Rick Wakeman - Winterland Ballroom 1975 (2009)

Rick Wakeman One of the premier rock keyboardists of the progressive era, Rick Wakeman cut his teeth as a London session musician at the tail-end of the 1960s before earning star status as a member of prog rock superstars Yes in 1971. He left the band in 1973 to concentrate on his burgeoning solo career and within a few years had released a trio of ambitious, classical rock albums that proved highly successful: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Wakeman briefly rejoined Yes in the late '70s, and during the next decade produced the film score for Ken Russell's Lisztomania; he also co-wrote a musical version of George Orwell's 1984 with lyricist Tim Rice. He subsequently recorded a series of acclaimed new age albums, recorded and toured intermittently with Yes, and maintained a prodigious recording and touring schedule, balancing his rock, new age, religious, and solo piano work.

Tracklist
1. The Journey to the Center of the Earth (Live in San Francisco 1975) (12:20)
2. Catherine Howard (Live in San Francisco 1975) (11:29)
3. Lancelot the Black Knight (Live in San Francisco 1975) (5:28)
4. Anne Boleyn (Live in San Francisco 1975) (8:57)
5. The Forest (Live in San Francisco 1975) (6:43)
6. Arthur & Guinevere (Live in San Francisco 1975) (14:41)
7. Merlin the Magician (Live in San Francisco 1975) (7:26)
8. Catherine Parr (Live in San Francisco 1975) (8:26)