Album: Unreleased Demos Volume 1
Artist: Rick Wakeman
2022 RRAW
CD: RWFC003CD
Caped Crusader Collector Club – Exclusively from the Rick Wakeman
Archive, Release #3
Digital Audio Archaeology/Mastered by J Hughes
Rick Wakeman
with
Trevor Rabin (4, 15)
Chrissie Hammond (7, 8, 10)
Adam Wakeman (7, 8, 10)
Stuart Sawney (7, 8, 10)
Tracks 1-5: demos from Return to the
Centre of the Earth (1999)
Track 6: demo from Fields
of Green (1996)
Tracks 7-10: demos from Light Up
the Sky (1994)
Tracks 11-14: demos from Heritage
Suite (1993)
Tracks 15-16: live recordings from the Yes Union tour (1991)
Tracks:
1. "Demo Studio Track — “Dance of 1000 Lights”" (5:41)
2. "Demo Studio Track — Bass/Kit/Keys — Short Version" (2:41), demo
of "The Return Overture"
3. "Demo Studio Track — Bass/Kit/Keys — Long Version" (5:17), demo
of "The End of the Return"
4. "Demo Studio Track — Bass/Kit/Keys/Vox — “Never is a Long Time”"
(5:17), demo of "Never is a Long, Long Time"
5. "Demo Studio Track — Guitar/Bass/Kit/Keys — (untitled)" (3:12), demo
of "The Kill"
6. "Library Guitar Track — “The Nice Man”" (8:26)
7. "“Light Up the Sky” — Take 1 — Demo Studio + Fem Vox" (3:32)
8. "“Simply Free” — Demo Studio + Fem Vox" (3:51)
9. "Demo Studio + Instrumental — Keys (untitled)" (5:40), demo
of "Starflight"
10. "“Light Up the Sky” — Take 2 — Demo Studio + Fem Vox" (3:31)
11. "Solo Piano — (untitled) Rehearsal" (3:06), demo of "The Bee
Orchid"
12. "Solo Piano — “Peregrine Falcon” Rehearsal" (2:38)
13. "Solo Piano — “Mona’s Isle” Rehearsal" (4:15)
14. "Solo Piano — (untitled) Rehearsal" (2:47), demo of "The
Painted Lady"
15. "Rick’s Solo Part (A Live Unlabelled Excerpt) #1" (4:18), "Catherine
of Aragon/Catherine Parr"
16. "Rick’s Solo Part (A Live Unlabelled Excerpt) #2" (8:32), from
"Awaken"
Notes: (****½) Release #3 of the Caped Crusader Collector Club more
than makes up for the disappointment that was Release #2, as this
one provides 72 minutes of alternate recordings from Wakeman's 1990s
output, including a demo of "Never is a Long, Long Time" with Trevor
Rabin on vocals and guitar. That several of the tracks were listed
as "untitled" is slightly dismaying, but the tunes could be
identified with relative ease. It remains unclear from which show(s)
of the Yes Union tour the live recordings were taken. (Ray
Riethmeier, 7 Aug 22)
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