Tag: Rick Wakeman

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This week we decided to postpone the second part of our Buggles episode because we had the chance to interview James Gardner about Rick Wakeman’s use of the harpsichord. It was a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion and we learned a lot about both the instrument and some of the characters involved with creating the actual instruments Rick used on recordings with Yes.

James has an encyclopedic knowledge of the use of harpsichords in popular music and he mentions a large number of songs which have featured the instrument over the years. I’ve added YouTube videos of each song James refers to in the show notes for this episode. You might want to refer to those while you listen to the interview or come back to them at the end. I found they helped me a great deal.

• What kind of harpsichord did Rick use?
• Who made it?
• Where else can we hear harpsichords in popular music?

Take a listen to the episode and then let us know what you think below!

Mark Lang’s setlist:

Our guest, James Gardner:

Radio NZ Thomas Goff – The Fall and Rise of Harpsichord 6

James’ article about the origin of the VCS3 synth

A James Gardner playlist (music mentioned in the episode)

https://youtu.be/4u6jYfJgj-o

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Facebook has just changed how pages work which means that I’ve had to establish a new place for us to post and discuss Yes-related happenings. It’s a new group entitled, rather creatively, YMP Discussion Group. For the moment it’s open to anyone to join but I’ll be adding rules and joining requirements when I have time. One of the advantages of the new format is that all members of the group have the same ability to post content, so it’s a bit more egalitarian, or somesuch. Please do search for the group and join in.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3216603008606331/

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Producers:

• Ken Fuller
• Jeffrey Crecelius and
• Wayne Hall

Patrons:

Aaron Steelman 	Dave Owen 
Mark James Lang 	Paul Tomei 
Joost Maglev 	David Heyden 
Martin Kjellberg 	Paul Wilson 
Bob Martilotta 	Lind 
Michael O’Connor 	William Hayes
Brian Sullivan 	David Pannell 
Miguel Falcão 	Lobate Scarp 
Chris Bandini 	David Watkinson 
Neal Kaforey 	Rachel Hadaway 
Craig Estenes 	Dem 
Paul Hailes 	Mark ‘Zarkol’ Baggs 
Doug Curran 	Robert Nasir 
Fergus Cubbage 	Scott Colombo 
Fred Barringer 	Gary Betts
Geoff Bailie 	Simon Barrow
Geoffrey Mason 	Stephen Lambe 
Guy R DeRome 	Steve Dill 
Henrik Antonsson 	Steve Perry 
Hogne Bø Pettersen 	Steve Rode 
Declan Logue	Steve Scott
Jamie McQuinn 	Steven Roehr 
Alan Begg	Terence Sadler 
Michael Handerhan 	Tim Stannard 
Jim 	Todd Dudley 
John Cowan 	Tony Handley 
John Holden 	Joseph Cottrell 
John Parry 	Keith Hoisington 
John Thomson 	Barry Gorsky 

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Theme music

The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert – I put it together from: archive.org