YES 2nd Known TV appearance only 18 months as a band RARE!

[J9black]

This is f'in priceless....what a gift. Made my morning.....woohoo!!!!!!

[zierkly]

How stoned were Jon Anderson and Tony Kaye in this? WOW!!! It still sounds great though, this was back when Chris Squire could actually sing. Today, there should not be a mic anywhere near Chris. =)

[morleygrey]

This is an awesome early clip. I love their early line-up, they were so solid as band at this time and then they pick up Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman...And they become even more solid. Amazing!!!!

Thanks for posting this, 1970, I was 10 and Led Zeppelin and Yes were some of my favorite bands back then and still are today and I have my cousin to thank for that who let me listen to his record collection when I would visit...And yes that was Sargent Schultz in the audience...But "I know nothing"!!!

[fredthejunkman]

@morleygrey - I agree....these guys were a solid group evern before Wakeman and Howe. WTH were Nazis doing in the audience??

[kevo4369]

That's funny - Bruford's shirt says 'NO'. Lol

[mistymountainhopful]

Awesome video of Yes. Love the song Beyond and Before. Full of energy. Was that Sargent Schulz I spotted in the audience just before the song started lol?

[PhilistineTheArtLuvr]

I can't believe I'm seeing this. So crisp, so real. A dream come true! I'm in heaven baby!!!

[MrKayley10]

Look on my channell, and you'll find I've uploaded the best version ever of this video!

[carlgt1]

Bruford with a "NO" shirt? I wonder if Jon told him, after this, "Bill I'm not sure you're on the right wavelength for YES!" ;-)

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Great song.

But then, Yes was great.

George Vreeland Hill

[Adamboms]

Tony Kaye is fucking drunk

[TXMusicDrummer]

I think it's cool how Bill Bruford wore a NO! shirt.

[dyhanendra]

i would LOVE to see some footage, well-shot, of them with their big stage, with the articulated nebulae and lasers...fog machines and strobes, of the Relayer or Tales era.

[kingcrimson234]

anderson is so high

[jghunlimited]

Amazing Evolution. 

[kirklott]

Too cool for words

[EcksAddikMcAddik]

I wonder if today's kids are watching this - BECAUSE THEY SHOULD LEARN THE CLASSICS! :p

[tomdcour]

GOOD!!

[igrowhigher]

Certainly some imaginative camera angles and bizarre shot choices. You'd never see a band filmed this way on television these days. And those French babes hosting the show (especially the brunette) OOH LA LA!!!

[DarkeningSkies1]

Jesus, Robert Fripp was right: Jon really needed to learn how to play a tambourine in time.I kid,I kid. This is marvelous footage, and Bruford's "No" T shirt is pure class.

[tempjohn1111]

Thank you for posting this.

[tie32101]

What kind of Hammond is the one Tony used?

[ElJefe3126]

@tie32101 That would be one of the L-100 series Hammond spinets (L-100, L-101, L-102, etc.). The different models differed only by the style of the cabinetry, the internals were all the same between them. Essentially, it's a scaled-down Hammond B-3. Two 44-note keyboards instead of two 61-note keyboards, only one set of drawbars per keyboard instead of two, fewer presets, etc. If slaved to a Leslie speaker, though, it is capable of doing nearly everything that a B-3 is capable of.

[paraplegia]

(sorry if this was already asked, 103 comments are too much for me :-))

«2nd known TV appearance»: which was the 1st?

[KroMagnum60]

@paraplegia Acording to user Winterafternoon. Quote: "

This is the second oldest existing piece of Yes TV footage in existence (the other being 'No Opportunity Necessary' on Beat CLub, 1969). So much Yes footage from 68-70 has been lost (namely Magpie in the UK 1968 and a Swiss TV special form 1969). This is a rare, and excellent piece of early Yes footage."

I believe this to be true and accurate.

[NeilThompson30]

@KroMagnum60 - I remember the Magpie programme - I know this probably doesn't make sense but I'm sure they did 'Sweet dreams' - the presenters came on at the end of the song and read out a list of new bands but they said words to the effect of 'All these bands are great but our tip for the top for 1969 are the Yes'

[genalof]

@paraplegia "No Opportunity Necessary" on Beat Club (German TV) 1969

[WladimirKowtun]

OMFG its so amazing.... its hard to recognize them... damn it... thats ricky on the keyboard???

[RICHARDTRICHMOND]

@WladimirKowtun

THATS "KAYE OF THE KEYBORADS", MR. TONY KAYE

TONY IS NOW IN CIRCA, AND YOSO WITH BILLY SHERWOOD.

[TheVariantstrain]

The important question here is...did Tony Kaye get to boink one of those tasty female chicks in the intro?

I'm kidding. Great piece of footage. Interesting version too. Loose, but together.

[annikee59]

THANK YOU!!!

[ikeeptime]

Ha. Bruford sporting a T shirt that says simply: "NO"

[KroMagnum60]

@MrMeddled

Where do you see that I wrote they were from USA?

Of coarse their from the UK.

Also watch your language, this is a family channel.

Time to take your meds?

[HeidiLandRover]

Ha ha - love it! Bill Bruford hasn't changed a bit. Chris Squire's voice sounded quite different back then though (his dress-sense doesn't improve any).  Tony Kaye before the beard!

[rocmaven]

I have tickets to see Yoso, a new super group with Tony Kaye & Billy Sherwood of Yes and Bobby Kimball of Toto. They are playing a US tour in August 2010 including Aug 17 at BB Kings New York City.

[Ram5091]

Man they look fucked up in this video.

[Putaspellonyou]

i like bruford's shirt. very cool to see this early performance. of course it looks like thery are playing to a high school assembly, but i understand thats how european audiences used to be. tony kaye has clearly been studying keith emerson...too bad we can barely hear him. this is good stuff though

[3124481731]

What a gem!!!  Thank you!!

[IYAMNI]

So awesome. Someone should go find all these little rarities, clean 'em up and put them out in DVD. Don't tell me that wouldn't sell.

[ArmyOfRock11]

@IYAMNI, i was thinking the same thing

[YessAndersonn]

I'd Buy it,

[paltrysignificance]

@IYAMNI Wouldn't sell, but i'm with you.

[colinhelton]

Yeah, Peter Banks: totally NOT dead.

[jthomas666]

Damn, what makes people spur such malicious things about.

[hatecrewdrumz666]

The keyboardist looks Verrrrryy high

[abillionguitars]

I love how ironic this band is. Their name is the most basic word in the English language which makes them seem uncreative yet they ended up as by far the greatest progressive rock bands of all time. The little solo @ 4:21 is genius. I think it's a nursery rhyme or something but I can't place the name. If anyone recognizes it let me know.

[1i1feat]

Frere Jacques ??

[shaneheadface]

That is correct,Sir or Ma'am!!!!!!

[1i1feat]

The Allman Brothers also poped a little bit of this tune into Mountain Jam.

[shaneheadface]

And of course,The Grateful Dead popped a little bit of mountain jam,or "First there is a mountain"from Donovan,into "Alligator"

Don't you just LOVE how all good music seems to tie together somehow!!!!

[lastdaysguitar]

Peter Banks & Tony Kaye were certainly better than 99.8% of all rockers in the 60-70's era - still waiting for that FULL BAND YES REUNION... this time WITH Peter

[record1207]

i cannot get over just finding out Peter passed on earlier this year! R.I.P. PETER BANKS!

[jthomas666]

that sucks

[shaneheadface]

NO WAY!!!!REALLY???? I had no idea....I hadn't heard.He is the first member of YES to finally pass on.Oh my GOD!!!I am truly DEVASTATED!!!!

Are you sure,you must be sure,or you would not have posted that.Oh...sad day,but actually,congratulations,Peter Banks!!!!NOW IN THE WORLD OF LIGHT!!!Thank you,Peter for the life that you had...for all that you gave us.Rest In Peace,dear sir!!!! BIG LOVE to your friends and family...Remember,"All things must pass....all things must pass away."

[shaneheadface]

Are you sure? I was just on his myspace page and YESworld and there was no mention of his passing.Did you get your wires crossed somewhere?Where did you obtain this information?Please respond!!!!

[LeoHareMusic]

I don't know who you are thinking of but Peter Banks is alive and well.

[keys4ever2]

wrong!

[jamalam17z7]

so what was their first tv appearance

[martinblasick]

Really cool energy going on.

[wardka]

I have never seen Peter Banks perform before. The guy could MOVE! So did Kaye. The whole group puts on a good show here, and what's more the sound is decent. I'm so glad this Yes era is preserved. You can see how they were beginning to find their way to the awesome architects of prog they would become.

[FunfestProductions]

Sheesh....... Chris is way up there with his harmonies. I know he always was back in the day but he is up there.

[YesMan46]

Thanks for posting, this is great!

[softtailmdb]

I have to agree that Howe is arguably much better than Banks. That said, Banks is no slouch. Any guitarists out there, try to play the opening few lines of "Small Beginnings" by FLASH (Banks band after YES) There's some pretty difficult stuff on that album.

[chazisflying]

OK, I love Yes, and it is a great song! There has never been anything like this band. However Peter is lucky he was ever in this band, he is one of those guitar player that stop learning after he figured out bar cords and the wah peddle! No offense , but he couldn't hold Steve pick let alone play in the same vain. Have you ever heard Peter play Steve? Let be real about this.

[Bluesmen88]

I wouldn't go that far, Pete Banks may not have been quite the virtuoso that Steve Howe was, but he still added nicely to everything early Yes did. I have the Yes BBC Sessions, and his playing is pretty amazing.

[LeoHareMusic]

@chazisflying--You're right, Peter is no Steve. But to be fair, they were rehearsing what would eventually become "Roundabout" with him, long before Steve was involved. Peter claims he wrote the riff, though he is uncredited.

[shaneheadface]

And the middle riff in "Starship Trooper" was Peter's also!Thank you,Peter Banks.Thank You!!!!

[Kohntarkosz]

What model Hammond organ is Tony playing there? Is that an L-100?

[elviss]

Tony Kaye on the prophet, takes you back to an era of real style!

[ArmyOfRock11]

you mean joe perry's old band?

[petecockcroft]

Anyone remember the band Flash

[jaquesaulait]

This early Yes stuff is gold, man. But why the hell is YouTube always out of sync?!

[urckrecords]

somebody explain the Nazi soldiers in the audience!!!!!!!

[s0undch4ser]

this is so cool. seeing peter banks on guitar is a treat. it's funny he sounds like steve howe light.

[wigginsdesign]

I always felt that after Steve joined. I thought WOW how did hey find a upgraded version of Banks? I git into YES in 72 at 15 with Howe. A perfect time and age but I wish I'd seen them like this!

[Yesfan90125]

On this last tour the band has been playing Astral Traveller, and the tour before that Every Little Thing and Sweet Dreams. In all three cases, Steve sounded absolutely natural, as if he wrote the part himself. I think that just shows that Peter Banks and Steve played in the same vein. Personally I liked Peter's work a lot, they just didn't showcase it enough on the albums.

[markkens]

Loved this!

Jon's finding his voice, great harmony between him and Chris (as always)

Chris Squire, pimp from the Class of 4007.

[EriktheHermit]

Tony looks fucked out of his dome, whilst Chris looks like the pimp of all Britain... killer hat. Very psychedelic, killer tune

[sSurrenderDorothy]

Chris' Rickenbacker seems to have it's body and headstock covered with some reflective metalic stuff, and a strange semi-capo looking device at the headstock as well. Odd.

[Tengent]

Lol, Bill's shirt says "No".

:B

[puddypuss]

thanks for putting this on, it brings back memories of seeing them in the 68 to 70 period. as for television and chronology, Ive got another memory of them doing " somethings coming " on not only but also the peter cook and dudley moore comedy show at 8 30 on friday evening, but this has probably been erased by now

[KroMagnum60]

Then it is possible that this is a Canadian broadcast? Hard to believe they would have travelled across the Atlantic Ocean to perform a television broadcast at this early stage of their band. Although anything is possible.

Perhaps the logo in question is the logo of a television station that re-broadcasted this?

[banjoshua]

Hi, You're right about the rebroadcasting!

"Canal Jimmy" is absolutely a French Channel (via the satelite), it used to specialize in the broadcast of old, sometimes unsung gigs or shows.

I don't think the show takes place in Canada beacause I can't imagine tiny french bands like "les charlots" or "Martin Circus", or even Françoise Hardy flying off to Canada for a one-shot televised show!

My guessing is that the place is Paris (I think Zeppelin played there too at the start of their career)

[Johnnywr]

They speak French in that part of Switzerland, hence the `Frenchiness` of it all. Gawd bless `em. I`m from Scotland by the way

[Johnnywr]

This is actually from Swiss TV in 1969 (probably November) and NOT January 18th, 1970

[KroMagnum60]

Ahhh the mystery deepens.

What's your source?

Are not the 2 girls talking French in the beginning? I don't know French. Maybe French hosts? Plus the TV logo is believed to be French TV.

Also the network logo in the top right corner. Was it a Euro Network named Jimmy?

[Free07Style]

In Switzerland we are about 35% French speakers and it's one for 4 (!) official languages. That's why Swiss and French speaking is not a contradiction. A part from the girls definitely have a Canadian accent (Quebec region) and Swiss TV or whoever may have been broadcasting this. But to find the source watch out in Canada... Also, the TV station Logo in upper right corner is not something I know from either French or Swiss TV from the last 45 years :-)

[angrysamoan666]

Jon's a bit stoned

[Chuixupu]

So what else is new?

[Lengsel7]

Wow. Truly fantastic.

[neiloneil]

Embryonic mate!

[lespaul260]

Frere Jono Frere Jono..dormez vous?

[KroMagnum60]

What exactly does that mean in English that those 2 girls said?

[hegelec]

They are just talking about all the groups that are going to play, including Keith Jarrett, East of Eden, and Yes of course!

[hegelec]

The last bit runs like this....

Brunette: "And now a group, an English group ..."

Blonde: "YES!"

Brunette: "Yes?"

Blonde: "YES!"

[fdeepf]

OOOOOOH SUBLIME!!!!!

[GBStuff]

simply fantastic

[TheStrangeRanger]

WOW. Youtube rules. How else would I ever see this amazing performance? So awesome to see them before the bombast. They're so skilled. I saw them in 76 with a stage designed by roger dean. It was one of the biggest productions I've seen to date. Squire, I think it is, looks like he has a buckethead mask on when he walks out. It's just the lighting but it's trippy.

[kristiiiina7]

Thank you for this, awesome, beautiful! This is my most favourite song on the album. The live performing´s lovely! Jon sings like an angel, as always.

[harveydents]

The first Yes Album is very undderrated, great jazz like pieces on that album such as yesterday and today!

[ninyae]

How good was that? Intrigueing camera angles there. Other 60's performers must have looked at them and considered hanging up there own instruments in deference to Yes.

[neil73]

If this is Yes' 2nd TV appearance, what was the 1st? and is it here on Youtube?

Cheers, and 5 Stars!

[KroMagnum60]

This is the second oldest existing piece of Yes TV footage in existence (the other being 'No Opportunity Necessary' on Beat Club, 1969).

[neil73]

Ok, Thanks for the info!

[brotherofmine]

Not sure if it's on YouTube but it was recorded Neil.

I've seen this before many times but this is the best quality version of it I've seen. The one I saw was in black and white!

[eennymo]

This is way cool! Love Bill's 'NO' shirt and Chris's hat... wow! Jon's fringe vest is great, too! They sound great, as always, even to this day! Thanks so much for sharing this!!

[uwekoch]

The guy on keyboards is Tony Kaye, the one on guitar is Peter Banks and the drummer is Bill Bruford. There also seems to be a wink to the popular Frère Jacques popular song starting 4:27 app., courtesy to the French hosts, I guess.

[badboypoet]

Not even close....the guy has dark brown hair

[uwekoch]

Are you sure the video was filmed in Germany? The ladies at the introduction speak French, not German.

[KroMagnum60]

It isn't. IT's French TV as one someone pointed out awhile ago here. I just let it run with comments to get feedback until I make a change.I will be doing next. The guitarist is Peter Banks? Keyboards is Rick Wakeman?

Feedback is always welcome.

[AwakeningComics]

What an amazing piece of Yes history! Thanks for sharing!!!

---Steve

[VDGG94ki]

Les Yes! Oui!

[smithpm81]

never seen this before...thanks...

[NilezII]

I guess you have to be as big as Chris Squire to get away with wearing that hat!

[hegelec]

nice shirt bill.

[lespaul260]

Sonnez les matines...ding dand dong....

[DDrudger]

To cool.

[NormalJoeMama]

Who's on keyboards?

[ricksan66]

Tony Kaye

[winterafternoon]

You can see Mike Tait at the beginning when Chris is walking past!

[obsidiansands1]

Sounds pretty cool. Despite the technical limitations of this group Vs. the "classic" line-up, I love the aggression that the Bruford/Kaye/Squire rhythm section hit with. Nice!

[chocolatelabfilms]

it's amazing to think that out of this group, only squire and anderson made it into the 'classic' lineup.

[mrJimCharles]

@chocolatelabfilms Bruford is in the "classic" lineup at first.

[chocolatelabfilms]

@mrJimCharles indeed! the 'classic lineup' concept is pretty fuzzy anyway, which is part of what i was trying to get at. Shouldn't The Yes Album lineup be included? and i think everyone would like to forget Tormato, but that's the same group that made Tales... and Wakeman wasn't in for 'Relayer'. They sure had a lot of personnel changes. we're going to see Anderson/Wakeman in a few weeks; it's pretty exciting.

[mrJimCharles]

@chocolatelabfilms I think that the Fragile/Close to the edge lineup is considered by most to be THE classic lineup, Bruford being probably the best drummer they could possibly have of anybody ever, his style (and skill) being so appropriate for them.

[chocolatelabfilms]

@mrJimCharles i also prefer bruford by a wide margin, myself. while white was in it for so many decades, i do wish bruford had been in it a lot longer. with him and wakeman they had four people playing lead simultaneously most of the time... with anderson being the grounding force! upside-down from how most bands operated. with white things got a fair amount tamer.

[jfreiwald]

Thannk you SO much for posting this! Talk about "digging into the vaults! Thank you!!

[winterafternoon]

I hate to bust your bubble, but this was filmed in January 1970 (not January 1969) meaning that Yes had been together for 18 months, not 6. This is the second oldest existing piece of Yes TV footage in existence (the other being 'No Opportunity Necessary' on Beat CLub, 1969). So much Yes footage from 68-70 has been lost (namely Magpie in the UK 1968 and a Swiss TV special form 1969). This is a rare, and excellent piece of early Yes footage.

[KroMagnum60]

Thanks for the info winter. I got this footage from a musician some years ago.I believed he traveled to UK back in the 80's. This was his best description of the Yes clip he had given me. I'm glad I posted this on youtube. Getting great feedback like your's is worth it. Thanks.

No harm done.

[winterafternoon]

I'm pleased you found that useful, glad to know all this information isn't completely useless!

[the13er]

Yep, one of richest broadcasters ever, BBC used to erase their pop shows to save videotape!!! Amazing. What were they thinking then???

[Stratman78]

They weren't. And it's a shame, according to their website, BBC Television (TO THIS DAY) is still erasing stuff. They keep stuff now a minimal of 5 years now. If it's not worth keeping, they erase them (unless it's for historic reasons).

[jarman0]

Chris Squire often sang harmonies above Jon..."I've Seen All Good People" is another example, just off the top of my head.

KroMagnum60, thanks so much for posting this! Best quality I've seen on this video yet!!

[KroMagnum60]

Hey your welcome!

Last I saw Yes was at the Meadowlands Arena in NJ a fews back. We had floor seats right in front of the stage. Chris still sung high harmonies. I beleive this Yes tour was with Howe. Don't believe Rick was on this tour.

[KroMagnum60]

My copy is even clearer then this here on Youtube. I had to convert it from VOB to Avi or MPG to upload it here.I got this on DVD format from a undisclosed source.A musician is all I'm going to disclose. When I was in Germany in 78, they had high definition TV already! Euro studio cameras were far superior then anything stateside in the US.

[johnshipe]

Is someone singing a harmony ABOVE Jon Anderson?!?

[breakfastisready]

Look at Tony Kaye!

I've seldom seen him that animated!

[klukkluk]

Yes, very clear image compare to other uploads of this show, thanks!!!

[ctask633]

Very nice footage, very clear image! Most of the other versions I've seen look like they come from an early VCR recording. By the way, the song is "Beyond and Before" - I think "East of Eden" was referring to another band performing on the show :-).

[KroMagnum60]

Thanks for pointing the song out.

You are correct. I wasn't sure about the song. My first post I had a ? next to the song.East of Eden was another band that played after YES. I will check into that for a video clip form that same show.

[KroMagnum60]

I will make the correction about the song in my description. I have been a YES fan for many years. I was a kid back in the late 60's and 70's. I am a little embarressed I didn't get the song. It is a very catchy YES song.

Man they are young in this video!