Keys To Ascension 2 - Miscellanea

Miscellanea

• "Mind Drive" was originally a concept that the band XYZ, which featured Chris Squire, Alan White and Jimmy Page, wrote and demoed in 1981.

• "Children of Light" was originally written by Jon and Vangelis in 1986 as "Distant Thunder". "Distant Thunder" was later demoed by Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe during the recording of their self-titled album. The lyrics to "Distant Thunder" ended up in Yes' Union tourbook. In 1994, Jon Anderson performed the song on the Tommy Vance show. During a Mother's Day concert in 1996, Jon Anderson performed "Children of Light" and said he hoped it would appear on a Yes album, which it did.

• "Lightning", Rick Wakeman's introduction to "Children Of Light", was mixed out before the album's release. "Lightning" was restored to the track on the 2001 compilation Keystudio. The "Distant as the distant thunder..." introduction, as heard on Keys to Ascension 2, was mixed out on the Keystudio version.