From: Alan J. Mallery <ajmaller@ouray.cudenver.edu>
Subject: Re: Rick Wakeman NEWS!
Date: Thu, 7 May 98 07:43:00
Message-ID: <6iqli2$nt9$4@news.cudenver.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.music.progressive
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver

Nic Caciappo (nicbeat@earthlink.net) wrote:

: Rick Wakeman has signed a major deal with EMI-Classics to resurrect his
: successful 1974 album, "Journey To The Centre of the Earth." The sequel
: will be titled "Return To The Centre of the Earth" and will be recorded
: this summer and released on Jan 18 1999. An anniversary concert will be
: performed in London on the same date of the CD release, which also
: happens to be the same date that the original was performed at the Royal
: Festival Hall in London 25 years ago!

: Major guest stars from the world of rock music will assist in the studio
: recording as well as the concert. Plans are also underway for a world
: tour with orchestra and choirs set up in each visited city.

Good lord he's gone off the deep end.  Hasn't Wakeman already re-recorded
this at least 3 or 4 times in recent years?  (answer: yes).

Alan

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