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John H's Collection

Yes   07/27/2013

Mountain Park, Holyoke, MA
Source audience
Media flac   3 discs
Notes Lineage: SP-CMC-2 > SP-SPSB-8 > Sony PCM-M10 > USB > Wavelab 6.1 > CDWAV > FLAC

Recorded by: Relayer35

Comments: This was a great performance in a wonderful outdoor venue. There are no better acoustics than open air acoustics. It's wonderful not to have to deal with reverb bouncing off walls, or tents, or sheds. The performance was great. I think the band is finally back to pre-2008 form. My favorite part was the "Going For The One" album that wasn't performed when I saw them earlier this year. There are only five songs that were performed live by Yes over the years, that have been performed by all four lead vocalists the band have had: Jon Anderson, Trevor Horn, Benoit David and Jon Davison. The first four are very predictable, "Yours Is No Disgrace", "Starship Trooper", "Roundabout" and "And You And I." Oddly enough the fifth is "Parallels", which has always been one of my favorites. It's played at a much better tempo here than it was in 2011. I continue to be impressed with Jon Davison. His vocals were strong throughout on some difficult material. The rest of them played pretty well too!

The recording came out very nice. It might be one of my best ever if not for the background conversations that are slightly audible in places. It's not too distracting. This was recorded from the 2nd row, a section where most tickets were VIP tickets, that cost big bucks. I don't have any idea why people would pay so much money for a show only to chat through it. Luckily, there was no real obnoxious people, just some background murmur. The couple directly in front of me in the first row spent most of show lip-locked. Nothing says romance quite like "Starship Trooper"!

Artwork is included in the torrent. The photos are from the actual show.

PLEASE DO NOT USE AS A SOURCE FOR A MATRIX.
Please share this recording in unaltered lossless quality. If you need to remaster, or something, let me know, and I can provide the undedited raw master (without EQ/volume tweaks) for you to use.

-- MP July 2013
Trades Allowed Yes   Traded from: Forgotten Yesterdays
Ratings Show: A    Sound: A
Lists Yes
Owned by John H · Last Updated Jun 26, 2024