Live in Merry- Go- Round
Stereopseudophonic Sound
Yes (maybe)
Trevor Horne- vocals
Geoff Downes- keyboards
Steve Howe- guitar
Chris Squire- bass
Alan White- drums
Boston Garden
Boston, Mass. U.S.A.
September 9, 1980
performance quality: B+
recording quality: B to B+
source: master audience tape
lineage: Realistic twinhead stereo microphone >
Sony 158 cassette deck (dolby B on) >
Maxell XLI 90 min. cassettes (normal bias) >
soundforge 4.5 > FLAC 6 > torrentially yours.
a this and that production. ('Cuz someone's gotta do this stuff.)
The Masters of Rock series rages on and on.
This one is a 3 step, 60% of Yes torrent.
(master > WAV > FLAC > torrent)
setlist:
disc 1 1:09:44
1.01 Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra ~ Apocalypse (2.03)
1.02 Does It Really Happen? (8.13)
1.03 Yours Is No Disgrace (10.54)
1.04 Into The Lens (9.08)
1.05 The Clap (4.25)
1.06 And You And I (10.33)
1.07 Go Through This (4.48)
1.08 Man In A White Car Suite (7.04)
1.09 Parallels (6.07)
1.10 We Can Fly From Here (6.29)
disc 2 0:51:20
2.01 Tempus Fugit (6.26)
2.02 Amazing Grace ~ The Fish (10.15)
2.03 Machine Messiah (11.29)
2.04 Starship Trooper (11.14)
2.05 Encore break with commentary (2.46)
2.06 Roundabout (8.08)
2.07 End commentary (1.02)
comments:
Although I've seen several concerts at Boston Garden, this is the only Yes show I ever saw there. There would be one more after this one in 1984 (9012live tour) but someone who saw that told me it was a really lousy show, bad sound and performance, if that is so, (and the source of that info is an avid Yeshead, pretty in the know about them) than this was the last GOOD Yes show at Boston Garden (there were many, starting in 2/74 which was previously posted here on dime by at least one other uploader. Before that it was the Music Hall).
There was a bit of a story to this show- I lost my ticket on the way in, fortunately my friend had an extra one, and unlike the Portland one a week earlier where I got in late, this one is complete and uncut show. It also has an extra song they didn't do in Maine (Parallels) and alot more crowd noise but the payoff is a more inspired concert and you can hear it pretty clearly. It seems like almost all the shows I saw at Boston Garden, I was about halfway back from the stage, maybe 5-7 rows back from the hockey boards which isn't that bad a spot for recording.
I didn't have specially reserved seats or anything, just whatever I could get. I believe this concert was one of the last times I used Dolby B for a master cassette. (The Portland one was done without it. I haven't posted it yet but probably will). I've had very bad luck recording Yes concerts, out of 7 tries, this is the only one without any cuts/problems. 3 others came out well with only one or two fairly minor, or now remedied problems. 1 didn't come out at all, the best one was taken by a bouncer bastard just as roundabout started- 20th row dead center D-6 tape, I never got to hear it but someone did! and I missed about a half hour of 89 Maine ABWH show. This was a good show. I've only heard maybe 4 of the Drama shows. this may be the best one I've heard so far for performance. The recording is not too bad either for Boston Garden.
I don't have alot from there to post, but since an unknown lineage version was popular recently on dime, here is a 3 step torrent version, so you hear it, as my master tape says it.
This is one of my more played master tapes, because I enjoyed this tour and the Drama material. Fortunately, it's on Maxell. Trevor Horne doesn't sound quite as bad singing Jon Anderson as I would, but at times it's close. (that's not good). But he delivers a very good performance I thought in all the "non'Jon" songs in this show, including We can Fly from
Here and (do we really have to) go through this? All of the Drama songs and those two sound very nice here to my ears in this show. Hopefully now they will sound as nice as my analog master will permit for all to hear it.
But for the sake of diehardists, this comes with a Yes warning. No Jon Anderson + No Rick Wakeman = for many Yessheads, it's not yes, or half a yes, something other than yes, the Buggles with Yes' guitarist and rhythm section, you get the idea. ect..
So in glasnostrd19speak, this ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and hemaphrodytes alike, is the Maybe. The 66% Yes. Almost Yes, (or if the mods don't object to my attempt at an accurate torrent description),
This is Yes, sort of. And yours, is Trevor's disgrace. Didn't like the roundabout (sick to death of hearing it as well) and the starship trooper definitely not the best version (imho), the rest is quite nice.
Oh I almost forgot to mention. Since this is a first time master seed, this is from a fresh transfer. My previous version of this was circulated some, and the quality seemed OK on it, I think this may sound a bit better. If you have an old version maybe you can tell me if it's better or not.
do not sell this recording (that makes yes say no)
trade freely and losslessly.
you can never say no to YES
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