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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    To celebrate the 70th birthday of Chris Squire on March 4, and the first appearance on BBC’s John Peel’s Night Ride, finally a CD release of the first pre-Yes recording collection called ‘Images’.

    Written by Chris Squire and Clive Bayley. The original ‘Beyond And Before’, and ‘Get Yourself Together’ (the first time Chris ever sang lead vocals) plus 3 more. The unforgettable bass style of 20 year old Chris Squire, the west coast guitar sounds of Peter Banks and the fuzz box/wah-wah pedals guitar of 18 year old Clive Bayley, along with early pre-Jon Anderson vocal harmonies make this CD a great collectors item.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Images - Recorded in 1968 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 3 Mabel Greer's Toyshop releases available on Bandcamp and save 10%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of The Secret - 2017, Images - Recorded in 1968, and New Way Of Life - 2015. , and , .

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This song, along with another Mabel song, "Sweetness", featured on the first Yes album released in 1969. Mabel Greer's Toyshop played Beyond And Before as the opening title every night when playing live and Yes carried on the tradition for quite some time after that.

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Beyond And Before

Sparkling trees of Silver foam
Cast shadows soft in winter's home
Swaying branches breaking sound
In lonely forests trembling ground

Masquerading leaves of blue
Run circles round the morning dew
In patterns understood by you
Reaching out beyond and before

Time like gold dust brings mind down
To levels hidden underground
Say a few words to the wind
That's all that’s left of winter’s friend

Reaching the snow
In the days of the cold
Casting a spell out of ice
Now that you’re gone
The summers too long
And it seems like the end of my life
Beyond and before

Beyond and before

Time like gold dust brings mind down

credits

from Images - Recorded in 1968, released January 1, 2016
Written by Clive Bayley & Chris Squire
Recorded in London, England in 1967 & 1968
Re-mastered in California, USA in 2015 by Maor Appelbaum
Clive Bayley, lead vocals & guitar
Chris Squire, bass guitar & backing vocals
Peter Banks, guitar & backing vocals
Bob Hagger, drums

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Mabel Greer's Toyshop London, UK

The band Mabel Greer's Toyshop changed its name to "Yes" in 1968. The original founders re-established Mabel in 2013, releasing the album "New Way Of Life" featuring Billy Sherwood & Tony Kaye.

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