Highlights from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

Highlights from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a compilation album by Jeff Wayne . The album was released by Columbia Records in 1981.

Contents

 * 1 About the album
 * 2 Songs
 * 2.1 Original composition
 * 2.2 Reissue
 * 2.3 Musicians

On the album
To Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds spread to a wider public that it wanted to hear the music but not all of its dialogue Columbia Records made ​​an abridged version which consisted of only one LP. This compilation focused on the songs of the album.

When this compilation was re-released in October 2000 were added two bonus tracks: the remix of the single "The Eve of the War" from 1989 and the remix of "Forever Autumn" of 1996.

Original composition [ edit ]

 * 1) "The Eve of the War"
 * 2) "Horsell Common and the Heat Ray"
 * 3) "Forever Autumn" (Wayne, Vigrass , Osborne )
 * 4) "The Fighting Machine"
 * 5) "Thunder Child" (Wayne, Osborne)
 * 6) "The Red Weed"
 * 7) "The Spirit of Man" (Wayne, Osborne)
 * 8) "Dead London"
 * 9) "Brave New World" (Wayne, Osborne)

[Reissue edit ]

 * The Eve of the War (single version 1989 remix)
 * Forever Autumn (1996 remix)

[Musicians edit ]

 * Jeff Wayne - keyboards
 * Richard Burton - narration (the narrator)
 * David Essex - spoken and sung text (the soldier)
 * Phil Lynott - spoken and sung text (Parson Nathaniel)
 * Julie Covington - vocals (Beth)
 * Justin Hayward - vocals (the mind of the narrator "Forever Autumn")
 * Chris Thompson - vocals ("Thunder Child")
 * Jerry Wayne - narration ("Epilogue, Part 2")
 * Ken Freeman - keyboard
 * Chris Spedding - Guitar
 * Jo Partridge - guitar (The Heat Ray)
 * George Fenton - santoor , zither , tar
 * Herbie Flowers - bass
 * Barry Morgan - drum
 * Barry da Souza , Roy Jones , Ray Cooper - percussion instruments
 * Paul Vigrass , Gary Osborne , Billy Lawrie - Background Choir