“Here was fresh music, well-presented in high quality, and I didn’t have to sit around in a rehearsal room for months deciding on the sandwich order”: The joy and pain of Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe’s only album

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Jon Anderson’s second exit from Yes was confirmed after the singer had completed his touring commitments following Big Generator in May 1988. As he later explained, during a visit to the Greek island of Hydra he’d realise that  he hadn’t been true to himself, he’d been spending too much time in LA, and it might be “a good time to get back to the roots that I’d started in the 70s...”

He also said: “I like having Lead Singer’s Disease. I have to let the others know I’m listening. Yes were making me feel like a sideman and I’ll never be a sideman for anyone.” Anderson remembered telling Chris Squire about his decision. “I rang him and he said, ‘This is divorce, then?’ And I said, ‘It’s got to be.’”