1.01 KBFH Announcer Introduction
1.02 Firebird Suite
1.03 Soundchaser
1.04 Close To The Edge
1.05 To Be Over
1.06 The Gates Of Delirium
1.07 And You And I
1.08 Roundabout
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The King Biscuit Flour Hour
Boston Garden
Boston, MA
1974-12-11

In honor of Jon Anderson's 64th birthday (October 25, 1944).

"Yes we'll still need him,
Yes we'll still feed him
When He's Sixty-Four."

(with apologies to Lennon & McCartney)

Lineage: King Biscuit Flour Hour pre-broadcast tape -> CD audio -> SHN -> TheTooleMan (Sony Vegas and Sound Forge) -> Sony DVD Architect -> YOU

This DVD makes history.

For the first time ever, you can hear this program faithfully reproduced in its original quadraphonic mix using the widely-accepted Dolby Digital 5.1 format.

The King Biscuit Flour Hour series of 1975 was presented in "compatible stereophonic and SQ-Matrix quadraphonic sound.” But few people owned receivers which would allow them to enjoy the quadraphonic audio experience. And since SQ never gained wide commercial acceptance, it was discontinued after a short while.

This SQ-encoded recording of Yes was decoded in June, 2008 by TheTooleMan after extensive research into various decoding techniques. It was then re-encoded in Dolby Digital 5.1 for playback on home theater systems. Since the SQ format does not include a center channel mix, the center channel is silent in the surround mix. Bass frequencies below 118 Hz were directed to the LFE (subwoofer) channel for the Dolby mix.

A lossless stereo LPCM version of the decoded front channel audio is also included.

The DVD will play like any NTSC DVD on your DVD player. It is authored to allow selection of either the Dolby Digital 5.1 quadraphonic audio or the LPCM stereo audio track. You may require special cables and other hardware to reveal the full quadraphonic effect. Note that SQ-encoded quadraphonic did not provide much separation between the front and rear channels, so panning between front and rear and isolation of instruments in the rear channels is not very dramatic.

The original Yes King Biscuit Flour Hour program included the opening set by Gryphon. That performance is not included on the DVD.

The sequence of the Yes setlist for the 1974 Relayer tour was altered by King Biscuit to better accommodate their commercial schedule. "Close to the Edge" was played before "To Be Over" during live shows, but in the broadcast the order of the two songs was reversed. The two tracks have been restored to their correct order on this DVD.

"Ritual" was also played live during the 1974 Relayer tour. It was performed on the night this show was recorded, but a King Biscuit recording has never been released to the public…

Yet.

TheTooleMan
October 2008

TRACKS:
1.01 KBFH Announcer Introduction
1.02 Firebird Suite
1.03 Soundchaser
1.04 Close To The Edge
1.05 To Be Over
1.06 The Gates Of Delirium
1.07 And You And I
1.08 Roundabout