Transferred from Analog Master. Lineage: Sony mic > Sony wmd3 cassette > Maxell XLII. Transfer: Sony wmd3 cassette > Archos Gmini 120 > USB > Wavlab > CDWave. Taper: PT. Transferred by: newspaper. Covers by: prjt2501.

Source: audience DAT master. Catalog: Sylph Records SY-0594.
This is the third show for Train of Thought World tour Japanese leg and the second show in Osaka. As mentioned before from MP, DT played entire "The Number of the Beast" (IRON MAIDEN) again this night. Also, the set changed drastically. See, only 3 songs (This Dying Soul, Endless Sacrifice and In the Name of God) were also played on the day before. So, Osaka fans could see about four hours DT materials with "TNotB" album. Then, this time DT did not use their backscreens because of the size limitation of the hall. So no band history video, no Dead Poet Society intro. Sound quality is... just incredible. No more word needed.
When you listen to this title with headphone, you might be an audience at the IMP hall front section. And audience reactions are really hot! I believe this is one of the most enjoyable one in entire Dream Theater bootleg catalog. More coming soon. [Jun'ya aka the_sphere Jun. 1, 2004]

Taper's notes: This is a recording of Dream Theater, opening for Yes, at the Bell Center, in Montreal, QC, on August 18, 2004. Recorded by yours truly, using a Sony Minidisk MZ-N707 and a Sony stereo mike ECM-MS907 set at 90 degr. mode. Transfered from the MD through the audio out to the audio input of an iMac and recorded using Sound Studio v2.1.1 for OS-X. The sound was unprocessed in any way and is the original master in its first generation. Concert began at 7:00 P.M. sharp, in front of 6500 fans. Even though I was at the far right of the stage and that the Bell center is notorious for reverberation, the highly directional mike gave pretty good results. The sound might be a bit distant at times, and the drums could have been a bit higher in the mix, but overall, it came out quite good. I would have offered the Yes concert too, but due to unforeseen events, I was not able to record it. Long story. :-( [Roddenbery (Robert in Montreal)]

Recorded by Jon Emge. Recording gear: core sound binarual mics > bass roll off filter at about 120hz > Sharp MT 190 MD in LP2 mode. Mastered for YESSMT by Shaun Toole (The TooleMan) using Sound Forge 7.0. Artwork by Mike McKinney (Normnomo). This is the opening set played by Dream Theater supporting Yes. The Yes performance from the same night can be seen here.

Taper: specialK. Source: Sound Professionals Premium AT Slimline Cardioids > SPSB-3@95Hz Battery Box > Nomad Jukebox 3 (Line-In). Location: 2nd Row, 15 feet from stage. Transfer: Nomad Jukebox 3 > Firewire > WAV > Wavelab. Modifications: magik.
This is the opening set played by Dream Theater supporting Yes. The Yes performance from the same night can be seen here.

Audience recording, Sec 1 row NN 2 seats off center. Recording gear: M1 DAT w/custom pre amp – sonic studios PL6 cardiod mics. Mastering: Tascam DA60 > Yamaha O3D mixer > audigy2 (SPDIF) > Sound Forge7. Used Durrough multi band compressor – 4.5:1 @ 100hz .3 bandwidth +1db boost. Normalized to 90%. Tracking – CD Wave set to zero cross.
This was the last night of the tour. An amazing night by both bands (Dream Theater and Yes). The recording is very high quality with hard tight bass, the mix was spectacular. Everything is very clear. There is almost no direct crowd noise.