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My only method of cleaning is a soft brush and cloth and some Audio Advisor product. That requires to listening to the LP with my turntable & needle... (Which cost more money these days) and collecting the dust from the grooves. If a stubborn noise erupts, I will then look under a light and microscope. It is quite time consuming. So, I may miss a thing or two sometimes on my listings, like overlook a defect or to over grade; but it is not intentional! I will always be here to help resolve the issue! I am a one man show, while taking care of an elder... That being said... Please play record a few times if I mentioned I have cleaned it and do not use another product until u do so! The enzymes work at eating the debris and play gets better, each time, usually much better If after a few plays you could try cleaning again with your product if stubborn static persists...  All I ask is my buyers realize these points and be rest assured I offer a refund policy,   but I would prefer you email me so we can work something out first, I may have a backup copy...  I have been collecting records since my 20's...  It has been a passion and a part-time hobby,  I hope you love and enjoy music as much as I do, and selling is another way to get to know other people with a likeminded interest as I.  I offer a refund policy, so please give me the opportunity to make good if there is a problem with a transaction.  I reserve the right to cancel a transaction after the sale If I find a missed defect on your behalf.  Feel free to compare prices elsewhere you will find I am very reasonable.  Don't waste your time if the seller does not listen to the lp's, I have return 100's because of defects.  Also please be aware I am A human being, and I do make mistakes!  So be gentle and straight forward if you are having any issues, I do not like having debates,  I would rather listen to my music!   Happy Hunting!


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Moraz was born on 24 June 1948 on an aeroplane, though , Switzerland has been cited as his hometown. He was born in to a musical family; his father used to work for Polish pianist and composer . He has a sister, Patricia. As a child, Moraz played the violin, piano, and percussion and wrote compositions for the piano at the age of five. He studied jazz and classical music until his development came to an abrupt halt at thirteen after he broke four fingers in a roller skating accident. He recalled, "I was told I could never play classical music again". Following a course of therapy and a considerable amount of practice with his left hand playing, Moraz was able to regain his technique, becoming  in the process. Initially, Moraz wished to be an  and learned to speak  and . Instead he chose to pursue music and studied in  at the , where he studied with  and, while in , . At sixteen, Moraz became the youngest person to receive the Best Soloist award at the  jazz festival. Moraz went on to win awards at the festival, as a solo artist or in his jazz groups, for five consecutive years. In 1964, Moraz spent his summer in ,  as a  instructor and spent time with  at his property in  where he organised and performed at several gatherings for his guests.

At seventeen, Moraz's playing as a jazz soloist at a music festival earned him a prize of a collection of albums and some lessons with French jazz soloist  who taught him "all I needed to know about jazz and rock". Moraz also spent time performing in several countries in . In November 1964, Moraz left Switzerland for , a place he always wanted to visit and perform. Not knowing the English language, he arrived in  where he stayed for six months. Prior to his travels, Moraz's father offered him work as a chef in Switzerland in one of his kitchens that he managed, with the hope of using the skill to work in England. Moraz cooked at a school for a £2.88 salary (equivalent to £100 in 2021)., calling it "one of the hardest jobs I ever had". He played the piano in a local pub and tea room for more money. However, he was kicked out of the  because he took up employment as a bar pianist with an incorrect type of work visa. The director of the union then spotted him playing in a restaurant, causing Moraz to leave the country and cancel proposals to jam with a Bournemouth group, the Night People. He also worked by selling encyclopaedias in . In 1965, Moraz's quartet won an award at the Zurich jazz festival, and was soon invited to be the opening act for a European tour headlined by American saxophonist .

Moraz was able to return to England in 1969 when he auditioned potential players for a new  band, . He wished for a drummer who could play like , , odd  and the blues, and tried out "like 250 drummers" in the process. He settled with a line-up of Jean Ristori on vocals and bass, Bryson Graham on drums, and Peter Lockett on vocals and guitar. They signed with  and recorded their only studio album, Mainhorse (1971), at , later purchased by  of  in . The album was not a commercial success, but the group secured work by performing at gigs in . Moraz took up further work as a film composer on  (1971).

After touring  and  as a musical director for a Brazilian ballet, Moraz returned to Switzerland in 1973. He recorded further film music for  (1973) and  (1974). In the summer, Moraz received a call from , bassist and singer of , asking him if he was interested in forming a new band as their keyboardist, , had split. Moraz had jammed with the band in 1969 when they played in Switzerland.  Moraz accepted, and returned to England to form  which included former Nice member  on drums. They signed with  and released  (1974), written and arranged by Moraz and Jackson. The group developed a tight sound by practising for at least eight hours each day. Refugee supported the album with a tour.

Upon his arrival from  working on a film score for , Moraz was asked to join , following the departure of  in May 1974. The band had begun work on  (1974), their seventh album, in ,  and sought for potential replacements. Moraz had seen the band perform during their tour of Switzerland in 1969.  After an unsuccessful try-out with Greek musician  following musical union issues and his unwillingness to travel, music reporter  suggested to the band's manager, , that they ask Moraz. Though he regretted splitting with his Refugee bandmates, Moraz accepted the position as it was an opportunity that he thought would benefit his career, though he once said, "I felt it was time to leave". Moraz's audition occurred in the first week of August 1974 with Vangelis' keyboards, which were still set up in the rehearsal room. After tuning up, Moraz watched the band play the middle section of "Sound Chaser", which he said was "Absolutely unbelievable. To experience that – the truest surround experience I had ever encountered as an observer and listener". He was then asked to come up with an opening to it, and what he played ended up on the album.

After his successful audition, Moraz learned their repertoire across seven albums for the Relayer tour, which began in November 1974. When the tour ended in August 1975, Yes took an extended break so each member could produce a solo album. Moraz released his first album as a solo artist,  (1976). Since working with the Brazilian ballet, he became interested in  and travelled to , ,  and  for inspiration, and arrived in Brazil where he gathered "a very, very strong unit of 16 percussionists" to play on his album.  Moraz invited synthesizer inventor  to contribute sounds on the album, which Moog accepted and worked with Moraz for several weeks. During this time, he also played on 's album  (1975) and 's album  (1975). Moraz travelled to  and incorporated Brazilian rhythms and musicians on The Story of I, giving it a  flavour. Moraz returned to Yes for their 1976 North American tour, where the band headlined several large concerts.

After the 1976 tour, Yes retreated to , Switzerland to record their next album,  (1977). Some of the material had already been worked out by the time of their arrival which included contributions to "Going for the One", "" and "Parallels" from Moraz. However, during the early sessions, Moraz was told to leave to allow Wakeman to return to the band. Moraz spoke about his departure: "Even though, at the time, the split 'was not made to appear acrimonious', I suffered extremely and extensively. To be 'asked to leave' so suddenly put me in a lot of turmoil and disturbance ... I was never compensated for anything. I never ever got paid for any of my tour participation in the ... tour of 1976 ... I was entitled to a 20% cut from what the band was getting."

Moraz continued with his solo career and released his second album,  (1977) which he wanted to sound "completely different and more liberated". He then moved to Brazil for a year and a half and prepared material for his third album, Patrick Moraz (1978). During his time there, Moraz joined a Brazilian rock band, , with  and  and . He also recorded the keyboards in one of the most iconic songs of Brazilian music, called "Avohai", by .

In May 1978, Moraz visited a convention held by the  in , where " taught me how to use the " and agreed to represent  in Brazil. On his way back to Brazil, Moraz stopped in  as he had some free time. At the hotel, he received a call asking him to join  after  left the band. Moraz proceeded to sing "Nights in White Satin" and "Tuesday Afternoon" on the phone, and accepted an audition in London in July 1978. Before his arrival, Moraz performed at the  with Brazilian musicians  and .  The audition with the Moody Blues was successful, and Moraz "Got the gig that very afternoon".

Moraz toured with the Moody Blues in support of their ninth album,  (1978), which began in late 1978. Their next album,  (1981), became the band's biggest hit, reaching No. 1 in the US. This was followed by  (1983),  (1986), and  (1988).

During his tenure with the Moody Blues, Moraz completed several solo projects. He toured with his group from Brazil, recorded with , and released two albums with drummer  as Moraz-Bruford. The two toured worldwide between 1983 and 1985. In May 1986, he worked on some "temporary cues" and "not the final scores" to the soundtrack to  (1987) and  (1989). The project gave him the opportunity to visit shooting for Predator in  and meeting  and . However, Moraz could not fully complete the score for Predator because of an upcoming tour with the Moody Blues, leaving  to compose the rest. He also operated Aquarious Studios in Geneva with Ristori. Moraz performed the score to  (1987).

During the recording for  (1991), Moraz was interviewed for  magazine. He expressed his unhappiness with the band's music becoming too confined and the group had become stagnant, offering "no musical challenge". The other members, he thought, were unwilling to use his musical compositions and claimed his only composition during his 13 years with them was "half a song with the drummer". Before the Moody Blues toured the album, Moraz was fired from the band. In September 1991, Moraz sued the group for $500,000 as well as wrongful dismissal, claiming the group decided to split their profits four ways instead of five, and wished to be paid  he felt were owed to him as a full-time member of the band for almost 15 years. However, the group maintained Moraz was only a hired musician, despite his name being listed as a member on their albums and promotional materials and including him in official band photographs. On December 28, 1992, the jury in the case, aired on , awarded Moraz $77,175 from the defendants. Moraz had been offered $400,000 before the lawsuit.

After his dismissal from the Moody Blues, Moraz has primarily concentrated on solo projects. His first of three piano albums, Windows of Time (1994), was recorded in a studio at  in Florida. A total of fourteen hours of material was recorded which was cut to exactly one hour. Moraz then spent the next four years developing "hundreds of pieces of music for all instruments, as well as orchestras and choirs", producing several artists, and completed work for the , of which he is an official delegate. He also wished to tour Windows of Time, but thought the style of the music would suffer in a traditional concert setting.

In late 1994, Moraz began a piano tour of the US and Europe with his Coming Home, America Tour (CHAT), which saw him perform at private or semi-private venues for an $800 flat fee, booked entirely by fans through the Internet. One show saw him perform for a couple in their home. The tour ended in November 1995 for a total of 92 performances. One of them was recorded and released as PM in Princeton (1995) for CD and video. In 1997, Moraz started work on a new album, A Way to Freedom, featuring arrangements for a symphony orchestra, percussionists, and a jazz brass band. The project remains a work in progress. From 1998 to 2000, Moraz worked almost exclusively on his second piano album Resonance (2000), which, like Windows of Time, was cut to exactly one hour of music. He also performed at a benefit concert at the request of poet .

By 2001, Moraz had continued with several projects, including researching and preparing film scripts, including one for a potential film adaptation of The Story of I. He released his third piano album, the classically influenced ESP (2003), short for "Etudes, Sonatas and Preludes". In 2012, he issued a compilation of tracks from the three piano albums titled PianissiMoraz (2012).

In 2011, Moraz guested on an album by Panorama Syndicate entitled Skyline, playing piano on the title track.

In April 2014, Moraz took part in the annual progressive rock-themed cruise voyage Cruise to the Edge as a solo artist. In 2015, Moraz and drummer Greg Alban formed the Moraz Alban Project and released a studio album The M.A.P. Project (2015), featuring percussionist Lenny Castro, saxophonist Dave Van Such, bassists  and Patrick Perrier, and  guitarist Matt Malley. Moraz and Alban met in 1983 and Alban played drums on Moraz's album Time Code (1984). The project was an Alban solo endeavour at first, with Moraz contributing to the music, but it grew to feature numerous other musicians with the music written around the drums and keyboards. In November 2015, Moraz released a limited edition 19-CD box set of his 18 albums, including Mainhorse (1971), The Story of I (1976) and the live album Music for Piano and Drums: Live in Maryland (2012).

Moraz took part in his second Cruise to the Edge voyage in February 2017.

Moraz reunited with Yes in July 2018. As part of Yes' 50th Anniversary tour, Moraz performed with Yes at two shows in Philadelphia, July 20 and 21. At each show, Moraz played keys during the band's performance of "Soon". Moraz also appeared during the Yes FanFest before the July 21 show, at first performing a 70-minute solo piano show and then appearing on stage with Yes and taking part in a band interview.

Moraz lives in  with his second wife Phyllis, and spends some time in his native Switzerland.He has one son, David, and a daughter, Rana, with first wife Diane.

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Time Code: No Sleep Tonight4:50I Want U3:57Beyond The Pleasure3:48Life In The Underworld4:13Overload3:27Black Brains Of Positronic Africa5:00Elastic Freedom (In Search Of)4:14Shakin' With The Passion3:59You Are The Vision Of My Dream4:55

The Storyof i: A1Impact3:28A2Warmer Hands3:31A3The Storm0:53A4Cachaça (Baião)4:09A5Intermezzo2:49A6Indoors3:44A7Best Years Of Our Lives4:01B1Descent1:43B2Incantation (Procession)1:52B3Dancing Now4:38B4Impressions (The Dream)2:48B5Like A Child In Disguise4:05B6Rise And Fall5:34B7Symphony In The Space3:01
Out In the Sun:

Out In The Sun4:25Rana Batacuda5:32Nervous Breakdown3:20Silver Screen4:30Tentacles3:30Kabala4:56Love-Hate-Sun-Rain-You4:50Time For A ChangeTime To FlyBig Bands Of Ancient TemplesSerenadeBack To Nature