YES, Close To The Edge USA 1975 George Piros MONARCH pressing LP FREE SHIPPING

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Yes – Close To The Edge Label: Atlantic – SD 7244 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Monarch Pressing Country: US Released: 1975 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock Close To The Edge Songwriter [Song By], Words By – Anderson*, Howe* (18:50) Aa The Solid Time Of Change Ab Total Mass Retain Ac I Get Up I Get Down Ad Seasons Of Man And You And I Music By [Themes] – Bruford*, Squire*, Howe* Songwriter [Song By], Words By – Anderson* (10:09) B1a Cord Of Life B1b Eclipse Written-By – Squire*, Bruford* B1c The Preacher The Teacher B1d Apocalypse B2 Siberian Khatru Music By [Themes] – Anderson*, Wakeman*, Howe* Songwriter [Song By], Words By – Anderson* 8:57 Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation Published By – Yessongs Ltd. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios Printed By – Queens Litho Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – △17296 Mastered At – Presswell Arranged By [All Arrangements By] – Yes Bass, Vocals – Chris Squire Coordinator – Brian Lane (3) Cover – Roger Dean (4) Guitar [Guitars], Vocals – Steve Howe Keyboards – Rick Wakeman Lacquer Cut By – gP* Percussion – Bill Bruford Photography By [Photographs] – Martin Adelman, Roger Dean (4) Plated By [Runouts] – Jerry Pynes Producer – Eddie Offord*, Yes Tape Op [Tapes] – Mike Dunne Vocals – Jon Anderson

USA 1975 PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A: ST-A722619AA At/gP (MR) △17296 (6) PR Jerry Pynes; SIDE B: ST-A-722620 AA- At/gP (MR) △17296-X (7) PR Jerry Pynes.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE HAS ONE MIDDLE SEAM SPLIT.

DISC: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.

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.