Yes - Close to the Edge 5.1 DVD-A/BluRay in October

[fredblue]

Hah - bet you to it...

oh you are awful.. but I like you!

 

[fredblue]

oh you are awful.. but I like you!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p008tv30

 

[Ranasakawa]

Thanks mate

 

[DennisMoore Jr.]

Welcome Dennis

I have no idea what albums you are referring to. Any chance on giving the full names?

Hi Ranasakawa,

Since this is a YES - Close To The Edge 5.1 thread, I thought all interested parties would know the YES records I was mentioning.
I forget, YES don't get to tour "Down Under" very often so they may not be as known where you are. Cheers!

 

[ssully]

If Steven Wilson or whoever ever plans to remix Tormato I hope they are made aware of THIS (from 2005):

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/254497-post26.html

FWIW - I was the engineer who mixed *most* (not all) of the outtakes on all the reissue YES cd's (no credit, of course). We get the multitrack masters in for one day and go FAST, mixing anything useable as well as possible. On YES, this is particularly complex (10 to 20 mixes in one day), but I know the music and they do play live on most outtake things. As it happens - the "Close the the Edge" and "Fragile" tapes sound AMAZING compared to anything else they did. Eddie Offord's work is absolutely stunning. "Roundabout" is the band IN THE ROOM, with a few vocal and synth overdubs.

Possibly interesting fact:

If you know the "Tormato" record, it sounds BAD, always has. I noticed Eddie Offord usually uses Dolby A, and he was the engineer on the main sessions for that album. Then Eddie was fired and they finished the record without him. Eddie didn't write "Dolby" on the Tormato multitracks, but indeed they seem to be encoded, you can hear it...

I think when they mixed it in 1978, they didn't know about the Dolby, and mixed it without decoding. It has that weird, thin brightness that results. Shame, but not the best album at all. The outtakes on that album are much better than what made it on...

 

[tarkusnj]

Any news on the first, kind of, YES album in 5.1? As in Starship Trooper, Yours Is No Disgrace etc being remastered in 5.1? I left YES after Close To The Edge...Just Like Rick Wakeman and his comment about Topographical Oceans. Only concert I ever kept looking at my watch...will this ever end????

 

[tarkusnj]

The first time I saw YES perform Close To The Edge, it was not even released. The backup group was the Eagles in early August, 1972.

 

[timbre4]

Mine was Relayer tour in 1975 and they played most of that and CTTE.

 

[jeffrey walsh]

Looking forward to the Fall. The self titled disc would be an excellent followup.

 

[HomerJAU]

I forget, YES don't get to tour "Down Under" very often so they may not be as known where you are

Seems Yes first charted down under but over their releases fell off the charts here first too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_discography

I have Magnification DVD-A that no one I know seems to have heard of...

 

[ProgRules]

Seems Yes first charted down under but over their releases fell off the charts here first too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_discography

I have Magnification DVD-A that no one I know seems to have heard of...

???? I think most around here have heard of the Mag dvd-a; I really like the album and feel it's under-rated and slipped under the radar. It's even better in 5.1.

 

[fredblue]

???? I think most around here have heard of the Mag dvd-a; I really like the album and feel it's under-rated and slipped under the radar. It's even better in 5.1.

oh I've definitely heard (of) it! symphonic prog of the tastiest variety! while it can't compare to their classics (what can!?) for a "latter-day" effort its scrummy!

 

[Perp]

I feel "The Ladder" is their best, later effort.

 

[ProgRules]

I feel "The Ladder" is their best, later effort.

I agree- I like TL a lot; it edges out Mag as the best since GFTO. It helps that it had such an awesome tour supporting it. They did most of the new album then; I even saw New Languages, which they did at the opening show in Myrtle Beach, but dropped soon after- not sure why, I thought it was great live. I think they really dropped the ball on the symphonic tour by not supporting Mag better- only 3 songs and they were 3 of the weakest songs on the album. If they had done Dreamtime, Give Love Each Day and Spirit of Survival I think the album would have been given a real boost.

 

[ProgRules]

I feel "The Ladder" is their best, later effort.

I agree- I like TL a lot; it edges out Mag as the best since GFTO. It helps that it had such an awesome tour supporting it. They did most of the new album then; I even saw New Languages, which they did at the opening show in Myrtle Beach, but dropped soon after- not sure why, I thought it was great live. I think they really dropped the ball on the symphonic tour by not supporting Mag better- only 3 songs and they were 3 of the weakest songs on the album. If they had done Dreamtime, Give Love Each Day and Spirit of Survival I think the album would have been given a real boost.

 

[Scott M4]

Any news on the first, kind of, YES album in 5.1? As in Starship Trooper, Yours Is No Disgrace etc being remastered in 5.1? I left YES after Close To The Edge...Just Like Rick Wakeman and his comment about Topographical Oceans. Only concert I ever kept looking at my watch...will this ever end????

Interesting. I was gravely disappointed with the Topo album until I saw them perform it (Montreal Forum) and I was blown away and began to love it. ('cept for side 3 - which 5.1 may change my mind about.)

 

[Scott M4]

BTW - While Fragile and Topo may be appropriate for BluRay - Close To The Edge should def be on GreenRay!

 

[rtbluray]

http://yesworld.com/2013/07/yes-high-vibration-japanese-sacd-box-set/

Here's the info on the Yes SACD box set... :zzzzz
If anyone's curious here's the mastering info for the set:

MASTERING EQUIPMENT

SACDs Mastered at 96khz/24bit.
DAW: SADiE PCM2, SADiE PCM8, Avid Protools 9
D/A Converter: dCS952
Analog Compressor Limiter: Neve 33609
Analog Equalizer: Sontec MES-432
A/D Converter : Pacific Microsonic HDCD Model 2
Digital Effector : T.C. Electronic System 6000
PCM/DSD Converter : KORG AudioGate
DSD Editor : SADiE DSD

Anybody find it weird that it was mastered at 96/24, THEN converted to DSD? Why not just master it as DSD from the start?

 

[Perp]

It makes one wonder if this isn't the 5.1 mix that was done circa 2001 but was never released. Hence, the 24/96 mastering.

 

[Ranasakawa]

I thought Steven Wilson is doing this 5.1 mix