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TREVOR RABIN – Oklahoma EP (2023) *HQ* Exclusive

Exquisite musician TREVOR RABIN is generally regarded as the man who saved Yes. He crafted four stellar Yes studio albums over twelve years, and performed on copious tours with Yes and the off-shoot Yes iteration Anderson Rabin Wakeman (ARW). Rabin became a shining light in Progressive Rock over that time.
Just imagine, if you will, a once-isolated South African boy from the tip of the Dark Continent saving the career (and perhaps even the genre) of the huge international Prog band that he grew up loving. Moreover, Rabin wrote Yes’ biggest hit ever in ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart’ and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.
But even Rabin’s massive contribution to Yes should not overshadow his solo work. Now 2023, after many years, Rabin will release next a new album in a ‘song format’, with vocals, fully elaborated, titled ”Rio”.
Today, as advance, Trevor Rabin is presenting the EP ”Oklahoma”, including 3 tracks from the upcoming album. If you love his work on Yes’ 90125 and Big Generator, then…

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RABBITT (Trevor Rabin) – A Croak and A Grunt in the Night [Air Mail Archive Japan miniLP remastered]

Alongside TREVOR RABIN solo albums, there were requested here as well his previous recordings with South African band RABBITT. These rare Japanese releases in a miniLP replica – done by Air Mail Archive Records – are the only remastered reissues of RABBITT’s two, different albums.
The band’s second album “A Croak and A Grunt in the Night“ was pretty different, where Rabin started to show his elaborated progressive side still retaining the accessible melodies. Rabin feel more ‘loose’ on this album, delivering some awesome guitar solos pristine as a morning in Iceland, with am amp / effects set up quite revolutionary for the time.
Among my favorites there’s ‘Everybody’s Cheating’ rich in lovely harmonies, the rocking yet elaborated ‘Sugar Pie’ (some Rush here), while ‘Searching’ reminds me of Yes, but ’80s Rabin-Yes…

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RABBITT (Trevor Rabin) – Boys Will Be Boys! [Air Mail Archive Japan miniLP digitally remastered]

Alongside TREVOR RABIN solo albums, there were requested here as well his previous recordings with South African band RABBITT. These rare Japanese releases in a mini-LP replica – done by Air Mail Archive Records – are the only remastered reissues of RABBITT’s two, different albums.
The first is the fun “Boys Will Be Boys!“.
Trevor Rabin formed Rabbitt in the Seventies, and their debut LP “Boys Will Be Boys!” resulted a huge success locally, becoming gold certificated faster than any other South African record. Rabbitt won a Sarie award, the South African equivalent of a Grammy, for Best Contemporary Pop Music.
And indeed “Boys Will Be Boys!” delivers catchy rock&pop tunes such as ‘Something’s Going Wrong With My Baby’
‘Savage’, ‘Hard Ride’ and radio-hit ‘Charlie’…

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YES – Live At The Apollo (2018)

Tomorrow September 7, 2018, Eagle Vision will release “YES: 50th Anniversary Live At The Apollo” on DVD, Blu-ray, 2CD and 3LP.In 2016, Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman combined their incredible talents and the heritage of YES to take to the road for a series of concerts celebrating the band’s musical legacy from the seventies to the nineties. YES...

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TREVOR RABIN (ex YES) – Jacaranda (2012)

* It’s been said that writing about music is a bit like dancing about architecture. When you’re talking about one of the most accomplished musicians and composers working today, this observation is something of an understatement. When discussing an artistic and challenging achievement like TREVOR RABIN’s “Jacaranda” (released on May 8), a writer really has to strain for on-target adjectives...