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YES: 90125


       ROCK CLASSICS

       Stephen Lambe




                                                                   ISBN 978-1-78952-329-4




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                                                                 Publication:   25  JULY 2024
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                                                                 ISBN:           9781789523294
                                                                 Price:          £12.99
                                                                 Binding:        Paperback

                                                                 Format:         198 x 129 mm
                                                                 Extent:         104 pp
                                                                 Illustrated:  8 colour pages
                                                                 Thema:          AVLP Popular Music

                                                                 Comparative title: 9781789523096 Rolling Stones Let It
                                                                 Bleed (Rock Classics)

                                                                    •  Sixth book in a brand new series taking deep
                                                                        dives into classic rock albums
                                                                    •  90125 remains Yes's best-selling album, and
                                                                        features  a  much-loved  and  influential  hit  in'
                                                                        Owner Of A Lonely Heart'
                                                                    •  Inspired  by the  author's  cover  story in  Prog
                                                                        Magazine – November 2023 issue

                                                                 Against the odds, 90125, released towards the end of 1983,
         Sonic Bond podcast at http://www.sonicbondbookcast.co.uk/   was Yes' best-selling album. Yet it was never intended to be a
                                                                 recording  by  one  of  the  1970s  rock  dinosaurs,  but  a
         Stephen  Lambe  is  a  publisher  and  freelance  writer.  A  former   combination of commercial expediency and luck saw an album
                                                                 by a new band called Cinema – featuring Yes stalwarts Chris
         chairman  of  The  Classic  Rock  Society,  he  now  owns  Sonicbond   Squire, Alan White and Tony Kaye alongside talented multi-
         Publishing.  His  piece  about  90125  for  Prog  magazine  was  the   instrumentalist Trevor Rabin – become Yes following the last-
         inspiration for this book, his eleventh, which ialso nclude two other   minute recruitment of vocalist Jon Anderson. A US number
         books about Yes, and the best-selling Citizens Of Hope And Glory –   one  hit  single,  'Owner  Of  A  Lonely  Heart,'  led  to  a  triple
         The Story Of Progressive Rock for Amberley in 2011. He lives in   platinum record and a massive world tour, giving this band a
         Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK.                        new lease of life in the 1980s.

                                                                    Featuring  new  interviews  with  several  of  the  main
                                                                 protagonists, including Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin, this
                                                                 book traces the story of the album from its rudimentary demos
                                                                 in 1981, right up to the end of the world tour in early 1985.
         Sales: Star Book Sales LLP
         T: 01404 515050                                         90125 is reviewed in full, and the book also includes a detailed
         E: enquiries@starbooksales.com                          look  at  the  somewhat  complex  and  contrived  process  that
                                                                 created it, followed by an examination of the album's legacy
         Orders: Combined Book Services Ltd.                     and remarkable afterlife.
         Email: orders@combook.co.uk
         Phone: 01892 837171
                                                                    The  90125  story  is  possibly  the  most  astonishing  in  this
         Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change   legendary  group's  nearly  six-decade  history.  This  is  how  it
         without notice.           08/02/2024                    happened.
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