Songs from Tsongas

Songs from Tsongas
Live album by Yes
Released 9 August 2005; 2014
Recorded 15 May 2004 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA
Genre Progressive rock
Length 2h58
Label Image Entertainment
Producer Christine Davies
Jeff Varner
Jordan Berliant
Randy King
Yes chronology

Yes Acoustic: Guaranteed No Hiss
(2004)		 Songs from Tsongas
(2005)		 The Word Is Live
(2005)

Songs from Tsongas is the video release of a concert by the progressive rock group Yes recorded live at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts, on May 15, 2004. The video features the entire concert performed that night, which was part of the US leg of the band's 35th anniversary tour.

The setlist features songs from all eras of the band's career, including a large number of progressive rock classics from their 1970s heyday, as well as a rare performance from the band's 1969 début album, two tracks from the band's 1980s pop rock era, and the first performance of the 1996 song "Mind Drive" from the Keys to Ascension albums (the band had never performed material from these recordings other than on the Open Your Eyes tour, when they played "Children of Light").

23 September, 2014 saw the release of a Deluxe Edition of the film on DVD, Blu-ray, and 3 CDs. The video also features a 70 min edit of a previously unreleased concert held in Lugano, Switzerland on July 8, 2004 during the same tour. The japanese Blu-Ray edition includes the song Ritual in the correct place in the running order instead of offering as a bonus track as in the Eagle Vision Blu-Ray edition, and also includes the full Lugano show. However, on both editions, the Lugano concert is in SD resolution, 720 x 480.

Personnel

Track listing

2004 DVD

Disc One

  1. Firebird Suite
  2. Going for the One
  3. Sweet Dreams
    Preceded by an Alan White solo.
  4. I've Seen All Good People
    a. Your Move
    b. All Good People
  5. Mind Drive (Parts 1 & 2)
  6. South Side of the Sky
  7. Turn of The Century
  8. My Eyes (excerpt from "Foot Prints") / Mind Drive (Part 3)
  9. Yours Is No Disgrace

Bonus Feature: Roger Dean Interview

Disc Two

  1. The Meeting Room (Rick Wakeman piano solo) / The Meeting (acoustic)
  2. Long Distance Runaround (acoustic)
  3. Wonderous Stories (acoustic)
  4. Time Is Time (acoustic)
  5. Roundabout (acoustic)
  6. Show Me (acoustic)
  7. Owner of a Lonely Heart (acoustic)
  8. Second Initial (Steve Howe solo, acoustic)
  9. Rhythm of Love
  10. And You and I
    I. Cord of Life
    II. Eclipse
    III. The Preacher, The Teacher
    IV. Apocalypse
  11. Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)
  12. Every Little Thing
  13. Starship Trooper
    a. "Life Seeker"
    b. "Disillusion"
    c. "Würm"

2014 Blu-ray and CD

CD 1

  1. Firebird Suite
  2. Going for the One
  3. Sweet Dreams
  4. I've Seen All Good People
  5. Mind Drive (Parts 1 & 2)
  6. South Side of the Sky
  7. Turn of The Century
  8. My Eyes (excerpt from "Foot Prints") / Mind Drive (Part 3)
  9. Yours Is No Disgrace

CD 2

  1. The Meeting Room (Rick Wakeman piano solo) / The Meeting (acoustic)
  2. Long Distance Runaround (acoustic)
  3. Wonderous Stories (acoustic)
  4. Time Is Time (acoustic)
  5. Roundabout (acoustic)
  6. Show Me (acoustic)
  7. Owner of a Lonely Heart (acoustic)
  8. Second Initial (Steve Howe solo, acoustic)
  9. Rhythm of Love

CD 3

  1. And You and I
  2. Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil) (removed from Blu-ray)
  3. Every Little Thing
  4. Starship Trooper

Blu-ray Bonus Features

  1. Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil)
  2. Roger Dean Interview
  3. Live in Lugano 2004:
    1. Firebird Suite
    2. Going for the One
    3. Sweet Dreams
    4. I've Seen All Good People
    5. Long Distance Runaround
    6. The Fish
    7. Owner of a Lonely Heart
    8. And You and I
    9. Starship Trooper
    10. Roundabout