Artist ....... Yes Album ........ The Royal Affair Tour: Live From Las Vegas Genre ........ Progressive Rock Source ....... CDDA Label ........ BMG Catalog Nr. .. 538622042 Release Date . Oct-30-2020 Tracks ....... 01 Length ....... 75:21 Quality ...... 44,1 Mode ......... Joint Stereo Encoder ...... LAME v3.100 -V0 Size ......... 152,45 MB Link ......... http://yesworld.com/ Rls Notes All YES concert tours are special events for their legions of fans and The Royal Affair Tour was no exception, conceived as a wonderful celebration of the best of British progressive music. Guests on the tour were Asia (with YES keyboardist Geoff Downes and a special appearance by Steve Howe), John Lodge of The Moody Blues and Carl PalmerÆs ELP Legacy featuring Arthur Brown. Of The Royal Affair Tour album, Alan White says: ôThe Royal Affair tour album, being released in October, is a welcome new chapter in the wide expanse of YES live recordings. I hope you enjoy it.ö Steve Howe adds: ôHaving the opportunity to bring together the band members in the development of a well refined set of songs that captures the bands true potential is simply an honour for me.ö The show features many classic tracks across the period 1970 û 1980. The set opened with No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed, the Richie Havens cover from YESÆ second album Time And A Word (1970). Tempus Fugit was taken from Drama (1980), Geoff DownesÆ first as a member of YES, while Going For The One, IÆve Seen All Good People and Siberian Khatru are from some of YESÆ iconic mid-70s albums. The set included a rare live performance of YESÆ cover of Paul SimonÆs America and John Lodge shared vocals on YESÆ cover of John LennonÆs Imagine. Soon-to-be YES drummer Alan White played on the original studio recording. The Royal Affair Tour live set and album, recorded at the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, in July 2019, reaches a climax with two of the best- loved YES tracks Roundabout and Starship Trooper, always a high note on which to close the set. YES are Steve Howe (guitar) who joined in 1970, Alan White, drums since 1972, Geoff Downes (keyboards) who first joined in 1980, vocalist since 2011 Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood, who played guitar/keyboards in the 1990s and was the late Chris SquireÆs choice to take over bass/vocals in 2015 also played with Asia on this tour. Jay Schellen played additional drums. The Royal Affair Tour also featured an exhibition of original art by Roger Dean whose artwork is synonymous having designed the iconic YES logo and the bandÆs best-loved album covers. Roger Dean recently painted The Royal Affair Tour album artwork live on Facebook while also fielding questions from fans. ---------- # track length The Royal Affair Tour: Live From Las Vegas 01 Yes-No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed 04:56 02 Yes-Tempus Fugit 06:10 03 Yes-Going For The One 05:29 04 Yes-I've Seen All Good People 07:11 05 Yes-Siberain Khatru 10:27 06 Yes-Onward 04:05 07 Yes-America 11:11 08 Yes-Imagine 04:53 09 Yes-Roundabout 09:16 10 Yes-Starship Trooper 11:43