YES LP-SELF TITLED-DEBUT-ORIGINAL-SEALED-SD8243-FREE SHIPPING
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ORIGINAL ISSUE OF THERE SPLENDID DEBUT ALBUM. JACKET IS PERFECT. NO DINGS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND. REALLY NICE COPY. Yes' debut album is surprisingly strong, given the inexperience of all those involved at the time. In an era when psychedelic meanderings were the order of the day, Yes delivered a surprisingly focused and exciting record that covered lots of bases (perhaps too many) in presenting their sound. The album opens boldly, with the fervor of a metal band of the era playing full tilt on "Beyond and Before," but it is with the second number, a cover of the Byrds' "I See You," that they show some of their real range. The song is highlighted by an extraordinary jazz workout from lead guitarist Peter Banks and drummer Bill Bruford that runs circles around the original by Roger McGuinn and company. "Harold Land" was the first song on which Chris Squire's bass playing could be heard in anything resembling the prominence it would eventually assume in their sound and anticipates in its structure the multi-part suites the group would later record, with its extended introduction and its myriad shifts in texture, timbre, and volume. And then there is "Every Little Thing," the most daring Beatles cover ever to appear on an English record, with an apocalyptic introduction and extraordinary shifts in tempo and dynamics, Banks' guitar and Bruford's drums so animated that they seem to be playing several songs at once. This song also hosts an astonishingly charismatic performance by Jon Anderson.
Tracklist
A1 Beyond And Before Written-By – Clive Bailey 4:50 A2 I See You Written-By – David Crosby, Roger McGuinn 6:33 A3 Yesterday And Today 2:37 A4 Looking Around 3:49 B1 Harold Land Written-By – Bill Bruford 5:26 B2 Every Little Thing Written-By – John Lennon, Paul McCartney* 5:24 B3 Sweetness Written-By – Clive Bailey 4:19 B4 Survival 6:01price rating
