Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds

Label:
Catalog#:
COL CD 96000
Format:
2 x CD, Album, Reissue, Fat-box
Country:
Europe
Released:
1985
Genre:
Electronic, Rock, Stage & Screen
Style:
Prog Rock, Ambient

Tracklist

  The Coming Of The Martians
1-01   The Eve Of The War 9:06
    Lyrics By - Jeff Wayne
1-02   Horshell Common And The Heat Ray 11:36
1-03   The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine 10:36
    Vocals - David Essex
1-04   Forever Autumn 7:43
    Lyrics By - Gary Osbourne* , Paul Vigrass
  Vocals - Justin Hayward
1-05   Thunder Child 6:08
  The Earth Under The Martians
2-01   The Red Weed (Part 1) 5:55
2-02   The Spirit Of Man 11:41
    Vocals - Julie Covington , Phil Lynott
2-03   The Red Weed (Part 2) 6:51
2-04   Brave New World 12:13
    Vocals - David Essex
2-05   Dead London 8:37
2-06   Epilogue (Part 1) 2:42
2-07   Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA) 2:02
    Vocals - Jerry Wayne

Credits

Artwork By [Director & Logo Design] - John Pasche
Backing Vocals - Billy Lawrie , Gary Osbourne* , Paul Vigrass
Bass Guitar - Herbie Flowers
Composed By - Jeff Wayne
Conductor - Jeff Wayne
Directed By [Dramatic And Narrative Sections] - Charles Dubin , Jerry Wayne
Drums - Barry Morgan
Engineer - Geoff Young
Engineer [Assistant] - Laurence Diana
Executive Producer - Jerry Wayne
Guitar - Chris Spedding , Jo Partridge
Keyboards - Ken Freeman
Lyrics By - Gary Osbourne* (tracks: 1.02, 1.03, 1.05 to 2.07)
Mastered By - Bill Foster
Mastered By [Compact Disc Cut] - Laurence Diana
Narrator - Richard Burton (2)
Orchestrated By - Jeff Wayne
Percussion - Barry De Souza , Ray Cooper , Roy Jones
Written-By - Doreen Wayne
Zither, Tar (drum), Performer [Santur] - George Fenton

Notes

Reissue of CBS CD release

Adapted from H. G. Wells novel "The War Of The Worlds".


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Published by Jeff Wayne Music Ltd. except "Forever Autumn" published by Jeff Wayne Music Ltd. / Duchess Music Inc.

A 48 Track Production recorded at Adivision Studios, London, May 1976-July 1977.
Mastered at Tape One, London.
Compact Disc cut at CBS Studios, London 1985.
First released in the UK June 1978.

Sony Music Entertainment Inc. distribution code: 01-096000-10.

LC 0162

BIEM

Includes 45 page illustrated booklet.
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