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Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe: Mission Improbable

Phil Sutcliffe, Q, November 1989

They’ve survived countless changes of fashion, years of critical contempt, musical and personal differences de luxe. For legal reasons they can’t even call themselves Yes. Yet Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe have re-formed and are once more delighting American audiences with their complex time signatures and cosmic visions. "We’re on this beautiful search," they tell Phil Sutcliffe. "It can’t end…"

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