| Artist |
Yes |
| Album Title: |
Close To The Edge |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: Progressive Rock |
| Format |
Vinyl |
| Released |
09/13/1972 |
| Label |
Atlantic Recording Corporation |
| Catalog No |
SD 7244 |
| Bar Code No |
None |
| Packaging |
Gatefold LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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Close To The Edge (18:50)
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| A2.
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And You And I (10:09)
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| B1.
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Siberian Khatru (8:57)
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| Date Acquired |
00/00/1973 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Purchase Price |
10.00 |
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Notes |
This version has "RI" following the matrix number on the label, and was pressed at PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN.
Gatefold cover.
Green LP sleeve with lyrics. "Queens Litho In U.S.A." (On LP-sleeve)
No 0598 on spine, just SD 7244.
Published by Yessongs Ltd., ASCAP.
℗© 1972 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Arranged By – Yes
Bass, Vocals – Chris Squire
Coordinator – Brian Lane
Guitar, Vocals – Steve Howe
Keyboards – Rick Wakeman
Mastered By – GP
Percussion – Bill Bruford
Photography By – Martin Adelman
Photography By, Cover – Roger Dean
Producer – Eddie Offord, Yes
Tape [Tapes] – Mike Dunne
Vocals – Jon Anderson
Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
Printed By – Queens Litho
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Published By – Yessongs Ltd.
Matrix / Runout (Side A - Label): ST-A-722619-RI
Matrix / Runout (Side B - Label): ST-A-722620-RI
Matrix / Runout (Side A-Deadwax): ST-A722619AAA-I-III At/GP PR
Matrix / Runout (Side B-Deadwax): ST-A-722620 BBB-I-II AT/GP PRC
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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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