Rick Wakeman plays ‘Life on Mars’

May 9, 2008 at 12:44 AM
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I was trying to find a version of ‘Life on Mars’ that I had heard on Groove FM here in Wellington, but stumbled across Rick Wakeman doing one on piano instead. (Wakeman played it on the Bowie album.) Very amazing.

Rick Wakeman - Life On Mars (David Bowie)

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That is so beautiful! I love it!

That's nice, but my favourite version was on an LP by the London Symphony Orchestra from the late 70's/early 80's. I think it was "Classic Rock"* but sadly it was never re-issued on CD :-(

* Not to be confused with those awful "hooked on classic rock" albums

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My favorite part of the original "Life on Mars" is the last 12 seconds where you just hear the piano bit. This was a treat, thanks!

Procrastinator: I was going to reply last night but it’s a few hours later here in NZ and I had to go to bed. Robin: I wonder if that was the one I was searching for. I heard it on Groove and haven’t asked the station manager, whom I am in occasional contact with. It is a piano solo though but the pianist really hammered out that song, with changing tempo and a lot of energy. Ceji: I like that part, too—the chords are very neat!

I found it, and it was released on CD but only available second hand from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Rock-London-Symphony-Orchestra/dp/B000SSNXNU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1210331383&sr=8-5

Thanks, Robin. I’ll surf over and see if there are any preview tracks.

Sadly not, my Dad got this LP but I really remember it for the Bohemian Rhapsody and A Whiter Shade of Pale. I think it was "Pale" that had a deep church organ bass that made the needle leap...

I bought a similar one from the RPO for a friend with Queen songs, many years ago.

Rick Wakeman plays ‘Life on Mars’

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