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Before you start throwing tomatoes (or should I say, used copies of "Tormatos") at the "Unhelpful" button, I am a Yes fan, so just relax. The music and performances on this disc are magnificent. What little there is. A shamefully deceptive marketing ploy lies at the heart of my "1-star" rating. On the package, the "running time" of the DVD is listed as "65 minutes". There is no other qualification offered, which would give most unsuspecting marks (oh, excuse me, I mean Yes fans) the impression that you are getting at least a one-hour set of music. Here is what the man behind the curtain is actually offering: a 38-minute concert. And if you subtract the first five minutes, an uninspired, meandering soundcheck jam (listed as "Tiger Rag"), you are really only getting 33 minutes of classic Yes material. The additional running time comes from a 25 minute segment of backstage rehearsal, obviously slapped together just for padding and cynically touted as a "bonus". After about three minutes of listening to the band tune up and noodle around, I had to switch it off. Yeah yeah Rick Wakeman is a real cut up with his oh-so-clever and wry "narration", but hey, (call me madcap), if I pay fifteen bucks for something billed as a Yes concert, I'm not thinking "stand-up comedy", I'm thinking, oh, maybe some...Yes MUSIC????!!! If this release had been offered at half its current list price, it would have been much less of an insult.