Each track of Relayer is like one of a kind and yet they make the perfect album. Never like to compare them being so different but they all strike some inner chord appart from the amazing musicianship. Sound Chaser just never ages. It sounds as fresh, moving and invigorating as it did back in the day.
So interesting the sounds Howe can get out of a guitar! Picked up this cassette tape on a trip back from Florida with my parents when I was 14. Listened to it for 18 hours or so . . . Still listening to it over and over again for the last 4 decades. Never get tired of it. Thanks for your reaction to this fantastic track!!
SC kicks ars!!! YESon steroids shining like Lightning Bolts. Fantastic syncopation, incredible polyrhythms, immaculate tempo changes, irreverent guitar solos, beautifully composed interwoven sounds of existential ecstasy! YES at their unified peak. NOW LISTEN TO "TO BE OVER" to feel the balancing out of this their LAST highest level of complete album creating achievement!
Soundchaser, Jazzy prog rock, YES. Relayer is a very good album always liked it. I have not listened to Soundchaser for several years but to me it still seems as fresh and lively as ever. As someone who lived through the Yes years I felt that this album lived in the shadow of CTTE and Tales. CTTE was such a giant. I am sure that if came out between Fragile and CTTE it would have done extremely well. Many thanks for the review.
Like others, this was my very first Yes tour. The Roger Dean (Yes album cover artist) influenced "Crab Nebula" staging along with all members firing on all cylinders made it for an unforgettable experience. I can't believe that was 46 years ago.
I remember the times when this came out. Jazz fusion was quite popular (well, amongst my crowd, LOL) as Miles' alumni formed bands (e.g. Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Weather Report) - this was YES dipping their toe into that genre.
Relayer and SC esp. stands apart in the YES catalogue. Some people have trouble with it because it is more chaotic and challenging than their other work. But if you take the time to give it multiple listens it really grows on you. It's one of my favorite YES albums - def. top 3.
After doing my reactions to these songs i will listen to them a bit especially prog bands and see what I missed the first time. With Yes they need many listens and is one of the bands that challenges the listener but also rewards them
My first Yes show was this tour. I was 15. I can't count how many more I've been to since then. The good old days $5.50 a ticket. It was outrageous. Now I just paid $400 for Genesis plus airfare and hotel..geez! All for the love of my music! One thing I've noticed through the years..mostly guys listen to prog music. Girls don't know what their missing.
I paid for the last few concerts $150/ticket to see Black Sabbath, Roger Waters, KISS(to say I seen them) however I spend $60 to see Megadeth and Uriah Heep on seperate occassions and those 2 shows were some of my favorites
Since "Soundchaser" sounds a bit "unusual", in some places even a bit jazzy, I initially thought that this was the influence of Patrick Moraz. But as far as I've read, his only compositional contribution to the album was the intro to this song. (The album was largely finished when Moraz joined Yes). The attraction of this album are (for me) these 3 very different songs.
His playing on this album was phenomenal though, regardless. I'm glad Wakeman left, so this could happen, but I'm also glad he came back, as he and Keith Emerson are my 2 favorites, but I also kind of wish that they did one more album with Moraz. Fortunately I got to see him with the Moody Blues in concert. He's just amazing.
when you have the two main lead musicians whos style is jazz influenced, you tend to end up with jazz...which is not to my taste Im afraid. If you just have one, like steve, it blends and mixes with the others and sounds great
@@Lightmane I believe that was 1980 the show i saw. I took pictures. The Moody Blues opened for YES. We drove from SIU to NIU for the show and then back. A very long day but worth it.
Good insights there...I love it for it's extreme wierd fury, but I agree, that the flurries of notes do not allow room for other supporting tones to come through. I want to hear the drums more clearly in the busy sections too, I wish they had put them more to the front of the mix, it would have grounded the pulse with the bass with more clarity. The time signature is built around groups of ten, which can be counted easier as 5/4, but the rapid notes are actually cycles of 20/16!! That is maaaddness... Not...for...everyone..Lol!!
It’s actually two words Sound Chaser. I love the song and haven’t seen Yes play it since 1975. It’s pretty unique. Steve Howe solos right through the verses which is never done and that would explain why you hear Jon getting lost in the mix.
Interesting thing about Relayer is it has only three songs. Three long awesome songs as on Close To The Edge album. I see you're really into Pink Floyd too. For another long song review, do "Echoes" off the Meddle album. And do "And You and I" to complete the Close To The Edge album. ✌️😎
@@apocketfulofheep If I may suggest, check out Rodrigo y Gabriela's acoustic version of Echoes. I don't believe anyone else has reacted to it, and it is astounding what they do with the track acoustically. You want the studio version from their Mettavolution album, if possible. The live versions are amazing as well, but to really appreciate what they did acoustically, the studio version is key.
The keyboard player was Patrick Moraz . The Bass Player is Chris Squire. Personally , I have to say shame on you , for not doing your research . I think you get a 0 for credibility. Oh by the way , the song is called Soundchaser not "Storm Chaser ". .
A very different creature than Wakeman, I loved Moraz for his sense of texture and they way he blended his sounds, but Wakeman seems to tower above all others as a true master, so we shouldn't be too harsh with the guy who had to step into those shoes. Rick's classical training into advanced composition and arrangement as a classical pianist is why he has an edge on all pretenders.
@@jeffschielka7845 Tony Kaye was great, I also thought Peter Banks was a very underrated guitarist, great raw energy. But when someone like Steve Howe steps in, it's a whole new game, and people tend to forget about those early members. It's like John Rutsey, Rush's first drummer, he rocked that debut album hard, but then came....the master...and John was sort of seen as merely adequate by many fans...I think it's unfair.
Chris is just beastly on this track 😁❤👍👍
Chris is a beat in general 🤣🤣
@@apocketfulofheep true that 😁 Chris Squire is the primary reason I chose bass as my main instrument
Steve Howe at his best. The Yes Album has some truly amazing Steve Howe moments too.
It really does the more I listen to Yes the more Steve Howe is impressing me by his playing
Each track of Relayer is like one of a kind and yet they make the perfect album. Never like to compare them being so different but they all strike some inner chord appart from the amazing musicianship. Sound Chaser just never ages. It sounds as fresh, moving and invigorating as it did back in the day.
there's a good reason it never ages:
what touches our soul slowly moves as touch rebounds
So interesting the sounds Howe can get out of a guitar! Picked up this cassette tape on a trip back from Florida with my parents when I was 14. Listened to it for 18 hours or so . . . Still listening to it over and over again for the last 4 decades. Never get tired of it. Thanks for your reaction to this fantastic track!!
SC kicks ars!!! YESon steroids shining like Lightning Bolts. Fantastic syncopation, incredible polyrhythms, immaculate tempo changes, irreverent guitar solos, beautifully composed interwoven sounds of existential ecstasy! YES at their unified peak. NOW LISTEN TO "TO BE OVER" to feel the balancing out of this their LAST highest level of complete album creating achievement!
6:49 I'm smiling thinking of all the great parts yet to come. This whole album is a treasure...
Sound chaser contains my favourite guitar solo of all time . and I have heard them all.
Patrick did a fine job on the Relayer tour. Great way to start my birthday today. FOREVER YES!!!
Bappy Hirthday Jeff 😎 Don't worry, I'm just a little dyslexic, in a very odd way, this morning 😛
@@Lightmane Lol! Thanks, must be a little sound chaser affecting you! Great song! And album!!!😎
@@jeffschielka7845 That must be it 🙂
Happy Birthday hope it is a good one
@@apocketfulofheep Thank you! You started it just right!😎
Soundchaser, Jazzy prog rock, YES. Relayer is a very good album always liked it. I have not listened to Soundchaser for several years but to me it still seems as fresh and lively as ever. As someone who lived through the Yes years I felt that this album lived in the shadow of CTTE and Tales. CTTE was such a giant. I am sure that if came out between Fragile and CTTE it would have done extremely well. Many thanks for the review.
This song alone is testament enough to their brilliance.
Like others, this was my very first Yes tour. The Roger Dean (Yes album cover artist) influenced "Crab Nebula" staging along with all members firing on all cylinders made it for an unforgettable experience.
I can't believe that was 46 years ago.
Steve Howe just casually doing a 3 min guitar solo totally on his own.
Steve bought out his Telecaster for this album. It bits and chews up everything!
I recommend you react to Long Distance Runaround/The Fish live from YESSONGS. Phenomenal bass solo.
Thank you for the suggestion I will give it a listen
@@apocketfulofheep you’re welcome and you’ll be the first to do it because I have asked several to play it and you are the only person who responded.
Most of the time I only hear "Gates Of Delirium" from this album. Nice also hearing "Soundchaser" again. And soon "To Be Over"?
Yes soon I will close off the Close To The Edge album and Relayer
Amazing YES.
I remember the times when this came out. Jazz fusion was quite popular (well, amongst my crowd, LOL) as Miles' alumni formed bands (e.g. Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, Weather Report) - this was YES dipping their toe into that genre.
Relayer and SC esp. stands apart in the YES catalogue. Some people have trouble with it because it is more chaotic and challenging than their other work. But if you take the time to give it multiple listens it really grows on you. It's one of my favorite YES albums - def. top 3.
After doing my reactions to these songs i will listen to them a bit especially prog bands and see what I missed the first time. With Yes they need many listens and is one of the bands that challenges the listener but also rewards them
@@apocketfulofheep Well said.
My first Yes show was this tour. I was 15. I can't count how many more I've been to since then. The good old days $5.50 a ticket. It was outrageous. Now I just paid $400 for Genesis plus airfare and hotel..geez! All for the love of my music!
One thing I've noticed through the years..mostly guys listen to prog music. Girls don't know what their missing.
I paid for the last few concerts $150/ticket to see Black Sabbath, Roger Waters, KISS(to say I seen them) however I spend $60 to see Megadeth and Uriah Heep on seperate occassions and those 2 shows were some of my favorites
@@apocketfulofheep I'm going to Madison Square Garden..always top dollar. Floor seats up close over a $1000.
I hope you have a good time
@@apocketfulofheep I'm hoping it's great since Phil can't play or stand...Thank you! I just have to be there.
I felt the same about Roger Waters as that would be the closest I would ever come to seeing Pink Floyd live
Since "Soundchaser" sounds a bit "unusual", in some places even a bit jazzy, I initially thought that this was the influence of Patrick Moraz. But as far as I've read, his only compositional contribution to the album was the intro to this song. (The album was largely finished when Moraz joined Yes). The attraction of this album are (for me) these 3 very different songs.
His playing on this album was phenomenal though, regardless. I'm glad Wakeman left, so this could happen, but I'm also glad he came back, as he and Keith Emerson are my 2 favorites, but I also kind of wish that they did one more album with Moraz. Fortunately I got to see him with the Moody Blues in concert. He's just amazing.
when you have the two main lead musicians whos style is jazz influenced, you tend to end up with jazz...which is not to my taste Im afraid. If you just have one, like steve, it blends and mixes with the others and sounds great
@@Lightmane I believe that was 1980 the show i saw. I took pictures. The Moody Blues opened for YES. We drove from SIU to NIU for the show and then back. A very long day but worth it.
So good!!!
Just found and started this. I know you’ll love it
You must finish out the album
I will have one left for this album and Close To The Edge will be done soon
Good insights there...I love it for it's extreme wierd fury, but I agree, that the flurries of notes do not allow room for other supporting tones to come through. I want to hear the drums more clearly in the busy sections too, I wish they had put them more to the front of the mix, it would have grounded the pulse with the bass with more clarity. The time signature is built around groups of ten, which can be counted easier as 5/4, but the rapid notes are actually cycles of 20/16!!
That is maaaddness...
Not...for...everyone..Lol!!
I agree about the mix especially at the beginning with Jon's vocals. Maddness might actually be the best way to describe it
It’s actually two words Sound Chaser. I love the song and haven’t seen Yes play it since 1975. It’s pretty unique. Steve Howe solos right through the verses which is never done and that would explain why you hear Jon getting lost in the mix.
They have a plan to tour all of Relayer.
@@shyshift I wonder if that will ever happen - the tour has been postponed since 2019 now. :(
@@TuxmanXP of course it will happen.
Patrick Moraz
Music of the distant future.
Interesting thing about Relayer is it has only three songs. Three long awesome songs as on Close To The Edge album. I see you're really into Pink Floyd too. For another long song review, do "Echoes" off the Meddle album. And do "And You and I" to complete the Close To The Edge album. ✌️😎
I might do Echoes which is a fantastic song in my top 5 Pink Floyd song's
@@apocketfulofheep
If I may suggest, check out Rodrigo y Gabriela's acoustic version of Echoes. I don't believe anyone else has reacted to it, and it is astounding what they do with the track acoustically.
You want the studio version from their Mettavolution album, if possible. The live versions are amazing as well, but to really appreciate what they did acoustically, the studio version is key.
I will give it a listen I love their song Tamacun when I heard it years ago
"Soon, oh soon", it will be time for you to listen to, " Tales From Topographic Oceans".
He's done The Revealing Science of God already.
the live version of Ritual is way better than the studio version....you can actually see and understand how they do it
This one takes a few listens to appreciate - but well worth the effort. "Assault of sound" is a very apt description.
There are a few Yes songs I have listened to where you feel right off the bat overwhelmed by the sound this one however mellows out
Stormchaser ?
The keyboard player was Patrick Moraz . The Bass Player is Chris Squire. Personally , I have to say shame on you , for not doing your research . I think you get a 0 for credibility.
Oh by the way , the song is called Soundchaser not "Storm Chaser ". .
not keen on Patrick Moraz on keyboards
smh...Moraz is amazing...
Patrick did an amazing job on the Relayer Tour.
A very different creature than Wakeman, I loved Moraz for his sense of texture and they way he blended his sounds, but Wakeman seems to tower above all others as a
true master, so we shouldn't be too harsh with the guy who had to step into those shoes. Rick's classical training into advanced composition and arrangement as a classical pianist is why he has an edge on all pretenders.
@@markjohnson4217 Remember Rick took over for Tony Kaye who was also very good. Always great musicians in YES!
@@jeffschielka7845 Tony Kaye was great, I also thought Peter Banks was a very underrated guitarist, great raw energy. But when someone like Steve Howe steps in, it's a whole new game, and people tend to forget about those early members. It's like John Rutsey, Rush's first drummer, he rocked that debut album hard, but then came....the master...and John was sort of seen as merely adequate by many fans...I think it's unfair.