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.” Get Rick Wakeman Tickets Here 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 p...