Friday, November 7, 2008
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
"Alien Ballroom"
SolitaryPine Productions [SP012]
Taper: SolitaryPine
Mastering: SolitaryPine
Artwork: Andersonic
Location: Dead Center at the Soundboard
Source: Edirol R-09 w/Internal Mics AGC=OFF, LOW CUT=OFF,
MIC GAIN=LOW, [WAV 16bit/44.1kHz]
Conversion: Master WAVs - PC - Editing/Tracking - FLAC
Editing: Cool Edit Pro 2.1 [fades, 3dB boost],
CDWAV CUE for tracking
checksums: TLH ~ FLAC fingerprints & MD5
~~ DISC 1 ~~ (52:11)
Firebird Suite (2:52)
Siberian Khatru (10:00)
Your Move / All Good People (7:29)
Heart Of The Sunrise (12:34)
Tempus Fugit (6:15)
Onward (5:29)
Astral Traveler (7:32)
~~ DISC 2 ~~ (52:45)
Close To The Edge (20:45)
(intermission)
Parallels (6:47)
And You And I (12:10)
Mood For A Day (aborted) / Clap (5:38)
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) (7:25)
~~ DISC 3 ~~ (53:42)
Aliens (Are Only Us From The Future) (6:02)
Machine Messiah (10:55)
Soon (7:25)
Starship Trooper (13:40)
Owner Of A Lonely Heart (6:12)
Roundabout (9:28)
NOTES:
It is my utmost pleasure to bring you this release.
This was the the 3rd show of the "In The Present" tour.
It was the first show of the US leg of the tour.
It was obvious that it's early in the tour. It will take a few more shows to get it everything working like a well oiled wheel.
The venue - well - all I can say is, thank God I was able to get the "best seat in the house" for my R-09. Well above the floor and the noise of the crowd. Who would think that 1800 seats would be so noisy!!
I usually tape with my Core Sound Binaural mics, but tonight was an exception to that rule. Our seats were in an aweful location for taping, so we found a seat upgrade path for the trusty Edirol and we went with it. The new location prevented the CSB's from being used. But, it's amazing what the internal mics can pull off if you have a great location.
My rating: I give it an A+ for the recording, and a B+ for the performance.
The aborted Mood for a Day was due to Steve starting to to play and then got frustrated and said "Cmon really" as he switched guitars and jumped into Clap. I think he might have been unhappy with the sound or the tuning. They had quite a few sound and tempo problems all night. Let's leave it at the fact that a small venue,
made out of wood, tends to be challenging for audio as well.
Remember back in 1971 when they played this same venue?
Yes opened for Jethro Tull. That show resulted in a riot which ended up causing the National Guard to get called in, and closed the venue to shows for a decade.
Visit http://www.forgottenyesterdays.com to read more about that.
This recording is "raw" and no equalization was performed, only amplification (3dB) and fades were made with CE Pro.
I want to thank Steve K. for accompanying me to the show this night. If it was not for him, this recording would not exist.
It's amazing what two former sound guys can do!
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1 comment:
snagged this in 320kb at the deep purple hub already. i must say, of the 4 shows from this tour ive heard, this one has the best sound quality. mega thanks to the taper!!
i must also add, that there are a couple flubs in the playing, but this is the best "Yes" has sounded in years. theyre actually playing with some renewed energy and a bit of agression that has been lacking in their live performances of the last 15+ years.it was completely out of my control that i missed last nights performance in Cleveland. i was torn because its not really YES (in my opinion, this is a stop-gap tour as a fill in over the actual contracted summer tour that got cancelled due to Jon Anderson going gravely ill, but who actually knows...), but once i saw the set lists & heard some of the early shows, i really wanted to go!!
if youre interested in what YES is up to this very moment, you really cant go wrong here. THANKS!!
~wedge
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