Cirque Surreal / Out of the Blue

Cirque Surreal - Originally released in 1995 this album is considered a true treasure in Rick Wakeman's vast catalogue and has been unavailable for some time. The music on this album is considered by many including Rick Wakeman to be some of the best he has ever written and recorded. The album's musical director is also a well known name to many Rick Wakeman fans Rick's son Adam Wakeman. The music contained on Cirque Surreal was actually performed live in Brighton for the circus for a week complete with band. Since then however the album has become a hard to find artefact. The album also features Rick's long time drummer Tony Fernandez and Fraser Thorneycroft-Smith on guitar and on some of the tracks Chrissie Hammond on vocals. As the album has been unavailable for some time this re issue will be warmly received by the large and dedicated Rick Wakeman fan base. Out of the Blue - Out of the Blue was recorded live in Argentina in April 2001 and features a live performance of the English Rock Ensemble. The concert features many of the songs that have become favourites with Rick's fan base over the last thirty plus years including an edited version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth alongside Catherine Parr and even a couple of Yes Tracks in Starship Trooper and Wurm.