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ABWH’s 1990 Japan tour was the “prog dream” of the band. The masterpiece soundboard album has been brushed up. GRAF ZEPPELIN has polished it up and released a 3CD set that has been updated to the highest quality and quantity! This work is engraved with the performance “March 7, 1990: Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium”. This is the stereo soundboard recording. ABWH, who even involved Rick Wakeman and Bill Bruford, revived the YES music of the peak prog era in the 90s. Speaking of that live performance, the official video “AN EVENING OF YES MUSIC PLUS” and the excavation board “LIVE AT THE NEC” are famous as symbols, but the Japanese performance also left behind a superb soundboard that is comparable to them. First, let’s look back on their short history and check their respective positions. 1989 {June 20th “Flash” released} July 29th-August 28th: North America #1a (25 performances) {Tony Levin → Jeff Berlin replacement} September 4th-10th: North America #1b (7 performances) ←※ Official video {Tony Levin returns} October 20th-November 23rd: Europe (24 performances) ←※ AT THE NEC 1990 February 21st-23rd: Spain (3 performances) March 1st-8th; Japan (6 performances) ←★ Here ★ March 12th-23rd: North America #2 (10 performances) Official grade SBD upgrade master This is the activity outline of the dream project ABWH. “AN EVENING OF YES MUSIC PLUS” and “LIVE AT THE NEC” were shows in 1989, but their visit to Japan was realized in 1990, the year of the new year. This Yokohama performance was the fifth concert in Japan. This show is also known for the discovery of an official-grade sound board, and this work is the highest peak update. Even if you say “upgrade” in one bite, there are various things such as different masters and different finishes, but this work is both. First, the master. The previous board “CLOSE TO THE MASTER” was also of the highest grade, but this work uses the latest upgraded master. It seems to be the same as the previous board in terms of gene, but the transfer accuracy has improved significantly. The biggest difference is the DC offset. This is simply the shift of the waveform. The position of the zero crossing in the conventional master was shifted, the waveform was plateaued, and the dynamic range was narrow. Even as it is, the equipment is easily loaded, but the problem is that it is difficult to get the mastering effect. If you force it to be powerful, it can become an unnatural balance, and when it is removed, a strange sound like “popping” will occur between the tracks. However, this time, there is no DC offset from the beginning, whether it is a master with a different transfer. It is a beautiful and wide-range sound without doing anything. GRAF ZEPPELIN finish that maximizes potential And the “finish” side has also been upgraded. The sound board’s powerful direct feeling remains intact, and an extremely natural sound is achieved. The previous master emphasized the midrange, perhaps in an attempt to counteract the weakness of the DC offset. The sound was so noisy that it felt a bit noisy. However, the new master has no weaknesses in the first place, so mastering is straightforward. Even if you precisely adjust the band balance, it doesn’t sound unnatural, and even the slightest tape hiss is natural. In addition, the subtle wow and flutter has been thoroughly corrected. It is easy to feel in the acoustic guitar solos of John Anderson and Steve Howe, but this does not change between the new and old transfers, so it is probably the twisting of the tape itself. This can only be thoroughly corrected by hand and eye. Of course, this work has been corrected one by one with obsessive precision, and the finish is truly GRAF ZEPPELIN’s pride. Even if you listen to the above corrections, you can’t imagine the devil’s work, and you may simply feel that it is a beautiful sound. In that respect, the length is an upgrade that you can feel in one shot when you listen to it. This sound board has tape change cuts in “And You And I”, “Brother Of Mine” and “Starship Trooper”, and the previous master filled in the first two places with other performances. Only “Starship Trooper” was left with the chipped parts. However, recently, the best audience recording of the same show was unearthed. This recording not only fills all three places, but is of a quality that is close to the main sound board, making it perfect for filling in this work. In this way, a live album that significantly updates the longest record without any sense of incongruity of another performance was completed. The Yokohama sound board is no exaggeration to say that it is the Japan version of “AN EVENING OF YES MUSIC PLUS” and “LIVE AT THE NEC”. This is a cultural heritage album with a new master that updates its highest peak and “GRAF ZEPPELIN” mastering that maximizes its potential. The apex of the sound board album that embodies the “prog dream” in one body. Stereo soundboard recording of the “March 7, 1990: Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium” performance. Unlike the conventional master, this new master has no biased DC offset, and has been further polished by “GRAF ZEPPELIN” to create the highest peak update. The dynamic range is much wider and yet extremely natural. Wow and flutter correction is also extremely precise, and the cut part of the tape change, which was previously filled in at other performances, is now made using the newly excavated best recording of the day. This is a cultural heritage-level soundboard album with a significantly improved sound and length. Newly mastered from a stereo SB (no DC offset noise) source that is a different branch from the previous version! The band correction has been applied precisely, and since it was originally a tape, there is hiss, but even the hiss has a natural texture and a calm sound (the previous version had a mid-range emphasis and a down-beat). Four missing parts have been filled in with Aud sound sources from the same day (two of which were filled in with the first sound source from the same day), making it almost a complete recording and the longest version ever! The distorted sound caused by the tape on the vocals and acoustic guitar has been corrected as much as possible! Bunka Taiikukan, Yokohama, Japan 7th March 1990 STEREO SBD(UPGRADE) Disc 1 (64:27) 1. The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra 2. Time And A Word / Owner Of A Lonely Heart / Teakbois 3. Clap 4. Arada ★Track added. Classical songs 5. Mood For A Day 6. Wakeman Solo (Madrigal/Gone But Not Forgotten/Catherin Parr/Merlin The Magician) 7. Long Distance Runaround 8. Bruford Solo 9. Birthright 10. And You And I ★6:04-7:13 Supplemented with Aud recordings from the same day 11. Themes 12. Levin/Bruford Duet Disc 2 (61:43) 1. Close To The Edge 2. Zoh-San 3. The Meeting 4. Brother Of Mine ★2:36-3:09 Supplemented with Aud recordings from the same day *First time supplementing with recordings from the same day 5. Heart Of The Sunrise 6. Order Of The Universe Disc 3 (20:13) 7. Roundabout ★Fade-in, but a few seconds longer than the previous release 8. Starship Trooper incl. Soon ★8:07-9:06 / After 13:38, the audio is supplemented with the same day’s Aud sound source. *This is the first time this has been supplemented. Jon Anderson – Vocals Bill Bruford – Drums Steve Howe – Guitars Rick Wakeman – Keyboards Julian Colbeck – Keyboards Tony Levin – Bass Milton Mcdonald – Guitars STEREO SOUNDBOARD RECORDING
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