Album: Jabberwocky
Artist: Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman
1999 Verglas Music
CD: VGCD014

Clive Nolan: keyboards
Oliver Wakeman: keyboards
Bob Catley: vocals (as the Boy) (1, 2, 7-11)
Tracy Hitchings: vocals (as the Girl) (2, 3, 5, 8, 11)
James Plumridge: vocals (as the Jabberwock) (3, 8)
Paul Allison: vocals (as the Tree) (7)
Pete Gee: fretless bass
Ian Salmon: guitars, bass
Peter Banks: lead guitar, rhtyhm guitars
Jon Jeary: acoustic guitar
Tony Fernandez: drums
Rick Wakeman: narration

The choir (1, 4, 11): Michelle Young, Michelle Gulrajani, Suzanne Chenery, Tracy Hitchings, Sian Roberts, John Jowitt, Dave Wagstaffe, Donald Morrison, Ian Gould, John Mitchell, Tina Riley, Clive Nolan


Produced & engineered by Nolan/Karl Groom
Mixed by Groom
Mastered by Nick Webb
Design & layout by Matt Goodluck
Artwork by Rodney Matthews


Tracks:
1. Overture (5:57)
2. Coming to Town (2:55)
3. Dangerous World (6:54)
4. The Forest (4:22)
5. A Glimmer of Light (2:42)
6. Shadows (4:19)
7. Enlightenment (5:23)
8. Dancing Water (4:12)
9. The Burgundy Rose (3:55)
10. The Mission (4:32)
11. Call to Arms (6:37)
12. Finale (1:50)

All music & lyrics by Nolan/O. Wakeman
Concept based upon the original poem by Lewis Carroll


Notes: This first concept album from the pairing of Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman also included dad Rick Wakeman providing some very good narration (the only time Rick and Oliver have been on a record together), and a guest appearance by Pete Banks on some of the album. Banks played solos on (2, 3, 10) and possibly (1).

The cover art was by Rodney Matthews: Rodney knew Rick when Oliver was a kid. When Oliver did his degree in (I believe) graphic design, he did a project on Matthews, which Matthews helped him with. He then contacted Rodney for the cover of Jabberwocky. Rodney's art was a pre-existing piece he had done that was licensed for the album. Oliver and Matthews would later collaborate on several musical projects in the 2010s.

Jabberwocky, its sequel The Hound of the Baskervilles and some previously unreleased material were collated on 2021's Tales by Gaslight. (HP, 10 Jan 10; updated 3 May 21)

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