Disc 1 TCDY-1-1, The Forum, Inglewood, CA - March 18th, 1974:  Opening (Firebird Suite), Siberian Khatru, And You And I, Close To The Edge, The Revealing Science Of God.

Dic 2 TCDY-1-2:  The Ancient, Ritual.

Disc 3 TCDY-2-1, Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA - March 19th, 1974:  Opening (Firebird Suite), Siberian Khatru, And You And I, Close To The Edge, The Revealing Science Of God.

Disc 4 TCDY-2-2:  The Ancient, Ritual, Roundabout, Starship Trooper.

Disc 5 TCDY-3-1, Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA - June 23rd, 1975:  Opening (Firebird Suite), Sound Chaser, Close To The Edge, To Be Over, The Gates Of Delirium, Your Move, Mood For A Day.

Disc 6 TCDY-3-2:  Long Distance Runaround, Patrick Moraz solo, Clap, And You And I, Ritual, Roundabout, Sweet Dreams.

Disc 8 TCDY-4-2:  Starship Trooper, Madrigal/On The Silent Wings Of Freedom, Rick Wakeman solo, Flight Jam, Awaken, I've Seen All Good People, Roundabout.

Disc 9 TCDY-5-1, The Forum, Inglewood, CA - October 6th, 1978:  Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Siberian Khatru, Heart Of The Sunrise, Future Times, Rejoice, Circus Of Heaven, Time And A Word, Long Distance Runaround, The Fish, Survival, Perpetual Change, Soon, Don't Kill The Whale, Madrigal, Clap.

Disc 10 TCDY-5-2:  Starship Trooper, Madrigal/On The Silent Wings Of Freedom, Rick Wakeman solo, Flight Jam, Awaken, I've Seen All Good People, Roundabout.

The Word Is Love is one of the more interesting products released from Japan in recent years.  The detailed liner notes explain:

Discs three and four cover the following evening, March 19th, 1974 in Long Beach.  An alternate tape source (not Millard's) was used for the vinyl 2LP set Live At Long Beach (Pig's Eye PE-YES) containing only parts of the show:  "Close To The Edge", "The Revealing Science Of God", "The Ancient", "Roundabout", and "Starship Trooper", and is not very good.  Millard's source is more complete and better sounding, although is the worst sounding when compared to the other tapes in this set. 

There is significant top end distortion sounding like the levels weren't set correctly and the overall effect is quiet muddy.  There is a very small cut at the tail-end of The Ancient, and some minor tape damage during Ritual and Roundabout, but that's it." and a strange noise right after Anderson introduces "And You And I" which sounds like either radio static, tape distortion of someone dropping a drum kit.  "Close To The Edge" is dedicated to Llewelyn, who was "with the band for a long time".  The crowd are very loud in their appreciation for the mirrored ball throwing light around the auditorium.  In general the Close To The Edge songs sound great whereas the Topographic songs suffer from some frustration in the band.  It was well known that both Wakeman and Squire weren't completly enthusiastic for this material and it shows.  It isn't until the encores before the band show some happiness, with Anderson laughing throughout "Starship Trooper".     

Discs five and six cover Yes' Long Beach show during the Relayer tour on June 23rd, 1975.  By this time Millard was producing excellent sounding tapes and this is no exception.  (He also taped the June 21st show at in Hollywood and released on Highland as Same Old Yessongs.)  This tape perhaps the highlight of the entire box set.  It was previously released as Soon The Light on Highland (HL099/100#Y19) but they used a high generation tape that sounded terrible with many cuts and distortions.  Tarantura, by contrast, used a low generation tape that sounds amazing.

The concert itself is great to hear with none of the hesitancy of the first two concerts in this set.  "Sound Chaser" is one of the best opening numbers for any band and is devoid of the usual mixing problems on other tapes although there is a small cut at the end of the second verse.  Jon Anderson sings a bit of happy birthday before a sublime version of "To Be Over".  After an agressive version of "The Gates Of Delirium" the band play an acoustic set, something which they didn't do up to this point (Steve Howe excepted) and wouldn't do again until the 35th Anniversary tour in 2004.  "Ritual" contains a lyrical reference to "The Remembering" ("out in the city running free") and is greatly expanded from the preceeding year, and would be further elaborated on with the bass solo the following year.  "Sweet Dreams" is the second encore as usual for this tour and is extended with Steve Howe throwing in the guitar solo from "America".     

The October 5th show on discs seven and eight cover the first of two shows from the first Tormato tour in 1978.  The vinyl release Periphet (or Peripet) on Impossible Recordworks released in 1979 claimed to be from this show, but is really sourced from the evening show at Wembley, London on October 28th and broadcast on KBFH.  This concert is the source for  "Circus Of Heaven" and the "big medley" on the official The Word Is Live released last year.  Tarantura uses an excellent stereo complete recording that is actually on par with the soundboard.  It picks up all the dynamics of the performance of which there are many.  

"Siberian Khatru" returned as the opener after "Sound Chaser" and "Parallels" filling that slot on the previous years.  The emphasis is upon the newer songs that are played throughout the entire show, with "Madrigal" serving as introductions to "Clap" and "On The Silent Wings Of Freedom".  This tour is famous for the "oldies" medley.  Before it Jon says:  "As you know we've been traveling to the States for quite a while now. Every time we come, we come and play to you. We come and see you. We'd like to thank you all very much for the many times we've got together.  We're going to keep on trying. This set of songs you might remember."  There is a small cut during the "Survival" section of "The Fish" but otherwise complete. 

The final two discs document the October 6th show at the Forum and is a virtual twin, both in performance and soundquality to the previous evening's show.  Jon says, "Okay. Thank you very much.  Here's a song that started off as a poem and we going to put a few hexes on the old whaling ships. Take two of those. Here's a song called 'Don't Kill The Whale'" before a strong version of that show.  This is the first time that either of these shows have appeared on bootleg before and is definitely a welcome addition.  My only complaint about this set is that the 1977 shows at the LA Forum and the Long Beach Arena weren't included.  The Tormato shows are great, but it might have been better to have more variety to have a Going For The One show in instead.  This comes packaged in a sturdy box with gorgeous picture discs making this one of the best Yes titles to ever hit the market.  Hopefully there will be more to come in the future.