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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Collector's Corner: back catalog deja-vu

With thanks to Yesfans member pat 2 for the heads up - about a month ago, Friday Music announced via their Facebook page that they would be releasing an expanded/remastered version of 9012Live: The Solos on March 9th, and it is available for preorder on their website and other distribution channels.

https://fridaymusic.com/collections/pre-order/products/yes-90125-live-the-solos-expanded-original-recording-remastered-limited-edition
After the amazing success of the mega platinum 90125, Yes embarked on a grand world tour in 1984. The tour was a stunning smash and luckily tape was rolling as they captured each member in their own cosmic and artistic space. It is with great pleasure to announce the first time North American compact disc release of 9012Live: The Solos (Expanded). For this exclusive CD release, there are two bonus live performances not available on the long out of print album, "City Of Love" and "It Can Happen," as well as original artwork and more great music from Yes: Anderson, Squire, White, Kaye and Rabin.
However, this expanded version is nothing truly new.

This isn't even the first time Friday Music has reissued this title - as their first release of the expanded version was back in 2011 (which is where part of the above advertising copy comes from).  So it's difficult to say if it's just a repressing or a completely new remastering.  And there's also a version with the same content reissued last year in Japan through Warner Music Group, which is from its' original release in 2009.  So I would assume this is part of the 50th Anniversary observance, or perhaps a way to exploit the greater value of Yes' overall profile of late.  If you don't already have this version of the album in your collection, then at least it's a reasonably-priced option to finally obtain it.