Tag Archives: Rick Wakeman

YES – Yessongs

November 19, 2018

Yessongs 1972 / MVD 2018 Taste the fruit of band recorded winning all against the hour: quintessential prog ensemble captured on the edge of glory and presented on Blu-ray. For many years, YES were being both blessed and blamed for … Continue reading →

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RICK WAKEMAN – Art In Music Trilogy

November 11, 2017

Music Fusion 1999 / Esoteric 2017 Caped Crusader admires the creations of human spirit and crafty hand. One of the five studio albums released in 1999, “Art In Music Trilogy” isn’t the most prominent of those – and even not … Continue reading →

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VARIOUS ARTISTS – GasTank

April 6, 2017

RRAW 2016 Rock ‘n’ roll on the floor laughing, as and Tony Ashton lead their stellar guests into a razzmatazz extravaganza and bring the house down. This show didn’t have a long lifespan – its six episodes aired in the … Continue reading →

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RICK WAKEMAN – Phantom Of The Opera

March 30, 2017

Ambient 1990 / Gonzo 2016 Obscure soundtrack to a classic thriller restored to its original span to give an aural power to spectral majesty. Out in 1925, a Lon Chaney-starring adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s novel was a strange oeuvre: a … Continue reading →

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LEON ALVARADO – The Future Left Behind

December 22, 2016

Melodic Revolution 2016 Beyond event horizon, American multi-instrumentalist casts a glance at dark ages of another era, with YES associates checking in. There’s a curious contradiction at play in this album’s attempt to harmoniously harness the possibilities of what lies … Continue reading →

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