Rick Wakeman – No.12 in the UK Albums Chart on My 1st Birthday

The Prince of Prog graces the No.12 position this week with his debut album.

Rick, who had up until now, been mainly a session musician in the late 1960’s and very early 1970’s, was gifted the chance to record his own album from A&M, the label he had been part of while a member of the Strawbs.

Since then, he’d moved on and became a member of Yes, who were on the Atlantic label, but the offer still stood…

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