Rick Wakeman
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Sep 11, 2026
Paul LesterHOST
about that right okay so I never
Catherine Anne DaviesGUEST
go in at the beginning saying I'm going to write a concept record about you know the wives of Henry VIII it's not quite Rick Wakeman territory although my dad was a big Rick Wakeman fan Rick
Paul LesterHOST
Wakeman
Catherine Anne DaviesGUEST
One day.
BillHOST
it's um it's one of those things where sony's like oh yeah we don't care yeah
ThrakHOST
yeah yeah development published in 1993 it was originally developed for the fm towns or was ported to the sega cd uh the amiga cd 32 uh your dos personal computer and of course the 3do and there's actually a yes connection because the dos and fm towns version features some music by rick wakeman but i think it's only like the title yeah like credit stuff i i found that and listened to it i mean it sounds like rick wakeman
BillHOST
yeah it's very
ThrakHOST
if you know you know right
BillHOST
yeah um i will say the later versions like i believe the sega cd and the 3do version feature so that rick wakeman did the the title and credits But the majority of the soundtrack was done by Psygnosis mainstay Tim Wright.
ThrakHOST
Yes.
BillHOST
I know him mostly for doing Lemmings, but also Colony Wars, if anyone remembers Colony Wars.
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ThrakHOST
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Dave MandelHOST
So probably he spent, blew his entire budget paying Hypnosis to do the album cover art.
Dave MandelHOST
and didn't have the money to pay Rick Wakeman or whoever.
Dave MandelHOST
But anyway, very good album, and we're going to hear again the Telltale Heart.
Dave MandelHOST
This is the Alan Parsons Project.
Tim AppletonHOST
Yes.
Tim AppletonHOST
first question of course is this prog as i was sort of uh you know mentioning earlier um i mean because i think in a sense you could say that yes don't really go prog until steve howe arrives uh which is and then that's later reinforced by the presence of one mr rick wakeman But yeah, I don't know what this music is really.
Tim AppletonHOST
It's a sort of weird hybrid, I think.
Tim AppletonHOST
It sounds to me slightly West Coast-y.
JustinHOST
But you're talking about three songs.
JustinHOST
And I think this is obviously the classic Yes lineup with John Anderson on vocals, Steve Howell on guitars, Chris Squire on bass, Rick Wakeman on pianos, organ, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron.
JustinHOST
everything else, Bill Bruford on drums and Alan White did some work on like bonus editions of this album, but really it's, it's Bruford on drums.
JustinHOST
Were you familiar with this album at all? Or like, was this kind of just not really in your wheelhouse because it was so out there and not an album that they were playing on the radio because the songs are, some of them are 20 minutes long or almost 20 minutes.
ChrisHOST
As you know, Rich is... a funny guy, so I think you might get a chuckle or two out of this.
ChrisHOST
But he said, there are only three certainties in life, death taxes and Googling top 10 prog albums of all time and finding close to the edge, either topping or being very high on that list.
ChrisHOST
This is Yes's fourth studio album and the second and last, I'm not counting 1991's Union album, to feature what many consider their best lineup of John Anderson, Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, and Rick Wakeman.
ChrisHOST
five distinct and unique musical voices combining to create something special that would influence so many bands for the next 50 plus years i heard this album for the first time in 1992 when i was 17 and i was blown away that something 20 years old could sound so out of this world it wasn't just music it was a destination i was transported to planet yes and i've been going back regularly since I'm not going to say anything about the songs on the album as I'll either say too little or way too much and bore everybody and the people want to hear you talk about them, not me.
Tim FriedmannHOST
Yes.
Tim FriedmannHOST
Now, Ken also worked with Kansas America, Lou Reed, Rick Wakeman, and the Stones over the years.
Tim FriedmannHOST
Ken mixed that famous Coca-Cola ad.
Tim FriedmannHOST
You know, I like to buy the world a Coke.
GeneHOST
don't see that very often and like i said the the bully guy alfred yeah yeah well and they
RogerHOST
team up the interesting thing too just like gene was mentioning holly hunter's in here jason alexander's in here rick wakeman of all people did the score for this uh tom savini special effects of course which are great um they don't linger enough on some of the gore sequences like they should have quick they're too quick um And I also think the Alfred character, that young man would go on to a much more prominent role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
RogerHOST
So you've got a lot of early stuff going on here with these actors, which is one of the things I really love about these horror movies, these low-budget horror movies is, wow, there's Kevin Bacon.
RogerHOST
Wow, there's Brad Pitt for some reason.
Mack BHOST
Maybe Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin experience where he's only in his 60s and some of the other guys are a little younger.
Mack BHOST
But certainly when I went to see, yes, Rush, Rick Wakeman, right? I mean, he's now made.
Mack BHOST
Yes.
Mack BHOST
Well, I mean, they're pushing it.
Kevin MulryneHOST
Guess what? They're messing about in the photoshoot.
Kevin MulryneHOST
Freya Dean's news that she's off to Japan again with a new mini-exhibition of her dad's artwork, Rick Wakeman's new podcast episode and a photo posted by David Morton of the 1975 Melody Maker Awards featuring Chris, John and Alan alongside various others including Jimmy Page.
Kevin MulryneHOST
I posted the link to my discussion with Tim's Vinyl Confessions about the Roosevelt live release, and John Anderson's Facebook account promoted our conversation with Chris Clark from a couple of weeks ago.
Kevin MulryneHOST
Charlie Nolan added an interview with Brian Lane from 1974, and finally Stephen Lamb kindly sent in some audio, and here he is.
Stephen LambSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You have to bear in mind that when it was released in whatever it was, 76, 77, Rick was still a big name.
Stephen LambSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it was his first soundtrack.
Stephen LambSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And to most people, it was considered to be a new Rick Wakeman album, not a soundtrack.
Stephen LambSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So it actually got to number 14 in the UK charts.
Joseph StaubGUEST
That, I mean...
Joseph StaubGUEST
With, I mean, between Tony Kaye and Rick Wakeman, Patrick Mraz, and then, I mean, Jeff Downs has been in the band for so many years now.
Joseph StaubGUEST
Really just doing a great job with that, and he definitely has some highlights here on this track.
Joseph StaubGUEST
Very solid track, not one of my favorites on the album, but very good.
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