Extended Play - November 24 Set

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Welcome to Extended Play! For this week's show, I've got a full 3 hours worth of live and studio tracks on the slate (like every other week ).

First up is the newly issued remaster of McDonald & Giles' self-titled album from 1970. After splitting from King Crimson on the US tour in 1969, Ian McDonald & Michael Giles set out to capture the sound that they felt was truest to their own visions. This is often cited as the perfect compliment to King Crimson's second album, 'In The Wake of Poseidon'. Listen close on Flight of the Ibis as it's the original melody from Cadence & Cascade, further developed by King Crimson for 'In The Wake Of Poseidon'.

The second album of the night is Mike Oldfield's album 'Exposed'. This one's a live set released in 1979, presumably assembled from the tour for 'Incantations'. It includes Incantations and Tubular Bells, as well as Guilty to close out the set. This is the third (and in my opinion the best) recorded version of Tubular Bells.

Finally, we have a true classic with 'Close to the Edge', Yes' final album of the 70s with Bill Bruford. This album is noted by some Yes fans as the last "true" Yes album. Their follow-up album 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' still holds true in sound to Yes, although it is most definitely the height of Long-Form progressive rock. Each song is a side-long piece, bringing the album to 4 sides. Even still, 'Close to the Edge' is possibly Yes' finest hour with beautiful melody and harmony out the wazoo.