Monday, November 7, 2011

Yes - 2003-07-01 - London

Part 1
Part 2

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  1. Yes Full Circle Tour 2003-07-01, London Hammersmith Apollo
    Uncirculated audience DAT master. New transfer.

    I made the recording from the rear stalls up until the encores when I moved to nearer the stage. Therefore the sound levels increased noticeably after that point and some adjustments had to be made. A little oversaturation may still be evident although the level is now consistent throughout the set. I removed only a few whoops and mic bumps and normalized the inter song applause to a more comfortable level for your listening pleasure.
    The band were on fine form both individually and collectively and seemed very fired up to play for the home crowd who were incredibly loud in their response. Many shouts of "I love you" and "Thank you" can be heard. I am a huge fan and was just as excited by it all but in a quiet way. The raw recording was pretty good but the finished master is better by far. I wish I knew how to post a sample.

    Lineage is: Powered tie-pin stereo mics>Sony D7>playback on Sony DTC ZE700 deck>optical cable spdif>Creative Audigy card>Soundforge(edits/rebalancing channels/track splitting/WAV hammering>flac level 6 aligned to sector boundaries.

    The band, in case you didn't know, are:

    Steve Howe: Guitars and vocals
    Alan White: Drums and percussion
    Jon Anderson: High vocals, out of tune guitar and percussion
    Chris Squire: Bass guitar and vocals
    Rick Wakeman: Keyboard wizardry and silver foil (no Indian take-outs this time though)

    The set:

    Disc One
    01. intro: Firebird Suite
    02. Siberian Khatru
    03. Magnification
    04. Don't Kill The Whale
    05. In The Presence Of
    06. Jon Talking
    07. We Have Heaven
    08. South Side Of The Sky
    09. Jon Talking
    10. And You And I

    Disc Two
    01. Jon Talking
    02. Steve Howe Solo: To Be Over
    03. Steve Howe Solo: The Clap
    (Second set)
    04. Jon Anderson Solo: Talking
    05. Jon Anderson Solo: Happy Birthday tune
    06. Jon Anderson Solo: Show Me
    07. Rick Wakeman Solo: Medley
    08. Heart Of The Sunrise
    09. Long Distance Runaround
    10. Whitefish (bass of course)

    Disc Three
    01. Awaken
    02. All Good People/Your Move
    03. Roundabout
    04. Yours Is No Disgrace

    Well there you have it. All served up on a bed of wholegrain flac for your aural pleasure. I feel a sense of great karmic fulfilment having prepared this for sharing after all the great work that I have benefitted from curtesy of the many Yes torrenters out there. If I forgot to say thank you before, here it is now. Enjoy!

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