Yes - 1979-04-13 - Louisville, KY (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Radio station master! (I think) 

**Low-circulation recording** 
** A TooleMan Remaster ** 

Lineage: radio station master reel (probably) -> audio CD's -> EAC -> TheTooleMan's tricks of the trade -> FLAC 

Don't let the ragged beginning of this recording fool you. Although it is missing the first two songs of the concert, the quality improves dramatically after several minutes, and starting with the long medley it sounds really great. 

This seems to be a professional recording, with open mics mounted on stands -- that's my best guess. Sounds like a lot of the monitor mix was picked up by the mics, as it was very heavy on the midrange frequencies. I took care of that in the master. 

I wonder if this recording was made by the radio station that promoted the concert, WLRS. If so, maybe there's a better copy in their archives, or one that can be transferred more cleanly to the digital domain. 

Enjoy! 
TheTooleMan 
July, 2011 

From ForgottenYesterdays.com: 

Date: Friday, April 13, 1979 
City: Louisville, Kentucky, United States Of America 
Venue: Freedom Hall Coliseum 
Capacity: 19,800 

Jon Anderson (Vocals) 
Steve Howe (Guitars) 
Chris Squire (Bass) 
Rick Wakeman (Keyboards) 
Alan White (Drums) 

01 - Future Times/Rejoice (joined in progress) 
02 - Circus Of Heaven 
03 - Time And A Word/Long Distance Runaround/Survival/The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)/Perpetual Change/Soon 
04 - Don't Kill The Whale 
05 - Clap 
06 - Starship Trooper 
07 - On The Silent Wings Of Freedom 
08 - Wakeman Solo 
09 - Awaken 
10 - Tour Song 
11 - I've Seen All Good People 
12 - WLRS Award Ceremony 
13 - Roundabout 

The following paragraph, written by John Mock for Forgotten Yesterdays, explains the award ceremony track: 

"Here's some trivia for you...the Tormato tour stop in Louisville on 4/13, 1979 was advertised as a 'big surprise' by the local heavyweight rock station, WLRS-102 FM as Yes was the 102nd concert promoted by WLRS... they attempted to get Pink Floyd as a surprise band to make a double bill....that fell through and their last stop they tried to pull out was free beer for the sold out Freedom Hall crowd, but the promoter would not go with that due to liability and under-age drinking concerns....so the 102nd concert for WLRS turned out to be anti-climactic, just a normal Yes show that was POWERFUL....I need another fix of On the Silent Wings Of Freedom!"