1974-February-28

Yes		The Tour Of The Oceans

Cobo Hall	Detroit Michigan


Disc 1  -  60.41
1	Siberian Khatru			10.30
2	And You And I			 9.39
3	Close To The Edge		18.57
4	The Revealing Science Of God	21.35


Disc 2  -  72.40
1	The Remembering			21.04
2	The Ancient			19.10
2	Ritual				24.13
4	Roundabout			 8.15


	This is still my favorite Tales performance / recording.  
	The mix is very good, with Howe being more upfront than
	Wakeman.  Though I love Wakeman's playing, when he is 
	mixed as high as Howe (or often higher), the balance is 
	thrown off and Howe is very hard to hear clearly.  

	[There are many recordings where I think Wakeman is just 
	too damn high in the mix, drowning Howe out, which ruins 
	the show for me.] 

	Howe is having a superb night.  Playing all over the place, 
	he is the driving force of the band this night.  This 
	performance has that special warm "feel" of the LP Tales, 
	which is often missing from the live performances.  

	Check out the very beginning of AYAI.  RIGHT before Howe 
	kicks in with his wonderful peddle steel, you can hear 
	someone say "Wah".  I think this is Howe.  If 
	you've ever seen any of the 70's videos of Yes when 
	Howe is playing the peddle steel, you'll know he likes 
	to the mouth the sound of the instrument as he plays it.  
	It sounds like the "wah" is Howe caught on the mic 
	mouthing the sound of the steel right before he kicks 
	in with it.