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Live at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA 3rd October 1980
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Gravity singularity “DRAMA Tour” in the history of YES with Trevor Horn at the front. The best masterpiece live album was born. Introducing a press 2CD that permanently preserves the master sound of an absolute master!
“Performance in Los Angeles on October 3, 1980” is engraved on this work. It is a superb audience recording made by historical master Mike Millard. YES is a band with an advanced official archive, but even in such a situation, the “DRAMA Tour” is a demon. I was able to listen to some songs on “THE WORD IS LIVE”, but the reality is that I still have to rely on audience recording for a full show. Of course, we have also introduced representative superb recordings at our shop. First of all, let’s take a look at the whole picture of the “DRAMA” era that ended in foam.
《“Drama” Released on August 18》
・ August 29-September 8: North America (8 performances)
・September 9 “DRAMATIC PLAY (Boston)”
・ September 10-October 2: USA (19 performances)
・October 3: Los Angeles performance ← This work
・October 4-20: USA (13 performances)
・ November 16-December 17: UK (23 performances)
・December 18 “RAINBOW THEATER 1980 2ND NIGHT”
This is YES in 1980. The first half = North America / second half = UK only, and the Los Angeles performance of this work is of course the former. It was a concert that was the 29th performance of the whole.
This show has long been known for its superb recordings, and has been competing with the Boston performance “DRAMATIC PLAY (Virtuoso 032/033)” for the seat of the tour’s best masterpiece. Because of the wonderful sound, it was whispered that “Millard recorded it?”, But the rumor was correct. This time, an original cassette was discovered in Millard’s master excavation project. It was released with the ultimate Gene upgrade sound. And the sound updates the highest peak ever. As a matter of course, it is better than the existing group of the same recording, and the Boston performance that has reigned as tour No. 1 has been dragged down and reigned as the new champion.
First of all, it is a comparison with the previous recording of the same recording, but it is clear that it is the original from the fact that the interval between songs after “Tempus Fugit” and “Whitefish” is recorded longer than before (the ending of “Starship Trooper” is a recording leak Although it is cut the same as before, it is still recorded about 15 seconds longer), but what is more important is the sound that penetrates the whole story. This is a super natural master freshness that will wake you up! In order to hide the dubbing marks, the previous master was extremely high due to equalization, and the hiss remained strong. Depending on the board, there were even things that were further processed to suppress the hiss and the performance sound was distorted. On the other hand, this work is truly the original master. The details of the details are clearly left, and the sound is extremely natural. Since there is no need to deceive by processing, there is no distortion in the performance sound.
Its freshness transcends even the champion Boston recording. In the first place, the mirrored recording boasted a more direct feeling than the Boston recording, but the processing feeling dragged down and I was content with second place. However, this time there is no feeling of processing. While it has the same natural feeling as “DRAMATIC PLAY (Boston)”, the direct feeling that is the original strength is at its best. He took the throne in an instant.
The full show of the extremely valuable “DRAMA Tour” is drawn with such a champion sound. Let’s organize the contents of the set here.
●Drama
・Album Songs: Does It Really Happen?/Into The Lens/Tempus Fugit/Machine Messiah
・Others: Go Through This／Man In A White Car Suite／We Can Fly From Here
●Others
・Third album: Yours Is No Disgrace / Clap / Starship Trooper
・Other: And You And I / Amazing Grace / Whitefish / Roundabout
… and it looks like this. Anyway, the whole story is super rare. Now it’s familiar to the “DRAMA” number, but if you think about it, it’s all songs that have been sealed for around 30 years since this tour. In addition, Jeff Downes’ solo “Man In A White Car Suite”, which expanded “Go Through This”, “We Can Fly From Here” and “White Car”, which were not included in the album, is also shown. Furthermore, classics such as “Yours Is No Disgrace”, “Starship Trooper”, “Roundabout” and “And You And I” were also dyed with Trevor Horn’s singing voice, and “1980’s YES”, which is different from any other time, is the best You can experience it with the mirrored sound of.
The official extended remastered version, the sequel-like “FLY FROM HERE”, and even the reproduction tour, “DRAMA” has been re-evaluated. This work is the only “full live album at that time” that is not official enough, and it is an absolute work that serves as an “official substitute”. A historical live album recorded with great care by Mike Millard, who loved YES music. Its highest peak. Please fully enjoy the press 2CD that leaves the shine forever.
★ “DRAMA Tour” masterpiece. It is the best audience recording of “October 3, 1980 Los Angeles performance”. Boston recording “DRAMATIC PLAY (Virtuoso 032/033)”, which has been digitized directly from the newly discovered absolute master Mike Millard’s original master, and has been regarded as the No. 1 tour in the past, of course, on the same day. ] Even transcends. It is a new champion album that serves as “an official substitute for the DRAMA Tour”.
Virtuoso 486/487
