YES CLOSE TO THE EDGE 1ST PRESS 1972 UK TEXTURED SLV LP +INSERT A1 B1 MATRIX
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Yes - Close To The Edge ( 1972 Atlantic very first pressing. A1/B1 matrices. Fully textured cover K50012 ). Wow. . . here's something a bit special. . Yes,s masterpiece in it's TRUE original form and it's NEAR MINT throughout!. . . . this is the one they all want nowadays and this is a true beauty , hardly played. With the darker coloured labels and the cover textured outside AND inside gatefold. A1 / B1 matrix numbers taken from the first generation master tape offering far superior sound quality to all later pressings and digital format re-issues. Fully textured cover is in beautiful shape heavily textured so looks like leather tiniest rubbing and shelf ear so EX. Original dark green PAPER inner ( later issues were card ) has no splits or writing, just some light rubbing. EX. Dark green/dark orange Atlantic labels show no signs of use . Grooved and no WEA Credits,a couple of faint hairlines on side 1. Heavyweight vinyl ( later issues were thinner pressings ) lies flat and true on the turntable platter. Gorgeous sheen on the playing surfaces. Can only have been played a handful of times. Beautifully silent on the quiet segments of the title track sends shivers up the spine still. The only way to properly hear this masterpiece as it was originally intended to be heard. A1/B1.
