''From a Page'' is a

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by the English

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band

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, released on 25 October 2019 by Yes Records. It contains four previously unreleased tracks originally recorded by the 2008–2011 line-up of the group and intended for release on an album, but ultimately weren't included on ''

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''. During this time, the lineup included bassist

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, guitarist

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, drummer Alan White, singer

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, and keyboardist

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. Wakeman, who wrote most of the material on ''From a Page'', was inspired to release it following Squire's death in 2015.

Overview

The release is based around four songs developed by the band in 2009/10, but not then used on 2011's ''

''. The line-up is bassist

, guitarist

, drummer Alan White, singer

and keyboardist

. Wakeman assembled the material following Squire's death.''From a Page'' (Yes Records) liner notes

Release

''From a Page'' was released exclusively through

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as a single (five-track) vinyl

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(YES002LP) and as the (four-track) first disc of a 3-CD mini box set (YES002BX) along with a re-release of the band's 2011 double live album ''

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'', recorded in 2009 by the same line-up that recorded ''From a Page''. A digital release came 16 April 2021. According to Wakeman, ''From a Page'' may be distributed to stores in other countries "at some point in the future".

Cover art

The cover art was made by long-time Yes collaborator Roger Dean.

Songs

The vinyl and first CD contain 4 songs, 3 being previously unreleased studio songs that were worked on in the ''Fly from Here'' sessions in late 2010 and the fourth being a new recording of an unfinished song from the same period named "From the Turn of a Card". The song was developed at the same time as the other songs, but not completed. "From the Turn of a Card" was subsequently recorded and released in 2013 on the album ''

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'' by

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and Oliver Wakeman, with

on lead vocals. The "From the Turn of a Card" version here is a piano/vocal duet taking David's vocal from that album and using a newly recorded piano accompaniment by Wakeman. A lyric video for the single mix of "To the Moment" was released on YouTube. The 4:22 single mix version of the track "To the Moment" was only available on the vinyl edition until the 2021 digital version was released.

Track listing

Vinyl edition

CD edition

Personnel

Credits adapted from the vinyl edition. Yes *

– lead vocals, acoustic guitar *

– acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals *

– bass, backing vocals *

– keyboards, vocals, production, design, layout * Alan White – drums Technical personnel * Patrick MacDougall – engineer *

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– engineer * Mike Pietrini – mastering * Karl Groom – mixing * Roger Dean – painting

Reception

The album made #23 in the UK Rock album chart.

References

External links

* Official band website a
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