looking over yes' early set lists [now online],
this song was once a yes power hitter.
after they dropped "looking around" [their first set-opener]
they opened with 'astral traveller" for months -
apparanty it was played in the usa before YES ALBUM was finished
after which they dropped it.
I've seen at least 3 versions of the 'astral traveller" lyrics, including
one from a '70's-era official lead-sheet song book which begins :
looking over yes' early set lists [now online], this song was once a yes power hitter. after they dropped "looking around" [their first set-opener] they opened with 'astral traveller" for months - apparanty it was played in the usa before YES ALBUM was finished after which they dropped it. I've seen at least 3 versions of the 'astral traveller" lyrics, including one from a '70's-era official lead-sheet song book which begins :
"And in the ruins around the noose ..."
greatness!