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Prog legend Rick Wakeman has announced that he will release a brand new studio album recorded with his English Rock Ensemble band.
A Gallery Of The Imagination, the follow-up to 2020’s The Red Planet, will be released through Madfish/Snapper on February 24.
The new album is another conceptual affair, the initial idea stemming from Wakeman’s first piano teacher, Mrs Symes, with whom he studied from the age five until his time at the Royal College of Music. She taught him that music was like painting pictures: that when you play, you are painting pictures through music, an important lesson that Wakeman never forgot.
“One of my great loves is going to museums and art galleries and seeing all the different types of art, so I thought, why not a music gallery,” Wakeman says. “A Gallery Of The Imagination? People can paint their own mind pictures to the different types of music that are on the album. It is very diverse and for me it works very well because the concept holds it all together.”
One of the ideas Wakeman would like to pursue around album release is for listeners to draw or paint their own pictures or even create sculptures to the music which, in turn, could be displayed.
“It is a very tactile album” he explains. “I’d like to feel that people can actually touch the music.”
Joining Wakeman on A Gallery Of The Imagination are bassist Lee Pomeroy, guitarist Dave Colquhoun, drummer Ash Soan and on vocals Hayley Sanderson, famous for her work as a vocalist on Strictly Come Dancing.
The album has been produced by Wakeman and Erik Jordan and mastered by Simon Heyworth at Super Audio Mastering.You can view the artwork and tracklisting below.
Pre-order A Gallery Of The Imagination.
Rick Wakeman: A Gallery Of The Imagination
1. Hidden Depths
2. The Man In The Moon
3. A Mirage in the Clouds
4. The Creek
5. My Moonlight Dream
6. Only When I Cry
7. Cuban Carnival
8. Just A Memory
9. The Dinner Party
10. A Day Spent On The Pier
11. The Visitation
12. The Eyes of a Child
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- Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth + booklet - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $15.48, €14.28 (New Item) (arrived 23-Jul-2024 11:48)on July 27, 2024 at 12:39 am
RICK WAKEMAN Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1974 UK 4-track LP recorded in concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Friday 18th January 1974 with the London Symphony Orchestra & English Chamber Choir, gatefold picture sleeve with integral eight page picture booklet. The sleeve shows just a little edge wear & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play AMLH63621)
- Rick Wakeman - White Rock - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.90, €11.90 (New Item) (arrived 26-Apr-2024 15:58)on July 27, 2024 at 12:39 am
RICK WAKEMAN White Rock (1977 UK 8-track LP featuring the original motion picture soundtrack from the film of the Innsbruck Winter Olympics, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl remains in Excellent condition with few signs of play AMLH64614)
- Rick Wakeman - The Burning - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 16-Nov-2023 13:57)on July 27, 2024 at 12:39 am
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK The Burning (1981 UK 11-track LP featuring Rick Wakeman's score from the soundtrack to the cult American slasher, an early project for an infamous Miramax producer, starring a young Holly Hunter & Jason Alexander [Seinfeld] with involvement from Tom Savini. The picture sleeve & vinyl are in Excellent condition CLASS12)
- Rick Wakeman - The Red Planet - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £24.99, $32.24, €29.74 (New Item) (arrived 28-Feb-2024 13:38)on July 27, 2024 at 12:39 am
RICK WAKEMAN & THE MARTIAN ROCK ENSEMBLE The Red Planet (2020 UK/EU limited edition 8-track 45rpm double vinyl LP comprising eight newly-composed pieces harking back to Rick's critically acclaimed 70s era. The picture sleeve displays minimal wear whilst the vinyl displays little to no signs of play)
- Rick Wakeman - The Myths And Legends - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £8.00, $10.32, €9.52 (New Item) (arrived 27-Mar-2024 09:39)on July 27, 2024 at 12:39 am
RICK WAKEMAN The Myths & Legends of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table (1975 UK 7-track LP, housed in a non-embossed gatefold picture sleeve with 12-page narrative booklet. The sleeve displays signs of its age with some general wear and paper loss along the spine. The vinyl remains in Excellent condition with light signs of play AMLH64515)
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