YES - Patrick Moraz Destroying Close To The Edge

Moraz is a great Keyboardist ... but this was not his day ... instruments out of tune, etc.
live QPR - 1975

[@Kraz3e987]

Patrick's keyboard work on Relayer is some of the most brilliant playing on any Yes album. To me Relayer was where Yes peaked in terms of going all out on creativity.

[@jameskennedy721]

Its not my fave , but its still great .

[@DaleHauskins]

Why in heavens would you disrespect Patrick!?! I was a young Los Angeles Californian guitarist,that was very blessed and lucky to join a Swiss progressive rock band called Flame Dream.Flame Dream recorded six albums on the Vertigo Record label;and mostly recorded at Patrick Moraz's Aquarius Studios in Geneva,Switzerland with his clever engineer Jean Ristori,Patrick's studio was a creative magnetic for recording signed European progressive rock bands.Patrick's nice father used to come to the studio and watch us record.Later on Jean Ristoroi would take us,Flame Dream to his amazing house in the alps,and give us a slide show of him on tour with Yes along with a fantastic dinner. Merci vielmals Mr.Moraz and God's blessings!!

[@ronnieciago]

Patrick Moraz is one of the greatest keyboard players in the world. We played together for many years.

[@christiancazabonne]

He's not destroying Close To The Edge, he's making his own version...

[@danielblanchet7577]

What ?

[@Heli3000]

Moraz is a great keyboard player, Wakeman is a great keyboard player, each in their own right, and each having a difference in training and style. Moraz helped keep the band alive after Wakeman left and did an admirable job on "Close to the Edge" having to perform the notes which Wakeman himself wrote, and having to learn it all by ear. Patrick is to be given credit for keeping the band alive during transitional years, while adding his own great talent and style to the playing and tours.

[@grandearmazemdohumor]

Patrick here didn´t destroy Close to the edge, he has only changed the feel. A band doesn´t have the obligation to play the song exactly as the recording in a concert. It depends on the fans will. The pipe organ was the best to use, because it gives a better climate in 2:43 than the tone with less reverb on the video. The notes played were loyal enough in the original pipe organ part.Close to the edge was a masterpiece, but I prefer Relayer or Going for the one personally.

[@deepsussex]

Relayer is one of the best Yes albums The Swiss Poodle rules

[@sgdeluxedoc]

Agreed. We used to cover "The Gates of Delerium" and it was always really tough for the keybardist.. But what a blast. Relayer really is my favorite album.. although I sure like early Yes too..

[@PrZemek44]

My favourite part is what here starts at 4:50. The studio version is amazing. But probably too dificult to play it live. Here, Moraz just 'throws in' this little 'jazzy' solo, but back then those guys had no idea that 30+ years later 'KZbin critics' will be analizing every song 'minute-by-minute'... Concerts were just a celebration of this great music.

[@ebrules311]

Moraz is an amazing talent. Many here with some technical savvy point out the early synths having tuning issues. Also, please note that tape recordings (meaing taping of the show itself) also have flutter that affects the higher frequency stuff you're not going to notice it much on bass and guitar. My point is it probably didn't sound that as "sharp" at the show in person.

[@charlesnolan7602]

My first 4 YES concerts were: Dec 14, 1974 July 21-22, 1975 June 12, 1976... 3 seperate YES RELAYER tours. Patrick was fine in all of them. Great, great concerts!

[@dclark4422]

That's harsh. I don't hear anything wrong with his performance. Actually, it's spot on and brilliant. Thank you for the music, Chris Squire. RIP.

[@DomValela]

I'm a keyboard player, and I've gotta say it....this isn't the end of the world. It seems like something was coming from a loop in the background during the "I get up I get down" thing that set EVERYBODY off, and there were two small tuning errors that I noticed....VERY far from "destroying" Close to the Edge. VERY. Patrick Moraz is awesome.

[@weitzen]

Agreed Steven.... Patrick M was the best thing to happen to Yes at that time..... he helped push them into an imaginative and exciting phase with a style way more interesting than Rick's apegio laden cliches!!!!

[@DrJetty]

Moraz played at Loftus Road, Wakeman didnt he wanted out. I was at that concert and it sounded great, even with a few beers inside me. Its live, its for the moment and all about Morazs interpretation. I think he done well, because Wakemans boots and ego are tough to fill, and I went home happy.

[@canadadiego]

As other musicians said below, it's extremely difficult for a musician, even the greatest, to identify tuning problems if the monitor system is not working. Other problems are not that difficult, and you can see how fast Patrick reacts and synchronizes the oscillators. Analog synths are not toys and it take guts to play them. Those who know them know that they can easily be out of tune. Even moisture can affect the sound.

[@siskokidd]

When I heard this I laughed mightily. Big Moraz fan here (see my list of 90's era videos I shot with him), and a former working musician. Anyone who's stepped foot on stage knows that anything can and often does happen on any given night. Things go wrong technically and even good or great musicians have off nights. Lack of sleep will do it too. I've nearly fallen off the stage while playing after dozing off.

[@kamakirinoko]

His Moog wasn't tuned when he started. He corrected it as fast as he could, but he had to play, not fiddle with the tuning knob. When a guitar string breaks, you can't stop the song and replace it. You just have to muddle through as best as you can. I think he did a fabulous job, and his organ solo at the end was outstanding. Blame the tech who didn't tune the Moog or the poor mix job for Patrick Moraz sounding bad. He did his job perfectly. The people around him didn't.

[@Chudhole]

You have to give PM a break on this one. He's a fantastic musician who helped write on of their best albums. There's a reason they hardly play Gates or Soundchaser live anymore. That shit is tight.

[@progrocker69]

The only thing wrong with the entire performance was where Patrick had to spend about 1.5 seconds getting that one Moog back in tune. In the heat of that performance I'm willing to bet that 95% of the audience didn't even detect anything wrong. Watching this video from the comfort of my computer chair even I barely noticed it, and I have a very good ear for pitch.

[@pogsquatch]

Pat should be given more credit. He revitalized the Moody Blues in the 80's. They were lucky to have had him on board.

[@jameskennedy721]

Moraz tried to sue the Moodies guys . Nobody told him thats like attending the last live Beatles show and asking for your money back ... but I have no quarrel with his musical chops .

[@chrissquireghost1457]

Aw, get the hell out of here. Patrick did fine.

[@siskokidd]

Wanna know what Patrick thinks of this clip? Not long ago he emailed me about it. He said: "I couldn't help but notice somebody is infering some really bad things about me with the "PM destroying Close to the Edge" video clip from 1975. That's really bad, and I'd like to know what to do to have that at least "minimized." After all, we had a terrible stage mix of us that night, also, the cold-damp weather was making all my instruments, specially the moogs and mellotrons, out-of-tune."

[@zappatx]

Right at 4:50 Patrick is doing a awesome job! It more than makes up for the temperature change of the out of tune transistorized voltage regulated synth. Hammonds by the way DO Not go out of tune. Im humbled by the fact they point the camera at him for most the duration. Makes up for the lack of Tony Kaye film, bruford film and overabundunce of the "stay away from me you have cuddies Steve Howe".

[@DJshekky]

"When Rick plays this solo, it sounds like he's channeling spectres from another dimension." well said.

[@bei1016]

I come to watch this every once in a while. Yes was at their Pinnacle at this time. Those that saw this tour & remember. I think your just small minded, and jealous.

[@trap0001]

Sounds fucking fine to me (bar one keyboard being initially slightly out of tune but he quickly remedied that).

[@bitcoinBH]

Paul Trappett I think it is crap

[@MrFy2013]

Terrible weather that day, terrible sound problems for the band, documented in interviews in Jon Kirkman's recent coffee-table book on Yes. All in all not bad given what they were up against. Btw whoever said all Moraz does is play scales must not listen to Wakeman, whose playing is mostly grounded in pre-20th C classical cliches and blues licks and playing ascending and descending riffs *very fast*. Moraz is easily the more imaginative musician of the two, he has a ton more varied influences to draw on. And it would unimaginable for Wakeman to go out on an improvising tour with Bruford the way Moraz did.

[@aleciano.junior]

I agree. It's a bad day for all of them.

[@Thundergod129]

Yes Rick has had some classical training, but so what? It fits the Yes sound much like Steve's Mood For A Day which is more or less a classical piece. Don't get me wrong, I think Patrick is great but really? Rick's work just on piano is transcendent. Add the moog stuff and he's leaps and bounds better than Moraz. I guess I dig his flamboyant style as well. And his solo work is just outstanding. I saw them with Patrick promoting the Relayer Album and he was great playing his own material but playing stuff like Heart Of The Sunrise and of course Roundabout? It has to be Rick....

[@StrideLatinProgRick]

Rick Wakeman solo in "Close To The Edge" is one of the greatest Hammond solos in all of rock history, and its MELODIC construction and development is perfect. Really, one cannot "improve" it or make variations on it without destroying the whole thing.

[@4Pints4Me]

I actually think this was very cool. It sounds to me like the synth solo was deliberately de-tuned. And his playing was great on all the keyboards. Personally I think that Patrick Moraz is a better keyboard player, and more importantly, a more innovative musician than Wakeman, and that would at least partially explain the deliberate de-tuning of a synth for that solo. It all sounds very good to me.

[@gofnas3]

Wakeman is the man. period. I bought Patrick Moraz solo album, when Rick left YES thinkin he might continue the legacy... He really herts this song. Rick Wakeman is the Modern Day Mozart

[@davicovudu]

¿¿¿¿???? Patrick Moraz is a destroyer!!!! great performance!!!

[@biotonk]

Moraz is Amazing !! I love everything he does here ! listen to the hi hats at the very end of this clip. Should we now have a huge dialogue about how Alan White ain't as good as Bruford. Listen to "Relayer" or "I" and get back to me.

[@carlosaquatarkus1]

Moraz is a brillant keyboard player... he dont wnt to be a wakeman clone... he leaves his way of playing, nothing serious.

[@jfranklinhorn]

Hey, All - This is a fine solo. It's a little sloppy in two brief spots, but there was no random note playing going on here. This is how Moraz plays. And, as mentioned below, he's much jazzier than Wakeman or Yes in general, so he's playing this solo with a sense of optional chords in mind. He is the only Yes Keyboardist to stray from Wakeman's original solo, so it definitely stretches the listeners' ears.

[@Bongofury361]

@bummer1238 I agree with you...though I love Wakeman, Moraz's playing on Relayer was outstanding--as was Alan White's--and I'm a HUGE Bruford fan! Actually...truth be known...Relayer is one of my favourite YES albums.

[@furiousfish2]

i was at the concert in liverpool the week before and the playing was all fine. i'm putting this down to the soundboard mix - takes a few tracks to settle down. no biggy :)

[@zenwave5272]

Late to this party but, I have to agree.... I love Patrick’s playing on Relayer, but this QPR recording has always rubbed me the wrong way and wondered if he was any good live. Having now heard other live recordings from his time with Yes, it’s apparent that this was just not his day. Unfortunately, it was the day the cameras were rolling.

[@girlinagale]

Close to the Edge is the heart and soul of my 70s teenage existence.

[@MarkWalkerMusic]

My 2 cents on the Wakeman v Moraz debate already in progress - I like the new perspective that Moraz brought YES for the Relayer album, and I admire his focus on doing his own thing during the sections of Wakeman era songs where he had that freedom as a soloist, but in places where his role was that of carrying established melody, he really did murder some stuff. A horrible example is heard on 'And You And I' in this concert during the keyboard melody leading into: "Sad creature..." OOOH! Ouch!

[@chungafrescor]

Destruir què? Moraz es un espectàculo aparte.

[@ZeroChannelZero]

There were a few minor issues, but none were Pat's (or Yes's) fault, and it's impressive how they steamrolled through. A lesser band would've fallen apart and been reduced to tears on stage. Trust me I've been there :/ 0:00 The sound mixer killed it. There's no bass to define the groove and no drums to define the beat, so it sounds soupy. But Howe & Moraz were spot on their parts. 2:43 Someone backstage triggered the prerecorded filler track (pipe organ) a beat too soon. So you hear it change a beat ahead of the band. Pat was the one who got them back in sync. 3:32 Analog voltage oscillators have a pesky quality of going out of tune with temp/humidity changes, but that's also what makes VCO's so distinctive and prized in the world today. That one was wayy out, I'll give you that. Again Pat recovers fast. Would you know which of those 50 knobs is controlling the 1 faulty oscillator? I would've run off the stage sucking my thumb. 4:52 Moraz rips it UP! Killer Hammond solo improv. Nuff said.

[@wileyboy60]

All I can say is that if another drummer were to miraculously appear today who plays with the same fire and dynamics that Alan White used to play with back then, well, the world would be a much better place. Nobody played like him nor ever will again. Jeez.

[@jackcole3146]

Is this the QPR concert. If so. I was there, and it was brilliant.

[@Fatgeologist]

So was I and it was, wasn't it?

[@Tommygun1028]

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[@runkrunkus2315]

That IS bad - ass, with "Gentle Giant"?! Killer! My friends and I saw "YES" in Dallas in 1974, for the "Relayer" tour, although "Relayer" wasn't out in the stores yet, so, it was totally new to us and with "Moraz" and they started out with "Sound Chaser" and, of course, played the entire album and more. And the opening band was "GRYPHON" playing, mainly, "Red Queen to Gryphon Three" and they kicked ASS too! One of the best concerts ever!

[@garyrawlinson1647]

Patrick Moraz added a bit of life to one of my least fav 70s tracks was a great keyboard player and stayed with the Moody Blues for 12 years.

[@COWWIGItTYWAH]

If anyone it was Alan White doing the destroying

[@davidlandry4584]

@lifeseeker1 . . . ALL of his solos sound like his solo from Sound Chaser! And I'm a big fan of Mr. Moraz. I felt that he was in the band when Yes were really pushing the creative envelope beyond where Rick Wakeman was willing to go. However, after years of reflection and listening, Rick is THE quintessential keyboardist of Yes. I

[@PilferMusic]

folks... this is live. Live is not like the record/cd/cassette you've listened to for the past couple of decades. It' outside... in the weather. Hands get cold... Instruments go out of tune (when they're not digital VA's) these are the real deal analog things... not to mention he plays well... really well! Let's hear Rick Wakeman pull of some of Moraz's lines... not the same either. I wish I could play so "poorly" Mr. Moraz :) Life's a treasure - dig it!

[@gyppy1715]

Moraz added a great energy to live Yes---and he played the music with his own style---CTTE didn't work well as it is such a tight composition---but his Ritual was much better than the original.

[@wazmo100]

The whole group was off on this one. Just makes you comfortable to know even demi gods are human too ! :)

[@MrGreasyBozo]

Relayer was & is one of my favorite Yes albums...Would have liked to see at least one more album from them w/Moraz, but was not destined to be. Wasn't Boston also at that '76 Anaheim show?

[@jfsbellini]

Moraz is a great keyboard player, such as Wakeman. He knows what he was doing.

[@mattsynth]

I think he did a great job. Tough song to play lots of time changes.

[@Angop96]

I've seen YES, 3 times sort of well, Big Generator tour, Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe and the reunion (Old and New YES alumini together)..thought they did a remarkable job, but the vocals obviously sound better in the studio..controlled environment, being able to isolate and shape the audio and so forth..

[@mrtyreus0]

If you want to hear Yes destroying Close to the Edge, listen to them now. Patrick Moraz is the man, brought his own flavor to the group, He'd probably be playing with them now if the rest of the them, namely Alan, didn't sound asleep when they play.

[@whistlingfish]

Patrick Moraz plays the solo almost note for note as Rick Wakeman would have. It's a terrible recording with horrendous mixing, but except for the little mellotron gaffe, there's absolutely nothing wrong with Moraz's playing. Apparently some of the commenters have not heard this song performed live.

[@AlFesta1]

you joking? note x note' ahahahaha PLEASE!!!!! BE SERIUOS.........IT IS HORRIBLE IN ANY SENSE...any YES COVER BAND DO 10 TIMES BETTER THAN THIS PATHETIC VERSION OF RICK'S MASTERPIECE.

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Agreed, any Mellotron player will say that they are HELL to try to keep in tune.

[@MrRapepino]

"Almost note for note"... ? This is FAR away from any solo ever performed by Rick Wakeman. Not that bad, after all, but not even close to what it should sound like.

[@jamesrockford2626]

what show is this?

[@zappatx]

Gosh - you guys keep complaining about Patrick. I think this is great. I especially like how the camera spends a great deal of time on him. But some of these synths do go out of tune with changes in temperature - the voltage regulated types. Also a Hammond never goes out of tune and that is the hilight here. He's really having fun. Kaye is still the best Hammond yes has ever had now you can see him play as CIRCA!

[@Ilusnemac]

Le problème est qu'il y a un sur-mixage des claviers en audio lorsque notamment la caméra est proche de Moraz. Autrement ses parties sont correctes, peut-être interprêtées avec moins de légèreté que l'aurait fait Wakeman, mais correctes tout de même! Le Steve Howe est monstrueux de feeling! Un gratteux de génie vraiment!

[@bei1016]

I agree with most of the comments here, Patrick is a marvelous player, and it must have been hard to play and tune at the same time. I have seen this show with re-mastered sound. And it sounds Great. I would like to meet Patrickillian, and Destroy his Ego. You have alot of nerve.

[@bei1016]

I have heard The Entire Concert; Re Mixed. This Mix was done for TV. Patrick was an Inspiration for Yes. I still wish Patrick was in the Band. Back to Reality Folks.

[@trekie01]

Guys, this video is an oddity and let's try to enjoy it as what really is...Maybe Moraz was not the proper guy for this song, he was part of Relayer, that is 4 me one of the best Yes albums ever made..the whole album is cosmic and this swidish guy is part of the whole good result!

[@Adrianrulz]

I regret that this lineup never did a follow up to Relayer. Moraz was my only other favorite keyman after Rick of course.

[@Canadarago]

Please do not diss Patrick for the Minimoog being out of tune. I own an original Mini Model D and they are notorious for going out of tune. The original oscillators were thermally unstable. In winter, when setting up for a gig, I would plug in the Mini before anything else so the oscillators would warm up. Here Patrick retuned WHILE PLAYING THE SOLO which had to be done by hand! Lighten up, people!

[@siskokidd]

Patrick's response part 2. Then he went on with a laundry list of mock explanations and excuses for those needing one, such as, "It was the very first concert of the season and the very 1st time I was playing that song. In fact, we had never played together as a band until that night. I had a fever. My foot hurt!!!" I told him I'd post something for him.

[@davidgarione2206]

Moraz is not destroying anything here, he had his own style and it doesn' t sound bad at all.

[@ShinraXSoldier]

He sounds just fine...

[@directionerp2453]

ShinraXSoldier ?

[@jeromeknvb]

destroying? moraz hag a great time in YES and this sounds very good!! two days ago i saw wakeman in concert!! in viña, that was really great!

[@trevizons]

Well what can I say, he definetly ( Patrick) changed the whole structure of the solo, quite different, perhaps he did not destroyed the whole song, but in order to play YES you have to be quite accurate on its compexity otherwise it wouldn't be YES, at least he applied some emotion to his effort, or at least that's waht it seems like in this video, but he definetly should've rehearsed a lot before going to the stage and play a masterpiece like this one ...

[@robinthesan]

Jeez, I was at this gig! It started at midday, support bands were Gryphon, Ace and Seals + Croft. Yes came on about 10 p.m. If I remember correctly and we had to leave about 11.30 p.m. while they were playing one of the tracks from TFTO to catch the last train. Is this available on DVD?

[@Patrickillian]

Good !!! I changed the video description as you can see ;)

[@JohnnyFiveEagles]

At about 2 minutes that is not P's fault. It was in the recording machines and perhaps in the sound system. I have found that when I go behind the curtain and play over there because their oscillations in their electronics is different I found I was constantly out of tune. In Hungary they used 50 Hz which was different in the west which was 60 Hz. T^hat little difference makes all the difference. I found, no?

[@WitWonFilms]

This is from the Queens Park Row video. The video is very poor, 1975 TV. Just doesn't cut it. And the audio mix is ATROCIOUS! The first song, "Sound Chaser", is unlistenable because of the poor quality of the mix. But, by the time they hit "Ritual", everything settles down and it's just awesome. They also do a GREAT, acoustic-only version of "Long Distance Runaround." Magic. The Moraz version of Yes is my fave - saw them for both tours, and the 1976 tour is the best... Crab Nebula set..

[@zappatx]

sorry for the dual comments - didnt show up for a day after typing so i did it again and here's what I get.

[@goodsgirlsgotoheaven]

concordo com vc...mas q o Anderson está meio tenso, está...acaso foi neste período q o tiraram da banda?

[@AlexSosaBolivia]

LOL. "Destroying" Close To The Edge? Hardly. Not sure what the OP thinks the problem is here. It sounds great.

[@JazzzRockFuzion]

I personally think Moraz was the best keyboard player Yes ever had. Certainly from a harmonic/soloistic knowledge, he was heads and shoulders above Wakeman, not to mention Banks. He was the only cat dealing with the jazz tradition and it shows in the B3 solo here. Very sophisticated. You haters just have no ears.

[@theo9952]

i've seen this yes line-up in 75 in QPR football stadium in london. great concert musically and visualy. i thought at the time that moraz was a hell of a player. i don't know why he sounds so bad in this video. i also remember steve howe ,playing mostly with a fender telecaster(!) guitar.

[@U2WB]

Patrick is a brilliant keyboard player; I just never felt that he belonged in this band. To me the core Yes will always be Anderson, Squire, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe. Alan White rocks but he's no Bill Bruford and NO ONE could fill Wakeman's shoes IMHO.

[@maquinain]

if you are really listening is steve howe who is not in tune but i apologize if that was not their best performance

[@hklinker]

This is part of an indispensable show for any serious Yes fan. Getting hung up on the playing of Patrick Moraz during CTTE when so much of the early part of the audio mix is obviously all over the map is silly. And he's never going to give you a Wakeman style solo, so don't look for it. Steve Howe is on fire all night...just tears apart the first three minutes of CTTE. And I have no idea how anyone can get on Alan White - like Wakeman to Moraz, it's different styles altogether. Relax.

[@ceboluga]

Analog synthesizers get out of tune in about 1 -2 hours when oscillators get heated. Need to the tuned again. My question to you: how'd Patrick tune the keyboards in the middle of the song????

[@carrietide]

Jesus,the sound of that Moog!!!!Poor Patrick,God bless him,I might sound awful harsh,being a Wakemaniac myself...but,honestly!And before that,after"I get up,I get down" for the second time,the keyboard sounded choppy!

[@mart2mart]

I was there on the day, yes, it was just like this....don't they rock?

[@ogrebattle22763]

I was just reading some comments about Patrick Moraz & the negative things regarding his playing here in this video... First of all anyone with half a brain & being a true Yes fan would know that their music is very intricate & not very easy to play especially live.... their timing has to be impeccable... & I don't give a shit how much of a professional you are you will have your off days & nights no matter what it is just a fact.. Patrick Moraz is an excellent musician period...

[@timin770]

I love the part in QPR when Moraz re-takes the stage for an encore but trips on cables and almost falls on his face. Steve Howe then pretends to kick Moraz in the arse and C Squire is laughing his ass off

[@ogrebattle22763]

@plasticPlaystation Your absolutely right....... Patrick Moraz is excellent....

[@davelewitt]

even though he kinda screwed this one up you still have to give Patrick Moraz kudos for his great work on Relayer--

[@prosoloist]

hey! cool to SEE it anyway! Sounds a bit rough but it was probably great at the time with a few drinks and a smoke. ;)

[@AndrewGorny]

it's really sad cos the other members are the most on top of their game on this concert that I've seen. Backing vocals are amazing!

[@noddyspuncture]

@SHSGuitars Every instrument he's playing there - apart from the Hammond - can and will 'slip out of tune' due to either operator error or temperature/humidity variations.

[@jcwaia]

Is this video actually "Yes Shreds"?

[@bei1016]

The Mix is Way Bad, But the performance is Priceless, This was Yes's Heyday, and we should all just be greatful this was recorded. Seems someone here has a Hatin' Thing going on for Moraz.

[@enoesque]

I have this on dvd. The sound mix is woeful.

[@Kohntarkosz]

During that first bit, it sounded like Moraz hit a couple wrong notes on the Hammond. The organ during I Get Up I Get Down sounds different because Moraz is playing a Hammond, whereas on the record it's a pipe organ. In fact, on the Close To The Edge tour, they had the pipe organ on tape for that section. The Hammond solo doesn't bother me that much. Yeah, he's playing something different, but so what? It's not like Rabin practicing his speed picking exercises during Yours Is No Disgrace

[@Panthersfan2]

Moraz is using an Analog synthesizer in this and unlike digital controlled instruments, they are living and breathing and need to be tuned. Ask any Analog Synth buff and they will tell you that some of those instruments are notoriously easy to detune. Case and point Moog Modular Synthesizer. His hammond playing is a bit dirty, even for my tastes and I like "dirty and crunchy". YES rocks!

[@singring76]

Relayer was Yes' greatest album - with Moraz, not Wakeman. I would just love to know what GFTO or even Tormato would have sounded like had Moraz stayed in the band.

[@wispa1a]

Some dude in cardiff ad that set above Alan White in his garden. (the mushroom)