1.01 A Young Person's Guide Intro (2.41)
1.02 Machine Messiah (10.56)
1.03 White Car (1.24)
1.04 Does It Really Happen? (7.17)
1.05 Into The Lens (9.12)
1.06 Run Through The Light (5.20)
1.07 Tempus Fugit (7.18)
1.08 I've Seen All Good People (7.39)
1.09 Siberian Khatru (10.32)
1.10 And You And I (12.21)
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2.01 The Revealing Science Of God (21.40)
2.02 Leaves Of Green (5.55)
2.03 Ritual (25.16)
2.04 Roundabout (8.30)
2.05 Starship Trooper (12.08)
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Yes

August 16, 2016
Warner Theater
Washington, DC
USA

Lostbrook 2.0 Volume 162

Source: CA-14(cards)>CA-9200>Sony M10(24/48)
Location: 9th row, dead center

Transfer: Sony M10>Micro SDHC>PC>Sound Forge 10>WAV 16/44.1>
Trader's Little Helper>FLAC(level 8)

Taper/Transfer/Notes: Lostbrook
Covers: ethiessen1

Set 1:

01 Intro (2:41)
02 Machine Messiah (10:56)
03 White Car (1:24)
04 Does It Really Happen? (7:17)
05 Into The Lens (9:11)
06 Run Through The Light (5:20)
07 Tempus Fugit (7:18)
08 I've Seen All Good People (7:39)
09 Siberian Khatru (10:32)

Set 2:

10 And You And I (12:21)
11 The Revealing Science Of God (21:40)
12 Leaves Of Green (5:55)
13 Ritual (25:16)

Encore:

14 Roundabout (8:30) >
15 Starship Trooper (12:08)

See covers for disc break.

Steve Howe: acoustic, electric & steel guitars, vocals
Geoff Downes: keyboards, laptop, tablets
Billy Sherwood: bass, vocals, harmonica
Jon Davison: vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
Jay Schellen: drums, percussion

Tech notes:

I haven't diagnosed it yet but I had what was likely a cable issue resulting in dozens of left-channel dropouts during Drama, Roundabout, and Starship Trooper. The good news is that everything else is clean, except for one short dropout during the beginning of And You And I. I considered doing mono versions of the affected tracks but that sounded worse to me, so I patched the dropouts with the right channel. You might find the stereo-to-mono shifts annoying on headphones, but it doesn't sound bad on my home and car systems. And believe me, you'll never be as annoyed as I am with a flawed recording, especially after the extra stress of being wanded at the door.

Other thoughts:

Roseanne Barr's twin sat next to me for the first few songs. I knew she was trouble the moment she entered the row. She was surprisingly quiet at first, though she was making weird gestures with her hands and covered her face with her hat occasionally. It soon became apparent that she wasn't enjoying herself. She started yelling "This is horrible!" and "This sucks!" between songs. My favorite is right before Tempus Fugit when she says "What the hell?" And she really does sound like Roseanne. Apparently she wasn't expecting Drama. (It was actually my first time hearing the album other than a couple of songs they've done on recent tours, so it's no favorite of mine either.) She may have had Tourette's or something worse. Either way, we silently applauded her exit during the beginning of Tempus Fugit.

As far as the current lineup goes, I'm as closed-minded as they come with the possible exception of "Roseanne". I pretty much closed the book on Yes the moment I heard the Buggles were joining. I've been sneaking occasional peeks over the years and decided that having the opportunity to see Steve Howe play two sides of Tales is worth the price of admission alone.