Release:    Sony Music Australia

Condition:  The CDs have just the lightest surface marks & colour booklet is in excellent condition.  Comes with new slim double jewel case with all the artwork from the original fatbox.

Review:  

In hindsight, it seems almost incredible: 30 years ago, a young musician named Jeff Wayne (who at the time primarily wrote music for commercials) fell in love with H.G. Wells' much-loved book The War of the Worlds, and decided to make a musical version of it. Star Wars had just put people's minds into outer space, musical theatre was hugely successful, and long, anthemic orchestral prog-rock was all the rage. Wayne was inspired by all these elements and decided to gather together his peers and make a musical-mixed-with-spoken-word album, with the script taken directly from the famous book.

 

The 2CD set features Sir Richard Burton as frontman, along with some of the leaders of the progressive rock world who joined in on the fun. Moody Blues' Justin Hayward, "Rock On" vocalist David Essex and Thin Lizzy lead Philip Lynott each did more than sing on the record.

 

Tracks:

Disc: 1

1. The Eve Of War

2. Horsell Common And The Heat Ray

3. The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine

4. Forever Autumn

5. Thunder Child

 

Disc: 2

1. The Red Weed (Part 1)

2. The Spirit Of Man

3. The Red Weed (Part 2)

4. Brave New World

5. Dead London

6. Epilogue (Part 1)
7. Epilogue (Part 2) (Nasa)

8. The Spirit Of Man (Dubulladub)

9. Dark Autumn Dub

10. Forever Autumn (Remix 95)

11. Epilogue (Part 2)/The Eve Of The War (Remix 95)

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