MUSICASSETTES or Compact Tape Cassette >
Invented in the 1960s Cassettes will be fondly remembered, down memory lane, for the number of compilation tapes that were created during their lifetime.

In the 1970s, my Dad, in between telling me to turn the volume down on the music I was playing, sometimes surprised me by announcing he quite liked a particular track that I was listening to. Eventually he asked me to make him a tape of HIS favourites. As you can see from the picture below that cassette contained music by Pink Floyd "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", Vangelis, Focus, Santana and Yes - it was an impressive selection.

The track by Yes was 'Soon', a beautiful calm song at the end of the 22 minute 'The Gates of Delirium' - the entire side one of the 'Relayer' LP released in 1974. This song of peace and hope was issued as a single a year later.

Down the years there have been various recordings, none better than a symphonic version of this piece from a live show by Yes in 2001.

The sun will lead us

Our reason to be here

If you thought YES a draft sixties hippy name for a Prog Rock band, then check out what they originally called themselves > here