I am one of the very few that enjoyed the Union album, but 30 discs of live material is just way too much for me. Looks like a pretty interesting set for people who really like to dig into these types of releases.
These are going to be general releases. Amazon is in the process of putting up listings for the CD box and I've added those links above. But the label is Gonzo, which has always seemed "iffy" so I shy away from posting them. If we have any Gonzo fans here, tell me.
26 CD's and 4 DVD's based on 1 album.....yes likes their live releases don't they?
they may actually have more live albums than studio albums after this one.
only the grateful dead (dick's and dave's picks) might have that same distinction.
yeah Yes is pretty crazy with their many live releases. But I love em and never miss their yearly Yes cruise out of Florida each Spring called the Cruise To The Edge.
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I saw this tour twice in 1991, including opening night in Atlantic City.
This was no normal tour as it had 8 Yes musicians on stage in the round at once.
These were among the best shows I've ever seen and I've seen well over 400 concerts.
The 15 minute version of "Yours Is No Disgrace" with Rabin and Howe trading solos and the drum duet between White and Bruford before "Changes" were awesome.
And Wakeman's keyboard solo was from another planet.
The shows in Denver and San Francisco were pro-shot on video, so if those two are included they should have excellent sound.
Gonzo is great on the Muppets, but as far as being a legit label, they've been up and down with their releases, but I believe they did the Union tour DVDs back in 2011 or so and those were fine.
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The only time I saw Yes, one of my all time favorite bands, was on this tour. It wasn’t in the round however. It was at the Orange County Fairgrounds in New York. Great show! But alas, this one’s not included. Price if this box is too rich for my blood.
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I saw them twice on this tour. First time was in April -- it was one of the early shows in the round and they were still working out some of the kinks.
Saw them a few months later a Great Woods, an outdoor amphitheater -- not in the round and it was a better show.
I saw this tour at the World Theater in Tinley Park Illinois.......not a bad show but I had to keep my head down because they were shining bright lights on the crowd most of the time and my eyes are sensitive to bright light.[I won the tickets and a copy of the Union cd on the radio].
It's probably safe to assume the DVDs in this set will be near the quality of the video that is already on youtube, with the potential that the fourth one listed will be better as that one did see an official release with better quality but was edited down to 2 hours.
Over the years I've become more of a fan of bootleg videos simply because I hate the fast-cutting and all the pointless audience shots of professionally edited concerts. But I also have the expectation that the price should reflect that bootleg-quality footage is included. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they figure that Yes diehards will buy this regardless if they put a $300 price on it or a $150 price, so I understand why they put it in a fancy box and slap the big price-tag on it. But really, the quality of this set screams that it should be about $5 per disk which makes a $150 price-tag pretty reasonable for the actual audio/video quality that the consumer is going to get.
But I also have the expectation that the price should reflect that bootleg-quality footage is included. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they figure that Yes diehards will buy this regardless if they put a $300 price on it or a $150 price, so I understand why they put it in a fancy box and slap the big price-tag on it. But really, the quality of this set screams that it should be about $5 per disk which makes a $150 price-tag pretty reasonable for the actual audio/video quality that the consumer is going to get.
Agreed with this analysis, as it seems a notable amount of the audio will be "bootleg-quality" as well. I'd probably be in for this at $150, but definitely not at twice the price.
This is a grey area label correct? I am shocked Rick Wakeman is involved with them, he seems to have a few sketchy looking items in their catalogue. Is he an investor?
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