“Fragile” the 1972 album by Yes is being reissued as a six-disc super deluxe edition. A 4CD+blu-ray+LP set features a newly remastered version of the original album, new 2024 stereo mixes, instrumental mixes, rarities, live recordings and more.
“Fragile” marked keyboardist Rick Wakeman’s debut with Yes, who joined the band from the Strawbs mid-way through 1971 to replace original keyboard player Tony Kaye. The album featured four band tracks, including the perennial live favourites “Heart Of The Sunrise” and “Roundabout”, plus a piece from each of the individual members. It was also the first Yes album to feature artwork by Roger Dean. The band included Jon Anderson (lead vocals), Chris Squire (bass, vocals), Bill Bruford (drums), and Steve Howe (guitar). After he joined in the summer of 1971, the band recorded nine songs for the album, four group arrangements (‘Roundabout’), and five individual compositions, including Anderson’s ‘We Have Heaven’ and Howe’s instrumental ‘Mood For A Day’.
Among the rarities are previously unreleased live versions of “Long Distance Runaround/The Fish” (Schindleria Praematurus), “Perpetual Change” and “Yours Is No Disgrace“, recorded at New York’s Academy Of Music in February 1972.
The lacquers for the included vinyl record have been cut by audio engineer Bernie Grundman. This new reissue of “Fragile” will be packaged the same as The Yes album and comes with a booklet.
It will be released on 28th June 2024, via Rhino.
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