Yes – Drama (Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Atlantic Records (1980)
$60.00
Hard To Find Actual 1980 Japanese First Pressing ~ Vinyl Still In Top Condition! Heavy Grade Gatefold Cover Includes Two Inserts, Lyrics. High Quality ~ Superb Sound!
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Hard To Find Actal 1980 Japanese First Pressing Of Controversial & Brilliant Yes LP. Vinyl Still In Top Condition! Heavy Grade Gatefold Cover Includes Insert With Lyrics In English, Plus Japanese Insert. High Quality Vinyl ~ Superb Sound!
Condition — Vinyl: NEAR MINT! Hard to believe this record is over 43 years old!
Condition — Cover: VERY GOOD PLUS! Some foxing, due to age (mainly inside gatefold).
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint condition Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Machine Messiah
White Car
Does It Really Happen?
Side 2:
Into The Lens
Run Through The Light
Tempus Fugit
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Atlantic Records (1980)
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Hard To Find 1982 Japanese First Pressing Of The Fantastic Debut LP By Asia ~ Complete With Highly Collectable Obi Strip! Includes 4-Page Insert With Lyrics.
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Drama instantly proved all the doubters wrong and delivered Yes songs with outstanding musicianship, vocal harmonies and fishy hooks! It was 1980 and the thought of The Buggles joining Yes was unthinkable, but the results were actually incredible! Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman had quit Yes in 1979 after the inconsistent ‘Tormato’ album, which left Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Alan White with all the power and the glory and legacy that the 70s prog superstars had created, but no singer or keyboardist to take them into the next decade. As it turned out, Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn ended up with the same manager as Yes (Brian Lane) and frequented the same studios in London. Having just had a smash pop single (“Video Killed The Radio Star”), the match didn’t look right on paper, but together the new line-up put new fire and life into the music of Yes. Opening with the staggeringly impressive “Machine Messiah”, Drama instantly proved all the doubters wrong and delivered a terrific 40 minutes of outstanding musicianship, vocal harmonies and fishy hooks! Steve Howe is in particularly fine form here, dishing out chops and fluent fretboard runs with lightning speed and ability. Squire and White had reached a peak of telepathic rhythm interconnection by this point, but had taken the energy level up a notch. All six tracks are essential Yes music, including the astounding stop / start time signatures of “Into The Lens”, the Sqiuire bass riff filled “”It Can Happen” and the race to the finish line of “Tempus Fugit”. With the unenviable task for Trevor Horn to attempt replacing Jon Anderson on the concert stage, unfortunately the quintet had splintered within a year, but what an astounding record they left in their wake. If you like to hear musicians playing at top level, with the grandeur and grace of mid 70s Yes, then you will love Drama!