YES CLOSE TO THE EDGE EX RARE 1972 MONO WLP PROMO LP TEXTURED COVER EX/NM COND
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YES~Close to the Edge~MONO PROMO super rare NEAR MINT WLP LP YES "CLOSE TO THE EDGE" Atlantic SD 7244 (A-14095/6-DJ-PR) IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE A MONO DJ COPY OF "CLOSE TO THE EDGE" HAS BEEN OFFERED ON EBAY! IT MAY BE THE LAST TIME IT SELLS FOR UNDER $ 1,000.....
EXTREMELY RARE PROMO ONLY MONO PRESSING FROM 1972!!! BANDED FOR RADIO AIRPLAY! EXTREMELY RARE MONO MIX WHICH WAS CREATED FOR RADIO STATIONS! TEXTURED GATEFOLD COVER IS IN VG++ CONDITION WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE WEAR TO THE EDGES (BUT NO SPLITS). INCLUDES THE INNER SLEEVE WITH LYRICS. VINYL IS IN EX/NM CONDITION WITH ONLY LIGHT WEAR!! Very few of these were ever pressed and almost of them most certainly went to radio stations - some of which were still broadcasting in MONO at the time - and ended up well played/scratched. VERY FEW COPIES OF THIS RARITY HAVE SHOWN UP OVER THE YEARS SO DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE TO PICK UP A GREAT YES RARITY!! 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.
