Yes to release Super Deluxe Edition of Fragile in June

Yes sitting around at table in 1973
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Yes are to release their classic 1971 album Fragile as a Super Deluxe Edition on four CDs, one LP, and a Blu-ray disc through Rhino Records on June 24.

The extensive reissue, which follows the Super Deluxe Edition release of The Yes Album last November, features a newly remastered version of the original album on both CD and vinyl, plus rare and unreleased recordings. A Blu-ray disc completes the collection, with new mixes from Steven Wilson including the album in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Mix DTS-HD MA.

Fragile was the first Yes album to feature Rick Wakeman, who joined the band from the Strawbs mid-way through 1971 to replace original keyboard player Tony Kaye. The album featured four band tracks, including the perennial live favourites Heart Of The Sunrise and Roundabout, plus a piece from each of the individual members. It was also the first Yes album to feature artwork by Roger Dean.

Among the rarities are previously unreleased live versions of Long Distance Runaround/The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus), Perpetual Change and Yours Is No Disgrace, recorded at New York's Academy Of Music in February 1972. You can also listen to a new alternate mix of Long Distance Runaround/The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) below.

Pre-order Fragile (Super Deluxe Edition).

Yes will join forces with Deep Purple to tour North America later this year. Full dates below.

Yes: Fragile (Super Deluxe Edition)

CD Disc One - Original Album Remastered
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

CD Disc Two: Remixes & Instrumentals2024 Remixes
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
10. We Have Heaven (Reprise)

2024 Instrumental Mixes
11. Roundabout
12. We Have Heaven
13. South Side Of The Sky
14. Long Distance Runaround
15. The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
16. Heart Of The Sunrise
17. We Have Heaven (Reprise)

CD Disc Three: Rarities
1. Roundabout – U.S. Single Edit
2. Long Distance Runaround – U.S. Single Edit
3. All Fighters Past – Steven Wilson Mix
4. South Side Of The Sky – Early Take
5. Roundabout – Rehearsal Take/Early Mix
6. Mood For Another Day
7. We Have Heaven – Full Version (Steven Wilson Mix)
8. South Side Of The Sky – Early Version (Steven Wilson Mix)
9. Long Distance Runaround (Steven Wilson Edit) *
10. Heart Of The Sunrise (Steven Wilson Edit) *
11. America
12. Roundabout – Early Rough Mix
13. We Have Heaven – Acapella (Steven Wilson Mix)

CD Disc Four: More Rarities & Live
1. Five Per Cent For Nothing – Alternate Version *
2. Heart Of The Sunrise – Alternate Version *
3. Long Distance Runaround/The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)- Alternate Version *
4. The Dean
5. America – Instrumental *

Live at the Academy of Music, NYC (2/19/72)
6. Long Distance Runaround / The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) *
7. Perpetual Change *
8. Yours Is No Disgrace *

Blu-ray
2024 Steven Wilson Dolby Atmos Mix
2024 5.1 Mix DTS-HD MA
2024 Stereo Remix
2024 Stereo Remaster
2024 Instrumental Mix

Tracklist
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
10. We Have Heaven (Reprise)
11. America

Fragile LP
Side One
1. Roundabout
2. Cans And Brahms
3. We Have Heaven
4. South Side Of The Sky

Side Two
1. Five Per Cent For Nothing
2. Long Distance Runaround
3. The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
4. Mood For A Day
5. Heart Of The Sunrise

* previously unreleased

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Deep Purple/Yes: North American tour 2024

Aug 14: Hollywood Hard Rock Live, FL
Aug 15: Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Event Center, FL
Aug 17: The Woodlands The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, TX
Aug 18: Durant Choctaw Casino Grand Theatre, OK
Aug 19: Forth Worth Dickies Arena, TX
Aug 21: Cincinnati PNC Pavilion At Riverbend Music Center, OH
Aug 22: Sterling Heights Amphitheatre At Freedom Hill, MI
Aug 23: Tinley Park Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, IL
Aug 25: Toronto Budweiser Stage, ON
Aug 27: Montreal Bell Centre, QC
Aug 28: Gilford Banknh Pavilion, NH
Aug 30: Camden Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, NJ
Aug 31: Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center, NJ
Sep 01: Wantagh Northwell Health At Jones Beach Theater, NY
Sep 03: Bridgeport Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater, CT
Sep 04: Saratoga Springs Broadview Stage At Spac, NY
Sep 06: Bethel Bethel Woods Center For The Arts, NY
Sep 07: Bristow Jiffy Lube Live, VA
Sep 08: Scranton The Pavilion At Montage Mountain, PA

Tickets are on sale now.

Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.