Essentially Yes

Essentially Yes
Box set by Yes
Released	December 2006
Recorded	1993 - 2003
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	?:??:??
Label	Eagle Records
Producer	Yes, Trevor Rabin, Bruce Fairbairn, Tim Weidner

Essentially Yes is a box set by progressive rock band Yes. It was released in 2006 by Eagle Records. It contains five discs, four of which are previously released studio albums; Talk, Open Your Eyes, The Ladder, and Magnification, though not in chronological order. The fifth disc is a single CD version of what was later released as the 2CD live album Live at Montreux 2003.

Track listing

• Disc 1: Open Your Eyes
• Disc 2: The Ladder (includes Homeworld preview)
• Disc 3: Magnification
• Disc 4: Talk (includes 2002 bonus track)
• Disc 5: Live at Montreux 2003 (single-disc version)

Personnel

• Jon Anderson: Vocals on all discs.
• Chris Squire: Bass on all discs.
• Steve Howe: Guitar on discs 1, 2, 3, and 5.
• Trevor Rabin: Guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, and string arrangements on disc 4.
• Tony Kaye: Hammond organ on disc 4.
• Rick Wakeman: Keyboards on disc 5.
• Igor Khoroshev: Keyboards on disc 2.
• Billy Sherwood: Guitar and keyboards on discs 1 and 2.
• Alan White: Drums on all discs.

with

• Steve Porcaro: Keyboards on disc 1 track 2.
• Larry Groupé: Orchestra conductor on disc 3.

References

• Essentially Yes at AllMusic. Retrieved 19:24, 16 February 2016 (UTC).