Rick Wakeman Announces Vinyl Christmas Release Featuring William Shatner
Rick Wakeman has announced a four-song vinyl Christmas four-song release titled Silent Night via Cleopatra Records.
The limited-edition release, available for pre-order here, is set to come in two color editions, red and silver, each limited to 85 copies apiece. It contains the legendary Yes keyboardist’s renditions of four classic Christmas classics, and features 95-year-old Star Trek star and budding metal musician William Shatner on vocals for the closing track “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”
In addition to the song with Shatner, the rest of the release is rounded out by the title track, “Hark the Herald Angel Sings,” and “Christians Awake Salute the Happy Morn,” and features an etching on side B.
Rick Wakeman is currently preparing for a December 6th performance in Portsmouth, UK, preceding a full tour of the UK to begin February 2027. Get tickets here.
Meanwhile, fellow former Yes keyboardist Geoff Downes has also announced a Christmas release via Cleopatra Records. Titled Linus and Lucy, it includes a cover of Pink Floyd’s “One of these Days” featuring Bootsy Collins, Carmine Appice, and Steve Stevens.
A third release from Cleopatra Records is a new pressing of Hawkwind spinoff project Hawkestrel’s SpaceXmas collection featuring 12 Christmas classics performed in Hawkwind’s acclaimed space rock style.
See the album artwork and tracklisting for all three Christmas prog releases below.
Silent Night Artwork:
Silent Night Tracklist:
01. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
02. Silent Night
03. Christians Awake Salute the Happy Morn
04. O Come, O Come Emmanuel feat. William Shatner
Linus and Lucy Artwork:
Linus and Lucy Tracklist:
01. Linus and Lucy (Charlie Brown Christmas Theme)
02. Pulstar
03. One Of These Days feat Jyrki 69, Steve Stevens, Bootsy Collins, Carmine Appice
04. Over Again – The Prog Collective feat. Richard Page, Geoff Downes
SpaceXmas Artwork:
SpaceXmas Tracklist:
01. Oh Holy Night
02. We Three Kings
03. It’s A Wonderful (Funny Old) Life
04. Silent Night
05. Seasons
06. Little Drummer Boy
07. Für Kirsty
08. Ein Weihnachliches Lustobjekt
09. O Come All Ye Faithful
10. Jingle Bells
11. Hallelujah
12. Twelve Daze Of Drinxmas
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