Yes - Superstar Concert Series ~ Wembley Arena, London, England, U.K. June 29, 1991 (Pre-FM)

Yes
Wembley Arena
London, England, U.K.
June 29, 1991
Pre-FM Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

From Westwood One "Superstar Concert Series" broadcast vinyl

CD One

01 Suzy Cruz Intro 0:38
02 Rhythm Of Love 5:39
03 Shock To The System 5:24
04 Heart Of The Sunrise 11:12
05 Make It Easy / Owner Of A Lonely Heart 6:29
06 And You And I 10:40

CD Two

01 Changes 8:28
02 I've Seen All Good People 7:40
03 Lift Me Up 8:34
04 Awaken 11:47
05 Roundabout - radio outro 9:49

Jon Anderson - Lead & Backing Vocals
Bill Bruford - Electric Percussion, Electric drums
Steve Howe - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Tony Kaye - Keyboards
Trevor Rabin - Guitar, Midi-Guitar, Lead & Backing Vocals
Chris Squire - Bass, Bass Pedals, Backing Vocals
Rick Wakeman - Keyboards
Alan White - Acoustic Percussion, Acoustic Drums

One of my favorite concert memories was going to the Yes Union show at The Palace Of Auburn Hills. There was 9 of us that went in one van to make transportation easier. We all had scattered seats having bought them late. Only 2 of us sat together, Me and my great friend Gypsy Dan. The Gypsy and I have known each other a long time, bonding on our mutual love of all things Rock n Roll and marijuana!! We worked together in a production company called Red Eye Rock Productions that ran a weekly Red Eye Rock Fest in a big field in Northern Auburn Hills. He was also my weed man for decades...We sat together and were about 5 rows back from the rotating stage. Dan bought a program which I used to roll some really big joints. We lit one up just as a girl in front of us lit a cigarette. That's when we noticed an usher was only 2 rows behind us. The usher waled forward and told the girl to put her cigarette out. Dan and I kept smoking, she didn't say anything. We lit up another around the 3rd song and this girl in front of us lit another cigarette. The usher leaned over my shoulder while I had the program open in my lap with weed on it, tapped the girl and said "Next time I see you you will have to go stand in the back" then walked away. This girl then turned around and said to Dan and I "What the hell?" Dan and I just lit another doobie and offered her a hit. We never got bothered.....

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Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe - Paramount Theater: Seattle, Washington, USA March 15, 1990 (VgAud) - Tapehead2 Analog Master

Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe
Paramount Theater
Seattle, Washington, USA
March 15, 1990
Very Good Audience Recording - Tapehead2 Analog Master
Flac Level 8 24bit/96khz & MP3 320kbps/48khz
No Cover Art

A Tapehead2 Analog Master
Transfered And Presented By Krw_co

Lineage: Audience Analog Master > Nakamichi DR-1 (w/Manual Azimuth Adjustment) > Creative Soundblaser X-FI HD Model #SB12400 Wav(24/96khz) > MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab (For Krw Track Marks, Volume Adjustment & Edits) > Wav(24/96khz) > Trader's Little Helper > Flac Level 8

01 Young Persons Guide To The Orchestra 2:48
02 Time And A Word/Owner Of A Lonely Heart/Teakbois 8:25
03 Clap 5:34
04 Mood For A Day 5:01
05 Wakeman Solo 5:56
06 Long Distance Runaround 4:45
07 Bruford Solo 4:00
08 Birthright (tape flip edit) 7:51
09 And You And I 11:12
10 Themes 6:58
11 Levin/Bruford Duet 7:13
12 Close To The Edge (tape flip edit) 20:46
13 The Meeting 8:25
14 Brother Of Mine 12:25
15 Heart Of The Sunrise (tape flip edit) 25:13
16 Roundabout 6:58
17 Starship Trooper 16:34
18 Sweet Dreams 5:01

Total Playing Time: 2hr 45mn 7sc

Jon Anderson Vocals
Bill Bruford Drums
Steve Howe Guitar
Rick Wakeman Keyboards
Julian Colbeck Keyboards
Tony Levin Bass
Milton Mcdonald Guitar

Notes:
- raw transfer of analog master tape
- some channel phasing beginning of track 01
- bass is thin but audible through out recording mostly highs to low mids
- some popping during track 03
- someone rubs the mic felt at 4:04 track 04 no music affected
- track 04 mic cuts out at 4:50 / cuts back in 5:01 no music affected
- pop sound at :14 of track 08 no music affected
- track 08 thump at 7:09 pop at 7:14 no music affected
- track 12 sounds like mic felt being rubbed 9:23 to 9:35
- transition between track 12 and track 13 is a little rough
- track 14 mic cuts out and back in at 10:56

Now this transfer of Tapehead2's Analog Master via the Krw_co crew just popped up at the Trader's Den about a week ago. It's a raw transfer that has it's faults which I have noted the worst of. Now it also has it's advantages too. I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to this recording over and over since I downloaded it. So much so that my son Spider asked me to retire it for a while. I was being a little annoying, stopping and starting so I could catalog some blemish in the recording. Don't let the list of faults keep you from downloading most do not affect any music. It really is a nice listen! I'm sure someone will remaster this sooner or later, it's a great start, a little EQ and manual noise removal and this could be polished into a gem.

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Yes - The Richfield Coliseum: Cleveland, Ohio, USA September 9, 1978 (WMMS-FM) - eggplant2 Master Reel

Yes
The Richfield Coliseum
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
September 9, 1978
WMMS-FM Broadcast Recording - eggplant2 Master Reel
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: WMMS Broadcast > Kenwood Model Eleven III. Receiver > Akai GX-630D Reel to Reel (using low noise bias setting) > Scotch 207-7R-1800 Tape > (?) > Flac

Disc. 1

01 Close Encounters / Siberian Khatru 11:05
02 Heart Of The Sunrise 9:54
03 Future Times / Rejoice 6:53
04 Circus Of Heaven 5:00
05 Time And A Word Medley 24:56
06 Don't Kill The Whale 4:08
07 Madrigal / The Clap 5:14

Disc. 2

01 Starship Trooper 9:29
02 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom 8:33
03 The Six Wives Of Henry VIII 4:30
04 Awaken 15:25
05 I've Seen All Good People 7:41
06 Roundabout 8:34

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

This WMMS Broadcast Master recording is not really rare either but it is the lesser posted of the 1978 tour. I really love this show because it was a simulcast so it's warts and all. It's also a complete concert, some FM broadcasts are edited prerecorded affairs. The best performances picked and bad ones left out all that crap. As for the performance, these guys don't sound like a band that will be going it's separate ways after the tour.

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Yes - Long Beach Arena: Long Beach, CA March 19, 1974 (ExAud) - Mike Millard Master via JEMS

Yes
Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA
March 19, 1974
Mike Millard Master Tapes via JEMS
The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Volume 200
1644 Edition
Excellent Audience Recording - Millard Master
Flac 16bit/44,1khz & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Recording Gear: (Probably) Shure microphones > Sony TC-152SD Cassette Recorder

JEMS 2023 Transfer: Mike Millard Master Cassettes > Nakamichi RX-505 azimuth-adjusted playback > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity 3.1 capture > iZotope RX > iZotope RX9 Advanced and Ozone 9 > MBIT+ resample to 16/44.1 > Audacity > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

01 Pre-show
02 Intro: Firebird Suite excerpt
03 Siberian Khatru
04 And You And I
05 Close To The Edge
06 The Revealing Science Of God
07 The Ancient: Giants Under The Sun
08 Musical Interlude - Prelude - Ritual (nous sommes du soleil)
09 Roundabout
10 Starship Trooper

Known Faults: Dropouts in "Roundabout" and "Ritual" (mostly restored)

To most Yes fans looking back at Tales From Topographic Oceans, the biggest disappointment wasn't the album, tour or Rick Wakeman's departure after the tour. It's that no soundboard or broadcast recordings exist from the tour. There are however 73 different bootleg releases of the tour. All audience recordings of differing quality from unlistenable to this great Mike Millard audience recording. In my humble opinion if you want one good recording from this tour this is the one to have. The sound is really good, Mike the Mic had a great position and with The JEMS Team's great work with the transfer you have an awesome listening experience!

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Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe - Scottish Miracle ~ Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland October 22, 1989 (SBD)

 

Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe
Scottish Miracle - (Amity 160)
Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
Edinburgh, Scotland
October 22, 1989
Soundboard Recording
Flac Level 5 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: Original bootleg discs -> EZ CD Audio Converter -> FLAC level 5

Rosebud's Pick

CD1
101 Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
102 Time And A Word / Owner Of A Lonely Heart / Teakbois
103 Clap
104 Mood For A Day
105 Wakeman Solo
106 Long Distance Runaround
107 Bruford Solo
108 Birthright
109 And You And I
110 I've Seen All Good People
111 Close To The Edge

CD2
201 Themes
202 Levin / Bruford Duet
203 Brother Of Mine
204 The Meeting
205 Heart Of The Sunrise
206 Order Of The Universe
207 Roundabout
208 Starship Trooper

Jon Anderson – lead and backing vocals
Rick Wakeman – keyboards
Bill Bruford – acoustic and electronic drums, percussion
Steve Howe – guitars, backing vocals

Touring Musicians:
Tony Levin – bass, Chapman stick, backing vocals
Milton McDonald – rhythm guitar
Julian Colbeck – additional keyboards

This time Rosebud picked our post for the Salute To Progressive Rock Bands Series. This is what she had to say about it....

Dave took me to my first Yes show about 2 years after we met. It was a show that focused more on the Radio hits I knew like "Owner Of A Lonely Heart", "Long Distance Runaround" etc. Unfortunately for some reason the sound was off in the theater balcony. You could barely hear and people kept shushing each other. The Next time we saw them was at Pine Knob Amphitheater which is a larger venue. We had like 8th row seats (Dave pulled some strings to get). They opened with a song I never heard before. When they announced the next song Dave said  something like "....Yes! Tales" lit a joint and passed it to me. Then said "You're most likely to hear the more Proggy side tonight". He was right they were awesome, I recognized "Roundabout" that was it LOL! On this recording there's a little hum sometimes from amplifiers but the band plays so well and it's not real noticeable when they play.

Flac CD1
Flac CD2

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Yes - Madrigal Mystery Tour ~ Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH 09-19-1978 (FM)

Yes
Madrigal Mystery Tour - (Highland HL 046/47#Y9)
Richfield Coliseum
Richfield, Ohio, USA
September 19, 1978
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac Level 8 & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

CD 1
01 Opening ~ Siberian Khatru 11:17
02 Heart Of The Sunrise 10:01
03 Future Times ~ Rejoice 6:57
04 Circus Of Heaven 5:03
05 Time And A Word 4:23
06 Long Distance Runaround 1:55
07 The Fish (incl. Survival & Ritual) 5:21
08 Perpetual Change 7:27
09 The Gates Of Delirium (Soon) 6:16
10 Don't Kill The Whale 3:56
11 Madrigal ~ The Clap 4:57

CD 2
01 Starship Trooper 10:11
02 Rick Wakeman Solo 4:36
03 Awaken 16:19
04 I've Seen All Good People 7:14
05 Roundabout 8:24
06 Madrigal 1:30
07 On The Silent Wings Of Freedom 8:39
08 And You And I 10:27

total playing time CD1: 1hr 7mn 33sc
total playing time CD2: 1hr 7mn 20sc
total playing time both CD's: 2hr 14mn 53sc

Jon Anderson – lead vocals
Steve Howe – guitar, backing vocals
Chris Squire – bass, backing vocals
Alan White – drums
Rick Wakeman – keyboards

It's been a Progfest around here lately, can't help it I added a Classic Progressive Rock station to my Pandora so I been inspired to listen to a lot more Prog bootlegs.

This is a large file set so CD1 & CD2 have been separated for easier download

Flac CD1

Flac CD2

MP3 CD1

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Rick Wakeman - Teatro de SESI, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 04-17-2001 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Rick Wakeman
Teatro de SESI
Porto Alegre
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
April 17, 2001
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recorrding
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover & Screensots Included

Lineage: Bootleg DVD > DVD Audio Extractor v4.5.5 > Goldwave v 6.31 (editing) > Traders Little Helper (align sector boundaries) > MP3 320kbps 

01 Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 16:31
02 Arthur 5:56
03 The Last Battle 5:03
04 Sir Lancelot And The Black Knight 5:27
05 Catherine Howard 10:06
06 1984 9:49
07 Band Introductions :41
08 Merlin, The Magician 12:27
09 Starship Trooper (Yes) 15:44

(a) Life Seeker

(b) Disillusion

(c) Würm

10 Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles) 7:50

total playing time: 1hr 29mn 38sc

Rick Wakeman - Keyboards
Damian Wilson - Vocals
Lee Pomeroy - Bass
Anthony Fernandez - Drums
Antony Glinne - Guitar
Adam Wakeman - Keyboards

justdave's notes:
I ripped the waves with DVD Audio Extractor. I used Goldwave to fix some volume issues. No EQ or noise reduction was used. I encoded the waveswith Traders Little Helper to MP3 320kbps because the DVD had lossy audio.

Nice sound, a great set, and a fabulous performance. One of the best keyboard players in Progressive Rock performs some selections from his solo career, a classic Yes track "Starship Trooper" and a cover of The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby". Simply a must have!

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