YES

Close To The Edge (Super Deluxe Edition) RHINO

SID SMITH

Platinum-selling masterpiece gets a multi-format reboot. In the 53 years since it was first released, Yes’s fifth studio album has been the subject of numerous reissues which, over the course of those five decades, have added various extra bells, whistles, deluxe tweaks, variations, remasters and remixes. There’s a good reason for its enduring appeal. Aside from its compositional coherence, virtuosic performances and visionary production values, it’s an artefact that still stands as a high point in the vaulting ambition of 1970s progressive music. “The Rainbow show captures the band on incendiary form.” While many are content with the original release, significant numbers have re-bought the album over the years as they immerse themselves ever deeper, ever closer to the music. It’s very much this part of the market that the…

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