Journey to the Centre of the Earth (album) earned Wakeman a nomination for an Ivor Novello Award and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. In 1999, Wakeman released a sequel album "Return to the Centre of the Earth". After the original score was presumed lost, Wakeman was reunited with it in 2009 and re-recorded the album three years later with 18 minutes of music previously cut due to time constraints. By mid-1973, Wakeman had been with the progressive rock band Yes for almost two years, and he had released his debut solo effort, "The Six Wives of Henry VIII", to critical acclaim. For his next release
Lisztomania (album) Lisztomania (album) Lisztomania is a 1975 progressive rock soundtrack album by Rick Wakeman for Ken Russell's film "Lisztomania", a biography of Franz Liszt. Some tracks feature The Who's Roger Daltrey singing lead vocals. The album was later upgraded as "The Real Lisztomania" by Wakeman because he was dissatisfied with the original release. When Allmusic rated the album they said "The soundtrack to Ken Russell's movie provided Wakeman with a canvas upon which to work his magic (or do his damage—it depends upon one's attitude) upon the music of Franz Liszt and, to a lesser degree, Richard Wagner. Actually, much of