Rick Wakeman – Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

And mine has:- "AMLH.63621.A1 37 B TROGN'NORMAL A-2" side 1.
"AMLH.63621.B1 30 B" on side 2

This edition has incredible sound. The sleeve is awesome. Beautiful edition overall. A definitive version in my opinion.

I'm finding that there are two variants of this. One with white lettering on the spine (and a slightly sun washed MOFI banner), and one with yellow lettering on the spine. Can someone back this up?

Este disco tem nas lojas e feiras mais que motoboy em São Paulo.

For the listener who likes their music EQ'd brightly. Not one of my favorite ways to listen to this album personally, it's quite a bit tipped up in the highs. The unnatural EQ is most noticeable on David Hemmings' voice but overall it makes the music on this quality recording almost unlistenable to me.

The vocals at the word "crystal" are awful. Mono tone high speed out of tune. I literally did a double take. I'm playing the radio airplay vesrion and don't understand what diffrence. Not Wakeman at his best.

progtastic with David Hemmings narrating with a Public School voice that really was not his ..... 😂😂😎 this is Überkitsch and would not have been seen dead in 74 with that in my school satchel; now all these years later it is just bombastic overcooked meringue but quaint and funny and yes nostalgic .

Loved the entire LP from start to finish just on the quality of the pressing alone. Rich, vibrant tracks. Pay attention to each instrument. Percussion is crisp and clean. Just an enjoyable ride through and through for the brilliant listening pleasure alone. When you listen to a perfectly mint copy you'll drift away with this one.

This editing is very poorly done. The CD only has 2 tracks, although it says it has 5 tracks (the first 4 are condensed into 2 tracks, just like it would be on the original LP). The supposed bonus track that appears in the booklet and even printed on the CD label simply doesn't exist. The label's shame.

I thought Wakeman's "King Arthur" album was weak, but WOW, this is something else. While that record had at least a whole track that was enjoyable ("Sir Lancelot..."), I ultimately only found about 2 or 3 moments of enjoyment on "Journey". These combined to a total of around 3 minutes. These were all portions of the record that had more of a rock sound/ concrete groove to them. I don't have anything against non-traditional rock/prog rock, or "groove-less" and free form music, but the orchestration on here does absolutely nothing for me.

BY FAR the worst factor in this album is the spoken word narration by David Hemmings. It is the EPITOME OF CRINGE, and had me ready to turn the record off every time his voice came on. I can't say that narration or spoken word is always a bad thing in a musical piece, as there are works featuring spoken portions that I greatly enjoy (see: Gil Scott-Heron, Velvet Underground, Black Flag). This one is just not it tho! It sounds like I'm back in grade school with the teacher playing an audiobook off of a boom-box for us to follow along with in our massive literature textbooks.
I would agree with critics who label this as pretentious, but frankly, I don't care. If I think the music is enjoyable, it can be as pretentious and pompous as the artist wants. This album is just not good.