Yes Box Set - PROGENY: 7 Shows From '72 (2015)

[Burley Wright]

I listen to the Athens, GA show the most, but that could be because of my geographic proximity to Athens and the novelty of hearing Yes at the peak of their powers in the birthplace of Pylon, R.E.M. and The B-52’s. It’s a great show though.

Wasn't the Athens show mislabelled on the initial release of this? I was at the Athens show, talk about life-changing. I had no idea a band could be capable of anything like that and I'd seen some great bands before - Zep, Allmans, CTA, Stones, Harrison, Dead, Santana, et al. I remember thinking after Tranquility opened for them "man, Yes are going to have their hands full following these guys." Sheeeeeit!! Yes blew my head off, only King Crimson at the Municipal Auditorium on the Starless tour and Zappa at the Fox doing Roxy material have come close. Yes performed Close to the Edge before the album was released over here. I had the album Fragile and had heard the singles from the debut on the radio back in '69 but nothing prepared me for the sonic and visual spectacle at Stegeman Coliseum that night.

I wish that show was available on its own.

Edit: I should mention that I saw Yes several times after that and those shows were spectacular as well but that first time was special.

[pb2015]

Wasn't the Athens show mislabelled on the initial release of this?

The first run of CDs had the Athens show mixlabelled as Knoxville and vice versa. They were tagged correctly on streaming services though.

[Frumious B]

Rhino also had a replacement program for the affected discs.

[malgeo]

Unboxing video for the vinyl box set:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JLsUBZHEiM

[Sunlight Caller]

Ah that looks really great in the different vinyl colours, but seems somewhat wasted on a casual fan who didn’t even realise they were triples, and who dabs his fingers all over the vinyl

[Mister Triscuits]

Ah that looks really great in the different vinyl colours, but seems somewhat wasted on a casual fan who didn’t even realise they were triples, and who dabs his fingers all over the vinyl

Yeah, if someone wants to give ME a free copy...

[MudShark22]

"Oi.... get your filthy hands off my vinyl"

"What did he say...."

[jrw]

I picked up the RSD version of the Knoxville TN show today. Have only listened to the first album. Really glad I got it. I only had the highlights on CD.

[pb2015]

NYTimes piece about Brian Kehew (Progeny producer) finding lost tapes of other artists.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/a...ost-music.html

[ronmac]

^^ Paywall.

What artists are mentioned?

[pb2015]

The beginning is about finding the multitrack tapes of The Who By Numbers at a studio called Sunset Sound in 2020.

[Frumious B]

The Who By Numbers was remixed in the 90s so the tapes can’t have been lost for that long.

[pb2015]

Hoffman has more of the article and discussion of the Who tapes.

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threa...ocated.1199477