Whatever happened to.............

[Martin Riley]

........the master tapes of the concerts that constituted the recordings that were used for Yessongs?

Why wasn't Yessongs included in the Rhino re-iisues?

[pauli]

(Whatever happened to)........the master tapes of the concerts that constituted the recordings that were used for Yessongs?

Why wasn't Yessongs included in the Rhino re-iisues?
Excellent question, Martin; I have wondered the same thing.
The Gastwirt remaster of Yessongs never impressed me that much, especially after I heard what Rhino was able to do with CTTE, Tales and Relayer...

[relayer4u]

I think I remember reading that the Yessongs recordings were low track count and that prevents being able to improve them much beyond what we have.

[smatt]

Hmmm, interesting question.. I'll try and find something out about that.... Not sure that I can but I'll give it a shot...

[Buglunch]

I think I remember reading that the Yessongs recordings were low track count and that prevents being able to improve them much beyond what we have.

What does that mean to those of us who can't keep buying needles and cartridges and turntables to hear the vinyl records?
-at least get them onto CD as is so we can toss one into a stereo and listen to them, Rhinoboys!

[smatt]

I think I remember reading that the Yessongs recordings were low track count and that prevents being able to improve them much beyond what we have.

This has been answered... Ray is correct.. Basically, the masters suck and they don't think they can do a substantially better remaster....

[JL]

This has been answered... Ray is correct.. Basically, the masters suck and they don't think they can do a substantially better remaster....

It's still my favorite live album ever!!!

[smatt]

It's still my favorite live album ever!!!

:band: Mine to JL..... I never get sick of it! :clap:

[CybrKhatru]

If y'all have the original 2-CD 'fatboy' from Atlantic, you've got the best sounding CD of Yessongs out there. Just turn up the bass and treble a bit and VOILA!! I wasn't impressed with the Gastwirt 94 remaster either...

And if you're a vinyl junkie...the Japanese LP smokes!

---Matt

[smatt]

If y'all have the original 2-CD 'fatboy' from Atlantic, you've got the best sounding CD of Yessongs out there. Just turn up the bass and treble a bit and VOILA!! I wasn't impressed with the Gastwirt 94 remaster either...

And if you're a vinyl junkie...the Japanese LP smokes!

---Matt

Yeppers...... Matt you should just become the resident Yesfans audiophile.... :lmao: You need your own forum....

"Matt's Musical Musings" :clap:

[Bo Locks]

........the master tapes of the concerts that constituted the recordings that were used for Yessongs?

Why wasn't Yessongs included in the Rhino re-iisues?With all respect, is this the right question?

I don't think the cd and dvd should live as separate entities. There is justification for remastering audio AND video to produce the definitive version of Yessongs. Particularly as it is said that the Joe Gastwirt cannot be improved upon. We do need the rest of the live footage tho'.

However such as exercise is unlikely to happen as some Yes(>pthoo<)fans will just wait to download it for free as quality just doesn't seem to be an issue when they'd rather ensure no money is taken from their pockets!

[CybrKhatru]

Yeppers...... Matt you should just become the resident Yesfans audiophile.... :lmao: You need your own forum....

"Matt's Musical Musings" :clap:

Hey, Matt....thanks! That'll be sure to p*ss people off, won't it? :lmao:
(actually, I'd pray that it'd be a helpful resource rather than a pain in the you-know-what...). Coming soon to a thread near us? time will tell....:headset:

Speaking of the Yessongs movie, I seriously wonder if anyone can improve on the Yessongs video. Does anyone know if those tapes are MIA? I always assumed they were.

---Matt