YES, Close To The Edge [open shrink+hype sticker] GEORGE PIROS USA EXCELLENT- LP

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Yes - Close To The Edge HD (Full Album)

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Yes ‎– Close To The Edge Label: Atlantic ‎– SD 19133 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold  Country: US Released: 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Art Rock, Prog Rock Tracklist  Close To The Edge 18:50 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 10:09 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. Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation – ST-A-7226 19 SP Credits Bass, Vocals – Chris Squire Drums, Percussion – Bill Bruford Guitar, Vocals – Steve Howe Keyboards – Rick Wakeman Mastered By – GP*  Photography By – Martin Adelman Photography By, Cover – Roger Dean (4) Producer – Eddy Offord, Yes Tape Op [Tapes] – Mike Dunne Vocals, Written-By – Jon Anderson Written-By – Bill Bruford (tracks: B1.2), Chris Squire (tracks: B1.2), Steve Howe(tracks: A.1 to A.4)

USA 1977 GEORGE PIROS CUT VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH COMPANY INNER SLEEVE.

SLEEVE: EXCELLENT MINUS, STILL IN SHRINK WRAP WITH HYPE STICKER AND ORIGINAL STORE PRICE STICKER.   INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. CLEAN LABELS. DISC DOES NOT ACTUALLY LOOK PLAYED.

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.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.

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