Album: Rehearsals and Demos
Artist: Rick Wakeman
2022 RRAW
CD: RWFC005CD

Caped Crusader Collector Club – Exclusively from the Rick Wakeman Archive, Release #5
Digital Audio Archaeology/Mastered by J Hughes

Rick Wakeman
with
Trevor Rabin (11)


Tracks 1–4 demos from African Bach (1991)
Tracks 5–6 demos from Wakeman with Wakeman (1992)
Tracks 7–10 demos from No Expense Spared (1993)
Track 11 from Return to the Centre of the Earth (1999)

 
Tracks:
1. "Song of Liberty", demo of "Liberty"
2. "African Bart - Mix 1", version of "African Bach"
3. "African Bart - Mix 2", version of "African Bach"
4. "African Bart - Mix 3", version of "African Bach"
5. "Boogie Woogie Piano - Take One", version of "Suicide Shuffle"
6. "Boogie Woogie Piano - Take Two", version of "Suicide Shuffle"
7. [unlabeled track], version of "Number 10"
8. "I Can See Through You", version of "It's Your Move"
9. "Save It for Another Day - I", version of "Nothing Ever Changes"
10. "Save It for Another Day - II", version of "Nothing Ever Changes"
11. "Never is a Long Time Rehearsal, With Click Track Start"


Notes: (***½) Like release number 3 of the Caped Crusader Collector Club (Unreleased Demos Volume 1), this one provides more alternate recordings from Rick's 1990s output, including another version of "Never is a Long, Long Time" with Trevor Rabin. Most of the tracks were renamed: "Song of Liberty" was called "Liberty" for African Bach, the title track of which dismayingly is called "African Bart" for the three mixes included here; "Boogie Woogie Piano" appears to be rehearsal takes for Wakeman with Wakeman's "Suicide Shuffle"; the unlabeled track is "​Number 10" from No Expense Shared; "I Can See Through You" became "It's Your Move" on No Expense Spared; and "Save It for Another Day” is “Nothing Ever Changes" from No Expense Spared. (Ray Riethmeier, 21 Apr 23)

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