Yes: Fragile

Yes, indeed—here’s yet another vinyl remaster of Yes’ seminal, identity-defining fourth studio album, November 1971’s Fragile. This time, it’s Mobile Fidelity’s turn, resulting in two 180-gram, 45rpm UltraDisc One-Step LPs making up a 7,500-piece limited edition, as mastered by MoFi’s Krieg Wunderlich and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl at RTI. The overall breadth of this One-Step offering brings into further focus both the collective and singular strengths of this definitive Yes incarnation. In fact, that’s how you should listen to it—first to enjoy the compositional prowess of the whole, next to zero in on the contributions of the individual bandmembers. That …