''Yesterdays'' is the first compilation album by the English

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...

band Yes, released in February 1975 on Atlantic Records. It consists of material previously recorded for the band's first two studio albums, '' Yes'' (1969) and ''

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'' (1970), "Dear Father" their 1970 B-side of the single "Sweet Dreams", and the full version of their cover of " America" by Simon & Garfunkel. "America" was previously unreleased on a Yes album having only been released on an Atlantic Records' sampler album "

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" in 1972 (the inner sleeve note that it was on that album's predecessor " The Age of Atlantic" is incorrect). ''Yesterdays'' is the last Yes album to feature cover artwork by Roger Dean until the 1980 album

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Track listing

Personnel

* Jon Anderson – lead vocal, backing vocals, percussion *

Peter Banks Peter William Brockbanks (15 July 1947 – 7 March 2013), known professionally as Peter Banks, was a British guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer. He was the original guitarist in the rock band Yes, and also the Syn, Flash, and Empire. ...

– electric guitar (2-8) *

Steve Howe Stephen James Howe (born 8 April 1947) is an English musician, best known as the guitarist in the progressive rock band Yes across three stints since 1970. Born in Holloway, North London, Howe developed an interest in the guitar and began to le ...

– electric guitar ("America") *

Chris Squire Christopher Russell Edward Squire (4March 1948 – 27June 2015) was an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Yes. He was the longest-serving original member, having r ...

– bass guitar, backing vocals * Tony Kaye – keyboards (2-8) * Rick Wakeman – keyboards ("America") *

Bill Bruford William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English former drummer and percussionist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. After leaving Yes in 1972, Bruford spent the rest of the 1970s recording ...

– drums, percussion

Charts

Album Single

References

* "Top Pop Albums 1955-2001", Joel Whitburn, c.2002 {{Authority control Albums with cover art by Roger Dean (artist) Albums produced by Eddy Offord Yes (band) compilation albums 1975 compilation albums Atlantic Records compilation albums