Yes Music Podcast · Kevin Mulryne and Mark Anthony K

Episode 700 - a celebration! - 700

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A 1974 napkin pact supposedly promised Yes would reunite in 1995 and continue into the 21st century.

1. Yes Music Podcast episode 700 uses a 700th-anniversary frame to examine the history of Yes concerts and the 3 March 1974 Cincinnati show. 2. Kevin and Mark host the episode, and contributors such as Pete Whipple, Steve Sullivan, Geoffrey Mason, Simon Barrow, and Gennaro River matter because they supply the concert history, site data, and historical context. 3. The episode asks what the 700th Yes show was and what that number reveals about the band’s touring history. 4. Kevin says finding a 700-themed topic was difficult, then turns to Forgotten Yesterdays to identify the 700th Yes concert. 5. Pete Whipple and the Forgotten Yesterdays team update the site so the show list now includes numerical labels such as show number 698 and show number 699. 6. The concert is identified as 3 March 1974 at Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Tales tour. 7. The set list Kevin reads includes Siberian Khatru, And You and I, Close to the Edge, The Revealing Science of God, The Ancient, Ritual, and Roundabout. 8. Mark compares the Cincinnati set with earlier North American shows and notes that The Revealing Science of God and Remembering were dropped from the running order. 9. Listener comments on Forgotten Yesterdays describe the room as very live, mention fireworks inside the venue, and recall John Anderson telling the crowd to move back. 10. Steve Gurren says Alan White later called the Cincinnati Tales concert the only Tales concert that was perfectly performed. 11. Pete Whipple shares the 1995 Notes from the Edge email that says the 1974 Cincinnati group signed a document on Chris Squire’s birthday and planned to reunite in 1995. 12. The email says the members decided to work together again for the next five years and take the band and its fans into the 21st century and beyond. 13. Simon Barrow ties the anniversary discussion to AI by describing how Gemini 2.5 hallucinated a false connection between 700 and Chris Squire’s Rickenbacker bass. 14. Kevin uses that mistake to contrast unreliable AI output with the research work behind Yes Music Podcast. 15. Gennaro River’s Tales tour reflections describe Roger and Martin Dean’s set designs, Michael Tait’s physical presence, and the scale created by Clare Brothers sound. 16. Kevin quotes Steve Howe saying private jets let Yes move directly between airports across America, which changed how the tour worked. 17. The tone is celebratory, archive-heavy, and conversational, with listener messages, live reaction, and historical detective work. 18. The format mixes host discussion, read-aloud emails, site references, and inserted audio messages from listeners and musicians. 19. Listeners who enjoy Yes history, Tales from Topographic Oceans, and concert chronology will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting a short, music-only tribute without detailed band history may skip it.

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A 700th-episode celebration that blends fan gratitude, Yes history, and Steve Howe music.

Episode 700 feels like a real marker, built on gratitude, memory, and fan detail. It starts with 14 years and 700 episodes, moves through the congratulations, and then settles into Mark and Kevin talking about a specific Yes 700 topic and a run of Steve Howe music.

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You want the Yes Music Podcast 700th-episode celebration, with listener messages and a bit of Steve Howe.

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