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    Posted: October 12 2012 at 16:20
CLASSIC ROCK PRESENTS: RICK WAKEMAN’S JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
The first ever studio recording of Rick Wakeman’s Journey To The Centre Of The Earth available as
a Classic Rock Collector's Pack
In 1974, the original live album sold 14 MILLION copies.



But only one man knew how it was meant to sound.



Now, 38 years later, you can hear it too.
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Incorporating 20 minutes of new material cut from the original due to time
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Points: 12799 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2012 at 18:49
Yeah, this sounds nice. I like the original one, but there was always something that put me off. I guess it was so much narration during the songs, and the way they were arranged. And the fact that lot's of musical passages were used twice without major change. I wonder how this new version will be arranged.
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Points: 1789 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2012 at 20:36
Cool.  Wonder if the studio version has those narrations...
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Points: 763 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2012 at 20:39
Listening to the album right now, what are the odds!! I always thought the album was worthy of a studio version.
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Points: 1789 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2012 at 21:07
^ Nice...Right on time Raccoon.  I remember listening to the live version on cassette way back when, riding around early in the AM with a guy who delivered newspapers.  We listened to it over and over on the route, good memory!
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Points: 7859 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2012 at 00:05
I am excited to check this one out.   I think Wakeman is brilliant. Great post. Got an email today from classic rock magazine, so I'm glad this was posted. Everyone support Rick!!
Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Points: 29116 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2012 at 05:48
Tried to place an order but it kept losing the connection so gave up in the end.
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2012 at 06:17
I've had the studio version for years.

Of course mine doesn't have this extra 20 mins, but he could have put some of that in originally. It is a very short album.


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Originally posted by AEProgman AEProgman wrote:

Cool.  Wonder if the studio version has those narrations...

Not on my studio version. don't know if it's the same one though.
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The only "other" version I know of is the 1999 Return To... album with Ozzy Osbourne, Justin Haywood and Bonnie Tyler, and that's not a studio re-recording of the original live album. What is the version you have Ian?
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From Rick's Blog (Grumpy Old Rick's Ramblings):
 
Originally posted by July, 2012 July, 2012 wrote:

That’s the first piece of news, and the second is that we have the green light to move ahead with the recording of the new extended version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
 
It will be the entire original re-recorded but with the same orchestration, plus two new songs and extended music, solos and narration, making it the one hour composition it was always meant to be.
 
Recording starts almost immediately. New orchestration will be done by Guy Protheroe and Ann Manly and Guy will also conduct the orchestra and English Chamber Choir. The band will be the current line-up of the English Rock Ensemble. What is also quite exciting is that at many stages along the way, we will be broadcasting live from the various studios and when these will actually be will be decided as soon as the schedule is put to bed in a week or so and the RWCC site will be the first to print these times.
 
These broadcasts will include some of the initial pre-recording work including interviews with myself and Guy as to how the orchestration will be done and also live visits to the studio whilst the band are recording and also for overdubs, some of my solo work over the tracks, a visit during the orchestral recording and the choir as well.

This means that those interested can follow the progress almost from the beginning right through to its completion. The album will be completed by the end of September and the new orchestrations will go immediately to South America where the first live performances will take place in the last two weeks of November and maybe into December as well.

Originally posted by August, 2012 August, 2012 wrote:

............and so, starting with Journey to the Centre of the Earth, it is now well into production. The musical template for the new 52 minute version is complete and the orchestrations are being done as I write the GORR and will be completed by the end of the month.
 
Originally posted by September, 2012 September, 2012 wrote:

Journey to the Centre of the Earth is nearing completion. All the vocals are finished and the narration and all the band parts and 99% of the keyboard parts. We start recording the choir and orchestra in early September and with a modicum of good fortune the whole project should be mixed by the end of the month. It is far and away the most exciting work I’ve been involved with for many a long year.

Originally posted by October, 2012 October, 2012 wrote:

What a momentous month September was with the completion of Journey to the Centre of the Earth and organising its very special release in time for Christmas in association with Future Publishing, who of course have all the major music magazines such as Classic Rock and Prog Mag.

Journey will appear as one of their very special “fanpacks” and will arrive in over 1,900 stores in the UK prior to Xmas and will have with it, a 132 page magazine/book which will be packed with stuff about the album plus pictures and interviews never before seen.

There will also be the complete history of the Journey from its outset plus interviews with many of those who participated in its making.

So there you have it from the horse's mouth - a completely brand new studio recording with new-bits.
 
I've ordered my copy without site connection problems. Approve
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

The only "other" version I know of is the 1999 Return To... album with Ozzy Osbourne, Justin Haywood and Bonnie Tyler, and that's not a studio re-recording of the original live album. What is the version you have Ian?

This one


with this cover


I m ust say this newest versdion sounds like the bee's knees though.


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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

The only "other" version I know of is the 1999 Return To... album with Ozzy Osbourne, Justin Haywood and Bonnie Tyler, and that's not a studio re-recording of the original live album. What is the version you have Ian?

This one


with this cover


I m ust say this newest versdion sounds like the bee's knees though.
Originally posted by Rick Wakeman Rick Wakeman wrote:

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I despise this album in every respect. The master tapes of the back tracks were taken to America and appalling vocals put on them without my approval. The final result was also then sold without my approval and without my receiving a penny. The master tapes were never even returned to me. the album is a disgrace.
Wakey's Verdict
If you buy it, don't expect me ever to autograph it.
Little Known Trivia
When I contacted the original company in America who had illegally purchased it I was threatened with not just violence but that I would "mysteriously disappear" if I interfered any more and I was never to expect one penny or my masters back.

addendum……Even though this album keeps appearing on different labels PLEASE don't buy it I beg of you!!!!!

 
 
(I've just ordered it from Amazon - more reason for Rick to scowl at me next time I get an album signed at a gig LOL)


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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2012 at 08:57
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Points: 29116 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2012 at 02:59
I've gone the Amazon route as well (didn't want the crumby t-shirt anyway)
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Points: 18446 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2012 at 08:15
Well, ELP did their version of Pictures at an Ex. in the studio and while I think it had an excellent sound stage, I was disappointed that they didn't expand it a bit with more solo's and the Blues jam.

As for Wakeman, I'll be interested to see how close to the original the performance energy is. Played live, like Pictures at an Ex., these works are almost always more fun for me to listen to.

So out of curiosity, who else has done an album of material only as a live release and you think should take a studio production approach to?
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Points: 1072 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2012 at 09:56
There was a studio version on a lot of greatest hits, around 30 minutes long, no narration. It's pretty good. I always loved the original live CD. Very good. There's an alternate live one too.

I liked the story telling part of the album too. I thought the narrator was terrific. He was a famous actor in the 60s and died young, so he won't be on this new one.
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2012 at 10:10
Originally posted by RoyFairbank RoyFairbank wrote:

There was a studio version on a lot of greatest hits, around 30 minutes long, no narration. It's pretty good. I always loved the original live CD. Very good. There's an alternate live one too.

I liked the story telling part of the album too. I thought the narrator was terrific. He was a famous actor in the 60s and died young, so he won't be on this new one.

We already discussed this if you read the thread, and David Hemmings didn't die so very young.
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Points: 1256 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 16 2012 at 02:01
The original always bothered me a bit, so I guess this is a wonderful oppurtunity to get the Journey Smile
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For me to be interested in this, I would want an upfront promise of vintage instruments and recording equipment. There is something about Rick Wakeman playing digital synthesizers and recorded in digital crispness that loses all of the majesty and mystery of his music.
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