Rick Wakeman - Starship Trooper (2016)

Today, April 15th Purple Pyramid records releases an out of this world collection of extraordinary performances by legendary YES keyboardist Rick Wakeman! For more than four decades Rick Wakeman has established himself as a visionary showman without peer, the creator of some of the most extravagant performances, breathtaking soloing and imaginative passages ever preserved on record, or executed on stage.

Aptly titled "Starship Trooper", this amazing collection contains 2 previously unreleased tracks including a powerful rendition of Tool's "Sober" plus several more brilliant cover songs of The Who, Pink Floyd, and The Doors including 5 never before heard versions! The compilation also includes performances by Gong's Steve Hillage, Yes's Billy Sherwood, Steve Howe and Tony Kaye, William Shatner, Colin Moulding, Jerry Goodman, Nik Turner, Carmine Appice and more!

"Over the last few years I have performed on many tracks as a 'guest' but never before has anybody put some of the best of those I played on into a compilation. It's always challenging to be involved in tracks of other people's music and other people's arrangements as it often makes you think and play differently and certainly on many of these tracks I play in quite an unexpected way, but there again, much of my life has been pretty unexpected anyway!"

TRACKLIST

01. Sober (Feat. Billy Sherwood & Jürgen Engler)
02. Are We To Believe (Feat. Steve Hillage, Billy Sherwood & Jurgen Engler)
03. Random Acts (Feat. Jerry Goodman, Nik Turner, Jimmy Haslip, Billy Sherwood & Jurgen Engler)
04. Dynamics Of Delirium (Feat. Jürgen Engler)
05. Love Reign O'er Me (Feat. Huw Lloyd-Langton & Carmine Appice)
06. Crime Of The Century (Feat. Tony Levin & Billy Sherwood)
07. The Great Gig In The Sky (Feat. Steve Howe)
08. I'm Not In Love (Feat. Nektar)
09. Starship Trooper (Feat. Tony Kaye, Mickey Thomas & Billy Sherwood)
10. Check Point Karma (Feat. Colin Moulding & Billy Sherwood)
11. Change (Feat. William Shatner & Billy Sherwood)