[News] Legendary YES to release Super Deluxe Edition of classic album “Close To The Edge” via Rhino Records

YES are to reissue their classic 1972 album “Close To The Edge” as a Super Deluxe Editon box set featuring five CDs, a vinyl record and Blu-ray disc through Rhino Records on March 07, 2025.

The new set features a remaster of the original album on vinyl and CD, Steven Wilson vocal and instrumental remixes as well as Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and Hi-Res stereo mixes, also by Wilson.

Watch the official trailer through the YouTube player below:

The set also features rare and unissued outtakes, early versions and single edits of “America” and “Total Mass Retain,” as well as material from the band’s 1972 Close To The Edge tour including the whole of a show at London’s Rainbow Theatre from December 16, 1972.

Originally released in 1972, YES‘s fifth studio album “Close To The Edge” was the first to see the band fill a whole side of vinyl with one composition – the epic title track – and has long been lauded as one of Progressive Rock’s finest albums.

Pre-Order here: https://lnk.to/YesCTTE

Tracklist:

CD 1 & LP – 2025 Remaster
1. Close To The Edge
I. The Solid Time Of Change
II. Total Mass Retain
III. I Get Up I Get Down
IV. Seasons Of Man
2. And You And I
I. Cord Of Life
II. Eclipse
III. The Preacher The Teacher
IV. Apocalypse
3. Siberian Khatru

CD 2 – Steven Wilson 2025 Mixes
Remix:
1-3 – as on CD 1
Instrumentals:
4-6 – as 1-3 above

CD 3 – Rarities
1. America (single version)
2. Total Mass Retain (single version)
3. And You And I (promo radio edit)
4. Siberia (studio run-through of “Siberian Khatru”)
5. Close To The Edge (rough mix)
6. And You And I (alt. version)
7. America (“Dry” mix)
Steven Wilson edits:
8. Siberian Khatru
9. Cord Of Life
10. Total Mass Retain

CD 4 – Live At The Rainbow, London, England, December 16th, 1972 – part 1
1. Siberian Khatru
2. I’ve Seen All Good People
a. Your Move
b. All Good People
3. Heart Of The Sunrise
4. And You And I
I. Cord Of Life
II. Eclipse
III. The Preacher The Teacher
IV. Apocalypse
5. Close To The Edge
I. The Solid Time Of Change
II. Total Mass Retain
III. I Get Up I Get Down
IV. Seasons Of Man

CD 5 – Live At The Rainbow, London, England, December 16th, 1972 – part 2
1. Excerpts From “The Six Wives Of Henry VIII”
2. Roundabout
3. Yours Is No Disgrace
4. Starship Trooper
a. Life Seeker
b. Disillusion
c. Würm

Blu-ray
1-3 – as on CD 1 – 2025 mixes in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 DTS-HD MA

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Author: Jacopo Vigezzi

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