CHRIS SQUIRE – FISH OUT OF WATER LP – EXC A2/B2 UK YES PROG

Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water
(Atlantic Records  1975  K50203)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Gatefold Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges, some rubbing on the front – back cover has a 3 inch long tear along the top
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
No Poster

Vinyl in Excellent condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Christopher Russell Edward Squire (4 March 1948 – 27 June 2015) was an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist and a founder of the progressive rock band Yes. He was the longest-serving original member, having remained in the band until his death and appearing on every studio album released from 1969 to 2014.

Born in Kingsbury, London, Squire took an early interest in church music and sang in the local church and school choirs. After he took up the bass guitar at age sixteen, his earliest gigs were in 1964 for the Selfs, which later evolved into the Syn. In 1968, Squire formed Yes with singer Jon Anderson; he would remain the band’s sole bassist for the next 47 years. Squire was widely regarded as the dominant bassist among the English progressive rock bands, influencing peers and later generations of bassists with his incisive sound and elaborately contoured, melodic bass lines. His name was associated with his trademark instrument, the Rickenbacker 4001.

In May 2015, Squire announced a hiatus from Yes after he was diagnosed with acute erythroid leukemia, and subsequently died on 27 June at his home in Phoenix, Arizona. The band’s first show of their tour with Toto on 7 August 2015 marked the first Yes concert ever performed without Squire. From 1991 to 2000, Rickenbacker produced a limited edition signature model bass in his name, the 4001CS. Squire released two solo albums, Fish Out of Water (1975) and Chris Squire’s Swiss Choir (2007), a Christmas album. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes in 2017.

Fish Out of Water is the first solo album by English bass guitarist Chris Squire, released in 1975 on Atlantic Records. It was released during a period of inactivity from his progressive rock band Yes. Bill Bruford and Patrick Moraz of Yes contribute to the record, while Squire employs his signature bass skills as well as 12-string guitars and vocals. Also on the album are Mel Collins on saxophone and Squire’s friend Andrew Pryce Jackman on piano. The album is in the same vein as the Yes album of the previous year, Relayer, though the sound is more fleshed out with the help of a full orchestra and the jazz context of “Lucky Seven”. It was a moderate success, reaching number 25 on the UK Albums Chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Squire.

Side one

1. “Hold Out Your Hand” – 4:13
2. “You By My Side” – 5:00
3. “Silently Falling” – 11:27

Side two

1. “Lucky Seven” – 6:54
2. “Safe (Canon Song)” – 14:56

Personnel

• Chris Squire – basses, lead and backing vocals, additional drum fills on “You By My Side”,^[2] 12-string electric guitar on “Silently Falling” and “Safe”
• Andrew Jackman – acoustic and electric pianos, conductor, orchestration
• Bill Bruford – drums, percussion
• Patrick Moraz – bass synthesizer and organ on “Silently Falling”
• Jimmy Hastings – flute
• Mel Collins – alto saxophone on “Lucky Seven”, tenor saxophone on “Silently Falling”
• Barry Rose – pipe organ on “Hold Out Your Hand”
• Adrian Bett – woodwinds leader
• Jim Buck – horns leader
• Julian Gaillard – strings leader
• John Wilbraham – brass leader
• Nikki Squire – backing vocals on “Hold Out Your Hand”