Yes (and Roger Dean)
Tuesday, Sept 19th, 2023  ~7-10pm
Mickey's Black Box
101 Rock Lititz Blvd
Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA

Mickey Tait - host
Roger Dean - lecturer
Steve Howe - electric, acoustic and steel guitar, vocals
Geoff Downes - keyboards, vocals
Jon Davison - lead vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar
Jay Shellen - drums, percussion
Billy Sherwood - bass, vocals

 1. Mickey Tait's intro of Roger Dean (2:08)
 2. Roger Dean talk                  (26:18)

 3. Mickey Tait's intro of Yes        (3:11)
 4. The Young Person's Guide to the   (2:39)
    Orchestra (walk on music)
 5. Going For the One                 (5:35)
 6. It Will Be a Good Day (the River) (5:24)
 7. Machine Messiah                  (10:48)
 8. Howe describes the show           (0:44)
 9. I've Seen All Good People         (7:16)
10. America (instrumental)            (4:13)
11. Time and a Word                   (6:37)
12. South Side of the Sky             (8:54)
13. Turn of the Century               (8:56)
14. Don't Kill the Whale              (4:47)
15. Rhythm of Love                    (5:34)
16. All Connected                     (9:31)
17. Cut From the Stars                (5:30)
18. condensed Tales From             (21:12)
    Topographic Oceans          
19. calls for encore & band intros    (2:50)
20. encore: Roundabout               (10:11)

Total Time: 152:12 (2 hrs, 32 min, 12 sec)


Tascam DP-004 digital recorder using built-in mics
WAV -> Cool Edit '96 (volume & track split) -> FLAC Frontend -> flac files


Notes:

Beginning of the "Classic Tales of Yes" tour, first show (I believe) where they've played anything from the Mirror to the Sky album.  The band was rehearsing in Lititz because their sound and lighting crews are based there, and for the second tour in a row they decided to add a "warm-up" show at Mickey's Black Box to prepare for the tour.

I included Roger Dean's pre-show talk for historical purposes, but it relied pretty heavily on visuals so the audio-only version probably won't be too enlightening.

Recorded from the front row of the balcony.  The recording came out way better than I had hoped for.  There were some talkative people sitting around me, but for the most part they're almost inaudible in the recording.  The acoustics in the venue are excellent, and the recorder had a clear "sightline" to the stage.  Other than amplifying it with Cool Edit, this is the raw recording.

Apologies for the fuzzy focus on the included photos - I took them with my phone and the it's camera is pretty crappy, especially in dark environments.