1970 STRAWBS : Live @ LYCEUM ~ Where Is This Dream of Your Youth ~ RICK WAKEMAN Qrgan Solo HOT Mix

Instead of saving the best for last here's this show's extended solo by Mr. Rick Wakeman, Prior to the mammoth popularity he gained in Yes, (deservedly so)
Rick was no slouch when it came to generating audience excitement using a mere Hammond organ & humble wah-wah pedal for effects.
Dive In to an excellent (soundboard?) recording of the STRAWBS Concert at the Lyceum July 1970.
The Band
Dave Cousins
John Ford
Tony Hooper
Richard Hudson
Rick Wakeman
Ze zounds & zights assembled in a meaningful fashion at fueledbylove studio for your enjoyment. so enjoy.

[@paullevine1813]

One of my older sisters had THe Strawbs Lp Just A Collection of Antiques & Curios which had Rick playing on it & some Fairport Convention Lps . Borrowed them to listen to and was amazed at the guy playing keyboards of whom i never heard of up till then. When he ended up in YES i knew who & just how good Rick was . Never looked back as he is one hell of a musical genius That band was creative as hell as were The Strawbs but when i saw Yes in 71 Rick had replaced Tony Kaye & what a show that was , it left everyone stunned at the intense musical abilities Rick had & knowing how great Yes was it made for one of the many best concerts i saw back in those days. Always good to hear the old band here do what they did so well. Great Post!!!

[@mariegaignon6781]

Fantastique ,à écouter avec du bon son. ..et ... bien fort!!...

[@froomist]

Love when Rick jams on the qrgan.

[@fueledbylove]

Ha ha, betwixt you & I and anyone who bothers to read these replies - the misspelling wasn't deliberate, but was noticed and decided to just leave it. Certainly, has not hurt the popularity of the video... maybe it's a lucky Q ? Cheers!

[@froomist]

Great track, anyway.

[@SubTroppo]

I always come back to this which I heard on Antiques & Curios when I was around fifteen years-old. Being aware of mutually assured destruction by that age I'd given up on "dreams', but we've somehow managed to survive!

[@mick3950]

With you on that one

[@GarethJones-yt1hr]

Saw Strawbs at Kidderminster. Frank Freemans Rick so young with very long blond hair. They did the number. There was only about 90 folks attended due to the small venue

[@spacebrother221]

Always heard of this band, totally getting into them now. Rick Wakeman is one of the best at this genre. Usually, the beginning of a musicians career is the best time to hear them before the industry begins to diminish their light.

[@fueledbylove]

Excellent observation, tho I'd add that Wakey has aged very well - his "Mars" album has everything I love about his compositional skills...and it's also my Go-Io music for vigorously exercising to. His Moog solos are about the right length, matching how long I am able to keep that Shake Weight a' goin.

[@fredgroen7909]

One of the best organ solo's ever

[@RaulGarcia-rt7qo]

!!!!! MAJESTUOSO, FENOMENAL, RICK WAKEMAN ¡¡¡¡¡¡ 🎹🎹🎹🎹

[@karenstauffer1524]

As I'm now 67, the lyrics have meaning for me they didn't 50 years ago.

[@neuronix65]

Wonderful Mr. Wakeman, as always...

[@RobJMeronek]

I’ve never heard Rick play with the Strawbs before. He could be going somewhere. : )

[@fueledbylove]

Ya Think? 😉

[@MrDanielphenix]

Well that is his best years

[@jamesmicucci7028]

I'd already had the live Strawbs album with Rick, but in 1974/75, The Strawbs "Hero & Heroine" album took its turn in rotation on my turntable & in my friend's 8-track player alongside the newest albums by Yes, Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, the list goes on... With the addition of John Hawken on keys (opening track "Autumn" is a mellotron fan's ear candy), their sound expanded to overtly include more prog than ever before, but still eclectic enough to host a Dave Lambert rocker, and a whole lotta David Cousins acoustic folk stylings & storytelling (sometimes dark, as in the title track, and "Round & Round"), and make it all work together as a whole so perfectly. "H&H" is still my favorite Strawbs album, I wouldn't change a thing about it, except perhaps to ask Steven Wilson to remix it in multichannel sound... 🕊️🙏🏻

[@fueledbylove]

"Down By the Sea" it was later in the 70's that I heard it but started to grab all the Strawbs LPs I could find...and as was well rewarded with much music that fit my style - not all my friends were as enthused, Boston and KISS were the "thing" at the time, but Strawbs music is timeless like all great art.

[@guitarchannel5676]

Wow, never heard Wakeman doing wah-wah organ before. Really nice sound.

[@whufciironworkes]

This is a new song for me, Rick on keys will start looking for the albums

[@fueledbylove]

Better Late than never! check out the Live RMW and Sheep for a really mad Jamm!

[@whufciironworkes]

@@fueledbylove THANKS

[@fueledbylove]

"hot mix" FYI - we just applied a gentle tweak to the EQ, raised the gain a bit... the audio was already quite robust, now is perfect, yes! Enjoy the show.

[@bugeanuflorin1531]

Absolutely, fabulous performance music. Favourite artist. Thank you for posting them. Good time for you

[@custom55]

An amazing recording. Love it

[@Olegzyan]

The Lonely Rocker digs this kinda music! good ole vintage stuff!

[@brendangilmore4297]

Apart from my Dad, these guys were probably my biggest single musical influence - thanks for sharing! :)

[@davyking-com]

Wonderful.

[@АрбиГрозный-ю7д]

Thancs so moooooooooch

[@eugeniomarins2936]

Bloody hell! One of me favouritest bands of all! Been a fan since 1978, methinks. Cheers from Brazil!

[@orlandolimacampo4922]

Muy bueno.

[@dinotrincas9620]

Great sound!

[@johnarcarese172]

Ricks playing here reminds me a bit of journey to the center of the earth.

[@tomtrana3449]

Excellent!

[@luchorios5663]

Damn that was good...

[@dennisrockbottomskelly7948]

I SAW Strawbs in the early 1970's at the War Memorial in Rochester, NY. Anyone else see or remember this show?

[@massimoangelini5757]

Suggestivo e grandioso!!!

[@terryharrison5185]

Brilliant 👍

[@marceloramos4386]

Obra prima...

[@ТехноДом-я1у]

Рок 🎸 навсегда

[@Steve-xp3kv]

Great show yes, but sorry, not the Lyceum, this is the Queen Elizabeth Hall version, as documented on the Antiques and Curios album, shame, would have loved some more unreleased Strawbs stuff!!

[@wmanadeau7860]

Thank you!

[@АрбиГрозный-ю7д]

👍👍👍👍💪🎉👏👍👍👍👍

[@alanthomson1227]

Used to love The Strawbs , never forgave them to Part it the Union though , great band .

[@fueledbylove]

Welcome Alan, what exactly do you mean? Something displeased you about the StrawbS song Part of The Union?

[@alanthomson1227]

@@fueledbylove I know the song was a parody , but firstly too many people missed the irony and it was used to ridicule our brave and selfless trade unionists , and secodly compared to their other magnum opus class work was not worthy . As I said I love the band in all its incarnations , thank them for Denny and Wakeman

[@fueledbylove]

@@alanthomson1227 Thanks for the explanation - it was not a favorite track of mine either. Strawbs main appeal was their Progressive side, and adding the Mellotron with Blue cemented their entry into the Halls of Prog, lol . The folk tunes and ballads of Cousins are very special required listening and unlike any popular U.S. folk groups I have heard. Strawbs offers some the best of both genres and the music has stood the test of time.

[@johnwilliamson3981]

@@fueledbylove I seem to remember reading that the Strawberry Hill Boys actually began life (in '64 or '65) as a bluegrass outfit!

[@JohnnyNation]

Sounds almost as though Wakeman Was the band !!!###

[@pedrobedoy9574]

Wearing the coat of many colors

[@michaelmueller9875]

Rick Wakeman by Yes

[@jackhammer6659]

saw them 3 times, opening for king crimson, opening for gentle giant and then as headline with GG opening. but without rick of course

[@barnabarinludocratique6262]

6:45 He looks like Klaus Schulze on Mirage album.

[@RFSIsraelStarEarth]

Peace Love RFS Israel *.

[@MrDanielphenix]

Rick Wakeman was at his best with The Strawbs...fter it 's going down and down , pompous and boring...but with Strawbs he had too play music not being virtuoso or the Liberace of prog.. He is very inspired here love the solo that starts at 1.30

[@Chuckles..]

This piece drones on repetitively. Thank god he got out of The Strawbs and acquired more keyboards, otherwise no one would no who he is.

[@scivalesmusicbooks1977]

Pompous and boring? Really? Sorry, I must disagree with you!

[@gregoryschleitwiler9601]

Jethro Tull pretty close comparison. Even sounds like Ian singing. Is it?

[@fueledbylove]

Nope, that's Dave Cousins for certain singing lead and Tony Hooper is tossing in the harmonies. Some of their duets are kinda Simon and Garfunkleish in an English sort of way.

[@Lengsel7]

I can play keyboards like that. .....I just don't want to.

[@chantal2776]

realy , where is it ??

[@malo66]

The Queen Elizabeth Hall, London SE1, as explained further up.

[@kimnelson9910]

i dreamed much about girls playing basketball