My wife and I were married to this music in 1981. The justice of the peace had this playing on his office stereo when we walked in. He started to turn it off, and we asked him to let it play! We love Rick Wakeman -- and it must have been magic. 30 years later, and we're still married.
Additional musicians Gary Pickford-Hopkins - vocals Ashley Holt - vocals Mike Egan - electric guitar Roger Newell - bass guitar Barney James - drums David Hemmings - narration David Measham - conductor London Symphony Orchestra English Chamber Choir Fuente: Wikipedia
The Forest Journey on through ages gone, to the centre of the earth Past rocks of quartz and granite, which gave mother nature birth Burial ground of ancient man, his life no more is seen, A journey through his time unknown, I wonder where he's been Wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been The shore now gone behind the hills, a forest in our sight, Rocks and distant mountains, bathed in waves of blinding light Forests from far gone time, no living man has seen, A private prehistoric world, for you and I a dream Brownish hue dictates my eye, no colour hides their fear, Flowers faded, dull and cold, now bleached by atmosphere Creatures twisting under trees, huge monsters soaked with rage Hidden deep below our earth, a frightening, bygone age Their shepherd came, now long extinct, a huge primeval man The three men filled with disbelief, just turned as one and ran.
We had music appreciation classes at our school, when I was 14, the year this came out. But I didn't really need it. This album was my "gateway drug" into classical music, and I never regretted it. But even better was finally getting to meet the man himself, and having him sign my vinyl copy!
Amo todo trabalho do R. Wakeman, tenho 6 vinis dele , são meus xodó. A 1ª que ele veio ao Brasil saí de casa escondida para ir ao Rio vê-lo, não piscava para não perder nada, depois já assistir dois shows dele aqui em BH ( 1984 e quando ele trouxe o filho dele ). Me emociono sempre que escuto ele, LINDO!!!!!!
This came out when I was 14, and though I liked SOME classical music, I wasn't very into it as a rule. Two albums changed all of that...Mike Oldfield's HERGEST RIDGE...and this one. They've been huge favorites of mine every since, and always will be.
MALUCO, EM VEZ DE TOCAR A MARCHA NUPCIAL, EU FIZ QUESTÃO DE TOCAR ESTAS MUSICAS, NO MEU CASAMENTO, NA ENTRADA DA NOIVA TOCOU THE JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, ISTO FOI EM 1988, VALEU, VALEU, FOI BOM, MUITO BOM
O show no maracanazinho eu fui e fiquei proximo ao palco junto colegas de campos dos goitacazes rj isso faz tempo eu tenho 6 vinis incluindo autografo do mesmo
@MiMangereiQualcosaNG The Battle was a different song, set on the sea during a fight to the death between an Ichtheosaurus and a Plesiosaurus. Both songs were on the second side of the LP version of Journey. In the long-gone days of vinyl, there were no individual tracks except, of course, side 1 and side 2.
I believe this was a great sensation in the 1st half of the 70's. An inovation. Songs mixed filling the whole side. It must have been as if rock music was trying to prove that it could be more than verse and chorus or just 4 min. simple tunes. There was possibility to look for more depth in youth's music.
Ésta es la musica que debe de sonar en el paraiso,donde los serafines y querubines hacen los coros.Sin duda que el señor ,en su infinita magnanimidad,les perdonará que sean...protestantes.
There were 2 vocalists in 1974/1975. Ashley Holt, that played in a band called Warhorse, that Wakeman and the very first Deep Purple bassist Nick Simper and Barney James, the drummer on this album, once were there too. And the other vocalist was Gary Pickford Hopkins.
I bought this record and loved it - I can't remember how old I was. Same with the Arthur album... Listening to it now, I can't believe how crap it was! Six Wives of Henry the Eighth still resonates, but all the others seem to get progressively worse and bloated. No wonder we had the punk / new wave reaction!
No. But I don't see how I can support my claim... either you hear or you don't (you can always take a good tuner I guess and see that he is quite far from the notes).
Ashley was much better with 'Warhorse', an early 70s band that featured ex-Deep Purple bassist Nick Simper. His vocals were horrible on this album...not sure what Mr. Wakeman was thinking. Still...if you can look beyond Ashley's poor vocals, the recording itself was brilliant. Thanks for the post...
My wife and I were married to this music in 1981. The justice of the peace had this playing on his office stereo when we walked in. He started to turn it off, and we asked him to let it play! We love Rick Wakeman -- and it must have been magic. 30 years later, and we're still married.
Congratulations to you ...
1:44 Always loved when the drums kick in here...
The forest is one of my favorite tracks ever. Unbelievable music!
35 years....THIS! IS! The epitome of TRUE MUSIC!!!!!!!! I SSSSOOOOO LOVE THIS!!!!!!
Man, I just can't get enough of that Mini Moog lead starting at 04:00 !
It Shreds, Love it!
Wakeman...forever 💗🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏
I remember when I was sixteen in my hometown, It was a awakening moment in my life.
so many memories listening this !
Additional musicians
Gary Pickford-Hopkins - vocals
Ashley Holt - vocals
Mike Egan - electric guitar
Roger Newell - bass guitar
Barney James - drums
David Hemmings - narration
David Measham - conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
English Chamber Choir
Fuente: Wikipedia
The Forest
Journey on through ages gone, to the centre of the earth
Past rocks of quartz and granite, which gave mother nature birth
Burial ground of ancient man, his life no more is seen,
A journey through his time unknown, I wonder where he's been
Wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been, wonder where he's been
The shore now gone behind the hills, a forest in our sight,
Rocks and distant mountains, bathed in waves of blinding light
Forests from far gone time, no living man has seen,
A private prehistoric world, for you and I a dream
Brownish hue dictates my eye, no colour hides their fear,
Flowers faded, dull and cold, now bleached by atmosphere
Creatures twisting under trees, huge monsters soaked with rage
Hidden deep below our earth, a frightening, bygone age
Their shepherd came, now long extinct, a huge primeval man
The three men filled with disbelief, just turned as one and ran.
Brings back memories of living in the barracks on Guam, many years ago .
i didnt know i still knew it by heart, note by note, after so many years. fond memories.
thank you heaps.
How I miss that times, that music, that magic!
What a journey!!!!!!
Thank you!
Jailene
Brings back lots of memories for me as well! This is truly a modern masterpiece!
We had music appreciation classes at our school, when I was 14, the year this came out. But I didn't really need it. This album was my "gateway drug" into classical music, and I never regretted it. But even better was finally getting to meet the man himself, and having him sign my vinyl copy!
Amo todo trabalho do R. Wakeman, tenho 6 vinis dele , são meus xodó. A 1ª que ele veio ao Brasil saí de casa escondida para ir ao Rio vê-lo, não piscava para não perder nada, depois já assistir dois shows dele aqui em BH ( 1984 e quando ele trouxe o filho dele ). Me emociono sempre que escuto ele, LINDO!!!!!!
In a video of this concert it shows Rick Wakeman Playing 5 Keyboards at once!!!
HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING!!!!!!
Fez parte de minha juventude. Música maravilhosa
This came out when I was 14, and though I liked SOME classical music, I wasn't very into it as a rule. Two albums changed all of that...Mike Oldfield's HERGEST RIDGE...and this one. They've been huge favorites of mine every since, and always will be.
oh my lord !!! this is a great piece that remember me when I was just fourteen
MALUCO, EM VEZ DE TOCAR A MARCHA NUPCIAL, EU FIZ QUESTÃO DE TOCAR ESTAS MUSICAS, NO MEU CASAMENTO, NA ENTRADA DA NOIVA TOCOU THE JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, ISTO FOI EM 1988, VALEU, VALEU, FOI BOM, MUITO BOM
I want to thank you warmly for posting this version, I haven't listened to this song for years. It takes me to my twenties!
Thank You ~M~ 55 and I lived it
The Forest a canção, saudades daqueles 76 e 77 já se foram 41 anos e deixaram muitas saudades, abraço !!
Hacía tanto que no oía esta canción en esta versión. Amigo me has llevado a un viaje al centro de mi alma!!
LOL! I hear my 8-track "click" over about 30 seconds into this!
Meu primeiro LP, simplesmente maravilhoso!!! Que viagem!!! A parte onde toca Grieg é sensacional!!! De arrepiar, sempre!
magic electric piano thanks for posting
Assim me faz voltar ao bons tempos de rock.
hmmm.. brilliant!
Obra de arte del Mago❤❤❤
wonderful to hear!!! thanks for posting this
journey to the centre of the earth fantastic album rick Wakeman is a musical genius
I had the quadraphonic system for this song, Damnit was good.
I hear Dovregubbens Hall. Good music.
Que Dios te pague por conservar estas Melodias.Eres genial.
Gosto muito de todo o álbum de " viagem ao centro da terra". Rick Wakeman realmente é incrível.
Nice song..
Lo mejor Rick.... Na qué decir viaje al centro de la tierra, todo el albun...
I just watched a video of this concert!!!
O paraiso está chegando.............que musica fantástica...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unforgettable..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the most expensive record I ever bought, with no regrets
minha infancia, meus anos 70, saudades de meus irmaos q ja se foram, saudades.............tio ricardo
Memories and weed!
Muito.bom.obrigado.lenbro.de.mim.mesmo.
O show no maracanazinho eu fui e fiquei proximo ao palco junto colegas de campos dos goitacazes rj isso faz tempo eu tenho 6 vinis incluindo autografo do mesmo
@dushka2001
OMG! Me, too! and English isn't even my first language :)
Love this ~
Tudo desse monstro sagrado dos teclados é DIVINO.....
fantastico
Fantástico!!!!!!!!
31/12/2019 Maravilhoso
meu 1 lp simplesmente fabuloso pena q a nova geraçao mao goste mas eu com 47 anos seu fa deste mito
Siempre tendré un momento para viajar al centro de la tierra..... cuando duele la vida..... bajamos a las fosas marianas si falta hiciera.....
IL PRIMO AMORE CON QUESTA CANZONE ILONKA 1975 - THR BEST SOMG
Prelude to Voyage on the earth!
@MiMangereiQualcosaNG
The Battle was a different song, set on the sea during a fight to the death between an Ichtheosaurus and a Plesiosaurus. Both songs were on the second side of the LP version of Journey. In the long-gone days of vinyl, there were no individual tracks except, of course, side 1 and side 2.
I believe this was a great sensation in the 1st half of the 70's. An inovation. Songs mixed filling the whole side. It must have been as if rock music was trying to prove that it could be more than verse and chorus or just 4 min. simple tunes. There was possibility to look for more depth in youth's music.
Thanks!
RICK WAKEMAN IS FOR WHO KNOW GOOD MUSIK!
'Back in time', it was considered Rick's 'lowest point' but now... Wow...
thnx rock brother
@mccaiian1234 You don't need this things, this music make movie without any ther add. This music is the magic! Have a fun 2011!
JOURNEY to the centre of the mind...
RICK WAKEMAN!!!!!!
1976-ban hallottam utoljára, azóta is ugyanolyan szenzációs mint akkor volt
They used to have this entire LP on line with the movie video incorporated in the backround. It was great. what happened to it?
@majmom2000 Ha! me too !
down we all go, though usually not as deep as the actual center of the earth...
ｲﾔｱｰ!久しぶり発表時以来～ﾘｯｸ･ｳｪｲｸﾏﾝ"地底探検"～当時大袈裟､散慢さ､ジャケの酷さに笑ったがヤッパリ懐し､ﾍﾝﾘｰ８世が確かよかった
lumínico...
Ésta es la musica que debe de sonar en el paraiso,donde los serafines y querubines hacen los coros.Sin duda que el señor ,en su infinita magnanimidad,les perdonará que sean...protestantes.
Cassico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder who sang this song!!!
There were 2 vocalists in 1974/1975. Ashley Holt, that played in a band called Warhorse, that Wakeman and the very first Deep Purple bassist Nick Simper and Barney James, the drummer on this album, once were there too. And the other vocalist was Gary Pickford Hopkins.
156 likes vs. only two dislikes.
Ashley Holt solist + Gary pickford hopkins
Nah that would be Ted Nugent !
Who is the singer?
He didn't become a super star, 2 years later, in 1976, he recorded his last album with Wakeman.
@nicolasdelariva y a quien le importa? xD
I thought this album was the shit when I was 15. Then I turned 16 and realized it was crap.
@willy nilly
Huh, I wonder how you're going to feel about it when you reach 17...?
I bought this record and loved it - I can't remember how old I was. Same with the Arthur album... Listening to it now, I can't believe how crap it was! Six Wives of Henry the Eighth still resonates, but all the others seem to get progressively worse and bloated. No wonder we had the punk / new wave reaction!
But your point of view would probably change, if you discovered what happened to music when mtv arrived in 1981.
Sonds like ripped from an Irish folksong.
Pretty ok to listen to except for the woman doing voice exersice.
The vocalist is Ashley Holt - a man, not a woman. And he can't sing.
Nobody here is bothered by the fact that the singer starting at 0:33 is horribly out of tune?
+liav teichner Maybe I don't listening right... but I think you're wrong. He seems to singing in a hard region for him, but is "good".
No. But I don't see how I can support my claim... either you hear or you don't (you can always take a good tuner I guess and see that he is quite far from the notes).
No. Only you.
He does get some of the words wrong!
I grew up listening to this album and even as a child, I cringed at this part. He totally ruins it.
Você tem que admitir que "No Earthly Connections" é uma merda de disco ! Foi o pior lançamento dele.
Existe uma estória escondida em No Earthly Connection que não é ficção.
Ashley was much better with 'Warhorse', an early 70s band that featured ex-Deep Purple bassist Nick Simper. His vocals were horrible on this album...not sure what Mr. Wakeman was thinking.
Still...if you can look beyond Ashley's poor vocals, the recording itself was brilliant. Thanks for the post...