YES CLOSE TO THE EDGE 1ST UK PRESS UNPLAYED MINT

	£		104
	$		137

YES ''CLOSE TO THE EDGE'' 1ST UK PRESS\ 2ND ISSUE CAT NO.K 50012 ABSOLUTELY AWESOME ALBUM IN THIS CONDITION!!!! HARDLY EVER PLAYED!! IN 35 YEARS UNBELEIVABLE!!! A MUSEUM ARCHIVE COPY!! WITH ORIGINAL 1ST PRESS  TEXTURED GATEFOLD COVER AND NEAR MINT VINYL!!!! VERY SOUGHT AFTER LIKE THIS!!!!!!

Another from my personal collection!!! Purchased from new and only ever played to tape! This has been stored all of these years in a case!! Even the cover is absolutely exceptional condition!!! NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE FROM THIS ALBUM!!!!!!!    

Close to the Edge set a trend for Yes of including a single epic song significantly longer than the others which was followed in the later albums Relayer (which featured "The Gates of Delirium") and Going for the One (1977) (which featured "Awaken").

the title track is inspired by Hermann Hesse's book Siddhartha, an explanation which can cast the cryptic and mysterious lyrics in a new light, 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.

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 (ex-Plastic Ono Band drummer Alan White) before starting a new U.S. tour.

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.

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, the only Yes album to do so.

1. "Close to the Edge" (Jon Anderson, Steve Howe) – 18:42
   • "The Solid Time of Change"
   • "Total Mass Retain"
   • "I Get Up I Get Down"
   • "Seasons of Man"
2. "And You and I" (Anderson; Themes by Bill Bruford, Howe, Chris Squire) – 10:09
   • "Cord of Life"
   • "Eclipse" (Anderson, Bruford, Howe)
   • "The Preacher the Teacher"
   • "Apocalypse"
3. "Siberian Khatru" (Anderson; Themes by Anderson, Howe, Rick Wakeman) – 8:55

The Vinyl

A very important thing to note! this is the thicker and heavier type of vinyl (only early press) later were much more flimsier and less robust!!!!!!

Very near pristine! There isn't much to say about this other than this looks and sounds unplayed (not a blemish can be seen at all) certainly (no) needle or audio scratches at all!!!! any marks that could possiblt be seen would be from the vinyl been removed from its sleeve! NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE FROM THIS VINYL! LOOKS AND SOUNDS UNPLAYED!!!!!! AUDIO IS AT THE VERY TOP ON ALL FREQUENCIES!!!! VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED IN 38 YEARS!!!!!    PLEASE LOOK AT MY COMPLETED LISTINGS OF RECORDS THAT I HAVE SOLD OF THIS CALABER AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I NORMALLY GET IT RIGHT!!!!!!!

THE MATRIX

SIDE A. K50012 A#3 SIDE B.K50012 B#3 

THE LABELS

ATLANTIC LABELS GREEN\BROWN (ONLY EARLY PRESS)labels only one or two spider marks can be seen!!! Unbeleivable for 35 years old!!!! labels look like new!!!!

THE COVER

THIS IS THE VERY RARE TEXTURED GATEFOLD COVER (ONLY 1ST PRESS) LATER PRESS HAVE NON TEXTURED COVERS!!!!SUPERBE EXAMPLE (NO) SPLITS OR TARES (NO) NASTY NAMES VERY VERY HARD TO FIND UNLAMINATED ORIGINAL GATEFOLDS LIKE THIS NEAR PERFECT SPINE ALL WRITING ON THE SPINE IS PERFECT!!  NEVER NEED TO UPGRADE FROM THIS COVER OR INDEED THIS ALBUM TOP TOP EXAMPLE!!!!!!

THE RECORD SLEEVE.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL GREEN LYRIC SLEEVE IN SUPERBE CONDITION WITH JUST A SMALL SPLIT BEGINNING TO FORM AT THE BOTTOM! PLEASE NOTE! THE VINYL IS STORED SEPERATELY FROM THE COVER! THIS IS HOW I HAVE ALWAYS STORED MY ALBUMS!!!!!!  

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