andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) (06/25/85)
> (1) What was "The Age of Atlantic"? I have "Yesterdays", which has the song >"America" on it. However, since I've never seen the "Age of Atlantic" album, >I just assumed it was some obscure compendium of songs by Atlantic recording >artists. You make it sound like yet another Yes album. What is it? It's the former. I don't own a copy, but I recall that it followed the format of the Warner Brothers' samplers of that era: lots of stuff by new artists plus a few obscure tracks by established acts. The obscurities were the aforementioned "America" (previously available only in a shortened single version) and Led Zeppelin's "Hey Hey What Am I Gonna Do" (B-side of "Over The Hills And Far Away"). > (2) What are you referring to by "Yes meets the Buggles"? After Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman/Patrick Moraz/whoever packed it in, the remaining Yes-men teamed up with Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, a two-man team of studio wizards who, as the Buggles, had had a major U.K. hit with "Video Killed The Radio Star". (Someone even more forgettable had the U.S. hit version.) After the Yes/Buggles breakup, Horn went back to studioland (he produced "90125") and Downes joined Steve Howe in the vastly overrated Asia. > (3) I believe Bill Bruford played on "Close To The Edge". Yes, he did. He plays on about half of "Yessongs", too. "And you can believe me, because I never lie and I'm always right." Andrew W. Rogers
lsmith@h-sc1.UUCP (Liz Smith) (06/27/85)
> > (2) What are you referring to by "Yes meets the Buggles"? > > After Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman/Patrick Moraz/whoever packed it in, the > remaining Yes-men teamed up with Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, a two-man > team of studio wizards who, as the Buggles, had had a major U.K. hit with > "Video Killed The Radio Star". (Someone even more forgettable had the U.S. > hit version.) > Bruce Woolly and the Camera Club is that forgettable band. Liz Smith
allynh@ucbvax.ARPA (Allyn Hardyck) (07/03/85)
In article <400@h-sc1.UUCP> lsmith@h-sc1.UUCP (Liz Smith) writes: >Bruce Woolly and the Camera Club is that forgettable band. The keyboardist in that "forgettable band" was the then unknown Thomas Dolby.