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    The Myths & Legends Of King Arthur 2016 Pledge

    Couldn't find a thread on this subject: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/rickwakeman

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    I think Rick has run out of ideas

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    Hopefully all of the orchestral parts will be replaced with ABWH-era synth-brass and strings!
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    After 6 Wives my favourite by Rick. I'm in on this.

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    Cool. I hope it happens.

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    & he hasn't ruled out a performance on ice! How do I donate?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fracktured View Post
    I think Rick has run out of ideas
    No.

    I'm no fan of Wakeman's solo work, but I'm sure he's still got plenty of ideas. I think you've got this backwards. It's not Wakeman; it's us. Wakeman knows -- like Yes/Asia/King Crimson/Eddie Jobson/Ian Anderson/Martin Turner know -- that nostalgia sells. If he does a brand new album, it will sell a small fraction of what this will. This is what the buying public want. (And if you want a brand new solo album, he appears to have about 3 in the pipeline.)

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    No, his re-recording of Journey To The Center of the Earth was phenomenal. WAY better than the clumsy original live recording. One of his best albums easily. Easily.

    The only thing I'm skeptical on is him adding new material to King Arthur. If it was material he wrote in 1974 that got left out, fine. But new tracks.... eh. Also, the fact he needs to do a kickstarter campaign.

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    This has been the record I alwyas hoped Rick Wakeman should re-record (one of my Desert Island discs). It's been my all time favorite of all of his outputs. I will gladly contribute to make it possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Man In The Mountain View Post
    Also, the fact he needs to do a kickstarter campaign.
    It's not clear to me that he does have to. He writes as if he's doing the album whatever, so is the PledgeMusic a way for people to pre-order and support, but not actually the core funding mechanism? Don't know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bondegezou View Post
    No.

    I'm no fan of Wakeman's solo work, but I'm sure he's still got plenty of ideas. I think you've got this backwards. It's not Wakeman; it's us. Wakeman knows -- like Yes/Asia/King Crimson/Eddie Jobson/Ian Anderson/Martin Turner know -- that nostalgia sells. If he does a brand new album, it will sell a small fraction of what this will. This is what the buying public want. (And if you want a brand new solo album, he appears to have about 3 in the pipeline.)

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    You're probably right and like a real softy I'll buy this upon release. I didn't really care much for his remake of Journey which I thought was an excellent idea considering how the original was done on one take live instead of in the studio the way he wanted to do it in the first place. Maybe he'll surprise me and make a great King Arthur remake.


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    I'd certainly go for this. I love the original in all its cheese.
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    Did he use vintage keys on the Journey remake?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ProgArtist View Post
    Did he use vintage keys on the Journey remake?
    He did. They sound excellent, and some of the solos are even extended. The vocals are improved 100%, and the added lost songs are an improvement. He played it with such ease, and it's so true to the original, the whole album glides through like butter. Love it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Man In The Mountain View Post
    He did. They sound excellent, and some of the solos are even extended. The vocals are improved 100%, and the added lost songs are an improvement. He played it with such ease, and it's so true to the original, the whole album glides through like butter. Love it.
    Okay, well that's a definite plus (to put it mildly). These are two of my brother-in-law's favorite albums, but he's VERY particular about solos being the same to the point that he doesn't like live renditions. How true was he to the solos on the Journey remake?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ProgArtist View Post
    Okay, well that's a definite plus (to put it mildly). These are two of my brother-in-law's favorite albums, but he's VERY particular about solos being the same to the point that he doesn't like live renditions. How true was he to the solos on the Journey remake?
    Well, if you don't like things changed a bit then stick with the original record. It's not live, but the original was live, so this is like the opposite. A bit less goopy and more controlled.

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    Thanks for the info. I actually don't know Journey very well. My brother-in-law lent it to me once but I didn't give it much of a chance. I LOVE 6 Wives with no reservations but like Arthur despite, or maybe partly because of, its silliness. My brother-in-law loves Arthur and Journey big time, so I'm trying to gage whether he'd be interested in the remakes or not.
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    This from the Update for pledgers...

    Everything is moving ahead here at a rate of knots as regards “King Arthur’s progress” and I thought it would be a good idea, as I have already announced that there will be five news pieces, to actually tell everybody what their titles are……and so , here goes….

    CAMELOT.
    THE HOLY GRAIL.
    MORGAN LE FAY.
    PERCIVAL.
    PRINCESS ELEANE.

    It looks very likely that there will now be a 6th new piece as well .

    Even though on the recording there will be no additional narration apart from that which was on the original recording, the concept album will be telling its own musical story, but at the O2 concert on June 19th there will indeed be a narrator and those of you who are coming to the playback party will indeed hear that story telling narrative as the narrator will be there and that will be part of the playback.

    Studio days for recording have now been decided upon and over the coming weeks there will be even more meetings with the members of the English Rock Ensemble, the English Chamber Choir, The Orion Symphony Orchestra, my choice of narrator …(already decided upon but not announcing just yet), my technical crew, my studio engineer Erik Jordan plus preparations for the when and where’s as regards rehearsals

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    I will also be getting my good mate Jim Davidson in to do the narration.

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    Just be sure Ashley Holt stays far, far away....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luckie View Post
    I will also be getting my good mate Jim Davidson in to do the narration.
    Is that from Wakeman too? Davidson, really? I know he's mates with Wakeman, but... well, read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Da...#Controversies

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    ^He's quite the ELP fan as well (I remember some later version of 'Karn Evil 9' being used as theme to The Generation Game, when he presented that). A very mixed blessing for the rest of us ELP fans, it has to be said.

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    Relax, there'll be no "Sir Nick-Nick" as one of the only surviving knights of the Round Table. I knew they were pals and was imagining a worst case scenario.

    As long as whoever does get the gig changes Bleoboris to the proper Bleoberis, that's the main thing.

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    Listening to this now. Sounds great, even more overblown than the original and twice as long. At least through my computer speakers, the production sounds terrific. As in the original, also, some of the vocals are a bit...uh...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luckie View Post
    As long as whoever does get the gig changes Bleoboris to the proper Bleoberis, that's the main thing.
    Heh heh, nope.
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