V/A - YES, FRIENDS AND RELATIVES (2CD) - 1998

Although not truly a Yes album, the comma in the title following the word "Yes" is easily missed (this was certainly by design). This collection was assembled by Brian Adams, who had been Rick Wakeman's manager during much of the eighties; hence the large proportion of Wakeman tracks. Adam Wakeman's band, Jeronimo Road, reportedly provided instrumentation on Anderson's new version of "Owner of a Lonely Heart", which is the only piece not available on another release. (15) is only otherwise available as the bonus track on the Japanese release of The More You Know. (12) and (17) are also from that album. (3), an early version of what became "Birthright" on Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, is from Steve Howe's Homebrew, while (13) is from Quantum Guitars and (16) from Not Necessarily Acoustic.

"Close to the Edge" is from Keys to Ascension 2, while "America" is from Keys to Ascension. "Arthur" and "Journey" are more recently released live versions and not from their respective original albums. Esquire is led by Chris Squire's ex-wife, Nikki: "Zone of O" and "Tron Thomi" are from the band's second album, Coming Home, which did not have any involvement by members of Yes.