While this is technically a Jon Anderson solo album, it’s actually a collaborative effort, with Anderson working alongside several other musicians who’ve collectively put together the songs on Survival & Other Stories.
The album came about after Anderson placed an ad on his website inviting other musicians to get involved, and ultimately eight different musicians from across the globe contributed, done by file sharing across the net, sending MP3 samples while Anderson performed the songs.
Whether this was because Anderson had been running on empty after coming through a debilitating illness, which saw him come close to checking out, or because he felt the need for fresh inspiration is unknown.
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Following the release of their sole, self-titled studio album in June 1989, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe embarked on an extensive and well-received world tour.
With the Chris Squire-led Yes languishing in a singerless limbo in Los Angeles, the offshoot tour was the closest fans would get to the Yes live experience throughout 1989 and early 1990.
Recorded at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California on September 9, 1989, An Evening of Yes Music Plus was originally broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show and as a pay-per-view concert film, before being commercially released in 1993 on double CD and in 1997 on the then-new DVD format.
…An Evening of Yes Music Plus does what it…