Sunday, August 7, 2011

ABWH - 1989-08-06 - Mansfield, Mass

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Dr. Forrester said...

yessongs in the woods with
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe
Jon Anderson- vocals
Bill Bruford- drums
Rick Wakeman- keyboards
Steve Howe- guitar
Tony Levin- bass
Great Woods Performing Arts Center
Mansfield, Mass. U.S.A.
August 6, 1989
performance quality: A, my favorite 89 performance
recording quality: B
source: 1st gen. audience tapes (2 sources)
runtime: 146:50
lineage: Realistic twinhead stereo mike >
Sony D-6 cassette deck >
(1st track only, Sony auto levelling deck w/built in mikes) >
Maxell XLII-S cassettes >
played on Naka. 125 into soundforge 4.5 >
CD > CD extractor > FLAC 6 > torrentially yours.
setlist: first set (69:49)
1: young person's guide to the orchestra intro 2:29
2: time and a word > 2:56
3: owner of a lonely heart > teakbois > 3:13
4: time and a word reprise 1:14
5: the clap 4:29
6: mood for a day 4:45
7: keyboard solo 5:41
8: long distance runaround > 3:27
9: drums > 3:00
10: birthright 7:17
11: and you and I 9:38
12: all good people 9:19
20: starship trooper (final encore) 12:18 (applause fades in and out before and after)

second set and encores (77:01)
13: close to the edge 21:26
14: themes > drums and bass 10:29
15: brother of mine 10:26
16: the meeting 5:42
17: heart of the sunrise 11:26
18: order of the universe 8:40
19: roundabout 8:51 (applause fades in and out before and after)

comments:
sometimes the first time you do something is the best, and this was the 1st
and best of 3 ABWH shows I saw in 1989 and 90. the 1st try to record was a total
failure for me, I was using a borrowed deck I'd never used before and had no
record level indicator so I had no idea if it was recording or not. At least
this time there was another 2 tapers, one with a deck much like the one I tried
to use for this show (with a little better result in Maine 6 days later). This
was a very good show, the crowd was into it and the performance was tight. Tony
Levin is from Mass. and always gets a warm reception here. I've heard about 6 of
the ABWH shows, a couple were dime DL's. This is my favorite performance.
the recording is nothing "hi-fi" but pretty listenable, not bad for a pavillion
audience recording (I hate going to pavillion shows, this was a rare exception
I made not once but twice for this tour.) Unfortunately I had lost the services
of a 2nd D-6 deck before this tour, which I was familiar with and had good results
with at a few other shows. no "special" songs in this set, but all my favorite
songs from then- current album are in here and there wasn't a weak number in the
whole show.
Woods are great.
ABWH is great.

August 7, 2011 at 6:52 PM

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