[kirk]

there's a little more to it than Jon being upset over the lack of sales.
Magnification was jon's baby all the way, and it's rumored to have
moved only a little over 20,000 units...!
translation- even many of the diehard fans didn't buy it.
this is also the 1st Yes cd (since the yes album) that steve
appears on w/o a roger dean cover.
"the ladder" by comparison, is said to have sold over 100,000
units, likely due to the "homeworld" game tie-in.

the members of Yes can't survive , maintain the lifestyle they're
used to at this level. they're doubtless living off royalties from
previous albums, a factor that'll suffer from a few more clunkers.
they're very much in the corner at this point, under pressure to
produce some classic material.
a recording contract is going to be difficult to obtain from anyone large
enough to do a decent promo job, or mount a world tour,
especially w/ nothing new and amazing to "shop".

kirk