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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 1984 (1984 UK 11-track vinyl LP with the blue 'Madhatter' Charisma label, inspired by Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, including guest vocalists Chaka Khan, Kenny Lynch, Steve Harley, Tim Rice & Jon Anderson, housed in a picture sleeve with illustrated lyric inner. The sleeve shows a little edgewear however, the vinyl looks seldom played CDS4022)
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RICK WAKEMAN The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (1973 UK first issue tan label 6-track LP pressed on RED Translucent Vinyl, visible when held to a strong light source, featuring contributions from Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White and Bill Bruford, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear and the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play AMLH64361)
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RICK WAKEMAN Rhapsodies (1979 UK 18-track double LP produced by Tony Visconti, glossy gatefold picture sleeve with the recommended price sticker still in place. The sleeve shows very little wear & the vinyl appears barely played AMLX68508)
- Rick Wakeman - The Burning - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 16-Nov-2023 13:57)on May 5, 2024 at 3:38 pm
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)
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RICK WAKEMAN The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (1973 UK first issue tan A&M label 6-track LP, featuring contributions from Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White and Bill Bruford, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little light edgewear, whilst the vinyl reveals just faint cosmetic scuffs - an Excellent copy AMLH64361)
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