Jon Anderson/CA,USA 2019

John Anderson’s solo tour “1000 HANDS TOUR” has been completed. The latest live album that completes the same recording artist collection is now available. This work includes “Pasadena performance on August 29, 2019”. This is a masterpiece audience recording that records the whole story. The biggest point of this work is that it is the latest work from a collection of famous recording artists who are passionate about recording the YES family. In order to explain the circumstances around that, let’s first review the overall picture of the 2019 solo tour.・March 11th + 12th: Warm-up (6 performances) [“1000 HANDS: CHAPTER ONE” released on March 31st] ・March 29th – May 12th: North America #1 (24 performances) ・July 21st – September 1st: North America #2 (25 performances) ←★Here★ This is the whole story of “1000 HANDS TOUR 2019”. This is all the shows announced so far, and a farewell tour of YES Featuring ARW is planned for 2020. It is likely that “1000 HANDS TOUR” will end as it is. As mentioned above, the tour is broadly divided into three parts: “Warm-up”, “North America #1”, and “North America #2”, and our store will be reporting on the sound immediately after the start. We have delivered many masterpieces. There are two points worth mentioning here. “GARDEN ROCKS SERIES 2019” is the fastest report on “warm-up” and “LYNN 2019” is the masterpiece of “North America #1”. In fact, these two works were sister works by the same recording artist. The recording artist is “Tapehead2”. This person has worked on a lot of progressive rock music, and is a master of recording who is considered a modern master. In particular, the records of the YES family are eye-opening, and the original YES’s “BETHLEHEM 2019” and YES Featuring ARW’s masterpiece video “PHOENIX 2018″ also attracted attention. As a recorder who loves YES that much, it is no surprise that he has recorded John’s solo tour twice, but he also recorded famous recordings of “Warm Up” and “North America #1”, as well as “North America #2”. It has been announced. This is the third to last performance in Pasadena. In other words, with “GARDEN ROCKS SERIES 2019” + “LYNN 2019” + this work, three sections of the tour can be held in the same recording artist collection. This work is indescribably collectible, and of course the sound is also of special quality. What’s amazing is how clear it is. In fact, it is not a sound board-like close sound, but the atmosphere is frighteningly transparent, and there is no reverberation like reverberation, and it is fiercely tight. The sense of distance from the stage is only reflected in the tone, and every corner of the large ensemble of nine members jumps straight and cleanly. Even the nuances of the bass, which tend to be blurred, are clearly understood, and even the slightest hitting sounds of the tambourine are conveyed without being missed. The venue, “THE CANYON AT THE ROSE”, is supposed to be a hall with a capacity of 1,300 people, but its clarity is like an outdoor venue with zero echoes. What is depicted with such a sound is a full show that can be said to be the final form of “1000 HANDS TOUR”. Approximately three weeks have passed since “ALEXANDRIA 2019”, which we introduced the other day, and the set has been fine-tuned. Although it’s a shame that the last song “Soon” disappeared, the mood that brings the finale to “Roundabout” is really effective (although it’s a classic). Of course, they will also perform “Long Distance Runaround”, “Wonderous Stories”, and Pee Wee Ellis’ cover “The Chicken”, which are the highlights of “North America #2”. Above all, it is an ensemble that has been perfected through repeated performances. The flavor of “1000 HANDS TOUR” lies in the colorful YES songs that make full use of a variety of instruments that cannot be found in YES or ARW, and this work shows off its charm to the fullest. At the beginning of the tour, the performances, which had some fumbling around in the arrangement, came together perfectly, and the ultra-clear sound made it clear to the smallest detail. Because of the large number of people, the gospel-like thick chorus pouring out is exquisite, and it is truly a live album that is the culmination of the “1000 HANDS TOUR”. A record of the development of the “1000 HANDS TOUR” written in the finest collection by “Tapehead2”, who loves YES music. This is the final masterpiece. This work alone is a live album that can represent the “1000 HANDS TOUR,” but if you create a trilogy with “GARDEN ROCKS SERIES 2019” and “LYNN 2019,” you can get a bird’s-eye view of the progressing tour. This is also a luxury unique to audience recording and the “Tapehead 2” collection. The Canyon at the Rose, Pasadena, CA, USA 29th August 2019 TRULY PERFECT SOUND Disc 1(54:01) 1. Ocean Song 2. Owner of a Lonely Heart 3. Yours is No Disgrace 4. Ramalama 5. State of Independence 6 Makes Me Happy 7. I’ve Seen All Good People 8. America 9. Where Does Music Come From 10. The Chicken Disc 2(62:33) 1. Band Introductions 2. Flight of the Moorglade 3. Sweet Dreams 4. To the Runner 5. Long Distance Runaround 6. Wonderous Stories 7. First Born Leaders 8. 1000 Hands (Come Up) 9. Starship Trooper 10. Roundabout Jon Anderson: Vocals, guitar, strumstick Joe Cosas: Keyboards, trombone, guitar, harp , vocals Tim Franklin: Electric bass, upright bass, vocals Tommy Calton: Guitar, vocals Rayford Griffin: Drums Steady Joseph: Drums, percussion, vocals Jocelyn Hsu: Violin, ukelele, vocals Billy Meether: Saxophones, flute, clarinet, vocals Zach Miller : Keyboards, vocals