CHRIS SQUIRE R.I.P. 1948-2015
Chris Squire, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for prog rock group Yes, has passed away on June 27, 2015 in his home in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 67. Squire had revealed in May that he had been recently diagnosed with acute erythroid leukemia, which would force him to miss the band’s summer co-headlining tour with Toto. Yes were formed in 1968 when singer Jon Anderson met self-taught bassist Squire in London. Their big break came a year later when they signed to Atlantic Records after opening for Janis Joplin at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Their debut single, Sweetness, and first album, Yes, were released later that year. The group’s most recent studio album, Heaven & Earth, came out in 2014. Squire, who was born in Kingsbury, north-west London, was the only member of the group to feature on every studio album. He was widely regarded as the dominant bass guitarist among the early ’70s British progressive rock bands, influencing peers and later generations of bassists with his incisive sound and elaborately contoured, melodic bass lines. Chris was commonly known by his nickname, “Fish”, and the name is also associated with many of his works, such as Fish Out Of Water and the solo piece, The Fish. - BBC, wikipedia
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YES
The Majesty Of Music [PRRP 046, 2CD]
Live at the Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA; March 18, 1974. Very good audience recording - Mike Millar Master.
Thanks to the person who shared this show at the Mindwarp Pavilion.
Notes from the Re-Master
For this remaster we were fortunate to begin with a digital copy of the Mike Millard Master tape. For those not familiar with Mike Millard, he was a Los Angeles area resident who devoted much of his time in the 1970’s to creating very high quality audience recordings of rock music concerts. This 1974 Yes concert was one of his earlier recordings but still, outstanding quality and far better than most audience recordings from the era. Sadly, the recording is not complete. We have the full concert up to the song Ritual but the encores of Roundabout and Starship Trooper were not included. We have chosen not to fill in these missing songs with recordings from other performances because we do not think it is philosophically appropriate. However, there were a few brief gaps in the recording that were patched using other sources.
Upon listening to the raw recording it is clear that the music runs too fast. On detailed analysis and comparison of this recording with established references, we confirmed that speed errors did exist. Once identified, they were corrected. The next issue was general noise level. Both the Tales and CTTE material contain soft, quiet sections. These were not heard well in the raw recording because of the general noise floor. Once this was reduced, the subtleties of the music could be appreciated more clearly. Peak crackle was also present and reduced as much as possible. Tonality was adjusted to both smooth out the excesses and boost segments of the frequency range that were deficient. Dynamics and balance also needed to be adjusted to correct errors and emphasise the dramatic nature of the music. A couple of patches were needed to fill in presumed tape flip gaps. Fortunately, the segments that were missing were small. Overall, a very nice result.
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Lineage:
Millard Master > VHS > DAT > CDR(x) > EAC/Flac > flac 8
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Disc 1
Track 101. Firebird Suite 1:50 (3.1MB)
Track 102. Siberian Khatru 9:44 (16.4MB)
Track 103. And You and I 10:18 (17.3MB)
Track 104. Close To The Edge 19:34 (32.9MB)
Track 105. The Revealing Science Of God 22:34 (37.9MB)
64 mins
Disc 2
Track 201. The Ancient 23:10 (38.9MB)
Track 202. Ritual 23:37 (39.7MB)
47 mins
Missing:
Roundabout
Starship Trooper
Lineup:
Jon Anderson - vocals
Steve Howe - guitars
Chris Squire - bass
Rick Wakeman - keyboards
Alan White - drums
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