Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

4x CD, DVD-Video, 2x Hybrid SACD (CD layer), 2x Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels), 2x Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel) (collector's edition)

Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

Other by Jeff Wayne

Released 6 September 1978

rock opera progressive rock electronic

Tracklist

Hybrid SACD (CD layer) 1: The Coming of the Martians
1
The Eve of the War
9:07
3.9 ★
2
Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
11:35
3.6 ★
3
The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
10:36
3.5 ★
4
Forever Autumn
7:41
4.1 ★
5
Thunder Child
6:06
4.4 ★
Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) 2: The Coming of the Martians
1
The Eve of the War
9:06
3.9 ★
2
Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
11:36
3.6 ★
3
The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
10:36
3.5 ★
4
Forever Autumn
7:43
4.1 ★
5
Thunder Child
6:05
4.4 ★
Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel) 3: The Coming of the Martians
1
The Eve of the War (5.1 mix)
9:07
2
Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (5.1 mix)
11:36
3
The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (5.1 mix)
10:36
4
Forever Autumn (5.1 mix)
7:44
5
Thunder Child (5.1 mix)
6:06
Hybrid SACD (CD layer) 4: The Earth Under the Martians
1
The Red Weed, Part 1
5:53
2.9 ★
2
The Spirit of Man
11:37
2.8 ★
3
The Red Weed, Part 2
5:24
2.0 ★
4
The Artilleryman Returns
1:27
2.0 ★
5
Brave New World
12:14
3.0 ★
6
Dead London
8:35
3.1 ★
7
Epilogue, Part 1
2:31
8
Epilogue, Part 2 (NASA)
1:50
2.8 ★
Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) 5: The Earth Under the Martians
1
The Red Weed, Part 1
5:53
2.9 ★
2
The Spirit of Man
11:37
2.8 ★
3
The Red Weed, Part 2
5:24
2.0 ★
4
The Artilleryman Returns
1:27
2.0 ★
5
Brave New World
12:14
3.0 ★
6
Dead London
8:35
3.1 ★
7
Epilogue, Part 1
2:31
8
Epilogue, Part 2 NASA
1:50
2.8 ★
Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel) 6: The Earth Under the Martians
1
The Red Weed, Part 1 (5.1 mix)
5:53
2
The Spirit of Man (5.1 mix)
11:38
3
The Red Weed, Part 2 (5.1 mix)
5:25
4
The Artilleryman Returns (5.1 mix)
1:27
5
Brave New World (5.1 mix)
12:15
6
Dead London (5.1 mix)
8:35
7
Epilogue, Part 1 (5.1 mix)
2:31
8
Epilogue, Part 2 (NASA) (5.1 mix)
1:50
CD 7: The Remixes: 1979-2005
1
ULLAdubULLA (Papa Ootzie remix)
3:11
2
The Eve of the War (Hybrid's Fire in the Sky mix)
4:39
3
Forever Autumn (N-Trance remix)
3:31
4
Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Max Mondo remix)
3:48
5
The Spirit of Man (Spirit of Dub) (Tom Frederikse / Gaëtan Schurrer remix)
5:48
6
The Eve of the War (Hani remix)
4:16
7
The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Max Mondo remix)
3:50
8
Brave New World (Todd Terry remix)
3:11
9
Forever Autumn (Dark Autumn Dub) (Tom Frederikse / Gaëtan Schurrer remix)
4:07
10
The Red Weed (Mister JoyBoy remix)
3:22
11
The Spirit of Destiny (The Parson Versus Palene) (Cassidy / Langan / Wayne remix)
4:59
12
The Eve of the War (1980 disco Steve Thompson remix)
4:48
13
The Spirit of Man (Max Mondo remix)
5:17
14
The Eve of the War (Ben Liebrand remix)
3:50
15
Brave New World (Dario G remix)
5:10
16
Dead London (Mister JoyBoy remix)
5:06
17
The Eve of the War Versus Animal and Man (Forrest / Schurrer / Wayne remix)
5:52
CD 8: The Coming of the Martians... Revisited
1
The Four Narrators (opening passage)
0:45
2
The Eve of the War (original unused intro)
0:54
3
The Eve of the War (early band take)
4:14
4
The Eve of the War (stripped down mix)
4:05
5
The Eve of the War
0:50
6
'That' Laugh
0:49
7
Out-takes (from Horsell Common and the Heatray) 1
0:14
8
Out-takes (from Horsell Common and the Heatray) 2
0:10
9
Out-takes (from Horsell Common and the Heatray) 3
1:56
10
Horsell Common and the Heatray (early version)
4:42
11
Out-takes (from Horsell Common and the Heatray) 4
0:44
12
The Heatray Versus the Jangle Piano (Martian Versus Man)
1:20
13
The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (early band take, featuring original unused intro)
4:06
14
Richard Burton Out-take
0:16
15
Lego Toys (original 1969 TV commercial)
0:32
16
Forever Autumn (original 1972 version)
2:55
17
Bar Count - Under Attack (from Forever Autumn)
1:28
18
Forever Autumn (early version)
4:57
19
Bar Count Continues (from Forever Autumn)
0:25
20
Paperboys (original unused out-takes) 1
0:44
21
Paperboys (original unused out-takes) 2
0:13
22
Paperboy Shouts and Panicking Crowd (original unused out-takes from Forever Autumn) 1
0:25
23
Paperboy Shouts and Panicking Crowd (original unused out-takes from Forever Autumn) 2
0:26
24
''Ugly Brutes!'' and ''See Them!'' (original unused out-takes from Forever Autumn) 1
0:09
25
Forever Autumn (early version)
4:00
26
Thunder Child (early version)
3:52
27
Thunder Child (later version)
2:51
28
The Four Narrators (The Earth Belonged to the Martians)
0:26
29
The Four Narrators (The Red Weed)
0:24
30
The Red Weed (early version)
4:28
31
Unused Out-take (from The Red Weed)
1:21
32
The Red Weed (original unused parts) 1
0:48
33
The Red Weed (original unused parts) 2
1:03
34
Jeff's ''Worth a Listen'' Red Weed Alternative
0:22
35
Original 75" Radio Commercial
1:15
CD 9: The Earth Under the Martians... Revisited
1
Parson Nathaniel (2005 revisited version)
4:16
2
The Spirit of Man (early version with unused acting parts)
1:51
3
The Spirit of Man (early version guide vocals)
5:08
4
The Spirit of Man (Jerry, Doreen & Phil acting out-takes)
1:02
5
The Spirit of Man (alternative version)
0:47
6
"Are You Ready Jeff?" (acting out-takes from The Spirit of Man) 1
1:28
7
"Are You Ready Jeff?" (acting out-takes from The Spirit of Man) 2
0:54
8
The Spirit of Man
1:07
9
The Spirit of Man (out-takes, including original unused script) 1
0:31
10
The Spirit of Man (out-takes, including original unused script) 2
0:26
11
The Spirit of Man (out-takes, including original unused script) 3
1:26
12
The Spirit of Man (Beth & Parson out-takes, including original unused script)
0:51
13
The Spirit of Man (out-takes, including original unused script) 4
0:40
14
The Spirit of 'Mayan' (Parson outtakes)
4:31
15
The Spirit of Man (Beth is killed)
1:01
16
The Spirit of Man (Beth is killed - original out-take)
0:20
17
The Spirit of Man (guitar solo)
1:13
18
'Outcries' (from The Spirit of Man)
0:45
19
The Spirited Man (strings and acoustic guitar alternative)
2:48
20
The Spirit of Man (Beth out-takes) 1
0:34
21
The Spirit of Man (Beth out-takes) 2
0:35
22
The Spirit of Man (Beth out-takes) 3
0:29
23
The Spirit of Man (Beth out-takes) 4
0:25
24
The Spirit of Man (Beth out-takes) 5
0:17
25
The Spirit of Man (Beth out-takes) 6
0:15
26
The Spirit of Guitars (guitars and strings from The Spirit of Man)
0:46
27
Tea for Two: Jerry & Phil's Late Night Cabaret
0:48
28
Parson Nathaniel Scream Out-takes (from The Spirit of Man) 1
2:26
29
Parson Nathaniel Scream Out-takes (from The Spirit of Man) 2
2:08
30
Original Parson Scream Out-takes
0:33
31
Original Spanish Parson Scream Out-takes
0:25
32
German Journalist and Parson Out-takes
0:40
33
Spanish Journalist and Parson Scream Out-take
0:41
34
"And There Was Nothing I Could Do to Prevent It" (out-takes and master)
0:37
35
Parson Nathaniel (original unused song)
6:05
36
"Less Piano and More Air, Please!"
0:47
37
The Artilleryman Returns (with unused parts)
1:33
38
The Artilleryman's Out-takes (from Brave New World) 1
0:28
39
The Artilleryman's Out-takes (from Brave New World) 2
0:24
40
The Artilleryman's Out-takes (from Brave New World) 3
0:53
41
Brave New World (early piano demo)
3:41
42
Brave New World (early band take)
4:43
43
The Artilleryman's "I've Got a Plan!" Out-takes (from Brave New World)
0:35
44
Brave New World (acoustic alternative)
1:17
45
Brave New World (alternative version)
2:22
46
The Spanish Artilleryman's Plan (from Brave New World)
3:02
47
Acting Out-takes (from Brave New World) 1
0:23
48
Acting Out-takes (from Brave New World) 2
0:22
49
Acting Out-takes (from Brave New World) 3
0:22
50
Acting Out-takes (from Brave New World) 4
0:19
51
Acting Out-takes (from Brave New World) 5
1:13
52
Original 40" Radio Commercial
0:42
53
Regressing Bar Count
0:45
CD 10: The Earth Under the Martians... Revisited
1
Dead London (early version, featuring original piano demo)
3:53
2
Dead London (early band run-through)
6:32
3
Murderous Out-takes (from Dead London) 1
1:06
4
Murderous Out-takes (from Dead London) 2
0:22
5
Bar Count (from Dead London)
0:24
6
Breathless Out-take (from Dead London)
0:43
7
Epilogue 1 (early band take)
5:04
8
The Four Narrators (epilogue)
0:24
9
Unused Alternative NASA Epilogue Out-takes 1
1:00
10
Unused Alternative NASA Epilogue Out-takes 2
0:44
11
Unused Alternative NASA Epilogue Out-takes 3
0:21
12
NASA Epilogue Spanish Version
1:50
13
Spanish Narrator Out-takes 1
1:00
14
Spanish Narrator Out-takes 2
1:24
15
Spanish Narrator Out-takes 3
0:21
16
Spanish Narrator Out-takes 4
0:37
17
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): The Eve of the War
1:37
18
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): The Falling Star
2:13
19
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
2:36
20
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): The Fighting Begins
0:56
21
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
3:56
22
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): The Exodus from London
2:16
23
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): The Thunder Child
1:11
24
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): The Red Weed
1:57
25
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): How I Fell in With the Parson
2:29
26
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): The Days of Imprisonment
1:45
27
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): What We Saw From the Ruined House
2:13
28
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): The Artilleryman and the Brave New World
6:32
29
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): Dead London
4:36
30
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): The Epilogue
1:09
31
Original Narration and Acting Parts (Unabridged): NASA Epilogue
0:44
DVD-Video 11: Deconstructing Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
1
Deconstructing Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
93:16

Recent reviews

JHSuth1843 13 Oct 2025

★★★★

Absolutely fell in love with this album on first listen, a fantastic composition front to back from Wayne, highly recommend to anyone who likes wacky, progressive rock

0 likes 0 comments

Release credits

Alex Marcou
mix [13]
Barry Morgan
drums (drum set) [4.1-8, 5.1-8, 2.1-5, 1.1-5]
Ben Liebrand
arranger [14], mix [14], producer [14], remixer [14]
Chris Spedding
guitar [5.1-8, 2.1-5, 4.1-8, 1.1-5]
Chris Thompson
vocal [1.5, 2.5]
Dario G
remixer [15]
David Essex
spoken vocals [5.5, 4.5, 1.3, 2.3], vocal [4.5, 5.5]
Gaëtan Schurrer
additional [7-8, 13, 16], programming [1, 4, 10], remixer [5, 9]
Hani
remixer [6]
Herbie Flowers
bass guitar [2.1-5, 5.1-8, 4.1-8, 1.1-5]
Hybrid
remixer [2]
James Cassidy
additional [16], mix [1, 7, 10, 16], programming [1, 4, 10]
Jeff Wayne
additional [8], arranger [1], keyboard [1], producer [1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16], synthesizer [1.1-5, 2.1-5, 5.1-8, 4.1-8]
Jerry Wayne
spoken vocals [4.8, 5.8]
Jo Partridge
guitar [1.2, 2.2]
Julie Covington
spoken vocals [4.2, 5.2], vocal [5.2, 4.2]
Justin Hayward
lead vocals [3], vocal [2.1, 2.4, 1.1, 1.4]
Ken Freeman
synthesizer [4.1-8, 5.1-8, 1.1-5, 2.1-5]
Lewis MacLeod
spoken vocals [1]
Littlechap Strings
performing orchestra [5.1-8, 1.1-5, 2.1-5, 4.1-8]
Max Mondo
remixer [4, 7, 13]
Mister JoyBoy
remixer [10, 16]
N‐Trance
remixer [3]
Papa Ootzie
remixer [1]
Paul Chivers
programming [1, 4, 10]
Pete Smith
engineer [4], mix [4], programming [1, 4, 10], recording [1, 7, 10, 16]
Phil Lynott
spoken vocals [5.2-3, 4.2-3], vocal [4.2, 5.2]
Richard Burton
performer [4.7, 5.7, 2.2, 1.2], spoken vocals [2.1-5, 4.1-6, 7.2, 5.1-6, 1.1-5]
Steve Thompson
remixer [12]
Todd Terry
remixer [8]
Tom Frederikse
remixer [5, 9]