YES 40th anniversary tour

[seyesbass]

Paul you said it...The Marshall has definitely got the grunt!
To get similar results I really overdrive the pre-amp on my SVT3 and I play pretty hard too to make the speakers earn their keep by pushing things into break up.
I had a 69 Marshall Supabass head a while ago and its instant filth as soon as you twang a note,problem with the SB is they arent master volume amps so it was difficult in smaller venues and I traded it to a blues guitarist who told me that apart from a small capacitor or something its identical to the lead amp which is what Gary Moore was using at the time.The Rick is more or less flat out volume wise on both pick ups and if I want a more raw early 70s tone I flick to the HS. It works well on YIND when I flick back to the toaster for the quiet walking bass part.Its handy also to see what positions Chris plays in for tone. Sometimes (RH) he will play a few bars up at the neck and then swap to the bridge. Riffs always make more sense when you watch where someone like Chris positions the left hand because even though he likes to be flamboyant he doesnt deliberately make hard work of it. What a blessing youtube is for those clips of Parallels!...I wish I hadnt sold my 73 Jazz now. On the look out for a nice Geddy Lee to replace it.
Jim Hows things?
I told you we would keep you busy!
You are thinking the same thing as me about the recording side of Yes.I would love the guys to spend as long as it takes to make a true NEW Yes album
Al Green recently went back into the studio and used as much of the old techniques and equipment as he could to replicate the sound of those classic Soul sessions.
We have all become lazy with digital and I think some of the processing needs to be taken out (like organic food with no added flavourings in the supermarket) to let the music breathe.
I dont know about you but when I go to arena gigs these days its like the sound is compressed to death and most of the time the bass is a vague rumble mushed up with a gut wrenching bass drum that splatters hell out of the vocals.
Listen to any live recordings of bands from the early 70s by comparison.
Switch off the racks and get back to the sound coming from the amps and instruments.
For Yes I would go right back to the early sessions and look at the masters for where to go to reach that Yes sound.
The recent BBC programme featuring Sgt Pepper tracks re-recorded by bands such as Travis highlighted the value of checking out why those Abbey Road sessions sounded the way they did.
Magnification was a move in the right direction like a new Time and a Word and I think Yes now need to make The YES Album 2 where the individual talents shine within the context of a great prog rock song.

[aceonbass]

As far as Chris reading this forum, I don't know what he's doing these days. I did get an email from someone close to him that did not give any details, but let me know that some damage had been done by a previous forum member. (I do not have any details, please don't PM me and ask, this person was very discreet). Just know that he has been informed that there is a new moderator, so perhaps he is checking in from time to time.

Oh I think most of us can figure out who THAT was Paul.

[2112]

Just a few dates...nothing is 100% official as they have not been posted officially, but these were found on the Yesfans.com site attached to Yesworld......


Quebec Summer Festival Sat. July 12
Boston Wed. July 23
early August at the Hard Rock in Orlando, Fl
Los Angeles, CA Fri. Aug. 22 Gibson Ampitheater

This is all I have found as of today, and as I said, these aren't 100% official. So don't hold me to it.

[ajish4]

Anyone know of a GOOD site to get tickets from when they do become available?

Hard Rock in Orlando huh, cool. Not too bad 1.5 hour drive.

[2112]

Chicago Fri. July 18
KC Wed. Aug. 6

Not official as of yet, but the Chicago date is from H.O.B. So..........


And,...hold on to your hats...
Top ticket price for Chicago is $145.00.

And that's BEFORE the ticket fees.

[johnallg]

To get similar results I really overdrive the pre-amp on my SVT3 and I play pretty hard too to make the speakers earn their keep by pushing things into break up.
......

We have all become lazy with digital and I think some of the processing needs to be taken out (like organic food with no added flavourings in the supermarket) to let the music breathe.

Pete, I agree about overdriving the preamp to the SVT-3 (also have the Tube Gain all the way up) to get you near the Marshall/Ampeg sound Chris had then.

I think with the relative ease of capturing our work to digital nowadays has also taken away from the creative ooze that was a part of having to figure out how to get a sound and how to capture that was the way before all the fancy gear and processes. I know I took much better composed photographs in B&W than I did when I got into color processing. Something about the limits of just having light and dark, texture, and contrast control caused me to be more into and more aware of both the medium and the creative process. With color being able to carry more in a composition, you tend to relax or even get somewhat lazy. I wonder how much this carries over to the digital recording world?

[mikeyesfan]

Boston IS onsale

http://www.livenation.com/artist/getArt ... stId/2398/

[2112]

Here are the tour dates..........


Close to the Edge and Back Tour
North America 2008
July 12: Quebec City, QUE - Quebec City Festival
July 13: Toronto, ONT - Molson Amphitheatre
July 15: Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
July 16: Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Stadium & Star Pavilion
July 18: Chicago, IL - Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island
July 19: Detroit, MI - Freedom Hill
July 22: Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
July 23: Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
July 25: Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Event Center
July 26: Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
July 28: Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
July 29: Baltimore, MD - Pier 6 Pavilion
July 31: Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre
Aug 1: Miami, FL - Hard Rock Live Arena
Aug 2: Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
Aug 4: Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
Aug 6: Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
Aug 8: Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug 9: Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center
Aug 11: Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Aug 14: Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
Aug 15: Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater at Qwest Field Events Center
Aug 19: Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View
Aug 20: Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
Aug 22: Universal City, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre

[aceonbass]

Holy cripes! that is a lot of gigs in 6 weeks! I hope they aren't worn out by the time they get here.

[ajish4]

Thanks Thomas!

Hotel Room BOOKED....any idea on ticket sales yet?

GOODIE, GOODIE, GOODIE!

[aceonbass]

I went to Ticketmasters website and registered to get a text message on my phone one hour before tickets go on sale here on April 11th.

[ram]

My understnading is the Baltimore tickets go on sale in a week

[Happyface]

On friday I booked tickets for Boston. Logged in right at 10 am but was relegated to Row T. Maybe I should have waited for Ebay...

[revolver323]

I'm tired of having every major English act bypass Pittsburgh most of the time. Yes has played here at an amphitheater outside town, and McCartney stopped her with Flowers in the Dirt." But Mellon Arena, the one large venue in town, is 45 years old and can't hold the rigging for today's shows. A new hockey arena won't be available till 2012. Back in the old days, I saw ELP, Asia, Yes (3 times), Gabriel (4 times), Genesis (3 times), Tull (2 times), Deep Purple, King Crimson, UK and many more, all at smaller venues (some no more than 3,000 seats. By the time they get that new arena built, all the older guys will have stopped touring.

[just_bassics]

Good point, Dave, but one of the main reasons I believe they are skipping Pittsburgh is our entertainment taxes. That is why so many acts head for Burgettstown, out of Allegheny county, if they stop here at all. The last YES show I attended was at Star Lake in Burgettstown in 2000 and Yes have not come here since. I thought the crowd that evening may have had something to do with it as well - not the best concert experience for me. What happened to the days of sitting back and listening to the music?

What's that old Billy Preston line, nothing form nothing leaves nothing? A higher tax rate on zero concerts per year does not add much to the coffers... Now I have to travel to Hershey just to see Yes. Pittsburgh used to be one of their best stops. Maybe after Jon got jumped onstage in '79, he's not thrilled about playing here!