1972-August-13

Yes		YesStorm  (35th Anniversary Remaster)

Merriweather Post Pavilion	Columbia, MD


Disc 1  -  77.22
1	Firebird Suite			 1.20
2	Siberian Khatru			 9.31
3	All Good People			 7.51
4	Mood For A Day			 3.12
5	Clap				 3.26
6	Heart Of The Sunrise		12.12
7	And You And I			 9.35
8	Wakeman Solo			 6.21
9	Roundabout			 8.32
10	Yours Is No Disgrace		15.17




Lineage: audience > CDR > EAC > Sound Forge > FLAC
Remastered by TheTooleMan 2002, 2007

Notes that came with this recording:

I just checked my calendar - today, September 13, 2007, 
is the 35th anniversary of the release of my all-time 
favorite Yes album, Close to the Edge! I saw Yes in Atlanta, 
September 30, 1972, and my life was changed for the better. 
What a mind-blower! (I'm still searching for a recording of 
that show, too.)

Recently, someone asked for opinions on what would be the top 
10 must-have Yes ROIO’s. On my list, this is definitely near 
the top. Good recording quality, a powerful performance, and 
Mother Nature’s fury all wrapped into 80 minutes.

This remarkable recording documents Yes summoning a strong 
thunderstorm on a summer’s afternoon. The clouds gather, thunder 
booms and rain pours as the band plays 'And You And I' and 
'Heart Of The Sunrise'. Natural rumblings augment Rick Wakeman’s 
synthesized bombing of London and the Hallelujah Chorus. Jon and 
Steve both seem at ease with the situation. Jon sings a bit of 
The Eagle’s hit 'Take It Easy' (The Eagles were opening for Yes 
on this leg of the tour) and Steve chimes in with a few chords of 
'It Don’t Come Easy', a hit for Ringo Starr during the same period. 
Jon also suggests that "everybody from the back come and sit on 
everybody's knee and we'll have a good time" while it rains. Whether 
or not that happened cannot be gathered from the recording, but the 
crowd never loses its enthusiasm for the music. By the time Yes 
returned to the stage for their encore, 'Yours Is No Disgrace', the 
clouds had parted and the rain ended.

What more could you want? Close to the Edge, perhaps, but that track 
had its live debut the next night in Hartford, CT.

TheTooleMan
August 13, 2007