1.01 Firebird Suite (2.37)
1.02 Parallels (6.31)
1.03 I've Seen All Good People (7.12)
1.04 Close To The Edge (20.42)
1.05 Wonderous Stories (4.04)
1.06 Colours Of The Rainbow (1.17)
1.07 Turn Of The Century (9.01)
1.08 And You And I (9.43)
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2.01 Going For The One (6.12)
2.02 Flight Jam (4.03)
2.03 Awaken (17.59)
2.04 Starship Trooper (14.17)
2.05 Roundabout (10.11)
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Yes
Going for the One Tour
Mecca Arena
Milwaukee, WI
1977-09-01

The date 7-7-7 marked the 30th anniversary of the release of Going For The One, reuniting the "Classic Yes Line-up," so I thought it would be fun to seed the shows I have in my collection on or near the dates of their 30th anniversaries.

Audience recording by Charles Nieland, remastered 2002 by TheTooleMan
Lineage: tape (unknown gear, unknown generation) -> WAV -> SHN -> Sound Forge -> FLAC

If only the best performances and best recordings coincided! What we have here is one of the best performances of the GFTO tour. Wakeman is in top form, and really up in the mix. Jon Anderson is in excellent voice this night; he even makes “Going for the One” sound effortless. Alan White is truly energized. Steve Howe gets lost a couple of times, as does Jon once or twice, but Chris pulls them back on course. There are a couple of flubs that bring you back to earth, but overall the audience and band are in a rare groove.

The recording quality is good most of the time. There are a few spots where the tape sounds especially worn, but the biggest problem is bass distortion during some of the heaviest parts of the Yes repertoire. It’s still listenable, and I enjoyed the show from beginning to end.

TheTooleMan
August, 2007

Jon Anderson (Vocals)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)
Alan White (Drums)

Tracks
Disk 1:
Firebird Suite
Parallels
I've Seen All Good People
Close To The Edge
Wonderous Stories
Colours Of The Rainbow
Turn Of The Century
And You And I

Disk 2:
Going for the One
Flight Jam
Awaken
Starship Trooper
Roundabout