Yes - The Yes Album - Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 45rpm series vinyl 2xLP vs. UK 1971 Original

[@SAGNI0971]

All the atlantic 75 titles have impressed thus far-this one is sort of unreal, getting close to possessing a one off lacquer, the sounds and music are revelatory.

[@DaveDenyer]

Totally agree. Thanks for watching.

[@alanchampion6519]

Fantastic review Dave. I've been on the same journey as you with this fabulous album (probably my favourite Yes album) , and always loved my UK Plum pressing which is just a beautiful copy and plays absolutely amazingly. I couldn't believe my ears when I listened to this version! I couldn't agree more that it is utterly incredible. Your description of the differences (improvements) is spot on. This AP Atlantic 75 series is just knocking it out the park!

[@DaveDenyer]

Thanks for the fabulous feedback Alan. Let's hope Fragile and Close to the Edge are up to this astonishing level of quality.

[@audiotomb]

The ATL 75 45 rpm TYA is indeed wonderful sounding. A US (not UK) first pressing original sounds stunning - it has a warmth and balanced naturalness the ATL 75 doesn’t in comparison. Howe’s electric guitar is very buzzsaw sharp on the UK original, somewhat tamed on the ATL 75 and just the right balance. The organ flourishes and cymbal decay are so real on a US first press. I too would love to hear Going For the One if they could elevate it. My second favorite Yes album

[@DaveDenyer]

I'm hoping the new 33rpm Doors UHQR sets a precedent that means we can get a worthwhile audiophile treatment of Going For The One...

[@simonphillips6472]

Playing mine now it’s like a whole new experience what a stellar job they’ve done.

[@DaveDenyer]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience

[@bertbecker7532]

This album was certainly my gateway into Yes. Such a great album that has stood the test of time.

[@DaveDenyer]

Definitely one of my favourite all-times albums.

[@simondepass4647]

I know the band but I don't know the music other than a few radio songs they had played. Just listened to a few songs off this album and Fragile and just pulled the trigger on this and INXS Kick after very enthusiastic review. They will sound amazing on my new TT. Can't wait!🙂

[@DaveDenyer]

Thanks for the feedback Simon. I've just received notification to tell me my copy of Kick is on its way to me. 🙂

[@simondepass4647]

@@DaveDenyer You can't review them quick enough:) Keep up the awesome work!

[@DaveDenyer]

@@simondepass4647 thanks!

[@Gothenburgpiano]

Amazing album!

[@DaveDenyer]

Glad you agree! Thanks for watching.

[@LifelongMusicJunkie]

Excellent review Dave! What stood out for me you hit on fully: The Drums and Bass combo is so rich and full and then the vocal instrument of Jon's voice makes for an incredible pressing! What a job that AP did, with Kevin Gray! Amazing!

[@DaveDenyer]

It really is stunning isn't it? Thanks for the feedback Dean. It great to read.

[@liammolyneuxmusic]

Fantastic Dave.Been waiting for your review. I received my copy last week. Like you this has blown me away. Difference to the original is night and day. Truly sensational. Kevin has peeled away some many layers revealing clarity and dynamism. Bills intricacies on the drums on now fully on show. Incredible I’m lost for words. Surely the biggest achievement by a mastering engineer so far in the series. 90125 was the same again incredible sounding. Remember these are not remixes,Kevin is giving us what’s on the tapes. Unfortunately my original is surplus to requirements 😊. Amazing Chad,Kevin take a bow. Would love Kevin to have a go at a couple of the upcoming Genesis titles. Dave fab video my friend ✊

[@DaveDenyer]

Thanks so much for this awesome feedback Liam. I REALLY can't wait for Close to the Edge and Fragile now...

[@Mongodaze234]

Good stuff! I will most likely grab this. It would be interesting to compare the AP issue to an original U.S. pressing as they were the first cuts on Atlantic. The U.S. original has a bit more of an open sound to the plum from memory.

[@DaveDenyer]

Glad you enjoyed the video. I’d be interested to know how you feel the AP compares…

[@tonynewman1694]

Mine has arrived tgis week and have to agree this is outstanding, roll on Fragile 😁👍. Great review .

[@DaveDenyer]

Thanks, glad you liked the review!

[@davestevenson2181]

Had this on pre-order since it was first announced. Now awaiting delivery of what is one of my top 10 albums of all time. Thanks for the review.

[@DaveDenyer]

Prepare to have your mind blown Dave!

[@BowieorBolan]

Superb, in depth review as usual Dave. I only have a mid 70s repress of this album on the green & orange Atlantic label and have never found this particular pressing very inspiring. The music and playing though is outstanding & after listening to your comments, this new AP version will be my next purchase.

[@DaveDenyer]

I'm glad I've inspired you to get this record Ian. I am sure it will blow you away!

[@aa5az423]

I think this is the best sounding A75 I've heard so far and I've got most of the ones that are now out. This thing's sonic quality is indeed in a league of its own. I was listening to it yesterday again and you're right, the drums are otherworldly and the bass guitar is just there and beautiful. I have a tube preamp and I wonder if Kevin Gray's tube system for mastering just translates better to a tube HiFi system??

[@DaveDenyer]

Interesting notion… I also have tube amps, and generally love the sound of Kevin Gray’s cut LPs.

[@davesans8536]

Great review Dave I was blown away by the sound of this album smokes my US pressing. If Fragile sounds as good I will be delighted I didn't spend the money for the MOFI

[@DaveDenyer]

I did buy the MOFI One-Step of Fragile, but anticipate the AP Atlantic 75th version will wipe the floor with it.

[@ianrobertson8514]

Excellent review and I can only agree wholeheartedly with all that you say. You used the word astonishing early in the video and that word sums the album up. The opening to side 4 (Perpetual Change) almost knocked me off my seat with the energy. Like you I have played this album so many times since I first got a copy in the mid 70s and heard things in my ageing ears that I'd never heard before. This is my 7th AP Atlantic 75 purchase and am looking forward to the many more (especially Fragile) that I have on order.

[@DaveDenyer]

Thanks for your superb feedback Ian. Can't wait for Fragile, and Close To The Edge...

[@tokioPK]

Whata great review of first the album and then the production - I can't wait to get as I don't know this record. So exciting, thanks a lot Dave, great great review!!

[@DaveDenyer]

Hi PK, I am sure you'll be knocked out by this album. It is one of my absolute favourites.

[@thebestoffools]

I wish I could get this one as well but I already bought 90125 and it cost me an arm and a leg. But it sure was worth it! Glad you like your new Yes Album. Thanks for the review. ~ Cheers!

[@DaveDenyer]

Sorry this one's beyond your budget at the moment, but thanks so much for the feedback. Cheers!

[@suffolkaudiophile]

Great review Dave.... I'll have to buy it.

[@DaveDenyer]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm sure you'll be knocked out by this awesome LP.

[@suffolkaudiophile]

@@DaveDenyer I've got the AP version of Foxtrot on preorder....

[@automatedelectronics6062]

Yes. Analogue Productions and QRP did a good job, for once. I have been digitizing my record collection for years, so I pay close attention to what I have digitized, sound AND sight looking at the graphs of the recordings. If the recordings have ticks and pops, I process them out, so I have a good recording, the way they were intended to be heard. In digitizing this album, the only tracks I had to process were the 2 tracks on Record 1, Side 2. In listening carefully to the tracks I digitize, I have found that with most of the premium records pressed in the U.S., the playing surface is much quieter than anything coming out of the E.U., other than Pallas record pressings. I also pay close attention to surface noise on the sections which are supposed to be silent, like lead-in, trail-out and in-between tracks.

[@DaveDenyer]

I do give every record a thorough clean these days… It irks me that I need to, but once cleaned they do sound superb.

[@automatedelectronics6062]

@@DaveDenyer As records are only new once, I resist cleaning them on my VPI RCM. What I do with a new record before I give it it's first play is to use my carbon fiber brush on it, then use my ZeroStat gun on it, to remove the static electricity which the brush created and finally blow it off with canned air. This should get rid of any loose particles on the record. If the record has ticks and pops, those are most often caused by defects in the record's surface. You can't clean off defects.

[@ediblehorse]

Thank you for the video Dave! Always a fav of mine and I will have to seek out a copy. FYI, I found the audio on this video quite bass heavy. I thought you would like to know...

[@DaveDenyer]

Thanks for the info! I’ve been trying out different microphones recently, but keep going back to my iphone’s built in mic - which was the case with this video.

[@flaviopitanga65]

Please rank also your Genesis favorite album’s also 😊. Great reviews

[@DaveDenyer]

I hope to be doing this quite soon. Thanks for the comment Flavio.

[@peterstudley1804]

Hi dave , just stumbled across your channel, i also love yes upto and including gfto. And genesis upto and including duke . I have the new yes 1971 lp on analogue productions 75th anniversary vinyl, and it sounds on par with my copy from the steven wilson 2018 box set. Such a shame they didn't laminate the cover like they did on sebtp. I have a question for you, why do all yes reissues not have the red & plum label ? Even the new 1972 and before reissues are all on orange and green , i wondered if you knew , because i find it baffling. Great show, thank you.

[@DaveDenyer]

Good question: I think it’s because the original label for these albums in the US was green and orange. And these are US reissues, not UK ones. Just as well, because there wouldn’t be any Genesis Atlantic 75s, as the UK originals were not on Atlantic.

[@dgross2009]

I'm a big Yes fan also and this is by far my favorite of theirs. Did not notice as huge an improvement as everyone else over the US OG but maybe that's a result of loving the album so much that I can't nick pick when the music is so great. That live record store day release was awful sounding but I still play it because of the music. I have another live Yes album from the Wakeman period that has way better sound. As an aside the thickness of my turntable is probably 1/10 of yours if that makes a difference.

[@DaveDenyer]

Agree totally about the RSD release. Awful sound but still great to listen to.

[@preservedmoose]

It’s such a shame that this didn’t have a Roger Dean cover, even retrospectively. By the way, I believe the short Steve Howe piece is called “Clap” and not “The Clap” (gonorrhoea) 😂 Great review!

[@DaveDenyer]

Glad you liked the review. I do agree, Roger Dean and Yes are made for each other. Thanks for your comments.

[@latheofheaven]

You know, I know I'm going to plummet in whatever shred of regard you might have for me when I tell you this, but noticing that this was the album you were going to talk about, I went to look for mine which I thought I still had. But, unfortunately, I think like 20 - 30 years ago I must've traded it in because I didn't think I liked it that much, say as compared to Fragile which I loved. Sorry... 😕 However, since it's been so long and you are genuinely fully impressed by this version, I will most definitely go back and listen to a FLAC version I'm sure I have of it and review the songs. What really intrigues me is that you are SO impressed with the leap in sound quality, that might very well make a big difference in my liking the album after all. I likely had a later US pressing of it that perhaps didn't sound that great. So, now I am quite looking forward to checking this album out again! Thank you Dave for reigniting my interest in this album! 😁 ***EDIT Oh, and I LOVE Bill Bruford too! REALLY dig all his stuff with Crimson...

[@DaveDenyer]

Hope you do enjoy it on re-listening… and if you do, you definitely should get this Atlantic 75th Anniversary pressing.

[@davidmartin1455]

I think Rhino did a 45RPM a few years ago, wonder how it compares?

[@DaveDenyer]

I’m not aware of that. Will look it up.

[@The_Music_Sanctuary]

I would put my Friday Music 45rpm pressing of The Yes Album, up against either of them.

[@DaveDenyer]

Thanks for watching & commenting: I'd be interested to hear the Friday Music pressing.

[@medecindamour9688]

Hi Dave, where are you sourcing your Atlantic 75's? I know you mentioned a local record shop before, or are your shipping from US? (I'm travelling back to UK so thinking of stocking up if I can find them).

[@DaveDenyer]

Typically I buy from my local bricks 'n' mortar store: Raves From The Grave, my preferred UK 'audiophile' music distributor: vinyladventure.com, or direct from Acoustic Sounds...

[@chrisberry8218]

Hi Dave, I've got my copy of The Yes Album arriving any day now. Are you getting Fragile and Close To The Edge to review. Regards Chris

[@DaveDenyer]

Hi Chris, I’ll definitely be getting those two albums.

[@Chunksville]

I have the Friday Music 2 disc 45rpm version from 2015 which was sonically better than my Plumb which I also used as reference for years would be interested how it compares to the A45

[@DaveDenyer]

Hi Chunksville, I've not heard the Friday Music pressing. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has compared the two.

[@davidmartin1455]

The label might have been friday music

[@DaveDenyer]

OK, I have heard of this issue, but not actually heard it myself...

[@chrisberry8218]

Hi Dave, Hows the bass on the new Yes Album?

[@DaveDenyer]

Open, textured, detailed and tuneful. 'Squirish"... ;-)

[@tokioPK]

'red and plum' label - seriously?! so british sounding :)

[@DaveDenyer]

Haha! 😂

[@inforobob]

hey Dave, you sound like you are off mic.

[@DaveDenyer]

Hi Robert, you're right, I chose not to use my clip-on mic for this video.

[@inforobob]

@@DaveDenyer No worries, just one of my things. REALLY enjoyed the video. The YES Album turned me on to them and they are a fav up there with the Beatles and Genesis., The next lineup with Wakeman was so superior to almost any other band. Have my copy of the Acoustic Sounds and hope to listen today.