Yes
Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum
Roanoke, VA
1976-05-28

Jon Anderson (Vocals, percussion, guitar?)
Steve Howe (Guitars)
Patrick Moraz (Keyboards)
Chris Squire (Bass)
Alan White (Drums, tuned percussion)

01) Apocalypse > Siberian Khatru 11:04
02) I've Seen All Good People 7:03
03) Ram (fades in) 1:59
04) Hold Out Your Hand/You By My Side 9:38
05) Roundabout�8:53
06) Break Away From It All 5:31
07) Beginnings 2:28�
08) One Way Rag 5:42
09) White Solo�2:39
10) (segues into) Song Of Innocence�6:55
11) Cachaca (Baiao)�6:55�
12) (segues into) Soundchaser�9:52�
13) Harp Solo�4:59�
14) Heart Of The Sunrise�11:12
15) Sweet Dreams 7:08�
16) "bonus" track-Flight of the Moorglade (Pennsylvania tour rehearsals 1976-05-xx) 3:38

This share might certainly merit a bit of explanation. First of all, I'd gone to the soon to be officially released 1976 Yes show from Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, NJ. That one has been widely circulated as a boot for years and years since it was broadcast from the venue. Jersey City was probably my 5th or 6th time seeing Yes since right before the CTTE release. That got me thinking back to these times and this tour. Patrick Moraz was onboard for about 2 years at this point, but there had been no new Yes "product" since Relayer (besides the look back to the early days of the band called Yesterdays). What had been worked on and released since Moraz came onboard were 5 solo albums from each band member. Therefore, you'll see this summer tour from late May through August referred to on the Forgotten Yesterdays site as the "Solo Albums Tour".
Needless to say, I started to take a look at what else I had from that tour and time. Beyond a couple of boots from Pennsylvania tour rehearsals, this Roanoke, VA show was the first of the tour. It's really the only show that extensively featured the solo album material. Many of those songs were dropped as soon as the next available recordings from early June. By the time I saw them in Jersey City, about 3 weeks after this, it was quite a different set that only included a Moraz and Anderson solo spot. What were they thinking, or expecting playing a set like they did here in Roanoke? It'd be fascinating to know, as well as to sit in on any of the discussions back then about what to change and why.
I'd bought all of the solo albums when they came out and will admit to still really liking several songs from each of them. Therefore, fool that I am, that brought me to this recording. Shaun Toole had done an early remaster about 25 years ago of what circulated from this show, and that is what still seems to be circulating today. It's last run here came from chucho in 2022. I've learned to tinker over the years with the sonics of many shows that I share, and the reception has generally been good, although I know to reserve speed/pitch work or wow and flutter fixes to those with far more skill and knowledge. Due to the state of this recording, I didn't seek help to do those things, because the raw material makes it unlikely to have wound up with anything approaching a silk purse out of this particular sow's ear. Definitely not an audiophile's dream here. I did several things to Shaun Toole's version via my knowledge and a little experimentation with the EQ and Mastering tool set in Audacity. What's resulted is something that subjectively seems to be a bit of a better listen. I totally respect Shaun Toole and his work on so many shows, but this show was quite boomy with a fairly undefined Chris Squire bass sound dominating things and occasionally revealing a vocal line or trebly instrument. I can only imagine what he'd had to work with.
The hope here is for this now to be less dominated by that boominess, and to reveal a bit more of the higher end of things. You might actually now hear a distinct keyboard line, a vocal harmony, or some guitar where it once hadn't shown up. It'll enable those who enjoyed a song like White's One Way Rag to hear a bit more of how Jon Anderson sounds singing it (he didn't on the album), or how Spring Song of Innocence, which Anderson did sing on White's album comes across live. For what it's worth, the Squire songs are fine, Howe's vocals on Break Away are largely lost, Moraz's piece is mainly solo piano (rather than the near fusion workout on Story of i), and you'll scratch your head a bit at Jon's harp feature (which somehow was retained in the sets as the tour moved forward. It's interesting that there are no "epics" performed here. Gates of Delirium would soon return, and there is indication from the tour rehearsal boot that The Remembering (Topographic's side 2) was considered.
Earlier shares of this had "bonus" additions of Gates from Nashville on June 1st and the rehearsal run through of The Remembering from the site they were held in Pennsylvania. I didn't include them here, but "subbed in" a bonus of Anderson's Flight of the Moorglade from Olias. That wasn't played on the tour, but is included in the tour rehearsals boot from PA, so I added it in here. I felt that was more in keeping with the "Solo" spirit of things. Thanks to those who first recorded these things and circulated them over the years. Special thanks too to Shaun Toole for the basis of this share, and to Forgotten Yesterdays, and Remy before them, for the Yes goldmine that you can find there. You might see this share there eventually. Please do check the samples to get a realistic idea of what you'll be getting, and how it might differ from the Shaun Toole version that provides the raw material. 2 samples will feature comparisons.