RICK WAKEMAN - Newcastle City Hall UK Journey To The Centre Of The Earth - 04/24/2014

Rick Wakeman
2014-04-24
24th March 2014
Newcastle City Hall UK
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
Audience Recording
Artwork Included
Quality B+
Time:118 Minutes





Lineage Sharp MD-SR50 MiniDiscRecorder (with Aiwa Stereo lapel Mics) >Sony RCD-W100 CDRecorder>EAC>HD>Audacity>Dime



Taped fourth row centre stalls.Checked SBE's with Trader's Little Helper
What a night,what a show.



Rick Wakeman and The New World Symphony Orchestra, accompanied by The English Chamber Choir
and the English Rock Ensemble

Hayley Sanderson-Vocals
Ashley Holt-Vocals
Tony Fernandez-Drums
Dave Colquhoun-Guitars
Matt Pegg-Bass

Narrator-Philip Franks



Disc One
1. Morning Has Broken
2. Life On Mars
3. Summertime
4. Eleanor Rigby
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
5. The Journey / Recollection
   .
Disc Two
1. The Battle / The Forest
2. Introductions
3..Return To The Centre Of The Earth
4. Solos



2014 sees the 40th anniversary of the release of Rick Wakeman’s landmark concept album, Journey To The Centre Of The Earth based on the novel by Jules Verne.

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of his landmark concept album, Rick Wakeman extends the Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 2014 tour.

Based on the novel by Jules Verne, which will also mark its 150th anniversary in 2014, the album is one of the rock era’s landmark achievements – a record that sold 15 million copies and rewrote the rules.

Rick Wakeman and The New World Symphony Orchestra, accompanied by The English Chamber Choir and the English Rock Ensemble, will celebrate this anniversary with a state of the art, dramatic,
live presentation of this epochal, classical-rock crossover work. The ‘Journey To The Centre Of The Earth’ tour has already grown from 5 to 7 dates and now, due to popular demand, embarks on an expanded Journey around the UK with 14 shows.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/13lszy7z2eu1/rw14-04-24%20Newcastle%20City%20Hall%20UK.rar

RICK WAKEMAN - Boston Music Hall Boston, MA USA - October 11 1975

Rick Wakeman
Boston Music Hall
Boston, MA USA
11 October 1975

Master audience recording taped by Dan Lampinski

CD1
01 Intro
02 The Journey
03 Recollection
04 Catherine Howard
05 Lancelot & The Black Knight
06 Down and Out
07 Anne Boleyn
08 The Forest

CD2
01 Arthur & Guinevere
02 Catherine Parr
03 Merlin The Magician
04 Hungarian Rhapsody
05 The Battle

Sony TC-152SD Tape Recorder
Sony ECM-99 Stereo Microphone
Maxell cassettes


Mastered and FLAC'ed by Carl Morstadt (dantalion8@yahoo.com)

Master Cassette ->
Nakamichi CR-3A cassette deck with azimuth correction ->
M-Audio Firewire Audiophile 2496 ->
CDWAV 24-bit/96-KHz wav files ->
Goldwave (normalizing and crossfades) ->
CDWAV (track breaks) ->
dBpowerAMP Audio Converter (24-bit/96-KHz wav files converted to
  16-bit/44.1 KHz wav files) ->
FLAC Front End (FLAC 8 with sector boundary alignment)
FLAC files tagged with Foobar2000 Live Show Tagger

No EQ'ing.

A 24-bit/96-KHz flac24 version of this recording is also available.


Dan Lampinski recorded over 100 concerts in the Providence/Boston area, mostly between 1974 and 1978.  His earliest recordings were made with an internal microphone deck, and though they are somewhat lo-fi compared to his later work, some very great moments in rock history were captured for posterity.  In late 1974 he bought a Sony TC-152SD tape recorder, a Sony ECM-99 stereo microphone, and began using Maxell cassettes.  He was also fortunate enough to have a friend who provided excellent taping seats for many shows, resulting in high quality recordings.  In 1977, he switched over to a Nakamichi 550 tape recorder, two Nakamichi CM-300 microphones, and continued using Maxell cassettes.

He recorded many of the major 70's bands:  Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Queen, Blue Oyster Cult, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, ELP, Kiss, Black Sabbath, The Who, Al Stewart, Alice Cooper, Jeff Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Supertramp, Jean-Luc Ponty, Moody Blues, Neil Young, The Faces, Rush, Rick Wakeman, Kansas, as well as several "under the radar" acts.

Since Dan never traded copies of his recordings, they are all essentially uncirculated.  Some copies were made for friends, but these releases are the first time most of these recordings have ever seen the light of day, and are direct from his master cassettes.  No EQ'ing has been done to any of the transfers.  Feel free to EQ, matrix, patch, etc and re-post if you like, just give Dan credit for the original recording.

Dan was very meticulous about taking good care of his tapes and is very pleased that these recordings will now circulate among the trading community.  Please honour his kindness and generosity by sharing these recordings freely.

The transfers are available as 16bit/44.1KHz flac files suitable for CD burning, and also as 24bit/96KHz flac files for those who prefer the higher resolution.

Always remember - the more generous you are with your music, the more it comes back to you.
http://fp.io/78828mmf/

RICK WAKEMAN - Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Rick Wakeman – Journey to the Centre of the Earth (2012)

Classic Rock Presents Rick Wakeman – Journey to the Centre of the Earth, the exclusive re-recorded masterpiece presented in its entirety for the first time. Incorporating twenty minutes of new material cut from the original due to time restrictions as well as material unearthed from the original score that had long been thought lost.
Journey to the Centre of the Earth is one of progressive rock’s crowning achievements. With the help of the London Symphony Orchestra and the English Chamber Choir, Rick Wakeman turns this classic Jules Verne tale into an exciting and suspenseful instrumental narrative. The story is told by David Hemmings in between the use of Wakeman‘s keyboards, especially the powerful Hammond organ and the innovative Moog synthesizer, and when coupled with the prestigious sound of the orchestra, creates the album’s fairy tale-like climate. Recorded at London’s Royal Festival Hall, the tale of a group of explorers who wander into the fantastic living world that exists in the Earth’s core is told musically through Wakeman‘s synthesized theatrics and enriched by the haunting vocals of a chamber choir. Broken into four parts, the album’s most riveting segment, entitled “The Battle,” involves Wakeman‘s most furious synthesized attack, churning and swirling the keyboards into a mass instrumental hysteria. With both “The Journey” and “The Forest,” it’s the effective use of the strings and percussion section of the London Symphony Orchestra that causes the elements of fantasy and myth to emerge from the album’s depths. The gorgeous voice of Ashley Holt is effectively prominent, and some interesting guitar work via Mike Egan arises occasionally but meritoriously amidst the keyboard fervor. The whole of Journey to the Centre of the Earth still stands as one of the most interesting conglomerations of orchestral and synthesized music, and it is truly one of Wakeman’s most flamboyant projects.
01. The Preface
02. The Journey Overture
03. Journey’s Dawn
04. Crystals
05. The Gothic Cathedral
06. A Quest For Water
07. The Hansbach
08. Fervent Prayer
09. The Recollection
10. Lost & Found
11. Echoes
12. 4 Miles
13. The Reunion
14. A New Vista
15. A World Within A World
16. The Raft
17. The Battle
18. Cumulus Clouds
19. The Story
20. The Cemetery
21. Quaternary Man
22. Mastodons
23. The Forest
24. Ages Of Man
25. The Tunnel
26. Hall Of The Mountain King
27. Mount Etna
http://fp.io/39272fc6/

ANDERSON/WAKEMAN - THE LIVING TREE

Anderson / Wakeman - The Living Tree [2010]

The Living Tree is an album by Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman (as Anderson/Wakeman), both previously members of progressive rock band Yes.

Jon Anderson - Lead and backing vocals / Guitars
Rick Wakeman - Piano / Keyboards / Synthesisers


1. "The Living Tree (Part 1)" 4:03
2. "Morning Star" 4:30
3. "House of Freedom" 5:37
4. "The Living Tree (Part 2)" 4:37
5. "Anyway and Always" 3:51
6. "23/24/11" 6:24
7. "Forever" 5:32
8. "Garden" 3:23
9. "Just One Man" 4:46

http://www.fileserve.com/file/JY9cXJ3

RICK WAKEMAN - Santiago 2000

http://www.fileserve.com/file/Myb5TpS