Yes - 27/9/77 Las Vegas : new 8mm video ??

[highfell]

There is a new 8mm video upload/link to the Forgotten Yesterdays site a few days ago - not sure if its new material but in any case great to see and what energy they had in those days :

Forgotten Yesterdays : http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/date...id=41745#41745

YouTube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyETM06kpgg

[highfell]

OK : some further explanation from the YouTube info; Hed Gilboa involved


Includes portions of Parallels, I've Seen All Good People, Close To The Edge, Turn Of The Century, And You And I, Going For The One, Flight Jam, Awaken, and Starship Trooper This is a really nice 8mm film by Louis Dosch. He did a great job capturing a full stage view and some very long segments. Louis remembers filming this in Las Vegas September 27th where he met Rick in the casino gambling After working on probably 1000 reels of 8mm film, this is the first Yes 8mm film I've worked on. I did a 2K transfer, cleaned up some noise and film dirt/dust, corrected the color as much as possible (it shifts a lot depending on the lighting), stabilized, and interpolated to a higher frame rate. I also adjusted the curves (highlights) to squeeze as much detail out of the spotlit areas that are normally lost to 8mm. Hed Gilboa (www.hedgilboasound.com) handled the sound sync. He used the sound from a few days before Vegas and it was great quality and match including the moment when Rick throws the tambourine into the air and falls onto the drum riser right at the very end. But he used more than one recording to create a sort of matrix. Really amazing job!

[Mr. Holland]

Brilliant!

[Ash Armstrong]

Amazing job!

[highfell]

Brilliant!

Yes it is fabulous. I found it so uplifting to see : listening to it now for the third time in a row

The video & audio is just electrifying to see/listen to. The quick jump between different songs , somehow makes it more exciting.

[John Vehadija]

Great find! Thank you!

[madbear]

Very cool. thank you

[Roundabob]

Wow. The energy and performance was so outstanding. I saw this tour in August of 1977 in Hampton, VA. Ah, to be young. I’d love to do it all over again..

[Yesjim]

Wow!!! Distant foggy memory - I was at that show and until now forgot 'that guy' with the 8mm camera down the row from me - we had hitchhiked from LA and upon arrival met some folks partaking in the parking lot. They said they had met 'some guy' who was going to film the show - and sure enough there he was in the same row as us. Completely forgot about it until seeing this, what a fantastic souvenir! Thank you highfell for posting this!!!

[True]

Wow, this is wonderful. I've seen so little film from this era that watching this takes me back to those shows. I've sometimes wondered: were they as great as I remember - or has my memory made them seem greater than they were?
This film reminds me that they were as great as I remember. They were so great then, that I am still on a forum about them 44 years later.

Also - I remember seeing them with Steve playing that Rickenbacker on Awaken. What a great sound. Too bad he ditched it for the Steinberger. He has since commented on how the Steinberger is so easy to play and stays in tune better - but it does not quite sound the same.

[Ceasar’s Palace]

Thanks for uploading. Great stuff indeed. Even Jon and Rick are bouncing around. Chris with the iconic suit and the triple neck. And Alan pushing everything forward. Arguably the best live line up.

[Gtkgasman]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Chrisklenox]

Alan White… what a badass driving the whole thing.

[Ceasar’s Palace]

Alan White… what a badass driving the whole thing.

You can’t see it, because of the resolution, but I bet he had his badass face on too.

[Gilly Goodness]

You can’t see it, because of the resolution, but I bet he had his badass face on too.

And the mo. Surely the mo too.

#motoo