The War of the Worlds

~ Release by Jeff Wayne (see all versions of this release, 38 available)

Tracklist

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1▼Medium
#TitleRatingLength
1Eve of the War
9:06
2Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
11:36
3Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
10:36
4Forever Autumn
bass guitar:
Herbie Flowers (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
drums (drum set):
Barry Morgan (English drummer) (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
guitar:
Chris Spedding (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
synthesizer:
Ken Freeman (UK session keyboardist) (from 1976-05 until 1977-07) and Jeff Wayne (musician) (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
spoken vocals [The Journalist]:
Richard Burton (Welsh actor, twice married to Elizabeth Taylor) (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
vocals:
Justin Hayward (of the Moody Blues) (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
orchestra:
Littlechap Strings (string orchestra on 'Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds') (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
recorded at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden (London Borough of Camden), Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
recording of:
Forever Autumn (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
lyricist:
Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass
composer:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
part of:
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”
4.157:43
5Thunder Child
bass guitar:
Herbie Flowers (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
drums (drum set):
Barry Morgan (English drummer) (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
guitar:
Chris Spedding (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
synthesizer:
Ken Freeman (UK session keyboardist) (from 1976-05 until 1977-07) and Jeff Wayne (musician) (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
spoken vocals [The Journalist]:
Richard Burton (Welsh actor, twice married to Elizabeth Taylor) (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
vocals:
Chris Thompson (vocalist with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
orchestra:
Littlechap Strings (string orchestra on 'Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds') (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
recorded at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden (London Borough of Camden), Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
recording of:
Thunder Child (from 1976-05 until 1977-07)
lyricist:
Gary Osborne
composer:
Jeff Wayne (musician)
is based on:
The War of the Worlds: Book 1, Chapter 17: The Thunder Child
part of:
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of “The War of the Worlds”
4.356:08
2▼Medium
#TitleRatingLength
1The Red Weed (Part 1)
5:56
2The Spirit of Man
11:41
3The Red Weed (Part 2)
6:51
4Brave New World
12:13
5Dead London
8:37
6Epilogue (Part 1)
2:45
7Epilogue (Part 2)
1:51