Jon Anderson is universally known as the vocalist with the legendary progressive rock band Yes.  Jon has been with the band since 1968 save for a couple of occasions when he briefly left to pursue a solo career in the case of the late eighties and joined with other former members of Yes in Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (ABWH).

Amongst his noted solo albums Jon has released the albums Olias of Sunhillow, Song of Seven and more recently collaborated on the album In Elven Lands (Voiceprint, VP378CD) which was a musical adaptation of the Lord of the Rings.

Towards the end of 2006 Jon Anderson released the boxed set The Lost Tapes (www.jonboxset.com).  Live in Sheffield 1980 is one of the albums featured within the box.

In late 1979 Jon Anderson left Yes for a solo career.  He recorded the album Song of Seven and subsequently embarked on an extensive tour in support of the album with a large band that went under the name The New Life Band.  The Sheffield Concert was a gig from The Song of Seven Tour in the UK 1980.  The 9 piece line-up provides a generous set list including number of key YES songs as well as songs from Jon's solo album 'Song of Seven'.  These recordings are not taken from bootleg, but rather recently discovered tapes and the overall quality of these tapes is far better than any of the previous tapes of this show that have been traded amongst fans.

Disc Two also contains bonus tracks which were recorded during the rehearsals for the tour and once again the sound quality has been improved for this release and the previously released boxed set.