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Showing posts with label Clive Nolan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clive Nolan. Show all posts

Friday, November 5, 2021

Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman "Dark Fables"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Elflock Records ('Tales By Gaslight' box set), Spirit of Unicorn Music (standalone CD)
Format: CD, digital
Release date: April 23, 2021 (in 'Tales By Gaslight' box set), November 5, 2021 (standalone CD, digital)
Tracklist
1. The Overture (4:07) 
2. I'd Give You Everything (2:57) 
3. The Mirror (5:17) 
4. Elizabeth (2:01) 
5. Why Do You Hate Me? (3:51) 
6. The Wedding Approaches (4:30) 
7. Time Passes (3:23) 
8. A Descent Into Madness (4:47) 
9. 221B (2:00) 
10. The Man Called Sherlock (7:03) 
11. The Baker Street Irregulars (2:39) 
12. The Jabberwocky (1:47) 

Total Time 44:22

Line-up
Clive Nolan (Pendragon, Arena) - keyboards, piano (3, 4), vocals (3), backing vocals (7)
Oliver Wakeman - keyboards, piano (2, 6-10), bass (3, 7, 11)
   With
Gordon Giltrap - classical guitar  (6)
Paul Manzi (The Sweet, Arena, Oliver Wakeman) - vocals (5, 10)
Andy Sears (Twelfth Night) - vocals (2, 7)
Karl Groom (Threshold) - acoustic guitar (2)
David Mark Pearce (Oliver Wakeman, Munroe's Thunder) - electric guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), acoustic guitar (8, 10, 11)
Charlotte Dickerson - vocals (6), backing vocals (2)
Tim Nunes - violin (1, 6, 11)
Adam Nunes - cello (11)
Rick Wakeman (Yes) - narration (12)

Description/Reviews:
Dark Fables’ contains over 30 minutes of music conceived for the abandoned ‘Frankenstein’ album which would have joined the duo’s ‘Jabberwocky’ and ‘Hound Of The Baskervilles’ collaborations.
The set also includes unused pieces from their ‘The Hound Of The Baskervilles’ album; ‘The Man Called Sherlock’, which was the original version of the ‘Overture’, and ‘221B’, inspired by Sherlock Holmes’ famous address in Baker Street.
Media/Samples
Spotify

Links:
Web page (Clive Nolan)
Facebook (Clive Nolan)
Web page (Oliver Wakeman)
Facebook (Oliver Wakeman)
Progarchives
Proggnosis

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Clive Nolan "Song of the Wildlands"


Country: UK
Genre(s): Symphonic
LabelCrime Records, We Låve Rock Music 
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 1, 2021
Tracklist
1. The Story Begins (3:05) 
2. There's A Threat (4:53) 
3. Crossing The Ocean (4:28) 
4. Beowulf's Promise (3:23) 
5. Grendel Attacks (4:21) 
6. Celebration (2:14) 
7. The Hag's Revenge (2:49) 
8. Journey (3:17) 
9. Underwater Cavern (3:50) 
10. Rewards (6:07) 
11. Beowulf, The King (4:00) 
12. Dragon Fire (4:58) 
13. The Warrior Dies (2:42) 
14. Funeral Pyre (5:15) 
15. The Story Ends (1:38) 

Total Time 57:00 

Line-up
Clive Nolan (Shadowland, Arena, Pendragon, Caamora) - Orchestration, keyboards, and programming
Vicki Swan - Nyckelharpa
Mark Westwood (Shadowland, Caamora) - Electric Guitar
Stig Andre Clason - Acoustic Guitar
Arnfinn Isaksen - Bass Guitar
Scott Higham (Pendragon) - Drums
Geir Johansen - Extra Percussion
Birgitte Njå - Lur
Morten Clason - Flute
Ross Andrews - Narrator
Ryan Morgan - Vocals (Beowulf)
Christina Booth (Magenta) - Vocals (Tyra)
Gemma Ashley - Vocals (Solveig)
Natalie Barnett - Vocals (Freja)
Ensemble Anonym - Plainchant
The "Wildland Warriors Choir" - Choir

Description/Reviews:
The album is based on the saga of Beowulf and spanning the genres of rock, folk, symphonic rock and classical music.
Media/Samples
Streams

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Clive Nolan "Hidden Treasure"


Country: UK
Genre(s)Musical, Rock Opera, Progressive Rock
FormatCD
Release dateJuly 2015
Tracklist
  1. Overture (Victoria Bolley)
  2. Journey of Life (Clive Nolan & Noel Calcaterra)
  3. Vulnerable (Agnieszka Swita)
  4. The Magician (Orchestral Demo)
  5. Closer (Gemma Louise Edwards)
  6. Amelia (Matthew Ronchetti)
  7. Job's Lament (Ian Baldwin)
  8. Desperate Days (Becky Carter)
  9. In Aeternum (Agnieszka Swita)
  10. Unwelcome Guest (Verity Smith & Ross Andrews)
  11. History (Chris Lewis)
  12. Share This Dream (Gemma Louise Edwards)
  13. The Awkward Path (Orchestral Demo)
Line-up
Clive Nolan
Noel Calcaterra
Victoria Bolley
Agnieszka Swita
Gemma Louise Edwards
Matthew Ronchetti
Ian Baldwin
Becky Carter
Verity Smith
Ross Andrews
Chris Lewis
and others

Description/Reviews
'Hidden Treasure' is a collection of demos, oddities and unreleased material from 'She' and 'Alchemy'. All songs on this album are never-heard-before versions performed by the stellar cast of singers and instrumentalists involved in both projects over the last 10 years. 
Links:
Web page
Facebook
Progarchives
Proggnosis

Monday, February 25, 2013

Clive Nolan "Alchemy"


Country: UK
Sub GenreSymphonic, Musical, Rock opera
LabelMetal Mind Productions
Release dateFebruary, 25 (Poland), March, 4 (Europe) April, 9 (North America) 2013
Tracklist
CD 1 – Act I:
1. Prologue
2. Deception
3. One for the Noose
4. The Warning
5. Amelia
6. King Explains
7. Desperate Days
8. Planning a Break In
9. Quaternary Plan
10. The Unwelcome Guest
11. Waiting for News
12. The Girl I Was
13. Highgate

CD 2 – Act II:
1. The Labyrinth
2. Ambush
3. The Tide of Wealth
4. Jagman Arrives
5. The End Justifies the Means
6. Sanctuary
7. Street Fight
8. Amelia Dies
9. Burial at Sea
10. Share this Dream
11. Treachery
12. The Ritual
13. Anzeray Speaks
14. Aftermath

Line-up
Clive Nolan (Shadowland, Arena, Pendragon, Caamora): keyboards, vocals (Professor Samuel King)
Andy Sears (Twelfth Night):  vocals (Lord Henry Jagman)
Damian Wilson (Threshold, Landmarq):  vocals (Captain Joseph Farrell)
Agnieszka Swita (Caamora):  vocals (Amelia Darvas)
Victoria Bolley:  vocals (Eva Bonaduce)
Chris Lewis:  vocals (Thomas Anzeray)
Noel Calcaterra:  vocals (Jessamine)
Paul Manzi (Oliver Wakeman, Arena):  vocals (Milosh)
Paul Menel (IQ):  vocals (Ben Greaves)
Tracy Hitchings (Landmarq, Strangers On A Train ):  vocals (Jane Muncey)
David Clifford (Red Jasper):  vocals (William Gardelle)

Mark Westwood (Shadowland, Caamora):  guitar
Scott Higham (Pendragon):  drums
Claudio Momberg (SETI, Taurus, Subterra, Caamora):  keyboards
Kylan Amos:  bass

Description/Reviews
'Alchemy' is a Victorian adventure set in 1842, with a sense of the dark and mysterious.
Media/Samples 
Street Fight
Anzeray Speaks
Progstreaming

Links:
Album's web page
Album's Facebook
Proggnosis