JEFF WAYNES MUSICAL VERSION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (cd rip mp3) ROJO

The War of the Worlds stars Richard Burton as the narrator-protagonist, Justin Hayward (of The Moody Blues), Phil Lynott (The Parson), Julie Covington, David Essex (The Artilleryman) and Chris Thompson.

"Forever Autumn", "The Eve of the War", "Thunder Child", and "The Spirit of Man" are the most recognised individual songs on the album. "Forever Autumn" was a UK Top 5 single, sung by Justin Hayward. The album itself spent 290 weeks in the UK album charts. It was in the top 10 in 22 countries and reached #1 in 11 countries.

Most of the lyrics on the album were written by former Elton John lyricist Gary Osborne.

The album was one of the first recorded on 48 tracks, using two synchronised 24 track Studer 80s at Advision Studios in London. It was engineered by Geoff Young, who was instrumental in bringing the recordings together with only a 16 track desk. His skill in this regard was later recognised by George Michael, who worked with him to record "Last Christmas" and "Careless Whisper" using the same studio and equipment.

The repetition of "Ulla!", the cry made by the Martians, and certain musical refrains throughout the musical act as leitmotifs.

The official album comes with several paintings by Peter Goodfellow, Geoff Taylor and Michael Trim that help to illustrate the story from beginning to end.

Disc one

1. "The Eve of the War" – 9:07 (Wayne)
2. "Horsell Common and the Heat Ray" – 11:35 (Wayne)
3. "The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine" – 10:27 (Wayne)
4. "Forever Autumn" – 7:55 (Wayne, Vigrass, Osborne)
5. "Thunder Child" – 6:03 (Wayne, Osborne)

Some pressings misprint the first track as "The Eye of the War"

Disc two

1. "The Red Weed (Part 1)" – 5:51
2. "The Spirit of Man" – 11:45 (Wayne, Osborne) [the LP's tracks "Parson Nathaniel" and "The Spirit of Man" indexed as one track]
3. "The Red Weed (Part 2)" – 6:19
4. "Brave New World" – 12:36 (Wayne, Osborne)
5. "Dead London" – 8:36
6. "Epilogue (Part 1)" – 2:42
7. "Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA)" – 2:01
8. The Spirit of Man (Dubulladub)
9. Forever Autumn - Remix'96
10. Forever Autumn (Dark Autumn Dub)
11. The Eve of The War (pi-r2h Mix)

Tracks 8 - 11 are only on the 1995 and 1998 re-release. The 1998 version was to commemorate 20 years since the original.

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