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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–91 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Label | Atco Video | |||
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Yesyears is a 1991 video retrospective of the progressive rock group Yes covering the band's history to that point, from their formation in 1968 through their 1991 album Union and its subsequent tour. The video features interviews with the entire band, which, at the time of filming, featured eight members (Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, and Alan White). [1]
It was released in conjunction with a 4-CD box set also entitled Yesyears . This rockumentary mixes new interviews with archive clips from live concert footage, recording session footage, television appearances and music videos, as well as a behind the scenes look at the then-ongoing 1991-1992 Union tour. The video was originally released on VHS. In the UK, both Yesyears and Greatest Video Hits were reissued on DVD on 9 February 2003, [2] [3] though Yesyears has never officially appeared on DVD in the US.
AllMusic called the video: "A surprisingly good and honest portrait of the band and its entire history" and said the interviews are "surprisingly candid". [1] The Guardian wrote: "This DVD rockumentary is, on first glance, a rather ghastly affair, full of wrinkled men with mullet haircuts and transatlantic English accents. But as it lumbers along, you find yourself warming to them and their story, and perhaps even joining them in hankering after those halcyon days of the early 1970s." [4]