| Artist |
Yes |
| Album Title: |
Close To The Edge |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: Progressive Rock |
| Format |
Vinyl 180 gm |
| Released |
09/13/1972 |
| Reissue Date |
00/00/2008 |
| Label |
Friday Music |
| Catalog No |
FRM 9004 |
| Bar Code No |
8 29421 90042 9 |
| Reissue |
Yes |
| Remastered |
Yes |
| Packaging |
Gatefold LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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Close To The Edge (18:50)
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| B1.
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And You And I (10:08)
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| B2.
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Siberian Khatru (8:57)
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| Date Acquired |
10/06/2017 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
25.24 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide
Discogs entry: |
Notes |
180G black vinyl in Gatefold Cover and inner sleeve.
Half Speed Mastering by Joe Reagoso at Friday Music Studios, Surf City, CA and Capitol Records Mastering, Hollywood, CA with Ron McMaster 2008
Bass, Vocals – Chris Squire
Drums, Percussion – Bill Bruford
Guitar, Vocals – Steve Howe
Keyboards – Rick Wakeman
Producer – Eddy Offord, Yes
Reissue Producer – Joe Reagoso
Tape – Mike Dunne
Vocals, Written-By – Jon Anderson
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Dave Thompson
With 1971's Fragile having left Yes poised quivering on the brink of what friend and foe acknowledged was the peak of the band's achievement, Close to the Edge was never going to be an easy album to make. Drummer Bill Bruford was already shifting restlessly against Jon Anderson's increasingly mystic/mystifying lyricism, while contemporary reports of the recording sessions depicted bandmate Rick Wakeman, too, as little more than an observer to the vast tapestry that Anderson, Steve Howe, and Chris Squire were creating. For it was vast. Close to the Edge comprised just three tracks, the epic "And You and I" and "Siberian Khatru," plus a side-long title track that represented the musical, lyrical, and sonic culmination of all that Yes had worked toward over the past five years. Close to the Edge would make the Top Five on both sides of the Atlantic, dispatch Yes on the longest tour of its career so far and, if hindsight be the guide, launch the band on a downward swing that only disintegration, rebuilding, and a savage change of direction would cure. The latter, however, was still to come. In 1972, Close to the Edge was a flawless masterpiece.
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