YES

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Far from definitive single LP collection of the band’s seven-inchers. Right from their first single, Sweetness, released in 1969, with its B-side of Leonard Bernstein’s Something’s Coming from West Side Story, Yes’ music has always carried a strong melodic pop element. But at the same time, they also enjoyed and excelled at writing longer tunes that often landed around the 10-minute mark. And so if they were going to have any representation in the singles chart, an eight-minute-plus song with a memorable verse and chorus such as Roundabout needed some fairly serious cuts. The single edit, included on this patchily incomplete ‘greatest hits’ compilation, ignores the acoustic guitar intro, then cuts straight from the end of the second verse into the organ solo, allowing it to clock in at a…

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Prog Italia (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 144

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