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>....> what they did on those two albums. Yes, the two best Yes albums. And while Tormato and Going for the One weren't the best Yes (sort of Yes-Lite for me), they still blow away "Drama" and "Relayer" for those who want to hear the classic Yes arrangement style. Sure, the music wasn't as carefully thought out, but by then, they had been turned into a formula-based product instead of a forward-thinking experimental rock band. And today? I firmly believe there will be a Yes band fifty years from now. Yes has turned into an entity with a life of its own, and I sincerely think Yes music will continue to provide the leadership in the art-prog-classical influences that rock music so benefits by. Yes will change, Yes will live. And as goes Yes, goes the Mellotron...[Ivens de Carvalho]Amen! I agree with you entirely. Glad to hear from someone else that holds Tales, Relayer and not least Drama so highly. And I agree that I also found Going for the One to be Yes-lite,despite the undisputable qualities of 'Awaken'. Honestly, Tales is such a big mellotron-album.So many shades of the tron sound to be found there. And I am glad they took a chance and stretched it out over two discs. Long live experimentation!And Relayer continued the tron magic (and didn't Moraz also use an orchestron BTW?). Just the backing sounds at the end of 'To be Over'. It's still magic to me!Frank Carvalho