Oliver Wakeman reunites with Clive Nolan after 20 years to issue a 3CD Box Set \u2013 \u201cTales By Gaslight\u201d featuring remastered versions of their \u2018future prog classics\u2019 \u201cJabberwocky\u201d and \u201cThe Hound Of The Baskervilles\u201d along with a new disc \u201cDark Fables.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cTales By Gaslight\u201d box set, comprising 3CDs each with a 16-page booklet and 3 individual Art prints of the three covers, will be released by Burning Shed on 23rd April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Watch the video for the unreleased track \u201cWhy Do You Hate Me\u201d from \u201cDark Fables\u201d:<\/strong>https:\/\/youtu.be\/hHgejgg5Wy4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clive Nolan (Pendragon, Arena) and Oliver Wakeman (YES, Strawbs) first combined their considerable keyboard and compositional talents to create two rock opera\/concept albums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJabberwocky,\u201d released in 1999, was based on the famous Lewis Carroll poem. It was followed by \u201cThe Hound of The Baskervilles\u201d (2002), inspired by the Sherlock Holmes novel penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The project was always intended to be a trilogy of musical interpretations of literary classics, but an album inspired by Mary Shelley\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d was shelved because of a lack of record company funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This box set package also includes a third disc, featuring previously unreleased pieces that were intended to complete the trilogy. This third disc, \u201cDark Fables,\u201d contains over 30 minutes of music conceived for the abandoned \u201cFrankenstein\u201d album. Nolan and Wakeman also found pieces which were unused from \u201cThe Hound of The Baskervilles.\u201d These include \u201cThe Man Called Sherlock\u201d which was the original version of the \u201cOverture\u201d and \u201c221B,\u201d inspired by Sherlock Holmes\u2019 famous address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unusually for the time, the first two albums featured a host of guest performances, including narration by Wakeman\u2019s father Rick and actor Robert Powell. Former YES guitarist, the late Peter Banks, Magnum vocalist Bob Catley and singer Tracy Hitchings appeared on both albums. Ayreon mastermind Arjen Lucassen lent his talent to \u201cThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u201d along with members from the bands IQ and Threshold. The unique artwork was created by Rodney Matthews for the original \u201cJabberwocky\u201d release. Peter Pracownik was the creativity behind \u201cThe Hound of The Baskervilles\u201d artwork 20 years ago and has returned to this trilogy by lending his talents to the new \u201cDark Fables\u201d artwork.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In keeping with the spirit of the two previous albums, the new recordings feature the talents of, amongst others, Gordon Giltrap, Paul Manzi (Arena, Oliver Wakeman Band, Sweet) Andy Sears (Twelfth Night) and David Mark Pearce (Oliver Wakeman Band). Also included is an original reading of the \u201cJabberwocky\u201d poem by Rick Wakeman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cTales By Gaslight\u201d box set contains 3 CDs each with 16-page booklets including lyrics, previously unseen art work and many stories behind the creativity from both Wakeman and Nolan. The first 250 box sets will also include a 4th limited edition numbered art print of the box set cover signed by Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman. \u201cTales By Gaslight\u201d will be released by Burning Shed on 23rd April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can pre-order the set here:<\/strong>https:\/\/burningshed.com\/store\/oliverwakeman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
About Oliver Wakeman<\/strong>
Eldest son of prog legend Rick, Wakeman filled the keyboard role, once held by his father, with YES from 2008 to 2011. His work with YES includes the triple live album in \u201cIn The Present \u2013 Live From Lyon,\u201d \u201cFly From Here\u201d and the \u201cFrom A Page\u201d box set featuring recordings from his time in the band released in 2019. During his tenure with YES, Wakeman also toured and recorded as a member of The Strawbs.\u00a0Wakeman\u2019s debut album (1997) \u201cHeaven\u2019s Isle\u201d was inspired by the island of Lundy, and he has since released a number of solo and Oliver Wakeman Band albums.\u00a0 He has also released several collaborations with renowned musicians, including Steve Howe, bandmate to both Oliver and his father in YES for \u201cThe Three Ages of Magick\u201d album, as well as uniting with another guitar legend Gordon Giltrap for the award-winning \u201cRavens & Lullabies\u201d album. Both of which are set to be part of an upcoming boxset.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About Clive Nolan<\/strong>
Aged just sixteen, multi-instrumentalist Nolan became the youngest musician (at that time) to gain an A.L.C.M. composition diploma from the London College of Music. At university he studied composition, orchestration, musical arrangement and conducting, gaining a B Mus and M Mus. He has played a prominent role in the development of progressive music, as a member of Pendragon since 1986 and as a member of Shadowland (1992 \u2013 present), Strangers on A Train (1993 \u2013 1994) and by forming his own band Arena in 1995. Nolan\u2019s interest in rock opera extends beyond his collaborations with Wakeman. In 2008 he wrote \u201cShe,\u201d based upon the novel by Sir H Rider Haggard, and two musicals \u201cAlchemy\u201d and \u201cKing\u2019s Ransom.\u201d This year will also see the release of a new \u2018Viking Inspired\u2019 album \u201cSong of the Wildlands,\u201d as well as the new Arena album \u201cThe Theory of Molecular Inheritance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information:<\/strong>
https:\/\/www.oliverwakeman.co.uk\/<\/a>Facebook –\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OliverWakeman\/<\/a>
Twitter @OliverWakeman
http:\/\/www.clivenolan.net\/<\/a>
Facebook –\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/clive.nolan.7<\/a>
Twitter – @operafanatica<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"