Rhapsodies (album)
Encyclopedia
Rhapsodies is a double
LP
by keyboardist Rick Wakeman
, which was released in 1979. It was his last studio release on A&M.
Double album
A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
LP
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
by keyboardist Rick Wakeman
Rick Wakeman
Richard Christopher Wakeman is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes...
, which was released in 1979. It was his last studio release on A&M.
Side one
- "Pedra de Gavea" – 4:11
- "Front Line" – 3:42
- "Bombay Duck" – 3:14
- "Animal Showdown (Yes We Have No Bananas)" – 2:40 (Wakeman, Frank Silver, Irving Cohn)
- "Big Ben" – 3:48
Side two
- "Rhapsody in BlueRhapsody in BlueRhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects....
" – 5:26 (George GershwinGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
; arranged Tony Visconti) - "Wooly Willy Tango" – 3:24
- "The Pulse" – 5:21
- "Swan Lager" – 2:50 (music taken from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and Grieg's pianoforte "Concerto in A Minor"; arranged Rick Wakeman)
Side three
- "March of the Gladiators" – 4:53
- "Flacons de Neige" – 5:01
- "The Flasher" – 5:32
- "The Palais" – 2:23
Side four
- "Stand-By" – 3:30
- "Sea Horses" – 3:52
- "Half Holiday" – 3:00
- "SummertimeSummertime (song)"Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP....
" – 4:27 (George Gershwin; arranged Rick Wakeman) - "Credits" - 2:39
Personnel
- Rick Wakeman - keyboards, likely vocals on "Pedra de Gavea".
- Bruce LynchBruce LynchBruce Lynch, born 1948, New Zealand, is an electric and acoustic bassist, producer and arranger.Arriving in the UK in the mid-70s, he became a highly sought-after studio and session musician touring extensively with Cat Stevens, including the 1976 Earth Tour, as well as appearing on six albums...
- bass guitars - Frank Gibson, Jr.Frank Gibson, Jr.Frank Gibson, Jr., born 1946, New Zealand, is a jazz drummer and drum tutor. His father, also Frank Gibson, was drummer and leader of the first rock’n’roll band in the country, Frank Gibson’s Rock’n’Rollers....
- drums and percussion - Nico Ramsden - electric guitar
- Tony ViscontiTony ViscontiAnthony Edward Visconti is an American record producer and sometimes a musician or singer.Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers; his lengthiest involvement with any artist is with David Bowie: intermittently from Bowie's 1969 album Space Oddity to 2003's Reality, Visconti...
- acoustic guitar.