04/09/2007

1998 - Live in Budapest

March 31, 1998
Soundboard bootleg (there was a television broadcast, but I could never find it)
The keyboards are very loud on the mix, so here we can hear well the work of Igor Koroshev, and man, he rocks! His playing in songs such as The Revealing Science of God and America is much better than everything he did on studio with Yes.
My personal favourites here are Heart of the Sunrise and America. Both had, in my opinion, their best ever live renditions on this tour. Heart of the Sunrise with Chris at his absolute best, doing and awesome and more improvised bass "solo" and also Alan playing fantastically, doing the odd and variating drum beats as well as Bill on the original from Fragile. America is my second favourite, with Koroshev shining in the organ and occasional piano and mellotron. The whole band plays very tightly here.
Also keep an eye open for Long Distance Runaround, with good piano, and Whitefish, with Chris and Alan playing The Fish, Tempus Fugit and Sound Chaser (these two are better here than on th Montreux DVD)

Set list
Part 1
Firebird Suite
Siberian Khatru
Rhythm Of Love
America
Open Your Eyes
And You And I
Heart Of The Sunrise

Part 2
Mood For A Day
Diary Of A Man Who Vanished
Clap
From The Balcony
Wonderous Stories
Khoroshev Solo
Long Distance Runaround
Whitefish

Part 3
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
The Revealing Science Of God
I've Seen All Good People

Links on comments!

Update on July 2009: I found out the whole show is at Youtube!
The first video below (brought to me by an anonymous visitor of the blog) has a good image, while the second has worse image but links to the whole show)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqEX8sTPsdQ

8 comments:

  1. Part 1
    http://lix.in/4af67f
    Part 2
    http://lix.in/353960
    Part 3
    http://lix.in/f3f10f

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  2. This one sounds VERY nice!!

    Thank you again!

    Hyman Roth / FHS

    Can't wait to hear the Gates of Delerium out-take!!

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  3. Part 3 is missing-- too bad!!

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  4. Hi anonymous, try downloading through megaupload - it worked for me today.

    Thanks for uploading!

    tadreamer62

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  5. HOOOO EXCELENT
    BUT THE LINK TRHEE IS DEAD

    THANKS

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  6. HOOOO EXCELENT
    BUT THE LINK TRHEE IS DEAD

    THANKS

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  7. New link to part 3:
    http://sharebee.com/0b0eabcc

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  8. this sounds great and it's cool to hear Igor. i can't say i love his playing, but it's at least interesting to hear, and boy can you hear him! His mom must've been in charge of the mix.

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