Cinema were a short-lived English

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band started in January 1982 by former

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members Alan White and

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, with guitarist

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. The previous year, Squire and White had formed the abortive band XYZ with former

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guitarist

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. Cinema had plans to release their debut album in 1983, and were working on a number of songs, most of which had been written by Rabin. Later, these musicians were joined by keyboardist Tony Kaye and, eventually,

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, both founding members of the then-disbanded Yes. They started recording the album ''

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'', but soon after this the band dropped the "Cinema" name, and continued as "Yes". Demos produced from the Cinema sessions included "

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" and "It's Over", with lead vocals by Rabin, and an early version of " It Can Happen" featuring Squire on vocals. "Make It Easy" and this version of "It Can Happen" appeared on 1991's '' Yesyears'' box set compilation, and were later included as bonus tracks on the remastered version of ''90125'' released in 2004 by

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, as was "It's Over". Unreleased tracks worked on by Cinema include "Time," a 20-minute instrumental, and "Carry On." The introduction from "Time" would end up as an instrumental on ''90125,'' titled " Cinema" as a tribute to the aborted band.

Line-up

– Bass guitar, backing and lead vocals * Alan White – Drums, percussion *

– Guitars, keyboards, lead and backing vocals * Tony Kaye – Hammond organ, piano

References

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