The Ultimate Rick Wakeman Experience

The Ultimate Rick Wakeman Experience Artist: Rick Wakeman
Label: Cleopatra
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 3


UPC: 741157147629
EAN: 0741157147629
ASIN: B0007OY4H4


Release Date: 2005-03-08

The Ultimate Rick Wakeman Experience


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Tracks:

  1. Merlin The Magician
  2. Catherine Of Aragon/A Crying Heart Part 1
  3. Revealing The Science Of God
  4. The Myths & Legends Of King Arthur & The Knights Of The Round Table: King Arthur Overture/Arthur/The Last Battle
  5. Catherine Howard
  6. America
  7. Awaken

Tracks:

  1. Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
  2. Stella Bianca
  3. A Quatte Mane
  4. 'O Core
  5. Ariel
  6. Aria Di Te
  7. Romance Napoli
  8. Sologoccia
  9. Carcere 'E San Francisco

Tracks:

  1. A Quatte Mane (Atomic Gilda Remix)
  2. The Realisation/The Prisoner
  3. Starship Trooper/Wurm
  4. Jane Seymour/A Crying Heart Part 2
  5. Lancelot And The Black Knight
  6. Long Distance Runaround
  7. Oriental Iceman
  8. Elizabethan Rock
  9. Paint It Black
  10. Roundabout

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Product Description

Disc 1:
1. Merlin The Magician
2. Catherine Of Aragon giA Crying Heart Part 1
3. Revealing Science Of God
4. The Myths & Legends Of King Arthur & The Knights Of The Round Table A.) King Arthur Overture B.) Arthur C.) The Last Battle
5. Catherine Howard
6. America
7. Awaken

Disc 2:
1. The Realisation giThe Prisoner
2. Starship Trooper giWurm
3. Jane Seymour giA Crying Heart Part 2
4. Lancelot And The Black Knight
5. Long Distance Runaround
6. Oriental Iceman
7. Elizabethan Rock
8. Paint It Black
9. Roundabout

Disc 3:
1. Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
2. Stella Bianca
3. A Quatte Mane
4. 'O Core
5. Ariel
6. Aria Di Te
7. Romance Napoli
8. Sologoccia
9. Carcere'e San Francisco
10. A Quatte Mane (Atomic Gilda Remix)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Rick Wakeman Experience.......2006-08-23

It is a great compilation album, with all his best tracks from early and middle of his career. Would recommend that any true Rick Wakeman Fan buy it.

3 out of 5 stars Not Original Recordings... but good keyboards.......2005-08-07

After enthusiastically ordering this compilation, some Yes songs, plenty of early RW, lots of favourites, some live sets, some songs not heard before. It was some disappointment on first listening realizing all of the above were not the original recordings. This is NOT the Ultimate Experience!!!

While the musicianship is passable, with some stellar Wakeman solos, the vocals just don't stand up, this is not Jon Anderson or Ashley Holt.

I contacted Rick Wakemans official web site for more details as to personel and recording dates and was politely told that they had no details of this "Cleopatra" release and that Rick receives no renumeration. It is not quite a bootleg, but definately not sanctioned by or has any input from Rick Wakeman or his management, thus the lack of recording detail and the scant liner notes.

I will enjoy listening to these 'alternate recordings' for what they are, however it is not what I expected...

5 out of 5 stars All new arrangements and hidden gems.......2005-07-22

When I bought this triple Wakeman CD, "The Ultimate Rick Wakeman Experience," I thought it would be a "best of" but it's all new recordings of some of his best compositions. Over three hours of new arrangements and interpretations. He does most of King Arthur, several Wives, all of Journey to the Center of the Earth, some choice selections from No Earthly Connection, his biggest Yes contirbutions, throws in some Stones and Beatles, and some newer stuff with an Italian percussionist/vocalist.

It's amazing stuff, but the packaging is odd. It lists the tracks, but they aren't correct. Some song are on the CD in a different order and some songs aren't even listed that are actually on the CD. For instance, an incredible interpretation of "Elenor Rigby" isn't listed. And nowhere does it list the musicians.

It's almost like a live album without the cheering crowds. He's playing with a really tight band that includes great drummers, guitarists and quite a few different vocalists. You'll be happy to know that the vocals are SO much better than the original line-up on Journey and Arthur. And this instrumental version of "Paint It Black" is unbelievable. It would be hard, actually, to accurately list the songs because it really is like a live performance. He does medleys and may start one track with Six Wives but then it transforms into an Arthur composition and back again, then on the next disc he goes back to the Wives theme in the middle of Starship Trooper or something. And everything is new arrangements.

I can't stop listening to it! I like it better every time I hear it. Thank you, Rick!

Back in the Seventies, my first concert was Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble. The sound, lights, and musicianship spoiled me, because for the next 10 years or more, every band I saw was a disappointment compared to that excellent show.

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