Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus
1992 studio album by Jeff Wayne From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1992 studio album by Jeff Wayne From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus is a 1992 concept album produced and composed by Jeff Wayne with Lyrics by Gary Osborne, telling the story of Roman gladiator, Spartacus.
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jeff Wayne | |||
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It starred Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones (in her first recording role), Fish, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Scots singer Alan King as Spartacus.
It was also the first Jeff Wayne release that is not related to his musical version of The War of the Worlds. Based on a story outline by Jeff Wayne, the script was written by writer Brian Sibley and playwright John Spurling with Sibley responsible for the script of 'Animal & Man', 'The Eagle & the Hawk' and 'The Appian Way' and Spurling largely responsible for the script of 'The Parting of the Ways' and 'The Last Battle'. Also starring in the album is Chris Thompson and Jo Partridge, who appeared in The War of the Worlds. Originally, Thompson had a singing role, but his song was dropped from the final version of the album. It is rumoured that Thompson possesses the only copy of his song. The lead vocals representing Spartacus himself were performed by Scottish vocalist, Alan King of Walk On Fire fame.
The artists for the album were Gino D'Achille, Christos Achilleos and Andrew Wheatcroft, art directed by Richard Evans
Disc 1: "Animal & Man"
Disc 2: "The Parting Of The Ways"
Total Running Time: Approx 111 Minutes
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