Super Deluxe edition of classic Yes album Close To The Edge on the way

Yes pose for a group photo around a table in 1972
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Yes are to have their classic 1972 album Close To The Edge reissued as a Super Deluxe Editon box set featuring five CDs, a vinyl record and Blu-ray disc through Rhino Records on March 7.

The new set features a remaster of the original album on vinyl and CD, Steven Wilson vocal and instrumental remixes as well as Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and Hi-Res stereo mixes, also by Wilson. You can watch a trailer for the new release below.

The set also features are and unissued outtakes, early versions and single edits of America and Total Mass Retain, as well as material from the band's 1972 Close To The Edge tour including the whole of a show at London's Rainbow Theatre from December 16, 1972.

Originally released in 1972, Yes's fifth studio album Close To The Edge was the first to see the band take a whole side of vinyl with one composition, the epic title track and has long been lauded as one of progressive rock's finest albums. Prog Magazine readers voted it the best prog album of all time back in 2014.

You can see the full tracklisting below.

Pre-order Close To The Edge Super Deluxe Edition.

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Yes: Close To The Edge

CD 1 & LP – 2025 Remaster:
1. Close To The Edge
I. The Solid Time Of Change
II. Total Mass Retain
III. I Get Up I Get Down
IV. Seasons Of Man
2. And You And I
I. Cord Of Life
II. Eclipse
III. The Preacher The Teacher
IV. Apocalypse
3. Siberian Khatru

CD 2 – Steven Wilson 2025 Mixes
Remix:
1-3 – as on CD 1
Instrumentals:
4-6 – as 1-3 above

CD 3 – Rarities:
1. America (single version)
2. Total Mass Retain (single version)
3. And You And I (promo radio edit)
4. Siberia (studio run-through of “Siberian Khatru”)
5. Close To The Edge (rough mix)
6. And You And I (alt. version)
7. America (“Dry” mix)
Steven Wilson edits:
8. Siberian Khatru
9. Cord Of Life
10. Total Mass Retain

YES –
Close To The Edge:
Super Deluxe Edition

CD 4 – Live At The Rainbow, London, England, December 16th, 1972 – part 1:
1. Siberian Khatru
2. I’ve Seen All Good People
a. Your Move
b. All Good People
3. Heart Of The Sunrise
4. And You And I
I. Cord Of Life
II. Eclipse
III. The Preacher The Teacher
IV. Apocalypse
5. Close To The Edge
I. The Solid Time Of Change
II. Total Mass Retain
III. I Get Up I Get Down
IV. Seasons Of Man

CD 5 – Live At The Rainbow, London, England, December 16th, 1972 – part 2:
1. Excerpts From “The Six Wives Of Henry VIII”
2. Roundabout
3. Yours Is No Disgrace
4. Starship Trooper
a. Life Seeker
b. Disillusion
c. Würm

Blu-ray:
1-3 – as on CD 1 – 2025 mixes in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 DTS-HD MA

Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.