Rick Wakeman - (1976) No Earthly Connection

The last of Rick Wakeman's decent albums. After this the slide began to show. Maybe it had something to do with mass production and releasing of records, not sure really what happened. No Earthly Connection is an excellent album though and whilst being pretentious at times it has a great concept feel to it. Pointedly stating that music is more spiritual than we really think and of course having the cosmic reference of being a universal language. He transfers those ideas into this album very well.The whole album is continuous but Side 2 commencing with ' the Realisation' really gets the album moving.It has moments of lucid stillness and is very spatial which is unlike any of Wakeman's previous works. Give it a listen.

Rick's Perspective:
Notes: I truly believe there is life apart from that on earth and also that there are many other unknown dimensions as welland that's what this album was all about. Unfortunately the press thought I'd gone off my rocker and slagged it off. A&M records held emergency meetings because of poor sales - 4,000,000 plus as it happens!!
Wakey's Verdict: Full of recording techniques and production that were way ahead of its time and the album has created more controversy than any other album I have made . It's either loved or hated.

Track List:
01 Music Reincarnate - The Warning/
02 Music Reincarnate - The Maker/
03 Music Reincarnate - The Spaceman/
04 Music Reincarnate - The Realisation/
05 Music Reincarnate - The Reaper/
06 The Prisoner/
07 The Lost Cycle

Line Up:
Rick Wakeman - Keyboards/
Ashley Holt - Vocals/
John Dunsterville - Guitars/Mandolin/
Martyn Shields - Brass/Reg Brooks - Brass/
Roger Newell - Bass/Vocals /
Tony Fernandez - Drums