Editing Relayer (section)

===Side one===
"[[The Gates of Delirium]]" is a 21-minute track that Anderson described as "a war song, a battle scene, but it's not to explain war or denounce it ... There's a prelude, a charge, a victory tune, and peace at the end, with hope for the future."<ref name=circus1975>{{Cite magazine|title=Yes Battles The Skeptics With 'Relayer'|magazine=Circus|date=February 1975|first=Stephen|last=Demorest}}</ref> He originally planned to base the entire album on the literary work ''[[War and Peace]]'' by [[Leo Tolstoy]], but instead opted for a side-long track inspired by its themes.{{sfn|Hedges|1982|p=104}} Moraz recalled a discussion about the story with Anderson as they had both read it, after which Moraz presented him with a copy of ''Délirius'', a French science fiction graphic novel by [[Philippe Druillet]]. Moraz said: "He related to it immediately so I think that perhaps as a title 'The Gates of Delirium' came from that".{{sfn|Kirkman|2013|p=78}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicrockmusicwriter.com/2014/09/patrick-moraz-interview-extraordinary.html|title=Patrick Moraz Interview: The Extraordinary Keyboardist & Composer/ Prior Member of 'YES' & 'The Moody Blues'|first=Ray|last=Shasho|publisher=Classic Rock Music Writer|date=24 June 2014|access-date=6 November 2018}}</ref>

The song originated from several short themes that Anderson had amassed in his head and played them to the group on a piano "very badly"; he was relieved when his bandmates understood what he was trying to do.<ref name=TLTBOOK99/><ref name=somethingelse2014>{{cite web|url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2014/11/28/yes-jon-anderson-patrick-moraz-relayer/|title=Jon Anderson + Patrick Moraz discuss Yes' challenging 'Relayer'|date=28 November 2014|first=Nick|last=Deriso|publisher=Something Else! Reviews|access-date=28 May 2017}}</ref> Anderson and Howe kept track of its structure by recording sections of it on cassette tapes, leaving Anderson to figure out the next part as the group would develop what was put down prior.<ref name=somethingelse2014 /> The song was recorded in sections at a time, though the group was familiar with the entire piece beforehand and spent several weeks recording takes of each section and selecting the ones the members felt were the strongest. Once picked, the sections were edited together and overdubs were then recorded.<ref name=nfte299 /> The battle section includes crashing sound effects that were created by White pushing over a tower of used car parts that he and Anderson had collected from a scrap yard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nfte.org/interviews/EO234.html|title=Interview with Eddy Offord by Time Morse|access-date=27 November 2012}}</ref> Howe remembered Anderson becoming too excited in what he envisaged the battle to be, leading the group to produce one mix that was "too far gone" and another "too safe".{{sfn|Morse|1996|pp=52–53}} Following the battle, the track concludes with a gentle song that later became known as "Soon".<ref name="somethingelse2014" /> Anderson later thought that "The Gates of Delirium" did not come across effectively on record, but fared better in concert.{{sfn|Morse|1996|p=52}}