Sunday, October 23, 2011

Yes - 1977-08-23 - Detroit, MI

Source 1 - Part 1 Part 2
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Dr. Forrester said...

Source 1 -

YES: DETROIT SPECIAL-Cobo Hall, Detroit-August 23, 1977 (complete show) & August 17, 1976 (remaining tracks not officially released)-All from 1st Gen Tapes

1st Gen Tapes>dat>cd-r>Bias Peak Pro 5.21>XACT>flac

Here is a wonderful snapshot of YES in their prime, featuring the band in 1977 and 1976, all from first-generation tapes. These are both very fine shows, EX- sound quality for the 1977 and EX sound quality for the 1976. The same taper did both shows and used great equipment, as the results show. One song sample provided for each show (Going for the One-1977 & Heart of the Sunrise-1976). Detroit concerts from the 1970s (and the city's great audiences) are always special, so here's a Detroit Special for all Yes fans to enjoy.

Cobo Hall, Detroit-August 23, 1977-1st Gen Tape. None of this has ever been officially released.

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

Setlist:
Disc One: (68:15)
1.Firebird Suite/Parallels
2.I've Seen All Good People
3.Close To The Edge
4.Wonderous Stories
5.Colors Of The Rainbow/Turn Of The Century
6.Tour Song/And You And I
7.Going For The One
Disc Two: (44:02)
8.Awaken
9.Starship Trooper
10.Roundabout

AND, AS AN EXTRA BONUS:

Cobo Hall, Detroit-August 17, 1976-1st Gen Tape.

These are the remaining Detroit tracks that were NOT INCLUDED on the official releases "Yes Shows" and "The Word is Live." Here are the rest of the songs from this superb 1976 concert. The band obviously thought this was a hot show, because they have released half of it during the past 30 years. The remaining tracks included here have never been officially released. The lineup is the same, except Patrick Moraz is on keyboards, not Rick Wakeman. Excellent, sharp recording!

Disc Three: (48:36)
11.I've Seen All Good People
12.Long Distance Runaround/Moraz Solo
13.The Clap
14.Harp Solo
15.Heart Of The Sunrise
16.Roundabout

October 23, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Dr. Forrester said...

Source 2 -

Yes
Going for the One Tour
Cobo Hall
Detroit, MI
1977-08-23

The date 7-7-7 marked the 30th anniversary of the release of Going For The One, reuniting the
"Classic Yes Line-up," so I thought it would be fun to seed the shows I have in my collection on
or near the dates of their 30th anniversaries.

This is the second of two nights Yes performed at Detroit's Cobo Hall. It features the first tour
performance of their new album's title track, "Going For The One."

High-quality audience recording
Remastered August, 2007 by TheTooleMan

Lineage: unknown 1st gen tape (http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=135963) Sound Forge -> FLAC
Thanks to Mesquite for the original seed!

This is a high-quality recording , much better than that of the first night in Detroit, but Yes sounded like they needed
a laxative. Turned out the tape ran about 40 cents too slow. There were a couple of tiny gaps that I cut out, as
well as an odd "bumping" sound in several places, usually during applause. The tape also had some auto-level
artifacts - loud bass would pull down the level of all the other instruments. This was reversed by painstaking
manual edits in Sound Forge. A gap in "Wondrous Stories" was removed by quickly cross-fading between the
two ragged ends, which smooths out the transition that was probably caused by a tape flip. An abrupt cut in the
applause following this song was smoothed out with some transplanted applause from another spot in the tape.

The result is one of the best recordings of Yes on the GFTO tour.

TheTooleMan
August, 2007

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

Tracks
Disk 1:
Firebird Suite
Parallels
I've Seen All Good People
Close To The Edge
Wonderous Stories
Colours Of The Rainbow
Turn Of The Century
And You And I

Disk 2:
Going For The One *
Flight Jam
Awaken
Starship Trooper
Yours Is No Disgrace

*According to Jon Anderson's announcement, this is the first performance of the title song of their new album.

October 23, 2011 at 10:05 AM

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