1.01 Firebird Suite (2.00)
1.02 Parallels (6.22)
1.03 I've Seen All Good People (7.20)
1.04 Close To The Edge (20.21)
1.05 Wonderous Stories (4.21)
1.06 Colours Of The Rainbow (0.52)
1.07 Turn Of The Century (8.07)
1.08 Tour Song (2.05)
1.09 And You And I (10.13)
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2.01 Going For The One (6.09)
2.02 Flight Jam (4.09)
2.03 Awaken (18.21)
2.04 Starship Trooper (13.14)
2.05 Roundabout (9.51)
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Yes
Seattle Center Coliseum
Seattle, WA
September 18, 1977
(first of two nights)

PREVIOUSLY UNCIRCULATED!

a BILL B. master audience recording/DOINKER DISCOVERY/TOOLEMAN REALIZATION Project

Stereo-ized CD version (16 bit, 44.1 kHz) mastered by TheTooleMan from the master cassette
Lineage: BILL B's unknown mono recorder -> Maxell UD C-90 tape -> Doinker's connections -> TheTooleMan -> 24 bit 48 kHz transfer -> mixing majic -> downsampled mix

What DOINKER wrote:

It has to be said that some artists are so restless and talented that they are never satisfied with simply playing their older tunes in concert. They stretch out in ways most other artists are unable to conceive of. I don't mean that they improvise by diddling with the chords (hey, I *like* the word "diddling". It's in the masturbation family, but it's not nearly as seedy in meaning). Yes look for so-called new ways to invent the wheel. The group wants to expand their sound and not to always play the same, and you get treated to something special almost every time you listen to them live.

Yes re-invent themselves on an as-needed basis. This means that you can never be sure the performance you hear will match your expectations, it will always be different. The fact that this concert is thirty-two years old and that it sounds fresh and uncontrived is proof of that process at work.

That's the purpose of listening to live concert material, isn't it?

...
What TheTooleMan wrote:

An amazingly good Yes concert. Nice recording, too. Thanks to Doinker for turning me on to this one. Fresh Yes material is a rare treat.

The 1977 "Going for the One" tour was a nice time for Yes. The band seemed to be in a joyous mood, the fans were glad to see
Wakeman back, and the music was fresh and beautiful.

The original tape had a couple of cuts that I patched using repeated verses from other spots in the same song. The master tapes are mono, but this version was
enhanced with a small amount of "Acoustic Mirror" to give a bit more depth to the sound stage. The 24 bit, 48 kHz version of this recording was also patched, but
was left as mono to retain more of the original character of the recording.

Enjoy the experience.

TheTooleMan
December 2009

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

1.01 Firebird Suite (2.00)
1.02 Parallels (6.22)
1.03 I've Seen All Good People (7.20)
1.04 Close To The Edge (20.21)
1.05 Wonderous Stories (4.21)
1.06 Colours Of The Rainbow (0.52)
1.07 Turn Of The Century (8.07)
1.08 Tour Song (2.05)
1.09 And You And I (10.13)

2.01 Going For The One (6.09)
2.02 Flight Jam (4.09)
2.03 Awaken (18.21)
2.04 Starship Trooper (13.14)
2.05 Roundabout (9.51)