Live at Hammersmith (Rick Wakeman album)

Live at Hammersmith is the second live album by Rick Wakeman. Despite being a 1985 concert, the music performed is from the first three albums (1973–1975). During this show there was a power failure, and Wakeman walked to the front and told jokes for 45 minutes, although had to subsequently pay for running over time as the power had been restored after 3 minutes.^[4]

Live at Hammersmith
Live album by Rick Wakeman
Released	December 1985[1]
Recorded	Hammersmith Odeon, London, May 9, 1985
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	59:30
Label	President
Rick Wakeman chronology
Silent Nights (1985) Live at Hammersmith (1985) Country Airs (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Amazon	[2]
Prog Archives	[3]

Track listing

1. "Arthur" 13.02
2. "Three Wives" 16.55
3. "Journey" 21.56
4. "Merlin" 7.37

Song titles

Three of these songs have shorter or altered names:

• Three Wives is a made-up name implying this is a medley of 3 songs from the album The Six Wives of Henry VIII
• Journey is short for Journey to the Centre of the Earth
• Merlin is short for Merlin the Magician, a song from The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Personnel

Musicians

• Rick Wakeman – keyboards
• Rick Fenn – guitars
• Chas Cronk – bass
• Gordon Neville – lead vocals, percussion
• Tony Fernandez – drums

Production

• John Acock – mixing
• Denis Blackham – mastering

References

1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 879. ISBN 9780862415419.
2. Live at Hammersmith reviews Retrieved on 2014-8-04.
3. Live at Hammersmith review at Prog Archives Retrieved on 2014-8-04.
4. "RWCC - Live at Hammersmith". Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2014.