Editing Going for the One (section)

== Background ==

[[File:Casino Montreux - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|At the time of recording, Mountain Studios was located inside [[Montreux Casino]]]]

In August 1975, Yes wrapped their [[List of Yes concert tours (1960s–70s)#Relayer Tour|1974–1975 tour]] of the US, Canada and the UK in support of their seventh studio album, ''[[Relayer]]'' (1974). The line-up during this time was lead vocalist [[Jon Anderson]], bassist [[Chris Squire]], guitarist [[Steve Howe (musician)|Steve Howe]], drummer [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]], and keyboardist [[Patrick Moraz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?qbandid=1&qdec=1970#y1974|title=Yes Shows – 1970s – 1974|publisher=Forgotten Yesterdays|first=Steve|last=Sullivan|access-date=14 May 2018}}</ref> For their next move, the group decided to take an extended break so each member could record and release a solo album. They regrouped for their [[List of Yes concert tours (1960s–70s)#1976 Solo Albums Tour|Solo Albums Tour]] from May to August, which saw Yes perform some of their highest attended concerts. By October 1976, the band had become [[tax exile]]s and relocated to [[Montreux]], [[Switzerland]], to record a new studio album at [[Mountain Studios]],<ref name=2003cd/> their first studio album recorded overseas. They arrived at the studio when [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] were supposed to have finished ''[[Works Volume 1|Works]]'' (1977) but they were running overtime, leaving the group to work at a rehearsal space nearby for several weeks. A substantial amount of writing and arranging of their new material was done during this time.<ref name=moraz2002>{{cite web|url=http://nfte.org/interviews/PM241.html|title=Conversation with Patrick Moraz from Notes from the Edge # 241|first=Tim|last=Morse|year=2002|access-date=3 October 2016|publisher=Notes from the Edge}}</ref>

[[File:Rickwakemanmoog.jpg|thumb|left|The album marked the return of keyboardist [[Rick Wakeman]]]]

In the first two months of writing and recording, Moraz was fired from the band, which he did not expect.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hit-channel.com/interviewpatrick-moraz-soloyesthe-moody-blues/65590|title=Interview : Patrick Moraz (solo, YES, The Moody Blues)}}</ref> Anderson thought he "just wasn't playing like he was involved", and that his sound was not "too good, and that affected his vibe ... it was obvious that he just wasn't getting off on what we were doing."{{sfn|Hedges|1982|p=108}} Several months after his exit, Moraz said he had to leave because of "the enormous psychological pressures at the time within the group ... I felt there were a few things going on that I didn't know ... Unfortunately some people did not play the game fair, although the final decision was taken by all members."<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Moraz Gets Jazzy|date=8 December 1977|first=Janel|last=Bladow|journal=Circus}}</ref> The decision was made after [[Rick Wakeman]], who had left Yes in 1974 over differences surrounding their ambitious double album ''[[Tales from Topographic Oceans]]'' (1973) and whom Moraz replaced, was invited to play on ''Going for the One'' as a [[session musician]] by Yes manager [[Brian Lane (manager)|Brian Lane]] and business partner Alex Scott.{{sfn|Hedges|1982|p=114}} Wakeman had pursued a successful solo career, but by mid-1976 he faced financial problems after his tour earlier in the year had met its minimal targets.{{sfn|Wooding|1978|p=171, 172}} He became interested in playing with Yes again after he had heard a tape of early versions of two of their new songs, "Going for the One" and "[[Wonderous Stories]]". Upon his arrival in Switzerland, Wakeman was surprised by how much the band had changed. "We began relating to each other for the first time. I think we had all grown up and became much more mature. Maybe I had to grow up more than them."{{sfn|Wooding|1978|pp=176–177}}

At a subsequent party held by [[Claude Nobs]], Lane and Squire convinced Wakeman to become a full-time member as the group would have difficulty in finding a suitable replacement to play Wakeman's parts on their upcoming tour, but did not tell him that they had already informed the press of his return. Wakeman found out when he saw himself on the front cover of ''[[Melody Maker]]'', which had printed the news on 4 December 1976.<ref>Wakeman, Rick. ''YesYears'' documentary (1991)</ref>