Yes – Fragile Outtakes

On first listen at least, I like this set more than the original. Somehow seems more organic and to the point. Maybe that will change with more listening. Meanwhile though, record flat and centered, sounded dynamic and played quiet, a little subtle surface noise but nothing intolerable. Glad I got it.

Fascinating to hear these works in progress from the Fragile sessions. Much of it is close to the finished versions but different enough to amount to an Alternate Fragile. Impressive sound quality for the most part too.

The tape glitches heard intermittently from Track 1 are quite distracting.

Definitely fun but, with the full Wilson mix coming out on vinyl in January, a bit superfluous, in the end.

Huge fun to listen to. Tracks are of variable sound quality but all come across well, even with the odd tape glitch present.

Product definitely needs a cleaning prior to first play. Paper sleeve created. Makes no sense why a label that puts the time and energy to create this, doesn't polybag. That's not a pressing plant to do-- design and budgets come from labels.
Once cleaned, the sound really works. Quiet and dynamic all things considered. A nice twist of material for Yes fans that know the songs in a certain way, but most haven't heard this way.
Very cool and should be in any collection that respects the original release.
Enjoy, if!

Perfect; clean (no paper dust at all!) flat and sounds great.
I was on the borderline if to get it not. I’m glad I did.

Mine was scratched on S1 but was only surface. Sound is great but yes, deserved to be poly lined. Glad I picked it up.

This sounds great. Cool stuff, I hadn't heard before. Clean, flat vinyl. Highly recommend.

Yes, is comes covered in paper dust, but it sounds like it's sprinkled with fairy dust.
Great companion to the recent Super Deluxe edition. Glad I picked it up.