Yes/Tokyo,Japan 3.10.1973

From the legendary first visit to Japan in 1973, the third day of the Tokyo performance, the performance at Kanda Kyoritsu Auditorium on March 10th will be the first to appear in high-quality recording. In terms of sound quality, it is recorded with high quality sound that is on par with the first day’s “Heart Of Sunrise” and the second day’s “Close To The East”, and it is definitely a must-listen take for fans. Unfortunately, at the master stage, the head of Siberian Khatru was missing, and furthermore, it was cut at 5:36 of “Crisis” due to tape change, and the end part of the encore Starship Trooper was not collected due to tape break, but this is a new and valuable high-quality take of the legendary Yes’ first visit to Japan, which avid fans will not be able to miss. The punch and freshness of the sound are sufficient, and it is a truly excellent sound source that conveys even the atmosphere that the audience who are watching with bated breath will be feeling. (There are some parts where hiss noise is noticeable in the silent parts, but since the purpose is to record the sound as it is, excessive processing was refrained from.) As with the first and second days, there are several mistakes and troubles that make you wonder “what will happen?”, such as the first half of “Burning Morning Glow” and the middle part of “Crisis”, but at that time, there were not many groups in the world that could reproduce such a complex song composition and colorful sound composition with overwhelming quality, so it is assumed that the excitement and shock of the audience was considerable. “I’m going to try an old Japanese folk song,” John’s song with a halting Japanese melody is also a solid listening point. Japanese songs started on this day, followed by Howe’s acoustic solo. “Burning Morning Glow” is placed before “Comrade” on this day. Anyway, the performance content, sound quality, historical value, everything is wonderful, and it will be a very happy title for avid Yes fans. Live at Kanda Kyoritsu Koudou, Tokyo, Japan 10th March 1973 PERFECT SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 1. Siberian Khatru (intro cut) 2. I’ve Seen All Good People 3. Sakura Sakura 4. Mood For A Day 5. Clap 6. Heart Of The Sunrise 7. And You And I Disc 2 1. Close To The Edge 2. Rick Wakeman Solo 3. Roundabout 4. Yours Is No Disgrace 5. Starship Trooper Jon Anderson – Vocals Steve Howe – Guitar & Vocal Chris Squire – Bass & Vocal Rick Wakeman – Keyboards Alan White – Drums