Richard Christopher Wakeman CBE (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist and composer best known as a former member of the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004, and for his solo albums released in the 1970s. AllMusic describes Wakeman as a "classically trained keyboardist extraordinaire who plied his trade with Yes and developed his own brand of live spectacular in a solo act." More about Rick Wakeman
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Born and raised in West London, Wakeman quit his studies at the Royal College of Music in 1969 to become a full-time session musician. His early sessions included "Space Oddity", among other tracks, for David Bowie, and songs by Elton John, Marc Bolan, Cat Stevens, and Lou Reed. In 1970 Wakeman joined the folk rock group The Strawbs, during which his virtuosity gained national press coverage. He left in 1971 to join Yes, with whom he played on some of their most influential albums across two stints until 1980. During this time Wakeman began a solo career in 1973 and became an iconic and prominent figure in progressive rock. His highest-selling and most acclaimed albums are his first three: The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973), the UK number-one Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974), and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1975), all concept albums. In 1974 he formed his band, The English Rock Ensemble, with which he toured worldwide and continues to perform, and went on to score his first major film, Lisztomania (1975).In total, we tracked 488 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Rick Wakeman (SIGNED YES ALAN WHITE RICK WAKEMAN ROGER DEAN STEVE HOWE BRUFORD DOWNES HORN) was sold in January 2023 for £229.99 while the cheapest item (SIGNED Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 12 Vinyl) found a new owner for £0.70 in January 2019. The month with the most items sold (16) was July 2019 with an average selling price of £20.00 for an autographed item of Rick Wakeman. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2012 with £81.75 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was October 2015. In average, an autographed item from Rick Wakeman is worth £18.00.
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