Artist:  Yes

Title: Time and a Word

Date:  1970

Label:  Atlantic Records   SD 8273

Cover Photo:  Barry Wensal

Backliner Photos:  Lawrence Sackman

Cover Design:  Loring Eutemey 

Notes:  While few of the songs from this very early Yes record have made it into regular set list rotation they still remain relevant to the body of work by the band. Anderson's vocals, as usual, soar above the music and the instrumentation is tight and precise. The listener can hear the seeds of future albums from this early effort. A gathering of unique talents which combined to give us many hours of musical contentment. And it's got a pre-Dean cover too. Very rare indeed.

One other bit of info (which came to me via e-mail) is that although Steve Howe appears on the cover he does not play on the record. Peter Banks left the group and was replaced by Howe prior to the records release.

Line Up:

Jon Anderson

Chris Squire

Tony Kaye

Peter Banks

Bill Bruford