The Six Wives of Henry VIII
by Rick Wakeman
- Type: Album
- Released: February 1973
- Label: A&M
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 36:52
- Community rating: 3.61/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded while he was simultaneously transforming Yes into global superstars, Rick Wakeman's solo instrumental debut is a staggering synthesizer spectacle. 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII' is an incredibly dense, fiercely technical symphonic prog concept album, utilizing banks of Moogs and Mellotrons to craft highly complex, beautifully melodic historical portraits of the Tudor queens.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, instrumental, history, progressive, melodic, complex, technical
Tracklist
- Catherine Of Aragon (3:47)
- Anne Of Cleves (7:55)
- Catherine Howard (6:37)
- Jane Seymour (4:50)
- Anne Boleyn 'The Day Thou Gavest Lord Hath Ended' (6:36)
- Catherine Parr (7:04)
Credits
- Rick Wakeman - primary artist, producer [produced by], written-by, arranged by, arranged by [end hymn]
- Mike Doud - art direction
- Ken Carroll - design
- Peter Flanagan - engineer [assistant]
- Paul Tregurtha - engineer, mixed by
- Bruce Rae - photography by [front cover] [at madame tussauds]
- Ruan O'Lochlainn - photography by [inside]
- Claude Johnson Taylor - technician [keyboards & amplification set up by]
- John Cleary - technician [keyboards & amplification set up by]
- Michael Tait - technician [keyboards & amplification set up by]
- Philip Hepple - technician [keyboards & amplification set up by]
- Chris Squire - bass
- Les Hurdle - bass
- Bill Bruford - drums
- Ken Scott - engineer, mixed by
- Mike Egan - guitar
- Steve Howe - guitar
- Ray Cooper - percussion
- Barry St. John - vocals
- Judith Powell - vocals
- Liza Strike - vocals
- Dave Wintour - bass
- Alan White - drums
- Frank Ricotti - percussion
- Dave Cousins - banjo [electric]
- Chas Cronk - bass
- Barry De Souza - drums
- Dave Lambert - guitar
- David Hentschel - mixed by
- Laura Lee - vocals
- Sylvia McNeill - vocals
- E.J. Hopkins - written-by [end hymn]