Editing Relayer (section)

==Writing and recording==
Having made the 80-minute ''Tales from Topographic Oceans'' with such a "tight" musical structure, Anderson wanted to explore music that was "so outrageously different" on ''Relayer''.<ref name=TLTBOOK99>{{cite book|url=http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/_graphics/memorabilia/99_north_american_tourbook_34638.pdf|year=1999|first1=Doug|last1=Gottlieb|first2=Glenn|last2=Gottlieb|others=Yes Magazine|title=Yes - Fall 1999 North American Tourbook}}</ref> He was particularly influenced by [[electronic music]] compositions of [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] and ''Wings of the Delirious Demon'' (1972) by Turkish-American musician [[İlhan Mimaroğlu]].<ref name=TLTBOOK99/> Anderson recalled that he and Moraz shared an interest to make something "very modern" at the time, and went as far to suggest the band make "[[Free improvisation|free form music]] without thought, which everybody thought I was going a little too far".<ref name=TLTBOOK99/> ''Relayer'' takes the same form as ''Close to the Edge'' (1972), which features one track occupying side one and two songs on side two. The band wrote two additional tracks during rehearsals but did not have enough time to record them in the studio; Anderson described one as "absolutely crazy and intricate".<ref name=circus1975 /> For the majority of his keyboard parts, Moraz did not write the music on paper and instead relied on his memory except for some particularly precise sections.<ref name=nfte299 /> Howe's main guitar on the album is a 1955 [[Fender Telecaster]], marking a stylistic departure from his usual Gibson guitars that he had used on earlier albums.{{sfn|Bacon|Howe|1994|p=43}} He also uses a [[pedal steel guitar|pedal steel]] and electric sitar.{{sfn|Bacon|Howe|1994|p=47}} Squire uses a [[Fender Jazz Bass]] on "To Be Over", a departure from his usual [[Rickenbacker 4001]].

[[File:New Pipers Gates, Gorse Hill Road (geograph 5915608).jpg|thumb|right|''Relayer'' was recorded at New Pipers in Virginia Water]]
Following rehearsals at Farmyard Studios, the band decided to record ''Relayer'' at Squire's home at New Pipers in [[Virginia Water]], Surrey, which he had purchased in Christmas 1972.{{sfn|Welch|2008|p=168}} This marked the first time Yes had made an album outside of London, and the location served as a cost-cutting measure by eliminating the need to pay for time in a professional studio, thus giving the band more time to work on the music.{{sfn|Morse|1996|p=50}} They were joined by [[Eddy Offord]], who had worked with the band since 1970 as their engineer and later co-producer and live sound mixer. Offord installed a mobile [[Multitrack recording|24-track recording machine]] and [[mixing desk]] in Squire's basement, and enlisted Genaro Rippo as tape operator.{{sfn|Welch|2008|p=156}}{{sfn|Morse|1996|p=50}}<ref name=nfte299>{{cite web|url=http://nfte.org/interviews/PM299.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070624040926/http://nfte.org/interviews/PM299.html|title=Conversation with Patrick Moraz from NFTE #299|first=Tim|last=Morse|date=21 May 2006|archive-date=24 June 2007|publisher=Notes from the Edge|access-date=27 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Yes-Relayer/release/2326580|title=Production credits|date=17 August 1974 |publisher=www.discogs.com|access-date=17 September 2011}}</ref> ''Relayer'' was the final Yes album with Offord before he left in 1975 to work with other groups. He later stated that his time with the band had become "a bit stale", but made brief returns during the recording of ''[[Drama (Yes album)|Drama]]'' (1980) and ''[[Union (Yes album)|Union]]'' (1991). Recording sessions typically lasted for eight or nine hours.{{sfn|Welch|2008|p=154}} Moraz wished Offord was "a little less stoned" during recording as it affected the album's production quality, ranking it inferior to Offord's work on ''[[Fragile (Yes album)|Fragile]]'' (1971) and albums with [[Emerson Lake & Palmer]].{{sfn|Morse|1996|p=52}} Mixing was completed at [[Advision Studios]] in London.{{#tag:ref|Atlantic K 50096|group="nb"|name=ukvinyl}}