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Rick Wakeman Journey To The Center Of The Earth  Hot
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Friday, 28 January 2005


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Content Grade: B+
Sound Grade: B
Picture Grade: B+

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Music Video Distributors-MSRP$24.95 Fullscreen (1.33:1) Dolby digital 2.0 95 minutes, color, 1975

Review

Very few artists in the 70's reached the extravagance of Rick Wakeman and his classical rock productions. Using an army of keyboards, Wakeman composed and arranged magnificent works which helped define classical rock. "Journey To The Center Of The Earth" was his second successful work, surpassing his critically acclaimed "VI Wives Of Henry The VIII" with a full orchestra and choir complement. This DVD was recorded live in Australia in 1975, at the height of Wakeman's popularity.
The DVD set from Music Video Distributors is a British import, from Classic Pictures Entertainment, as part of their Rock Legends catalog. It includes not only the full concert on DVD but also a separate CD for added value. Besides the entire "Journey" work, Wakeman treats the audience to selected excerpts from " Six Wives" and also from "Kin Arthur", his follow up work to "Journey". The concert line up is as follows: Catherine Parr Guinevere Journey To The Center Of The Earth -The Journey -The Recollection -The Battle -The Forest After this, Wakeman gives more from his other works: Catherine Howard Merlin Anne Boleyn The concert ends with an encore performance of The Forest Accompanying Wakeman are Guitarists Jeffrey Crampton and Roger Newell, Barney James on drums, Ashley Holt and Gary Pickford Hopkins on vocals, and John Hodgson on percussion. The Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Choir help out on the arrangements, conducted by Verdon Williams.

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For those of us who lived through the classical rock period of the 70's and enjoyed it, this disc is a must have. Wakeman and company put on a spectacular show for the time and it is a real bargain with the accompanying CD. The technical quality of the disc is very good, although I long for 5.1 sound for such an event. Still, it is a good as technology allowed for the time.

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