Yes (Yes album)  Yes is the eponymous debut studio album by English rock band Yes, released on 25 July 1969 by Atlantic Records. After forming in mid-1968, the band toured extensively across the United Kingdom with sets formed of original material and rearranged cover versions. They signed with Atlantic in early 1969, and entered Advision and Trident Studios in London to record their first album. "Yes" includes covers of "Every Little Thing" by the Beatles and "I See You" by the Byrds. "Yes" received some positive reviews from critics in the United Kingdom and United States, but was not a commercial success and failed to enter the charts. Two singles from the album were released: "Sweetness" and "Looking Around". The album was remastered in 1994 and 2003, the latter containing several previously unreleased tracks including a rendition of "Something's Coming" from "West Side Story". In August 1968, Yes formed with a line-up of singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Peter Banks, drummer Bill Bruford, and keyboardist Tony Kaye and the band played their first gig under the name on 4 August. They toured the United Kingdom extensively, playing sets formed of original material and rearranged cover songs from rock, pop, funk, and jazz artists. After Bruford left the band temporarily with the aim of pursuing education at university, the line-up returned to its original formation in November 1968. In the search for finding a record label, manager Roy Flynn and Atlantic managing director Frank Fenter secured a deal to have Yes audition for Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records at the Speakeasy Club in London. The gig was a success, and news of the band's signing to the label were reported by the press in March 1969. With their contract secured, Yes recorded their debut album in the spring of 1969, mostly at Advision with additional sessions at Trident Studios in London. Anderson and Banks recalled the band were in the studio between one and four weeks. They were joined by producer Paul Clay and engineer Gerald Chevin (and John Anthony at Trident). Banks was unsure as to how Clay became involved in the album, and deemed Clay unfit for the job as he had worked on film soundtracks and knew little about working with rock bands, which caused the album to lack in quality as a result, with Bruford's drums sounding "like biscuit tins" and his guitar sounding "clangy". Banks gave engineer Gerald Chevin the nickname "The Weasel" or "The Ferret" as his small stature and glasses made him resemble "a rocket scientist from the 1950s" and his general distaste for rock music.