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The Top 100 Album Countdown of 2024 – Part 5: 20-1

31 January 2025 SB 0

Sadly, everything must end. We have reached the final part of the Rocking In the Norselands countdown, with the 20 albums I enjoyed the most […]

When Rick Wakeman ate a curry during a Yes concert

11 March 2023 SB 0

Yes performed two sold out shows at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall on the Tales From Topographic Oceans tour on 28 and 29 November 1973. It […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Shoot High, Aim Low» by Yes

21 September 2021 SB 0

When Yes released their twelfth studio album Big Generator on 21 September 1987, it started a debate amongst fans that is still going on to […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Changes» by Yes

4 December 2020 SB 0

I know I am not alone in first discovering Yes when they released the now classic 90125 album on 7 November 1983. They had managed […]

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