Tsongas in da house!

[Andersonic]

Hey everybody!

today is a good day; the mailman just brought me 'Songs From Tsongas'!

Your Move is now playing and it looks and sounds great! I ordered this one at www.nlstore.nl (click 'artiestenlijst' and enter Yes) last friday.

I really hope all you guys will be treated soon to this DVD, brings back great memories...yesterday exactly one year ago I saw Yes in Holland...great way to celebrate that!

[True Believer]

Hi Winston, mine's apparently on the way too!

[Joe]

Hey everybody!

today is a good day; the mailman just brought me 'Songs From Tsongas'!

Your Move is now playing and it looks and sounds great! I ordered this one at www.nlstore.nl (click 'artiestenlijst' and enter Yes) last friday.

I really hope all you guys will be treated soon to this DVD, brings back great memories...yesterday exactly one year ago I saw Yes in Holland...great way to celebrate that!
Your such a tease!

[Simon B]

Winston - but can I get it in the shops??????

Coming up to our years anniversary bro? Will drink a toast in honour of Yestopia 2004 tomorrow!

[Vic Anderson]

get it at Cdwow.com

[dead_groundhog]

Care to write us a nice review? How's it look? Editing? Painful overdubs? Silly keys-ish visual effects? Set list the way it should be?

Is this the perfect Yes DVD we always dreamed it would be!?!?!?!

[Vic Anderson]

yes it is

[dead_groundhog]

Details Vic!
I'm in need of details! LOTS of them!

[Vic Anderson]

a guy who watched it:

There are almost no bonus, sadly. Just the 7-minute interview of Roger Dean from MSN.

The concert is great. The acoustic set is great, maybe just a bit too long for me. A very good thing is that Alan is playing on a small drum kit to be closer to the audience.

The setlist brings some fresh air, and it's quite "bizarre" to have All Good People and Roundabout played before the encores!!!

Rhythm Of Love is a highlight! Jon in the middle of the audience... it's really funny.

There's some humour too. Chris talks to the audience and chats with Jon between songs in the acoustic set. Steve talks too, but only to say "thank you" after his solo part.

The picture is great. Colors are very good, thanks to the stage design! Unlike other people, I quite like the giant cows

The concert is on 2 DVDs but there was a 15-minute interruption in the actual show, so it's not as disturbing as when it's really cut between 2 songs.

[dead_groundhog]

That sounds great Vic! I've never been more excited for anything ever in my life!
It was a long show!!! So i guess it had to be split over two discs. They could have done more special features then just that interview. Wasn't there going to be a short tour behind the scenes documentry thingy?

It must look weird that Steve is playing his solo while the stage crew are running around behind him. It was odd seeing that live.

HAHA Giant Cows!!! I never thought of them like that before.

[smatt]

There are almost no bonus, sadly. Just the 7-minute interview of Roger Dean from MSN.

The concert is great. The acoustic set is great, maybe just a bit too long for me. A very good thing is that Alan is playing on a small drum kit to be closer to the audience.

The setlist brings some fresh air, and it's quite "bizarre" to have All Good People and Roundabout played before the encores!!!

Rhythm Of Love is a highlight! Jon in the middle of the audience... it's really funny.

There's some humour too. Chris talks to the audience and chats with Jon between songs in the acoustic set. Steve talks too, but only to say "thank you" after his solo part.

The picture is great. Colors are very good, thanks to the stage design! Unlike other people, I quite like the giant cows

The concert is on 2 DVDs but there was a 15-minute interruption in the actual show, so it's not as disturbing as when it's really cut between 2 songs.


Am I still on there Vic, during Owner, or did they cut me out :crybby:

[Vic Anderson]

yes :)

[Vic Anderson]

use DVD Shrink

if you wanna convert the rgions

[smatt]

I like DVD decryptor myself, it hasn't failed to remove copy protection OR region encoding on any DVD I've run through it yet......

[nightliner]

Is Ritual on it?

[Vic W.]

Setlist, from cd-wow.com:

Disc 1


Intro/ Firebird Suite
Going For The One
Sweet Dreams
Your Move/ I've All Good People
Mind Drive Parts 1 And 2
South Side Of The Sky
Turn Of The Century
My Eyes/ Mind Drive Part 3
Yours Is No Disgrace
Disc 2

The Meeting Room/ The Meeting
Long Distance Runaround
Wonderous Stories
Time Is Time
Roundabout
Show Me
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Secound Initial
Rhythm Of Love
And You And I
Ritual
Every Little Thing
Starship Trooper

[Andersonic]

yes

[YesJen357]

Hooray!..... I hope I can be forgiven for thinking it would never be released.

Please Amazon UK, hurry up and send mine!

[Balrog]

Can anyone confirm that there is a 5.1 audio track on the dvd? I have seen conflicting reports that range from a mere Dolby stereo up to the much-preferred 5.1 dts. Thanks in advance and I envy you who already have this long-anticipated release. And keep the reviews coming (its a LONG time until August!).

[Andersonic]

Dolby Digital Stereo

5.1

and DTS

[Balrog]

Excellent! Thanks Andersonic!

[Earl Grey]

Chris seemed pretty peeved that Ritual wasn't on the original DVD.

He made a scene, and he should have.

Thank Chris for the inclusion of Ritual.

It was his call.

url:yesbird:

[Vic Anderson]

get it from cdwow.com

its the cheapest and they have it :)

ships fast

peace

[smatt]

:lmao: I can see Vic dancing around his house right now watching this..........

[Vic Anderson]

i didn't get it yet man
but in a few days

i am extatic it shipped :)

[dead_groundhog]

i didn't get it yet man

You wrote a review but you didn't get it yet? How did you do that?
Vic man, it's like that review for jon's dvd on amazon.uk? hahaha

[Vic Anderson]

no man its a review from a guy who watched it :)

[Vic Anderson]

the review on amazon was meant to ecourage people to buy it

promoting jon

and its an accurate review :)

[dead_groundhog]

It's a very accurate review. you should work as jon's PR guy.

are reviews starting to come in now? do you know where we can find them?

[gitsy]

I am a little confused as on the yes site it states ‘Filmed in May of 2004 this DVD consists of selections from Yes' summer tour, along with a behind the scenes look at the rehearsals, and interviews with band members and Roger Dean.’ Yet posted here I read that there are little extras in fact only Mr Dean speaking. What’s going on here? Are there two versions? Is anybody there? I am so confused help!

[VanDerGraaf]

In the world of Yes product, confusion always reigns supreme. At least the damn thing has finally appeared- WITH Ritual (good one Chris).

I think a review would be interesting and insightful, come on someone!

[remembering]

Amazon UK still denying that it is available Ba*****s

[Vic Anderson]

get it from cdwow

what is the big deal?

[prem895]

What ever happend to the 8-track. It is still way ahead of it's time

[gitsy]

Chris lost the masters for the 8 track. There was a copy doing the rounds but Steve didn’t like the mix (guitar to low) Anyway Ricks keys were overdubbed on that version. Oh well we will just have to put up with the DVD 5.1 (without tour interviews)

[Vic Anderson]

can anybody post a good review plese? come on now

[Skyward]

I was there!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, the heat and humidity were so oppresive as to make a Brazilian sick, but it was YES history just the same!! A grand night indeed...now on film!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, on disc anyhoo.

[Internaut]

can anybody post a good review plese? come on now

My review of the show is here at Forgotten Yesterdays...

http://forgottenyesterdays.com/date.asp?s=5&tname=24&tdate=2372&navb=10

The PBS video~s quality is quite good, I just don~t care for the short attention span mentality (MTV style) of showing quick shots of the guys playing... The views, IMO, should be longer

[True Believer]

Just received my copy today - watching it now, Mind Drive Part 1 - sound/image good so far.

[jolo]

For those who have heard Tsongas,

How much of the concert is acoustic? If it is a lot, I would be disappointed.

Not that it matters, but does anyone know why there was the delay? Business reasons, editing reasons? Group being busy reasons?

Thanks,

Jon

[BrianD]

For those who have heard Tsongas,

How much of the concert is acoustic? If it is a lot, I would be disappointed.

Not that it matters, but does anyone know why there was the delay? Business reasons, editing reasons? Group being busy reasons?

Thanks,

Jon

Well - I didn't see this concert, but I did see them in 2004 and from the setlist below, I've highlighted the acoustic part

Disc 1


Intro/ Firebird Suite
Going For The One
Sweet Dreams
Your Move/ I've All Good People
Mind Drive Parts 1 And 2
South Side Of The Sky
Turn Of The Century
My Eyes/ Mind Drive Part 3
Yours Is No Disgrace
Disc 2

The Meeting Room/ The Meeting
Long Distance Runaround
Wonderous Stories
Time Is Time
Roundabout
Show Me
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Secound InitialRhythm Of Love
And You And I
Ritual
Every Little Thing
Starship Trooper

[Earl Grey]

I haven't gotten my own copy yet, The Pony Express is so slow, damn.

I'm glad to see that Every Little Thing has been included, one of my favorite songs last tour!
They cut it out of the set-list mid-tour, so it's a treat to have an official recording of ELT. Great song.

Ritual is what held the DVD up. It needed some fix-ups, ...some were balking. Chris insisted, the rest is Yestory!

I'm glad Chris insisted on having Ritual on the DVD.

I was downright chuffed when I heard it might be left-off.

Ritual was a defining moment.

url:yesbird:

[jambo]

get it at Cdwow.com

Thanks vic, I ordered it on thursday and it arrived today.

At Last!

Adam

[henny]

Ordered mine on Friday, thinking it'd come today.

I'm routing for tomorrow... Can't wait!

[PrimeMover]

Got mine today, have just watched it. Pretty good, but I think it's quite annoying with the cameras that are changing picture every third second..it made me dizzy..

[flep]

I'm glad Chris insisted on having Ritual on the DVD.

I was downright chuffed when I heard it might be left-off.

:offtopic:

Earl

Yet another translation and meaning that has changed as it's crossed the Atlantic.

In the UK if you are "Chuffed" it basically means you are made up with something, happy about it etc.As in "I'm dead Chuffed me" I had to do a double take and read it again to get your drift.

I would be far from Chuffed if Ritual had been left off !!!

[brotherofmine]

:offtopic:

Earl

Yet another translation and meaning that has changed as it's crossed the Atlantic.

In the UK if you are "Chuffed" it basically means you are made up with something, happy about it etc.As in "I'm dead Chuffed me" I had to do a double take and read it again to get your drift.

I would be far from Chuffed if Ritual had been left off !!!
Yep! I just read the same flep and was a bit.... :thinking:

[MrPhil]

I got it on friday, have only seen up to Mind Drive part 3.
I can't compare with the original concert, but if I compare with the Stockholm concert, I must say that I feel the DVD isn't as rocky as the real concert was.
It was a lot more punch and energy than the DVD brings through. I think it has been mixed very non-aggressive. Held back much of the original live energy. For instance the Going for the one-slide guitar really rocked in Stockholm, but on the DVD it's almost "oh well"....
The guys also seem a tiny bit unfocused sometimes.

It would have been real ineterresting to be able to compare the original concert I went to, as I know comparing with another concert on DVD is somewhat tilted.

Anyone who went to the recorded concert who likes to comment?

[YesScots]

It was a good concert, albeit extremely hot!

Can't wait until the DVD arrives - hope I see myself (Alison) as we spotted Brian on the PBS recording!

Photos from the gig are under 'Lowell' on our site: www.yesscot.co.uk

Ali.

[Vic Anderson]

i finally got it

wow just wow

wow

review later

[dead_groundhog]

Can't wait for the review vic!
I hope everyone who has it can post a review. Really long detailed reviews. Most of us here in north america will not be able to see this for well over a month. We need to hear every detail about this release so we can dream about it.

[Mostly Harmless]

I've been sooo anxious for this release. Please post a detailed review. I gotta know, Has the wait been in vain or is it worth it? Do tell, please.

[Vic Anderson]

its worth eavey minute and penny

steve stole the show

south side is from another world

it like unbelivable

[Vic Anderson]

jon messe up mind drive but not really its all good :)

[Vic Anderson]

turn of the century is magical

[dead_groundhog]

Somebody has got to do a song by song breakdown w/screen shots and everything. Sound clips! ok that's going to far! but keep the reviews coming

[Mostly Harmless]

How much of it is actually from the Lowell show? The Yesworld description says it "includes selections from their 2004 summer tour."

[dead_groundhog]

How much of it is actually from the Lowell show? The Yesworld description says it "includes selections from their 2004 summer tour."

As far as I know it's the only show on the tour they had set up for film. That doesn't mean they couldn't squeeze in a few shots from different sources.. but as far as I know it can only be from the Lowell show.

Is this true Vic?

[Vic Anderson]

yeah the whole lowell show

[VanDerGraaf]

I got it on friday, have only seen up to Mind Drive part 3.
I can't compare with the original concert, but if I compare with the Stockholm concert, I must say that I feel the DVD isn't as rocky as the real concert was.
It was a lot more punch and energy than the DVD brings through. I think it has been mixed very non-aggressive. Held back much of the original live energy. For instance the Going for the one-slide guitar really rocked in Stockholm, but on the DVD it's almost "oh well"....


Oh dear. Exactly what we don't need from an official DVD release. Yes stuff often seems "sanitised" on official releases- which misses the point of the energy the band often exudes. I haven't got mine yet though so who knows? Does sound like another lost opportunity though.

I think the guys sounded really good on this tour, to not hear it properly represented will be a shame.
Good to see others differ in opinion. Anyone else commenting on the sound, which, DVD or not, is the big factor?

[Vic Anderson]

i'st all great in 5.1

[allpurechance]

i'st all great in 5.1

Vic!!!I take heart and great encouragement from your words!(always have,too!lol)

Now if only Amazon will come through for me(this item has been bought and paid for since last November!)...

Frank

[Vic Anderson]

i don't think you will be disappointed

thank you steve

[Mostly Harmless]

As far as I know it's the only show on the tour they had set up for film. That doesn't mean they couldn't squeeze in a few shots from different sources.. but as far as I know it can only be from the Lowell show.


Fantastic, I was at that show as well, 1st row in front of Steve!!! Can't wait for the US release. Glad to hear that the sound quality is good too. Happy, Happy, Happy!!!!!!

[henny]

Hmmm, people's opinions on this are interesting!

Some love it, others hate it.

[neilius]

Hmmm, people's opinions on this are interesting!

Some love it, others hate it.

My thoughts entirely

[spock]

Can anyone confirm that there is a 5.1 audio track on the dvd? I have seen conflicting reports that range from a mere Dolby stereo up to the much-preferred 5.1 dts. Thanks in advance and I envy you who already have this long-anticipated release. And keep the reviews coming (its a LONG time until August!).

There is a 5.1 soundtrack and it sound better than the DTS 5.1.....but worse...the dolby surround sounds even better....so my config is dvd on dolby surround and amplifier on dts-neo or dolby II-music.

[YesJen357]

Put me in the 'I love it' category.
It is perfect as far as I am concerned. It is the equal of 'Symphonic.'
Just awesome!
Thank you YES! Well worth the wait!