Rick Wakeman -Simply Acoustic -HOPE CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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1.1 A Wish

1.2 A Glimpse of Heaven

1.3 Catherine Howard

1.4 Morning Has Broken

1.5 Wondrous Stories

1.6 St Michaels Isle Chapel Hill

1.7 Space Oddity Life on Mars

1.8 The Meeting

1.9 And You and I Merlin the Magician

1.10 Gone But Not Forgotten

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CD reissue. Rick Wakeman is an British keyboardist, songwriter, television and radio presenter, author, and actor. He is best known for being in the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004 and for his solo albums released since the 1970s. Here with just a grand piano, Wakeman manages to roll thirty-plus years of music into an entertaining and quite rewarding trip down memory lane in front of a live audience. He gives forth with arrangements of his work from every point in his career, from his time with the Strawbs ("A Glimpse Of Heaven"), his days as a marathon session musician (David Bowie's "Space Oddity," Cat Stevens' "Morning Has Broken"), his various stints with Yes and ABWH (a lovely version of "Wonderous Stories" and a medley of "The Meeting" and "And You And I") and high points from his solo career in the bargain. Wakeman intersperses these performances with stories of how the songs and pieces were written, and he is a natural racounter and howlingly funny at times. If the music thing doesn't work out, he'd make a killing doing stand-up comedy in the Catskills! All told, Simply Acoustic is a concert recording that makes you wish you'd actually been there.

Gonzo Multimedia CD re-issue. ?Simply Acoustic? was a benefit concert for Assist Ministries, recorded at the Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, California during Rick?s ?Simply Acoustic? tour. The Calvary Chapel is a huge modern church which seats 3,500 people. The first major problem of the evening arose when 8,000 people arrived, which must be some sort of record for a concert where there were no stage sets, no flashing lights and no massive P.A. system, just simply Rick and a grand piano, hence the title ?Simply Acoustic?. The huge attendance led to the whole concert being filmed as they realized that the only way the performance could go ahead was to relay what was happening on stage to an adjoining gymnasium and a large hall in order to accommodate the overflow. This is the only known recording of Rick performing a complete concert on grand piano. The CD contains stories which Rick tells between pieces that are nothing short of hilarious and often astonishing. The pieces he plays may well come as a surprise as they include the wonderful ?Morning Has Broken?, which he originally recorded with Cat Stevens and also ?Space Oddity? and ?Life On Mars?, on which he played the keyboard for David Bowie. Add to this some truly virtuoso playing on some classical compositions taken from his highly acclaimed ?Heritage Suite? and you have quite a sensational, unique audio collection of not-to-be missed Wakeman at his best.

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HOPEGZ003

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