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Wednesday, August 3, 1977 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Spectrum Arena 19,000 capacity 45 years, 7 months and 29 days ago
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John Lombardi A friend and I took the train from New York City that afternoon. We arrived in Philly at about 5:30 pm and walked over to our hotel (The Sheraton). As we were walking in the entrance a limo arrives and out steps Jon, Alan, and Rick. I guess they were returning from the sound check. Once in the lobby, Steve walked directly in front of us. We were so pumped up, we had to smoke a dobbie to settle down before the show. Donovan was good. I remembered "Hurdy Gurdy Man" as the second song. I was disappointed he didn't do "Atlantis". Yes was as always, fantastic. The seats we purchased were at the top of the arena, but we went down and located two empty ones on the side adjacent to Steve. During the first encore, a girl ran on the stage and Claude-Johnson Taylor assisted in chasing her off.
before 'I've Seen All Good People' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:Hello. Hello. Good to be with you again. Here's a song I'd like you all to sing along with. before 'Wonderous Stories' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:Here's a song that..uh we recorded on our new album 'Going For The One'. This..uh. Hope your enjoying listening to it because we really enjoyed making it. This is a song titled 'Wondrous Stories'. before 'And You And I' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:That was a song which is on the new album. It's a song called 'Turn Of The Century'. Which I sang there about three times in there. Still [???] warning. What we'd like to do now is record a song recorded..uh..pretty long time ago. [sings] If you fear Susie like I... before 'Going For The One' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:Thank you very much. [???] Yeah. before 'Starship Trooper' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:Thank you again Philadelphia. Good. Thank you. before 'Roundabout' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:[???] Hope you like very much. I want to thank you all very much for being a marvelous audience tonight. We're going to see you again next year hopefully. |