Jeff Wayne´s musical version of the War of the the worlds
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| Different releases | ||||||
| Songtitle | Composer | Time | ||||
| Richard Burton (vocals Journalist) |
Record one side 1 The coming of the martians |
20.48 | ||||
| Julie Covington (vocals Beth on track 7) | 1 | The eve of the war | ||||
| David Essex (vocals Artilleryman) | 2 | Horsell common and heat ray | Wayne | |||
| Justin Hayward (vocals on tracks) |
Record one side 2 The coming of the martians |
24.29 | ||||
| Philip Lynott (vocals The parson on track 7) | 3 | The artilleryman and the fighting machine | Wayne | |||
| Chris Thompson (vocals on track 5) | 4 | Forever autumn | Wayne, Vigrass, Osborne | |||
| Chris Spedding (guitars) | 5 | Thunderchild | Wayne, Osborne | |||
| Jo Partridge (guitars The heat Ray) |
Record two side 1 The earth under the martians |
25.13 | ||||
| Herbie Flowers (bass) | 6 | The red weed | Wayne | |||
| Barry Morgan (drums) | 7 | The spirit of man | Wayne, Osborne | |||
| Barry da Souza (percussion) | 8 | The red weed (Part 2) | Wayne | |||
| Ray Cooper (percussion) |
Record two side 2 The earth under the martians |
24.42 | ||||
| Roy Jones (percussion) | 9 | Brave new world | Wayne, Osborne | |||
| Ken Freeman (keyboards, synthesisers) | 10 | Dead London | Wayne | |||
| Jeff Wayne (keyboards) | 11 | Epilogue (Part 1) | Wayne | |||
| 12 | Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA) | Wayne | ||||
| Label: CBS (82671) | ||||||
| Studio: Advision Studios | ||||||
| Recording
dates: May 1976 - July 1977 |
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| Release date: 780709 | ||||||