Yes: The Yes Album (1971) - Steven Wilson Remix

 

Starting in on the SW remixes. I listened to “Yours Is No Disgrace” from my original copy, for reference, before dropping the needle on this crisp update. At first, I didn’t notice much but once the band really kicks in, the difference is clear as day. A lot of the brashness of the original is tamped down while the new mix adds greater depth and separation between the instruments that reveal layers never before noticed. I have listened to this album thousands of times, over 36 years, and I have never really heard it until now. 

I can’t wait to see what the rest of this series has to offer.