Get ready to say “Yes” to a new retrospective from progressive-rock great Steve Howe.  The English guitarist has curated a new 33-track retrospective, simply titled Anthology, for release on March 10 via Rhino.  The 2-CD set, also available as a digital download, is primarily drawn from the studio albums he’s recorded between 1975 and 2011.  It arrives just weeks before the May 19 release of Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two, the 14-CD box set preserving Howe and Yes' performances on their landmark 1972 tour.

Drawing inspiration from talents as diverse as Chet Atkins and Wes Montgomery, Howe has brought his stylistic versatility to bands including Yes and Asia.  But since 1975 and the release of Beginnings on Atlantic Records, he’s maintained a solo career.  Though Howe followed up Beginnings with 1979’s The Steve Howe Album, he didn’t return with another solo LP until 1991’s Turbulence.  Since then, however, he has remained rather prolific.  All told, Anthology takes in 36 years of music and 16 albums and is assembled, for the most part, in chronological fashion.  Rhino promises that Howe's six-string prowess is on display via songs like "Pennants," "The Collector," "Maiden Voyage" (one of many featuring his son Dylan on drums), "Curls & Swirls," and "King's Ransom" from his most recent proper solo effort, 2011’s Time.  Anthology also features two Bob Dylan covers ("Just Like A Woman" and "Buckets Of Rain") that might come as a surprise to those who only know Howe for his majestic progressive work. Also included are several tracks off Motif - Volume 1 , the 2008 collection of re-recorded highlights from the Howe discography such as "Devon Blue" and "Diary Of A Man Who Vanished," a song that first appeared on The Steve Howe Album.

While culled primarily from Howe’s solo albums, Anthology goes back as far as 1967 with the psychedelic “So Bad” and also represents a pair of compilations.  “Sharp On Attack” has been pulled from 1988’s Guitar Speak, a now-out-of-print release which found Howe contributing a track alongside other hard-rocking guitar greats like Rick Derringer, Phil Manzanera, Leslie West and Ronnie Montrose.  A rendition of Yes’ “Mood for a Day” has been taken from 1993’s Symphonic Music of Yes, with Howe playing alongside the English Chamber Orchestra.

Steve Howe will head on the road beginning April 1 for his Anthology tour.  U.K. dates have already been confirmed, with additional performances expected to be confirmed soon.  In the meantime, fans can gear up for that tour with March 10’s release of Anthology.  You can pre-order below!

Steve Howe, Anthology (Rhino, 2015) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1

1. "So Bad"
2. "Lost Symphony"
3. "Pleasure Stole The Night"
4. "Pennants"
5. "Look Over Your Shoulder"
6. "Surface Tension"
7. "Sensitive Chaos"
8. "Running The Human Race"
9. "Desire Comes First"
10. "Luck Of The Draw"
11. "Maiden Voyage"
12. "Walk Don't Run"
13. "Momenta"
14. "The Collector"
15. "Just Like A Woman"
16. "Buckets of Rain"

CD 2

1. "Distant Seas"
2. "Curls & Swirls"
3. "Meridian Strings"
4. "Simplication"
5. "Rising Sun"
6. "Westwinds"
7. "Ultra Definition"
8. "Ebb And Flow"
9. "Dorothy"
10. "Sketches In The Sun"
11. "Diary Of A Man Who Vanished"
12. "Devon Blue"
13. "King's Ransom"
14. "Bachians Brasileiras No. 5 (Aria)"
15. "Beginnings"
16. "Mood For A Day" - with The English Chamber Orchestra
17. "Sharp On Attack"

CD 1, Track 1 included on Mothballs, RPM Records, 1994
CD 1, Tracks 2-3 from Beginnings, Atlantic SD 18154, 1975
CD 1, Tracks 4-6 from The Steve Howe Album, Atlantic SD 19243, 1979
CD 1, Tracks 7-8 from Turbulence, Relativity ZK 90885, 1991
CD 1, Tracks 9-11 from The Grand Scheme of Things, Relativity 88561-1163-2, 1993
CD 1, Tracks 12-14 from Quantum Guitar, Resurgence RES130CD, 1998
CD 1, Tracks 15-16 from Portrait of Bob Dylan, Eagle EAGCD087, 1999
CD 2, Tracks 1-2 from Natural Timbre, Eagle EAGCD166, 2001
CD 2, Tracks 3-4 from Skyline, Inside Out IOMCD113, 2002
CD 2, Tracks 5-6 from Elements, Inside Out, 2003
CD 2, Tracks 7-8 from Spectrum, Inside Out IOMCD215, 2005
CD 2, Tracks 9-12 from Motif,Vol. 1, HoweSound, 2008
CD 2, Tracks 13-14 from Time, 2011
CD 2, Track 15 TBD
CD 2, Track 16 from The Symphonic Music of Yes, RCA Victor CD  09026 61938 2, 1993
CD 2, Track 17 from Guitar Speak, IRS CD IRS-42240, 1998