A box set, The Studio Albums 1969-1987, will also be released by Rhino/Warner on November 4. This will feature every yes studio album from 1969′s Yes to 1987′s Big Generator. The box set comes with brand new Roger Dean artwork (below) and every disc features a raft of bonus features, including those on Big Generator which have only ever been available in Japan before.

Product Description
The most successful and influential progressive rock band in the world, Yes will celebrate its prolific tenure at Atlantic Records with a new boxed set that contains all 12 of the studio albums they recorded with the label. Each one features the remastered sound and bonus tracks that originally appeared in 2003 and 2004, when Rhino reissued the band's catalog.

[tracklisting]Disc: 1
1. Beyond and Before
2. I See You
3. Yesterday and Today
4. Looking Around
5. Harold Land
6. Every Little Thing
7. Sweetness
8. Survival
9. Everydays (Single Version)
10. Dear Father (Early Version #2)
11. Something's Coming
12. Everydays (Early Version)
13. Dear Father (Early Version #1)
14. Something's Coming (Early Version)
Disc: 2
1. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
2. Then
3. Everydays
4. Sweet Dreams
5. The Prophet
6. Clear Days
7. Astral Traveller
8. Time and a Word
9. Dear Father
10. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Original Mix)
11. Sweet Dreams (Original Mix)
12. The Prophet (Single Version)
Disc: 3
1. Yours Is No Disgrace
2. Clap
3. Starship Trooper
4. I've Seen All Good People
5. A Venture
6. Perpetual Change
7. Your Move (Single Version)
8. Starship Trooper: Life Seeker (Single Version)
9. Clap (Studio Version)
Disc: 4
1. Roundabout
2. Cans and Brahms
3. We Have Heaven
4. South Side of the Sky
5. Five Per Cent for Nothing
6. Long Distance Runaround
7. The Fish
8. Mood for a Day
9. Heart of the Sunrise
10. America
11. Roundabout (Early Rough Mix)
Disc: 5
1. Close to the Edge
2. And You and I
3. Siberian Khatru
4. America (Single Version)
5. Total Mass Retain (Single Version)
6. And You and I (Alternative Version)
7. Siberia (Studio Run-through of Siberian Khatru)
Disc: 6
1. The Revealing Science of God
2. The Remembering
3. The Ancient
4. Ritual
5. Dance of the Dawn (Studio Run-through)
6. Giants Under the Sun (Studio Run-through)
Disc: 7
1. The Gates of Delirium
2. Sound Chaser
3. To Be Over
4. Soon (Single Edit)
5. Sound Chaser (Single Edit)
6. The Gates of Delirium (Studio Run-through)
Disc: 8
1. Going for the One
2. Turn of the Century
3. Parallels
4. Wonderous Stories
5. Awaken
6. Montreux's Theme
7. Vevey (Revisited)
8. Amazing Grace
9. Going for the One (Rehearsal)
10. Parallels (Rehearsal)
11. Turn of the Century (Rehearsal)
12. Eastern Numbers (Early Version of Awaken)
Disc: 9
1. Future Times/Rejoice
2. Don't Kill the Whale
3. Madrigal
4. Release, Release
5. Arriving UFO
6. Circus of Heaven
7. Onward
8. On the Silent Wings of Freedom
9. Abilene
10. Money
11. Picasso
12. Some Are Born
13. You Can Be Saved
14. High
15. Days
16. Countryside
17. Everybody's Song (Early Demo of Does It Really Happen)
Disc: 10
1. Machine Messiah
2. White Car
3. Does It Really Happen?
4. Into the Lens
5. Run Through the Light
6. Tempus Fugit
7. Into the Lens (I Am a Camera) (Single Version)
8. Run Through the Light (Single Version)
9. Have We Really Got to Go Through This
10. Song No. 4 (Satellite)
11. Tempus Fugit (Tracking Session)
12. White Car (Tracking Session)
13. Dancing Through the Light
14. Golden Age
15. In the Tower
16. Friend of a Friend
Disc: 11
1. Owner of a Lonely Heart
2. Hold On
3. It Can Happen
4. Changes
5. Cinema
6. Leave It
7. Our Song
8. City of Love
9. Hearts
10. Leave It (Single Remix)
11. Make It Easy
12. It Can Happen (Cinema Version)
13. It's Over
14. Owner of a Lonely Heart (Extended Remix)
15. Leave It (Acapella Version)
Disc: 12
1. Rhythm of Love
2. Big Generator
3. Shoot High, Aim Low
4. Almost Like Love
5. Love Will Find a Way
6. Final Eyes
7. I'm Running
8. Holy Lamb (Song for Harmonic Convergence)
9. Love Will Find a Way (Edited Version)
10. Love Will Find a Way (Extended Version)
11. Rhythm of Love (Dance to the Rhythm Mix)
12. Rhythm of Love (Move to the Rhythm Mix)
13. Rhythm of Love (The Rhythm of Dub)[/tracklisting]
Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FAQW2RS/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FAQW2RS/?tag=imwan-21

Could not find any info on this other from this new blurb at classicrockmagazine.com.

No idea if this is a US version of the recent Japanese box, what mastering is involved (probably same as the remasters, but maybe from the new Japanese ones).

Not sure what they mean by new bonus features on Big Generator unless that's from the Japanese SHM-CD.

Doubt this is really coming Nov. 4 as I couldn't find it on either Amazon site.

Anyone?

too bad they're apparently not doing sacd hybrids like Japan did.

I've been hoping for a Genesis-style reissue program where the Yes albums are put together in box sets with DVDs including surround sound mixes, alternate tracks, etc. With the upcoming "Close To The Edge" separate DVD release, I'm guessing that's unlikely at this point.

This will be from Rhino USA, but as we've experienced recently, the UK pressing might end up cheaper. Right now there's just a provisional (and currently incorrect) listing page at Amazon UK, and I've added that link to your opening post, but would advise that we wait to see the American listing before pulling the trigger.

There's ANOTHER hi res CTTE? We already have the Japan SACD, the Hoffman SACD & the HD tracks download!

I believe that Rich is referring to the (hopefully definitive) Steven Wilson version:

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=84202

Yep, that's what I was talking about, and considering that everything I've heard from Steven Wilson is brilliant or close to it, I have extremely high expectations.

I probably posted there! My senior memory isn't what it used to be..........

Isn't "senior memory" an oxymoron?

You did post there!

several times.........

I'm thinking this will be like the ZZ Top box-no frills in crappy sleeves.

Sounds like the previous bonus cuts may appear though and the rarities bonus disc is probably the same as the Japanese release, but we will see.

YES: THE COMPLETE ATLANTIC STUDIO ALBUMS

The Progressive Rockers’ Legendary Atlantic Years Revisited With 13-CD Boxed Set Featuring Remastered and Expanded Versions Of The Band’s Studio Albums

Includes The U.S. Debut Of Remastered And Expanded Version Of Big Generator

The Collection Will Be Available On November 11 From Rhino

YES, the most successful and influential progressive rock band in the world, will celebrate its prolific tenure at Atlantic Records with a new boxed set that contains all 12 of the studio albums they recorded with the label. Each one features the remastered sound and bonus tracks that originally appeared in 2003 and 2004, when Rhino’s reissued the band’s catalog.

The collection spans nearly 20 years of music over the course of 13 CDs and includes the albums that earned Yes an international following and helped the English group sell more than 30 million (and counting) albums. Roger Dean, who illustrated many of Yes’ iconic album covers through the years, created the new artwork for the clamshell box that houses the music, making this set instantly recognizable to any Yes fan. The set also marks the American debut of the expanded and remastered version of Big Generator, which was previously available only in Japan.

COMPLETE ATLANTIC STUDIO ALBUMS 1969-1987 will be released on November 11 for a suggested list price of $74.98. A digital version will also be available.

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About YES in 1969-1987

Bassist Chris Squire, singer Jon Anderson and drummer Bill Bruford started Yes in 1968. The following year, the group released its self-titled debut, mixing original material with totally reworked versions of song by groups like The Byrds and the Beatles.

The band’s sound evolved quickly as its songs became more ambitious, adopting a more symphonic approach to the music and exploring more enigmatic themes with its lyrics. Yes’ dynamic sound resonated with fans around the world during the 1970s, when the group enjoyed both critical and commercial success with a string of now-classic albums: The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1971), Close to the Edge (1972), the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973), Relayer (1974) and Going for the One (1977).

During that time the band featured Squire, Anderson, Bruford, guitar virtuoso Steve Howe and drummer Alan White. Several different keyboardists also played on those albums, including Tony Kaye, Rick Wakeman and Patrick Moraz.

In the decade that followed, Yes’s success continued to grow as its sound and line-up continued to change over the course of three albums. Singer Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes of the Buggles replaced Anderson and Wakeman for one album, Drama (1980), which boasted a heavier sound.

Anderson and longtime keyboardist Tony Kaye both returned in 1983, appearing on the immensely successful album 90125, which also featured the debut of guitarist Trevor Rabin. The record produced the band’s first #1 song, ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart,’ plus several other radio hits, ‘It Can Happen,’ ‘Changes’ and ‘Leave It.’ An instrumental track from the album, ‘Cinema’ would go on to win the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1985.

Big Generator, the band’s final album with Atlantic Records, was released in 1987. Until now, the remastered and expanded version was only available in Japan. The album produced two radio hits, ‘Love Will Find a Way’ and ‘Rhythm of Love.’ Several versions of those songs are among the album’s five bonus tracks, including edited and extended versions of ‘Love Will Find a Way,’ and three different mixes of ‘Rhythm of Love.’

YES
1. Beyond And Before
2. I See You
3. Yesterday And Today
4. Looking Around
5. Harold Land
6. Every Little Thing
7. Sweetness
8. Survival

BONUS TRACKS
9. Everydays (Single version)
10. Dear Father (Early version #2)
11. Something’s Coming
12. Everydays (Early version)
13. Dear Father (Early version #1)
14. Something’s Coming (Early version)


TIME AND A WORD
1. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed
2. Then
3. Everydays
4. Sweet Dreams
5. The Prophet
6. Clear Days
7. Astral Traveller
8. Time And A Word

BONUS TRACKS
9. Dear Father
10. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Original mix)
11. Sweet Dreams (Original mix)
12. The Prophet (Single version)


THE YES ALBUM
1. Yours Is No Disgrace
2. Clap
3. Starship Trooper
4. I’ve Seen All Good People
5. A Venture
6. Perpetual Change

BONUS TRACKS
7. I’ve Seen All Good People: Your Move (Single Version)
8. Starship Trooper: Life Seeker (Single Version)
9. Clap (Studio Version)




FRAGILE
1. Roundabout
2. Cans And Brahms
3. We Have Heaven
4. South Side Of The Sky
5. Five Per Cent For Nothing
6. Long Distance Runaround
7. The Fish(Schindleria Praematurus)
8. Mood For A Day
9. Heart Of The Sunrise

BONUS TRACKS
10. America
11. Roundabout (Early rough mix)


CLOSE TO THE EDGE
1. Close To The Edge
i. The Solid Time Of Change
ii. Total Mass Retain
iii. I Get Up I Get Down
iv. Seasons Of Man
2. And You And I
i. Cord Of Life
ii. Eclipse
iii. The Preacher The Teacher
iv. Apocalypse
3. Siberian Khatru

BONUS TRACKS
4. America (single version)
5. Total Mass Retain (single version)
6. And You and I (alternate version)
7. Siberia (studio run-through of “Siberian Khatru”)


TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS
1. The Revealing Science Of God / Dance Of The Dawn
2. The Remembering / High The Memory
3. The Ancient / Giants Under The Sun
4. Ritual / Nous Sommes Du Soleil

BONUS TRACKS
5. The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn) (With original introduction restored)
6. The Remembering (High the Memory)
7. The Ancient (Giants Under the Sun)
8. Ritual (Nous sommes du soleil)
9. Dance of the Dawn (Studio run-through)
10. Giants Under the Sun (Studio run-through)



RELAYER
1. The Gates Of Delirium
2. Sound Chaser
3. To Be Over

BONUS TRACKS
4. Soon (Single edit)
5. Sound Chaser (Single edit)
6. The Gates of Delirium (Studio run-through)


GOING FOR THE ONE
1. Going For The One
2. Turn Of The Century
3. Parallels
4. Wonderous Stories
5. Awaken

BONUS TRACKS
6. Montreux’s Theme
7. Vevey (Revisited)
8. Amazing Grace
9. Going for the One (Rehearsal)
10. Parallels (Rehearsal)
11. Turn of the Century (Rehearsal)
12. Eastern Number (Early version of Awaken)


TORMATO
1. Future Times / Rejoice
2. Don’t Kill The Whale
3. Madrigal
4. Release, Release
5. Arriving UFO
6. Circus Of Heaven
7. Onward
8. On The Silent Wings Of Freedom

BONUS TRACKS
9. Abilene (B-side to “Don’t Kill the Whale”)
10. Money
11. Picasso
12. Some Are Born
13. You Can Be Saved
14. High
15. Days
16. Countryside
17. Everybody’s Song
18. Onward (Orchestral version)




DRAMA
1. Machine Messiah
2. White Car
3. Does It Really Happen?
4. Into The Lens
5. Run Through The Light
6. Tempus Fugit

BONUS TRACKS
7. Into the Lens (Single release)
8. Run Through the Light (Single release)
9. Have We Really Got to Go Through This
10. Song No. 4 (Satellite)
11. Tempus Fugit (Tracking session)
12. White Car (Tracking session)
13. Dancing Through the Light (Paris Sessions)
14. Golden Age” (Paris Sessions)
15. In the Tower (Paris Sessions)
16. Friend of a Friend


90125
1. Owner Of A Lonely Heart
2. Hold On
3. It Can Happen
4. Changes
5. Cinema
6. Leave It
7. Our Song
8. City Of Love
9. Hearts

BONUS TRACKS
10. Leave It (Single Remix Version)
11. Make It Easy
12. It Can Happen (Cinema Version)
13. It’s Over (Previously Unissued)
14. Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Extended Remix)
15. Leave It (A Capella Version)


BIG GENERATOR
1. Rhythm Of Love
2. Big Generator
3. Shoot High Aim Low
4. Almost Like Love
5. Love Will Find A Way
6. Final Eyes
7. I’m Running
8. Holy Lamb (Song for Harmonic Convergence)

BONUS TRACKS
9. Love Will Find a Way (Edited Version)
10. Love Will Find a Way (Extended Version)
11. Rhythm of Love (Dance to the Rhythm Mix)
12. Rhythm of Love (Move to the Rhythm Mix)
13. Rhythm of Love (The Rhythm of Dub)

I have all of the Rhino remasters aside from the first 2 LPs which I do not care for.

So, I would get those two for the first time and the new Big Generator but that is all I would get new to me.

Is it worth it? The price is good at $75 or so, but I have virtually all of this and it's the same mastering from the Rhino remasters around 2003-04 or whenever that was.

Of course, there is not other way to get Big Generator than buying this box.

The Amazon UK pre-order link in the first post has gone live, now showing a release date of November 11th in agreement with Pete's article above. Still no domestic release listed at Amazon USA.

I have all of this including the Japan "Big Generator", so it looks like I'd just be downgrading to crappy packaging.

I'm still waiting for the release of the hi-Rez surround mix done by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) of CTTE. Delayed but hopefully comes out in November.

I read somewhere that the Japan release had the channels reversed.

Why didn't they do SACD like Japan?? (rhetorical question; Japanese consumers care about sound quality; American's largely don't). GRR.

IP Pete, my 2003 US Tales reissue CD doesn't have the above bonus tracks 5, 6, 7, & 8, only has 9 & 10. I did a little internet surfing and so far haven't found 5-8 anywhere. Anyone know what the deal on them might be? Is this box giving us more new bonus tracks?

FYI, bonus track 18 of Tormato above is on the 2004 US reissue but as a hidden track.

Bump: The American pre-order link is now in the first post, but it's listed for December 24th. The UK release is still scheduled for November 11th.