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January 1969

7 January 1969YesRadio
BBC session for Top Gear (John Peel) at Maida Vale: "Dear Father", "Everydays", "Sweetness", "Something's Coming", "Every Little Thing"
12 January 1969YesRadio
Top Gear session first broadcast (BBC Radio 1)

16 April 1969YesRecording
Start of sessions for the first album (Advision; Trident on 22 Apr), producer Paul Clay
25 April 1969YesGig
Golden Rose festival, Montreux Casino
30 April 1969YesRecording
Mixing and recording for the first album begins (Advision, then IBC), running to 9 May

4 June 1969YesRadio
BBC session for the Johnnie Walker show: "Looking Around", "Sweetness", "Every Little Thing"
14 June 1969YesRadio
Johnnie Walker session broadcast

4 July 1969YesRelease
UK debut single: "Sweetness" / "Something's Coming" (Atlantic 584 280)
25 July 1969YesRelease
UK debut LP: Yes (Atlantic 588 190)

3 August 1969YesRadio
BBC session for the Stuart Henry show: "Then", "Beyond And Before", "No Opportunity Necessary…"
4 August 1969YesRadio
BBC session for Symonds on Sunday: "Every Little Thing", "Everydays", "Looking Around", "Sweetness", "Something's Coming"
9 August 1969YesGig
Ninth National Jazz & Blues Festival, Plumpton
10 August 1969YesRadio
Symonds on Sunday and Stuart Henry sessions broadcast
20 August 1969YesGig
Star Club, Hamburg (20–21 Aug), the start of a German, Dutch and Belgian run ending at the Blow-Up, Munich (to 7 Sep)

15 October 1969YesRelease
US release of Yes (Atlantic)
22 October 1969YesTV
TV: Beat-Club, Bremen (recorded): "No Opportunity Necessary…", "Looking Around", "Survival".
27 October 1969YesGig
Actuel festival, Amougies, Belgium

1 December 1969YesTV
TV: Hits A Go Go, Zurich (lip-synch of "Looking Around" and "Beyond And Before"); end of a Swiss and French run that began 23 Nov
17 December 1969YesRecording
First sessions for Time and a Word, Advision Studios, producer Tony Colton