YES, Close To The Edge GEORGE PIROS USA 1841 Brdwy Record Club 1st press Exc- LP

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Yes – Close To The Edge Label: Atlantic – SD 7244 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Club Edition, Gatefold Country: US Released: 1972 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock Tracklist Close To The Edge 18:12 A.1 The Solid Time Of Change A.2 Total Mass Retain A.3 I Get Up I Get Down A.4 Seasons Of Man And You And I 10:40 B1.1 Cord Of Life B1.2 Eclipse B1.3 The Preacher The Teacher B1.4 The Apocalypse - B2 Siberian Khatru 8:57 Companies, etc. Licensed From – Atlantic Recording Corporation Licensed To – Record Club Of America, Inc. Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation Copyright © – Yessongs Pressed By – Presswell Lacquer Cut at – Atlantic Studios Credits Artwork [Cover/Gatefold], Photography – Roger Dean (4) Bass, Vocals – Chris Squire Coordinator – Brian Lane (3) Drums, Percussion – Bill Bruford Guitar, Vocals – Steve Howe Keyboards – Rick Wakeman Lacquer Cut By – GP* Photography – Martin Adelman Producer – Eddy Offord, Yes Tape – Mike Dunne Vocals, Written-By – Jon Anderson Notes "Manufactured Under License Issued By Atlantic Recording Corporation to Record Club of America, Inc." is at bottom of labels.  1841 Broadway address also appears on labels.  Gatefold jacket with Record Club of America sticker on back.  Both catalog #'s appear on spine.  

USA RECORD CLUB OF AMERICA FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM ON 1841 BROADWAY LABELS IN TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE. Unlike later record club issues, this pressing is cut from the exact same Presswell George Piros stampers as the regular 1st pressing.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: ST-A 722619A AT/GP PR /  SIDE B: ST-A-722620A AT/GP PR.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. RECORD CLUB STICKER ON REAR. PEN MARK TOP RIGHT FRONT. INNER SLEEVE HAS MIDDLE SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. PEN INITIAL ON LABEL.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are clearer, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant and you 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.  

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