N O I Z E | FROM THE EDITOR Vol. 56 No. 9 SEPTEMBER 2022 guitarplayer.com FOLLOW US twitter.com/guitarplayernow YES MEN facebook.com/guitarplayermag CONTENT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Christopher Scapelliti, [email protected] FOR MANY FANS of prog rock in the early 1970s, the arrival of the Yes SENIOR EDITOR Art Thompson, album Close to the Edge in 1972 was not unlike the release of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s [email protected] ART EDITOR Rosie Webber, Lonely Hearts Club Band some (cid:192)ve years earlier(cid:17) (cid:47)ike that early psyche(cid:71)elic lan(cid:71)mark, [email protected] Close to the Edge was a sprawling, genre(cid:16)mel(cid:71)ing sonic wash of soun(cid:71) unlike anything PRODUCTION EDITOR Jem Roberts, anyone ha(cid:71) hear(cid:71) before(cid:17) (cid:41)rom its 1(cid:27)(cid:16)minute title track, which took up all of si(cid:71)e [email protected] LOS ANGELES EDITOR Jude Gold, one, through the operatic sweep of the 10(cid:16)minute(cid:16)long (cid:180)(cid:36)n(cid:71) You an(cid:71) (cid:44)(cid:181) an(cid:71) the har(cid:71) [email protected] rock(cid:178)(cid:77)a(cid:93)(cid:93) fusion of its closing track, the evocatively title(cid:71) (cid:180)(cid:54)iberian (cid:46)hatru,(cid:181) Close to FRETS SECTION EDITOR Jimmy Leslie, the Edge wasn’t (cid:77)ust another album(cid:30) it was a sonic (cid:77)ourney that you e(cid:91)perience(cid:71) from [email protected] LESSONS EDITOR Jimmy Brown, one en(cid:71) to the other (cid:11)preferably on hea(cid:71)phones(cid:12), an(cid:71) then, in all likelihoo(cid:71), repeate(cid:71) [email protected] once the nee(cid:71)le reache(cid:71) the inner groove of si(cid:71)e two(cid:17) (cid:44)t’s little surprise many fans SENIOR IMAGE MANIPULATION TECHNICIAN Gary Stuckey thought Yes ha(cid:71)n’t (cid:77)ust gone close to the e(cid:71)ge (cid:179) they’(cid:71) gone clean over it(cid:17) CONSULTING EDITORS Matt Blackett, Beyon(cid:71) the sheer gran(cid:71) scope of the album an(cid:71) level of musicianship (cid:71)isplaye(cid:71), Jim Campilongo, Dave Hunter, Michael Ross what impresse(cid:71) me most about Close to the Edge was the ensemble playing on (cid:71)isplay(cid:17) MUSIC COPYISTS Jeff Perrin, Matt Scharfglass (cid:45)ust listening to it, you coul(cid:71) tell Yes were a tight an(cid:71) supportive ban(cid:71)(cid:17) (cid:55)he music ADVERTISING SALES gave e(cid:84)ual room to (cid:54)teve (cid:43)owe’s breathtaking range of guitar virtuosity (cid:179) from DIRECTOR OF U.S. MUSIC SALES Jonathan Brudner (cid:39)uane (cid:40)(cid:71)(cid:71)y(cid:178)era rock an(cid:71) roll to (cid:45)ohn (cid:48)c(cid:47)aughlin fusion (cid:179) an(cid:71) (cid:53)ick (cid:58)akeman’s [email protected], (845) 678-3064 ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Robert Dye (cid:71)a(cid:93)(cid:93)ling keyboar(cid:71) skills, all of which was ably supporte(cid:71) by the melo(cid:71)ic (cid:180)lea(cid:71)(cid:181) bass [email protected], (732) 241-7437 work of (cid:38)hris (cid:54)(cid:84)uire an(cid:71) the min(cid:71)(cid:16)blowing (cid:77)a(cid:93)(cid:93)(cid:16)tinge(cid:71) (cid:71)rum work of Bill Brufor(cid:71)(cid:17) ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Jeff Donnenwerth (cid:55)he fact that they all performe(cid:71) this music on behalf of (cid:45)on (cid:36)n(cid:71)erson’s cryptic lyrics [email protected], (678) 427-1535 ma(cid:71)e the group seem like a sect of some mysterious religion(cid:17) SUBSCRIBER CUSTOMER SERVICE To subscribe, change your address, or check on your current (cid:55)he un(cid:71)erlying sense (cid:44) ha(cid:71) was that this was how a ban(cid:71) was suppose(cid:71) to be(cid:29) like account status, go to guitarplayer.com and click on Subscribe, a supportive team(cid:17) (cid:58)hich is very much the way (cid:54)teve (cid:43)owe (cid:71)escribes Yes at this email [email protected], call 800-289-9839 or write P.O. 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