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Yes – The Yes Album (Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Atlantic Records (1971)

4.00 out of 5 based on 1 customer rating
(1 customer review )

$55.00

Very Rare Actual 1971 Japanese First Pressing Of The Phenomenal Third LP By Yes. Vinyl & Heavy Grade Gatefold Cover Still In Beautiful Condition! Sound Quality Is Superb! Features “Yours In No Disgrace”, “Starship Trooper”, “I’ve Seen All Good People” & “Perpetual Change”.

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SKU: P-8079A Categories: Audiophile, Japanese Pressings, Rarities, Rock Tag: YES
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Very Rare Actual 1971 Japanese First Pressing Of The Phenomenal Third LP By Yes. Vinyl & Heavy Grade Gatefold Cover Still In Beautiful Condition! Sound Quality Is Superb! Features “Yours In No Disgrace”, “Starship Trooper”, “I’ve Seen All Good People” & “Perpetual Change”.

First Pressing Price On Back Cover: ¥ 2,000 (Later Pressings With Same Catalogue Number Are ¥ 2,300)

Typo on label: Life Seeker as Life Secker

Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT! Light surface mark on Side 1, which is not audible. Sounds amazing!

Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT! Minor shelf wear. Incredibly good for a record that is almost 50 years old!

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. Top condition Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.

Side 1:
Yours In No Disgrace
Clap
Starship Trooper
Life Seeker
Disillusion
Würm

Side 2:
I’ve Seen All Good People
Your Move
All Good People

A Venture
Perpetual Change

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Japan

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EX / EX

Format

LP

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1 review for Yes – The Yes Album (Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Atlantic Records (1971)

  1. geoffofdunnlirium@hotmail.com
    4 out of 5

    AMG – July 23, 2020

    Anderson's soaring falsetto and the accompanying harmonies, attached to haunting melodies drawn from folk tunes as often as rock, applied to words seemingly derived from science fiction, and delivered with the bravura of an operatic performance, all proved a compelling mix. On Yes' first two albums, Yes (1969) and Time and a Word (1970), the quintet was mostly searching for a sound on which they could build, losing one of their original members -- guitarist Peter Banks -- in the process. Their third time out proved the charm -- The Yes Album constituted a de facto second debut, introducing the sound that would carry them forward across the next decade or more. Gone are any covers of outside material, the group now working off of its own music from the ground up. A lot of the new material was actually simpler -- in linear structure, at least -- than some of what had appeared on their previous albums, but the internal dynamics of their playing had also altered radically, and much of the empty space that had been present in their earlier recordings was also filled up here -- suddenly, between new member Steve Howe's odd mix of country- and folk-based progressive guitar and the suddenly liberated bass work and drumming of Chris Squire and Bill Bruford, respectively, the group's music became extremely busy. And lead singer Jon Anderson, supported by Squire and Howe, filled whatever was left almost to overflowing. Anderson's soaring falsetto and the accompanying harmonies, attached to haunting melodies drawn from folk tunes as often as rock, applied to words seemingly derived from science fiction, and all delivered with the bravura of an operatic performance -- by the band as well as the singer -- proved a compelling mix. What's more, despite the busy-ness of their new sound, the group wasn't afraid to prove that less could sometimes be more: three of the high points were the acoustic-driven "Your Move" and "The Clap" (a superb showcase for Howe on solo acoustic guitar), and the relatively low-key "A Venture" (oddly enough, the latter was the one cut here that didn't last in the group's repertory; most of the rest, despite the competition from their subsequent work, remained in their concert set for years to come). The Yes Album did what it had to do, outselling the group's first two long-players and making the group an established presence in America where, for the first time, they began getting regular exposure on FM radio. Sad to say, the only aspect of The Yes Album that didn't last much longer was Tony Kaye on keyboards: his Hammond organ holds its own in the group's newly energized sound, and is augmented by piano and other instruments when needed, but he resisted the idea of adding the Moog synthesizer, that hot instrument of the moment, to his repertory. The band was looking for a bolder sound than the Hammond could generate, and after some initial rehearsals of material that ended up on their next album, he was dropped from the lineup, to be replaced by Rick Wakeman.

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