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Relayer is the seventh studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in the UK on 29 November 1974 and in the US on 5 December 1974 by Atlantic Records. After keyboardist Rick Wakema
Relayer front cover
Relayer was recorded at New Pipers in Virginia Water
The Serpentine, Hyde Park
Tales from Topographic Oceans is the sixth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 7 December 1973 by Atlantic Records. It was the band's first studio release to feature dru
Relayer
…Records. After keyboardist Rick Wakeman left the group in May 1974 over disagreements with the band's direction following their double concept album Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973), Yes entered rehearsals as a four-piece in Buckinghamshire. They auditioned several musicians, including Greek keyboardist and composer Vangelis…
Ozzy Osbourne was recording in the adjacent studio and said Yes decorated theirs to give it an "earthy" feel.
"Ritual" features the group playing percussion and timpani (pictured), which they recreated on stage
Anderson requested that the Mayan temple at Chichen Itza be on the album's sleeve
Anderson, White, Squire and Wakeman performing in February 1974