THE YES ALBUM 1ST UK PRES PLUM\RED LABELS MiNt AuDiO

	£		250
	$		331

YES ''THE YES ALBUM'' 1ST UK PRESSING CAT NO. 2400101 ATLANTIC RECORDS LABEL!  1971  RAREST TO EVER FIND IN THIS AWESOME CONDITION!!!! A#1 and B#1 MATRIX (EARLIEST EVER) PLUM\RED ATLANTIC LABELS   ORIGINAL 1ST ISSUE 1ST PRESS GATEFOLD COVER!   TOP! TOP! BEST AUDIO EVER ON ALL FREQUENCIES!!!  THIS IS THE BEST AUDIO THAT I HAVE HEARD OF THIS PRESSING!

Another from my personal collection! Stored in a case with the record seperated from the cover for more than 35 years!!! Unbeleivably rare original rarely ever seen like this! Minimal play only, original copy absolutely stunning very near perfect audio on my systems, the seperation is awesome throughout real deep bassey feel only found like this on the earliest pressings,, compared to later press, whuich sound so bland in comparison in my opinion!! Important note this is totaly complete with the 1st issue original gatefold printed by MacNeill Press Ltd. (I have often seen sellers swap these for later issued gatefolds which feature different text at the rear) Very collectable and sought after like this!!

The Yes Album is the third album by British progressive rock band Yes. The first release to feature 24-year-old guitarist Steve Howe, the album was released on Atlantic Records in February 1971 in the UK, a month later in the United States. This was the album that finally set Yes's career alight, with the album reaching #4 in the UK and, eventually, #40 in the U.S., where it was a platinum seller. This was also the last Yes album for over twelve years to feature keyboardist Tony Kaye until his return in 1983's 90125!!!!!.

The Yes Album set the stage for the band's route to superstardom with Fragile and Close to the Edge. This was their first commercial success and, reportedly, it had to be or Atlantic was going to cut them loose!!!!

Many features for which Yes became known are demonstrated for the first time on The Yes Album!:

• The "democratic" balance of the band — with each member making his own significant contribution — is seen here for the first time!!!!!!.

• Steve Howe appeared with the band for the first time and played a very prominent role throughout. His solo acoustic tune, "Clap" (forever renamed "The Clap" by Anderson's mis-introduction on the live track) has always been a concert favourite of the band and their fans!!!!!!!.

• The band began to explore longer songs with "Yours Is No Disgrace," "Starship Trooper," and "Perpetual Change," foreshadowing the many album-side-length tracks that followed on Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans and Relayer!!!!!!!.

• In many parts of the song "Clap", Steve Howe uses an open-string guitar chord method to achieve an airy effect, resulting in a sound wherein the listener might believe that the song is being played as a guitar duet!!!!!.

• The spacey, electronic-sounding guitar effect in "Starship Trooper" was achieved via a flanger, a device that was relatively new at the time of the recording!!!!!!.

• Their first keyboard player, Tony Kaye, preferred the simple Hammond B-3 and piano over the "new" (at the time) Moog synthesizers that Anderson was interested in using. This became a cause of contention within the band and had an influence on the line-up change, bringing in Rick Wakeman from Strawbs and his array of electronic keyboards!!!.

The Yes Album is generally considered a classic 1970s rock album and a highlight of the band's long career. The songs "Starship Trooper" and "I've Seen All Good People" are still staples of classic rock radio. In 2000 !!!!!

1. "Yours Is No Disgrace" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire/Steve Howe/Tony Kaye/Bill Bruford) – 9:41
2. "Clap" (Steve Howe) – 3:17
   • Recorded live at The Lyceum Theatre, London, 17 July 1970
3. "Starship Trooper" – 9:34
   1. "Life Seeker" (Jon Anderson)
   2. "Disillusion" (Chris Squire)
   3. "Würm" (Steve Howe)
4. "I've Seen All Good People" – 6:56
   1. "Your Move" (Jon Anderson)
   2. "All Good People" (Chris Squire)
5. "A Venture" (Jon Anderson) – 3:18
6. "Perpetual Change" (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire) – 8:54

The Matrix

side 1. ''2400101 A#1'' (Earliest for this pressing))

side 2. ''2400101 B#1'' (Earliest for this pressing)))

The Vinyl

On visual  initial inspection this vinyl looks absolutely superbe. Still retains its original glossy sheen from new!! This is the original heavier thicker type of vinyl with deeper grooves only found on these original 1st pressings!!! They are also more robust than later pressings which were more flimsier! In strong light only, can possibly be seen very light whispy  sleeve removal marks\scuffs (Importantly there are no marks that cause any loud clicks or pops)  Please note I can't see any audio sounding needle scratches at all! 

The Audio Quality

  I have carefully played this through track for track as usual at very loud volume on a top system two times prior to listing!  Instantly I was truly astonished at the vibrancy of the audio on this vinyl, this is probably up there as one of the best that I have heard of this pressing!.  This is cristal clear and vibrant through out. The audio seperation is amaizing and the vibrancy and bassey feel on this vinyl will never be surpassed in any other format, beleive me.   This plays with (no) signs of any distortion or that this has been overplayed at all! Even between tracks or almost silent places, any surface noise is minimal.   I would class myself as highly critacle! This has been played on a top system at very loud volume  and is awesome! Please look at my completed listings of records that i have sold of this calaber and you will see that i normally get it right!!!! Audio is graded at the top! You will find the audio quality on this vinyl hard to surpass!!!!! THIS IS ONE THE BEST  THAT I HAVE HEARD OF THIS PRESSING! I would grade the audio at least excellent plus to very near perfect on my systems! 

Please note! This has been stored in a case for at least 35 years! ,and would benefit from a constant clean before each play to reduce any static crackle that may be heard during some quiet parts! from my experiance build up of dirt and dust trapped in the grooves over the years cause this and subsequent cleaning does greatly improve the audio quality!!

Please note! I always make this disclaimer! Please allow for the odd isolated static, crackle/tick (not) consistant throughout the audio! Although i never heard any major problems at all and have given my honest opinion, this is a genuine 40 year old vinyl (not a reissue) that would have originally been played on a 40 year old system!!!!

The labels

These are the original Plum\red Atlantic labels! (only 1st press) feature ''Under licence...'' across the labels, above the white stripe (only 1st press! ''Made in Gt Britain'' featured (only UK press) credits for 'Rondor Music/Yessongs' spidering can be seen  angled to the light. This has obviously been played but not overplayed in my  opinion,, little if no spindleware (The hole is perfetly round) 

The Record Sleeve

This is the original poly lined atlantic sleeve with no splits or tares just light creasing\staining\fading with age! becoming very fragile and is now stored seperately from the vinyl!

The Cover

This is the original 1st press ''MacNeill Press Ltd'' printed gatefold cover! Very Very hard to find originals in this condition! Please note! I have often seen these covers swapped for later covers! THIS IS THE ORIGINAL features ''Atlantic Super' in a box at the rear of the cover later covers do not! Also features ''Manufactured by Polydor Records'' Later covers feature wea records! Also this has the green tinted picture on the back! (only 1st press covers!!!  Please note! This is the original 1st issue gatefold features the correct catalogue number at the spine! This is strong and straight as it should be without any splits or tares and no nasty names written! There is some minor light general rubbing ware ware at the edges and at the spine, only really noticable is scutinised! Amaizingly these are normally seen with bad ringware rubbing being primarily black in colour, but this is awesome and I can only just see the start of some rubbing at the rear only!, and hardly any real creases to talk of, just very, very minor crease lines at the spine only (see photos)! Any marks on this cover you would really have to look hard under a strong light!  Very Very minimal storageware indeed! Hard to find like this after nearly 40 years old ! I would grade this cover at least excellent if not much better ! 

HOW I SEND MY RECORDS!

THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE ALBUM IS ALWAYS PUT IS A POLY SLEEVE AND ENCASED IN THE BOX WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLEWRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION (SEE PHOTOS)

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As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible!! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 800 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light!!!!!Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!!!!!!!

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