Yes 70th Anniversary Hybrid Stereo SACDs from Warner Japan (Feb 2017)

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Today's announcement from CD Japan. Six Yes albums in Stereo SACD in celebration of Atlantic Records' 70th Anniversary from Warner Japan
Scheduled for February 22, 2017

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[ SACD ] YES [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] Atlantic 70th Anniversary [Limited Release] | Release: February 22, 2017 /2800yen
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WP..._campaign=Yes-20161205-person_prod-WPCR-17601

[ SACD ] Time And A Word [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] Atlantic 70th Anniversary [Limited Release] | Release: February 22, 2017 /2800yen
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WP..._campaign=Yes-20161205-person_prod-WPCR-17602

[ SACD ] The Yes Album [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] Atlantic 70th Anniversary [Limited Release] | Release: February 22, 2017 /2800yen
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WP..._campaign=Yes-20161205-person_prod-WPCR-17603

[ SACD ] Fragile [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] Atlantic 70th Anniversary [Limited Release] | Release: February 22, 2017 /2800yen
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WP..._campaign=Yes-20161205-person_prod-WPCR-17604

[ SACD ] Close To The Edge [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] Atlantic 70th Anniversary [Limited Release] | Release: February 22, 2017 /2800yen
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WP..._campaign=Yes-20161205-person_prod-WPCR-17605

[ SACD ] Yessongs [Cardboard Sleeve (mini LP)] Atlantic 70th Anniversary [Limited Release] | Release: February 22, 2017 /3600yen
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WP..._campaign=Yes-20161205-person_prod-WPCR-17606
 
Well, I'm good with my vinyl from back then...
The one that I have very little feedback from and I think it's a MONSTER of a set is the last "VALID" Yes CD released before the Fish left us:

"Progeny :Seven shows from seventy-two"
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Great contents (even though it's the SAME set , you'll really enjoy the changes made on each show; and it has the unedited version of "Yours is no disgrace" from Yessongs...sans the flanging in the hi-hats) and beautiful packaging...

Sorry for the derail....
 
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Product description says these use the 2013 mastering. I seem to remember no one really liked the 2013 SACDs.

You are correct. The Warner/Japan YES Stereo SACD reissues were lambasted. Now if it read DSD mastered from the original analogue master tapes I think we'd be more agreeable to purchasing them.:music

I should probably hold off on pre~ordering YESSONGS until I read the reviews.
 
Too bad! But I'll take DSD over regular CD any day. Something for my ever growing "to purchase" list.

I see several other YES releases planned for March, 2017; Tales, Relayer, Tormato, 90125, Big Generator, Drama. Assume these will also be stereo only?
 
Too bad! But I'll take DSD over regular CD any day. Something for my ever growing "to purchase" list.

I see several other YES releases planned for March, 2017; Tales, Relayer, Tormato, 90125, Big Generator, Drama. Assume these will also be stereo only?

That's right. All of the Yes albums being released on SACD in Japan this Spring are stereo only.
 
I have the Audio Fidelity Stereo SACD, and I like it a lot ... probably cheaper than a Japanese import too, although it might be out of print now.
 
Funny thing about the AF hybrid SACD...the DSD layer is more compressed than the CD layer. (DSD audio was ripped to .wav using the hardware/iso2DVD method; the clipping shown is not an artifact of ripping)
 

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I now own both Japanese SACD, 7" mini LP editions of Yessongs. All packaging, catalog numbers, booklets and quad jacket are exactly the same including ink color in both versions. The new version has a more pale green on the two disc, Atlantic Label. Both OBI strips say all the same wording including "Yes High Vibration SACD".
The only difference is one OBI strip say's 14/8/27 and the 70th anniversary says 17/2/22. There is also a Atlantic 70th sticker on the front of the new stereo SACD.
The copy I purchased along with Big Generator in 2014 was, (both) horrible, the early pressing RBCD, way better.
This version I expected to be the exact same but am happy to say it is more open with a wider soundstage, the rhythm section is not muddled like the 2014 SACD.
I compared the two before I wrote this and I believe I am correct.
I have found nothing in writing to backup my personal experience. Based on what is in my possession the Japanese added this and Big Generator from 2014 to be in addition to the new 5 mini LP's. Only changing the date on the OBI strip.
This leaves me not trusting my A/B test, but I hear what I hear.
 
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