Tracks 1-10 and 12 : "Tormato" sessions outtakes, 1978
Tracks 11 and 13-19 : Paris sessions 1979

Yes
August 29, 1978 (Tuesday)
Memorial Auditorium
Buffalo, New York, USA

Jon Anderson
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Rick Wakeman
Alan White

138 minutes (2nd Gen Cassettes)

Setlist:
Young Persons Guide To The Orchestra (Benjamin Britten)
Siberian Khatru
Heart Of The Sunrise
Future Times ~ Rejoice
Circus Of Heaven
The Clap
Don't Kill The Whale
Anniversary Medley

Release, Release
Parallels
Rick's Solo
Vevey
On The Silent Wings Of Freedom
Awaken
I've Seen All Good People

Encore 1: Roundabout
Encore 2: Going For The One

From the vast library of Bill B comes this 2nd gen tape of the 2nd night of the Tormato tour.
All of the problems with previous copies of this tape are present here, but this transfer is much crisper and clearer with no pops or clicks or major dropouts. There are still a few missing chunks, but it seems like nothing more than 10-15 seconds for a tape flip, and those all come between songs.

The background noise remains at the same level throughout, Jon's comments are easy to make out and everyone is pretty clear in the mix. Lots of crazy interplay between Howe & Wakeman... all these early "Release, Release" shows seem to have a very different vibe. GFTO was the final encore which I don't think was planned, but they were all having a ball so went for it.

The placement of "Clap" before the big medley may have been the taper's to fit it onto 2 tapes, but I think they really did play it in this order. There's a splice at the end of "Circus Of Heaven" right into the opening strums of the Clap, which is probably the 1st tape flip, definitely followed by the "DKtW". Thanks to the Yesyears box, we can title the little jam they did on this night as "Vevey," and it is an interesting placement leading into OtSWoF.

A really cool show. I just love all the commentary made by the tapers during the show. See? There were Yescritics at every tour!

The transfers were done quite a while back and Matt was kind enough to do a little bit of tweaking to this. His work was very subtle but I think is an improvement. Both the RAW and De-Hissed versions are included here, so you can now all go and remaster this to your heart's content.

2004 Transfer Details...
2nd Gen Cassette > TEAC Esoteric R-9000 > ONKYO SE-U55 > Sound Studio > AIFF > CDR(1)

Sound Studio was used for recording onto the Hard Drive, splitting into tracks, toast was used to burn to discs and thus verify the sector boundaries. The discs were sent to Matt and he did the EQ & dehiss, so then add to that lineage the another CDR and
2005 dehiss & EQ Details...

CDR > xACT (secure extraction) > Sound Studio (edit and tracking) > AIFF > CDR(1)

2008 Details...
CDR(1) > xACT (secure extraction, FLAC level 5, generate checksum) > dime > You

Here are the track times of the 4 discs included here.
I am positive about the playing order, but they are yours now, so feel free to change your mind.

Yes
August 29, 1978
RAW source discs (138:27)

Disc One (71:40)
1.01 Young Person's Guide (1.45)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.07)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.51)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.03)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (4.51)
1.06 The Clap (3.48)
1.07 Don't Kill The Whale (5.03)
1.08 Anniversary Medley (27.08)
- Time And A Word
- Long Distance Runaround
- The Fish
- Survival
- Ritual
- Perpetual Change
- Soon

Disc Two (66:47)
2.01 Release, Release (6.45)
2.02 Parallels (06.12)
2.03 Wakeman Solo (3.33)
2.04 Vevey (2.22)
2.05 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (9.00)
2.06 Awaken (16.24)
2.07 I've Seen All Good People (7.42)
2.08 Roundabout (8.53)
2.09 Going For The One (5.51)

Yes
August 29, 1978
dehiss + eq discs (138:08)

Disc One (71:26)
1.01 Young Person's Guide (1.32)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.08)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.50)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.03)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (4.51)
1.06 The Clap (3.51)
1.07 Don't Kill The Whale (5.26)
1.08 Time And A Word (4.37)
1.09 Long Distance Runaround (3.10)
1.10 The Fish ~ Survival ~ Ritual(5.26)
1.11 Perpetual Change (4.54)
1.12 Soon (8.32)

Disc Two (66:41)
2.01 Release, Release (6.39)
2.02 Parallels (6.22)
2.03 Wakeman Solo (3.23)
2.04 Vevey (2.22)
2.05 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (9.00)
2.06 Awaken (16.24)
2.07 I've Seen All Good People (7.44)
2.08 Roundabout (9.07)
2.09 Going For The One (5.35)

Yes
August 29, 1978 (Tuesday)
Memorial Auditorium
Buffalo, New York, USA

Jon Anderson
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Rick Wakeman
Alan White

138 minutes (2nd Gen Cassettes)

Setlist:
Young Persons Guide To The Orchestra (Benjamin Britten)
Siberian Khatru
Heart Of The Sunrise
Future Times ~ Rejoice
Circus Of Heaven
The Clap
Don't Kill The Whale
Anniversary Medley

Release, Release
Parallels
Rick's Solo
Vevey
On The Silent Wings Of Freedom
Awaken
I've Seen All Good People

Encore 1: Roundabout
Encore 2: Going For The One

From the vast library of Bill B comes this 2nd gen tape of the 2nd night of the Tormato tour.
All of the problems with previous copies of this tape are present here, but this transfer is much crisper and clearer with no pops or clicks or major dropouts. There are still a few missing chunks, but it seems like nothing more than 10-15 seconds for a tape flip, and those all come between songs.

The background noise remains at the same level throughout, Jon's comments are easy to make out and everyone is pretty clear in the mix. Lots of crazy interplay between Howe & Wakeman... all these early "Release, Release" shows seem to have a very different vibe. GFTO was the final encore which I don't think was planned, but they were all having a ball so went for it.

The placement of "Clap" before the big medley may have been the taper's to fit it onto 2 tapes, but I think they really did play it in this order. There's a splice at the end of "Circus Of Heaven" right into the opening strums of the Clap, which is probably the 1st tape flip, definitely followed by the "DKtW". Thanks to the Yesyears box, we can title the little jam they did on this night as "Vevey," and it is an interesting placement leading into OtSWoF.

A really cool show. I just love all the commentary made by the tapers during the show. See? There were Yescritics at every tour!

The transfers were done quite a while back and Matt was kind enough to do a little bit of tweaking to this. His work was very subtle but I think is an improvement. Both the RAW and De-Hissed versions are included here, so you can now all go and remaster this to your heart's content.

2004 Transfer Details...
2nd Gen Cassette > TEAC Esoteric R-9000 > ONKYO SE-U55 > Sound Studio > AIFF > CDR(1)

Sound Studio was used for recording onto the Hard Drive, splitting into tracks, toast was used to burn to discs and thus verify the sector boundaries. The discs were sent to Matt and he did the EQ & dehiss, so then add to that lineage the another CDR and
2005 dehiss & EQ Details...

CDR > xACT (secure extraction) > Sound Studio (edit and tracking) > AIFF > CDR(1)

2008 Details...
CDR(1) > xACT (secure extraction, FLAC level 5, generate checksum) > dime > You

Here are the track times of the 4 discs included here.
I am positive about the playing order, but they are yours now, so feel free to change your mind.

Yes
August 29, 1978
RAW source discs (138:27)

Disc One (71:40)
1.01 Young Person's Guide (1.45)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.07)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.51)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.03)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (4.51)
1.06 The Clap (3.48)
1.07 Don't Kill The Whale (5.03)
1.08 Anniversary Medley (27.08)
- Time And A Word
- Long Distance Runaround
- The Fish
- Survival
- Ritual
- Perpetual Change
- Soon

Disc Two (66:47)
2.01 Release, Release (6.45)
2.02 Parallels (06.12)
2.03 Wakeman Solo (3.33)
2.04 Vevey (2.22)
2.05 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (9.00)
2.06 Awaken (16.24)
2.07 I've Seen All Good People (7.42)
2.08 Roundabout (8.53)
2.09 Going For The One (5.51)

Yes
August 29, 1978
dehiss + eq discs (138:08)

Disc One (71:26)
1.01 Young Person's Guide (1.32)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.08)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.50)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.03)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (4.51)
1.06 The Clap (3.51)
1.07 Don't Kill The Whale (5.26)
1.08 Time And A Word (4.37)
1.09 Long Distance Runaround (3.10)
1.10 The Fish ~ Survival ~ Ritual(5.26)
1.11 Perpetual Change (4.54)
1.12 Soon (8.32)

Disc Two (66:41)
2.01 Release, Release (6.39)
2.02 Parallels (6.22)
2.03 Wakeman Solo (3.23)
2.04 Vevey (2.22)
2.05 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (9.00)
2.06 Awaken (16.24)
2.07 I've Seen All Good People (7.44)
2.08 Roundabout (9.07)
2.09 Going For The One (5.35)

YES – "Ten True Boston Summers", a.k.a. “B78”

DATE: 30 August 1978

LOCATION: Boston, MA, USA

VENUE: Boston Gardens

RECORDING TYPE: Audience ["AR"]

TORRENT SOURCE: Original Nakamichi 550-recorded master tapes

TAPER: The unsurpassed Mr. Barry Rogoff

LINEAGE: Original master transfer - Nak BX 300 Dolby B via VXPocket V2 > Addonics Digicopier to Mitsui CDR via Nero 7.0 > To mastering computer from Addonics Digicopier via EAC > Pitch/Tempo naturalization and EQ work to reveal - not mix - existing detail in CEP 2.0 [no noise reduction attempted] > FLAC > Bit Torrent to Dime and You

INDEPENDENT SOURCE ANALYSIS: 27 “beta testers”, including the Taper, Gromek and others

ORIGINAL ART: Gromek

ORIGINAL PHOTOS [Photo folder and cover art]: The Taper

LINEUP: Vocals - Jon Anderson; Keyboards - Rick Wakeman; Guitars - Steve Howe; Bass Guitars - Chris Squire; Percussion - Alan White

SETLIST [for standard 80-minute CDR]:

[Vol. 1]
1.01 Young Person's Guide ~ Close Encounters Intro ~ Siberian Khatru (12.47)
1.02 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.23)
1.03 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.25)
1.04 Circus Of Heaven (5.03)
1.05 The Big Medley (includes Squire solo) (26.34)
1.06 Release, Release (6.53)
1.07 Howe Solo (4.14)

[Vol. 2]
2.01 Parallels (5.53)
2.02 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (9.10)
2.03 Wakeman Solo (3.22)
2.04 Anderson (harp) Solo ~ Awaken (18.08)
2.05 I've Seen All Good People (8.07)
2.06 Roundabout (10.12)

Endless, endless thanks to the Taper – this nearly if not completely miraculous AR wouldn’t exist for us to enjoy without his bravery and expertise, then and now

STRENGTHS [please also see "weaknesses" further down]:

Performance - Yet another unbelievable one from Yes' last '70s album tour, its pioneering in-the-round presentation with revolving stage and 360 degree "flying" PA system. The sound was astonishing even by today’s standards. As had often been true in previous years, the tour began before its featured new album (TORMATO) was released and astonished audience reactions to the new pieces are captured here. Typically innovative but clinical sounding new works in studio came to life on the road – among them "Release Release", and a top shelf AR of it no less. "The Big Medley" of older numbers also took nearly everyone by surprise in an era before Internet spoilers.

Source and mastering effort – For 1978 a top quality audience cassette made with one of the best then-available decks captured all the energy official, SBD-based "live" releases rarely if ever do, and in as much or more detail. Here in all its digitally transferred glory is the original master itself.

The source almost couldn’t be better even as reel to reel. There are other cassette "AR"s from the period of even better technical quality in visual analysis at least, yet this one has all their aural detail plus a 'warmth' on playback I haven't heard in others graphing better visually.

Most mastering was limited to pitch and tempo correction commonly needed in high end ARs from the 70s due to their source decks’ extensive manual setting requirements. The rest consisted of minimal high and mid frequency EQ work to reveal existing detail and mitigate some ‘distance’ resulting from the Boston Garden echo chamber’s habit of swallowing up sound from even Yes’ exceptional 1978-1980 system.

WEAKNESSES:

Performance - Despite their usual consummate professionalism Yes had a rather difficult night on 30 June 1978, largely due to the energy drain of "Release Release". It was so demanding even for Yes the subsequent performance of "Parallels" suffered as well, despite a break for Steve Howe’s solo, and in both cases vocals in particular. It was also only the tour’s 3rd engagement so a few stumbles were nearly inevitable. The following night they nailed “Release Release”, everything else went off as well if not better, and even their sound engineer seemed to do a better job of coping with the Garden’s acoustics, but no AR of that show I know of has this one’s quality.

Source and overall sound - Some imbalance resulting from sound engineer having difficulty with keyboard channels at times. Wakeman in fact drops out of the PA mix completely more than once, and is frequently, unusually low in the mix. Venue reverb very strong, but as part of the document left alone. The ‘distance’ mentioned – primarily effecting Jon’s vocals, keyboards and midrange percussion - remains and is more noticeable in some segments than others, but could be a lot worse considering the AR platform and venue. The taper notes:

“I remember being unsure as to how to aim the mikes at the circular sound system. I didn't see much in the way of monitors on stage, and they would have rotating anyway. So both mikes had to be aimed up at the sound system. I had no idea how much separation was needed to get a good stereo image with balanced levels. So whatever you hear on the recording was my best guess at the time.”

Whatever this contributed to any distant properties, I’d call his guess pretty f-g good, especially considering a PA system configuration no one had ever seen before.

Perhaps due to cassette type, the recording is hissy for its source yet not bad enough to warrant the primitive chainsaw of currently available digital NR technology. Neither distance nor tape noise is aggravated by any tape generations or the extensive EQ work often needed to overcome them thankfully.

Dropouts are almost inevitable with cassette ARs so old, and there are a few of them here. Some strange source distortion can be heard during one bridge of “Heart of the Sunrise”. A kind of 'creaking' mechanical noise likely due to deck or mic movement is evident now and then but especially during Wakeman’s solo and the harp solo intro to “Awaken”. The taper reports:

“I can't say for sure, but it's possible that the mikes were hand-held at that show. I had a very lightweight, collapsible mike stand that clamped onto anything available, including seats. Unfortunately, it was kind of flimsy and people walking by often bumped into it. It was also prone to breaking at the worst possible time, so I always brought a pair of modified socks that could be used to hold the mikes when necessary. To get a feeling for that experience, try holding an object at roughly head level for two hours.”

My arms ache just thinking about it, and it makes this taper’s heroism even more impressive. Some low frequency rumbling during quieter moments may also have been a result of movement [resembles wind gusts]. Like hiss and other noise these will not come out without taking important signal detail with them, so I left them alone. A couple of tape flips had to be trimmed and spliced, and are noticeable but occur between tracks effecting audience sound only.

Here’s hoping “B78” adds real joy to many lives. Please share freely but never sell and please keep lossless. Happy time travels!

An independent ‘beta test’ listener had this to say meantime:

“The Boss Tone of Boston

Boston was evidently not a quiet place to see a
concert. When Peter Banks says that early Yes
was a band that would at most tolerate some
toe-tapping, he clearly had not yet been to Boston.
Ten years later, Boston welcomed Yes' tenth true
summer with loud enthusiasm, and Yes replied in kind.
how lucky it was for those who were there!

Fortunately for those of us who weren't there, there
is this tape. On it, we can hear just what Bostonian Yes
fans experienced in 1978. It isn't 100% perfect, nor
should it be. What it is, though, is a brilliantly
executed evening of this one-of-a-kind tour.
YESSONGS had brilliantly summarized the end of the
Bruford era. YESSHOWS similarly summarized the end of
the 70s, but not as neatly; by encompassing three very
different tours, it did not cover any of them well,
and 1978 least of all.

“B78” moves to rectify this. There are a lot of
considerations in any live recording: proper mixing,
good sound, and a desirable setlist are all
imperative, but even then it may not be a notable
performance. Getting all these variables to coincide
on a single evening borders on the impractical.

Nevertheless, here we have a show with all four
qualities, lovingly revealed by painstaking efforts:
Steve's liquid guitar lines, Rick's celestial
tapestries, and Alan's sharp snap all push away any
doubt. You can listen to it quietly if you must, but
Mr. Squire's bass was meant to rumble like a dinosaur,
and only proper volume captures him in full roar.
Therefore the listener is directed to play it as
loud as possible -- at the very least, until the
neighbors come knocking.

A lot of things made 1978 a fantastic and unique year
for Yes in concert: the medley, the better TORMATO
songs, the band still in their prime. While we can't
yet bring you the round stage and the light show,
we'll consider them when technology allows. Meanwhile,
enjoy this fan's-ear gem from the "tenth true summer"
of Yes: Boston Garden, 8/30/78.

- Ramble On Joe (Thebestofwebsite.com contributor)”

…And one of the best music-related writers in the US Pacific Northwest if you ask me :]

Artist: YES
Title album: The Boston Pyramid
Date: August 31st, 1978
Venue/City: Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Source: Audience

CDR > EAC (wav) > FLAC Frontend encode level 8 > You.

Lineup:

Jon Anderson - Vocals
Rick Wakeman - Keyboards
Steve Howe - Guitars
Chris Squire - Bass Guitars
Alan White - Drums

Setlist:

Disc One:
1.01 Young Person's Guide ~ Close Encounters Intro
(1.48)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.01)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.21)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.40)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.25)
1.06 Medley (25.47)
- Time And A Word
- Long Distance Runaround
- Survival
- The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
- Perpetual Change
- Soon

Disc Two:
2.01 Release, Release (5.57)
2.02 The Clap (4.45)
2.03 Parallels (5.52)
2.04 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.40)
2.05 Wakeman Solo (3.50)
2.06 Vevey (2.16)
2.07 Awaken (15.18)
2.08 I've Seen All Good People (8.00)
2.09 Roundabout (8.55)

ARTWORK: Included

NOTE: Please you have patience for download this show, because I use the computer of my work and in the night this computer it's off! Sorry!

Enjoy!
pablodrums

I converted this audience show from my tape collection to CD and tweaked the sound. Do not know the lineage; got it in a trade years ago.

Yes
Providence Civic Center
Providence, RI
Sept. 1, 1978

Lineup: Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, Alan White

CD 1
1.01 Young Person's Guide ~ Close Encounters Intro (2.50)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.01)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.41)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (6.56)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.49)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.11)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround (2.45)
1.08 The Fish (5.15)
1.09 Perpetual Change (4.55)
1.10 Soon (8.29)
1.11 Madrigal Part 1 (spoken) (0.40)
1.12 Release, Release (6.18)
1.13 The Clap (4.18)

CD 2
2.01 Parallels (5.40)
2.02 Madrigal Part 2 (spoken) (0.38)
2.03 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.41)
2.04 Wakeman Solo (3.15)
2.05 Awaken (18.34)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (8.29)
2.07 Roundabout (9.48)
2.08 Closing Music (1.01)

Enjoy!

Relayerman

Yes

Jon Anderson- vocals
Steve Howe- guitar
Rick Wakeman- keyboards
Chris Squire- bass
Alan White- drums

Springfield Civic Center
Springfield, Mass.
September 2, 1978

(incomplete recording, missing everything before "heart of the sunrise")

Sony TC-48 cassette deck (auto level, built in mike) >
TDK-AD master cassettes >
played on Nak. 300 into soundforge (wav) >
flac 16(sb's aligned) > torrentially yours.

runtime: 93:49

setlist:
6 songs are missing from this recording.

1.01 Madrigal (cuts in) (1.58)
1.02 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.09)
1.03 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.18)
1.04 Circus Of Heaven (5.12)
1.05 Time And A Word (4.41)
1.06 Long Distance Runaround (3.13)
1.07 The Fish (4.49)
1.08 Perpetual Change ~ Soon (cuts out) (6.18)
1.09 The Clap (4.41)
1.10 Parallels (6.07)

2.01 Rick Wakeman Solo Medley (4.40)
2.02 Awaken (16.50)
2.03 I've Seen All Good People (8.08)
2.04 roundabout (8.38)

comments:
young person's guide to the orch.
Siberian Khatru
part of Madrigal
most of soon
don't kill the whale
on the silent wings of freedom
are missing from this recording. although it was recorded with my tapes and deck, I didn't record it and wasn't there so I couldn't see what went wrong (and plenty did). what is here came out pretty well, but why so much was missing (besides taper arriving too late to save a drowning witch, oops, that was another show) I don't know. the recording gets a B but the taper gets a D+ for taper attentiveness in this recording, since there seems to be several cuts in the recording (and I gave the taper 2 new 90 min. cassettes to record this show). fortunately the only songs cut in here are Madrigal (cuts into it) and soon (VERY soon, just as Perpetual Change goes into it). it was not a short tour at all, just a short tour song here. this is a very incomplete recording of 1978 Yes show in Springfield. It's not real close up, not too far back, somewhere in between. not alot of crowd noise, a few sections were monoized because of one channel having brief static noises. this is now a good B quality recording with no annoying flaws/bumps or loud crowd noise. it's just missing six songs (not all in one part) It's not a "great" performance, pretty standard show but a good one.

Do not sell this recording.
Share freely, losslessly and gaplessly.

Yes
Civic Center Exhibition Hall,
Springfield, Massachusetts
02 September 1978

shn files shared by dave ;] in a folder named 'Yes - Tour 10 - Tormato - 1of7\1978, 09-02 - RKline'
Info file and md5 file added.

http://alain.quessada.perso.sfr.fr/yesbootlegs/tormato.html: Audience B/B+ (some dropouts on original tape)

Sixth and final performance of 'Release release'.

Jon Anderson - vocals, guitar, harp
Steve Howe - guitars, backing vocals
Chris Squire - bass guitars, backing vocals
Rick Wakeman - keyboards
Alan White - drums

CD 1 :
01 Young person's guide to the orchestra 2:05
02 Siberian khatru 9:35
03 Madrigal (full band version) 4:43
04 Heart of the sunrise, 10:44
05 Future Times ~ Rejoice 7:41
06 Circus of heaven 4:41
07 Time and a word 4:30
08 Long distance runaround 3:14
09 The fish (including bits of Ritual and Survival) 5:00
10 Perpetual change 6:27
11 (Gates of delirium): Victory March theme ~ Soon 6:37
12 Release release 6:38

CD 2 :
01 Madrigal (a capella) ~ Clap 4:21
02 Parallels 5:55
03 Rick Wakeman Solo Medley 5:08
04 Awaken 16:17
05 I've seen all good people 7:26
06 Roundabout 9:07

Posted on Dime by woolie

Yes
1978-09-03
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
New Haven, CT

Bootleg Title: Circus Of New Heaven
Catalog: Highland Records (HL214/215)
Lineage: CDR > EAC > SHN
Source: Audience
Quality: A-

1.01 Young Person's Guide ~ Close Encounters Intro (2.59)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.29)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.36)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (6.51)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.03)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.00)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround (3.15)
1.08 The Fish (5.08)
1.09 Perpetual Change (5.04)
1.10 Soon (8.45)

2.01 Don't Kill The Whale (4.35)
2.02 The Clap (4.19)
2.03 Parallels (5.24)
2.04 Madrigal (vocal version) (0.59)
2.05 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (9.09)
2.06 Excerpt From "Six Wives Of Henry VIII" (3.45)
2.07 Awaken (16.34)

Lineup:
Jon Anderson
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Rick Wakeman
Alan White

Yes
September 06, 1978 (Wednesday)
Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York, USA

Jon Anderson
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Rick Wakeman
Alan White

Tracks 1-5: 1st gen partial cassette source

1.01 Starship Trooper (8.14)
1.02 Madrigal (1.26)
1.03 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.29)
1.04 Wakeman Solo (4.34)
1.05 Awaken (cut) (12.33)
1.06 Yes and Alison Steele backstage at MSG, NYC 1978 (2.16)
1.07 Yes and Alison Steele backstage at MSG, NYC 1978 (7.25)
1.08 Yes and Alison Steele backstage at MSG, NYC 1978 (3.50)
1.09 Yes and Alison Steele backstage at MSG, NYC 1978 (1.08)
1.10 Yes and Alison Steele backstage at MSG, NYC 1978 (6.36)
1.11 Yes and Alison Steele backstage at MSG, NYC 1978 (3.23)
1.12 Yes and Alison Steele backstage at MSG, NYC 1978 (1.10)

Yes and Alison Steele
Backstage at Madison Square Garden
New York City
1978

Lineage: FM broadcast -> possibly an open-mic recording from FM radio -> unknown -> audio CD -> Sound Forge -> Noise Reduction -> Audio CD -> EAC -> FLAC

What a cool tape this is! I can't emphasize that enough.

Alison Steele was possibly Yes Fan #1, but may be #2 if Ed Sciaky holds the top position. Here we have her presenting her interviews of four of the five members of the band backstage before one of their 1978 shows at Madison Square Garden, which one of the band members describes as the "highest" venue of the tour.

As I played back these recordings today, Ms. Steele's soothing voice put me in a very tranquil mood. Sadly, her short life was plagued for many years by cancer, and her career was interrupted by her galant fight to survive. I imagine that Yes music is one of the things that sustained her during that awful time.

The recording we have here may have been made by holding a microphone in front of an FM radio while the broadcast originated live from New York's WNEW-FM on an unknown date in 1978. The audio quality is fair, in that it sounds like it was recorded through a telephone. (Perhaps it was!) But every word is clear. The recordings contain no music, and the audio files contain no MP3 artifacts.

This recording came to me in a trade with no additional lineage that I recorded. While I did not document who sent it do me, and have now forgotten who it was, I'm very grateful to the person who sent it to me. (I suspect they may be reading this now. If so, drop me a line!)

Several years ago, I used Sonic Foundry Noise Reduction 2.0 to remove a lot of background noise and bring out the voices. This process introduced some artifacts into the sound. But Noise Reduction ultimately helps the clarity of the audio.

NOTE: the only music that appears in this recording comes from Yes "Tormato." In these cases, there are only a few seconds of instrumental music mixed low under Ms. Steele's voice. This was done during the original broadcast. The music is cut immediately after Ms. Steele stops talking.

More on Alison Steele: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Steele

TheTooleMan
September 2008

Tracks:
7 tracks, none titled

Yes
September 07, 1978 (Thursday)
Madison Square Garden
New York City, New York, USA

Jon Anderson
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Rick Wakeman
Alan White

130 minutes (complete Low Gen with 1 small patch from 1st gen alternate source)

From the incredibly huge collection of tapehead2 comes this low gen tape of the 2nd night of the 4-night run at MSG.
This is the 10th show of the Tormato tour, played several weeks before the September 20 release date of the album.
There are 2 tape sources for this show, the main one used here, which is an excellent and well-balanced stereo tape, and RB's partial tape of most of the show. On the main source here there is a bit of tape-warbling near the end of the big medley, a few garbled seconds here or there and a tape-flip in Soon. This was patched with RB's tape. There are some other pauses and flips between songs, and the one before CoH cuts a bit of Jon's intro, but that part wasn't on RB's tape either. There is another small cut during the quiet intro to Awaken where a few seconds go missing.
The transfers were done quite a while back, probably about 10 years. I received both tapes already transferred to disc and did the patching from RB's incomplete tape into the clearer tapehead2 source shortly after and did the patch in Sound Studio 2. No other EQ or processing was done.

On my scale, remembering that this is MSG, I'd give it an "A-" for sound. There is no harp jam tonight, but switching Parallels with HoTS freshens up the second half of the show quite well. And tonight, Rick is the man with the Fun Time Freddy. We would all benefit from hearing more from these 3 nights in the Garden, but as the lifespan of cassettes go, even with pristene care this is the year they will begin degrading into mush.

Yes
September 07, 1978
patched source discs (129:50)

Young Person's Guide - Close Encounters Intro
Siberian Khatru
Parallels
Future Times - Rejoice
Circus Of Heaven
Time And A Word
Long Distance Runaround
The Fish - Survival
Perpetual Change
Soon
Don't Kill The Whale

Madrigal Part 1 (Jon, Rick & Steve)
The Clap
Heart Of The Sunrise
Madrigal Part 2 (Jon & Steve)
On The Silent Wings Of Freedom
Wakeman Solo
Awaken
I've Seen All Good People
Encore Applause
Roundabout

enjoy!

Yes: The Lostbrook Tape Series Volume 127 (Series Finale)

This tape surprised me in many ways. For over thirty years, I've had bad memories of "Tormato." Like some critics, I thought of it as one of the last gasps of the progressive era. I'm sure I never listened to the tape other than during the immediate aftermath of the concert. Over the years that it lay forgotten, I had convinced myself that it was poor, both in quality and performance. I couldn't have been more wrong. I was startled to discover that the quality was impressive and the performance was outstanding. Compared to the previous tour, our lower level seats were nothing special, but with the revolving center stage, they were much better
than we had anticipated. The sound system was extraordinary and was perhaps the best we had ever heard at the Garden in that era. Although the entire band is phenomenal this night, I consider this to be a Steve Howe masterpiece (even though he does come in early on "Awaken"). Anderson, Wakeman, and Squire have their jaw-dropping moments here, but this is probably the best performance I've ever captured of Steve Howe. I like everything about this tape, including the "whoo" guy and the "air-horn" guy. After all these years, I even find myself liking "Circus of Heaven" and "Don't Kill the Whale." The biggest surprise for me however is that I am unable to find another recording from this date. Reliable sources indicate that this is likely the sole source for this concert. I can think of no better way to end the series. Thanks for sharing this journey with me. Please see the bonus material for acknowledgements, closing thoughts, additional stories, and parting gifts.

September 9, 1978
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
USA

Recording Equipment: Internal Mic>Sanyo M2533 Tape Deck>(2)Maxell UDXLII C90>Alesis TapeLinkUSB> Audacity>WAV>CQ>FLAC

Taper: Lostbrook
Mastering: CQ
Artwork: ethiessen1

Disc One

1.01 Young Person's Guide - Close Encounters Intro (2.05)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.28)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.40)
1.04 Future Times - Rejoice (7.11)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.19)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.12)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround - The Fish (incl. Survival & Ritual) (7.45)
1.08 Perpetual Change - The Gates Of Delirium (6.42)
1.09 Soon (7.18)
1.10 Don't Kill The Whale (4.18)
1.11 Madrigal - The Clap (5.39)

Disc Two

2.01 Starship Trooper (9.27)
2.02 Madrigal (reprise) (1.16)
2.03 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.56)
2.04 Rick Wakeman Solo - Catherine of Aragon - Catherine Howard - The Battle (5.06)
2.05 Awaken (17.40)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (9.06)
2.07 Roundabout (9.41)

Yes
'The Midnight Round'
Highland HL538/539
1978-09-17
Mid-South Coliseum
Memphis, TN

1.01 Close Encounters Intro ~ Siberian Khatru (10.30)
1.02 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.22)
1.03 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.10)
1.04 Circus Of Heaven (5.38)
1.05 Medley (25.43)
- Time And A Word
- Long Distance Runaround
- The Fish (incl. "Ritual" & "Survival")
- Perpetual Change
- The Gates Of Delirium (incl. "Soon")

2.01 Don't Kill The Whale (4.12)
2.02 Madrigal ~ The Clap (5.24)
2.03 Starship Trooper (8.40)
2.04 Madrigal (reprise) (1.48)
2.05 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (9.09)
2.06 Excerpts From "The Six Wives Of Henry VIII" (3.54)
2.07 Awaken (16.52)
2.08 I've Seen All Good People (7.03)
2.09 Wait 'til The Midnight Hour (2.52)

Silver CDs > FLAC LEVEL 8 > You

Yes Live In Cleveland Ohio. Live At The Richfield Coliseum. Also Known As The Slab. September 19th. 1978.Tuesday @ 8:00 P.M.

Live From WMMS from Cleveland Ohio. Home Of The Buzzard, The Browns, The Burning River. What Can I Say About My Home Town?

Cleveland, City Of Lights, City Of Magic, Burn On Big River, Burn On! Thanks to Sartre, Newman And The Universe. Flac./FM.

Recorded thru a Kenwood model Eleven III. receiver onto an Akai GX-630D reel to reel using Scotch 207-7R-1800 tape,A 3M company using low noise bias setting.

This recording has not seen the light of day for 28 years, 7 months and 21 days.

Disc. 1

1.01 Close Encounters ~ Siberian Khatru (11.05)
1.02 Heart Of The Sunrise (9.54)
1.03 Future Times ~ Rejoice (6.53)
1.04 Circus Of Heaven (5.00)
1.05 Time And A Word Medley (24.56)
1.06 Don't Kill The Whale (4.08)
1.07 Madrigal ~ The Clap (5.14)

Disc. 2

2.01 Starship Trooper (9.29)
2.02 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.33)
2.03 The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (4.30)
2.04 Awaken (15.25)
2.05 I've Seen All Good People (7.41)
2.06 Roundabout (8.34)

Steve Howe, guitars
Alan White, drums
Rick Wakeman, keyboards
Chris Squire, basses
Jon Anderson, vocals, harp, other noises

recorded and mixed and upped by eggplant2.

Yes
24-Sep-1978
International Amphitheatre, Chicago, USA

Source:
WKQX FM broadcast
> ?
> tape (Shoji Yamada)
> shn (Shaun Toole remaster)
> flac (shntool)

disc1:
1.01 WKQX Intro (0.06)
1.02 Young Person's Guide - Close Encounters Intro (4.12)
1.03 Siberian Khatru (10.13)
1.04 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.09)
1.05 Future Times - Rejoice (6.51)
1.06 Circus Of Heaven (5.29)
1.07 Medley: TAAW - LDR - The Fish - Perpoetual Change - Soon (26.18)
1.08 Don't Kill The Whale (3.55)
1.09 Madrigal (0.51)
1.10 The Clap (4.18)

disc2:
2.01 Starship Trooper (10.04)
2.02 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.06)
2.03 Madrigal (1.24)
2.04 Rick Wakeman Solo (5.27)
2.05 Awaken (16.46)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (8.01)
2.07 Roundabout (9.14)
2.08 WKQX outro (0.37)

time:
1h13m22s + 59m39s = 2h13m01s

Notes:
Not sure precicely what Shaun did with this: patched
and processed in some way. Almost certainly boosted
in bass frequencies.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
J&D Trading, established 1978
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

October 01, 1978 (Sunday)
Tarrant County Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Lineage: Cassette > CDR (pioneer standalone burner) > Audioscribe (secure extraction back in 2000 or so) > Sound Studio (tracking, boost volume) > AIFF > CDR1 > xACT (secure extraction, verify sector boundaries, FLAC level 8, generate checksum) > dime > You

Another from the vast library of Bill B. Great stereo separation, or fabulous mono? You tell me!
Clearly low gen-- wish I knew the recording setup. Anyway, another fine tape from '78! A really inspired Starship trooper and Jon mentions that it was a day in the sun "of the sun?" which makes me think it was an outside or afternoon show. Huge applause for CoH, a tape flip loses part of the Fish, and it comes back in during the Survival part, Starship Trooper has a funny intro, "For all you stargazers and space travelers, hurtling through space at incredible speeds..." (heh) and another tape flip at the beginning of Rick's solo. The audience REALLY loves their Wakey still..... a really great reading of Awaken, very different from the other CA ones I've heard. this one has it all and I'll bet it really kept 'em happy. You can hear some really excited Texans at the beginning and end, anyway.

total time 133:13

Disc One: 70:22
1.01 Britten Intro (2.10)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (9.32)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.07)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.07)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.04)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.43)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround (3.08)
1.08 The Fish ~ Survival (3.11)
1.09 The Fish ~ Survival (after tape flip) (2.03)
1.10 Perpetual Change (4.37)
1.11 Soon (8.29)
1.12 Don't Kill The Whale (4.10)
1.13 Madrigal Recitation ~ Clap (5.01)

Disc Two: 62:40
2.01 Starship Trooper (11.23)
2.02 Madrigal Recitation ~ On The Silent Wings (9.51)
2.03 Rick's Intro (0.31)
2.04 Excerpts From "Six Wives" (after tape flip) (5.34)
2.05 Awaken (16.02)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (7.08)
2.07 Encore Applause & Cheers (2.48)
2.08 Roundabout (8.53)
2.09 Exit Music (0.30)

Remember:
Support the Band. Buy a bunch of their stuff. Trade the live audience recordings freely & turn your friends on to this kind of music, then go to the Rock & Roll "Hall of Fame" and ask yourself and others....
heh
Remember this is for free trade and distribution only, never for sale!
Keep it Lossless, Keep it safe.

Enjoy!

Yes
Periphet
IMP 2-17 (The Impossible Recordworks)
SBD Recording
1978 Inglewood Forum (1978-10-05/1978-10-06)
Inglewood, CA

No date is on the vinyl except for 1978... Yes played 1978-10-05 & 10-06 at this venue. The info I have found only lists this bootleg as a combination of both nights.

Vinyl LP > wav > FLAC
Cool Edit Pro was used to eliminate pops & cracks

LP-Side One:
1. Siberian Khatru
2. Starship Trooper

LP-Side Two:
1. Heart Of The Sunrise
2. Circus Of Heaven

LP-Side Three:
1. Don't Kill The Whale
2. Clap
3. Madrigal - On The Silent Wings Of Freedom

LP-Side Four:
1. I've Seen All Good People
2. Roundabout

1.01 (LP1 side 1 #1) Siberian Khatru (11.10)
1.02 (LP1 side 1 #2) Starship Trooper (10.50)
1.03 (LP1 side 2 #1) Heart Of The Sunrise (10.40)
1.04 (LP1 side 2 #2) Circus Of Heaven (5.14)

2.01 (LP2 side 1 #1) Don't Kill The Whale (4.50)
2.01 (LP2 side 1 #2) The Clap (4.17)
2.01 (LP2 side 1 #3) Madrigal ~ On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (10.55)
2.01 (LP2 side 2 #1) I've Seen All Good People (7.10)
2.01 (LP2 side 2 #2) Roundabout (9.14)

Vocals: Jon Anderson
Guitars: Steve Howe
Bass Guitar: Chris Squire
Keyboards: Rick Wakeman
Percussion: Alan White

This is a double LP vinyl bootleg. I recieved this in a trade several years ago. Due to my scanner being down I am unable to produce art work at the moment. I did find a picture of the cover in my travels on the net and added it for the moment. I noticed one scratch at the start of "I've Seen All Good People" and hope there are not others I've missed. I have not seen this boot in circulation and I am happy to add it to the trading community.
This is a SBD recording from the Tormato tour.
I hope you enjoy it.

Cygnals

CYG005
05-16-2005

For Free Trade Only!
Do NOT convert to mp3 or any other lossy format!

YES - Inglewood, California
Great Western Forum
October 5, 1978

Although there are several great soundboards from this tour including London 10-28-78, Qubec 4-18-79, and Chicago 6-9-79, this performance and the excellent quality of this audience recording stand out to me. In particular, I must have 60 different versions of Siberian Khatru, but Howe's solo at the end on this evening really shines. There's just a pure sound to the band during this period of touring that comes through in this recording. I can't explain beyond these points that I really like this particular show. The credit for this recording goes to someone in YES trading circles (my apologies at not remembering)
who put together this fine tree, including the 10-6-78 show, several years ago. This is not a soundboard, but it rates as a strong audience recording, A- sound. Lineage below.

Remastered tape>CD-R tree trunk>CD-R tree branch>CD-R tree leaf>EAC>flac

Jon Anderson
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Rick Wakeman
Alan White

1978-10-05:
1.01 Young Person's Guide ~ Close Encounters Intro (1.58)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.19)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.15)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.01)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.32)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.02)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround (3.10)
1.08 The Fish (5.54)
1.09 Perpetual Change (4.40)
1.10 The Gates Of Delirium ~ Soon (8.23)
1.11 Don't Kill The Whale (4.35)
1.12 Madrigal Recitation (0.58)
1.13 The Clap (3.38)

1978-10-05:
2.01 Starship Trooper (10.34)
2.02 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.46)
2.03 Rick Wakeman Solo (6.04)
2.04 Awaken (17.15)
2.05 I've Seen All Good People (7.16)
2.06 Roundabout (9.09)
2.07 Exit Music (0.21)

Bonus tracks:
2.08 Arriving UFO (Boston 1979) (7.47)
2.09 Parallels (Boston 1978) (6.05)

Never profit from free music; do not encode to mp3; share the joy of sound generously;
support the band

YES at the Fabulous Forum - 1978-10-06 - Audience.

Yes
1978-October-06
At the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood , CA. , USA

Equipment used - Sony TCD5M and Sennheiser MKH-404 Microphones.
Lineage - 1st. Gen. Cass. > CD > CDWave > Flac 8
CD in lineage is a Harmon Kardon CDR-20 stand-alone.
CDWave for re-tracking.
TLH for Flac 8 - Verified / Aligned / Tested.

NOTE TO DIME MODS : The passage of ; "Time and a Word / Long Distance Runaround / The Fish" officially released on "The Word Is Live" is from the October 5th 1978 Forum show , NOT THIS ONE which is 10/06/78.

This is taken directly from my 29 + year old cassettes , not any Tarantura release , or the M. Millard source.

There are a couple of recording pauses between tracks.
A brutal tape flip in Perpetual.... , the rest are fine.
Any microphone anomalies you may hear are on the tapes as well.

I always notice the Killer YES artwork out there!
If anyone has the time and tools.......
Our Community here would be most appreciative :-)

Anyway , Hope you Enjoy it ,
Play It Loud !
Samples provided as always.
Please never convert to "Lossy" , or Remaster & Repost.
Trade Freely , Never For Sale !

Disc 1 - 69:36.22
1.01 Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra - Close Encounters Intro (2.14)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (9.57)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (10.18)
1.04 Future Times - Rejoice (7.06)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.01)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.28)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround (3.01)
1.08 The Fish (incl. Survival & Ritual) (5.25)
1.09 Perpetual Change (tape flip) (4.25)
1.10 Soon (8.28)
1.11 Don't Kill The Whale (4.15)
1.12 Madrigal 1 (0.57)
1.13 The Clap (3.55)

Disc 2 - 61:02.33
2.01 Starship Trooper (9.48)
2.02 Madrigal 2 (1.44)
2.03 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.26)
2.04 Rick Wakeman Solo (5.58)
2.05 Awaken (16.49)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (7.25)
2.07 Roundabout (9.02)
2.08 Outro (taking down recording equipment) (1.45)

Never Buy or Sell a PRRP Release!! Visit http://prrp-music.com for more.

PRRP034- YES
A PIECE OF HEAVEN
October 26, 1978 (Wembley Arena - London, England)

Disc 1:
1.01 Siberian Khatru (10.38)
1.02 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.30)
1.03 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.11)
1.04 Circus Of Heaven (5.48)
1.05 Time And A Word (4.10)
1.06 Long Distance Runaround (3.15)
1.07 The Fish ~ Survival (5.41)
1.08 Perpetual Change (4.54)
1.09 Soon (8.33)
1.10 Don't Kill The Whale (4.23)
1.11 Madrigal Part 1 (0.34)
1.12 The Clap (4.19)

Disc 2:
2.01 Starship Trooper (10.45)
2.02 Madrigal Part 2 (1.33)
2.03 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.56)
2.04 Rick Wakeman Solo (6.21)
2.05 Awaken (17.54)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (8.48)
2.07 Roundabout (9.12)

YES
Jon Anderson –Lead Vocals, Guitars, Harp & Percussion
Chris Squire –Bass Guitars, Backing Vocals
Steve Howe –Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals
Alan White –Drums & Percussion
Rick Wakeman–Keyboard

Here we go again. 

Yes had just finished a well deserved vacation. The new album, Tormato had just been released in September and the band decided to kick off the supporting tour in the United States. After 38 shows in 43 days of a North American tour they took a 15 day vacation. Now, rested, Yes were ready to begin a brief stretch of shows at the famous Wembley Arena –formally known as the Empire Pool- in their home country of Great Britain before returning again to America. As a 12,000 seat venue Wembley Arena required a bit of modification to accommodate the Yes show because the Tormato Tour was presenting Yes with a Theatre-In-The-Round circular stage. Six shows were performed over a five night period and this recording presents the performance from the third evening.
Despite the changing attitudes and preferences within the music industry of the time, Yes were still considered the masters. The 1978 Melody Maker Poll gave top male vocalist honors to Jon Anderson. Steve Howe was voted top guitarist and Rick Wakeman was considered the top keyboardist. Chris Squire was also named top bassist. At the time of the Wembley gigs the band members knew of these award selections and looked forward to the awards ceremony which was to occur in less than 2 weeks time –on November 8th. You would think that Yes were on top of the world.
And yet, 1978 was an unsettling time for the band.  They knew of the Punk rock movement and understood that it could influence the popularity of progressive rock which had commanded so much attention throughout the 1970’s. The decision had already been made with the last album cover to give a new look to the band and use Hypgnosis artists rather than Roger Dean. The Tormato album continued with that idea over the objections of Steve Howe. Originally, Tormato was to be called Tor. The Yes-Tor album cover was to be a picture of the band in front of a famous rock in Devon, England
called the Yestor. Instead, the band had their picture taken in a park near the recording studio, nowhere near Devon. To add to the deception, Chris Squire forgot his black leather jacket and had to wear one with someone else’s name on it. This was eventually fixed in post-processing but was not a good omen for the album or the band.
Indeed, during 1978, Yes were also having internal problems of their own. Though the credits on Tormato tell a different story, Rick Wakeman insists that he wrote much of the material on the album, “…I wrote four of the nine tracks; mostly with Jon. But there were some publishing disagreements and a few problems. Never believe credits on any album. They’re all political.” And according to Chris Squire, the competition within the band extended to
the music as well, “…It just seems to me like both Rich and Steve on that particular album were seeing which one could play more notes than the other one. That’s kind of how the guitar and keyboard parts were constructed on most songs, it seems…” Sadly, these disagreements would eventually lead to the break-up of the band in 1980. During an interview in 1984, Jon Anderson was asked about the cause of the break-up. He said, “We just had too many Chiefs and not enough Indians.”
But Yes still had a loyal fan-base, eager to see them perform material from the new album. A matinee show on the final day at Wembley was even added to the schedule to accommodate the demand. The show opens with the familiar ‘Siberian Khatru’ and ‘Heart of the Sunrise’. Both songs were played with power and emotion demonstrating the cohesiveness that Yes had achieved after so many years of playing together. Jon welcomes the crowd with a simple, “Welcome to Wembley”, as if to say: here we are again, ready to bring you the intricacies of Yes music that you have come to expect from us…on with the performance… The band then launches off into material from the new album. Both ‘Future Times/Rejoice’ and ‘Circus of Heaven’ are received well and help to change the mood after the frantic pace of the older songs. The big Medley follows and presents segments of many of the classic Yes moments from previous years. The highlights of the second half of the show are ‘Awaken’ and ‘On The Silent Wings of Freedom’. Both songs demonstrate that Yes can move beyond their old classics of ‘Close to the Edge’ and ‘Ritual’ and produce long, moving pieces that will become standards for the setlist in years to come.
The 1978 tour was so successful that it was extended into the next year, despite the absence of a new album to promote. Shows were booked and fans flocked to see Yes in their prime. What a disappointment when the split occurred at the end of that year. Still, Yes continued on into the 1980’s, 90’s and the twenty-first century eventually re-forming this line-up so future generations could hear songs created in 1978, a time when Yes were at the
top of their game….. 

Notes from the Re-Master 

The master recording for this event had recently become available and was the starting point for this remaster project. The most obvious problems with the recording were the flat dynamics and the speed error. Once the speed was corrected the tape and audience noise was attenuated using multiple techniques. Tonality adjustment was needed to compensate for the venue as much as possible and then the dynamics were enhanced to restore some natural variability to the sound. A ring was found during difference parts of the show and was notched. Re-tracking was used to separate
each segment of the Big Medley. Overall, a nice result.

Yes
Wembley
London
1978-10-26

Recorded by Steve Darton
Provided by Mick Dillingham
Transferred by Jose de Luca
Mastered by TheTooleMan, June 2005

IMPORTANT LINEAGE INFORMATION:
This is the original, pristine master created by TheTooleMan from the original cassette tapes.
All other versions are derived from this one.
Any reported short-comings of copies used for other masters were introduced in a process that occurred after this master was created.

CD 1:
1.01 Introduction (0.46)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.02)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.13)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (6.50)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.36)
1.06 Anniversary Jam (25.44)
1.07 Don't Kill The Whale (4.08)
1.08 Madrigal 1 (0.32)
1.09 The Clap (4.09)

CD2:
2.01 Starship Trooper (10.21)
2.02 Madrigal 2 (1.30)
2.03 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.27)
2.04 Rick Wakeman (6.01)
2.05 Awaken (16.48)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (8.25)
2.07 Roundabout (8.46)

Date : Friday, October 27, 1978

City : Wembley, England, United Kingdom

Venue : Wembley Arena

Lineup : Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)Audience recording

1st copy! from master direct to CDR

Excellent sound quality

Setlist :

1.01 Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra (2.19)
1.02 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind ~ Siberian Khatru (11.19)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (10.51)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.32)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (4.52)
1.06 Time And A Word (5.05)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround (2.24)
1.08 The Fish > (4.30)
1.09 Survival ~ The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) > (2.20)
1.10 Perpetual Change > (4.45)
1.11 Soon (8.16)
1.12 Don't Kill The Whale (4.20)
1.13 Intro 'The Clap' (0.54)
1.14 The Clap (4.19)

2.01 Starship Trooper (10.55)
2.02 Madrigal (1.57)
2.03 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.10)
2.04 Wakeman Solo (5.16)
2.05 Awaken (17.22)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (7.58)
2.07 Roundabout (10.10)

Sorry, no artwork

Enjoy it

Yes
Jon Anderson- vocals
Rick Wakeman- keyboards
Steve Howe- guitar
Chris Squire- bass
Alan White- drums
The Forum
Inglewood, California, U.S.A.
October 6, 1978
(last show of U.S. 78 tour)

King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast
runtime: 72:55
setlist:

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ INFO REMY: THIS RECORDING IS FROM OCTOBER 28, 1978 - WEMBLEY ARENA - LONDON +
+ KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR CONSCIOUSLY CUT OUT JON'S LONDON TEXT (AFTER SIBERIAN KHATRU) +
+ IT WAS BROADCASTED AS OCTOBER 6, 1978 BY KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR IN THE LATE 70s +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

1.01 Announcer Introduction (0.14)
1.02 Close Encounters Intro - Siberian Khatru (11.19)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (10.54)
1.04 Circus Of Heaven (4.55)
1.05 Don't Kill The Whale (4.52)
1.06 The Clap (4.30)
1.07 Starship Trooper (10.18)
1.08 Madrigal - On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (10.09)
1.09 I've Seen All Good People (7.03)
1.10 Roundabout (8.34)

lineage: WBCN FM radio >
Sansui 8 reciever >
Teac reel deck (probably 3300) >
Maxell UD 7" reel @ 3 3/4 ips >
soundforge 4.5 (WAV) >
FLAC 6 > torrentially yours.
a this and that 3 step torrent production.
(master > WAV > FLAC > you.)

comments:
The final stop of the U.S. Tormato tour was highlighted in this broadcast with some songs rarely if ever heard in other Yes tours, particularly don't kill the whale, circus of heaven, and on the silent wings of freedom (I'm counting the 79 tour as basically 78 part two tour, since there was no new Yes album that year.). This is a nice clean recording from my FM master reel. I thought it would already be in the giant dime archive but I only saw an audience recording of this show (supposedly a D-5 source- did they even have D-5's in 1978?). if you haven't heard the FM version you should, so here it is. I checked to see if this version of "don't kill the whale" is officially released, knowing that there is a live version of it, and they didn't play that song very often. the Yes discography lists the version in Yesshows as Empire Pool Wembley 10/28/78, about a week before this version. that was the only version I saw
available of that song. Roundabout was released on "classic yes" from that same 10/28/78 show, and all good people from Oakland, Ca. I did not see any portion of this show listed as being officially available. this show may have been seeded from a pre-FM source a few years ago but this version has not, and it sounds pretty nice. this tape was not played more than a couple of times. This show was broadcasted at least a couple of times in the late 70's, maybe again later. this comes from a 70's broadcast.
Do not sell this recording. Trade freely and losslessly.

Heres something i think you will like. Its the Rick Wakeman solo from the legendary Wembley 1978 FM broadcast that is missing from just about every version of this show out there. I randomly found this online about 6 years ago. The sound quality is excellent, although its a very low-rate (80kbps) mp3. From what i remember, this was posted somewhere in the comments section of a blogspot that once posted this Wembley show because so many people complained that the show posted was incomplete. And then a random person uploaded this from their personal tape of the original FM broadcast in a comment on the post. Too bad this person didnt post the whole show. Maybe he had the missing 'Future Times/Rejoice'...who knows...Enjoy!!

Michael

Heavenly Lightning - RH Productions - FM - Silver - EAC (To .wav) - Media Monkey (To .FLAC Level 6 Compression)
Liberated Bootleg
1978-10-28 Wembley Arena, London
OFFICIAL TRACK REMOVED (1 Track - See Below)

Tracks as listed on CD Cover:

1.01 Intro: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - Siberian Khatru (11.42)
1.02 Heart Of the Sunrise (10.40)
1.03 Circus Of Heaven (5.00)
1.04 Time And A Word (4.22)
1.05 Long Distance Runaround (3.17)
1.06 The Fish (3.24)
1.07 Survival (including Ritual) (2.56)
1.08 Perpetual Change (4.53)
1.09 The Gates Of Delirium (climax) (2.22)
1.10 The Gates Of Delirium (Soon) (5.52)

2.01 Don't Kill The Whale (5.03)
2.02 The Clap (4.31)
2.03 Starship Trooper (10.10)
2.04 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (6.58)
2.05 Awaken (17.52)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (7.22)
2.07 Roundabout (9.11)

From the web -->
http://www.halleyandpeter.nl/yes/details/05-yes-tormato-01.html#20

HEAVENLY LIGHTNING
Oct 28, 1978 (Wembley Arena - London, England) 2cdr
*another source
Recording - FM/Excellent
Label - tape to cd transfer
Comment - Evening show. Supposed to be from the BBC Master Reels.
CD 1 - 54:27 ; CD 2 - 63:07
1-1. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind/Siberian Khatru 11:42
1-2. Heart Of The Sunrise 10:40
1-3. Circus Of Heaven 5:00
1-4. Time And A Word/ 4:22
1-5. Long Distance Runaround/ 3:17
1-6. The Fish/ 3:24
1-7. Survival/ 2:56
1-8. Perpetual Change/ 4:53
1-9. The Gates Of Delirium (Victory March Theme) 2:22
1-10. The Gates Of Delirium (Soon) 5:51
2-1. Don't Kill The Whale 5:03
2-2. The Clap 4:31
2-3. Starship Trooper 10:10
2-4. On The Silent Wings Of Freedom 8:58
2-5. Awaken 17:52
2-6. I've Seen All Good People 7:22
2-7. Roundabout* 9:11

Yes
In The Round
LA Forum, Los Angeles, CA
16 October 1978

Universal Ampitheater
Universal City, CA

Recorded By: Glenn
Prepared By: Corvus

Audio Bitrate: 909 kbps
Channels: 2
Sampling Rate: 44.1 khz
Resolution: 16 bits
Total Length: 1:12:29

Tracklist:

1.01 Siberian Khatru (11.16)
1.02 Heart of the Sunrise (10.32)
1.03 Circus of Heaven (5.15)
1.04 Don't Kill The Whale (4.51)
1.05 The Clap (3.53)
1.06 Starship Trooper (10.38)
1.07 Madrigal - On The Silent Wings of Freedom (10.32)
1.08 Ive Seen All Good People (7.09)
1.09 Roundabout (8.23)

Execellent bootleg of the their 1978 tour supporting the Tormato release. Great sound quality. I converted this to FLAC from the original vinyl that I own. I did not include scans of the LP labels as they are simply white. Also no liner notes. Enjoy

OUTSIDE THE WINDOW
Oct 28, 1978 (Wembley Arena - London, England) 1cd
Recording - Soundboard/Very Good/Excellent
Label - Sugarcane Records SC 52003
Comment - Afternoon show. Wrong venue on artwork.

CD - 70:28
1.01 Siberian Khatru (10.36)
1.02 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.05)
1.03 Circus Of Heaven (4.42)
1.04 Don't Kill The Whale (4.11)
1.05 The Clap (3.26)
1.06 Starship Trooper (10.01)
1.07 Madrigal - On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (10.08)
1.08 Seen All Good People (7.06)
1.09 Roundabout (9.13)

Yes
1978-10-28
Wembley Arena
London, England
Evening Show

REMASTERED by TheTooleMan, October 2003 (25th anniversary)

Lineage: ultra-clean pre-FM recording -> digital domain -> SHN -> TheTooleMan's workshop (Sound Forge) -> FLAC

Some tracks performed by Yes at Wembley were omitted by the BBC to shorten the program to two hours. But this is the best recording of the concert that I've ever heard, and the remaster makes it better still.

This is real JON ANDERSON YES. Accept no substitutes.

TheTooleMan
November, 2008
(just a few days past the 30th anniversary of this show)

Tracks:

Disk 1:
1.01 BBC Friday Rock Show Opening (1.54)
1.02 Close Encounters Introduction (1.25)
1.03 Siberian Khatru (10.03)
1.04 Heart Of The Sunrise (10.37)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (4.45)
1.06 Anniversary Medley (27.45)
1.07 Don't Kill The Whale (4.17)

Disk 2:
2.01 The Clap (4.35)
2.02 Starship Trooper (9.51)
2.03 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.47)
2.04 Awaken (17.33)
2.05 I've Seen All Good People (8.19)
2.06 Roundabout (7.48)
2.07 BBC Friday Rock Show Closing (0.16)

Yes
Wings Stadium
Kalamazoo, MI
April 9, 1979

** Low-circulation recording **

FIRST SHOW OF THE 1979 TOUR

Lineage: first-gen or master tape -> CD audio -> EAC -> FLAC

This recording has not been altered or remastered. It is a straight rip from the CD's provided by Alec B. and Paulie. Sounds good overall.

The band sounds a little rusty, like they didn't rehearse much between the last show of the 1978 tour and the first show of 1979. And there are some mix problems, like synths and guitars that aren't amplified. Just makes it more interesting, as it's not one of Yes's typically perfect shows.

Forgotten Yesterdays shows "Tour Song" in the set, between "Awaken" and "All Good People." It's not on this recording and I suspect Yes didn't play it on this occasion. After all, what rhymes with "Kalamazoo?"

Enjoy!
TheTooleMan
July, 2011

Lineup :
Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)

Disk 1:
1.01 Young Person's Guide Intro - Close Encounters Intro (2.31)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.10)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (12.50)
1.04 Future Times (4.20)
1.05 Rejoice (3.03)
1.06 Circus Of Heaven (6.00)
1.07 Time And A Word (4.23)
1.08 Long Distance Runaround (2.58)
1.09 Survival - The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) (6.02)
1.10 Perpetual Change (5.16)
1.11 The Gates of Delirium (Soon) (9.07)
1.12 Don't Kill The Whale (4.41)

Disk 2:
2.01 The Clap (5.24)
2.02 Starship Trooper (11.45)
2.03 Madrigal (3.08)
2.04 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.35)
2.05 Wakeman Solo (5.19)
2.06 Awaken (part 1) (tape flip) (13.14)
2.07 Awaken (part 2) (3.22)
2.08 I've Seen All Good People (7.29)
2.09 Roundabout (8.38)

This article was posted by Janine L. Gould on Forgotten Yesterdays along with the setlist and other information about this concert:

Strong, powerful performance:
Yes at Wings 4/9, 1979 Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan
by Janine L. Gould, arts editor, Western Herald
(reprinted with permission of the author)
Kicking off their 1979 U.S. tour Monday night, Yes brought a simplified but impressive show to Wings Stadium. A revolving stage with lighting and sound systems suspended above it provided a good setting for the band's musical excursions.

Yes has long been rejected by rock press elitist publications like Rolling Stone for their progressive and sometimes mystical approach to music. It seems as though Yes has been slagged because their roots lie in the areas of folk, pop and classical music instead of blues and R & B. What it boils down to is that Yes music is ahead of its time. But there were enough fans at Monday night's concert to prove that their music wasn't so far ahead of itself as to be unlistenable.

Last year Yes celebrated their tenth anniversary as a band, which says a lot for their musical vitality and growth as well as their popularity.There has long been a legion of very vocal but unrecognized (by the press) Yes fans, enough to give the band seven gold albums (every release from The Yes Album to Going for the One). The show at Wings was a continuation of Yes's devotion to the importance of live performance, and for the opening date of a tour, they came off looking healthy and happy to be on the road again.

Yes opened with "Siberian Khatru," a tried-and-true number that got off to a somewhat slow start. There were some balance problems in the vocals and guitar which were corrected during the course of the song. Drummer Alan White picked up the pace towards the end, giving impetus to Steve Howe's extended guitar solo. It seemed as though Yes wasn't too sure about this song as an opener, although they've opened with it in previous performances. Chalk it up to pre-concert jitters and first-gig-of-the-tour hesitation.

The majority of the material came from Yes's latest LP, Tormato ("Future Times/Rejoice," "Circus of Heaven," "Don't Kill the Whale," "Madrigal," "On the Silent Wings of Freedom") with selections from The Yes Album ("Perpetual Change," "Clap," "Starship Trooper," "I've Seen All Good People") and Fragile ("Heart of the Sunrise," "Long Distance Runaround," "The Fish," "Roundabout") making up the foundation. Yes also went back to their second album for "Time and a Word" and incorporated the final segment of "Gates of Delirium" ["Soon"] into "Perpetual Change."

The material from Tormato didn't seem comfortable to the band in a live context. These songs had a confining feeling, as if their newness hadn't yet been fully tested in live performance. The difference between these songs and older tunes like "Starship Trooper" and "Perpetual Change" lies in their structure. Yes's music became much more compact on Tormato, and this may have created an obstacle in live interpretations. The older songs were much looser, and allowed the band to explore new areas within the songs' original construction.

The highlight of the concert was "Awaken" (from Going for the One). Anderson's voice had been hoarse a few songs earlier, but Rick Wakeman's solo gave him a chance to revitalize his vocal cords before embarking upon "Awaken." Anderson's tambourine/maraca instrument, combined with his sidestepping circles around his mike in countermovement to the stage's motion, gave him the look of a tribal chanter invoking a deity.

"Awaken" in a live context has an overwhelming power which overshadows the Going for the One version. The keyboard passages weren't as lush as the original, but then Wakeman doesn't have four hands -- although at times it wasn't certain that he *didn't* have more than two hands.

"On the Silent Wings of Freedom" ran a close second to "Awaken" in terms of energy and impressiveness. Already a powerful song on Tormato, Yes's performance of it became supercharged. After almost two hours of continual *oomph*, it didn't seem possible for Yes to crank the energy up any higher, but they did it. Bassist Chris Squire seems to be the central powerhouse, using his dynamic bass lines to urge White on to new rhythmic heights.

"Your Move" gave the audience a chance to do a concerted clapalong, led by Squire and Wakeman. "All Good People" received a sort of blues treatment in White's accenting -- as for Squire, his patterns got even more intricate. Besides, Squire could barely sit still long enough to play a walking bass line: his hands are too well-trained to those convoluted yet funky constructions which have often been imitated by other bassists.

The absence of props on this tour marks a change to a more basic presentation for Yes. In the past they have utilized highly stylized stage constructions, usually patterned after Roger Dean's cover art. The set-up of the stage this time around centered attention on the stage, which revolved throughout each song (except for "Clap").

Yes retired to their dressing rooms after two hours amidst a thunderous standing ovation, and I *mean* thunderous -- the applause and cheering reached a painfully high point as the band left the stage. The crowd kept up that level of sound, and made even more noise when the band returned.

The audience was up and dancing when Yes kicked into their encore, "Roundabout." Wakeman again led the clapalong when he wasn't busy playing, and seemed to be quite happy to be with Yes again as a band member. Signals flew between White, Howe and Anderson to stretch the ending of the song: get loose and be crazy was the sign, and that's exactly what happened. Yes's first Top 40 single and their best-known song crashed to a close and brought the audience to its feet for another standing ovation.

Going through individual performances would be tedious. Suffice it to say that Yes sounded as professional and efficient as they ever have in concert, and that the solos were generally inventive and intriguing. Steve Howe still has his quirks, as Anderson once commented. But the ovation he received after "Clap" indicated that the crowd enjoyed those quirks. "I think Steve likes playing Kalamazoo more than any of us," Anderson added when the applause died down. Certainly, Kalamazoo will welcome Yes again.

Yes
University of Dayton Arena
Dayton, OH
April 12, 1979

**Low-circulation recording**

Lineage: first-gen or master tape -> audio CD -> EAC -> FLAC

This recording has not been altered or remastered. It is a straight rip of the audio CD's I received from Alec B. and Paulie. Tracks are as they were found on the CD.

This one's dedicated to the hard-core completist and people who were at the show. There's some noticable speed warble and the overall sound is distant.

TheTooleMan
July, 2011

Lineup :
Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)

Tracks
Disk 1:
1.01 Young Person's Guide Intro - Close Encounters Intro (3.27)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.36)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (12.02)
1.04 Future Times (4.22)
1.05 Rejoice (3.20)
1.06 Circus Of Heaven (5.03)
1.07 Time And A Word (4.20)
1.08 Long Distance Runaround (3.19)
1.09 Survival - The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) (6.15)
1.10 Perpetual Change (5.06)
1.11 The Gates Of Delirium (Soon) (8.59)

Disk 2:
2.01 Don't Kill The Whale (4.53)
2.02 The Clap (5.01)
2.03 Starship Trooper (12.06)
2.04 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (9.07)
2.05 Wakeman Solo (5.35)
2.06 Awaken (17.47)
2.07 Tour Song (1.50)
2.08 I've Seen All Good People (7.39)
2.09 Roundabout (8.37)

Yes
1979-04-13
Louisville, KY

Radio station master! (I think)

**Low-circulation recording**
** A TooleMan Remaster **

Lineage: radio station master reel (probably) -> audio CD's -> EAC -> TheTooleMan's tricks of the trade -> FLAC

Don't let the ragged beginning of this recording fool you. Although it is missing the first two songs of the concert, the quality improves dramatically after several minutes, and starting with the long medley it sounds really great.

This seems to be a professional recording, with open mics mounted on stands -- that's my best guess. Sounds like a lot of the monitor mix was picked up by the mics, as it was very heavy on the midrange frequencies. I took care of that in the master.

I wonder if this recording was made by the radio station that promoted the concert, WLRS. If so, maybe there's a better copy in their archives, or one that can be transferred more cleanly to the digital domain.

Enjoy!
TheTooleMan
July, 2011

From ForgottenYesterdays.com:

Date : Friday, April 13, 1979
City : Louisville, Kentucky, United States Of America
Venue : Freedom Hall Coliseum
Capacity : 19,800
Lineup :
Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)

Tracks:
1.01 Future Times - Rejoice (joined in progress) (4.36)
1.02 Circus Of Heaven (5.54)
1.03 Medley: (27.42)
        Time And A Word
        Long Distance Runaround
        Survival
        The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
        Perpetual Change
        Soon
1.04 Don't Kill The Whale (4.23)
1.05 The Clap (4.32)
1.06 Starship Trooper (12.00)
1.07 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (9.08)

2.01 Wakeman Solo (6.08)
2.02 Awaken (17.20)
2.03 Tour Song (2.15)
2.04 I've Seen All Good People (7.56)
2.05 WLRS Award Ceremony (2.41)
2.06 Roundabout (11.20)

The following paragraph, written by John Mock for Forgotten Yesterdays, explains the award ceremony track:

"Here's some trivia for you...the Tormato tour stop in Louisville on 4/13, 1979 was advertised as a 'big surprise' by the local heavyweight rock station, WLRS-102 FM as Yes was the 102nd concert promoted by WLRS... they attempted to get Pink Floyd as a surprise band to make a double bill....that fell through and their last stop they tried to pull out was free beer for the sold out Freedom Hall crowd, but the promoter would not go with that due to liability and under-age drinking concerns....so the 102nd concert for WLRS turned out to be anti-climactic, just a normal Yes show that was POWERFUL....I need another fix of On the Silent Wings Of Freedom!"

Yes

Colisee de Quebec

Quebec, ON

04-18-79

Circus of Heaven Bootleg > EAC(?) > SHN

1.01 Close Encounters Intro (1.20)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (9.34)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.44)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (6.48)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.56)
1.06 Medley (25.57)
        Time And A Word
        Long Distance Runaround
        The Fish
        Survival
        Ritual
        Perpetual Change
        Soon
1.07 Don't Kill The Whale (4.40)
1.08 The Clap (5.09)

2.01 Starship Trooper (11.56)
2.02 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.20)
2.03 Rick Wakeman Solo (6.11)
2.04 Awaken (16.42)
2.05 Tour Song (2.53)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (9.49)
2.07 Roundabout ~ Ending (10.29)

This recording circulated with some tracks dated 1979-04-18 and others
datd 1979-01-18. The April date is assumed to be correct, due to the
lack of tour information for January, 1979

See http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=29272

Yes
Le Colisee' de Quebec
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
April 18, 1979
'Circus of Heaven'

** Liberated bootleg **
** Includes album art **
** Excellent soundboard recording **
** Remastered and pitch-corrected by TheTooleMan, July 2011 **

The review by Bill Glahn, posted on Forgotten Yesterdays and copied below, tells you most of what you want to know about this recording, though he makes a few incorrect assertions. Here's the rest of the story:

The performance is as good as the sound quality, which makes for a real treat.

I discovered I have two versions of this recording, one of which has small cuts during the ambience and some lead-in notes between songs. I used the most complete version to create this edition. Bill Glahn may have been referring to the other version in some of his comments.

Contrary to the review, I never found a cut or edit in Starship Trooper, but there was a fade-out and fade-in which disguised a tape flip during "The Fish" in the long medley. I cross-faded the two parts on the beat so the music never stops. This is a big improvement.

The front cover album art looks more like YesShows than Relayer.

Prof. Goody and I were in agreement about the pitch correction factor required for disk one of the set, but disk two was not as fast as disk one. Goody later agreed with my assessment: 49 cents lower for disk one, and 36 cents lower for disk two.

You'll find the drums and bass pack a bit more wallop in this version, and there's a little more ambience, too.

You can't go wrong with this one.

TheTooleMan
July, 2011

Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)

1.01 Close Encounters Intro (1.23)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (9.51)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (12.05)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.00)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (6.22)
1.06 Medley (26.21)
        Time And A Word
        Long Distance Runaround
        The Fish
        Survival
        Ritual
        Perpetual Change
        Soon
1.07 Don't Kill The Whale (4.44)
1.08 The Clap (5.12)

2.01 Starship Trooper (12.12)
2.02 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom (8.30)
2.03 Rick Wakeman Solo (6.10)
2.04 Awaken (17.26)
2.05 Tour Song (2.45)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (10.01)
2.07 Roundabout ~ Ending (10.34)

Review posted on Forgotten Yesterdays:

YES "CIRCUS OF HEAVEN"
(Dynamite Studio DS94F059/60)

Some of our readers may recall a release from several years ago titled "Rehearsal Tales", a single CD containing a partial show from Quebec, April 18, 1979. Although the track listing had a couple of errors, the music contained on that disc represented the finest quality available of any yes concert on bootleg disc. In fact, it rivaled any official release in range, balance, and performance. The original release was very limited in numbers and it wasn't long before some of the bigger bootleg companies began making their own copies of this disc.

As the story goes, Yes was recording many of their 1979 shows on a mobile multi-track studio for release of an official live set to celebrate the groups ten year anniversary. The project was even announced to the press and then scrapped. Somehow (you know how these things happen!) a stereo mix-down from the quebec show found its way into the hands of a collector who unwittingly traded it to a bootlegger. Of course, as usually happens with bootlegs of outstanding quality, the bootlegger himself was bootlegged (at least 3 different times). All versions of this single disc were worth picking up, as little was lost in the transition from one CD to the next.

That is until now. Dynamite Studio, a Japanese outfit with reasonably good circulation in the US has finally released the complete show, making all the previously available single CD versions obsolete.

This double CD is nearly flawless! I say nearly because there is one minor edit towards the end of "Starship Trooper" which also appeared on the "Rehearsal Tales" disc. This distortion is said to be on the original master tape, and indeed it seems that is probably the case. The highs on this CD don't get any higher. The bottom end will rattle your walls, but, save for the mentioned segment, they will rattle your walls with perfect clarity. This set HAS to rate in the top 10 boots of all time. You can even hear the whale songs that Yes used between songs, for goodness sake. The audience is almost invisible in the mix. The ICE newsletter has occasionally coined the phrase "bootleg hall of fame" in their writings. If I had the opportunity to make my nominations for this mythical establishment, this would rank right up there with Led Zeppelin's "Jennings Farm Blues" and the Who's "From Lifehouse To Leeds" in importance. And it would take a back seat to no one in terms of sound quality.

"Relayer" artwork has been implemented on the front cover with a fabulous photo of the band and their stage set-up during a soundcheck on the back.

Holy Cow, I think we've got a winner!

-Bill Glahn-

**Remastered** by thir13en

MY FAQ: http://zombtracker.the-zomb.com/forums.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=1232

A killer Yes show, one of the better known boots from them, and right at the end of their big 70's run. Not too far away, like it or hate it, is the "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" years. For me, it wasn't as good as this.

All the hits and then some!

This needed the boost, so it got it. Fuller, wider, maximized.
For the Yes enthusiast, this one will be hard to beat.

Yes
Circus of Heaven
04-18-79 Quebec

01. Opening
02. Siberian Khatru
03. G=Heart of the Sunrise
04. Future Times - Rejoice
05. Circus of Heaven
06. Medley (Time and a Word, Long Distance, The Fish, Perpetual Change)
07. Don't Kill the Whale
08. The Clap
09. Starship Trooper
10. On the Silent Wings of Freedom
11. Rick Wakeman Solo
12. Awaken
13. Chanson Pour Quebec
14. I've Seen All Good People
15. Roundabout

ORIGINAL SOURCE INFO
------------------------

Well, I don't have any. It's from silver bottom CD's and it came to me in SHN.
But I can attest to it's excellent quality.

Yes
04/18/79
Quebec Coliseum
Quebec City, QUE Quebec Coliseum

Disc 1
1 Opening 1:20
2 Siberian Khatru 9:34
3 Heart Of The Sunrise 11:44
4 Future Times ... Rejoice 6:49
5 Circus Of Heaven 5:57
6 Time And A Word- Long Distance Runaround- The Fish- Perpetual
Change- Soon 25:58
7 Don't Kill The Whale 4:40
8 The Clap 5:00

Disc 2
9 Starship Trooper 11:57
10 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom 8:21
11 Rick Wakeman Solo 6:03
12 Awaken 16:51
13 Tour Song 2:54
14 I've Seen All People 9:50
15 Roundabout 10:42

Comments: This is one of my best sounding bootlegs. This is an
extremely clear, low gen radio broadcast (or possibly soundboard).
Some static was removed using Wavelab, and the bass was increased a
bit. This was distrubuted on Yesswap, as "Siberian Cat-tru" and there
is some very silly artwork.

Lineage: Silver CD > EAC (secure) > Wavelab 4.0 > CDWAV > CD > EAC
(Secure) > mkW/SHN

Here is the companion interview I posted about on the Yes - Toronto 4-20-1979 show. I actually got the facts a little skewed: it wasn't a female caller, it was a male caller. I've corrected the post on that torrent (I odn't know why I thought it was a female; had a brain fart I guess).

Chris Squire
CHUM FM radio
Toronto, Canada
April 19, 1979

lineage: cassette I got in a trade back in the 80's > PC > SoundForge > WAV > FLAC > you

CD (approx 36 minutes)
1.01 Round Stage (6.03)
1.02 2nd Solo Album (3.14)
1.03 The Fish Nickname (1.24)
1.04 Caller Kevin (2.53)
1.05 Caller Jerry (the CTTE request) (0.59)
1.06 Caller X (3.26)
1.07 Caller Bill (2.01)
1.08 Tormato (3.04)
1.09 Collecting & Effects (2.54)
1.10 Playing Bass (5.11)
1.11 Bass Players (4.41)

Enjoy!

Relayerman

Ripped, converted to .shn, and shared by dave ;]
Received as: 1979, 04-20 - PKingston
Seeded on Dime Sept 2008 by vs

(As always, you can help thank dave ;] for his shares if you'd like, by
keeping the info with the files and the files in their original state).

Lineage: ?>CDR Trade>EAC>Wav>Shn

Track List:

Disc One
1.01 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1.39)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.31)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (12.14)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.13)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (6.08)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.05)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround (3.04)
1.08 The Fish ~ Survival (6.35)
1.09 Perpetual Change (4.58)
1.10 Soon (8.58)
1.11 I've Seen All Good People (7.21)
1.12 The Clap (4.37)

Disc Two
2.01 And You And I (10.49)
2.02 Wakeman Solo (5.54)
2.03 Close To The Edge (19.12)
2.04 Tour Song (2.27)
2.05 Starship Trooper (12.43)
2.06 Roundabout (9.26)

Forgotten Yesterdays info:

Yes - Tormato Tour
Date : Friday, April 20, 1979
City : Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Venue : Maple Leaf Gardens
Capacity : 17,000

Lineup : Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)

Setlist : Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Siberian Khatru
Heart Of The Sunrise
Future Times/Rejoice
Circus Of Heaven
Time And A Word/Long Distance Runaround/Survival/The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)/Perpetual Change/Soon
I've Seen All Good People
Clap
And You And I
Wakeman Solo
Close To The Edge
Tour Song
Starship Trooper
Roundabout

'Don't Kill The Whale' dropped
'On The Silent Wings Of Freedom' dropped
'Awaken' dropped

Yes
Grind To Grind
1979-04-23
23rd April 1979
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL.
Soundboard Recording
Tormato Tour
Artwork Included
Clever Trevor Refix
Quality B.
Time 32.50

Lineage TradeDataDisc>HD>Audacity>Dime

Clever Trevor's Notes............
A nice snippet of a great show. Did a pitch correcction,fixed a one second
gap in Rejoice. Increased the bass a bit and lowered the treble.
Checked SBE's with Trader's Little Helper.
Dedicated to all the Garry's from South Shields.

Jon Anderson-Vocals
Steve Howe-Guitars
Chris Squire-Bass
Rick Wakeman-Keyboards
Alan White-Drums

1.01 Intro (1.16)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.54)
1.03 Future Times - Rejoice (7.20)
1.04 Circus Of Heaven (5.10)
1.05 Birthday Song (1.09)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.04)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround (2.57)

yestorrent

Yes
1979-04-23
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL.

Lineage: Soundboard -> pre-FM tape (?) -> Maxell XLII cassette -> 24 bit 48 kHz transfer -> downsampled -> FLAC
Quality: A, with some tape hiss

Tracks:
1.01 Young Person's Guide - Close Encounters Intro (3.07)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.28)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.56)
1.04 Future Times - Rejoice (short glitch at about 4.56) (7.17)
1.05 Circus of Heaven (5.06)
1.06 Anniversary Announcement (1.06)
1.07 Anniversary Medley (incomplete) (6.50)
        - Time And A Word
        - Long Distance Runaround
1.08 Announcer Outro (0.18)

Artist: Yes
Date: 1979-04-24
Location: Omaha, NE
Venue: Omaha Civic Auditorium Arena

Source: Audience

Lineage: Master Cassettes>Dat(0)>wav(16/48)>wav(16/44)>flac
Transfer Master Cassettes>Dat(0): Scotch Master II 90 Cassettes>Nakamichi BX-2
>Sony D-8 done in Oct 1997
Transfer Dat(0)>wav(16/48): Maxell HS-4/60s>Tascam DA-20(S/PDIF out)>audiophile 192(S/PDIF in)>audacity>wav(16/48) done in Oct 2009
Taping Gear: Sennhieser 421's>UHER CR134

Taped By: Jeff J.
Dat(0) Transferred By: weedwacker

Band Members:
Jon Anderson - vocals
Steve Howe - guitar
Chris Squire - bass
Rick Wakeman - keyboards
Alan White - drums

Setlist:
1.01 Siberian Kahatru (11.00)
1.02 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.35)
1.03 Future Times (4.07)
1.04 Rejoice (3.07)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.48)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.03)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround (3.16)
1.08 The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) (cut in the middle) (6.10)
1.09 Perpetual Change (6.12)
1.10 Soon (7.55)
1.11 The Clap (5.12)

2.01 Starship Trooper (12.03)
2.02 And You And I (end missing) (9.37)
2.03 Rick Wakeman Solo (5.51)
2.04 Awaken (17.43)
2.05 The Omaha Song (2.51)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (7.40)

Length: 124:18

Notes:
Digital transfer(2009) of Charley C.'s dat(0) tape dubbed off the taper's master cassettes(1997). This is an excellent sounding recording. The taper's recollection was a second encore wasn't played this night like at other shows from this tour. This show captures Yes touring in support of their Tormato album. Also included are ticket stub scans, ads and reviews for this show.

1.01 Concert Promo (0.55)
1.02 Close Encounters Intro (1.55)
1.03 Siberian Khatru (10.39)
1.04 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.50)
1.05 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.20)
1.06 Circus Of Heaven (5.09)
1.07 Medley Intro (0.50)
1.08 Medley (27.33)
- Time And A Word
- Long Distance Runaround
- The Fish
- Perpetual Change
- Soon

2.01 The Clap (5.33)
2.02 Starship Trooper (12.24)
2.03 And You And I (10.24)
2.04 Rick Wakeman Solo (5.37)
2.05 Awaken (17.58)
2.06 Tour Song (2.38)
2.07 I've Seen All Good People (10.51)
2.08 Roundabout (8.35)

Shaun Toole Remaster April 2003.
Gap at end of And You And I patched with alternate recording of same date.

LDB Special Series #191

Out of my 7,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I'd like to propose you. Most of these come from my cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won't be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my reward for all the work involved in this project.

DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3's is the right way to make me stop sharing music here.

YES
Vancouver, PNE Coliseum
May 5, 1979

1.01 Intro ~ Siberian Khatru (13.17)
1.02 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.21)
1.03 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.39)
1.04 Circus Of Heaven (5.37)
1.05 Medley: (28.27)
        Time And A Word
        Long Distance Runaround
        Survival
        The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
        Perpetual Change
        Soon
1.06 The Clap (4.55)

2.01 And You And I (10.40)
2.02 Starship Trooper (11.17)
2.03 Rick Wakeman Solo ~ Awaken (24.00)
2.04 Tour Song (2.16)
2.05 I've Seen All Good People (7.56)
2.06 Roundabout (8.48)

TT 136:18

Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)

Lineage: Unknown recording device > n Generation Tape > Aiwa Tape Deck TC-WE475 > Audiophile 2496 Soundblaster > HD > SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

This one was traded to me as soundboard and I see it is labelled as such in some websites. But in my view is 'just' an excellent audience source. Good show, Jon and the band were very inspired.
I was in Vancouver a few months ago and... what a great place to live!
Pretty standard setlist for the Tormato tour but played very well! This is vintage Yes from 30 years ago!

ldb

YES
Pacific Coliseum
Vancouver, British Columbia
May 5, 1979

Jon Anderson
Steve Howe
Chris Squire
Rick Wakeman
Alan White

From the silver boot release "Seventh Age Imagination"
Highland 229/230

lineage: silver pressed CDs>EAC>wav (disc 2 only*)>CD wav>FLAC (level 8)

*my original disc 2 has all of the songs split into three tracks;
I used CD wav to separate them correctly, then converted both discs to
FLAC using Traders Little Helper, which also verified them as lossless.

Disc 1

1.01 Opening (3.03)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.12)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.59)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.23)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (6.06)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.04)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround (3.18)
1.08 The Fish ~ Survival ~ Ritual (7.16)
1.09 Perpetual Change (4.41)
1.10 Soon (8.46)

Disc 2

2.01 The Clap (5.49)
2.02 And You And I (10.37)
2.03 Starship Trooper (10.49)
2.04 Excerpts From "The Six Wives Of Henry VII" ~ "The Foret" (5.57)
2.05 Awaken (17.57)
2.06 Tour Song (2.15)
2.07 I've Seen All Good People (7.57)
2.08 Roundabout (9.07)

Notes: outstanding audience recording (especially considering that it's
from 30 years ago) from one of the last shows of the spring '79 tour.
Many (including myself, when I first heard it) mistake it for a sound-
board or FM recording. Nice stereo sound.

From a review of this show on 'Forgotten Yesterdays':
"I remember dragging my Led Zep fiend buddy to this show. He was a skeptic.
At the end of the show he turned to me and said it was better than that
Zep show in the Kingdome, which is legendary. I wallowed in smug pride for
my favourite band."

Judge for yourself.

YES
5-5-79
Pacific Coliseum- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
SBD: ?
Lineup : Jon Anderson / Steve Howe / Chris Squire / Rick Wakeman / Alan White /

1.01 Young Persons Guide Intro (1.38)
1.02 Close Encounters Intro ~ Siberian Khatru (11.35)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.17)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.36)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.50)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.39)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround (3.10)
1.08 The Fish ~ Survival (7.25)
1.09 Perpetual Change (4.03)
1.10 Soon (8.22)

2.01 The Clap (5.28)
2.02 And You And I (10.20)
2.03 Starship Trooper (10.52)
2.04 Rick Wakeman Solo (6.23)
2.05 Awaken (17.53)
2.06 Vancouver Song (2.15)
2.07 I've Seen All Good People (8.18)
2.08 Roundabout (8.29)

Yes
Spokane Arena
Spokane, WA
May 6, 1979

**Low-circulation recording**

Lineage: master or first-gen tape -> audio CD -> EAC -> FLAC

These files are a straight rip of the audio CD with no mastering.

Good-sounding tape, great performance. Some cuts in the applause between songs. I detected some tape drive problems that mess things up at a few points along the line, but they come and go.

"It's living up to my expectations." -- anonymous voice in the crowd

TheTooleMan
July, 2011

Lineup :
Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)

Tracks
CD 1:
1.01 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1.00)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.10)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.45)
1.04 Future Times (4.14)
1.05 Rejoice (2.55)
1.06 Circus Of Heaven (5.27)
1.07 Time And A Word (4.14)
1.08 Long Distance Runaround (3.25)
1.09 The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) - Survival (7.25)
1.10 Perpetual Change (4.59)
1.11 The Gates of Delirium (Soon) (8.47)
1.12 The Clap (5.18)

CD 2:
2.01 And You And I (10.50)
2.02 Starship Trooper (11.40)
2.03 Wakeman Solo (5.49)
2.04 Awaken (17.48)
2.05 Tour Song (2.03)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (6.59)
2.07 Roundabout (8.58)

Yes
Long Beach, CA
1979-05-25

Most likely a monitor mix feed!

**Low-circulation recording**
** A TooleMan Remaster **

Lineage:

Date : Friday, May 25, 1979 (27 years and 20 days ago)
City : Long Beach, California, United States Of America
Venue : Long Beach Arena
Capacity : 14,000
Lineup :
Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)
Setlist :

1.01 Young Person's Guide Intro - Close Encounters Intro (4.00)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.06)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.32)
1.04 Future Times - Rejoice (7.22)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.31)
1.06 Medley: (27.36)
        Time And A Word
        Long Distance Runaround
        Survival
        The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
        Perpetual Change
        Soon
1.07 The Clap (6.09)

2.01 And You And I (10.49)
2.02 Starship Trooper (11.41)
2.03 Wakeman Solo (6.23)
2.04 Awaken (17.10)
2.05 Tour Song (2.14)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (8.21)
2.07 Roundabout (8.27)

YES
1979-05-26
Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, California

Excellent Sounding Complete Audience Recording
Analog Master>DAT>CDR>EAC>WAV>TLH>FLAC>DIME
From the collection of;"MVH"
Uploaded by; "Lucifer Burns"

Setlist

DISC 1
1.01 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Intro (2.32)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (11.50)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.05)
1.04 Future Times ~ Rejoice (7.40)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.17)
1.06 Time And A Word (4.59)
1.07 Long Distance Runaround ~ Survival ~ The Fish ~ Perpetual Change ~ Soon (24.00)

DISC 2
2.01 The Clap (5.35)
2.02 And You And I (11.05)
2.03 Starship Trooper (11.50)
2.04 Rick Wakeman Solo (6.47)
2.05 Awaken (17.45)
2.06 Tour Song (2.00)
2.07 I've Seen All Good People (7.30)
2.08 Roundabout (9.14)

Musicians;
Jon Anderson- Vocals
Chris Squire- Bass
Steve Howe- Guitar
Rick Wakeman- Keyboards
Alan White- Drums

Although it is from the Master, it was recieved in trade and has been cloned many times on CDR.
This is the reason the person who recorded the preformance is not named.

By "popular" demand, here is some more "low Gen" YES recordings.

I will let the artist & their music speak for themsleves.
Comments from YOU, the listener will be much more interesting.

This my way of giving back to all those who have shared and continue uploaded all their great YES recordings!

==================================================================================================================

In Colours Of Jade (Virtuoso 093/094)
Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA - May 26th, 1979

Disc 1 (67:25): Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Siberian Khatru, Heart Of The Sunrise, Future Times / Rejoice, Circus Of Heaven, Time And A Word / Long Distance Runaround / The Fish / Survival / Perpetual Change / Soon

Disc 2 (71:49): Clap, And You And I, Starship Trooper, Rick Wakeman solo, Awaken, Tour Song, I’ve Seen All Good People, Roundabout

Yes’ Ten True Summers tour was booked almost exclusively to record for a planned live album. Tormato had already been thoroughly promoted the previous year and only two songs remained in the set from their latest effort. (”Arriving U.F.O.” would appear in a few shows in the final week).

It began on the west coast in Fresno on May 24th. Following Fresno Yes played two nights in Long Beach, and In Colours Of Jade captures the second night utilizing an excellent audience recording. It’s very detailed and clear with nice definition in the individual instruments. The bass and lower frequencies nicely compliment the upper register. It’s loud without distorting the recording and creates a heavy atmosphere to the show. There is a cut eight seconds in to “I’ve Seen All Good People,” but otherwise it is complete.

Yes replaced the “Firebird Suite” introduction with two intros: an except from Benjamin Britten’s “Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra” and a bit from the score to “Close Encounters Of The Third Kind” written by John Williams.

“Siberian Khatru” and “Heart Of The Sunrise” open the show, the same dark opening from the Yessongs triple live LP from six years before.

“Saturday night southern California” Jon Anderson says before they continue with a lively version of ”Future Times / Rejoice,” followed by a song “for the imagination,” “Circus Of Heaven.” The half hour long big medley is a conscious nod to their history, hitting upon all of the previous incarnations of the band including Relayer.

Anderson next introduces the “fast and furious fingers of Steve Howe.” Howe plays “Clap” with an interlude of “Surface Tension” from The Steve Howe Album which had just hit the record store shelves. Devastating versions of “And You And I” and “Starship Trooper” continue the show. The latter sounds curiously dated in this recording, sounding like an old relic resurrected for the night.

Rick Wakeman’s solo includes excerpts from The Six Wives Of Henry VIIIand ends with a rare quote from Gershwin’s “Rhapsody In Blue.” The ends with “Awaken,” the only song in the set from their preivous album Going For The One. Wakeman favors very deep, heavy tones on the keyboards lending a strange tone to the piece.

The encores begin with the “Tour Song” which has the same melody as other stops but with lyrics specific to partying in Long Beach on a Saturday night. “Roundabout” is introduced as “The Long Beach Boogie,” ending the evening.

Lighthouse have been releasing their Yes titles of late on CDR labels such as Amity. It’s surprising to see them release two Yes silvers at this time. Their choice of tapes is erratic. In Colours Of Jade is a very good release worth having while Master Degree, released at the same time, is not. Yes were a hot band several years ago and had many great silver pressed titles released, but those days are past.

YES
1979-05-26
Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, California

###TheTooleMan Mix###

Thanks to "Lucifer Burns" for providing this wonderful recording. It's beyond
any standard Yes audience recording I've ever heard except for a few by Mike Millard...
which makes me wonder if he didn't record this gem. It was in his home territory, after
all.

Mix notes:

I did the following: repaired or spliced out several small gaps, balanced stereo
channels to provide an optimum sound field, repaired a previous attempt by someone else
to repair a gap in "Wurm;" mixed a tell-tale cut in "All Good People" to keeping the tempo of the song correct while filling the gap with audience noise to make the missing
lyric less jarring.

Audio watermark:
Because I've been ripped off many times in the past by so-called progressive rock
restoration groups, and because sales of my mixes have been reported in such far-flung and exotic locations as Atlanta and Japan, you will find an "audio watermark" in this recording.
This watermark will definitively identify this version of this recording as having been mixed by me. Others who want to use this mix will have to deal with it. They should, after all, go to the original tape and not use my work as the foundation for theirs. The watermark is designed to be difficult to remove. I feel this is a small price for downloaders to pay for two hours of total Yes music enjoyment. It only occurs once and then it's over.

My complaints department is staffed by Helen Wait. If you wish to complain about it, go to Helen Wait.

Peace be upon you,

TheTooleMan
November, 2010

Notes by "Lucifer Burns" follow:
Excellent Sounding Complete Audience Recording
Analog Master>DAT>CDR>EAC>WAV>TLH>FLAC>DIME
From the collection of;"MVH"
Uploaded (on Dimeadozen) by; "Lucifer Burns"

Setlist

DISC 1
1.01 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Intro (3.58)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.29)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.33)
1.04 Future Times - Rejoice (7.18)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (5.31)
1.06 Time And A Word - Long Distance Runaround - Survival - The Fish - Perpetual Change - Soon (28.01)

DISC 2
2.01 The Clap (6.35)
2.02 And You And I (10.32)
2.03 Starship Trooper (11.53)
2.04 Keyboard Solo (6.07)
2.05 Awaken (11.29)
2.06 Awaken (cont) (5.58)
2.07 Tour Song (2.21)
2.08 I've Seen All Good People (7.36)
2.09 Roundabout (8.22)

Musicians;
Jon Anderson- Vocals
Chris Squire- Bass
Steve Howe- Guitar
Rick Wakeman- Keyboards
Alan White- Drums

Although it is from the Master, it was recieved in trade and has been cloned many times on CDR. This is the reason the person who recorded the preformance is not named.

By "popular" demand, here is some more "low Gen" YES recordings.

I will let the artist & their music speak for themsleves.
Comments from YOU, the listener will be much more interesting.

This my way of giving back to all those who have shared and continue uploaded all their great YES recordings!

Yes
1979-06-01
Austin, TX
Frank C. Erwin Special Events Center

**Low-circulation recording**

Lineage: master or first-generation tape (my best guess) -> audio CD -> EAC -> TheTooleMan -> FLAC

I discovered I had this recording in my archive after receiving several other 1979 recordings from Alec B. and Paulie. Turns out this one came to me years ago from Alec B. It's not a great tape, but I thought it should be shared for the sake of completeness.

The recording is marred by several drop-outs or partial erasures lasting less than one second each. While I couldn't do anything about these drop-outs, I did reduce the 60 Hz hum and normalized the audio level to a fairly standard setting.
The CD's I received are untracked copies of the sides of cassette tapes, so I tracked the songs as seen below. I also noted where a couple of tracks are missing from the tape.

Have fun!
TheTooleMan
June, 2011

Date : Friday, June 01, 1979
City : Austin, Texas, United States Of America
Venue : Frank C. Erwin Jr., Special Events Center , The
Capacity : 9,000
Lineup :
Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)

Forgotten Yesterdays lists tracks that were either not recorded or not included in the CD's I received.
Missing tracks are noted.

1.01 Young Person's Guide Intro - Close Encounters Intro (3.41)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.11)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.54)
1.04 Future Times - Rejoice (7.18)
1.05 Circus Of Heaven (4.59)
1.06 Medley: (31.04)
        Time And A Word
        Long Distance Runaround
        Survival
        The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
        Perpetual Change
        Soon
1.07 The Clap Pt. 1 (tape flip) (2.59)
1.08 The Clap Pt. 2 (3.46)

2.01 Starship Trooper (12.18)
2.02 Wakeman Solo (5.58)
2.03 Awaken (17.54)
2.04 I've Seen All Good People (7.13)

Not recorded: And You And I - Tour Song - Roundabout

Yes
1979-06-03
Houston TX
Sam Houston Coliseum

Half-decent but rare recording stereo audience recording of Yes as they neared the end of their 1978-79 anniversary tour. Many stage announcements were cut, and one or two songs from the long medley were not captured during the original taping at the show.

My best guess at lineage: First-generation tape, engineered with crossfades, fade-outs, and volume adjustments during the dubbing process.

Minor level adjustments made by TheTooleMan, June 2011 to eliminate clipping. No other EQ or mastering techniques were applied.

Tracks are as they appeared on the CD's I received from PR.

Enjoy!
TheTooleMan
June, 2011

Tracks
Disk 1
1.01 Young Person's Guide Intro - Close Encounters Intro (2.25)
1.02 Siberian Khatru (10.02)
1.03 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.20)
1.04 Future Times (4.11)
1.05 Rejoice (2.44)
1.06 Circus Of Heaven (4.59)
1.07 Time And A Word (4.14)
1.08 The Fish (featuring discussion about cutting "Long Distance Runaround") (1.14)
1.09 Perpetual Change (3.11)
1.10 Soon (8.12)

Disk 2
2.01 The Clap (5.32)
2.02 And You And I (9.51)
2.03 Starship Trooper (11.12)
2.04 Rick Wakeman (5.47)
2.05 Awaken (17.07)
2.06 Tour Song (1.25)
2.07 I've Seen All Good People (7.39)
2.08 Roundabout (8.36)

From ForgottenYesterdays.com:
Date : Sunday, June 03, 1979
City : Houston, Texas, United States Of America
Venue : Sam Houston Coliseum
Capacity : 9,200
Lineup :
Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)
Setlist :
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Siberian Khatru
Heart Of The Sunrise
Future Times/Rejoice
Circus Of Heaven
Time And A Word/Long Distance Runaround/Survival/The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)/Perpetual Change/Soon
Clap
And You And I
Starship Trooper
Wakeman Solo
Awaken
Tour Song
I've Seen All Good People
Roundabout

I am seeding this show by request. I think its probably been seeded here before, but it does not appear to be on the tracker at the moment.

Yes
Ampitheatre
Chicago, IL
June 9, 1979
FM

CDs > FLAC > you

Disc 1
1. Intro / Siberian Khatru
2. Heart Of The Sunrise
3. Future Times / Rejoice
4. Circus Of Heaven
5. big medley (Time And A Word, Long Distance Runaround, The Fish, Perpetual Change, Soon)
6. Madrigal ***
7. Clap

Disc 2
1. And You & I
2. Starship Trooper
3. Wakeman Solo
4. Awaken
(5. Tour Song - not included; officially released)
6. I've Seen All Good People
7. Roundabout

*** Madrigal probably does not belong in the set as I can find no other evidence in any other show of the '79 tour where it was played. My recommendation would be to leave that out if burning to CD. Its included here as it was on my CD copy that I got in a trade.

I originally got this show in a cassette trade years ago and Madrigal was not included, show ran fast, and had some bad spots here and there. Consequently, over time, I managed to get a CD copy from someone else which is what I've presented here. Much better than my tape, but doesn't match the other 2 widely circulated boots of this show, Chicago Of Heaven '79 (Cat Food 002) and Gates Of Heaven (Highland). I have, however, included the artwork for both of those in case anyone is interested.

Enjoy!

Relayerman

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Notes Remy:

'Madrigal' left out (not from this show)
'Tour Song' added, although it's an official release

1.01 Intro - Siberian Khatru (10.45)
1.02 Heart Of The Sunrise (11.33)
1.03 Future Times - Rejoice (7.45)
1.04 Circus Of Heaven (5.06)
1.05 Big Medley (29.29):
      Time And A Word
      Long Distance Runaround
      The Fish
      Perpetual Change
      Soon
1.06 The Clap (5.51)

2.01 And You And I (11.37)
2.02 Starship Trooper (11.09)
2.03 Wakeman Solo (6.21)
2.04 Awaken (17.35)
2.05 Tour Song (3.02)
2.06 I've Seen All Good People (7.07)
2.07 Roundabout (9.07)