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Go / Go Live
Stomu Yamashta, Winwood, Shrieve
Go / Go Live
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (14) - Disc #2

Rick Wakeman first came to the public's eye performing with David Bowie on the Space Oddity album in 1969; he subsequently joined the British prog-folk band Strawbs the following year. He stayed with that band for two albu...  more »

     

CD Details

All Artists: Stomu Yamashta, Winwood, Shrieve, Schulze
Title: Go / Go Live
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hip-O Select
Release Date: 1/23/2007
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Rock
Styles: Jazz Fusion, Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 602498220009

Synopsis

Product Description
Rick Wakeman first came to the public's eye performing with David Bowie on the Space Oddity album in 1969; he subsequently joined the British prog-folk band Strawbs the following year. He stayed with that band for two albums (Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curios and From The Witchwood), and was recruited by the more rock-oriented band Yes. Wakeman's debut with that band, Fragile, is generally considered to be one of the great prog-rock albums of all time. By his own estimation, he has appeared on over 2000 tracks by artists as diverse as Black Sabbath, Elton John and Lou Reed.


The six tracks on Rick Wakeman's 1977 album, Criminal Record, share a common theme: transgression. From the comparatively obscure ("Birdman Of Alcatraz") to the infamous ("Judas Iscariot"), Wakeman employs his keyboard wizardry to devastating effect. As with earlier solo works such as The Six Wives Of Henry VIII and King Arthur, Wakeman uses a central theme as a springboard to give flight to his musical fantasia.


Packaged in original LP artwork reconfigured to an oversized heavy board minijacket wrapped with an iridescent stock, includes a translucent sleeve to protect the CD, Criminal Record also comes with a four-colour 9-inch by 9-inch mini-poster. It is a numbered limited edition, with each copy individually foil-stamped.

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CD Reviews

Conjugal release
John Sposato | Syracuse, NY, USA | 04/07/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Statue of Justice/Crime of Passion/Chamber of Horrors/Birdman of Alcatraz/The Breathalyser/Judas Iscariot

Originally released fall 1977 on A&M (I have the LP). Only a thousand or two of this CD have been pressed. Apart from some spoken word and a large Swiss choir chanting on "Judas Iscariot", this is another instrumental release. This was recorded in Switzerland, where Rick was living as a tax dodge at the time. "White Rock" had been released earlier that year. There was no solo album in 1978. Rick was also back in Yes (second of five times!; Chris Squire and Alan White cameo here). A woman found at a local pub was brought in to scream at the end of "Chamber of Horrors"."
Who ripped what from whom?
J. Dunlap | Dallas | 09/25/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)

"So, the opening pipe organ theme from, I believe, Judas Iscariot-- is it not the same theme as in Andrew Lloyd Weber's Phantom of the Opera? Or maybe it was 'borrowed' without credit from an even older composer.

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