1.01 Brave New World (2.41)
1.02 My Lady of the Stars (3.21)
1.03 Hurdy Gurdy Man (3.39)
1.04 The Inter-Galactic Laxative (4.11)
1.05 Intro to The Local Boy Who Chopped Wood (1.06)
1.06 The Local Boy Who Chopped Wood (5.17)
1.07 The Light (4.19)
1.08 Mellow Yellow (6.11)
1.09 Atlantis (4.26)
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2.01 Firebird Suite (2.00)
2.02 Parallels (6.22)
2.03 I've Seen All Good People (7.20)
2.04 Close To The Edge (20.21)
2.05 Wonderous Stories (4.21)
2.06 Colours Of The Rainbow (0.52)
2.07 Turn Of The Century (8.07)
2.08 Tour Song (2.05)
2.09 And You And I (10.13)
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3.01 Going For The One (6.09)
3.02 Flight Jam (4.09)
3.03 Awaken (18.21)
3.04 Starship Trooper (13.14)
3.05 Roundabout (9.51)
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Donovan
Seattle Center Coliseum
Seattle, WA
1977-09-18 (first of a two-night stand)

Opening for Yes

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

CD version mastered by TheTooleMan from the master cassette
Lineage: unknown recorder -> Maxell UD C-90 tape -> Doinker's connections -> TheTooleMan -> 24 bit 48 kHz transfer -> mixing majic -> downsampled mix

What DOINKER wrote:

Donovan is really, REALLY into the songs he's singing during this set. It's not just a concert, it's a true 1960's "happening" right in the middle of the disco era, with none of the nostalgia one might experience if the concert took place today. That's sort of a contradiction, especially if you lived during both the 1960's and '70's but hey that's the way this concert is. Today, people performing "hippie" acts they did in the 1960's can seem like they are doing shtick (look that word up, it's real), but Donovan still exudes warmth and even more so during this show.

Many thanks to TheTooleMan for bringing the best out in this recording. Also hats off to Bill B. for supplying the tape.

Doinker
November 2009

...
What TheTooleMan wrote:

Of all the people who opened for Yes, Donovan has to be the most apt. Wish I'd been there myself.

The PA is quiet and the audience is pretty lively while Donovan is on stage. Still, the songs and Donovan's vibe put me in a good mood this morning.

Half the songs in Donovan's set come from his 1977 album, "Donovan." [Link]

I could imagine Donovan subbing for Jon Anderson in today's incarnation of Yes, singing Starship Trooper with his "Hurdy Gurdy Man" vibrato. Think about it.

If you've ever heard a shortwave radio, the first track may remind you of a broadcast from a distant continent that's slowly fading in and out. Maybe that continent is Atlantis, and the distance is not just geographic but temporal, as we adjust our dials and fine tune the signal coming to us, for the first time, from a distance of over three decades. Hail Atlantis.

TheTooleMan
November, 2009

Tracks:

1.01 Brave New World (2.41)
1.02 My Lady of the Stars (3.21)
1.03 Hurdy Gurdy Man (3.39)
1.04 The Inter-Galactic Laxative (4.11)
1.05 Intro to The Local Boy Who Chopped Wood (1.06)
1.06 The Local Boy Who Chopped Wood (5.17)
1.07 The Light (4.19)
1.08 Mellow Yellow (6.11)
1.09 Atlantis (4.26)

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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?

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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:

2.01 Firebird Suite (2.00)
2.02 Parallels (6.22)
2.03 I've Seen All Good People (7.20)
2.04 Close To The Edge (20.21)
2.05 Wonderous Stories (4.21)
2.06 Colours Of The Rainbow (0.52)
2.07 Turn Of The Century (8.07)
2.08 Tour Song (2.05)
2.09 And You And I (10.13)

3.01 Going For The One (6.09)
3.02 Flight Jam (4.09)
3.03 Awaken (18.21)
3.04 Starship Trooper (13.14)
3.05 Roundabout (9.51)