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Thursday, August 10, 1989 Wantagh, New York Jones Beach Amphitheatre 10,400 capacity 33 years, 5 months and 17 days ago
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Eric Friedmann Now we're talkin' a classic YES lineup! My second YES show and a definite improvement over the BIG GENERATOR tour. Just to hear Steve Howe play again (I'd seen him play with ASIA previously in 1983 for the Alpha tour, my first concert ever at age 16) and to hear "Close to the Edge" and "Roundabout" in their entirety made it one of the most unforgettable concert evenings of my life! I loved the new material from the ABWH album, too. Of the many choices of YES dvds available today, I own only one and I chose to make it the ANDERSON, BRUFORD, WAKEMAN, HOWE - An Evening of YES Music Plus. This is the tour I'll always remember as the best YES ever did (in my lifetime), despite the absense of Chris Squire. David Charlap Apparantly, ABWH changed many things throughout their tour. I've a video tape from Jones Beach, New York (near the start of the American tour). One that I noticed was the set. At Jones Beach, there was a spider-like assembly around Bill's drum set, which would flash lights and move with the music. There was a flowing curtain for a backdrop, which was lit up in different ways. Above the stage was a silver/black peace symbol. Also, at JB, Jon began his concert-opening solo walking through the audience to the stage.
before 'Mood For A Day' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:Okay, so how are you all doing down here at Jones Beach? Nice. I hope you don't get disturbed. before 'And You And I' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:Thank you very much. It's really great to be with you by the seaside. It certainly makes a change. That was a song from the new album. Here's a song from another time. before 'Meeting, The' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:Woo! Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. We're..we're sorta two weeks into the tour. One of the great things about being back together as a unit and making music the way we feel very naturally is to be able to meet so many wonderful audiences. It's really great to be with you this evening. Uh..looking back at the time that..uh we made this album. We were very fortunate to make the album on a very small, beautiful album in the Caribbean and one ineradicably dreamy afternoon and put together this song. Really it relates a lot to the fact that we're together. We're together again. The song is called 'The Meeting'. before 'Heart Of The Sunrise' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. One of the great..uh things about putting a show together. One song kept coming up every time we were thinking about putting the show together. This is it. It's the most requested song for us to do. The song is called Heart Of The Sunrise'. before 'Starship Trooper' transcribed by: Pete Whipple Jon Anderson:I want to thank you all very, very, very, very, very much for coming down tonight. I want to thank you very much for staying with us tonight. Thank you. It's really great to play for you again. It's a very special time. Very special place. We thank you. |
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08/10/1989 Wantagh, New York
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