Rick Wakeman’s keyboard work, perhaps also Moraz, not to mention learning entire 90125 ! All in vain, so to speak…😢
I saw the trio version of UK at Kent University in 1979. Absolutely monstrous, in a good way. There was hardly anyone there, maybe 50 people in a huge dining hall with terrible acoustics. They could have been forgiven for going through the motions but they didn't. Brutally loud, they battered me, my mates and the lucky few into the ground with ferocious intensity, Bozzio like a man posessed behind a massive kit. Bad timing for them, unfortunately, in the aftermath of punk/new wave, with virtuosity out of fashion, but this still sounds ridiculously good to me.
Just some trivia about the Rendevous song. In the tiny ad in Melody Maker where they announced the opening to replace Allan Holdsworth in UK, applicants were invited to contact John Wetton at Park Lane, London and a telephone number ending in 602.
I was lucky enough to see this band on the 79 Tull tour. Had never heard of them before the show and just sat and watched in awe. For a rock prog fan, probably the best combined show I have ever seen. Have been a fan ever since. Unlike most, I enjoy Danger Money to UK for studio albums. Thanks for the great post and memories.
LA Forum, 1979….if memory serves, 2 neighborhood buddies and myself, arrive at the show to witness Jethro Tulls Stormwatch. Being primed and ready, which is why we were a few minutes late, we enter the main entrance. Walking through the vestibule, we hear…feel, a low rumble. Like the 1971 earthquake in Sylmar, vibrating the entire building. We make our way around to the rear of the stage to take our seats…front row center, right behind the drummer. Green and purple lighting, fog machines blazing, the low bass notes of a synth pounding in our chests. Looking down, over the railing, is… unbeknownst at the time, Terry Bozzio behind his kit, Eddie Jobson to our right, standing in the middle of his rig, and John Weston to our left, bass in hand. No idea who these guys were, but it sounded promising…
Hi Barry, thank you very much. Watching Jobson's live footage from the same DVD's was a massive inspiration for beginning this project. They are superb to watch!
Looking forward to any coverage you include in your upcoming episodes of Eddie's 1984 "Zinc" album- it was very much a continuation of the UK sound and vibe.
Thank you Bob. I certainly hope you enjoy my discussion on the “Zinc” album in Part 3. I certainly like listening to this album. It should be uploaded in a few weeks. Tom
I thank you again for the kind and very much appreciated support of this channel through the purchase of some coffees for me. Best wishes to you in Mexico. Tom
Another terrific video documentary Tom, you have become the gate-keeper for prog history and 'things we didn't know'...I wasn't aware of John's hand issues, i saw the effect it had on Keith Emerson's right hand, and very obviously such a condition to a jobbing musician would be akin to a painter going blind ..I have to say, the 2014 touring band with Marco and Alex was inspired casting... Looking forward to the ukz and solo documentary, Zinc / Green was one of the stand out albums of the 80s...(who my friends / Michael Barsimanto's opening fill, spine tingling stuff)...
Thank you kindly Laurence. Yes, Marco and Alex are without doubt great players. I look forward to having Part 3 out in a few weeks. I will certainly speak about The Green and UKZ albums, and provide background to the song 'Radiation'. Tom
Nothing to lose was packaged like a pop song, but it was still a good song. Maybe even a good prog song because of the violin solo and Wetton's bass lines. Wetton's later stuff with Asia was too pop for me to really like it. I think the goal in Asia was to package prog elements in shorter songs to make them more Top 40's-friendly, and it just got too simple.
I completely agree, but still… Asia was a great band with lots of brilliant songwriting. Their first album is still on my shelf. Compared to so called “modern day acts” Asia is still light years ahead from the current Top-40 !
Good work on this series. Now we need to detail the career and importance of Wetton. A talent overlooked as both a musician and vocalist, RRHOF BE DAMNED!
Hi Paul, thank you very much, glad to hear you liked the series. I will be speaking about John on the channel but have a few other projects in pipeline. Stay tuned. Tom
Superb job as always, Mr. Yak. I really loved both UK lineups and albums, this brings back great memories. Many thanks, also for the outstanding Yes and other documentaries. A link to the the full 2013 performance with Miniman and Makach [sp. ??/going from transcript]] would be helpful assuming it's on YT.
Thank you kindly Lestatler. I bought the 2013 performance on DVD (Curtain Call) which contains a Blu-ray disc of exceptional quality. There are probably YT versions available but I haven't searched for those. The transcript would only be approximate and the players are: Alex Machacek (guitar) and drummer Marco Minnemann. Cheers
@@theyak7912 Great thanks for the info, and again for such excellent works on your part. The standard you set one of just a few all YT uploaders should follow, whatever the topic. That takes a lot of time on top of the byzantine YT learning curve, really appreciated. My own specialty is remastering [and appreciating] exceptional live audience recordings but won't post anything on my own channel until the learning curve complete and I can meet that standard. An example posted by someone else who seemingly used the correct WAV files, Yes in Providence, RI 1976. Closer than any other of that tour to actually being there, which only audience recordings can do: th-cam.com/video/my5CmlEVhdo/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUTeWVzIHByb3ZpZGVuY2UgMTk3Ng%3D%3D. They didn't provide any of our thorough documentation however, go here for that and the exact WAV files as intended: forgotten-yesterdays.com/downloads.asp?ftype=1&qsectionid=7&qdownloadid=2556 . Not the best Yes performance of the tour, but for now the best for sound quality. Know exactly how you feel re. YT searches. They can be maddening. I did find a fragment of your excellent 2013 Jobson-Wetton source, hopefully it leads to the rest: th-cam.com/video/HlVvlb1dO7Y/w-d-xo.html
Hi Les - again I thank you kindly for your comments. You have made my day! I find a great starting point is writing a script. I wish you luck with your remastering work and that link you provided looks like the UK Reunion Tour. Thank goodness Eddie organised those concerts, otherwise we would have virtually nothing live to look back on
@@theyak7912 Again I must thank you for all your great work. Really have enjoyed each installment and haven't seen anyone better on this topic. Scripts and thorough lineage info files always essential :) Link went to a Union tour show? Really weird. Should have pulled up a YT upload of the 1976 Providence, RI, USA Yes concert Mr. Barry Rogoff and I worked on. Or was it the Forgotten Yesterdays link? That should have been the same '76 recording but original WAV files. YT comment threads are also weird and I can't see my own comment with those links right now. Anyhow, here they are again, both tested. If they don't both go to the '76 Yes in Providence recording please let me know, and really looking forward to your next documentary. TH-cam upload: th-cam.com/video/my5CmlEVhdo/w-d-xo.html Master high resolution WAV files on Forgotten Yesterdays [also has complete info file upfront]: forgotten-yesterdays.com/downloads.asp?ftype=1&qsectionid=7&qdownloadid=2556 Again, Providence wasn't the best '76 Yes performance but right now this the best audience recording of that tour out there for sound quality.
Well done Yak, your enthusiasm and love for this stuff is barely contained, watching and hearing feels like sharing it with a friend in 1979... ........was lucky enough to find myself drinking at the bar w/Wetton in between shows at the Bottom Line in NYC in the very late 90's, and he told me how they already had $50.000 invested in a brand new UK album, and that "it had better fucking well come out!"..........needless to say, it didn't, and we can only hope it finds it's way to an archive release sometime........
Hi Benny, thank you kindly for your feedback. Yes, you were very lucky indeed to have met Mr. Wetton at that bar. We can only hope that someday, the band tracks from that album see the light of day ...
Great job again amazing work, hopefully some day you could interview Eddy. I haven't seen any of this video with Wettons goatie before just the Tokyo live show you featured in past one.
Hello again Glenn and thank you kindly. Part 3 should be out soon and will focus more heavily on Eddie's varied career paths. I would certainly have lots of questions to ask Eddie if he was interested in an interview ... Cheers
This was great, thank you. Looking forward to your next installment! btw- the double manual setup in the later videos of UK was a pair of VAX77 "folding" keyboard controllers.
Hi Howie, thank you so much! I hope to have Part 3 on Jobson (The Green album and Beyond) uploaded within a couple of weeks. Greetings to you in Detroit - I own a '71 Ford which was made in Dearborn MI.
Green Album is awesome! Turn it over !! Yes that car was definitely manufactured in Dearborn back when we had metal everything throughout the interior:) . I saw this UK band lineup with Jethro Tull @ the Olympia stadium here in Detroit I believe in 1979 ish @@theyak7912
Hi Fred, thank you for watching. The transcription was provided to me to add extra some detail to the video, and is unfortunately not available for distribution at this time. I hope you understand. Regards, Tom
Hi! Thanks for the unexpected response. Must say I am thoroughly enjoying your UK series. Such excellent work. Looking forward to the third installment. This music still plays an important part in my life. I grew up witnessing all of these artists performing live in NYC from 1971 on - Zappa, Yes, King Crimson, UK, Missing Persons, Jobson's Ultimate Zero Project, etc. - you name it and I was present as well as on every one of their recordings. I have accurately transcribed the drum parts to most of the tracks for both UK records in great detail as well the major works of ELP, KC, Yes, etc, etc. 200+ and counting. Also wrote the booklet accompanying Terry Bozzio's first instructional video during the 80's. Bill Bruford has offered to promote my transcriptions of his work (30+ pieces from his time with Yes, King Crimson, UK and the Bruford band) on his site, "If only to get everyone off my back who wants proper transcriptions." Unfortunately issues with obtaining publishing rights have yet to be resolved. Carrying No Cross has been and remains on my personal to do list. One of the greatest works in the prog rock canon. You can imagine my disappointment when Jobson did not include the middle section of the isolated drums, of this track, in the Danger Money extras in the box set. Ah well. I understand it being held privately. I do not publicly share my transcriptions either. Maybe I should try reaching out to Mr. Srebrakowski myself, knowing that it now exists. Having the keyboard score would have inspired me to continue working on the drum transcription after all of these years. All the best, Fred Klatz.@@theyak7912
@@FredKlatz Hi Fred, that is a great legacy of artists you have seen and a very impressive and substantial body of work you have created. I hope to have Part 3 out in a few weeks. It will cover the Green album and beyond. Regards, Tom
Hi Magnus, thank you for watching these videos. The sheet music shown was made available only for the purpose of the video. I will let you know if it becomes available for general circulation at some time in the future. Tom
One night…long ago, I was in an abandoned dingy dark basement, in an industrial building in south Norwalk, CT. It was wet, it was cold, and very eerie, full of mold and decay, however…I noticed a door, in the corner, behind piles of trash, and mounds of scrap metal waste. Why did I notice this door, because, again…an eerie light came from this half opened door. So…after awhile…after making my way…alone…across this basement of waste, I FINALLY made it to the door. Upon entering this door, I again…entered into a very poorly lit room full of twisted metal and scrap, BUT…I noticed something peculiar..:in the corner…tracked up against a wet brick wall, dripping with water, I could vaguely make out two HUGE letters, that looked like light boxes. Those letters were the letters U and K. Then, upon closer inspection…I began to notice that it actually WAS U.K’s actual light show…probably dumped there by a bunch of dudes and long forgotten. It looked liked it had been sitting there for quite some time. After looking at this long forgotten pile of light show junk, I had MANY visions of what this light show saw from back in the day. So…after standing there alone…for quite sometime, I turned and left…astonished and dumbfounded.
I remember when I bought and listened to the "Danger Money" album in 1979, I didn't like it very much. I was missing my dear Allan. But today, I have to admit that it is a Work of Art and I continue listening to it, just like the previous one. They are both fantastic!
The sound of it grabbed me, but like you it took me a while to love it like a do know. That's a sign of great prog!
Well ELP and UK are my favourite bands so loving this in depth dive into one of my all time favourite albums. Bozzio is incendiary on Danger Money . I was lucky to have met John Wetton on a number of occasions and to spend time with him . I asked him about the mysterious lyric on Rendez Vous and he basically told me it’s a ghost story . Great work Sir
Thank you Graham, you were lucky to have spent time with Wetton. I also plan to prepare at least one videos on JW also. I also loved his influential work with early King Crimson.
Loved both incarnations but the 3 piece with bozzio was my fav
I was always amazed at how good John Wetton sounded in those UK reunion shows. I know he had some health and substance abuse issues in the years prior to those shows and a lot of 70s & 80s legends didn't necessarily keep up their vocal chops. But Wetton sounded so good and true to music that he recorded 30+ years prior. UK, both incarnations, will continue to be my favorite to the grave.
The late 1970's and early 1980's held great promise for progressive rock as a popular art form. There was a lot of excitement for the cable TV broadcasts of Asia's Tokyo performance with Greg Lake, and Return to Forever's performance of Romantic Warrior. I studied classical guitar at the university, to join society's most popular music genre of the future. However, other genres appeared to eclipse prog rock, and nothing rivals J.S. Bach. I'm grateful for The Yak on TH-cam, and enjoy this latest installment of the Jobson trilogy.
Hi Arthur, thank you for your interest and feedback. I grew up with classical music and have many complete boxed sets of the great J. S. Bach, including most of his surviving approx. 200 cantatas. Part 3 should be ready in a few weeks. Tom
I still have the original cassette of Danger Money I purchased when I was a young lad. To this day, one of those albums of unbelievable music mastery that remains unmatched. RIP John Wetton.
I’ve played guitar for almost 50 years and Danger Money is my all time favorite Prog Album! So what’s up with that? 🤷🏻♂️
There is some 8mm footage on TH-cam of the trio playing in 1979 in Philadelphia. Short clips of not-great quality, but props to the guy who shot it and posted it!
Thank you so much for posting this video! In my little hometown of Carmel, California, we had a diehard group of UK fans. Danger Money was a very big album for us. I had the privilege of seeing the UK trio on their reunion tour in Portland, Oregon with Eddie, John, and Terry. Blistering! I was part of the meet and greet with Eddie and found him very informative and engaging. I wore the same UK Danger Money t-shirt you have on! Many thanks.
Hi Jim, thank you. You were lucky to see that tour and meet Eddie afterwards! Tom
Thank you so much for this. I sure wish I had seen them back in the day. Absolutely outstanding musicianship. I long for the days of this kind of music. Gosh, how I miss John Wetton.
I cry just about every time I think about John. Even saw him with King Crimson.
Eddie Jobson in my opinion is a true virtuoso….as Wetton said in an interview once “Eddie Jobson is ridiculously talented “
Finally some information about my idol Eddie Jobson since I was 10 years old. At part 1 of the serie I was worried that another idol, Terry Bozzio, was not in the serie, but this documentery maks that allright.
Thanks for this. Back in the day I had the first UK album but was unaware of the second incarnation. An old friend came back into my life and loaned me Danger Money. I was entranced! I got the live album and scrounged every bootleg I could find on the internet over the years.
Excellent in depth look at the behind scenes making of Danger Money and all of it's songs as well as a great retrospective of the UK three piece lineup. This was a briliant follow up to the previous one, i'm really looking forward to part 3. Thank you so much for your amazing coverage on Eddie Jobson, keep up the good work.
Hi Warhawk, thank you kindly for your feedback which is very much appreciated. Tom
@@theyak7912 you're most welcome, it's really good to see someone like Eddie Jobson getting some very well deserved love and respect for legendary contributions. Looking forward to episode 3
It is such a shame to me that Jobson did so little after this. You have made a documentary longer than his recorded output. I do have Zinc and Theme of secrets but they do not compare to UK. I am glad I got to see them live in London not long before Wetton left us such a great band they and we deserved much more of this music.
Amazing video ! The second one in the series covering musical oeuvre of one of the most important prog-rock stars Eddie Jobson. At the same time it's the first (and I think the only one around) video series, that covers in-detail entire U.K. career. Superb job again, Tom ! Can't wait for the part three...
Thank you again Krystof, and thank you for supplying me with some of your UK - 'Danger Money' transcriptions!
A perfect album imo. Amazing playing and compositions. Different to the first but both wonderful albums. 🤘🏻👍🏻 thanks for the show. Look forward to part 3. Jobson was in the 90125 yes for 5 minutes. Maybe mention in next episode?
Hello again John. Yes the sound on Danger Money is different for sure, and the compositions were more 'structured', to quote another viewer. I will certainly mention Eddie's stay with Yes and show a couple of pics. Cheers
Indeed, Eddie was in Yes for 5 minutes, but nevertheless he devoted lots of his time and effort to learn Yes material to… never perform it live ! Imagine Eddie sitting in his studio transcribing Rick Wakeman’s keyboard work, perhaps also Moraz, not to mention learning entire 90125 ! All in vain, so to speak…😢
I saw the trio version of UK at Kent University in 1979. Absolutely monstrous, in a good way. There was hardly anyone there, maybe 50 people in a huge dining hall with terrible acoustics. They could have been forgiven for going through the motions but they didn't. Brutally loud, they battered me, my mates and the lucky few into the ground with ferocious intensity, Bozzio like a man posessed behind a massive kit. Bad timing for them, unfortunately, in the aftermath of punk/new wave, with virtuosity out of fashion, but this still sounds ridiculously good to me.
I love this story - thank you for sharing it with us!
Just some trivia about the Rendevous song. In the tiny ad in Melody Maker where they announced the opening to replace Allan Holdsworth in UK, applicants were invited to contact John Wetton at Park Lane, London and a telephone number ending in 602.
Thanks for this hour of prog bliss.
Thank you Arnaud, and thank you for reassuring me that a 1 hour video was not too long!
Brilliant video! Loving this tribute to an iconic prog album and legendary band. Hats off! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you kindly Kevin!
I saw UK open for Tull in the Old Boston Garden in the late 70's. A performance I'll never forget. Bozio was incredible that evening.
Another great video. Looking forward to Part 3. Thank you!
Thank you Paul.
I was lucky enough to see this band on the 79 Tull tour. Had never heard of them before the show and just sat and watched in awe. For a rock prog fan, probably the best combined show I have ever seen. Have been a fan ever since. Unlike most, I enjoy Danger Money to UK for studio albums. Thanks for the great post and memories.
Thank you Les, you were lucky to see them live and yes, what a great double-bill!
You must have missed when Jethro Tull & Emerson Lake & Palmer toured together.
Brilliant job! I've really loved the deep dive.
Great to hear - thank you very much!
DANGER MONEY!
I adore this album to bits
Fuckin' Uncle Eddie.! ...simply AMAZING!?! ...What other words can describe 'Carrying No Cross?'... ...Tour d'force, w/o a Doubt!!
LA Forum, 1979….if memory serves, 2 neighborhood buddies and myself, arrive at the show to witness Jethro Tulls Stormwatch. Being primed and ready, which is why we were a few minutes late, we enter the main entrance. Walking through the vestibule, we hear…feel, a low rumble. Like the 1971 earthquake in Sylmar, vibrating the entire building. We make our way around to the rear of the stage to take our seats…front row center, right behind the drummer. Green and purple lighting, fog machines blazing, the low bass notes of a synth pounding in our chests. Looking down, over the railing, is… unbeknownst at the time, Terry Bozzio behind his kit, Eddie Jobson to our right, standing in the middle of his rig, and John Weston to our left, bass in hand. No idea who these guys were, but it sounded promising…
Hi John, I’m sure that UK didn’t disappoint even on a first hearing
Massive EJ fan and have these Blu ray concerts ( Reunion and Curtain Call ). Thanks for this series and look forward to part 3
Hi Barry, thank you very much. Watching Jobson's live footage from the same DVD's was a massive inspiration for beginning this project. They are superb to watch!
Looking forward to any coverage you include in your upcoming episodes of Eddie's 1984 "Zinc" album- it was very much a continuation of the UK sound and vibe.
That’s a great idea!!! 👍
Thank you Bob. I certainly hope you enjoy my discussion on the “Zinc” album in Part 3. I certainly like listening to this album. It should be uploaded in a few weeks. Tom
Another great job, Tom. Thank you.
I thank you again for the kind and very much appreciated support of this channel through the purchase of some coffees for me. Best wishes to you in Mexico. Tom
Another terrific video documentary Tom, you have become the gate-keeper for prog history and 'things we didn't know'...I wasn't aware of John's hand issues, i saw the effect it had on Keith Emerson's right hand, and very obviously such a condition to a jobbing musician would be akin to a painter going blind ..I have to say, the 2014 touring band with Marco and Alex was inspired casting...
Looking forward to the ukz and solo documentary, Zinc / Green was one of the stand out albums of the 80s...(who my friends / Michael Barsimanto's opening fill, spine tingling stuff)...
Thank you kindly Laurence. Yes, Marco and Alex are without doubt great players. I look forward to having Part 3 out in a few weeks. I will certainly speak about The Green and UKZ albums, and provide background to the song 'Radiation'. Tom
Great job. Very Under rated band. I think the times were changing then, not their fault. Love the Lawrence Welk bubbles in the video!
Thank you Glen. Needless to say this is one of my favourite albums.
A BIG THANK YOU
You’re welcome Billy
Nothing to lose was packaged like a pop song, but it was still a good song. Maybe even a good prog song because of the violin solo and Wetton's bass lines. Wetton's later stuff with Asia was too pop for me to really like it. I think the goal in Asia was to package prog elements in shorter songs to make them more Top 40's-friendly, and it just got too simple.
I completely agree, but still… Asia was a great band with lots of brilliant songwriting. Their first album is still on my shelf. Compared to so called “modern day acts” Asia is still light years ahead from the current Top-40 !
Gracias...excelente video...! Una gran banda de música progresiva. Así como todos los músicos que la conformaron.! Gracias.
Thank you Miguel. I love Rush too
Good work on this series. Now we need to detail the career and importance of Wetton. A talent overlooked as both a musician and vocalist, RRHOF BE DAMNED!
Hi Paul, thank you very much, glad to hear you liked the series. I will be speaking about John on the channel but have a few other projects in pipeline. Stay tuned. Tom
Superb job as always, Mr. Yak.
I really loved both UK lineups and albums, this brings back great memories. Many thanks, also for the outstanding Yes and other documentaries.
A link to the the full 2013 performance with Miniman and Makach [sp. ??/going from transcript]] would be helpful assuming it's on YT.
Thank you kindly Lestatler. I bought the 2013 performance on DVD (Curtain Call) which contains a Blu-ray disc of exceptional quality. There are probably YT versions available but I haven't searched for those. The transcript would only be approximate and the players are: Alex Machacek (guitar) and drummer Marco Minnemann. Cheers
@@theyak7912 Great thanks for the info, and again for such excellent works on your part. The standard you set one of just a few all YT uploaders should follow, whatever the topic.
That takes a lot of time on top of the byzantine YT learning curve, really appreciated. My own specialty is remastering [and appreciating] exceptional live audience recordings but won't post anything on my own channel until the learning curve complete and I can meet that standard.
An example posted by someone else who seemingly used the correct WAV files, Yes in Providence, RI 1976. Closer than any other of that tour to actually being there, which only audience recordings can do: th-cam.com/video/my5CmlEVhdo/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUTeWVzIHByb3ZpZGVuY2UgMTk3Ng%3D%3D.
They didn't provide any of our thorough documentation however, go here for that and the exact WAV files as intended: forgotten-yesterdays.com/downloads.asp?ftype=1&qsectionid=7&qdownloadid=2556 . Not the best Yes performance of the tour, but for now the best for sound quality.
Know exactly how you feel re. YT searches. They can be maddening. I did find a fragment of your excellent 2013 Jobson-Wetton source, hopefully it leads to the rest: th-cam.com/video/HlVvlb1dO7Y/w-d-xo.html
Hi Les - again I thank you kindly for your comments. You have made my day! I find a great starting point is writing a script. I wish you luck with your remastering work and that link you provided looks like the UK Reunion Tour. Thank goodness Eddie organised those concerts, otherwise we would have virtually nothing live to look back on
@@theyak7912 Again I must thank you for all your great work. Really have enjoyed each installment and haven't seen anyone better on this topic.
Scripts and thorough lineage info files always essential :)
Link went to a Union tour show? Really weird. Should have pulled up a YT upload of the 1976 Providence, RI, USA Yes concert Mr. Barry Rogoff and I worked on. Or was it the Forgotten Yesterdays link? That should have been the same '76 recording but original WAV files. YT comment threads are also weird and I can't see my own comment with those links right now.
Anyhow, here they are again, both tested. If they don't both go to the '76 Yes in Providence recording please let me know, and really looking forward to your next documentary.
TH-cam upload: th-cam.com/video/my5CmlEVhdo/w-d-xo.html
Master high resolution WAV files on Forgotten Yesterdays [also has complete info file upfront]: forgotten-yesterdays.com/downloads.asp?ftype=1&qsectionid=7&qdownloadid=2556
Again, Providence wasn't the best '76 Yes performance but right now this the best audience recording of that tour out there for sound quality.
Great documentary I just enjoyed every minute of it like this marvelous album.
Thank you kindly - much appreciated! Yes, it is a great album
Well done Yak, your enthusiasm and love for this stuff is barely contained, watching and hearing feels like sharing it with a friend in 1979...
........was lucky enough to find myself drinking at the bar w/Wetton in between shows at the Bottom Line in NYC in the very late 90's, and he told me how they already had $50.000 invested in a brand new UK album, and that "it had better fucking well come out!"..........needless to say, it didn't, and we can only hope it finds it's way to an archive release sometime........
Hi Benny, thank you kindly for your feedback. Yes, you were very lucky indeed to have met Mr. Wetton at that bar. We can only hope that someday, the band tracks from that album see the light of day ...
@@theyak7912 Intentional or not, nice pun!
Great job again amazing work, hopefully some day you could interview Eddy. I haven't seen any of this video with Wettons goatie before just the Tokyo live show you featured in past one.
Hello again Glenn and thank you kindly. Part 3 should be out soon and will focus more heavily on Eddie's varied career paths. I would certainly have lots of questions to ask Eddie if he was interested in an interview ... Cheers
Thanks! Awesome work and video!!
Thank you kindly Jim!
Thank you so much.So many great memories.
Thank you very much Donald. I hope to upload Part 3 in this series in a couple of weeks.
This was great, thank you. Looking forward to your next installment! btw- the double manual setup in the later videos of UK was a pair of VAX77 "folding" keyboard controllers.
Thank you Marzzz, yes I'll be speaking Eddie's folding keyboards plus others in Part 3.
I absolutely LOVE this channel ! Peace from Detroit MI.
Hi Howie, thank you so much! I hope to have Part 3 on Jobson (The Green album and Beyond) uploaded within a couple of weeks. Greetings to you in Detroit - I own a '71 Ford which was made in Dearborn MI.
Green Album is awesome! Turn it over !! Yes that car was definitely manufactured in Dearborn back when we had metal everything throughout the interior:) . I saw this UK band lineup with Jethro Tull @ the Olympia stadium here in Detroit I believe in 1979 ish @@theyak7912
UK/DM: One of the best prog albums ever!
❤ forever.....................
Would love to get my hands on a copy of the Carrying No Cross transcription.
Hi Fred, thank you for watching. The transcription was provided to me to add extra some detail to the video, and is unfortunately not available for distribution at this time. I hope you understand. Regards, Tom
Hi! Thanks for the unexpected response. Must say I am thoroughly enjoying your UK series. Such excellent work. Looking forward to the third installment. This music still plays an important part in my life. I grew up witnessing all of these artists performing live in NYC from 1971 on - Zappa, Yes, King Crimson, UK, Missing Persons, Jobson's Ultimate Zero Project, etc. - you name it and I was present as well as on every one of their recordings.
I have accurately transcribed the drum parts to most of the tracks for both UK records in great detail as well the major works of ELP, KC, Yes, etc, etc. 200+ and counting. Also wrote the booklet accompanying Terry Bozzio's first instructional video during the 80's. Bill Bruford has offered to promote my transcriptions of his work (30+ pieces from his time with Yes, King Crimson, UK and the Bruford band) on his site, "If only to get everyone off my back who wants proper transcriptions." Unfortunately issues with obtaining publishing rights have yet to be resolved.
Carrying No Cross has been and remains on my personal to do list. One of the greatest works in the prog rock canon. You can imagine my disappointment when Jobson did not include the middle section of the isolated drums, of this track, in the Danger Money extras in the box set. Ah well. I understand it being held privately. I do not publicly share my transcriptions either. Maybe I should try reaching out to Mr. Srebrakowski myself, knowing that it now exists. Having the keyboard score would have inspired me to continue working on the drum transcription after all of these years. All the best, Fred Klatz.@@theyak7912
@@FredKlatz Hi Fred, that is a great legacy of artists you have seen and a very impressive and substantial body of work you have created. I hope to have Part 3 out in a few weeks. It will cover the Green album and beyond. Regards, Tom
La intro del álbum recuerda a Khontarkosz de Magma. Pensar que este grupo podría haberse llamado WAKEMAN WETTON & BRUFORD.
Great work on These three episodes !
Is there anyway to get a hold of the sheet Music. ?
Hi Magnus, thank you for watching these videos. The sheet music shown was made available only for the purpose of the video. I will let you know if it becomes available for general circulation at some time in the future. Tom
@@theyak7912ok thanks. !!
Marco and Alex are superb. Not easy replacing Holdsworth and Bozzio. Jobson is a fucking genius.
Local boy makes good. Well done Eddie! Personally not my cup of tea, I prefer coffee but there you go.
Nothing to lose..........til ASIA
I wouldn't take Park Lane at 5 o'clock - super busy. North Circular is the better option but lyrically, turns it into a Punk Rock song.
Not as exciting as watching Graham Chapman in the Eddie Baby sketch but still entertaining never the less, I would like to see more of both.
The snare drum sound!? Why!?
who is the drummer?
Hi Phyllis, the drummer in the live performances shown is Marco Minnemann
@@theyak7912 Thank you!
I don't think there are enough time signature changes in Carrying No Cross.
This album sounded like Asia
OH my God..my Religion is UK
❤ forever.....................