SHATNER, WILLIAM - SEEKING MAJOR TOM (3LP-FT.BIG NAME PLAYERS/20 TRK)

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Featuring a bizarre list of players from TD & Gottsching to Blackmore, Hillage & Moraz covering the music of Bowie to the BYRDS & HAWKWIND to Dolby!

Now, this one sounds crazy, but when you look at the track titles and the stunning list of guest players and vocalists good old “Captain Kirk” has on it, it’s one you feel you just have to experience (or not as the case may be :-), so you just might want us to beam a copy of the CD down/up to you sometime in the near future…

With a career that spans over five decades, Canadian-born actor William Shatner has become an instantly recognizable star of stage and screen whose vocal delivery, primarily in his performance as the square-jawed Capt. James T. Kirk, is...AS...iconic...as it is...LEGENDARY. The versatile Shatner has also brought his unique interpretive talents to the music world as well, first in 1968 with the cult favourite: ‘The Transformed Man’ and later in 2004 with ‘Has Been’. Now Shatner has returned to familiar territory - SPACE - in this wildly inventive concept album featuring brand new recordings of Shatner’s much celebrated speak-sing delivery on a host of classic rock favourites and other space-themed songs.

With guest appearances by an all-star cast of rock legends, ‘Seeking Major Tom’ was one of the most talked about releases of 2011!

So, William Shatner has returned to the final frontier of music recording with this space-themed concept album that boldly goes where no man has gone before – and it’s available on both 2CD and 3LP formats!

Featuring distinctive interpretations of classic, intergalactic anthems by: David Bowie, QUEEN, DEEP PURPLE, Elton John, PINK FLOYD, BLACK SABBATH and more, ‘Seeking Major Tom’ includes guest appearances by artists from several different genres of music, such as: Manuel Gottsching, Zakk Wylde, Sheryl Crow, Ritchie Blackmore, Lyle Lovett, Steve Miller and Peter Frampton PLUS members of the STROKES, the KINKS, TANGERINE DREAM, ALICE IN CHAINS, DEEP PURPLE, YES, MC5 and more!

Only in the Land of Legends could an ageing actor pull together a line-up of mega-stars and produce an album of cover-versions that not only stand up on their own, but rock too! Brave success or heroic failure, only the listener can decide, but whichever you think it is, it’s a must have for completists and nutters alike!

‘Seeking Major Tom’ is also available as a Double CD Set – Stock # 1466004

WILLIAM SHATNER: SEEKING MAJOR TOM 3LP Track List:

01. Major Tom [originally by Peter Shilling - Nick Valensi from The STROKES added Guitar, plus Zakk Wylde from BLACK LABEL SOCIETY & Ozzy Osbourne band and Mike Inez from ALICE IN CHAINS have also contributed to this track]
02. Space Oddity [originally by David Bowie - Ritchie Blackmore guests on Guitar & Alan Parsons guests on Keyboards]
03. In A Little While [originally by U2 – features Lyle Lovett / Manuel Gottsching from ASH RA TEMPEL has added Guitar]
04. Space Cowboy [originally by Steve Miller - Country artist Brad Paisley guests on Guitar & Vocal]
05. Space Trucking [originally by DEEP PURPLE - Drummer Ian Paice performs alongside Johnny Winter on guest Guitar]
06. Rocket Man [originally by Elton John - Steve Hillage of Gong / System 7 guests on Guitar]
07. She Blinded Me With Science [originally by Thomas Dolby - Bootsy Collins guests on Bass and YES / MOODY BLUES keyboardist Patrick Moraz guests on Synthesizers]
08. Walking On The Moon [originally by The POLICE - Toots from Toots & The Maytals added a Vocal to this track]
09. Spirit In The Sky [originally by Norman Greenbaum - Peter Frampton plays Guitar on this track]
10. Bohemian Rhapsody [originally by QUEEN - John Wetton from ASIA guests on Bass & Vocal]
11. Silver Machine [originally by HAWKWIND - Wayne Kramer from MC5 added Guitar & Carmine Appice from VANILLA FUDGE & Rod Stewart band added a guest Drum part]
12. Mrs. Major Tom [featuring Sheryl Crow]
13. Empty Glass [originally by TEA PARTY - Michael Schenker guests on Guitar]
14. Lost In The Stars [originally by Frank Sinatra - Jazz legend Ernie Watts guests on Saxophone]
15. Learning To Fly [originally by PINK FLOYD - Edgar Froese from TANGERINE DREAM plays Guitar, Synthesizers & Keyboards on this track]
16. Mr. Spaceman [originally by the BYRDS - Dave Davies from The KINKS guests on Guitar]
17. Twilight Zone [originally by GOLDEN EARRING - Warren Haynes of GOV’T NULE / ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND guests on Guitar]
18. Struggle [original track by William Shatner / Adam Hamilton]
19. Iron Man [originally by BLACK SABBATH - Zakk Wylde from BLACK LABEL SOCIETY & Ozzy Osbourne band plays Guitar and contributed a Vocal for this track]
20. Planet Earth [originally by DURAN DURAN - Steve Howe from YES plays Guitar on this track]