![]() If you read the sleeve notes closely, they indicate that Greg Schulz is the primary keyboards player on the album. It's hard to identify accurately Wakeman's contribution. The music is performed dramatically and faithfully throughout, with Peek using various guitar sounds according to the mood of the piece. The familiar introduction to "Mars" (as used by Rainbow on "Eyes of the world" among many others) then takes over, and we launch into a full rendition of "The Planets suite". Allen returns a couple of times during the album to link tracks together with further brief narration. Allen does a great impression of Richard Burton, which when combined with Wayne's distinctive sound, immediately creates echoes of "War of the worlds". As this ends, some brief narration by Patrick Allen is heard. ![]() Wayne's contribution is limited to the composition of an Overture for the album. "Beyond the planets" is essentially the performance of Holst's "The planets" in a rock context. While the album is not actually credited to anyone as such, the cover does bear the names of Wakeman, Peek and Jeff Wayne in large print, and those three do contribute to greater or lesser degrees. ![]() "Beyond the planets" was released by the Telstar label, who are better known for compilation albums of hit singles. Wakeman once toured Australia with Sky where this album was recorded, and presumably that is when this collaboration was born. Kevin Peek (of Sky) would appear to be the catalyst of the project. This not in fact a Rick Wakeman album, and although he does play on it.
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