Artist: Rick Wakeman
Title Of Album: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Year Of Release: 1973
Label: A & M Records (UK)
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Modern Classical, Prog Rock
Quality/Bitrate: MP3 / 320 kbps / 44.1 Khz / Joint Stereo
Total Time: 36 min 50 sec
Total Size: 85.2 mb


Instruments:
Custom built Hammond C-3 Organ, RMI Electric Piano & Harpsichord, 2 x Mini-Moog Synthesizer, Mellotron 400-D (Brass/Strings/Flutes), Mellotron 400-D (Vocals/Sound Effects/Vibes), Steinway 9’ Grand Piano, Frequency Counter, Custom Mixer.

In addition to the above instruments a Thomas Goff Harpsichord and ARP Synthesizer were used. All sounds put through two Stereo Leslies, Fender Duel Showman Amp & two JBL Cabinets. Also used a custom built Oscillator, Fuzz & Wahwah Pedal and Binson Echo Unit, Keyboards & Amplification set up by: John Cleary, Michael Tait, Philip Hepple, Claude Johnson Taylor. The organ on ‘Jane Seymour’ was recorded at St. Giles, Cripplegate.

‘Katherine Of Aragon’ was engineered and mixed at Trident Studios, London. ‘Anne Boylen’ was engineered at Morgan Studios, London, and mixed at Trident Studios. All the remaining tracks were engineered and mixed at Morgan Studios.
All titles written and arranged by Rick Wakeman, except for the Hymn at the end of ‘Anne Boylen’ which is 'The Day Thou Gavest Lord Hath Ended' (E.J. Hopkins, arr. Rick Wakeman).

This album is based around my interpretations of the musical characteristics of the wives of Henry VIII. Although the style may not always be in keeping with their individual history, it is my personal conception of their characters in relations to keyboard instruments. - Rick.



Tracklist
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1. Catherine of Aragon (3:47)
2. Anne of Cleves (7:55)
3. Catherine Howard (6:37)
4. Jane Seymour (4:50)
5. Anne Boleyn 'The Day Thou Gavest Lord Hath Ended' (6:36)
6. Catherine Parr (7:05)