Yes - Going for the One - Genuine MINT 1977 UK First Pressing Atlantic LP

	£		155
	$		205

Artist & Title: Yes – Going for the One

Genuine original MINT 1977 UK FIRST PRESSING 5-track vinyl LP, featuring the outstanding title track, the classic Wonderous Stories and the epic Awaken, contributing to one of the strongest Yes albums, that welcomed the return of Rick Wakeman, in a superb triple-fold-out picture sleeve with lyric inner. The sleeve has only the lightest storage wear and the vinyl is like new - overall an excellent copy of this important Yes outing!
The record is in Mint condition and sounds as wonderful as ever, while the cover and lyric inner fully merit an Excellent grading. See pics. A superb play-copy of this classic prog-rock album.
Highly desirable for its first pressing matrices and Mint condition vinyl, and increasingly difficult to find in good condition on vinyl, this could be a once in a lifetime opportunity to add this superb rarity to your collection at an extremely advantageous price.

Catalogue Number: Atlantic ?– K50379 (SD 19106)

Release date: 22 July 1977

Overall Grade: Mint/EX (LP/Cover)

Matrix (Runout): Side 1: K-50379-A-30     Side 2: K-50379-B-30

Labels: K 50379 (SD 19106)
? Atlantic
Arranged & produced by Yes
? & © 1977 Topographic Music/Warner Bros.Music
Sleeve: Printed in England

This historic LP from Yes is hardly ever offered for sale in this condition.

“Along with ‘Close To The Edge’, this is Yes at their very finest.”

This is the extremely rare real thing: a genuine Mint/EX condition UK first pressing. The record is in as new Mint condition and the cover and inner are in Excellent condition. All items are free from any major defects like scratches, tears, dog-ears, stickers, writing, stains, creases or the like. See pics. All items are the genuine originals bought together by me in 1977, not reprints or replacements. The LP is the original 1977 UK stereo LP, which was only played occasionally on top-end audiophile equipment and lovingly cared for.

“Then there's ‘Awaken’. Personally, this goes beyond music. It is their most affecting, uplifting and involving work.”

THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS ORIGINAL PRESSING LP EVER OFFERED FOR SALE IN RECENT TIMES

Going for the One is the eighth studio album from the English progressive rock band Yes, released in 1977 on Atlantic Records. Produced after each member of the group released a solo record, the album marks the return of keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who departed in 1974 over musical differences in Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973). The band returned to producing shorter songs, unlike Tales and Relayer where the tracks range from nine to almost 22 minutes.
Going for the One received a mostly-positive reception from music critics. It topped the UK Album Charts for one week.

This may be your only ONCE IN A LIFETIME chance to own this rare piece of music history in this condition.

Going for the One is perhaps the most overlooked item in the Yes catalogue. It marked Rick Wakeman's return to the band after a three-year absence, and also a return to shorter song forms after the experimentalism of Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans, and Relayer. In many ways, this disc could be seen as the follow-up to Fragile. Its five tracks still retain mystical, abstract lyrical images, and the music is grand and melodic, the vocal harmonies perfectly balanced by the stinging guitar work of Steve Howe, Wakeman's keyboards, and the solid rhythms of Alan White and Chris Squire. The title track features Howe on steel guitar (he's the only prog rocker who bothers with the instrument). "Turn of the Century" and the album's single, "Wonderous Stories," are lovely ballads the way only Yes can do them. "Parallels" is the album's big, pompous song, so well done that in later years the band opened concerts with it. Wakeman's stately church organ, recorded at St. Martin's Church, Vevey, Switzerland, sets the tone for this "Roundabout"-ish track. The concluding "Awaken" is the album's nod to the extended suite. Again, the lyrics are spacy in the extreme, but Jon Anderson and Squire are dead-on vocally, and the addition of Anderson's harp and White's tuned percussion round out this evocative track.

“This is one of the very best rock LPs of all time! Astonishingly good!”

A fantastic time warp example of this rarity in amazing condition, a true investment grade item - get it while you can!

AND IT MUST SELL IN THIS ONCE ONLY AUCTION

You can read more about this album and Yes all over the web.

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