''Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits'' is an album by
Rick Wakeman
Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his solo albums released in the 1970s.
Born and raised ...
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Despite what the title suggests, this is not a compilation album but instead one of re-makes of solo songs as well as covers of
Yes
Yes or YES may refer to:
* An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no
Education
* YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US
* YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talente ...
. These are all instrumental versions and were only done with keyboards, guitar, bass and drums.
Most of the remakes of his solo work (11 out of 15) are from ''
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (french: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel ...
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Track listing
Disc 1 (
Yes
Yes or YES may refer to:
* An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no
Education
* YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US
* YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talente ...
covers)
#"Roundabout"
#"Wonderous Stories"
#"Don't Kill The Whale"
#"Going For The One"
#"Siberian Khatru"
#"Madrigal"
#"Starship Trooper"
Disc 2 (solo remakes)
#"The Journey Overture"
#"The Journey"
#"The Hansbach"
#"Lost In Time"
#"The Recollection"
#"Stream of Voices"
#"The Battle"
#"Liddenbrook"
#"The Forest"
#"Mount Etna"
#"Journey's End"
#"Sea Horses"
#"Catherine of Aragon"
#"Gone But Not Forgotten"
#"Merlin The Magician"
Recording
Each disc was recorded in a different year. Disc 1 (Yes covers) was recorded from March–May 1993 while disc 2 was recorded from September–October 1992.
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Personnel
* Rick Wakeman
Richard Christopher Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his solo albums released in the 1970s.
Born and raised ...
- keyboards
* Dave Winter - guitars
* Tony Fernandez
Tony may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer
* Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leagu ...
- drums
* Alan Thompson - bass
Production
* Stuart Sawney - engineer, mixer
* Roger Dean - artwork
References
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Rick Wakeman albums
1994 albums
Albums with cover art by Roger Dean (artist)