Live at Hammersmith (Rick Wakeman album) explained

Live at Hammersmith
Type:	live
Artist:	Rick Wakeman
Cover:	Live_at_Hammersmith_(Rick_Wakeman_album)_cover.jpg
Released:	December 1985^[1]
Recorded:	Hammersmith Odeon, London, May 9, 1985
Genre:	Progressive rock
Length:	59:30
Label:	President
Prev Title:	Silent Nights
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Country Airs
Next Year:	1986

Live at Hammersmith is the second live album by Rick Wakeman. Despite being a 1985 concert, the music performed is from the first three albums (1973–1975). During this show there was a power failure, and Wakeman walked to the front and told jokes for 45 minutes, although had to subsequently pay for running over time as the power had been restored after 3 minutes.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Arthur" 13.02
2. "Three Wives" 16.55
3. "Journey" 21.56
4. "Merlin" 7.37

Song titles

Three of these songs have shorter or altered names:

• Three Wives is a made-up name implying this is a medley of 3 songs from the album The Six Wives of Henry VIII
• Journey is short for Journey to the Centre of the Earth
• Merlin is short for Merlin the Magician, a song from The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Personnel

Musicians

• Rick Wakeman – keyboards
• Rick Fenn – guitars
• Chas Cronk – bass
• Gordon Neville – lead vocals, percussion
• Tony Fernandez – drums

Production

• John Acock – mixing
• Denis Blackham – mastering

Notes and References

1. Book: The Great Rock Discography. 1995. 879 . 9780862415419 . Strong . Martin Charles .
2. Web site: RWCC - Live at Hammersmith . 2014-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180623222205/http://rwcc.com/title_detail.asp?int_titleID=16 . 2018-06-23 . dead .