| Orchestra or Band | Iron Butterfly (Ron Bushy - drums, percussion, Doug Ingle - organ, vocal, Lee Dorman - bass, vocal, Mike Pinera - guitar, vocal, Larry 'Rhino' Reinhardt - guitar)
Yes (Steve Howe - guitars, backing vocal, Jon Anderson - lead vocal, guitar, percussion, Bull Bruford - drums, percussion, Tony Kaye - keyboards, backing vocal, Chris Squire - bass guitar, backing vocal, harmonica)
Da-Da Band |
| Set List | Setlist for Yes included:
'Yours Is No Disgrace',
'I've Seen All Good People',
'Clap',
'America', Simon and Garfunkel
'It's Love', The Young Rascals,
'Jam' (with Iron Butterfly) |
| Performance Notes | "Four of us travelled from Clacton-On-Sea in Essex to see the gig, by van to Wanstead Underground Station and then Tube to Albert's Emporium - we missed Dada but arrived in time for Yes and Iron Butterfly.
My first thoughts were 'WOW!!! An all Fender back line and look at the size of those Bass Bins' (made by RCA I think) but my attention was soon diverted to the stage when YES began their set with a staggering version of "Yours Is No Disgrace" and I was hooked. "I've Seen All Good People" and "The Clap" were stunning and I'm embarrassed to admit that's the only tracks I can put names to. Suffice to say I was on my feet yelling for more at the end of what I can only describe as a Master Class.
Paul Simon's "America" was transformed into a mini opera with almost every musical style making an appearance. And a song called "It's Love" which I believe is one of Chris Squire's compositions.
The evening finished with members of DADA, YES and IRON BUTTERFLY all on stage together, definitely a memorable evening.
IRON BUTTERFLY were good, particularly "Easy Rider (Let The Wind Pay The Way)" and the anthemic "In A Gadda Da Vida", but to be honest YES Showed them the way to do it."
(Review by Chris Chessum, Yes Fansite, 'Forgotten Yesterdays', http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/index.asp)
Jon Anderson's debut Royal Albert Hall performance. |