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“Why Do You Hate Me?“ is taken from the new NOLAN & WAKEMAN - TALES BY GASLIGHT Box Set which is AVAILABLE NOW to preorder at The track is based on the confrontation between Frankenstein’s monster and his maker, Dr Frankenstein who is disowning him. Oliver says: “Why Do You Hate Me”? is a powerful song with an overarching theme of needing to be wanted and loved. Essentially a song for the disadvantaged and marginalised, a theme many people will be able to relate too”. The track features Oliver and Clive in their tradition keyboard roles, they are joined by Paul Manzi (The Sweet) on vocals and David Mark Pearce (Monroe’s Thunder) on Guitar. --- Box Set Press Release --- Oliver Wakeman reunites with Clive Nolan after 20 years to issue a 3CD Box Set - Tales By Gaslight featuring remastered versions of their ‘future prog classics’ Jabberwocky and The Hound Of The Baskervilles along with a new disc Dark Fables. The Tales By Gaslight box set, comprising 3CDs each with a 16-page booklet and 3 individual Art prints of the three covers, is available from Burning Shed now at Clive Nolan (Pendragon, Arena) and Oliver Wakeman (YES, Strawbs) first combined their considerable keyboard and compositional talents to create two rock opera/concept albums. Jabberwocky, released in 1999, was based on the famous Lewis Carroll poem. It was followed by The Hound of The Baskervilles (2002), inspired by the Sherlock Holmes novel penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The project was always intended to be a trilogy of musical interpretations of literary classics, but an album inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was shelved because of a lack of record company funding. This box set package also includes a third disc, featuring previously unreleased pieces that were intended to complete the trilogy. This third disc, Dark Fables, contains over 30 minutes of music conceived for the abandoned Frankenstein album. View the full press release at Box Set consists of: 1 CD: Remastered Jabberwocky album 1 CD: Remastered Hound of the Baskervilles album 1 CD: Dark Fables - a new album of previously unreleased music from Nolan & Wakeman, including music from the aborted third album 'Frankenstein' 3 x 16 page booklets 3 x Art Prints Artwork & logos by Rodney Matthews, Peter Pracownik & Oliver Wakeman New 'Why Do You Hate Me?' lyric video edited by Oliver Wakeman (2021) featuring performances by Oliver Wakeman, Clive Nolan, Paul Manzi & David Mark Pearce.
