1 	Catherine Parr / Beware Your Enemies 	11:07
2 	Out There 	13:17
3 	No Earthly Connection 	8:06
4 	Dance Of A Thousand Lights 	5:48
5 	The Cathedral In The Sky 	10:36
6 	White Rock 	3:15
7 	Wurm 	9:29

Bass – Lee Pomeroy
Drums – Tony Fernandez
Guitar – Ant Glynne
Keyboards – Erik Jordan
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Rick Wakeman
Vocals – Ashley Holt

RICK WAKEMAN is a complex guy, not only musically. I took a fair amount of time to get his music but today I can say he's one of my favorites in the Prog scene. Many think that he started his career with YES, which isn't true, he had recorded with many peopl as a studio musician and it includes the STRAWBS.

RICK WAKEMAN's career is full of downs and lows. During 73 to 76 Rick was on rise, his records sold millions: The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (1973), Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1974), The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of Round Table (1975) & No Earthly Connection (1976). With the changes in Prog things weren't different to the keyboard wizard. His records would not reach the same quality for 2 decades.

This CD, In The Nick Of Time (2012), was recorded in the tour of his album Out There (2003). This was a record that brought him to his good old Prog. After a couple of years doing only piano concerts he decided that was time to get his band back together and go full on stage and recordings. So he brought The English Rock Ensemble back (adding a New to the name) and made a conceptual record about the possible life that exists beyond Earth. Outter space. The musicians were his long partners Tony Fernandez (drums) and Ashley Holt (vocals) and the new mates were Ant Glynne (guitars) and Lee Pomeroy (bass). In The Nick Of Time (2012) was released in March via Gonzo Multimidia and I have to say that this is a great live album and I don't even like live recordings.

It's a great set list that covers a little of both worlds, Rick's classics and new material. Including songs from The Six Wives Of Henry VIII ('Catherine Parr', doubled with 'Beware Your Enemies'), No Earthly Connection (which is in fact a meddle of 'Music Reincarnate ? The Spaceman' and 'Music Reincarnate ? The Realisation'), Return To The Centre Of Earth ('Dance Of A Thousand Lights') and 2 tracks from Out There ('Out There' & 'The Cathedral In The Sky'). To complete the set, a weird choice, 'Würm', a section of 'Starship Trooper', a YES classic. Weird because this is a guitar song, and here the whole band shines.

And all of the great music comes with a 20 page booklet, 6 of them with a great article wrote by Rick himself and lots of pictures. This is a great show that should be heard asap. ---ProgShine, progarchives.com

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1. Just Another Day (11.14)
2. Mr. Lonely (3.47)
3. One In The Eye (5.32)
4. Men In Suits (8.05)
5. Leave The Blindfold (3.02)
6. Waveform (6.01)
7. Retrospective (6.35)
8. Homage To The Doctor (9.04)
9. Can You Smell Burning? (6.30)
10. The Stalker (8.45)

- Rick Wakeman: Keyboards
- Dave Colquhoun: Acoustic & electric guitars
- Lee Pomeroy: Bass
- Tony Fernandez: Drums & percussion
- Ashley Holt: Vocals
- Jemma Wakeman: Vocals and backing vocals

Recommended album for Wakeman fans, but not interesting enough for anyone else. Retro is an album where Rick Wakeman decided to focus solely on 70s vintage instruments like the hammond, the analog synthesizers, and the mellotron. It is a refreshing album full of nostalgia, but some of the keyboard sounds are the hideous ones from his clunker "Rhapsodies" album. Other problems include some mediocre songwriting in places.

Nevertheless, you can't ask for a better opening track as "Just Another Day" takes you back to the 70s and the composition simply shines all the way through. Opening with a bizarre motif (later used in the second half of the song) and leading with the grandiose mellotron, great old-school keyboards and synthesizers, and Ashley Holt giving possibly his best vocal performance since No Earthly Connection's "The Prisoner." Sadly, the best song is followed by the worst one: a weak, noisy, repetitive rocker with distorted vocals and horrid guitars. "One In The Eye" has a weak main synthesizer motif and while the playing is good, the instrumental does not leave a good impression. Fortunately, "Men in Suits" improves things somewhat, with great use of the mellotron and analog synthesizer, but it's still not an excellent tune by any means. "Leave The Blindfold" is a melodic tune sang by Wakeman's daughter. It's not bad, but it is out of place here. While "Waveform's" middle section is good, the rest suffers from a horrible quacking-sounding synth sound and out of place mellotron. A bad song. "Retrospective" rescues the album again, a mellow and more thought out composition with appropriate usage of the old instruments. "Homage To The Doctor" is a tribute to the deceased Robert Moog, the inventor of the synthesizer. I really think that Rick Wakeman should have dropped the cheesy lyrics and focused on putting a great show by playing loads of synths. He does play the synths well here, but the vocal parts are a bit unnecessary. While this review doesn't look too positive for now, the last two songs are better than anything after 'Just Another Day'. "Can You Smell Burning?" is an instrumental with blazing synthesizer runs, 5/4 rock groove, and fiery Hammond B3. The closer "The Stalker", while having weak lyrics, it is the most epic-sounding track and both Ashley Holt and Jemma provides good vocals. It provides a very good dramatic climax to the album. ---Zitro , progarchives.com

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1.White Rock 	3:10 	
2.Searching For Gold 	4:20 	
3.The Loser 	5:30 	
4.The Shoot 	4:00 	
5.Lax'x 	4:53 	
6.After The Ball 	3:05 	
7.Montezuma's Revenge 	3:55 	
8.Ice Run 	6:09 	

White Rock is a 1977 documentary film about the 1976 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria.

The film was directed by Tony Maylam, who at around the same time had also made a concert film featuring the rock group Genesis, Genesis: In Concert. The two films were shown as a double bill in British cinemas in 1977.

As for White Rock, a soundtrack by Rick Wakeman was released. A sequel to the album would be released in 1999.

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1- Norwegian Wood - 5:48
2- You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - 7:19
3- The Fool On The Hill - 5:13
4- Eleanor Rigby - 7:58
5- Come Together - 4:12
6- While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 6:01
7- We Can Work It Out - 3:52
8- The Help Trilogy - 4:43
9- Things We Said Today - 3:51
10- Blackbird - 2:15
11- She's Leaving Home 5:12

- Rick Wakeman - keyboards, arranger & producer
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- Fraser Thorneycroft-Smith - guitar
- Phil Laughlin - bass
- Stuart Swaney - percussion programming, mixing

Prog-rock legends Yes had covered Beatles songs in the past, but TRIBUTE represents Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman's full-blown homage to the Fab Four. It contains his instrumental, keyboard-dominated versions of 11 Beatles classics. Instead of slathering these tunes with prog-rock grandeur, though, Wakeman keeps things relatively close to the bone. Rather than resorting to displays of technical flash, the keyboard king focuses on expressivity when interpreting the carefully wrought melodies of such Beatles tunes as "Norwegian Wood" and "She's Leaving Home." ---Jim Allen, AllMusic Review

Released in 1998, "Tribute" finds Rick Wakeman putting together a collection of cover versions of Beatles songs. According to his official website, the album was commissioned by a private company on the back of his version of "Eleanor Rigby" (a version which he himself is not entirely happy with).

The eleven songs selected are among the better known of the Beatles album tracks, although relatively few were singles. The interpretations are usually soft offering pleasant but undemanding variations on familiar melodies. Sometimes, such as with "We can work it out", the rendition is too phonetic, each syllable being represented individually. Things work better when a symphonic aspect is added, like on the slowed down interpretation of "Help". It is probably fair to say that this adaptation was inspired by John Farnham's fine version of that song.

Although entirely understandable, it does seem a bit odd to hear the main theme of "While my guitar gently weeps" played out on keyboards. There is actually guitar on the track, Wakeman having put together a small band for these recordings.

Overall, a good album to have on when entertaining guests and not a bad album to listen to at other times. ---Easy Livin, progarchives.com

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