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Yessongs, a
three-LP live set, is released in May, reaching number
12 in the U.S. charts and number 7 in the U.K. In October
Tales from Topographic Oceans is released
in the U.K. It goes on to top the U.K. charts, with
the European tour beginning in November. |
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Steve purchases
his Fender Steel guitar, the Dual Professional
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In January the double album is
released in the U.S. and earns a gold disc based on
ship-out sales before its release in the U.S. It reaches
number 6 in the States. The tour reaches America in
February, opening at the University of Florida at Gainsville.
In April the world tour concludes in Rome, Italy. Rick
Wakeman departs shortly thereafter to be replaced by
Patrick Moraz. The Relayer American
winter tour begins at Ohio State University, in Columbus,
Ohio. That winter Relayer is released
in the U.K. and the U.S. It reaches number 5 on the
U.S. charts and number 4 in the U.K. |
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Yesterdays,
a collection of tracks from the first two albums that
also includes the guitar-driven "America"
and the early b- side, "Dear Father,"
is released in the U.S. It reaches number 17 in the
charts. In the U.K. It reaches number 27. |
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