YES – From a Page (full version 2026) *HQ*
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YES “From a Page” was initially released as a mini-album in 2019 by Yes Records, but now it has been extended to a full album for a release in 2026. The original 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 Fly from Here, and the expanded edition includes one additional unreleased track, three alternate versions of tracks from Fly from Here, and a collection of demos.
During this time, the lineup included bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, singer Benoît David, and keyboardist Oliver Wakeman. Wakeman, who wrote most of the material on From a Page, was inspired to release it following Squire’s death in 2015.
In 2010, after a last-minute show in Zacatecas, Mexico, the band (Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White, Benoit David & Oliver Wakeman) met up in Phoenix, Arizona to begin writing for the next YES album.
This two week session would bear fruit to the 4 released songs in addition to “Into the Storm”, “Hour of Need” & “The Man You Always Wanted Me To Be”, all of which would appear on the Fly From Here album featuring Geoff Downes after Wakeman departed during the recording sessions.
Overseen by Oliver Wakeman, and mixed and remastered by Karl Groom, this expanded and remastered edition of ”From a Page (full version 2026)” incorporates the original 4 songs, along with alternate keyboard versions of 3 songs from Fly From Here, featuring Oliver Wakeman’s keyboard parts from the original writing sessions replacing the keyboard parts added by Geoff. Disc 1 also features the studio version of the Chris Squire-written song “Aliens”, which was played during the 2008 ‘In The Present’ tour, to create the album which was envisioned prior to Trevor Horns arrival.
Disc 2 includes demo versions of many of the songs, including “Updraft”, which became the basis for the ‘Army of Angels’ section of “Into The Storm”, “Don’t Take No For An Answer”, which was not on the original album but worked on during the sessions, along with an acoustic alternative version of “Words on a Page” and the single mix of “To The Moment”, which was previously only available on the original vinyl.
CD 1
To the Moment
The Man You Always Wanted Me to Be (Alternate Version)
From the Turn of a Card
Into the Storm (Alternate Version)
Aliens (Alternate Version)
Hour of Need (Alternate Version)
Words on a Page
The Gift of Love
CD 2
Words on a Page (Demo)
The Man You Always Wanted Me To Be (Demo)
To The Moment (Demo)
The Gift of Love (Demo)
Don’t Take No for an Answer (Demo)
Updraft (Demo)
To The Moment (Single Mix)
Benoît David – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Steve Howe – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
Chris Squire – bass, backing vocals
Oliver Wakeman – keyboards, vocals, production, design, layout
Alan White – drums
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