Rick Wakeman Special Issue of Mellotron
By John "Bo Bo" Bollenberg
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As soon as Mellotron editor Andres Valle knew Rick Wakeman would be coming over to South-America in September 2000, he started toying with the idea of releasing a special editon of his fine magazine to coincide with Rick's visit. Being a huge Wakeman fan himself obviously, he already had plenty of rare Wakeman memorabilia, not to mention Rick's entire output whether it was solo, with The Strawbs, Yes, or with Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe.
Just in time to coincide with the tour, the Rick Wakeman Special was ready and every fan of the keyboardwizard should have had a copy. Even if it's written in Spanish, everyone should buy a copy because the layout is once again superb, containing rare photographs, vintage cuttings and an accurate and complete discography depicting every album Rick has released so far. From the early days of Six Wives of Henry VIII down to his recent Preludes To A Century, everything is included! From the result you can clearly see that this is a labour of love.
When Andres presented Rick with a finished copy of this edition he told Andres it was the nicest publication ever to be released. The edition holds information which was never before revealed, such as stories about the Over the Top Club, his connection with gangster Maurce O'Mahoney and even includes some "almost nude" photographs of Dan Wooding, writer of Rick's biography The Caped Crusader. The fact is that, after the launch of the book, Rick and friends went to a pub in the centre of London. Knowing how ticklish Wooding is, Wakeman started to tickle him, which meant Wooding lost all power and Rick started taking Dan's clothes off in the middle of the street! It sounds unbelievable but I was there and took some photographs which for the first time ever have now been published in this Rick Wakeman Mellotron Special. There was one picture though which showed Dan competely naked! That photo was returned to Dan together with the negatives because, knowing Rick, he might have made these into giant 20 m2 posters!
You can order your copy of this superb magazine which costs $10 plus p&p at the following address :
Florida 537 1° Piso
Local 441
Galeria Jardin
(C1005AAK) Buenos Aires
Argentina
or e-mail andresvalle@interlink.com.ar for more information.
Discography
- Piano Vibrations (1971)
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974)
- The Myths & Legends of King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table
(1975)
- Lisztomania (1975)
- No Earthly Connection (1976)
- White Rock (1977)
- Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record (1977)
- Rhapsodies(1979)
- 1984 (1981)
- The Burning (1981)
- Rock n Roll Prophet (1982)
- G'ole! (1983)
- Cost of Living (1983)
- Lytton's Diary (1985)
- Silent Nights (1995)
- Live at Hammersmith (1985)
- Country Airs (1986)
- Crimes of Passion (1986)
- The Gospels (1987)
- The Family Album (1987)
- 20th Anniversary Limited Edition (1988)
- A Suite of Gods (1988)
- Zodiaque (1988)
- Time Machine (1988)
- Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV (1989)
- Sea Airs (1989)
- Phantom Power (1990)
- In The Beginning (1990)
- Night Airs (1990)
- Rock n Roll Prophet Plus (1991)
- The Classical Connection (1991)
- Aspirant Sunrise (1991)
- Aspirant Sunset (1991)
- Aspirant Sunshadows (1991)
- African Bach (1991)
- 2000AD Into The Future (1991)
- Softsword (1991)
- Country Airs (1992)
- Best Works Collection (1992)
- Unleashing The Tethered One - The 1974 North American Tour (1993)
- Classic Tracks (1993)
- Prayers (1993)
- Wakeman with Wakeman (1993)
- The Classical Connection 2 (1993)
- The Heritage Suite (1993)
- No Expense Spared (1993)
- Wakeman with Wakeman - The Official Bootleg (1994)
- Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits (1994)
- Wakeman with Wakeman Live (1994)
- Rick Wakeman In Concert (1995)
- Cirque Surreal (1995)
- The Piano Album (1995)
- Almost Live in Europe (1995)
- The Private Collection (1995)
- Romance of the Victorian Age (1995)
- The Seven Wonders of the World (1995)
- Visions (1995)
- Voyage (1996)
- Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits (1996)
- Fields of Green (1996)
- Tapestries (1996)
- Vignettes (1996)
- Master Series (1998)
- Themes (1998)
- Return To The Centre Of The Earth (1999)
- Simply Acoustic (2001)
- Out Of The Blue (2001)
- Two Sides Of Yes (2001/2002)
- Treasure Chest Volume 1 - The Real Lizstomania (2002)
- Treasure Chest Volume 2 - The Oscar Concert (2002)
- Treasure Chest Volume 3 - The Missing Half (2002)
- Treasure Chest Volume 4 - Almost Classical (2002)
- Treasure Chest Volume 5 - The Mixture (2002)
- Treasure Chest Volume 6 - Medium Rare (2002)
- Treasure Chest Volume 7 - Journey to the Centre of the Earth + (2002)
- Treasure Chest Volume 8 - Stories (2002)
- Two Sides Of Yes - Volume II (2002)
- Wakeman & Cousins - Hummingbird (2002)
- Journey To The Center Of The Earth Live In 1975 (2001/2002) (DVD)
- Rick Wakeman The Legend Live In Concert 2000 (DVD) (2001/2002)
- Rick Wakeman & The English Rock Ensemble Live In Buenos Aires (DVD) (2001/2002)
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