"The Yes Album" Remasters


Anyone have any input into CD remaster releases of this disc? The Jpn mini lp is shown to be HDCD, will that negatively affect playback on a non-HDCD player? Thanks for any inputs you have.
arthursmuck

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Rhino have remastered everything up to Going For The One on CD-they are very well packaged and have decent liner notes.
Sonically they are probably the best available but are not a massive leap from the last (Atlantic)remasters.
Every CD has several bonus tracks-demo's etc.
If you like Yes and require CD versions-these are essential.
I haven't heard the HDCD versions but HDCD discs usually sound good even without the decoder in your machine.
Hope this helps.
As regards the Yes Album-it is probably the best digital version of this disc I've heard.
The bonus tracks are Your Move and Life Seeker single edits and a previously unreleased studio version of The Clap.
The bonus tracks on this disc are amongst the weakest in the series although overall they are for serious fans only.
As regards the actual Yes album,the Rhino version is the best I've heard.
The 3 bonus tracks are two single edits and a studio version of The Clap.
The next 3 Rhino remasters in the series are Tormato,Drama and 90125 however I believe they are not due out to early March.