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CD/DVD Releases: Chris Squire's Swiss Choir

Posted on Sunday, November 25 @ 22:13:33 UTC by nightowl

In the pre Pop Idol era, where instant opportunities for fame were few, one young boy found his first musical inspiration singing in a church choir. This choirboy's love of ecclesiastical music harmony would change the face of music ... unlike today's shooting star wannabes he would go on to achieve 18 Gold Albums, 9 Platinum Albums and 3 Multi Platinum Albums, a Grammy and provide his distinctive vocals and bass playing for the legendary band Yes - Stadiums would no longer be just sporting venues, the Ford Transit would be replaced by the fleet of articulated trucks and you could knit a sweater in the time it took to play one track.

It is 2007 and Chris has decided to come full circle and release this unique album reworking classic baroque Xmas carols. He is joined by the influential former guitarist of Genesis, Steve Hackett, who is no stranger to worldwide success himself and the sublime vocal beauty of The English Baroque Choir.

The 13 tracks on this new album steer from the darkly Gothic cinematic Medieval German of "Personent Hodie" to joyous takes on "Ding Dong Merrily On High" and "I Saw Three Ships." The bonus track is his 1981 Christmas classic - "Run With The Fox."



The only member of Yes who has appeared in all of their line ups, performing on their hits "Roundabout" and "Owner Of A Lonely Heart," winning many "best bass player in the world" awards over the years, he also had huge success with his solo album Fish Out Of Water and formed the band XYZ with Jimmy Page when Led Zeppelin disbanded.

Chris is appearing in a super group of Rick Wakeman, Paul Rogers and Keith Emerson as support to Led Zeppelin at the London 02 on December 10th and a much talked about classic line up Yes world tour is likely to be announced soon.

Though no actual Swiss choirs were used or harmed in the making of this album, don't try saying "Chris Squire's Swiss Choir" three times!

Released by Lime Records.

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