Ten Invitations From The Mistress Of Mr. E is the fourth studio album by the Canadian

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 guitarist

Guitarist

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 Rik Emmett

Rik Emmett

Richard Gordon Emmett is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. Emmett left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career. His first solo album, Absolutely, was released in 1990 and became a moderate hit across North America thanks to the hits "When a Heart...

, released in 1997. It is the first installment in a guitar trilogy, otherwise known as the Open House Collection released merely six months before Swing Shift

Swing Shift (album)

Swing Shift is the fifth studio album by the Canadian guitarist Rik Emmett, released in 1997. It is the second instalment in the guitar trilogy, released merely six months after Ten Invitations From The Mistress Of Mr...

, which is meant to cover the basis of Rik Emmett's guitar teaching.

Unlike the next two albums in the trilogy, the album is completely instrumental.

Shannon Emmett, Rik's oldest daughter, plays the synthesizer on the two part suite "Ascending in St. Anne's" and "Secret Wishes". She was only fourteen at the time.

The album originally consisted of eleven songs, but was later dubbed as Ten Invitations due to there being only ten songs from the album. Emmett stated, on his official site, during the time of release for the album:

Track listing

1. "El Cuento del Gadjo" - 7:07
2. "The Castle of Regret" - 3:17
3. "Angelina's Smile" - 3:19
4. "Buggy Ride" - 3:28
5. "A Whisper Away" - 4:01
6. "Ascending in St. Anne's" - 1:25
7. "Secret Wishes" - 3:28
8. "Acadian Dance" - 2:52
9. "Souveniers" - 4:09
10. "The Seventh Circle" - 2:07

Personnel

• Rik Emmett
  Rik Emmett
  Richard Gordon Emmett is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. Emmett left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career. His first solo album, Absolutely, was released in 1990 and became a moderate hit across North America thanks to the hits "When a Heart...
  
   – guitars, synthesizers, vocals
• Steve Skingley - Bass
• Denton Young - Drums
• Randy Cooke
  Randy Cooke
  Randy Cooke is an established Canadian drummer, percussionist, session musician, and touring musician.-Biography:Influenced by his drummer father, Cooke picked up the drums as a child, learning and playing as part of a local drum corps before starting his own bands as a teenager...
  
   – Percussion
• Marty Anderson - Keyboards
• Shannon Emmett - Synthesizer on "Ascending in St. Anne's" & "Secret Wishes"

Production

• Andrew Craig – producer
• Ed Stone – engineer
• Hugh Cooper – mixing
• Noel Golden – assistant engineer
• George Graves – mastering
• Chris Chapman - Photography

External links

• Ten Invitations From the Mistress Of Mr. E Entry at the Official Rik Emmett Homepage