Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two

Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two
Box set by Yes
Released 19 May 2015
Recorded 31 October–20 November 1972
Genre Progressive rock
Label Rhino[1]
Producer Brian Kehew[1]
Yes chronology

Like It Is: Yes at the Bristol Hippodrome
(2014)		 Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two
(2015)		 Like It Is: Yes Live at the Mesa Arts Center
(2015)

Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two is an upcoming 14-CD live album box set from the English progressive rock band Yes, due for release in May 2015 on Rhino Records. The album consists of seven complete shows recorded in 1972 during the band's Close to the Edge tour. A 2-CD/3-LP set of highlight performances from the seven shows will be released as Progeny: Highlights from Seventy-Two.[1]

Production

Yes completed their Close to the Edge tour from July 1972 to April 1973 to support their fifth studio album, Close to the Edge (1972). The tour visited North America three times, the UK twice, and Japan and Australia for the first time. A selection of shows from 1972 from the Close to the Edge and the previous Fragile tours were recorded which formed much of the material on their first live album, Yessongs (1973).

Work on Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy-Two began following the discovery of several multi-track reel-to-reel audio tapes containing seven full shows from the Close to the Edge tour, some being the source recordings of Yessongs. They were found during the search for bonus material to include on the remastered reissues of the band's back catalogue.[1]

The seven shows were recorded during the second North American leg of the Close to the Edge tour. They are:[1]

Date City Country Venue
31 October 1972 Toronto, Ontario Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
1 November 1972 Ottawa, Ontario National Arts Centre
11 November 1972 Durham, North Carolina United States Cameron Indoor Stadium
12 November 1972 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum
14 November 1972 Athens, Georgia Georgia Coliseum
15 November 1972 Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Civic Coliseum
20 November 1972 Uniondale, New York Nassau Coliseum

Sleeve design

The album features new art work designed and illustrated by Roger Dean.[1]

Track listing

Seven Shows from Seventy-Two

The set-list is exactly the same for the seven shows except for the first half of the Toronto show (disc one) where "Mood for a Day/Clap" was played before "Heart of the Sunrise".

Highlights from Seventy-Two

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "YES: PROGENY – Live from Seventy-Two". YesWorld. March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

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