An ongoing series wherein I comment on Trevor's recent publicity.
Yesterday, the In The Studio with Redbeard archives posted an interview from March 1994 with Trevor and Jon Anderson regarding the making of Talk; an interesting (and humorous) detail is that it was recorded the day after the listening party for the album, hosted by veteran DJ Bob Coburn (host of nationally syndicated radio interview program Rockline), held at the Hard Rock Cafe in Los Angeles, which can be heard here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNVXxbZBKMo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x71RMCkMSlc
...for those who have heard that broadcast, you can appreciate that Trevor was definitely hungover on the day after but he manages to sound fairly articulate even so; gotta love that rock n'roll stamina! But it seems likely this interview hasn't been heard since it was first broadcast, so it's a nice rarity for Rabinites and YesWest fans to enjoy. And there's much hilarity at Phil Carson's expense, which was par for the course in the Talk era. It can be found (with accompanying article) here:
http://www.inthestudio.net/online-only-interviews/yes-talk-jon-anderson-trevor-rabin-march-1994/
As I've noted elsewhere, Talk was a groundbreaking achievement from a technical perspective, one of the first albums recorded directly to hard disk using Mark of the Unicorn's Digital Performer. It was also the only Yes album to be recorded primarily at Trevor's studio The Jacaranda Room. It's an album which I feel is criminally unappreciated in the YesWest discography (and I was happy to tell Trevor so when I met him last year) but that's an entry for another time...
PS: if you've never listened to the Talk debut listening party, please do, it is hilarious!
