Upcoming Yes archival release: "Progeny: Seven Shows from Seventy Two"

Info courtesy of Progressive Ears. This is all we have so far I believe. Apparently the photo was posted in error and immediately removed:

 

Note the date in the post title, which corresponds with the Toronto show with Alan on the CTTE tour.

My biggest hope is this box includes stuff from earlier in the year with Bruford on the Fragile tour. But either way I'm pretty damn stoked. Hopefully it's all fresh mixes that remove some of the sludge from the Yessongs tracks.

 

This would be incredible. Finally, a new "Yes" release I can actually support.

 

Progeny: 7 Shows from '72 (with 7 new Roger Dean paintings, a series similar to Yessongs). Including Toronto and Ottawa.

These rare recordings were discovered in 1998 when the company that provided flight cases for 1970s-era Yes’ tours came across a previously unnoticed cache of reels, stored away unnoticed for years. Included were shows at the Academy of Music in New York on February 19 and 23, 1972; Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island on February 25, 1972.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/notes-from-the-edge/the-lost-yes-tapes/10152498150035602

Academy of Music New York N.Y. February 19, 1972
Academy of Music New York N.Y. February 23, 1972
Brown University Providence of R.I February 25, 1972
Knoxville November 15, 1972
Toronto October 31, 1972
Ottawa November 1, 1972

What's the 7th show gonna be?

 

100% agreed! First time I've been excited for a Yes release since Songs from Tsongas.

 

If these are the shows rontoon mentioned, then I'm very excited indeed! Hopefully a nicely cleaned up, well mastered set.

 

Yeah!! This is essential.

 

All I can say is........................................ YES !!!!!!!!!!!

any release date given?

 

What's the chance of a live version of America existing on these tapes?

 

Wow, I was only ten but I know a few people that were at that Ottawa show that will be very happy about this.

 

Holy crap!

 

So that's half Bruford/half White?

 

I believe so.

 

Hope they release it on vinyl (at an affordable price)

 

Woah woah woah, pump the brakes everybody. That FB post was from two years ago and references Yes receiving those particular tapes back in 1998. All speculation linking the box to the 17-year-old tape discovery is just that, speculation. There's no official or unofficial word on exactly what shows the box will contain.

 

Has anyone dug up setlists for these shows? How static were they during this period? You'd think the hardcore Yes fans would be working overtime on this...

 

This will give us an idea...
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHNY_enUS484US484&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=yes setlist 1972

 

Evidently the news was leaked from Japan. Looks like Rhino picked this one up. Expect an official announcement shortly.

 

Also, that FB post shows that they only have some of the reels for each show.

 

For these six shows the setlists should look like this:

Academy of Music, New York, February 19, 1972
Academy of Music, New York, February 23, 1972
Bryant College Gymnasium, Smithfield, RI, February 25, 1972

1. Firebird Suite
2. Roundabout
3. I've Seen All Good People
4. Mood For A Day
5. Clap
6. Heart Of The Sunrise
7. Wakeman Solo
8. Long Distance Runaround
9. Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
10. Perpetual Change
11. Yours Is No Disgrace
12. South Side of the Sky (only Feb 19)

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/yes/1972/academy-of-music-new-york-ny-43df37e3.html
http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?ftype=1&qdec=1970&qdateid=483
http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?ftype=1&qdec=1970&qdateid=465

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, October 31, 1972
National Arts Centre English Theatre, Ottawa, November 1, 1972
Civic Auditorium, Knoxville, November 15, 1972

1. Firebird Suite
2. Siberian Khatru
3. I've Seen All Good People
4. Mood For A Day
5. Clap
6. And You And I
7. Heart Of The Sunrise
8. Close To The Edge
9. Wakeman Solo
10. Roundabout
11. Yours Is No Disgrace

http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?ftype=1&qdec=1970&qdateid=277
http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?ftype=1&qdec=1970&qdateid=269
http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?ftype=1&qdec=1970&qdateid=270

 

Let's hope that we are going to get the (hinted) shows from both Spring 72 Fragile tour in the US (with Bruford) and Fall 72 CttE tour in Canada (with White). Otherwise the setlists will be exactly the same across all the discs.

As for the 7th show the best option would be a gig from either the Summer 72 tour in North America (with the freshly recruited Alan White) that could give us a bonus rendition of America, or the Winter 72 tour in Europe that would provide us with Starship Trooper.

 

And holy everything else. Wow.

 

Let the box come to me

 

Same here. Instant purchase this one!

 

Lovely Jubbly my son!