A 26 minute plus version of Ritual from this show (?) has been added to the King Biscuit recording available from Wolfgang's Concert Vault.

This was my first Yes show. I'm a bit confused at the set list as I can swear I remember hearing Heart of the Sunrise - still my favorite Yes song. I can still hear Patrick Moraz playing Wakeman's piano breaks.

This show is special to me in that I heard it *before* hearing the studio recordings from RELAYER; as you might imagine, this made the album seem rather tame by comparison. This was finally fixed by loaning out my live recording to a good friend, which as we all know means never seeing it or the supposedly good friend ever again.

All the RELAYER songs are perfect. CTTE is tolerably decent, though denying Patrick any real chance to shine (possibly because of his low profile in the mix). "And You & I" would be difficult to mess up, though they do manage to miss the vocal mark for much of "Roundabout". Since the non-RELAYER tracks are already well-represented on YESSONGS, this show (being widely available as bootleg) mainly represents an excellent chance to hear the RELAYER material in concert, and Patrick learning to fill Rick's shoes. By 1976, he'd be proving he could do so to capacity & then some -- but that's another post :-)

Hello Mr. Rogoff,

I'm not a member of Yes Swap or the other. Started to join Yes Swap once but got so busy I couldn't follow up. My selection of Yes audience recordings is quite small and something suggests most or all items can already be found in your collection, but I'd be happy to trade any or all of them for a copy of this audience recording you describe. All have been or are being professionally archived on gold CDs and a few are 1st generation from original masters of spectacular sound capture.

We've all heard the King Biscuit originated board recordings so know what an amazing night 12/11/74 was. To have an audience recording of this performance would be wondrous. I've said it here and elswhere many times before, but even a C-grade audience recording beats mixed to death, monitor board sourced industry live releases.

If interested, please e-mail! Either way let's hope the coming Rhino live boxed set, which I've ordered in advance, sounds more live than previous releases have.

Sincerely,
reem@mindspring.com

Yes, I am planning to share it but my last review was deleted. Apparently Pete has a problem with me posting a link to my website. You can find me on YesSwap and YesFans.

This is a great show, with the band firing on all cylinders. Unfortunately, all circulating recordings are missing Ritual. Which brings me to...

Barry Rogoff wrote: "I recorded the show from the audience"

So Barry, any chance of your sharing this recording??? I think we all would like to FINALLY hear Ritual from this show.

The set list is correct except that Yes did not play South Side of the Sky. I know this for a fact because I recorded the show from the audience, not knowing that it would be broadcast on the "Best of the [King] Biscuit [Flour Hour]". By the way, the broadcast, which was split over two nights, included the entire Gryphon set but skipped Ritual. Go figure.

Sound Chaser - Includes the Firebird opening. Alan plays percussion during the classical intro. As it gets to that critical moment where the band is about to come in, instead of hearing the guitar riff of Siberian Khatru or the familiar chords of Parallels, the cha-cha's of Sound Chaser are followed by Patrick's quick keyboard intro, Alan's drums and Chris's bass run. The song is just about note-perfect to the studio version, including Steve's "solo" at the 3 minute mark. His distortion is heavy and high on presence, similar to the Relayer album. This holds true for the entire recording. Jon's voice is strong, but his timing is a little off when he doesn't have Chris and Steve singing backup. Nothing major though.

Jon announces that they are going to play the whole Relayer album, then introduces 'To Be Over'.

To Be Over - I've always had trouble figuring out which parts are played on the electric guitar and which are played on the steel. Some are obvious, some are not. Oh well. This one is pretty much the same as Sound Chaser - perfect.

The vocals at the beginning are beautiful. Timing is exact. This version puts a bit more emphasis on the bass and keyboard parts, and listening closely I can hear a few notes and fills that I'd never noticed before.

Close to the Edge - A direct segue from the last song. I was interested to hear how Patrick played Rick's keyboard parts. Unfortunately, the keys are mixed down a little in this one. I know he's doing something different during the first four minutes, but I'm not sure what. Whatever it is, he sure is moving! Jon's voice is right where it should be and Steve just never stops with the fills. The soft part is from about 10 minutes into the song until the 16 minute mark. Alan makes interesting sound effects with cymbals and other percussives. Again, the keyboards are overshadowed by Steve's harmonics, but they can be heard if you listen closely. The explosive keyboard part is played very Wakeman-esque and so is the solo, but once again, mixed a little too low to really hear what Patrick is playing. As far as I can tell, he doesn't play the same exact part, but it's so close it doesn't matter.

And You And I - I can't say too much about this one. I've heard many live versions of this song from the 70's, and they are all similar. The keyboards take a much larger role once again. During The Preacher The Teacher, someone (Chris, I think) throws in a quick harmonica. Like the others, this version is very precise. The steel guitar/keyboard theme is majestic.

A quick drum roll, then Jon mentions that he wants everybody dancing and singing.

Steve Howe:
Woo, thank you.

Jon Anderson:
Thank you very much. So nice to be with you again. It really is. What we'd like to do is to..uh..play our new album to you and some other things later on and now we'd like to play..uh..a song called 'To Be Over'. Hope you like it.

Jon Anderson:
We'd like to play for you 'And You And I'.

Jon Anderson:
We'd like to see you dancing and sing along with us. If you can.