Dan and Steven share their thoughts on the new Yes single "Turnaround Situation," from the upcoming Yes album Aurora! You can pre-order the album here: https://yes-band.lnk.to/AuroraID The conversation also leads to big picture questions about Yes that are interesting to think about.

In the lead-up to the new Yes album Aurora, Dan and Steven go through the tracklists of the two preceding Yes albums, The Quest and Mirror to the Sky, and play a game of Take It or Leave It, going through track match-ups and saying which track from which album they each prefer. And perhaps this will show which album they prefer overall, even if they do enjoy both of them. It'll all make sense when you see the conversation play out! The match-ups will be the following:“The Ice Bridge” vs “Cut from the Stars”“Dare to Know” vs “All Connected”“Minus the Man” vs “Luminosity”“Leave Well Alone” vs “Living Out Their Dream”“The Western Edge,” “Future Memories,” and “Music to My Ears” vs “Mirror to the Sky”“A Living Island” vs “Circles of Time”“Sister Sleeping Soul” vs “Unknown Place”“Mystery Tour” vs “One Second Is Enough”“Damaged World” vs “Magic Potion”

Steven presents another Yesshift News Desk Edition. Amidst the news is highlights regarding birthday boys Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman, with the former having posts about Peter Roth Trio and an Earthworks Dig album visualizer, and the latter having just announced The Wizard of Prog tour and autobiography. There are also Yes Fragile tour leg updates, and some catching up of other bits that have come out over the last several weeks! Plus, submissions are open for Miguelbass' Play for Chris 12 over at http://miguelbass.com/playforchris12

Dan and Steven talk about Yes' Union album! Released April 30, 1991, this album featured members of Yes West and ABWH, along with a bunch of session musicians, and was followed by a tour featuring an eight-member Yes lineup. Hear us share what we and others think about the album!

Steven reviews his vinyl copy of the expanded and remastered edition of Yes album From a Page. He recently talked with Oliver Wakeman about the process of putting this together, and now we get to hear the results. There are also sure to be comparisons to the Fly from Here versions of certain tracks that appear here. You can get the album here: ⁠https://mercury-studios.lnk.to/eYQTpbMB⁠

Steven is back home from a vacation, and there is now quite a bit of news to catch up on! Today, we have gotten confirmation of the rescheduled Yes Fragile UK Tour, now happening May 2027. More info at https://yesworld.com/ In the meantime, Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks have started their 2026 touring and even debuted a new song. (Setlist details saved for the end of the episode.) Steven was also able to catch Yes tribute band Awaken's stream of their 9012Live Revisited concert last week and has a recap to provide. Plus, some tidbits from the Q&A Roger Dean did on Facebook Live yesterday!

Oliver Wakeman returned for another Yesshift interview! The conversation began with a bit of a recap of the recent Wakeman & Son Tour, before moving into the From a Page tour, the expanded and remastered edition of From a Page (which you can pre-order here: https://mercury-studios.lnk.to/eYQTpbMB ) and details of how it all came together, and then a bit of solo works talk including the recently re-released Mother's Ruin album!

Dan and Steven talk about the album details that have come out regarding the new Yes album Aurora. The title track even made its debut online, accompanied by its own animated music video. Hear our thoughts on all of these! You can pre-order Aurora here: https://yes-band.lnk.to/Aurora

Joe Luca, keyboardist of Yes tribute band Awaken, joins Steven Shinder for a Yesshift interview! Last time Joe was on the show, he talked about how Awaken would be performing the 90125 tour setlist. We'll be talking about how that all went, and the full concert footage will premiere on the Awaken page Friday, April 17th, 4pm PDT / 7pm EDT. Check out the event here, 9012LIVE Revisited: The 40th Anniversary Celebration: https://www.facebook.com/events/4442332079421971/

For Steve Howe's 79th birthday, Dan and Steven have a general and somewhat chronological discussion about Steve Howe's career! What are some of the highlights, in your opinion?