New Yes Remasters?

WOW, there are more Yes fans than I figured. Here is a link to the Yes catalog that can be downloaded. Kudos to Paul Cobb for going to this massive amount of effort. The catalog is now updated through 2003!!!! At 313 pages I doubt you'll find a more comprehensive list of YES stuff.

With respect to the newer CD's. I think that the remaster of "Fragile", while better than the Atlantic remaster, is not very good at all, especially considering the crucial bass lines which are an absloute foundation on this record (Squire nod or no). They did a better job with "Album" but still vastly inferior to vinyl. CTTE, to me, while still better than the Atlantic CD is just too damn brittle. The texture in CTTE is paramount and the CD just don't have it! At least to me.

http://yescography.tripod.com/yescat.htm

Sorry guys talking CD only-I always refer to any format as albums as well-throw back to when it was only vinyl.

No prob, Ben. The orignal poster was referring to CD is referring to Rhino. My bad, actually.

Driver, in retrospect, I think the Joe Gastwirt remasters are all actaully superior to Rhino's except for "Album" with about a tie with respect to "CTTE".

4yank - thanks for your vinyl input

and I just had won a japanese pressing lp of CTTE on ebay last week and GFTO a month ago

I think the Yes album new Rhino cd remaster is absolutely fabulous. I bought a Japanese cd of Going For the One and it is light years better than the Atlantic remaster from a few years back, much more detail and dynamics.

I recently splurged on a Nottingham Spacedeck and can't wait to hear this stuff again in all it's vinyl splendor

so how rare are the first issue british lps?
couldn't they take one of those and reburn the lathe for it?
Certainly YEs deserves 180 g remastering for it's classic years

tom

Tom, the earliest red/plum UK Atlantic versions of "Album" and "Fragile" show up from time to time on E-Bay and generally finish at somewhere between $25-60, depending on condition. You can find one sometimes on gemm.com and they are almost always offered by UK dealers. In such cases, my advice is to ask specific questions regarding vinyl condition and surface noice because I have often found the standard UK desciption of EX (excellent) to be highly variable.

I, too, would have interest in 180/200g remasters on LP. As far as reburn the original lathes, I haven't a clue.