Not announcing titles increases speculation and anticipation. It gets folks talking about it which I find to be a fun part of any upcoming release. Can't say I'm excited about Tales though. Never got into that one, my least favorite classic Yes album. It just meanders too much for me. Gonna have to pass on that one and wait for GftO.
Speculation & talking? Fair enough I'l bite:
My friend "Bruce" who teaches
logical positivism and is in charge of the sheep dip has a keen mind for logic, he tells me:
If there is no announcement there can be no speculation, since there is nothing to specualate about! Right? Otherwise we just engage in utterly
wild speculation like, uh... Colsky is actually an Eskimo named "Nanook" and RT is actually an accountant from New Jersey who watches reruns of Jersey Shore 24/7 without ever actually going to work... Let the specualtion begin!
Next: The expression in business: "The Customer is King." Well couldn't a King command to know what's next??? Its good to be King!
About your lack of fondness for Tales: Can't do much there. Example: No matter how much RT wets his pants over waiting for an XTC release, I stay "high & dry", not because of some special under garment, simply becuase I have no interest!
But I will say about Tales: It was certainly a leap forward from CTTE in many ways. I don't think YES pulled off everything they tried to accomplish with Tales, but it still was quite an acheivement, and should reward
any listening when it gets spread out into 5.1. It doesn't have any solid prog rockers like Yours Is No Disgrace but it does embody everytihg YES tried to do which is push creative boundaries as far as possible in the compositional realm of music.
@The group & RT: This post was the first time in my entire life I tried to pull off some "diaper" humor. I'm not sure if it worked and it will probably be the last time I make such an attempt. Rest easy lads.
@RT: You waiting to save some $$$ on the new Quadrophenia 5.1 brings up a tpoic that I think should be considered more by the industry:
Back in the day we paid 7 dollars for an LP or 13 dollars for a CD. We were then given a lifetime license to listen.
Now we pay hundreds of dollars for box sets and special issues which contain the same music! And we aren't supposed to say anything when the mix is bad or there is no significant upgrade in sonic quality? I feel your pain with the Quadrophenia releases. The industry needs to straighten out that if they ever want piracy to abate and create healthy markets like in the day of LP records & CDs...