Close to the Edge

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist and composer:Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis)
Steve Howe
publisher:Imagem Songs Ltd.
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
Topographic Music, Ltd.
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Yessongs Ltd.
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/115767 [info]
Wikidata:Q648858 [info]
parts:1. The Solid Time of Change
2. Total Mass Retain
3. I Get Up I Get Down
4. Seasons of Man

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1972-04 – 1972-06Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (original mix)Yes18:43
1972-10-31Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (live, 1972‐10‐31: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, Canada)liveYes18:24
1972-11-01Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (live, 1972‐11‐01: National Arts Centre English Theatre, Ottowa, ON, Canada)liveYes21:52
1972-11-11Close to the Edge (live, 1972‐11‐11: Cameron Indoor Stadium, Durham, NC, USA)liveYes18:24
1972-11-11Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (live, 1972‐11‐11: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA)liveYes19:30
1972-11-12Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (live, 1972‐11‐12: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC, USA)liveYes19:47
1972-11-14Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (live, 1972‐11‐14: University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA)liveYes19:52
1972-11-15Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (live, 1972‐11‐15: Knoxville Civic Auditorium, Knoxville, TN, USA)liveYes19:25
1972-11-20Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (live, 1972‐11‐20: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)liveYes19:48
1972-12-15Close to the Edge (live, 1972‐12‐15: The Rainbow, London, England, UK)liveYes18:45
1972-12-15 – 1972-12-16Close to the Edge: a. The Solid Time of Change / b. Total Mass Retain / c. I Get Up I Get Down / d. Seasons of Man (live, 1972-12-15/16: London, UK)liveYes18:14
1972-12-16Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (live, 1972‐12‐16: Rainbow Theatre, London, England, UK)liveYes17:19
1972Close to the Edge: a. The Solid Time of Change / b. Total Mass Retain / c. I Get Up I Get Down / d. Seasons of Man (live, 1972-12-15: Rainbow Theatre, London, England, UK)liveYes18:41
1972Close to the Edge: The Solid Time of Change / Total Mass Retain / I Get Up I Get Down / Seasons of Man (live, 1972‐12‐15/16: Rainbow Theatre, London, England, UK)liveYes18:10
1973-03-08Close to the Edge (live, 1973‐03‐08: Tokyo Koseinenkin Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan)liveYes?:??
1973-03-09Close to the Edge (live, 1973‐03‐09: Shibuya Koukaidou, Tokyo, Japan)liveYes?:??
1973-03-10Close to the Edge (live, 1973‐03‐10: Kanda Kyoritsu Koudou, Tokyo, Japan)liveYes?:??
1973-03-12Close to the Edge (live, 1973‐03‐12: Kouseinennkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan)liveYes?:??
1974-02-28Close to the Edge (live, 1974‐02‐28: Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI, USA)liveYes19:09
1974-02-28Close to the Edge (live, 1974‐02‐28: Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI, USA)liveYes?:??
1974-04-21Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of ManliveYes19:11
1974-04-23Close to the Edge (live, 1974‐04‐23: Palazzo di Palaeur Dello Sport, Rome, Italy)liveYes19:25
1974-12-01Close to the Edge (live, 1974‐12‐01: LSU Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA)liveYes20:20
1974-12-11Close to the Edge (live, 1974‐12‐11: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA)liveYes20:26
1974-12-11Close to the Edge (live, 1974‐12‐11: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA)liveYes?:??
1974-12-11Close to the Edge (live, 1974‐12‐11: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA)liveYes20:33
1975-05-10Close to the Edge: The Solid Time of Change / Total Mass Retain / I Get Up, I Get Down / Seasons of Man (live, 1975‐05‐10: Loftus Road Stadium, London, England, UK)liveYes?:??
1977-08-28Close to the Edge (live, 1977-08-28: Freedom Hall Coliseum, Louisville, KY, USA)liveYes19:33
1977-09-18Close to the Edge (live, 1977-09-18: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA)liveYes?:??
1977-09-26Close to the Edge (live, 1977‐09‐26: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA, USA)liveYes?:??
1989-08-10Close to the Edge (live, 1989-08-10: Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY, USA)liveAnderson Bruford Wakeman Howe?:??
1989-09-09Close to the Edge (live, 1989-09-09: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA)liveAnderson Bruford Wakeman Howe19:07
1989-10-21Close to the Edge (live, 1989-10-21: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland)liveAnderson Bruford Wakeman Howe18:37
1989-10-24Close to the Edge (live, 1989-10-24: NEC Arena, Birmingham, England, UK)liveAnderson Bruford Wakeman Howe19:06
1989-11-08Close to the Edge (FM broadcast, 1989-11-08: Stockholm, Sweden)liveAnderson Bruford Wakeman Howe20:44
1990-03-19Close to the Edge (live, 1990-03-19: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA)liveAnderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe?:??
1991-06-26Close to the Edge (live, 1991-06-26: NEC Arena, Birmingham, England)Yes3:59
1994-11(Excerpts From) Close to the Edgelive and partialSteve Howe4:23
1995-01-31Machine Messiah / Heart of the Sunrise / Close to the Edge / Siberian Khatru / Starship Trooper (live, 1995‐01‐31: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, England, UK; bootleg recording)cover, live, medley and partialDream Theater14:12
1996-03-04 – 1996-03-06Close to the Edge: a. The Solid Time of Change / b. Total Mass Retain / c. I Get Up, I Get Down / d. Seasons of Man (live, 1996-03: San Luis Obispo)liveYes19:41
1996-03-04 – 1996-03-06Close to the Edge: a. The Solid Time of Change / b. Total Mass Retain / c. I Get Up, I Get Down / d. Seasons of Man (live, 1996-03: Fremont Theater, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA)liveYes19:28
1998-10-08Close to the Edge (live, 1998‐10‐08: Shibuya Koukaidou, Tokyo, Japan)liveYes21:47
1998-10-09Close to the Edge (live, 1998‐10‐09: Shibuya Koukaidou, Tokyo, Japan)liveYes21:45
2000-06-20Close to the Edge (live, 2000-06-20: Reno Hilton Outdoor Amphitheater, Reno, NV, USA)liveYes?:??
2000-06-21Close to the Edge (live, 2000-06-21: Chronicle Pavilion, Concord, CA, USA)liveYes?:??
2000-06-23Close to the Edge (live, 2000‐06‐23: Universal Ampitheater, Universal City, CA, USA)liveYes21:03
2000-07-06Close to the Edge (live, 2000‐07‐06: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA)liveYes?:??
2001-11-14Close to the Edge (live, 2001‐11‐14: Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany)Yes20:42
2001-11-22Close to the Edge (live, 2001‐11‐22: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands)liveYes20:30
2001-11-22Close to the Edge (live, 2001-11-22: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands)liveYes20:04
2001-11-22Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (live, 2001‐11‐22: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands)liveYes20:32
2007-10-07 – 2007-10-08Close to the EdgeSteve Howe Trio4:49
2008-06-19Close to the Edge (live, 2008‐06‐19: Komedia, Brighton, UK)cover and liveSteve Howe Trio7:39
2014-08-12Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up, I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (live, 2014‐08‐12: Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, USA)liveYes19:04
2014-08-12Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up, I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (live, 2014‐08‐12: Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, USA)liveYes19:11
2018-07-20 – 2018-07-21Close to the Edge: i. The Solid Time of Change / ii. Total Mass Retain / iii. I Get Up I Get Down / iv. Seasons of ManliveYes19:02
Close to the EdgeYes18:38
Close to the EdgeliveAnderson Bruford Wakeman Howe18:19
Close to the Edge (live)liveYes18:14
Close to the EdgeliveAnderson Bruford Wakeman Howe19:19
Close to the Edge (reinterpretation of Yes original by Wakeman)instrumentalRick Wakeman7:35
Close to the EdgeYes19:40
Close to the EdgeYes19:22
Close to the EdgecoverLondon Philharmonic Orchestra7:38
Close to the EdgeYes20:06
Close to the EdgeYes19:18
Close to the EdgeliveYes?:??
Close to the EdgecoverHans Annéllsson3:33
Close to the EdgecoverThe Doraemons18:39
Close to the EdgeliveAnderson Bruford Wakeman Howe19:49
Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (2013 5.1 surround mix)Yes18:42
Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (2013 stereo mix)Yes18:42
Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (2025 Steven Wilson stereo remix)Yes18:42
Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (early assembly / rough mix)Yes17:42
Close to the Edge: I. The Solid Time of Change / II. Total Mass Retain / III. I Get Up I Get Down / IV. Seasons of Man (instrumental mix)instrumentalYes18:42
Close to the HypeC2t Hype4:05
Close to the Hype (Black Ink mix)C2t Hype7:27
Close to the Hype (Close to the Skunk mix)C2t Hype4:06
Close to the Hype (instrumental)instrumentalJon Anderson?:??
Yes Medley: I. And You and I / II. Awaken / III. Close to the Edge / IV. Soon / V. Onward / VI. South Side of the Sky / VII. Owner of a Lonely Heartcover and medleyUnitopia12:11