Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus

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Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of Spartacus was a 1992 concept album by Jeff Wayne and others, telling the story of Roman gladiator, Spartacus. It starred Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta Jones (in her first recording role), Marillion's Fish, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and others. It is also the first concept album by Jeff Wayne not relating to his musical adaptation of The War of the Worlds. Disc 1: "Animal & Man" Disc 2: "The Parting Of The Ways"
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Jeff Wayne

Jeffrey "Jeff" Wayne (born July 1, 1943, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York) is a musician mostly known for his musical version of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. He also wrote several advertising jingles in the 1970s which appeared on television in the United Kingdom, notably the Gordon's Gin...

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888. Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of notable singers,...

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