From Loudersound.
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 - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.00, €11.20 (New Item) (arrived 05-Feb-2023 15:25)on February 8, 2023 at 8:20 pm
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. The sleeve & vinyl are in excellent condition AMLH63621)
- Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII - Tan Label - Ruby red - UK - vinyl LP - £12.00, $14.40, €13.44 (New Item) (arrived 01-Dec-2022 11:27)on February 8, 2023 at 8:20 pm
RICK WAKEMAN The Six Wives Of Henry VIII - Tan Label - Ruby red (1973 UK first issue tan A&M label 6-track LP pressed on pressed on Ruby Red Translucent Vinyl [visable when held to a strong light source], featuring contributionsfrom Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White and BillBruford, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some light storage wear and the vinyl has just a few minor surface scuffs AMLH64361)
- Rick Wakeman - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performs The Best Known Works Of Rick Wakeman - UK - vinyl LP - £18.00, $21.60, €20.16 (New Item) (arrived 19-Oct-2022 17:41)on February 8, 2023 at 8:20 pm
THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD HARTLEY The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performs The Best Known Works Of Rick Wakeman (1978 UK white label test pressing for the LP release, retail issue picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear & the vinyl is flawless AMLK68447)
- Rick Wakeman - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performs The Best Known Works Of Rick Wakeman - UK - vinyl LP - £18.00, $21.60, €20.16 (Back In Stock) (arrived 21-Oct-2022 08:09)on February 8, 2023 at 8:20 pm
THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD HARTLEY The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performs The Best Known Works Of Rick Wakeman (1978 UK white label test pressing for the LP release, retail issue picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear & the vinyl is flawless AMLK68447)
- Rick Wakeman - 1984 - Nineteen Eighty Four - South African - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.00, €16.80 (New Item) (arrived 25-Oct-2022 12:57)on February 8, 2023 at 8:20 pm
RICK WAKEMAN 1984 (Scarce 1981 South African Charisma 'Madhatter' label 9-track vinyl LP, with lyrics by Tim Rice, fully laminated picture sleeve with lyric insert. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl appears barely played)
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