Rick Wakeman - Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)
Vinyl rip in 24 bit/96 kHz | FLAC tracks | Tech Log | Artwork | 775 Mb | UL, FF, RS
A&M Records – AMLH 64361 (1973) (Original UK) | Prog Rock
The Six Wives of Henry VIII is the debut studio album from the English keyboardist and composer Rick Wakeman, released in January 1973 on A&M Records. It is an instrumental progressive rock album with its concept based on his interpretations of the musical characteristics of the six wives of Henry VIII. Wakeman decided on the concept in 1972 while he toured the United States with the rock band Yes. As he read a book about the wives on his travels, melodies he wrote the previous year came to him and were noted down. Wakeman plays a variety of keyboard instruments including piano, Minimoog synthesiser, Mellotron, harpsichord and organ. Musicians from Yes and Strawbs, who he performed with prior to Yes, also play on the album.
Songs / Tracks Listing
1. Catherine of Aragon (3:45)
2. Anne of Cleves (7:50)
3. Catherine Howard (6:36)
4. Jane Seymour (4:44)
5. Anne Boleyn (Incl "The day thou gavest Lord is ended") (6:31)
6. Catherine Parr (7:00)
Line-up / Musicians
- Rick Wakeman / pianos, organ, harpsi chord, synthesizers, mellotrons
+ Bill Bruford / drums (1-5)
- Ray Cooper / percussion (1-5)
- David Cousins / electric banjo (3)
- Chas Cronk / bass (3)
- Barry de Souza / drums (3)
- Mike Egan / guitar (1-2-5-6)
- Steve Howe / guitar (1)
- Les Hurdle / bass (1-5)
- Dave Lambert / guitar (3)
- Laura Lee / chorus (5)
- Sylvia McNeill / chorus (5)
- Judy Powell / chorus (1)
- Frank Ricotti / percussion (2-3-6)
- Barry St.John / chorus (1)
- Chris Squire / bass (1)
- Liza Strike / chorus (1-5)
- Alan White / drums (2-4-6)
EQUIPMENT:
RCM –> Clearaudio Smart Matrix (Personal clean fluid + L’Art du Son Cleaning Fluid + Audio Desk Systeme fluid)
Turntable –> Clearaudio Champion Limited
SpeedNic Allnic Audio
Tonearm –> SME M2-9
Cartridge –> DYNAVECTOR DV-XX2 MKII low output MC
Phono Preamplifier –> NAGRA BPS (battery driven pre amp; 220 Ohm load)
ADC System –> Mytek Stereo96 ADC Professional Converter
DAC System –> Roland UA-55 Quad-Capture USB (only bring Mytek digital signal to PC)
Cables: XLR-RCA (Mogami, Neutrix connectors)
Zerostat 3
SOFTWARE:
SoundForge Pro 10.0 (record 24/96)
ClickRepair 3.4.1
dBpoweramp Music Converter (WAV–>FLAC (level 8))
RIPPING NOTE:
No Equalization, Minor ClickRepair (whenever possible), No Noise Reduction and No Normalization.
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VINYL CONDITION: EX (+)
CLICKREPAIR:
Pitch Protection (+)
Reverse (+)
Declick level 25
Wavelet x2
Manually
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