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Jeff Wayne - Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds (Deluxe Collectors Edition) - Import 16 CD+2 Blu-ray Disc+BOOK16 CD+2 Blu-ray Disc+BOOK Box Set
Jeff Wayne - Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds (Deluxe Collectors Edition) - Import 16 CD+2 Blu-ray Disc+BOOK16 CD+2 Blu-ray Disc+BOOK Box Set
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Rock
August 8, 2025
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Catalog No.: MAFI51924252
JAN/ISBN: 636551924252
Number of Discs: 19
Country/Region of Manufacture: Import
Credits:
Jeff Wayne
Description:
Released 40 years after Orson Welles' infamous radio version of the H.G. Wells tale, Jeff Wayne's musical version of War of the Worlds straddles old-style radio drama and contemporary orchestrated narratives by Rick Wakeman and David Bedford. And while it lacks the sophisticated arrangements of, say, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, it does boast an impressively odd cast -- this may be the only time that a member of Thin Lizzy worked with Richard Burton, and the presence of Julie Covington and the Moody Blues' Justin Hayward in very attractive singing roles attest to its pop/rock aspirations. It's Burton's sonorous tones that sustain this work; his frequent solo narrations are eminently listenable, whereas sections featuring dialogue with other characters often come off as a bit stilted. The music is competent studio rock, and "Horsell Common and the Heat Ray" does strike just the right balance between Burton's narration and an accompaniment built around a buzzsaw guitar riff. Overall, it's pleasant as a period piece, and still a fine way to introduce younger listeners to Wells' classic tale. (And if you can find it in a vinyl, it comes with a nicely produced narrative booklet with gloriously lurid illustrations by Geoff Taylor.) The album was actually appealing on too many fronts for its own good in many ways -- the Justin Hayward-sung ballad "Forever Autumn," extracted from a much longer piece on the double-LP -- showed some signs of appealing to AM radio listeners and climbed to the Top 40 based on airplay alone, but by the time Columbia Records in America (missing this boat entirely) got copies of the single into stores so that people could actually buy the record, the song had dropped back down; in the meantime, the record became a favorite of discos and dance clubs in New York and elsewhere, where its extended, highly rhythmic, synthesizer-driven sections delighted deejays and audiences, and Columbia missed another bet by not releasing an instrumental-only assembly of those long passages. (In New York, for years after it went out of print on vinyl, the album was sought after by club deejays eager to spin it). ~ Paul Collins and Bruce Eder
Tracklisting:
1. The Eve of the War (Feat. Richard Burton & Justin Hayward)2. Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Feat. Richard Burton)3. The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Feat. Richard Burton and David Essex)4. Forever Autumn (Feat. Richard Burton and Justin Hayward)5. Thunder Child (Feat. Richard Burton and Chris Thompson)1. The Red Weed (Part 2) [feat. Richard Burton]2. The Spirit of Man (Feat. Richard Burton, Phil Lynott & Julie Covington)3. The Red Weed (Part Two) [feat. Richard Burton & Phil Lynott]4. The Artilleryman Returns (Feat. Richard Burton & David Essex)5. Brave New World (Feat. Richard Burton & David Essex)6. Dead London (Part 1) [feat. Richard Burton]7. Dead London (Part 2) [feat. Richard Burton]8. Epilogue (Part 1) [feat. Richard Burton]9. Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA) [feat. Jerry Wayne and Lewis MacLeod]1. The Four Narrators (Opening Passage) [feat. Richard Burton, Anthony Quinn, Teofilo Martinez & Curd Jurgens]2. The Eve of the War (Original Unused Intro) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Richard Burton]3. The Eve of the War (Early Band Take) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Richard Burton & Chris Amoo]4. The Eve of the War (Stripped Down Mix) [feat. Jeff Wayne]5. The Eve of the War (Feat. Jeff Wayne & Chris Thompson)6. That Laugh (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Barry Morgan, Ken Freeman, Herbie Flowers, Jo Partridge, Roy Jones, Barry DeSouza & Chris Spedding)7. Out-Takes 1 (From 'Horsell Common') [feat. Richard Burton & Jerry Wayne]8. Out-Takes 2 (From 'Horsell Common') [feat. Richard Burton & Charles Dubin]9. Out-Takes 3 (From 'Horsell Common') [feat. Jeff Wayne]10. Horsell Common & the Heat Ray (Early Version) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Richard Burton]11. Out-Takes (From 'Horsell Common & the Heat Ray') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton & Jerry Wayne]12. The Heat Ray Versus the Jangle Piano (Martian Versus Man) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Jo Partridge]13. The Artilleryman & the Fighting Machine (Early Band Take, Feat. Original Unused Intro) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, David Essex & Ozzi the Owl]14. Richard Burton Out-take (Feat. Richard Burton & Charles Dubin)15. Lego Toys (Original 1969 Radio Commercial) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass & Gary Osborne]16. Forever Autumn (Original 1972 Version) [feat. Jeff Wayne]17. Bar Count - Under Attack (From 'Forever Autumn') [feat. Jeff Wayne & Chris Spedding]18. Forever Autumn (Early Version) [feat. Jeff Wayne]19. Bar Count Continues (From 'Forever Autumn') [feat. Jeff Wayne & Chris Spedding]20. Paperboys (Original Unused Out-take 1) [feat. Charles Davis, David Essex & Geraldine]21. Paperboys (Original Unused Out-take 2) [feat. Charles Davis, David Essex & Geraldine]22. Paperboy Shouts & Panicking Crowd (Original Unused Out-take 1 from 'Forever Autumn') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Charles Davis & Geraldine]1. Parson Nathaniel (2005 Revisited Version) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Chris Amoo & the Real Thing]2. The Spirit of Man (Early Version With Unused Acting Parts) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Phil Lynott & Julie Covington]3. The Spirit of Man (Early Version Guide Vocals) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Clare Torry & Bob Saker]4. The Spirit of Man (Jerry, Doreen & Phil Acting Out-takes) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Geoff Young, Doreen Wayne & Phil Lynott]5. The Spirit of Man (Alternate Version) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Phil Lynott & Julie Covington]6. Are You Ready Jeff? (Acting Out-takes from 'The Spirit of Man') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Geoff Young, Jerry Wayne, Doreen Wayne & Phil Lynott]7. Are You Ready Jeff? (Acting Out-takes 2 from 'The Spirit of Man') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Geoff Young, Jerry Wayne, Doreen Wayne & Phil Lynott]8. The Spirit of Man (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Phil Lynott & Clare Torry)9. The Spirit of Man (Out-takes 1, Including Original Unused Script) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Phil Lynott]10. The Spirit of Man (Out-takes 2, Including Original Unused Script) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Phil Lynott]11. The Spirit of Man (Out-takes 3, Including Original Unused Script) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Phil Lynott & Julie Covington]12. The Spirit of Man (Beth & Parson Out-takes) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Phil Lynott & Julie Covington]13. The Spirit of Man (Out-takes 5, Including Original Unused Script) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Julie Covington]14. The Spirit of 'Mayan' (Parson Out-takes) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Phil Lynott]1. Dead London (Early Version, Featuring Original Piano Demo) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Richard Burton]2. Dead London (Early Band Run-through) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Herbie Flowers, Roy Jones, Jo Partridge, Chris Spedding, Barry DeSouza & Ken Freeman]3. Murderous Out-takes 1 (From 'Dead London') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton & Charles Dubin]4. Murderous Out-takes 2 (From 'Dead London') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton & Charles Dubin]5. Breathless Out-take (From 'Dead London') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton & Charles Dubin]6. Epilogue 1 (Early Band Take) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Richard Burton]7. The Four Narrators (Epilogue) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Anthony Quinn, Curd Jurgens & Teofilo Martinez]8. Unused Alternate NASA Epilogue Out-takes 1 (Feat. Jerry Wayne, Doreen Wayne & Charles Dubin)9. Unused Alternate NASA Epilogue Out-takes 2 (Feat. Jerry Wayne, Doreen Wayne & Charles Dubin)10. Unused Alternate NASA Epilogue Out-takes 3 (Feat. Jerry Wayne, Doreen Wayne & Charles Dubin)11. NASA Epilogue (Spanish Version) [feat. Jerry Wayne & Honorio Herrero]12. Spanish Narrator Out-takes 1 (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Geoff Young & Anthony's Director)13. Spanish Narrator Out-takes 2 (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Geoff Young & Anthony's Director)14. Spanish Narrator Out-takes 3 (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Geoff Young & Anthony's Director)15. Spanish Narrator Out-takes 4 (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Geoff Young & Anthony's Director)16. The Eve of the War (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]17. The Falling Star (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton & Jeff Wayne]18. Horsell Common & the Heat Ray (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton & Jeff Wayne]19. The Fighting Begins (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton & Jeff Wayne]20. The Artilleryman & the Fighting Machine (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]21. The Exodus from London (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]22. The Thunder Child (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]23. The Red Weed (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton & Jeff Wayne]24. How I Fell in With the Parson (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis & Jeff Wayne]25. The Days of Imprisonment (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]26. What We Saw from the Ruined House (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]27. The Artilleryman & the Brave New World - The Spirit of Man (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]28. Dead London (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton & Jeff Wayne]
1. The Eve of the War (Feat. Richard Burton & Justin Hayward)
2. Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Feat. Richard Burton)
3. The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Feat. Richard Burton and David Essex)
4. Forever Autumn (Feat. Richard Burton and Justin Hayward)
5. Thunder Child (Feat. Richard Burton and Chris Thompson)
1. The Red Weed (Part 2) [feat. Richard Burton]
2. The Spirit of Man (Feat. Richard Burton, Phil Lynott & Julie Covington)
3. The Red Weed (Part Two) [feat. Richard Burton & Phil Lynott]
4. The Artilleryman Returns (Feat. Richard Burton & David Essex)
5. Brave New World (Feat. Richard Burton & David Essex)
6. Dead London (Part 1) [feat. Richard Burton]
7. Dead London (Part 2) [feat. Richard Burton]
8. Epilogue (Part 1) [feat. Richard Burton]
9. Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA) [feat. Jerry Wayne and Lewis MacLeod]
1. The Four Narrators (Opening Passage) [feat. Richard Burton, Anthony Quinn, Teofilo Martinez & Curd Jurgens]
2. The Eve of the War (Original Unused Intro) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Richard Burton]
3. The Eve of the War (Early Band Take) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Richard Burton & Chris Amoo]
4. The Eve of the War (Stripped Down Mix) [feat. Jeff Wayne]
5. The Eve of the War (Feat. Jeff Wayne & Chris Thompson)
6. That Laugh (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Barry Morgan, Ken Freeman, Herbie Flowers, Jo Partridge, Roy Jones, Barry DeSouza & Chris Spedding)
7. Out-Takes 1 (From 'Horsell Common') [feat. Richard Burton & Jerry Wayne]
8. Out-Takes 2 (From 'Horsell Common') [feat. Richard Burton & Charles Dubin]
9. Out-Takes 3 (From 'Horsell Common') [feat. Jeff Wayne]
10. Horsell Common & the Heat Ray (Early Version) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Richard Burton]
11. Out-Takes (From 'Horsell Common & the Heat Ray') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton & Jerry Wayne]
12. The Heat Ray Versus the Jangle Piano (Martian Versus Man) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Jo Partridge]
13. The Artilleryman & the Fighting Machine (Early Band Take, Feat. Original Unused Intro) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, David Essex & Ozzi the Owl]
14. Richard Burton Out-take (Feat. Richard Burton & Charles Dubin)
15. Lego Toys (Original 1969 Radio Commercial) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass & Gary Osborne]
16. Forever Autumn (Original 1972 Version) [feat. Jeff Wayne]
17. Bar Count - Under Attack (From 'Forever Autumn') [feat. Jeff Wayne & Chris Spedding]
18. Forever Autumn (Early Version) [feat. Jeff Wayne]
19. Bar Count Continues (From 'Forever Autumn') [feat. Jeff Wayne & Chris Spedding]
20. Paperboys (Original Unused Out-take 1) [feat. Charles Davis, David Essex & Geraldine]
21. Paperboys (Original Unused Out-take 2) [feat. Charles Davis, David Essex & Geraldine]
22. Paperboy Shouts & Panicking Crowd (Original Unused Out-take 1 from 'Forever Autumn') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Charles Davis & Geraldine]
1. Parson Nathaniel (2005 Revisited Version) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Chris Amoo & the Real Thing]
2. The Spirit of Man (Early Version With Unused Acting Parts) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Phil Lynott & Julie Covington]
3. The Spirit of Man (Early Version Guide Vocals) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Clare Torry & Bob Saker]
4. The Spirit of Man (Jerry, Doreen & Phil Acting Out-takes) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Geoff Young, Doreen Wayne & Phil Lynott]
5. The Spirit of Man (Alternate Version) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Phil Lynott & Julie Covington]
6. Are You Ready Jeff? (Acting Out-takes from 'The Spirit of Man') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Geoff Young, Jerry Wayne, Doreen Wayne & Phil Lynott]
7. Are You Ready Jeff? (Acting Out-takes 2 from 'The Spirit of Man') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Geoff Young, Jerry Wayne, Doreen Wayne & Phil Lynott]
8. The Spirit of Man (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Phil Lynott & Clare Torry)
9. The Spirit of Man (Out-takes 1, Including Original Unused Script) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Phil Lynott]
10. The Spirit of Man (Out-takes 2, Including Original Unused Script) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Phil Lynott]
11. The Spirit of Man (Out-takes 3, Including Original Unused Script) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Phil Lynott & Julie Covington]
12. The Spirit of Man (Beth & Parson Out-takes) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Phil Lynott & Julie Covington]
13. The Spirit of Man (Out-takes 5, Including Original Unused Script) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Julie Covington]
14. The Spirit of 'Mayan' (Parson Out-takes) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Phil Lynott]
1. Dead London (Early Version, Featuring Original Piano Demo) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Richard Burton]
2. Dead London (Early Band Run-through) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Herbie Flowers, Roy Jones, Jo Partridge, Chris Spedding, Barry DeSouza & Ken Freeman]
3. Murderous Out-takes 1 (From 'Dead London') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton & Charles Dubin]
4. Murderous Out-takes 2 (From 'Dead London') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton & Charles Dubin]
5. Breathless Out-take (From 'Dead London') [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton & Charles Dubin]
6. Epilogue 1 (Early Band Take) [feat. Jeff Wayne & Richard Burton]
7. The Four Narrators (Epilogue) [feat. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Anthony Quinn, Curd Jurgens & Teofilo Martinez]
8. Unused Alternate NASA Epilogue Out-takes 1 (Feat. Jerry Wayne, Doreen Wayne & Charles Dubin)
9. Unused Alternate NASA Epilogue Out-takes 2 (Feat. Jerry Wayne, Doreen Wayne & Charles Dubin)
10. Unused Alternate NASA Epilogue Out-takes 3 (Feat. Jerry Wayne, Doreen Wayne & Charles Dubin)
11. NASA Epilogue (Spanish Version) [feat. Jerry Wayne & Honorio Herrero]
12. Spanish Narrator Out-takes 1 (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Geoff Young & Anthony's Director)
13. Spanish Narrator Out-takes 2 (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Geoff Young & Anthony's Director)
14. Spanish Narrator Out-takes 3 (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Geoff Young & Anthony's Director)
15. Spanish Narrator Out-takes 4 (Feat. Jeff Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Geoff Young & Anthony's Director)
16. The Eve of the War (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]
17. The Falling Star (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton & Jeff Wayne]
18. Horsell Common & the Heat Ray (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton & Jeff Wayne]
19. The Fighting Begins (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton & Jeff Wayne]
20. The Artilleryman & the Fighting Machine (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]
21. The Exodus from London (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]
22. The Thunder Child (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]
23. The Red Weed (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton & Jeff Wayne]
24. How I Fell in With the Parson (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis & Jeff Wayne]
25. The Days of Imprisonment (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]
26. What We Saw from the Ruined House (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, Charles Davis, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]
27. The Artilleryman & the Brave New World - The Spirit of Man (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton, David Essex & Jeff Wayne]
28. Dead London (Original Narration & Acting Parts) [feat. Richard Burton & Jeff Wayne]
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