BROOKLYNSTEVE: 03/06/15

March 6, 2015

YES - Mid South Coliseum - Memphis TN - 06/04/1976

http://www.filefactory.com/file/1gn8wqcf6t0x/YES%20%201976-06-04%20-%20Mid%20South%20Coliseum%20-%20Memphis%20TN.rar

YES - Wolverhampton, UK October 11, 1971

Yes
Wolverhampton, UK
October 11, 1971

This is my third attempt to produce a good-quality version of the Wolverhampton show, and my most successful. I obtained a higher-quality, lower-generation stereo copy of the show from Steve "Relayerman" Wehner. Most of the stereo content of the show is preserved here, but on a few tracks - Perpetual Change and Yours Is No Disgrace, to be exact - the left channel was so damaged and muddy that I went with the right channel and Sound Forge's Acoustic Mirror audio processor, to give a stereo feel that works with the rest of the recording.

The copy of the recording is the first I have found with the tracks in what I believe is the correct order. Most have the Wakeman solo and Long Distance Runaround/The Fish transposed. This was probably done by a dubious bootlegger to make the recording fit a 90-minute cassette better than the original order; as a result, this has become the defacto sequence of the set. Note the on-stage bantering and guitar riff played by Howe which leads directly into Anderson's introduction of Perpetual Change. This is all one sequence in the set between the two pieces. I discovered this mis-ordering when working on the 30th anniversary remaster of this show in late 2001, and set the tracks in the correct order on that release. The "7 From 71" version of the show was taken from another cassette and was missing some of the banter between the boys, and I did not change the sequence on that version.

There is no way to know how many more remasters there will be of this important and complete show, or whether this one will be my last attempt, but hopefully each will be better than the last.

Tracks:

Disc One:

Firebird Suite
Roundabout
I've Seen All Good People
Mood for a Day
Clap
Heart of the Sunrise
Long Distance Runaround
The Fish

Disc Two:

Rick Wakeman
Perpetual Change
Yours Is No Disgrace http://www.filefactory.com/file/4rqr72ocplub/yes1971-10-11.rar

YES - IT'S LOVE New York City, New York, United States Of America Gaelic Park - 07/23/1971

July 23, 1971
New York City, New York, United States Of America
Gaelic Park

Lineup :

Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Bill Bruford (Drums)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Tony Kaye (Keyboards)
Chris Squire (Bass)

Setlist :

Introduction / Yours Is No Disgrace
I've Seen All Good People
Clap / Classical Gas
Perpetual Change
It's Love

I got my version of this show in a trade in the late 70's on cassette tape. It was improperly labeled as 7-21-71 and at the time there wasn't any tour schedule available to verify. When I attended the first Yes convention in Cherry Hill, NJ in 1985 I gave my trade list to DJ Ed Sciaky. Being the Yes fan that he was he corrected the date for me and proceeded to tell me a few anecdotes about the band and his first meeting with them on that tour.

I don't know the lineage or generation of my version, but the quality is as good or better than the Highland version. I classify this version as an upgrade for a couple of reasons. One, it is speed-corrected and runs about two and half minutes longer. The last song is from the same source whereas the Highland version has been processed with reverb and some sound widening (why, I don't know). My version appears to be the most complete albeit if only a few seconds more of crowd or in-between song chatter.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/3g1fiekwbhc7/yes1971-07-23.rar