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Rick Wakeman - Piano Portraits (2017) (Repost) Music

Posted by gribovar at Aug. 3, 2023

Even in the glory days of Yes and when the fabulously talented Rick Wakeman appears on live stages and performances in live shows and tapes throughout his career you realize you are dealing with a piano master, and tour de force of sound and stage. Wakeman brings glory and humanity to his craft as always on Piano Portraits as he masterfully reworks famous songs, and some a poignant tribute to the late great David Bowie which are particularly awe-inspiring as most of the pieces here are quite moving and engaging with all the stylistic bravado one could expect from Mr. Wakeman.

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Rick Wakeman - The Definitive Music (2019) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at July 2, 2024

Rick Wakeman - The Definitive Music (2019)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:51:02 | 832 / 389 Mb
Genre: Prog Rock

One of the premier rock keyboardists of the progressive era, Rick Wakeman cut his teeth as a London session musician at the tail-end of the 1960s before earning star status as a member of prog rock superstars Yes in 1971. He left the band in 1973 to concentrate on his burgeoning solo career and within a few years had released a trio of ambitious, classical rock albums that proved highly successful: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Wakeman briefly rejoined Yes in the late '70s, and during the next decade produced the film score for Ken Russell's Lisztomania; he also co-wrote a musical version of George Orwell's 1984 with lyricist Tim Rice.

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Rick Wakeman - Live Portraits at Lincoln Cathedral (2018) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 7, 2024

Rick Wakeman - Live Portraits at Lincoln Cathedral (2018)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:02:39 | 245 Mb
Genre: Prog Rock

Rick Wakeman One of the premier rock keyboardists of the progressive era, Rick Wakeman cut his teeth as a London session musician at the tail-end of the 1960s before earning star status as a member of prog rock superstars Yes in 1971. He left the band in 1973 to concentrate on his burgeoning solo career and within a few years had released a trio of ambitious, classical rock albums that proved highly successful: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Wakeman briefly rejoined Yes in the late '70s, and during the next decade produced the film score for Ken Russell's Lisztomania; he also co-wrote a musical version of George Orwell's 1984 with lyricist Tim Rice. He subsequently recorded a series of acclaimed new age albums, recorded and toured intermittently with Yes, and maintained a prodigious recording and touring schedule, balancing his rock, new age, religious, and solo piano work. In the 21st century, albums like 2000's Preludes to a Century and 2017's Piano Portraits earned Wakeman critical acclaim and even a return to chart success, especially on his prog-heavy 2020 outing The Red Planet.

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Rick Wakeman - Rhapsodies (1979) [2009, Universal Music, UICY-94248] Re-up Music

Posted by v3122 at June 15, 2017

This double record is very accessible and Wakeman really uses a new technology to produce easy listening songs. One word: ADDICTIVE!…

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Rick Wakeman - Piano Portraits (2017) Music

Posted by SERTiL at Feb. 21, 2017

Piano Portraits is the 100th solo album from Rick Wakeman in what represents a truly remarkable body of work. The 15 tracks that Rick has re-interpreted on piano represent a distillation of all the music that has impacted and influenced Rick’s life over the decades, taking in 70s rock and pop, classical, jazz and choral. Painting pictures is how Rick describes his playing style and how he visualises music, and this album paints a very vivid, lush landscape for the listener to explore. Key tracks include Life on Mars, Space Oddity, Help and an original composition Dance of the Damselflies.

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Rick James - Deeper Still (2007) {Stone City Records} Music

Posted by tiburon at Nov. 3, 2020

Rick James - Deeper Still (2007) {Stone City Records}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC Image level 8 | Cue+Log | Full Scans 300dpi | 428MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 120MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Funk, Soul, Quiet Storm

When Rick James died of a heart attack on August 6, 2004 at the relatively young age of 56, some of his admirers were surprised that the funk/soul icon lived as long as he did. Saying that James, who spent a considerable amount of time in the fastest stretches of the fast lane, subjected his body to extensive abuse over the years would be an understatement. Regardless, James was a major talent – some of the most talented musicians are also among the most self-destructive – and his die-hard fans never quit hoping that he would eventually recapture the commercial and creative success he enjoyed during his late-'70s/early-'80s heyday. Recorded in 2003 and 2004 and released posthumously in May 2007, Deeper Still ended up being James' swan song.

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Rahzel - Make The Music 2000 (1999) {MCA} [RE-UP] Music

Posted by TestTickles at Aug. 30, 2020

Rahzel - Make The Music 2000 (1999) {MCA}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 425 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 112 mb
Genre: hip-hop, rap

Make The Music 2000 is the 1999 debut album from Rozell Manely Brown, who is better known as Rahzel The Godfather Of Noise, or simply as Rahzel, a former member of the rap group The Roots. This was released on MCA Records during the same year The Roots released Things Fall Apart. This is an enhanced CD which featured the video for "All I Know". The enhanced portion is only with the lossless version of the CD.

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Tanya Donelly - Swan Song Series (2016) Music

Posted by SERTiL at Jan. 6, 2017

Considering how influential her work with Throwing Muses proved to be, and how much success she enjoyed with Belly, it's surprising that Tanya Donelly's solo career has been so low key. While she quietly released three solo albums and a live set between 1997 and 2006, none of them received much notice from listeners or critics. And beyond serious fans, who knew that Donelly had begun releasing a series of EPs in 2013? But if she has been traveling under the radar for the better part of a decade, it would seem that's our loss more than hers.

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Rick Kemp - Perfect Blue (2018) Music

Posted by Domestos at Sept. 17, 2018

Rick Kemp - Perfect Blue (2018)
MP3 CBR 320kbps ~ 108.76 Mb | 00:47:15 | Cover
Folk Rock | Country: UK | Label: Fellside Recordings Ltd

This detracts from the fact that as side projects and away from Steeleye he's also played with Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Michael Chapman, The Maddy Prior Band, The Backroom Boys (Gerry Conway, Jerry Donahue, Doug Morter), the rocky Ceilidh band Whapweasal, Devil's Watch and, more recently, BN&K (Paul Burgess of 10CC, Ken Nicol ex-Steeleye and Rick) as well as sessioning on and producing albums from The Johnstons to Swan Arcade. Being remembered as the bass player also obscures the fact that he's a very accomplished guitarist.

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