AWAKEN | SUNS HIGH STREAMS THRU | AWAKEN |
GENTLE | STRONG DREAMS REIGN HERE | GENTLE |
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TOUCH | STAR, SONG, AGE, LESS | TOUCHING |
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The Liturgy of the Hours | Keys to Ascension - Yes |
The School Story‡ - Andrew Clements | Keys to Ascension 2 - Yes |
A Brief History of Time - From the Big Bang to Black Holes†‡ - Stephen W. Hawking | Recent Listening |
Seasons in Basilicata - A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village - David Yeadon | Going for the One - Yes |
The War of the Worlds† - H. G. Wells | Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf |
A Field Guide to the Atmosphere‡ - Vincent J. Schaefer and John A. Day | Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell - Meat Loaf |
The Folio Shakespeare - The Complete Plays - William Shakespeare (Stanley Wells, Gary Taylor, John Jowett and William Montgomery, editors) | Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin |
The Catholic Children's Bible†‡ - Sr. Mary Theola, S.S.N.D. | Tom and Traci's Wedding - Music From The Ceremony And Reception - Now on CD! - Various Artists |
The Iliad† - Homer (Robert Fitzgerald, translator) | Coverdale • Page - Coverdale • Page |
The King of the Murgos - David Eddings | Outrider - Jimmy Page |
General Chemistry - Linus Pauling | No Quarter - Jimmy Page & Robert Plant |
Medieval and Renaissance Florence - Volume II: The Coming of Humanism and the Age of the Medici - Ferdinand Schevill | Walking into Clarksdale - Jimmy Page & Robert Plant |
Confessions - Saint Augustine of Hippo (R. S. Pine-Coffin, translator) | Fragile - Yes |
Latin Fundamentals - Ernest L. Hettich and A. G. C. Maitland | Close to the Edge - Yes |
A Short History of Italian Literature - J. H. Whitfield | Magnification - Yes |
Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere - Adele Westbrook and Oscar Ratti | Recollections - The Very Best of Rick Wakeman (1973 - 1979) - Rick Wakeman |
Abandoned (for now) Reading | Brandenburgische Konzerte 1 • 2 • 3 - J. S. Bach (The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock) |
Athens: A History - From Ancient Ideal to Modern City - Robin Waterfield | Brandenburgische Konzerte 4 • 5 • 6 - J. S. Bach (The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock) |
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance† - Robert M. Pirsig | The 4 Orchestral Suites & The Violin Concertos - J. S. Bach (Henryk Szeryng, Maurice Hasson, violin, William Bennett, flute, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner) |
Introduction to Electrodynamics† - David J. Griffiths This book is missing! If you find it, please let me know! |
The Art of Fugue & Musical Offering - J. S. Bach (Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Mariner) |
Nine Princes in Amber† - Roger Zelazny | The Promise Ring - Jon Anderson |
Arabic - J. R. Smart | Earthmotherearth - Jon Anderson |
Beginner's Chinese - Elizabeth Scurfield and Song Lianyi | Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe |
Sanskrit - An Introduction to the Classical Language - Michael Coulson | Turbulence - Steve Howe |
The Hunt For Red October† - Tom Clancy | Madrigali Erotici - Claudio Monteverdi (The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley) |
Rendezvous With Rama† - Arthur C. Clarke | Musikalische Exequien, Motetten und Konzerte - Heinrich Schütz (The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, John Eliot Gardiner) |
Astrophysical Concepts - Martin Harwit | Motetten - J. S. Bach (Regensburger Domspatzen, Capella Academica Wien (Eduard Melkus), Hanns-Martin Schneidt) |
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems† - Galileo Galilei (Stillman Drake, translator) | Orgelwerke - J. S. Bach (Ton Koopman, organ) |
Violin - Yehudi Menuhin | Two Part and Three Part Inventions - J. S. Bach (Martin Galling, Harpsichord) |
Baroque Music - Claude V. Palisca | Goldberg-Variationen - J. S. Bach (Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord) |
Recent Reading | The Works for Lute in Original Keys & Tunings - J. S. Bach (Lutz Kirchof, theorbo and baroque lute) |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince‡ - J. K. Rowling | Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin - J. S. Bach (Henryk Szeryng, violin) |
The Oresteian Trilogy - Aeschylus (Philip Vellacott, translator) | The Sonatas for Violin & Keyboard - J. S. Bach (John Holloway, Davitt Moroney) |
A Week in the Woods‡ - Andrew Clements | Sonatas for Viola da Gamba - J. S. Bach (Anner Bylsma, Violoncello piccolo, Bob van Asperen, Organ) |
The Wizard of Oz (Great Illustrated Classics) - L. Frank Baum (Malvina Vogel, editor) | Konzerte für Cembalo und Streicher - BWV 1052 • 1053 • 1054 - J. S. Bach (The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock) |
Athens: A Portrait of the City in Its Golden Age - Christian Meier (Robert and Rita Kimber, translators) | Konzerte für Cembalo und Streicher - BWV 1055 • 1056 • 1057 • 1058 - J. S. Bach (The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock) |
The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare (Stanley Wells, Gary Taylor, John Jowett and William Montgomery, editors) | 24 Capricci - Nicolò Paganini (Salvatore Accardo, violin) |
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories† - Leo Tolstoy (David McDuff, translator) | Led Zeppelin - The Complete Studio Recordings |
Tensor Analysis on Manifolds - Richard L. Bishop and Samuel I. Goldberg | Violonkonzerte Nos. 1 & 2 - Nicolò Paganini (Salvatore Accardo, Violine, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit) |
Patron Saint of First Communicants - The Story of Blessed Imelda Lambertini‡ - Mary Fabyan Windeatt | Chant - The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos, Direction: Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta / Francisco Lara |
A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets‡ - Donald H. Menzel and Jay M. Pasachoff | The Sounds of India - Ravi Shankar |
The Tempest - William Shakespeare (Stanley Wells, Gary Taylor, John Jowett and William Montgomery, editors) | West Meets East - The Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions - Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin |
A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare (Stanley Wells, Gary Taylor, John Jowett and William Montgomery, editors) | Chants of India - Ravi Shankar |
Life & Death on the Loxahatchee - James D. Snyder | Das Kantatenwerk - Vol. 1 - J. S. Bach (Concentus musicus Wien, Gesamtleitung: Nikolaus Harnoncourt) |
Over the Edge of the World - Laurence Bergreen | Eine Alpensinfonie - Richard Strauss (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan) |
Guardians of the West - David Eddings | Requiem & Quatre Motets - Maurice Duruflé (Ann Murray, mezzo soprano, Thomas Allen, baritone, Thomas Trotter, organ, Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best, conductor) |
Paradiso† - Dante Alighieri (Allen Mandelbaum, translator) | Time - ELO |
An Introduction to Information Theory - Fazlollah M. Reza | Fallen - Evanescence |
The Little Prince†‡ - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Katherine Woods, translator) | The Word & The Gospels - Rick Wakeman |
Spiders and Their Kin - Herbert W. Levi and Lorna R. Levi | In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix‡ - J. K. Rowling | Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson |
Medieval and Renaissance Florence - Volume I: Medieval Florence - Ferdinand Schevill | Spirit + Song - Volume 1 - Various Artists |
Fundamental Concepts of Algebra - Bruce E. Meserve | The ConstruKction of Light - King Crimson |
Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse (Hilda Rosner, translator) | Now and Zen - Robert Plant |
The Dhammapada - Eknath Easwaran, translator | Manic Nirvana - Robert Plant |
Enchanter's Endgame† - David Eddings | Some Led Zeppelin tapes I made in college, including three consecutive versions of The Immigrant song, three of Heartbreaker, three of Since I've Been Loving You, four of Stairway to Heaven and three of Whole Lotta Love, among other songs. |
Purgatorio† - Dante Alighieri (Allen Mandelbaum, translator) | Fate of Nations - Robert Plant |
Topology - John G. Hocking and Gail S. Young | THRAK - King Crimson |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire‡ - J. K. Rowling | The Elusive Light and Sound Vol. 1 - Steve Vai |
If On A Winter's Night A Traveler† - Italo Calvino (William Weaver, translator) | Temple of Low Men - Crowded House |
Vector Calculus† - Jerrold E. Marsden and Anthony J. Tromba | Together Alone - Crowded House |
Inferno† - Dante Alighieri (Allen Mandelbaum, translator) | Passion and Warfare - Steve Vai |
Complete Poems and Selected Letters of Michelangelo† - Michelangelo Buonarroti (Creighton Gilbert, translator, Robert N. Linscott, editor) | The Six Wives of Henry VIII - Rick Wakeman |
Castle of Wizardry† - David Eddings | Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Rick Wakeman |
The Boxcar Children‡ - Gertrude Chandler Warner | Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record - Rick Wakeman |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban‡ - J. K. Rowling | Daredevil - Original Motion Picture Score - Graeme Revell |
Magician's Gambit† - David Eddings | Daredevil - The Album - Various Artists |
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark† - William Shakespeare (Harold Jenkins, editor) | The Passion of the Christ - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - John Debney |
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead† - Tom Stoppard | The Passion of the Christ - Songs - Original Songs Inspired by the Film - Various Artists |
The Prince† - Niccolò Machiavelli (Daniel Donno, translator) | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets‡ - J. K. Rowling |
Queen of Sorcery† - David Eddings | The Bells of Dublin - The Chieftains |
The Bhagavad Gita - Sir Edwin Arnold, translator | An Irish Evening - Live at the Grand Opera House, Dublin - The Chieftains |
La Vita Nuova† - Dante Alighieri (Barbara Reynolds, translator) | Parcel of Rogues - Steeleye Span |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets‡ - J. K. Rowling | The Wolfe Tones Greatest Hits - The Wolfe Tones |
The Bhagavad Gita - Eknath Easwaran, translator | Legend - Alan Stivell |
Galileo's Daughter - Dava Sobel | Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits |
The Upanishads - Eknath Easwaran, translator | Relish - Joan Osborne |
Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo† - Galileo Galilei (Stillman Drake, translator and editor) | Try Anything Once - Alan Parsons |
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone - J. K. Rowling | On Air - Alan Parsons |
Pawn of Prophecy† - David Eddings | A Night At The Opera - Queen |
Otto e 1/2 - Original Soundtrack of the Movie - Nino Rota |
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Spirit + Song - Volume 2 - Various Artists | |
Spider-Man - Music From and Inspired By - Various Artists |
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Spider-Man 2 - Music From and Inspired By - Various Artists |
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Silent Nights - Rick Wakeman |
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Live At Hammersmith - Rick Wakeman |
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Der Schwanengesang - Heinrich Schütz (The Tapiola Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier) | |
Die Konzerte für 3 und 4 Cembali - J. S. Bach (The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock) |
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Back to the Light - Brian May | |
American Pie - Don McLean | |
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd | |
i 2 (EYE) - Michael W. Smith | |
Just A Collection of Antiques & Curios - Strawbs | |
The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - Rick Wakeman |
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A Gift for Mary - Nightwatch |
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Country Airs / Country Airs - Rick Wakeman | |
Tom and Traci's Wedding - The Ceremony | |
Tom and Traci's Wedding - The Reception | |
Union - Yes |
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Rick Wakeman's Greatest Hits - Rick Wakeman |
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Rhapsodies - Rick Wakeman |
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Light Up the Sky - Rick Wakeman & His Band |
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A Kind of Magic - Queen |
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Innuendo - Queen |
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1984 - Rick Wakeman |
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Cost of Living - Rick Wakeman |
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A Suite of Gods - Rick Wakeman |
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Zodiaque - Tony Fernandez & Rick Wakeman |
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Classic Tracks - Rick Wakeman |
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Almost Live in Europe - Rick Wakeman |
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Rick Wakeman In Concert - Rick Wakeman |
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Romance of the Victorian Age - Rick Wakeman & Adam Wakeman |
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Chronicles of Man - Rick Wakeman |
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Music from the motion picture Lethal Weapon 3 - Various Artists | |
Black Knights at the Court of Ferdinand IV - Rick Wakeman & Mario Fasciano |
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Stella Bianca alla corte di Re Ferdinando - Rick Wakeman & Mario Fasciano |
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YesYears - Yes |
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O Holy Night - Luciano Pavarotti (National Philharmonia Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler, Wandsworth Boys Choir, Director: Russel Burgess, London Voices, Director Terry Edwards) | |
Christmas With Kiri - Kiri Te Kanawa (Philharmonia Orchestra, London Voices, Chorus Master: Terry Edwards, Carl Davis, Conductor) | |
In The Christmas Mood - The Glenn Miller Orchestra | |
A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio | |
The Matrix - Music From The Motion Picture - Various Artists | |
The Matrix Reloaded - The Album - Various Artists | |
Relayer - Yes |
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Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes |
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In the Wake of Poseidon - King Crimson |
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Discipline - King Crimson |
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Desire Caught By The Tail - Adrian Belew |
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Mr. Music Head - Adrian Belew |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Original Soundtrack - Richard O'Brien | |
The Seven Wonders of the World - Rick Wakeman |
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Hunky Dory - David Bowie | |
Heathen - David Bowie | |
The Division Bell - Pink Floyd | |
The Disregard of Timekeeping - Bonham | |
Spirit + Song - Volume 3 - Various Artists | |
Violoncello Piccolo - J. S. Bach (Anner Bylsma, violoncello piccolo) | |
Spirit + Song - Volume 4 - Various Artists | |
Also Sprach Zarathustra • Don Juan - Richard Strauss (Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan) | |
Die Solokonzerte - Vol. 1 - Rekonstruktionen - J. S. Bach (Christine Schornsheim, Orgel, Karl Suske, Violine, Burkhard Glaetzner, Oboe, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig, Max Pommer) | |
2001: A Space Odyssey - Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack - Various Artists | |
Music of the Gothic Era - The Early Music Consort of London, Direction: David Munrow | |
The Yes Album - Yes |
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Castor et Pollux - Jean-Philippe Rameau (Stockholmer Kammerchor, Direction: Eric Ericson, Concentus musicus Wien, Musical Direction: Nikolaus Harnoncourt) | |
Sonatas and Partitas - J. S. Bach (Jascha Heifetz, violin) | |
Sonaten & Partiten - J. S. Bach (Shlomo Mintz, violin) | |
Time And A Word - Yes |
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The Planets - Gustav Holst (Berliner Philharmoniker, RIAS Kammerchor, Herbert von Karajan) | |
Spartacus • Gayaneh • Masquerade Suites - Aram Khachaturian (London Symphony Orchestra, Stanley Black) | |
Yes - Yes |
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An Evening of Yes Music Plus - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe |
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The Official Bootleg - Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble |
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Symphonic Music of Yes - Various Artists | |
Tales From Yesterday - Various Artists | |
Phantom Power - Rick Wakeman |
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Fields of Green - Rick Wakeman |
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Keys To Imagination - Yanni | |
Out of Silence - Yanni | |
Deseo - Jon Anderson | |
The Age of Plastic - The Buggles | |
Can't Look Away - Trevor Rabin | |
Big Generator - Yes |
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Leftoverture - Kansas |
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Point of Know Return - Kansas |
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The Grand Scheme of Things - Steve Howe |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Tan Dun, Cello solos by Yo-Yo Ma | |
Sex & Religion - VAI |
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Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet | |
Sempre Più Vicini - Casino Royale |
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Surfing With the Alien - Joe Satriani |
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Flying In A Blue Dream - Joe Satriani |
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Spirit + Song - Volume 5 - Various Artists | |
Return to the Centre of the Earth - Rick Wakeman |
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The Ladder - Yes |
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Aerosmith - Aerosmith | |
Draw the Line - Aerosmith | |
Get a Grip - Aerosmith | |
Just Push Play - Aerosmith | |
Frampton - Peter Frampton | |
God Save The King - Robert Fripp / The League of Gentlemen | |
In On The Kill Taker - Fugazi | |
David Gilmour - David Gilmour | |
About Face - David Gilmour | |
24 Preludes - Sergey Rakhmaninov (Marta Deyanova, piano) | |
A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd | |
Bella Domna - Sinfonye, Stevie Wishart, Director | |
Gregorian Chant - Choralschola of the Niederaltaicher Scholaren, Konrad Ruhland, Conductor | |
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones | |
Flute & Sitar Music of India - Meditational Ragas | |
Live on the Test - Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble |
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The Private Collection - Rick Wakeman |
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Presence - Led Zeppelin | |
The Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi (Nigel Kennedy, violin & director; English Chamber Orchestra) | |
Blind Faith - Blind Faith | |
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin | |
The Wind - Warren Zevon | |
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd | |
Delicate Sound of Thunder - Pink Floyd | |
Take It Back - Pink Floyd | |
Pulse - Pink Floyd | |
In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin | |
Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin | |
With Joyful Voice - Christmas Music of Eight Centuries - The Boston Camerata | |
An Old-Fashioned Christmas - Caroling with The Western Wind - The Western Wind | |
What Child Is This? - Singh Kaur, Dean Evenson, D'Rachael | |
Meowy Christmas - The Jingle Cats | |
The Masters - Rick Wakeman |
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Amp Up the Holidays! - Various Artists | |
This is Spinal Tap - Spinal Tap | |
Break like the Wind - Spinal Tap | |
Alien Love Secrets - Steve Vai |
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Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin | |
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin | |
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin | |
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd | |
Childhood Dreams - Mitchel Forman | |
Heroes & Villains - Music Inspired by The Powerpuff Girls - Various Artists | |
Eat 'Em and Smile - David Lee Roth | |
Skyscraper - David Lee Roth | |
A Little Ain't Enough - David Lee Roth | |
Meddle - Pink Floyd | |
Steve Vai's Flex-Able - Steve Vai |
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Talk - Yes |
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Rock N' Roll Prophet Plus - Rick Wakeman |
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Brand New Day - Sting | |
You've Got Music - Various Artists | |
Time Machine - Rick Wakeman |
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2000 A.D. - Into the Future - Rick Wakeman |
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No Expense Spared - Wakeman With Wakeman |
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Softsword - King John and the Magna Charter - Rick Wakeman |
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All Mixed Up - Korn | |
The Crow - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Various Artists | |
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon | |
Kiss My Axe - The Al Di Meola Project | |
Tirami Su - Al Di Meola Project | |
Suck My Spock - Warp 11 | |
Batman - Original Motion Picture Score - Danny Elfman | |
African Bach - Rick Wakeman |
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Chess - Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus | |
Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe - The Alan Parsons Project | |
Pyramid - The Alan Parsons Project | |
Novus Magnificat - Through the Stargate - Constance Demby | |
Planetary Unfolding - Michael Stearns | |
Encounter - Michael Stearns | |
Phaedra - Tangerine Dream | |
Elegant Gypsy - Al Di Meola | |
Night Airs - Rick Wakeman |
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Sunrise Sunset Sunshadows - Rick Wakeman |
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Heritage Suite - Rick Wakeman |
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Sea Airs - Rick Wakeman |
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Country Airs - Rick Wakeman |
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Improvisation and Composition - 2003 FMEA 7 - 8 Honors Band and All-State 7 - 8 Band | |
Open Your Eyes - Yes |
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Music from Thailand and Laos - Various Artists | |
Stretch - Tom Peron | |
Home of the Brave - Laurie Anderson | |
Strange Angels - Laurie Anderson | |
The Classical Connection - Rick Wakeman |
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The Classical Connection 2 - Rick Wakeman |
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More - Pink Floyd | |
Dreamboat Annie - Heart | |
All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople | |
The Golden Age of Wireless - Thomas Dolby | |
Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Encounter at Farpoint" - Music From the Original TV Soundtrack - Dennis McCarthy | |
Flags - Patrick Moraz/Bill Bruford | |
Live in Montreux - João Gilberto | |
Compact Jazz - Antonio Carlos Jobim | |
Rio Revisited - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gal Costa | |
Natural - Cesar Camargo Mariano | |
Kevyn Lettau - Kevyn Lettau | |
Tin Machine - Tin Machine | |
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield | |
The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore - Gian Carlo Menotti (Boston Cecilia, Donald Teeters) | |
Bhakti Point - Richard Burmer | |
Tom and Traci's Wedding - Sequences, etc. | |
Crimes of Passion - Rick Wakeman |
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God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies | |
Wakeman With Wakeman - Rick Wakeman & Adam Wakeman |
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Wakeman With Wakeman - The Official Bootleg - Rick Wakeman |
† - Rereading
‡ - Reading with a child
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