Yes – The Yes Album (Super Deluxe Edition) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Yes – The Yes Album (Super Deluxe Edition) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 04:18:49 minutes | 4,97 GB | Genre: Progressive Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino

Rhino is planning to release a new Super Deluxe Edition box set of Yes‘ third studio album, “The Yes Album”.

It contains a vinyl LP, four CDs and a Blu-ray audio and features a new Dolby Atmos mix of the 1971 album by Steven Wilson. His previous 5.1 mix and a Hi-Res stereo Mix are also included on the Blu-ray (but not the original mix of the album).

In addition, the CDs include two previously unreleased concerts, the instrumental tracks and a new stereo mix (from 2014), 20 rare tracks and the original mix of the album (which is also included on the vinyl in this set).

Wilson shares his insights on the new mixes in the set’s accompanying notes: “I used my 5.1 mix as a starting point for the Atmos Mix, but found myself taking a rather different approach to some parts of the music, partly due to the additional speakers to place the sounds, but also because I have learned a lot in the almost ten years since I first remixed the album… I hope you enjoy ‘The Yes Album‘ in its new, completely spatial form. To me, it still sounds as fresh as the day it was recorded.”

Steven is referring to his mixes from 2014, which were released back then as a CD+Blu-ray set with a lot of great content. This is still available in the SDE shop, but obviously does not include the new Atmos Mix.

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Yes – The Yes Album (2023 Super Deluxe Edition) (2023) [24Bit-96kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️

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Yes – The Yes Album (Super Deluxe Edition) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 04:18:49 minutes | 5,03 GB | Genre: Progressive Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover

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Yes – Yessingles (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Yes – Yessingles (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:37 minutes | 675 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino

Yes is preceded by the reputation of one of the most innovative bands in rock music. Since their beginnings in the late 1960s, they have repeatedly rediscovered the boundaries of rock music and explored previously unexplored sound worlds like hardly any other group. Now Rhino announces a new collection, which for the first time brings together rare single versions of the biggest Yes hits on vinyl.

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Yes – Mirror To The Sky (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Yes – Mirror To The Sky (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:34 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © InsideOutMusic

“This is a very important album for the band,” says Steve Howe, Yes’ longest serving member, master guitarist, and producer of Mirror to the Sky, the bands 23rd studio album. “We kept the continuity in the approach we established on The Quest, but we haven’t repeated ourselves. That was the main thing. As Yes did in the seventies from one album to another, we’re growing and moving forward. In later years, Yes often got going but then didn’t do the next thing. This album is demonstrative of us growing, and building again.” For Yes, that “next thing” is a collection of high energy, intricate, lush and layered new studio songs for an album which adds to the band’s much heralded legacy, while charting a path to exciting future times ahead. Mirror To The Sky will be available as a Ltd Deluxe Electric Blue 2LP+2CD+Blu-ray Artbook with poster, as well as a Ltd Deluxe 2CD & Blu-ray Artbook, both of which feature the album in pristine 5.1, as well as Dolby Atmos, a first for any Yes album. Also included on the blu-ray are high-resolution stereo & instrumental mixes. The album will also be available as a Ltd 2CD Digipak, Gatefold 180g 2LP & LP-booklet, Standard CD Jewelcase & as Digital Album. All featuring cover art by Roger Dean.

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Yes – Relayer (1974/2014) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Yes – Relayer (1974/2014) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]
Blu-Ray: LPCM 2.0 & 5.1 24bit/96(192)kHz and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 24bit/96kHz | 23,1 GB
FLAC: 2.0 Stereo | Tracks 24bit/96kHz(192) – 7,55 GB; Includes Extas | Booklet/Artwork – 49 MB

Relayer is the third in a series of remixed and expanded Yes albums. Presented in a mini vinyl replica gatefold card sleeve with booklet featuring new sleeve notes by Sid Smith, along with rare photos and archive material, the album has been remixed into stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound from the original studio masters by Steven Wilson and is fully approved by Yes. Also includes the original mix in high resolution, and bonus material.

Yes had fallen out of critical favor with Tales from Topographic Oceans, a two-record set of four songs that reviewers found indulgent. But they had not fallen out of the Top Ten, and so they had little incentive to curb their musical ambitiousness. Relayer, released 11 months after Tales, was a single-disc, three-song album, its music organized into suites that alternated abrasive, rhythmically dense instrumental sections featuring solos for the various instruments with delicate vocal and choral sections featuring poetic lyrics devoted to spiritual imagery. Such compositions seemed intended to provide an interesting musical landscape over which the listener might travel, and enough Yes fans did that to make Relayer a Top Ten, gold-selling hit, though critics continued to complain about the lack of concise, coherent song structures. (more…)

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Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman – Live at the Apollo (2018) Blu-ray 1080p AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 + BDRip 720p/1080p

Title: Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman – Live at the Apollo
Release Date: 2018
Genre: Rock

Production/Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 01:59:57
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 29996 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2859 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio#2: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Size: 31,4 GB

In 2016, Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman brought together their incredible talents and long experience of working in Yes to take to the road for a series of concerts celebrating Yes’ musical legacy of the seventies, eighties and nineties. Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman toured first in North America and then brought their live show to the UK in early 2017, including this performance captured at the Manchester Apollo. The band are in superb form in front of a sell-out crowd who are clearly loving every minute of the show, which includes classic tracks such as “Roundabout”, “Owner of a Lonely Heart”, “And You and I”, “Hold On”, “Heart of the Sunrise”, “Rhythm of Love”, “I’ve Seen All Good People” and many more. (more…)

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Yes – High Vibration: SACD Box (2013) [Japanese 16 Discs Box Set] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Yes – High Vibration: SACD Box (2013) [Japanese 16 Discs Box Set]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 716:14 mins | Scans included | 29,7 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 15,9 GB

High Vibration is a limited edition 16 SACD box set, featuring the 13 albums released by English prog rock supergroup Yes, between 1968 and 1987, including live album “Yessongs”. A unique 12-track bonus SACD features rare selections such “Owner of a Lonely Heart (Move Yourself Mix)” from 1991 and 1972′s “Total Mass Retain (Single version)” is also included. Everything has been newly remastered in Japan by Isao Kikuchi, and comes with a 200-page book (mostly on japanese language). Albums includes: “Yes (1969)”, “Time and a Word (1970)”, “The Yes Album (1971)”, “Fragile (1971)”, “Close to the Edge (1972)”, “Yessongs (1973)”, “Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973)”, “Relayer (1974)”, “Going for the One (1977)”, “Tormato (1978)”, “Drama (1980)”, “90125 (1983)”, and “Big Generator (1987)”.

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Yes – Going For The One (1977) [Audio Fidelity ‘2013] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Yes – Going For The One (1977) [Audio Fidelity ‘2013]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 38:48 minutes | 1,55 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 724 MB
Audio Fidelity SACD #AFZ-157 | Mastered for this SACD by Steve Hoffman

Going for the One is perhaps the most overlooked item in the Yes catalog. It marked Rick Wakeman’s return to the band after a three-year absence, and also a return to shorter song forms after the experimentalism of Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans, and Relayer. In many ways, this disc could be seen as the follow-up to Fragile. Its five tracks still retain mystical, abstract lyrical images, and the music is grand and melodic, the vocal harmonies perfectly balanced by the stinging guitar work of Steve Howe, Wakeman’s keyboards, and the solid rhythms of Alan White and Chris Squire. The title track features Howe on steel guitar (he’s the only prog rocker who bothers with the instrument). “Turn of the Century” and the album’s single, “Wonderous Stories,” are lovely ballads the way only Yes can do them. “Parallels” is the album’s big, pompous song, so well done that in later years the band opened concerts with it. Wakeman’s stately church organ, recorded at St. Martin’s Church, Vevey, Switzerland, sets the tone for this “Roundabout”-ish track. The concluding “Awaken” is the album’s nod to the extended suite. Again, the lyrics are spacy in the extreme, but Jon Anderson and Squire are dead-on vocally, and the addition of Anderson’s harp and White’s tuned percussion round out this evocative track.

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Yes – Fragile (1972) [Japanese SACD 2011] MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Yes – Fragile (1972) [Japanese SACD 2011]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 51:57 minutes | Scans included | 3,64 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,23 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Warner Music Japan # WPCR-14167

Fragile was Yes’ breakthrough album, propelling them in a matter of weeks from a cult act to an international phenomenon; not coincidentally, it also marked the point where all of the elements of the music (and more) that would define their success for more than a decade fell into place fully formed. The science-fiction and fantasy elements that had driven the more successful songs on their preceding record, The Yes Album, were pushed much harder here, and not just in the music but in the packaging of the album:the Roger Dean-designed cover was itself a fascinating creation that seemed to relate to the music and drew the purchaser’s attention in a manner that few records since the heyday of the psychedelic era could match. Having thrown original keyboard player Tony Kaye overboard early in the sessions – principally over his refusal to accept the need for the Moog synthesizer in lieu of his preferred Hammond organ – the band welcomed Rick Wakeman into its ranks. His use of the Moog, among other instruments, coupled with an overall bolder and more aggressive style of playing, opened the way for a harder, hotter sound by the group as a whole; bassist Chris Squire sounds like he’s got his amp turned up to “12,” and Steve Howe’s electric guitars are not far behind, although the group also displayed subtlety where it was needed. The opening minute of “Roundabout,” the album opener – and the basis for the edited single that would reach number 13 on the Billboard charts and get the group onto AM radio in a way that most other prog rock outfits could only look upon with envy – was dominated by Howe’s acoustic guitar and Bill Bruford‘s drums, and only in the middle section did the band show some of what they could do with serious amperage. Elsewhere on the record, as on “South Side of the Sky,” they would sound as though they were ready to leave the ground (and the planet), between the volume and intensity of their playing. “Long Distance Runaround,” which also served as the B-side of the single, was probably the most accessible track here apart from “Roundabout,” but they were both ambitious enough to carry most listeners on to the heavier sides at the core of this long player. The solo tracks by the members were actually a necessity: they needed to get Fragile out in a hurry to cover the cost of the keyboards that Wakeman had added to the group’s sonic arsenal. But they ended up being more than filler. Each member, in effect, took a “bow” in mostly fairly serious settings, and Squire’s “The Fish” and Howe’s “Mood For a Day” pointed directly to future, more substantial projects as well as taking on a life of their own on-stage. If not exactly their peak, Fragile was as perfect a record as the group would ever make, and just as flawless in its timing as its content.

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Yes – Close To The Edge (1972) [Audio Fidelity SACD 2012] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Yes – Close To The Edge (1972) [Audio Fidelity SACD 2012]
PS3 SACD to ISO | DSD 1bit-2822,4kHz 2.0 | 2.12GB
24bit-88.2kHz FLAC-CUE 2CH only | DR11 (6.0dB Gain) | 765MB
Genre: Rock | Label: AudioFidelity | Catalog Number: AFZ 147

Mastered by Steve Hoffman at Stephen Marsh Studio
…Close to the Edge is pure progressive rock – thoughtful and intelligent compositions executed by the classic lineup of Chris Squire (bass, vocals); Rick Wakeman (mellotron, moog, Hammond organ, piano); Steve Howe (electric, acoustic guitars); Bill Bruford (drums and percussion); and Jon Anderson (vocals). All of the musicians in Yes are true virtuosos. The individual and group ensemble work on Close to the Edge is breathtakingly complex and the arrangements are incredible, everything flows flawlessly from one piece to the next.

There’s a spiritual influence introduced by Jon Anderson, in the music and lyrics of all three tracks on Close to the Edge. Renewal and repetition are other main themes. The album works incredibly well as a complete work that fuses music, lyrics and Roger Dean’s album cover art together in one seamless totality.
“Ranked No. 67 on the list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time.”
Guitar World

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Yes – The Quest (2021) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Artist: Yes
Title: The Quest
Genre: Prog Rock
Label: © Inside Out Music
Release Date: 1969 /2019
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Length: 01:01:35

Audio

LPCM Audio English 4608 kbps 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
DTS-HD Master Audio English 4747 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4747 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
LPCM Audio English 6912 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 6912 kbps / 24-bit
LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit

The Quest is the latest studio album from legendary progressive rock band Yes, and their first for new label home InsideOutMusic. Produced by Steve Howe, and featuring the line-up of Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison; Billy Sherwood, this stunning new record sees the band demonstrating why they are still such a revered group of musicians. Featuring artwork from long-time artist and collaborator Roger Dean.

• Release Date: October 1 2021
• Limited deluxe bundle
• Artbook, 44 pages with liner notes
• Blu-ray disc contains the album in 5.1 Surround Sound, as well as instrumental back tracks of all the songs.
• Discs packaged in limited edition art book

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Yes – Close To The Edge (1972/2013) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Yes – Close To The Edge (1972/2013) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]
Blu-Ray: LPCM 2.0 & 5.1 24bit/96(192)kHz and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 24bit/48kHz | 21 GB
FLAC: 2.0 Stereo | Tracks 24bit/96kHz(192) – 5,46 GB; Includes Extras | Complete Scans – 177 MB

A new edition of the progressive rock masterpiece from 1972, the first in a series of Yes albums to get the deluxe remix treatment. Featuring new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes by Steven Wilson from the original multitrack reels, a flat transfer of the original stereo mix, instrumental mixes, and other bonus material. Presented in a mini vinyl replica gatefold card sleeve with booklet featuring new sleeve notes by Sid Smith, along with rare photos and archive material, the album has been mixed for 5.1 Surround Sound from the original studio masters by Steven Wilson and is fully approved by Yes.

When Yes entered the studio with Eddie Offord to record the band’s fifth studio album in mid-1972, their second with this line-up, the band was on something of a roll. “Fragile”, the band’s previous album, had taken Yes to a new level of international popularity with Top Ten chart placement on both sides of the Atlantic & yielding a hit single in the USA with ‘Roundabout’. The band was now established in the major music markets to an extent that was, perhaps, unexpected given the complexity of the music Yes performed. But with that popularity came a confidence that the expansive material of the two previous albums could be taken a stage further with the new recording. Rather than consolidating, Yes chose to innovate.

Recorded during lengthy sessions at London’s Advision Studios, “Close to the Edge” is that rarity in recorded music, the sound of a band & its individual members writing, playing and recording at the peak of their collective abilities. The album was issued in Autumn 1972 reaching chart highs & platinum sales status of 4 in the UK, 3 in the USA & 1 in Holland, though such statistics only hint at the worldwide popularity of the album over a period of more than four decades. The three pieces of music, the title track which spanned the entire first side of the vinyl album with ‘And You And I’ & ‘Siberian Khatru’ on side two, have remained concert favourites since release, with the 2013 Yes line-up currently in the middle of a world tour stretching into the middle of next year that sees the album performed in its entirety.

The album remains the favourite among many of the band’s legion of fans, a defining recording both for the band & for the progressive rock movement. It is also one of the most successful British rock albums ever released.

Since this release of “Close to the Edge” was confirmed, the various websites dedicated to Yes, Progressive rock & high-resolution audio have been very active with discussions among fans keen to hear the new mixes & the existing material in its purest audio presentation. (more…)

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Yes – Tales from Topographic Oceans (2016) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Artist: Yes
Title: Tales from Topographic Oceans
Genre: Progressive rock
Label: © Panegyric/Rhino/Atlantic
Release Date: 1973/2016
Recorded: Late summer – early autumn 1973, Morgan Studios, Willesden, London, England
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: ~
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 3000 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 8399 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English LPCM 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 / 192 kHz / 5516 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)

Tales From Topographic Oceans is the fifth in a series of remixed and expanded Yes classics. The album has been remixed in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound from the original studio masters by Steven Wilson, and is fully approved by Yes. Also includes the original mix in high resolution, and bonus material, including a complete alternate version of the album using live tracks and studio run throughs.
The Blu-Ray features:
– 5.1 PCM Surround Sound (24bit/96khz) and in DTS-HD MA 5.1 (24bit/96khz)
– Hi-res (24bit/96khz) 2016 stereo mix
– Original album mix in a hi-res flat transfer from an original stereo master tape source (24bit/192khz). We believe this is the earliest master of the original mix to be issued in the digital era.
– Extended Dance of the Dawn in stereo and 5.1 surround sound + 5 single edits (stereo only), all mixed from the multi-track tapes by Steven Wilson.
– Instrumental mixes
– Full alternate album featuring: sides 1 and 3 from the 2003 Rhino CD, a previously unreleased studio run-through of Side 2 and previously unreleased live version of Side 4.
– full album needle-drops of an original UK vinyl pressing and US banded promo pressing. (more…)

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Yes – The Yes Album (1971/2014) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Yes – The Yes Album (1971/2014) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]
Blu-Ray: LPCM 2.0 & 5.1 24bit/96(192)kHz and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 24bit/48kHz | 21,6 GB
FLAC: 2.0 Stereo | Tracks 24bit/96kHz(192) – 5,49 GB; Includes Extras | Complete Scans – 247 MB

The Yes Album is the second in a series of remixed and expanded Yes classics. The album has been mixed for 5.1 Surround Sound from the original studio masters by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) and is fully approved by Yes. The Blu-Ray features 5.1 PCM Surround Sound and High Resolution Stereo mixes and in DTS-HD MA 5.1. The Blu-Ray also features the original album mix in a hi-res flat transfer from the original stereo master tape source as well as a complete alternate album running order drawn from live tracks, singles edits and an extended mix. And if that wasn’t enough, the Blu-Ray exclusive features include full album instrumental mixes, a full album needle-drop of an original UK A1/B1 vinyl pressing, additional singles edits and live tracks. Original artwork expanded with new sleeve-notes and archive material.

With a series of songs now regarded as band classics & frequently performed in concert, it takes some imagination to think of The Yes Album as a ‘difficult third album’. Yet, as the interviews conducted for the sleeve-notes for this edition make clear, the recording took place against a backdrop that was far from ideal. Despite a fine live reputation & two well-received albums, Yes had not made the commercial breakthrough to a wider audience that some of the band’s British label mates on Atlantic had achieved.

However, with the arrival of Steve Howe as guitarist, a better concept of what the band was trying to achieve in the studio with engineer/co-producer Eddie Offord & a focus on material that could be played live with the same punch as the studio recordings, The Yes Album proved to be that vital step to a much wider audience in Europe & America.

From the opening notes of “Yours is No Disgrace” to the final fade of “Perpetual Change”, the sound is of a band that is brimming with musical confidence. As Bill Bruford recalls “You gave it your best but it was a fast-moving world and you had to give more than your best.” The band may have been down to its last few pounds, the management may have been changing, the record label concerned, but there was no compromise in the studio as Yes produced the band’s first classic album, in a year where there was plenty of healthy competition for that much over-used term.

A full forty-three years on from the album’s UK chart debut, YES will be back in Europe – starting in the UK – performing a show that includes the album performed in its entirety.

This edition coincides with that tour. As with last year’s release of Close to the Edge, the CD features a completely new stereo mix, while the DVD-A features new stereo & 5.1 surround sound mixes all by Steven Wilson, a flat transfer of the original album master & a complete alternate album with tracks drawn from a mixture of singles edits, live tracks & an extended mix.

With expanded artwork & new sleeve-notes this is the definitive edition of The Yes Album and the second in a series of remixed and expanded Yes albums. (more…)

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Yes – Yessongs (1973/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Yes – Yessongs (1973/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:10:13 minutes | 2,61 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic

Yessongs is the first live album from the English progressive rock band Yes, released on Atlantic Records. It reached number 7 on the UK Albums Chart and number 12 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. The album was certified gold in 1973 and platinum in 1998 by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album is formed of recordings from their supporting world tours for their studio albums, Fragile and Close to the Edge, between February and December 1972. A concert film of the same name was released in 1975 that documents the band’s performances at London’s Rainbow Theatre on 15 and 16 December 1972.

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