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Better Late Than Never (AndersonPonty Band album)

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Released
  
25 September 2015

Release date
  
25 September 2015

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Artist
  
Anderson Ponty Band

Label
  
earMUSIC

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Recorded
  
20 September 2014 at the Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado, United States

Length
  
60.57 (CD) + 65 min (DVD)

Better Late Than Never (2015) (AndersonPonty Band)
  
Invention of Knowledge (2016) (Anderson/Stolt)

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Enigmatic Ocean, Invention of Knowledge, Survival & Other Stories, Time and a Word, Imaginary Voyage

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Better Late Than Never is the debut live album by the AndersonPonty Band, released in September 2015.

Contents

Anderson ponty band roundabout live from dvd better late than never


Overview

The AndersonPonty Band is a new supergroup of progressive rock music formed in Summer 2014 by musicians Jon Anderson (Yes's founder member and singer/songwriter) and French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty who have decided to combine their musical talents.

Jean-Luc Ponty was originally approached by Jon Anderson with the idea of working together as far back as the 1980s and came about 30 years later. since the band album project was put up on Kickstarter and was successfully funded by August 2014.

Better Late Than Never was recorded live during the band's debut show which occurred on September 20, 2014 at the Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado, but includes posterior studio embellishments and overdubs. It presents some new musical compositions, rearrangements of classic Yes hits like "Owner of a Lonely Heart", "Roundabout" and "Wonderous Stories", as well as some of Jean-Luc Ponty's compositions with lyrics penned by Jon Anderson such as "Infinite Mirage" (based on Enigmatic Ocean's "Mirage") or "Listening with Me" (based on A Taste for Passion's "Stay with Me").

The band's original line-up who performed live in Aspen in September 2014 included bassist Baron Browne, drummer Rayford Griffin, keyboardist Wally Minko and guitarist Jamie Dunlap. But by January 2015, Jamie Dunlap had left the band and had been replaced by Ponty's guitarist Jamie Glaser who, as a result, overdubbed all Dunlap's original parts on the present live album.

Releases

Better Late Than Never is a double disc Digipak including the 14-track audio CD, an hour long 10-song performance bonus DVD (including artist interviews) and a 20-page booklet with complete song lyrics.

A videography documenting the making of Better Late Than Never was due to be released along with videos and performances.

Tours

In support of the new release, a North America tour named the "Better Late Than Never" tour was scheduled: a 17-date Fall 2015 leg began on 23 October 2015 in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and ended on 21 November 2015 in Scottsdale, Arizona. A 18-date Spring 2016 leg followed, from 28 April 2016 in Tucson, Arizona to 27 May 2016 in Québec City, Québec.

Personnel

  • Jon Anderson – lead vocals, guitars
  • Jean-Luc Ponty – violin
  • Jamie Glaser – guitars (Jamie Dunlap was part of the original line-up of APB and thus performed live on 20 September 2014 at the Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, Colorado, United States but by January 2015, he had left the band and had been replaced by Ponty's guitarist Jamie Glaser who, as a result, overdubbed all Dunlap's parts on the present live album)
  • Wally Minko – keyboards
  • Baron Browne – bass
  • Rayford Griffin – drums & percussion

    • Complete setlist of the show in Aspen

    The album tracks are in bold.

    Part 1:

  • "Intro" →
  • "One In The Rhythm of Hope" (2015)
  • "A for Aria" (2015)
  • "Yours Is No Disgrace" (1971/not yet published)
  • "Listening With Me" (2015)
  • "Time and A Word" (1970/2015)
  • "Jig" (not yet published)
  • "Infinite Mirage" (2015)
  • "Soul Eternal" (2015)
  • "I See You Messenger" (2015)
  • "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (1983/2015)

    • Part 2:

  • "New Country" (1976/not yet published)
  • "Wonderous Stories" (1977/2015)
  • "Long Distance Runaround" (1971/not yet published)
  • "Renaissance of the Sun" (1976/2015)
  • "Enigmatic Ocean Parts 1 & 2" (incl. drums solo) (1977/not yet published)
  • "New New World" (2015)
  • "And You and I" (1972/2015)
  • "Starship Trooper" (1971/not yet published)
  • "Bass solo" (not yet published) →
  • "Roundabout" (1971/2015)

    • Songs

    1Intro1:17
    2One in the Rhythm of Hope4:34
    3A for Aria3:22

    References

    Better Late Than Never (AndersonPonty Band album) Wikipedia
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