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WAKEMAN Rick
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Born:

18.05.1949

(Perivale, GB, as Richard Christopher Wakeman)

?	Ronnie Smith's Band
?	Spinning Wheel
1970-71	Strawbs
8/71-5/74	Yes
cca 1975-7/76	Rick Wakeman & English Rock Ensemble
11/76-3/80	Yes
6/80-1981	Rick Wakeman Band
1989-91	Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe
1991-?	Yes
cca 3/96-1997	Yes
cca 1998	Wakeman & Cousins
5/02-cca 6/04	Yes
cca 11/10	The Anderson Wakeman Project 360
cca 2016-5/17	ARW
5/17-cca 8/18	Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman
cca 2/20	Rick Wakeman And The English Rock Ensemble

Former Members:

Ashley Holt (voc, cca 1976-cca 6/80); Gordon Neville (voc, 1985); Lynn Shepherd (voc, 1985)
John Dunsterville (g, cca 1976); Rick Fenn (g, 1985)
Roger Newell (bg, cca 1976); Bruce Lynch (bg, cca 8/79); Chas Cronk (bg, 1985)
Tony Fernandez (ds, cca 1976, cca 6/80, 1985); Frank Gibson (ds, cca 8/79)
Reg Brooks (tr, cca 1976-cca 8/79); Martyn Shields (tr, cca 1976); Dave Caswell (tr, cca 8/79)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Piano Vibrations	1971
2.	The Six Wives Of Henry VIII produced by: Rick Wakeman	2/1973	A&M		7	24
3.	Journey To The Centre Of The Earth produced by: Rick Wakeman	4/1974	A&M		1	3
4.	The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table produced by: Rick Wakeman	28.03.1975	A&M		2	16
5.	Lisztomania produced by: Rick Wakeman	17.10.1975	A&M
6.	No Earthly Connection produced by: Rick Wakeman	16.04.1976	A&M		9	67
7.	White Rock produced by: Rick Wakeman	11/1976	A&M		14
8.	Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record produced by: Rick Wakeman	6/1977	A&M		25
9.	Rhapsodies (2LP)	5/1979	A&M		25
10.	1984 produced by: Rick Wakeman	19.06.1981	Charisma		24
11.	The Burning	11.12.1981	Charisma
12.	Rock'n'Roll Prophet	12/1982	Charisma
13.	G'Olé!	15.04.1983	Charisma
14.	Cost Of Living	19.09.1983	Virgin/Charisma
15.	Silent Nights	3/1985	T.B.G.
16.	Live At Hammersmith	12/1985	T.B.G.
17.	Country Airs	4/1986	Coda
18.	The Gospels (2LP)	11/1986	Stylus		94
19.	Crimes Of Passion	3/1987	President
20.	The Family Album	8/1987	President
21.	A Suite Of Gods & Ramon Remedios	2/1988	President
22.	Zodiaque & Tony Fernandez	4/1988	President
23.	Time Machine	7/1988	President
24.	Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV & Mario Fasciano	1989
25.	20th Anniversary (box set)	2/1989	A&M
26.	Sea Airs (A New Age Collection)	11/1989	President
27.	Night Airs	11/1990	President
28.	Phantom Power	2/1991	Ambient
29.	Music From Crimes Of Passion	2/1993	President
30.	Wakeman With Wakeman & Adam Wakeman	2/1993	President
31.	The Classical Connection	6/1993	President
32.	The Classical Connection II	6/1993	President
33.	Aspirant Sunrise	7/1993	President
34.	Aspirant Sunshadows	7/1993	President
35.	African Bach	9/1993	President
36.	2000 A.D. Into The Future	9/1993	President
37.	Heritage Suite	10/1993	President
38.	No Expense Spared & Adam Wakeman	11/1993	President
39.	Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits (2CD)	12/1993	Fragile
40.	The Stage Collection	1994	RRaw
41.	Lure of the Wild & Adam Wakeman	1994	RRaw
42.	Classic Tracks	1/1994	Sony Europe
43.	The Private Collection	3/1994	President
44.	The Classic	4/1994	Prestige
45.	Softsword (King John And The Magna Charter)	4/1994	President
46.	Wakeman With Wakeman & Adam Wakeman (2CD)	6/1994	Cyclops
47.	Live On The Test	12/1994	Windsong
48.	Almost Live in Europe	07.02.1995	Music Fusion
49.	The Seven Wonders Of The World	6/1995	President
50.	Cirque Surreal	7/1995	D Sharp
51.	Visions	10/1995	D Sharp
52.	The Piano Album	11/1995
53.	Can You Hear Me?	1996
54.	Fields of Green	27.02.1996	Esoteric
55.	Vignettes & Adam Wakeman	4/1997	President
56.	The Art in Music Trilogy	1999	RRAW
57.	Return To The Centre Of The Earth	20.04.1999	EMI		34
58.	Natural World Trilogy	04.05.1999	RRaw
59.	White Rock II	14.06.1999
60.	The Masters	9/1999
61.	Preludes To A Century	2/2000	President
62.	Recollections: The Very Best of 1973-1979	17.10.2000	Chronicles
63.	Stella Bianca	2000
64.	Phanton Power	10.07.2001	Hepcat
65.	Tales of Future and Past	10.07.2001	Cleopatra
66.	Classical Variations	30.04.2002	President
67.	Live	04.02.2003	United States Dist
68.	Real Lisztomania	18.03.2003	United States Dist
69.	Oscar Concert	12.08.2003	United States Dist
70.	Into Orbit	18.11.2003	Direct Source
71.	Medium Rare	25.11.2003	Voiceprint
72.	Almost Classical	27.01.2004	United States Dist
73.	Mixture	17.02.2004	United States Dist
74.	The Classic Tracks	06.04.2004	Megabop
75.	Live ... With Banda Sinfonica	01.06.2004	United States Dist
76.	Songs of Middle Earth: A Tribute to The Lord of th	22.02.2005	Collectables
77.	Ultimate Rick Wakeman Experience	08.03.2005	Cleopatra
78.	At Lincoln Cathedral	31.05.2005	United States Dist
79.	Retro	16.05.2006	President
80.	Out of the Blue	17.06.2006	Esoteric
81.	Christmas Variations	21.11.2006	United States Dist
82.	Live at the BBC	20.02.2007	Hux
83.	Out There & The New English Rock Ensemble	24.04.2007	Aao Music
84.	Retro 2	17.07.2007	President
85.	Sixty Minutes with Rick Wakeman	09.10.2007
86.	The Phantom of the Opera	2010	Gonzo Distribution Ltd.
87.	Always with You	02.03.2010	Voiceprint
88.	From Brush & Stone & Gordon Giltrap	27.07.2010	Voiceprint
89.	Bootleg Box, Vol. 2	22.11.2011	Floating World
90.	In the Nick of Time: Live in 2003	27.03.2012	Esoteric
91.	Live at the Maltings 1976	25.11.2013	Gonzo Multimedia
92.	Classical Wakeman, Vol.1: Live in Lugano	01.04.2014	Esoteric
93.	Rick Wakeman: The Very Best	08.04.2014
94.	1984: Live at the Hammersmith Odeon 1981	10.06.2014	Gonzo
95.	Night Music	30.09.2014	Gonzo Multimedia
96.	Stella Bianca Alla Corte	07.10.2014
97.	After The Ball: The Collection	20.01.2015	Universal
98.	Access All Areas	31.03.2015	Demon
99.	British Live Performance Series	18.09.2015	Rainman
100.	Welcome a Star & Emmie Beckitt	11.12.2015	Hope
101.	Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here Symphonic & London Orion Orchestra & Alice Cooper & Dave Fowler & Stephen McElroy	2/2016	Decca
102.	Starship Trooper	15.04.2016	Cleopatra
103.	5 Classic Albums	5/2016	Spectrum Music
104.	A Word of Wisdom & Norman Wisdom	06.05.2016	RRAW
105.	Starmus & Brian May	09.09.2016	RRaw
106.	Two Sides of Yes	21.10.2016	RRaw
107.	Live at the Winterland Theatre, 1975	11.11.2016	RRaw
108.	Clair de Lune	25.11.2016	Universal
109.	Morning Has Broken & Emmie Beckitt	09.12.2016	RRaw
110.	Piano Portraits	13.01.2017	UMC		6
111.	Gastank & Tony Ashton	03.03.2017	Gonzo Distribution Ltd.
112.	Piano Odyssey	10/2018	Sony Classical		7
113.	Christmas Portraits	12/2019	Sony Classical		82
114.	The Red Planet	8/2020	Madfish		34
115.	A Gallery Of The Imagination & The English Rock Ensemble	24.02.2023

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Catherine Parr / Anne Boleyn	3/1973	A&M
2.	The Journey / The Return (v USA)	10/1974	A&M
3.	The Battle / And Now A Word From Our Sponsor (v USA)	12/1974	A&M
4.	Merlin The Magician / Sir Galahad (v USA)	6/1975	A&M
5.	Orpheus Song / Love's Dream & Roger Daltrey, (v USA)	1/1976	A&M
6.	White Rock / After The Ball (v USA)	6/1977	A&M
7.	Birdman Of Alcatraz / And Now A Word From Our Sponsor (v USA)	4/1978	A&M
8.	Flacons De Neige / Birdman Of Alcatraz	4/1979	A&M
9.	Animal Showdown / Sea Horses	06.07.1979	A&M
10.	Swan Lager / Woolly Willy Tango	11/1979	A&M
11.	I'm So Straight I'm A Weirdo / Do You Believe In Fairies?	22.02.1980	A&M
12.	The Spider / Danielle	03.10.1980	WEA
13.	I'm So Straight I'm A Weirdo / Maybe '80 (edit)	11/1982	Moon
14.	Latin Reel (G'Ole Theme) / No Possibla	4/1983	Charisma
15.	Glory Boys / Ghost Of A Rock And Roll Star 12" + Elgin Mansions	16.11.1984	T.B.G. President
16.	The Theme From "Lytton's Diary" / Database	6/1985	T.B.G.
17.	Waterfalls / Heather Carpets	4/1986	Coda
18.	Custer's Last Stand / Ocean City 12" + Ice / Open Up Your Eyes	7/1988	President
19.	Light Up The Sky / Simply Free / Starflight / The Bear	5/1994	President
20.	Buried Alive & Ozzy Osbourne	4/1999
21.	Life On Mars	19.02.2016	Rraw
22.	Help	11.11.2016	Universal
23.	Space Oddity	13.01.2017	Hip-O
24.	Summertime	13.01.2017	Hip-O
25.	Morning Has Broken & Emmie Beckitt	13.01.2017	Hip-O

1. The Classical Connection - 9.5.2000, Image Entertainment
2. Out There - 3/2004, BMG, 100 min

1. Lisztomania (music by+starring, 1975, directed by Ken Russell)

Dan Wooding: Rick Wakeman: The Caped Crusader (1978)

1975 Melody Maker Readers' Poll - Best International Keyboards
1976 Melody Maker Readers' Poll - Best Keyboards
1978 Melody Maker Readers' Poll - Top Keyboardist
1979 Melody Maker Readers' Poll - Top Keyboardist
2010 Classic Rock Awards - Spirit Of Prog

produced by LP:

Wally: Wally (8/74, Atlantic)

appeared on the LP:

Dave Cousins: Two Weeks Last Summer (1972)
Lou Reed: Lou Reed (7/72, RCA)
Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (11/73, Vertigo)
Strawbs: Nomadness (3.10.75, A&M)
Kevin Peek: Beyond The Planets (10/84)
Ozzy Osbourne: Ozzmosis (23.10.95, Epic)
Bollenberg Johansson Experience: If Only Stones Could Speak (5/02)
William Shatner: Shatner Claus - The Christmas Album (26.10.18, Cleopatra)

appeared on the SP:

Cat Stevens: Morning Has Broken (12/71, Island)

Press References:

Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1999	20	27.05.1999	26	Forum kritikum	album review
1999	35	14.10.1999	7	Infokus
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1982	3		79		interview
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	4	27.01.1973	22	Albums	album review
1974	22	01.06.1974	44		interview
1974	30	27.07.1974	4
1974	30	27.07.1974	16		interview
1974	37	14.09.1974	21		interview
1974	49	07.12.1974	13
1975	13	29.03.1975	37	Albums	album review
1975	14	05.04.1975	3		interview
1975	14	05.04.1975	5
1975	33	16.08.1975	26		interview
1975	40	04.10.1975	40
1976	10	06.03.1976	19		interview
1976	14	03.04.1976	29	Albums	album review
1976	16	17.04.1976	20	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	28	10.07.1976	31		interview
1976	31	31.07.1976	4
1977	8	19.02.1977	22	Albums	album review
1977	45	05.11.1977	19	Albums	album review
1978	28	15.07.1978	12	Books
1979	12	31.03.1979	3	News
1979	20	26.05.1979	28	Albums	album review
1979	25	07.07.1979	26	Singles	single review
1979	31	18.08.1979	4	News
1979	33	01.09.1979	31	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	8	23.02.1980	24	Singles	single review
1980	19	28.06.1980	4	News
1980	33	27.09.1980	18	Caught In The Act	gig review
1980	34	04.10.1980	19	Singles	single review
1980	36	11.10.1980	14		interview
1981	16	18.04.1981	3	Fast Forward
1981	19	09.05.1981	31	Caught In The Act	album review
1981	26	27.06.1981	25	Albums	album review
1981	36	05.09.1981	23	Caught In The Act	gig review
1983	38	17.09.1983	4	Fast Forward - Record News
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1972	0	18.11.1972	10
1972	0	30.12.1972	25	Playing In The Band
1973	0	10.02.1973	8
1973	0	05.05.1973	9	This Is America
1973	0	20.10.1973	2	News
1974	0	26.01.1974	22
1974	0	09.02.1974	44	Musicians Talk Tape
1974	0	13.04.1974	16	Albums	album review
1974	0	13.04.1974	35	Thrills
1974	0	08.06.1974	2	News Desk
1974	0	27.07.1974	20	Thrills
1974	0	27.07.1974	34	Keyboards Special
1974	0	21.12.1974	11
1975	0	25.01.1975	2	News Desk - Recording News
1975	0	29.03.1975	3	News Desk - Recording News
1975	0	05.04.1975	3	News Desk
1975	0	05.04.1975	20	Platters	album review
1975	0	07.06.1975	3	News Desk
1975	0	07.06.1975	12	Thrills
1975	0	07.06.1975	42	On The Town	gig review
1975	0	04.10.1975	2	News Desk
1975	0	22.11.1975	14
1976	0	01.05.1976	31	On The Town	gig review
1976	0	04.12.1976	3	News Desk
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	9	31.08.1990	27	LP,MC,CD,demo	album review, demo review
1996	8		20	Galerie
1997	6		109	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1999	8		46		profile
2000	4		109	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2004	2		50	Interview
2004	7		87	DVD