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Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits

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Released
  
1994

Artist
  
Rick Wakeman

Producer
  
Rick Wakeman

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Length
  
2:03:00

Release date
  
1994

Label
  
Disky

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Recorded
  
September 1992 - May 1993; Bajonor Studios, Isle of Man

Similar
  
Rick Wakeman albums, Progressive rock albums


Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits is an album by Rick Wakeman.

Contents

Despite what the title suggests, this is not a compilation album but instead one of re-makes of solo songs as well as covers of Yes. These are all instrumental versions and were only done with keyboards, guitar, bass and drums.

Most of the remakes of his solo work (11 out of 15) are from Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

Track listing

Disc 1 (Yes covers)

  1. "Roundabout"
  2. "Wonderous Stories"
  3. "Don't Kill The Whale"
  4. "Going For The One"
  5. "Siberian Khatru"
  6. "Madrigal"
  7. "Starship Trooper"


Disc 2 (solo remakes)

  1. "The Journey Overture"
  2. "The Journey"
  3. "The Hansbach"
  4. "Lost In Time"
  5. "The Recollection"
  6. "Stream of Voices"
  7. "The Battle"
  8. "Liddenbrook"
  9. "The Forest"
  10. "Mount Etna"
  11. "Journey's End"
  12. "Sea Horses"
  13. "Catherine of Aragon"
  14. "Gone But Not Forgotten"
  15. "Merlin The Magician"

Recording

Each disc was recorded in a different year. Disc 1 (Yes covers) was recorded from March-May 1993 while disc 2 was recorded from September-October 1992.

Personnel

  • Rick Wakeman - keyboards
  • Dave Winter - guitars
  • Tony Fernandez - drums
  • Alan Thompson - bass

    • Production

  • Stuart Sawney - engineer, mixer
  • Roger Dean - artwork

    • Songs

    1Roundabout13:15
    2Wondrous Stories7:48
    3Don't Kill the Whale4:05

    References

    Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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