1.01 Firebird Suite (3.17)
1.02 Parallels (6.43)
1.03 I’ve Seen All Good People (7.27)
1.04 Close To The Edge (19.58)
1.05 Wonderous Stories (4.55)
1.06 Colours Of The Rainbow (1.46)
1.07 Turn Of The Century (8.24)
1.08 And You And I (10.45)
==============================
2.01 Flight Jam (4.00)
2.02 Awaken (20.14)
2.03 Starship Trooper (14.41)
2.04 Roundabout (9.25)
2.05 Yours Is No Disgrace (15.18)
==============================

PRRP 065
Yes
Boston Garden
Boston, MA
August 12th, 1977

Going for the Best

Here we present the rock group YES, on stage in Boston in 1977 during one of their most successful tours. In the audience that day were two expert concert tapers: Barry Rogoff and Dan Lampinski. Both used outstanding equipment and captured the concert audio for all of us to enjoy today. Sound characteristics would suggest that Rogoff was further back in the venue than Lampinski who was seated in section 2 row 11. Rogoff remembers being "dead center" but has no documentation of his exact seat. Through the wonders of the Internet and advances in computer audio mastering software, these two recordings can now be merged to produce an enhanced stereo recording of this event.

The remastered recording begins with 90 seconds of the Rogoff source. The Lampinski source then comes in to produce the stereo image. Sound quality suggests that the Rogoff mics were hidden at the beginning. Sound is a bit muffled until 45 seconds into Parallels when it becomes more clear and the full quality of the stereo recording can be appreciated. When asked about this, Barry Rogoff recently stated: "It was probably the point at which enough of the people in front of us sat down to get an unobstructed, on-axis view of the PA. I was using a mike stand made from one leg of a lightweight tripod. It was held in place by a photographer's clamp on the arm of the seat. The stand was connected to the clamp with a wing nut acting as a set screw."

At the end of Close To The Edge and just before the next song (Wonderous Stories) begins, both tapers changed/flipped tapes so there is a brief fade-out/fade-in. Given the need to patch a 16 second tape flip segment of the Lampinski source with the Rogoff source, at this point in the song Awaken, the stereo field converts to single-source and then reverts back to full stereo. Careful listening allows identification of this segment.

This powerful performance is even better with the enhanced stereo image produced by combining these two recordings. The characteristics are best appreciated by listening to the show on a good car or living room sound system.

PRRP Staff

Notes from the Re-Master

Each recording was separately remastered. During the process, non-destructive repairs were made to clicks, pops and other tape imperfections. Pitch and frequency response/EQ were then compared and matched as close as possible. The dynamics of the two recordings were similar and calculations were made to match average and total power for each. The two recordings were then synchronized to the exact same run time. A stereo field was then created by blending the two sources together. By combining the recordings, the overall stereo field was expanded to better reproduce the experience that must have existed in the venue that night. Phasing was corrected and routines were used to center the sound in the stereo field. The final recording was then tracked using traditional tracking points.





Source 1:
Taper: Dan Lampinski
Location: Sec. 2, Row 11, Seat 13
Equipment: Nakamichi 550 Tape Recorder > Two Nakamichi CM-300 Microphones >
Maxell cassettes > Nakamichi CR-3A cassette deck with azimuth correction >
M-Audio Firewire Audiophile 2496 > CDWAV 24-bit/96-KHz wav files >
Goldwave (normalizing and crossfades) > CDWAV (track breaks) .... DIME

Source 2:
Taper: Barry Rogoff (Balrog)
Location: exact seat unknown but thought to be dead center, further back than Lampinski
Equipment: Nakamichi 550, CM-100/CP-1's > Maxell UD-XLII >
Nakamichi BX-300 > Digigram VXPocket V2 > wave.

Jon Anderson - Vocals and various instruments
Steve Howe - Guitars
Chris Squire - Bass guitars
Rick Wakeman - Keyboards
Alan White - Percussion

1.01 Firebird Suite (3.17)
1.02 Parallels (6.43)
1.03 I’ve Seen All Good People (7.27)
1.04 Close To The Edge (19.58)
1.05 Wonderous Stories (4.55)
1.06 Colours Of The Rainbow (1.46)
1.07 Turn Of The Century (8.24)
1.08 And You And I (10.45)

2.01 Flight Jam (4.00)
2.02 Awaken (20.14)
2.03 Starship Trooper (14.41)
2.04 Roundabout (9.25)
2.05 Yours Is No Disgrace (15.18)

Total Time 126:53 (2:06:53)

Remaster (Source 1: Lampinski)
01. Repair hard clicks with attenuate some claps.
02. Correct Mic bumps.
03. Correct balance.
04. Patch 16 second tape flip in Awaken with Rogoff source.
05. Speed correct and correct pitch to match Rogoff.
06. Reduce tape hiss.

Remaster (Source 2: Rogoff)
01. Restore clipped sections.
02. Repair hard clicks and pops.
03. Re-balance tonality/EQ.
04. Repair Mic bumps.
05. Attenuate some claps.
06. Attenuate some audience whistles.
07. Correct balance.
08. Patch tape flips with Lampinski source, adds 27 seconds to the recording.
09. Correct speed, comparing to commercial live references and Lampinski source.
10. Correct pitch with Lampinski source.
11. Reduce tape hiss.

Remaster (Full Stereo)
01. Remaster Source 1.
02 Remaster Source 2.
03. Sync sources.
04. Combine recordings and create full stereo image.
05. Correct phasing and center sound.
06. Balance power and amplitude.
07. Cover non-overlap sections with single source.
08. Track as continuous performance.

Notes:
Recording begins with 90 seconds of Rogoff source then Lampinski source comes in to produce the stereo image.

Sound quality suggests that the Rogoff mics were hidden at the beginning. Sound is a bit muffled until 45 seconds into Parallels when it becomes more clear at which point the full quality of the stereo recording can be appreciated. Taper says: "It was probably the point at which enough of the people in front of us sat down to get an unobstructed, on-axis view of the PA. I was using a mike stand made from one leg of a lightweight tripod. It was held in place by a photographer's clamp on the arm of the seat. The stand was connected to the clamp with a wingnut acting as a set screw."

At the end of Close To The Edge and just before the next song (Wonderous Stories) begins, both tapers changed/flipped tapes so there is a brief fade-out/fade-in.

Given the need to patch a 16 second tape flip segment of the Lampinski source with Rogoff source, at this point in the song Awaken, the stereo field converts to single-source and then reverts back to full stereo. Careful listening allows identification of this segment.

Sound characteristics would suggest that Rogoff was further back in the venue than Lampinski who was seated in section 2 row 11. Rogoff remembers being "dead center" but has no documentation of exact seat.