Clap by Yes

dortmunder · 08-28-2010, 10:48 AM

Hi.

Going through my old cassette tapes of stuff recorded at a friend's house in the 80's, I've found a guitar piece which I've called Clap/Yes. I went to get the album (The Yes Album) recently and there are two versions on it - live and studio. But neither is the same as the one I have.

I can't find any reference to alternative versions. Can someone suggest what it is I may have on that cassette?

Fisha · 08-28-2010, 07:10 PM

A collectors item

(or a cover)

Groovy Man · 08-29-2010, 12:17 PM

The 2003 remaster bonus tracks from the ''The Yes Album'' maybe?

That's the best version I've heard.

dortmunder · 08-30-2010, 09:09 AM

Thanks, but can't be that. I taped it circa 1980. I'll maybe have to digitise it and post a copy.

**Magic** · 08-30-2010, 09:48 AM

That would be a good idea...otherwise anyone who is trying to identify the song is just taking a wild guess.

Is the version you have live? Steve Howe has played this diddy several times

dortmunder · 08-30-2010, 03:48 PM

Well, here we go then - an mp3 version of a toon I recorded to cassette 30 years ago. Isn't technology grand?

Grooveshark - Listen to Free Music Online - Internet Radio - Free MP3 Streaming

So - is it Yes/Howe and, if so, from which album?
If not Howe, who?

Many thanks for listening - I hope you can assist.

**Magic** · 08-31-2010, 11:23 AM

That sounds like some of Steve Howe's really early works, you could try listening to tracks off his "Beginning's" or "Steve Howe Album" albums. I am looking at the time on the grooveshark song, and there really is no song with that time frame on either of these albums, but this doesn't mean anything.

One thing I am certain of it is Steve Howe playing, and I am pretty sure the song you put on grooveshark isn't "Clap".

dortmunder · 08-31-2010, 03:24 PM

Thanks Magic, I'll check out those albums. Would you agree that my track includes excerpts of Clap?

**Magic** · 08-31-2010, 07:50 PM

You will just have to wait until you hear more of Steve Howe's works from those two albums. A lot of those songs on those albums sound so very similar, and I just dont have the time right now to listen to all the tracks to identify the song

joe · 08-31-2010, 08:41 PM

The song is "Mood For a Day" off Fragile.

dortmunder · 09-01-2010, 08:20 AM

That's the one! Many thanks indeed, joe, you're a pal. Thanks for your input too, Magic. I wasn't expecting you to listen to tracks for me - since you're familiar with 'Clap' I was just curious to know if, like me, you noted how the track I uploaded had similarities to it in a couple of sections.

All the best and thanks again.