Rick Wakeman: No Earthly Connection(A&M AMLK 64583)
Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 3 April 1976
RICK ORIGINALLY PLANNED an album dedicated to the gods of ancient myth, but shelved that when he became intrigued by the origins of man on earth and the clues that lie hidden in such mysterious phenomena as the Bermuda Triangle, Stonehenge, Easter Island, the great pyramids and, of course, the unexplored ocean depths.
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