Jeff Wayne - The War Of The Worlds
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Singer: Jeff Wayne
Title: The War Of The Worlds
Short-info: Label: Columbia ‎– CDX 96000, Columbia ‎– 01-096000-11
Type: 2 x CD, Album, Remastered
Country: Australia
Date of released: 1995
Category: Electronic, Rock
Style: Art Rock, Ambient, Experimental, Minimal, Prog Rock
MP3 album size .rar: 1821 mb
APE album size .rar: 1570 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC MPC MOD DTS XM MIDI ADX MP3

Tracklist Hide Credits

The Coming Of The Martians
1-1 The Eve Of The War
Featuring – Justin Hayward, Richard Burton
9:06
1-2 Horsell Common And The Heat Ray
Featuring – Richard Burton
11:36
1-3 The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine
Featuring – David Essex, Richard Burton
10:36
1-4 Forever Autumn
Featuring – Justin Hayward, Richard Burton
7:43
1-5 Thunder Child
Featuring – Richard Burton
6:10
The Earth Under The Martians
2-1 The Red Weed (Part 1)
Featuring – Richard Burton
5:55
2-2 The Spirit Of Man
Featuring – Julie Covington, Phil Lynott, Richard Burton
11:41
2-3 The Red Weed (Part 2)
Featuring – Richard Burton
6:51
2-4 Brave New World
Featuring – David Essex, Richard Burton
12:13
2-5 Dead London
Featuring – Richard Burton
8:37
2-6 Epilogue (Part 1)
Featuring – Richard Burton
2:42
2-7 Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA)
Featuring – Jerry Wayne
2:02
The New Files 95
2-8 The Spirit Of Man (Dubulladub)
Featuring – Julie Covington, Phil LynottRemix [Uncredited] – KCWWritten-By – Gary Osborne, Jeff Wayne
4:14
2-9 Dark Autumn Dub
Co-producer – Frederikse / Shurrer*Featuring – Justin Hayward, Richard Burton Written-By – Gary Osborne, Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass
8:51
2-10 Forever Autumn (Remix 95)
Featuring – Justin HaywardWritten-By – Gary Osborne, Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass
4:21
2-11 Epilogue (Part 2) / The Eve Of The War (Remix 95)
Featuring – Jerry Wayne, Justin Hayward, Richard Burton Written-By – Jeff WayneWritten-By [Dialogue] – Doreen Wayne
5:33

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
  • Distributed By – Sony Music
  • Manufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited
  • Published By – Jeff Wayne Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Duchess Music Inc.
  • Recorded At – Advision Studios
  • Mastered At – Tape One
  • Pressed By – SMEA – 0063062
  • Pressed By – SMEA – 0063097

Credits

  • Arranged By, Programmed By – Gareth Cousins (tracks: 2-8, 2-10, 2-11), Kipper (tracks: 2-8, 2-10, 2-11)
  • Art Direction, Design [Logo] – John Pasche
  • Backing Vocals – Billy Lawrie, Gary Osborne, Paul Vigrass
  • Bass Guitar – Herbie Flowers
  • Composed By, Orchestrated By, Conductor – Jeff Wayne
  • Directed By [Dramatic And Narrative Sections] – Charles Dubin, Jerry Wayne
  • Drums – Barry Morgan
  • Engineer – Geoff Young
  • Engineer [Assistant, Compact Disc Cut By] – Laurence Diana
  • Executive Producer – Jeff Wayne (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11), Jerry Wayne (tracks: 1-1 to 2-7)
  • Guitar – Chris Spedding, Jo Partridge
  • Illustration – Michael Trim
  • Keyboards, Synthesizer – Jeff Wayne, Ken 'Prof' Freeman*
  • Lyrics By – Garry Osborne* (tracks: 1-2 to 2-7), Jeff Wayne (tracks: 1-1), Paul Vigrass (tracks: 1-4)
  • Mastered By – Bill Foster
  • Mixed By – Gareth Cousins (tracks: 2-8, 2-10, 2-11)
  • Painting – Geoff Taylor , Michael Trim, Peter Goodfellow
  • Percussion – Barry Da Souza*, Ray Cooper, Roy Jones
  • Producer – Gareth Cousins (tracks: 2-8, 2-10, 2-11), Jeff Wayne (tracks: 2-8, 2-10, 2-11), Kipper (tracks: 2-8, 2-10, 2-11)
  • Tar (Drum), Santoor [Santur], Zither – George Fenton
  • Voice [Epilogue Voices By] – Jerry Wayne
  • Written-By, Adapted By [Story] – Doreen Wayne

Notes

Booklet Info:
Story adapted from H. G. Wells novel "The War Of The Worlds"

Phil Lynott appeared by courtesy of Phonogram
Julie Covington appeared by courtesy of Virgin Records, Ltd.
Justin Hayward appeared by courtesy of The Decca Record Company Limited
Chris Thompson appeared by courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Musical Co-ordination by Music Activity Management
and The General Booking Company
Published by Jeff Wayne Music Ltd. except
"Forever Autumn" published by Jeff Wayne Music Ltd. /
Duchess Music Inc.

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

To my father, this rendering of his idea

The War Of The Worlds Re-Mastering
Equipment used at mastering stage:
Acoustic Environment designed by S.W. Davis Ltd.
Modified A.T.C. studio monitors with C-audio power
amplifiers and B&W CDM 1 monitors.
Studer A80 ¼" replay machine with 'Timelord' replay electronics.
Dolby 361 decoders.
Analogue processors: Focusrite Blue 315 Isomorphic Mastering
Equaliser. Focusrite Blue 330 Compressor.
Analogue interconnects: EMT Barco.
Prism Dream AD-1 20-Bit A-D Convertor.
Optical interconnect to Sonic Solutions Digital Workstation
Additional digital processing TC M5000 Mainframe.
Mastered direct to CD by Sony CDW 900E CD writer with
Super-Bit Mapping.
The War Of The Worlds Original Master BASF tape Dolby ¼"

Information about the original 1978 recording
Quad 8 Recording Console
Studer and MCI 24 track tape machines locked using Maglink
synchroniser, using Neumann Condenser Microphones.
Original mixes mastered onto a Studer 2 Track ¼" Analogue Tape Machine
Richard Burton's voice was recorded in Los Angeles and London (Advision Studios)
Strings were recorded in No.1 Studio, EMI, Abbey Road.

SBM™ Super Bit Mapping
© 1995 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.

Manufactured in Australia by Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 9 399700 012279
  • Barcode: 9399700012279
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): 0063062000000 01 SMEA
  • Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): 0063097-CDX96000 02 SMEA
  • Mastering SID Code (Disc 1 & 2): IFPI L681
  • Mould SID Code (Disc 1 & 2): IFPI 6515

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
CBS 96000, CBS 82671, CBS 82672 Jeff Wayne Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album) CBS, CBS, CBS CBS 96000, CBS 82671, CBS 82672 UK 1978
PC2 35290 Jeff Wayne Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat) Columbia PC2 35290 US 1978
S2BP 220201, CBS 96000 Jeff Wayne Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album) CBS, CBS S2BP 220201, CBS 96000 Australia 1978
40-96000A, 40-96000B, MJM358M Jeff Wayne The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xCass, Album) CBS, CBS, MJM Music PL 40-96000A, 40-96000B, MJM358M Poland 1978
40 . 3P 18 Jeff Wayne Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album) CBS/Sony 40 . 3P 18 Hong Kong 1978

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