Yes
Close to the
Edge
album
1972
5th
studio album
released
on 8 September 1972
Masters
of progressive rock
εποχές βινυλίου
το εξώφυλλο (εμπροσθότυπος)
( O εδώ εικονιζόμενος δίσκος στην
ελληνική αγορά έχει χρονολογία 1978 από την Atlantic Records και όχι εκείνη του 1972 που
πρωτοκυκλοφόρησε διεθνώς).
το εξώφυλλο (οπισθότυπος)
Η σύνθεση των Yes στο “Close to the Edge”
Jon Anderson
: vocals
Bill Bruford
: drums, percussion
Steve Howe
: guitars, backing vocals
Chris Squire
: bass, backing vocals
Rick Wakeman
: Keyboards
Side
One
/
1. Close to the Edge (18:12)
Side
Two
/
1. And You And I (10:40)
/
2. Siberian Khatru (9:50)
produced
by Yes and Eddy Offord
Last album with Bill Bruford on drums.
O
Bill
Bruford,
μαζί με τον Jon
Anderson και
τον Chris
Squire,
ήταν οι μόνοι από την αρχική σύνθεση που είχαν παίξει και στα 4 προηγηθέντα studio albums των Yes:
/ 1. “Yes”, 1969
/ 2. “Time and a World”, 1970
/ 3. “The Yes album”, February 1971
/ 4. “Fragile”, November 1971.
To “Close to the
Edge” είναι το δεύτερο άλμπουμ που συμμετέχει στο συγκρότημα των Yes ο οργανίστας Rick Wakeman. Η πρώτη του συμμετοχή ήταν στο “Fragile” (Nov, 1971).
To “Close to the Edge” είναι το τρίτο άλμπουμ που
συμμετέχει στη σύνθεση των Yes
ο κιθαρίστας Steve Howe. Έχουν προηγηθεί τα “The
Yes Album” (1970), “Fragile” (Nov, 1971).
Με το συγκεκριμένο
άλμπουμ εισάγεται το γνωστό λογότυπο των Yes, που φιλοτέχνησε ο Roger Dean.
φωτογραφία του λογότυπου των Yes από λήμμα στην Wik.
Συνέντευξη με τους Yes
πριν την κυκλοφορία του άλμπουμ
Sounds, July 8, 1972
8 Ιουλίου 1972
(
o τίτλος του
δημοσιεύματος )
“Yes” are
back in the studios and sprinting down the home straight to wards another victory;
by the end of this week they will be clutching the masters of the sequel to "Fragile",
tentatively called "Close To The Edge".
Then they're off
to the States again to pick up more accolades in what has been the most exciting
year in the group's history to date.
But in the mean
time the completion of the album was the most immediate concern and Rick Wakeman
was organizing the hiring of a harpsichord for more augmentation at the following
session.
"After we've
finished mixing the album we'll spend two weeks rehearsing the new material and
incorporating new equipment and then we're off to the States from July24 until August
16", Rick explained.
"We'd like
to do a British tour and we may be doing a Crystal Palace in September – but we've
got three more American tours planned this year so it'll be difficult".
Rick Wakeman explained
the new equipment set up, and the transportation difficulties that it imposed. "Two
mellotrons, two Moogs, an other electric piano and a digital computer for the keyboard
instruments which give a complete separation and means that anything can go through
anything. And Bill's doubled the size of his drum-kit...."
The new Yes album
will consist of three major compositions, entitled "Siberian Khatru",
"And You And I" and "Close To The Edge", and I asked Rick whether
Yes would be presenting their act in the form of a conceptual show based around
the album when they hit the States next time.
"We don't
do a show as such, and the object of having all the equipment is to present the
music as well as possible. We also have an incredible lighting set up now – we had
lights before but nothing like this", he went on.
“Yes” have carefully
charted out their course with the same organized minds that the “Moody Blues” apply
and Rick confirmed that everything had gone according to plan. "We allowed
four weeks for getting it all together, four weeks in the studios, two weeks for
mixing and two for rehearsing.
As for the material,
Jon Anderson has all the ideas in his head and when we were in America Steve
Howe and Chris Squire used to plonk away and did quite a bit of work towards the
compositions. Obviously Bill Bruford and I are at a disadvantage when it comes to
rehearsing in hotels, so it couldn't really come together until we all got in to
a rehearsal room – but then it came together very quickly.
Bass
player Chris Squire took over.
'You know I don't ever hear our music as being different tracks so much as different moods and sequences, and the single this time will be a deifinite sequence from 'Close To the Edge'.
"Because
there's more variety in the States you can release a piece of material which is
yours and which is not specifically for the singles market, but we wouldn't do it
in Britain."
Chris Squire assured
me, however, that the content of the album is yet to be finalised. "It's a
case of recording an album and then assessing it afterwards", he explained.
"We have very loose ideas at the beginning, mainly
songs written by Jon Anderson, then we commence to put it through the machine. On
this album some of the pieces of music have been spontaneous and we've derided to
keep some of these, while others we've worked out as we usually do."
Jon Anderson and
Rick Wakeman returned to the gathering.
"Before we
started making this album we listened to some live tapes taken from the last American
tour, and they had such a great feeling to us that we've been trying to get as near
alive sound in the studio as possible.
“Yes” hope to be
fitting in some British provincial gigs and, says Jon, they'd like to do the Rainbow
again. Their live shows will be recorded as will subsequent U.S. tours and it is
expected that a live album will be the sequel to "Close To The Edge".
The band are deliberately taking short tours of the States in an attempt to show
that they're not emigrating and Jon Anderson feels particularly strongly about getting
back on the road over here.
"At the moment
they'll just be isolated gigs and the next major tour of England will probably be
for a specific project. But we definitely want to use the concert halls to greater
effect – the possibilities are endless and Mike Tait is a very good lights man.
It doesn't matter how much it costs to put on if it's worth doing."
As I was about
to question Jon Anderson further Eddie Offord turned round from the control board:
"I think you should get more involved in this Jon"... and Jon Anderson
disappeared, denying me the opportunity of asking him to define a Siberian khatru.
"He's good
at making up words", Rick Wakeman cut in, reassuming the role of interviewee.
"It probably doesn't mean anything because he can't spell..."
After nine months
in the band the latest member of Yes seems to have settled in easily after being
thrown straight in at the deep end and going out "bind" immediately after
joining. "I’m just getting into the band now, but it's taken me two American
tours, an album, British and American dates and a lot of rehearsing to settle in.
"Up until
now I've been very limited in what I've been doing and it all takes a long time;
but now, with this album, I really know how they work.
Bill Bruford
Chris Squire
Steve Howe
Jon Anderson
Rick Wakeman
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Rick Wakeman
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)
Chris Squire
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Sounds
magazine, July 8, 1972, p. 5.
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