1.01 Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra (2.36)
1.02 Machine Messiah (10.36)
1.03 White Car (1.22)
1.04 Does It Really Happen? (7.24)
1.05 Into The Lens (9.02)
1.06 Run Through The Light (5.05)
1.07 Tempus Fugit (5.59)
1.08 And You And I (11.50)
1.09 Steve talking (1.53)
1.10 Perpetual Change (10.26)
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2.01 The Revealing Science Of God (22.26)
2.02 Leaves Of Green (6.19)
2.03 Ritual (25.20)
2.04 Band Introduction (0.45)
2.05 Roundabout (8.20)
2.06 Starship Trooper (11.53)
2.07 Heat Of The Moment (4.56)
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Yes
2017-02-11 (Saturday evening)
The Mahaffey Theater
Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

St. Pete Strange Device (TASCAM DR-44WL)

Yes lineup:
Jon Davison - Lead Vocals, Percussion, Guitar
Geoff Downes - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Steve Howe - Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals
Billy Sherwood - Bass Guitars, Harmonica, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Jay Schellen - Drums, Percussion
Alan White did not perform

1.01 Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra (2.36)
1.02 Machine Messiah (10.36)
1.03 White Car (1.22)
1.04 Does It Really Happen? (7.24)
1.05 Into The Lens (9.02)
1.06 Run Through The Light (5.05)
1.07 Tempus Fugit (5.59)
1.08 And You And I (11.50)
1.09 Steve talking (1.53)
1.10 Perpetual Change (10.26)
Total: 1:06:13

2.01 The Revealing Science Of God (22.26)
2.02 Leaves Of Green (6.19)
2.03 Ritual (25.20)
2.04 Band Introduction (0.45)
2.05 Roundabout (8.20)
2.06 Starship Trooper (11.53)
2.07 Heat Of The Moment (4.56)
Total: 1:19:59

This was the first "land" show for Yes after their successful 2017 Cruise To The Edge. They sheduled 8 tour stops in Southern U.S. venues, leading up to the big April 7, 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

The band was very energetic and played to a very receptive audience. Artist Roger Dean was among those enjoying the show from a seat in the beautiful Mahaffey Theater.

Everything recorded by GeoffreyM on a TASCAM DR-44WL to SD card using 16-bit WAV at 96kHz. This was my first time ever using this recorder, and unfortunately I had the input level set way too high. This resulted in substantially heavy distortion. The TASCAM DR-05 bootleg of the same show sounds significantly better. The recorder cut the show into two WAV file segments." We were in the first row/center of the "Loge" section, with no obstructions.

There is a blast of sound at the beginning of 1.03 "White Car" that startled everyone in the theater. They had something set very high.

"St. Pete Strange Device" bootleg title is from a lyric from track 2.01 "The Revealing Science of God," and also because, at 10:47 into the song, an usher came and questioned me about whether my recording unit was a "hearing device."

All mastering of the raw WAV files was done by Remy with Adobe Audition CC2015. Remy raised only the frequency levels of the bass, drums and vocals. The volume has been lowered by -9 dB. Remy saved it as a FLAC file and cut it into separate tracks.

Graphics for the front and back cover for this St. Pete Strange Device bootleg are by surrealist artist Roland Tamayo. All photographs are from the February 11, 2017 show at The Mahaffey Theater in Saint Petersburg, Florida.

GeoffreyM - February 26, 2017