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Oliver Wakeman & Steve Howe - The 3 Ages of Magick Audio CD

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Oliver Wakeman & Steve Howe Band: Oliver Wakeman & Steve Howe
Title: The 3 Ages of Magick
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Release Date: 2001-07-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Ages of Magick 2: Mind Over Matter 3: Forgotten King 4: Storyteller 5: Whales Last Dance 6: Time Between Times 7: Flight of the Condor 8: Lutey and the Mermaid 9: Standing Stones 10: Enchanter 11: Healer 12: Through the Eyes of a Child 13: Hy Breasail

Best Album YES Never Made
The full range and dynamics of this recording will be fully realized this way. I recommend this piece of music be listened to, at least the first time, in one sitting all the way through. Which is important given the fact this release is as awesome, brillant, nuanced, and performed as any YES album. That explains why I refer to the "Three Ages of Magic" as the best album YES never made.


Young Wakeman and Steve Howe Are Mystical !
This instrumental CD is replete with sounds simulating orchestras and it invokes ancient England. Oliver Wakeman the son of Rick Wakeman, has inherited his father's dexterous keyboard virtuosity. Steve Howe's wonderful guitar sounds and input incredibly enhance the quality of this CD. If you like Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe's guitar work with Yes, you will certainly like this classic rock and mystical sounding CD.


Wow, who is this kid?
Wow, this kid is nearly as good as his dad. I bought this cd because Steve Howe was on it and thought to myself "I can't believe I'm buying an Oliver Wakeman cd".


Very good
Steve's parts really make you listen and are generally restful. On hearing it twice, it really does have a nice ring. Wakeman is a good composer, and helps Steve shine better than on Howe's solo efforts (nothing really that great since The Steve Howe Album, 1979).


What a surprise!Oliver Wakeman joins S.Howe:a nice idea!!
Well it's a modern prog work, not as complex as some early works by Yes, nevertheless this album - being animated by the same spirit - is worth checking out !! Here you find some celtic stuff and classic structures too, always enriched with a personal modern style of his own. . Ya, Mr Oliver Wakeman begins to create a more personal and mature sound in his scores! Such style is sometimes splitted by his father's music trademark, even though you find some spare traces of the best romantic sound, inspired by "6 wives of Henry VIII", the most famous solo work by Rick . . . well of course it's not the major part of the album, this one being characterized by a jazzy/funky style and some melodic pop/new age as well. The violin of Jo Greenland and also some Tony Dixon's pipes/flutes are the best complementary musical section, suitable for the airy Oliver's keyboards and piano. Talking about the support of Steve Howe on guitar, his music contribution is tasteful and important as usual, on a number of cuts, and I think of an artist who has never left the 70's music territory, by maintaining anyway the same taste (even though He has never been looking for new technology and modern music effects in the last years, as his style is too much connected to the old era, but nevermind!!)

The present album is recommended and naturally it's the most complete work among the last 3 albums by Oliver !!.


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