YES - CLOSE TO THE EDGE UK FIRST PRESSING 1972 A-1 B-1

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YES - CLOSE TO THE EDGE TEXTURED GATEFOLD COVER ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESSING 1972 MATRIX A-1 B-1

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YES - CLOSE TO THE EDGE
TEXTURED GATEFOLD COVER
ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESSING 1972
MATRIX A-1 B-1
GREEN & ORANGE ATLANTIC RECORDS LABEL
CAT NUMBER K50012
STEREO

COVER BY ROGER DEAN
PHOTOGRAPHS MARTIN ADELMAN & ROGER DEAN

MATRIX NUMBERS
SIDE1 K50012 A-1
SIDE2 K50012 B-1

RARE ORIGINAL UK FIRST PRESSING 1972

THE GATEFOLD COVER IS MADE FROM A SINGLE PIECE OF CARD

SIDE1
THE VINYL IS IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION WITH JUST SOME VERY LIGHT INNER SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL MARKS AND VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS WHICH ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT A VERY NICE ORIGINAL COPY NO SIGNS OF WARPING

SIDE2
THE VINYL IS IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION WITH JUST SOME VERY LIGHT INNER SLEEVE WITHDRAWAL MARKS AND VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS WHICH ARE ONLY VISIBLE UNDER STRONG LIGHT A VERY NICE ORIGINAL COPY NO SIGNS OF WARPING


THE TEXTURED GATEFOLD COVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH SOME EDGE WEAR NO TEARS, NO WRITING, NO STICKERS, NO SEAM SPLITS THE SPINE ON THE COVER IS VERY FIRM AND AS SOME WEAR ALSO SOME VERY LIGHT RING WEAR ON THE BACK

THE GREEN & ORANGE LABELS OUTSTANDING CONDITION

THE ORIGINAL GREEN INNER LYRIC SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION BUT AS ONE VERY SMALL SEAM SPLIT DOWN ONE SIDE

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Close to the Edge is the fifth album by the British progressive rock band Yes.

According to the vocalist, Jon Anderson, the title track is inspired by Hermann Hesse's book Siddhartha. This interpretation, which can cast the cryptic and mysterious lyrics in a new light, reads the song as tracking the awakening of Hesse's character "close to the edge" of a river (and, symbolically, of the serial lifetimes of his soul), where he experiences a spiritual awakening.

The spiritual influences introduced by Jon Anderson, which later formed the basis of Tales from Topographic Oceans, are already evident in the music and lyrics of all three tracks on Close to the Edge. Renewal and repetition are other main themes; the title track starts and finishes with the same sound effects of running water and birds, and in "Siberian Khatru" there is the repetition of two-syllable words and phrases. This will come up many times later in songs like "The Revealing Science of God", "Going for the One", "To Be Over", and "Rhythm of Love".

In June 1972, just as recording ended, drummer Bill Bruford suddenly left the line-up to play with King Crimson, forcing Yes to find a replacement drummer (ex-Plastic Ono Band member Alan White) before starting a new U.S. tour.

This album set a trend for Yes of structuring an album around a single epic song, significantly longer than the album's other tracks. Here the centerpiece is the song "Close to the Edge". Later Yes albums that follow a similar pattern are Relayer (which features "The Gates of Delirium"), Going for the One (which features "Awaken") and Talk (which features "Endless Dream").
Inside of the Close to the Edge LP cover.

The cover art was by Roger Dean. Some of the photography for the album sleeve was by bass player Chris Squire's former bandmate in the Selfs and The Syn, Martyn Adelman.

The album is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Progarchives.com voted it the greatest progressive album of all time in 2006. Guitar World ranked it #67 in their (Reader's Choice) list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time. It is ranked as the 69th greatest album of all time on Rate Your Music.

Rhino Records issued a remastered and expanded version of Close to the Edge on August 26th, 2003. It added four bonus tracks: single versions of "America" and "Total Mass Retain" and early versions of "And You and I" and "Siberian Khatru" (as "Siberia").

Close to the Edge (Atlantic K 50012) was released on Atlantic Records in September 1972. It reached #4 in the UK, and it reached #3 in the U.S. during a chart stay of 32 weeks. In the Netherlands it reached #1 on the Dutch album charts, and has been the only Yes album to do so.

A special promotional only, white label, "banded for airplay" version of the LP was sent to U.S. radio stations in 1972. It has the title track broken up into shorter segments. This was done to try to increase radio exposure as most radio stations did not want to air an 18 minute song. Most of the segments were in the range of 3 to 5 minutes and all were marked on the record to assist disc jockeys.


In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came #3 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums"

Track listing

1."Close to the Edge"

* "The Solid Time of Change"
* "Total Mass Retain"
* "I Get Up I Get Down"
* "Seasons of Man"
Anderson/Howe/Squire 18:43
2. "And You and I"

* "Cord of Life"
* "Eclipse"
* "The Preacher the Teacher"
* "Apocalypse"

Anderson/Bruford/Howe/Squire 10:08
3. "Siberian Khatru" Anderson/Howe/Wakeman 8:55


Personnel

* Jon Anderson – vocals
* Steve Howe – guitars, vocals
* Chris Squire – bass, vocals
* Rick Wakeman – keyboards
* Bill Bruford – drums, percussion


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