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The Coming Of The Martians
1-1	The Eve Of The War Lyrics By – Jeff Wayne	9:06
1-2	Horshell Common And The Heat Ray	11:36
1-3	The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine Vocals – David Essex	10:36
1-4	Forever Autumn Lyrics By – Gary Osbourne*, Paul VigrassVocals – Justin Hayward	7:43
1-5	Thunder Child	6:08
The Earth Under The Martians
2-1	The Red Weed (Part 1)	5:55
2-2	The Spirit Of Man Vocals – Julie Covington, Phil Lynott	11:41
2-3	The Red Weed (Part 2)	6:51
2-4	Brave New World Vocals – David Essex	12:13
2-5	Dead London	8:37
2-6	Epilogue (Part 1)	2:42
2-7	Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA) Vocals – Jerry Wayne	2:02

Companies, etc.

• Made By – Sony Music

Credits

• Art Direction, Design [Logo] – John Pasche
• Backing Vocals – Billy Lawrie, Gary Osbourne*, Paul Vigrass
• Bass Guitar – Herbie Flowers
• Composed By – Jeff Wayne
• Conductor – Jeff Wayne
• Directed By [Dramatic And Narrative Sections] – Charles Dubin, Jerry Wayne
• Drums – Barry Morgan
• Engineer – Geoff Young
• Engineer [Assistant] – Laurence Diana
• Executive Producer – Jerry Wayne
• Guitar – Chris Spedding, Jo Partridge
• Keyboards – Ken Freeman
• Lyrics By – Gary Osbourne* (tracks: 1.02, 1.03, 1.05 to 2.07)
• Mastered By – Bill Foster
• Mastered By [Compact Disc Cut] – Laurence Diana
• Narrator – Richard Burton
• Orchestrated By – Jeff Wayne
• Percussion – Barry De Souza, Ray Cooper, Roy Jones
• Written-By – Doreen Wayne
• Zither, Tar (Drum), Santoor – George Fenton

Notes

Version with mould & mastering sid codes.

Adapted from H. G. Wells novel "The War Of The Worlds".

SFX by Pest

Published by Jeff Wayne Music Ltd. except "Forever Autumn" published by Jeff Wayne Music Ltd. / Duchess Music Inc.

A 48 Track Production recorded at Adivision Studios, London, May 1976-July 1977.
Mastered at Tape One, London.
Compact Disc cut at CBS Studios, London 1985.
First released in the UK June 1978.

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Includes a 45 page illustrated booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 5 099709 600029
• Barcode (Scanned): 5099709600029
• Rights Society: BIEM
• Label Code: LC 0162
• Distribution Code: CB 792
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): S0109600010-0102 75 A02
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): S0109600010-0202 103 A1
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI L555
• Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI L553
• Mould SID Code (Both discs): IFPI 94K4

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CBS 96000, CBS 82671, CBS 82672	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album)	CBS, CBS, CBS	CBS 96000, CBS 82671, CBS 82672	UK	1978
PC2 35290	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Columbia	PC2 35290	US	1978
CBS 96000	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album, W/Lbl)	CBS	CBS 96000	UK	1978
PC235290	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Gat)	Columbia	PC235290	US	1978
S2BP 220201, CBS 96000	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album)	CBS, CBS	S2BP 220201, CBS 96000	Australia	1978

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The Coming Of The Martians	20:52
A1	The Eve Of The War Vocals [Sung By] – Justin Hayward
A2	Horsell Common And The Heat Ray
The Coming Of The Martians	24:29
B1	The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine
B2	Forever Autumn Vocals [Sung By] – Justin Hayward
B3	Thunder Child Backing Vocals – Billy Lawrie, Gary Osborne, Paul VigrassVocals [Sung By] – Chris Thompson
The Earth Under The Martians	25:16
C1	The Red Weed (Part 1)
C2	The Spirit Of Man Vocals [Sung By] – Julie Covington, Phil Lynott
C3	The Red Weed (Part 2)
The Earth Under The Martians	24:45
D1	Brave New World Vocals [Sung By] – David Essex
D2	Dead London
D3	Epilogue Voice [Epilogue Voices] – Jerry Wayne

Credits

• Art Direction, Design [Logo Design] – John Pasche
• Artwork [Cover Art] – Michael Trim
• Bass Guitar – Herbie Flowers
• Composed By, Orchestrated By, Conductor, Producer – Jeff Wayne
• Directed By [Dramatic And Narrative Sections] – Charles Dubin, Jerry Wayne
• Drums – Barry Morgan
• Engineer – Geoff Young
• Engineer [Assistant] – Laurence Diana
• Executive Producer – Jerry Wayne
• Featuring – Chris Thompson, David Essex, Jo Partridge, Julie Covington, Justin Hayward, Phil Lynott, Richard Burton
• Guitar – Chris Spedding, Jo Partridge
• Keyboards – Jeff Wayne, Ken 'Prof' Freeman*
• Lyrics By – Gary Osborne (tracks: all), Paul Vigrass (tracks: B2)
• Mastered By – Bill Foster, Vlado Meller
• Noises [Sfx] – Pest*
• Other [Tar], Other [Santir], Zither – George Fenton
• Percussion – Barry Da Souza*, Ray Cooper, Roy Jones
• Synthesizer – Ken 'Prof' Freeman*
• Written-By – Doreen Wayne
• Written-By [Adapted From] – H.G. Wells

Notes

Mastered with TLC at Half Speed at the CBS Recording Studios, New York on the CBS DisComputer by Vlado Meller
Gatefold sleeve with accompanying 16 page booklet inside custom plastic sleeve with blue rear seal and front red on white sticker.
There are no separate lengths for each track. Only the length of each side is provided and are marked on the label after the last track of each side.

Executive produced for O.R.P.
Composed, Orchestrated, Conducted and Produced for O.R.P.
Adapted from the H.G. Wells classic "The War Of The Worlds".
Synthesizers used — Arps, Yamahas, Rolands (By Courtesy of Broder / Jorganenson), and Thunder Childs (Designed By Nick Broome and Terry Relph-Knight for JWM Electronics Ltd.)
Phil Lynott appears courtesy of Phonogram
Julie Covington appears courtesy of Virgin Records, Ltd.
Justin Hayward appears courtesy of The Decca Recording Company Limited
Chris Thompson appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
Musical Coordination by Music Activity Management and the General Booking Company.
All songs except B2 "Forever Autumn" © Copyright 1978 by April Music Ltd. and Jeff Wayne Music Ltd. / England. Sub-published U.S.A. April Music Inc. (ASCAP) "Forever Autumn" © Copyright 1972 by Duchess Music Corporation and Jeff Wayne Music Ltd., New York, N.Y. Used by Permission.
A 48 Track Production recorded at Advision Studios, London
Mastered at Tape One, London

"To my father, this rendering of his idea"

© 1978, 1981 CBS Records / ℗ 1978 CBS Records
Manufactured by Columbia Records / CBS Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Scanned): 074644529012

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CBS 96000, CBS 82671, CBS 82672	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album)	CBS, CBS, CBS	CBS 96000, CBS 82671, CBS 82672	UK	1978
PC2 35290	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Columbia	PC2 35290	US	1978
CBS 96000	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album, W/Lbl)	CBS	CBS 96000	UK	1978
PC235290	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Gat)	Columbia	PC235290	US	1978
S2BP 220201, CBS 96000	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album)	CBS, CBS	S2BP 220201, CBS 96000	Australia	1978

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The Coming Of The Martians	(20:52)
A1	The Eve Of The War Vocals – Justin HaywardWritten-By – Jeff Wayne
A2	Horsell Common And The Heat Ray Written-By – Jeff Wayne
The Coming Of The Martians	(24:29)
B1	The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine Vocals – David EssexWritten-By – Jeff Wayne
B2	Forever Autumn Vocals – Justin HaywardWritten-By – Paul Vigrass, Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne
B3	Thunderchild Backing Vocals – Gary Osborne, Paul Vigrass, Billy LawrieVocals – Chris ThompsonWritten-By – Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne
The Earth Under The Martians	(25:16)
C1	The Red Weed (Part 1) Written-By – Jeff Wayne
C2	The Spirit Of Man Vocals – Julie Covington, Phil LynottWritten-By – Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne
C3	The Red Weed (Part 2) Written-By – Jeff Wayne
The Earth Under The Martians	(24:45)
D1	Brave New World Vocals – David EssexWritten-By – Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne
D2	Dead London Written-By – Jeff Wayne
D3	Epilogue Written-By – Doreen Wayne, Jerry Wayne

Credits

• Art Direction, Design [Logo] – John Pasche
• Author [Written By] – Doreen Wayne
• Bass – Herbie Flowers
• Composed By, Orchestrated By, Conductor, Producer, Keyboards – Jeff Wayne
• Directed By [Dramatic And Narrative Sections Directed By] – Charles Dubin, Jerry Wayne
• Drums – Barry Morgan
• Effects [SFX] – Pest*
• Engineer – Geoff Young
• Engineer [Assisted By] – Laurence Diana
• Executive-Producer – Jerry Wayne
• Featuring – Chris Thompson, Justin Hayward
• Featuring [Beth] – Julie Covington
• Featuring [Journalist], Narrator – Richard Burton
• Featuring [Parson Nathaniel] – Phil Lynott
• Featuring [The Artilleryman] – David Essex
• Featuring [The Heat Ray] – Jo Partridge
• Guitar – Chris Spedding, Jo Partridge
• Keyboards, Synthesizer [Synthesisers] – Ken 'Prof' Freeman*
• Mastered By – Bill Foster
• Painting [Inner Gatefold] – Peter Goodfellow
• Painting, Cover – Michael Trim
• Percussion – Barry Da Souza*, Ray Cooper, Roy Jones
• Zither, Santoor [Santir], Tar (lute) – George Fenton

Notes

Released in a gatefold sleeve with with printed inner sleeves with the text of the narration and song lyrics. No booklet.

Reissue with catalog number "C2 35290" on sleeve spine and a barcode on the rear sleeve; catalog number "PC2 35290" on labels.

Autocoupled.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0746435290102
• Other (Catalog No., sides 1 and 4): C 35291
• Other (Catalog No., sides 2 and 3): C 35292

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CBS 96000, CBS 82671, CBS 82672	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album)	CBS, CBS, CBS	CBS 96000, CBS 82671, CBS 82672	UK	1978
PC2 35290	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Columbia	PC2 35290	US	1978
CBS 96000	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album, W/Lbl)	CBS	CBS 96000	UK	1978
PC235290	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Gat)	Columbia	PC235290	US	1978
S2BP 220201, CBS 96000	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album)	CBS, CBS	S2BP 220201, CBS 96000	Australia	1978

Tracklist Hide Credits

The Coming Of The Martians
A1	The Eve Of The War
A2	Horsell Common And The Heat Ray
The Coming Of The Martians
B1	The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine
B2	Forever Autumn Written-By – Gary Osborne, Paul Vigrass
B3	Thunder Child Written-By – Gary Osborne
The Earth Under The Martians
C1	The Red Weed (Part 1)
C2	The Spirit Of Man Written-By – Gary Osborne
C3	The Red Weed (Part 2)
The Earth Under The Martians
D1	Brave New World Written-By – Gary Osborne
D2	Dead London
D3	Epilogue (Part 1)
D4	Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA)

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – CBS Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Records
• Published By – April Music Ltd.
• Published By – Jeff Wayne Music
• Published By – Leeds Music Ltd.
• Licensed To – CBS Records
• Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
• Made By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.

Credits

• Featuring – Chris Thompson, David Essex, Jo Partridge, Julie Covington, Justin Hayward, Phil Lynott, Richard Burton
• Lacquer Cut By – BilBo
• Written-By – Jeff Wayne

Notes

This version should not be confused with the almost identical version which has side durations printed on the labels. No durations are printed on this version.

This version also differs from this one as it has no label codes printed on the labels or on the sleeve and the labels have a slightly different layout. The labels do not have "S CBS 96000" printed on them.

Catalogue number "CBS 96000" is printed on the spine of the sleeve. "96000" is found on the rear sleeve. "96000" is printed on the labels..

This 2 record set is housed in plain white inner sleeves within a gatefold outer sleeve. It is accompanied with a 16 page colour booklet of album artwork, lyrics and credits.

© 1978 CBS Records. ℗ 1978 CBS Records.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: MCPS / BIEM
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, hand-etched, side A. Variant 1): CBS.S82671 A7 9600 A7 BILBO O
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, hand-etched, side B. Variant 1): CBS-S.9600.B-8 82671-B-8
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, hand-etched, side C. Variant 1): CBS.S.82672 A7 96000 C7 BILBO
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, hand-etched, side D. Variant 1): CBS-S.96000.D-9 82672.B.9
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, hand-etched, side A. Variant 2): CBS.S.96000 A.4 V 3 3 BLBO
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, hand-etched, side B. Variant 2): CBS.S.96000 B1 .82671.B1. 2 1 G
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, hand-etched, side C. Variant 2): CBS.S.96000B(0crossed through) 82672.D.4 3 3 C BILBO
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, hand-etched, side D. Variant 2): CBS.S.82672 A6 96000 C6 3 0 V BILBO
• Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): S CBS 82671 S CBS 82671 A° (PC2 35290)
• Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): S CBS 82671 S CBS 82671 B° (PC2 35290)
• Matrix / Runout (Label, side C): S CBS 82672 S CBS 82672 A° (PC2 35290)
• Matrix / Runout (Label, side D): S CBS 82672 S CBS 82672 B° (PC2 35290)

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CBS 96000, CBS 82671, CBS 82672	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album)	CBS, CBS, CBS	CBS 96000, CBS 82671, CBS 82672	UK	1978
PC2 35290	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Columbia	PC2 35290	US	1978
40-96000	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xCass, Album)	CBS	40-96000	UK	Unknown
PC235290	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Gat)	Columbia	PC235290	US	1978
S2BP 220201, CBS 96000	Jeff Wayne	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ‎(2xLP, Album)	CBS, CBS	S2BP 220201, CBS 96000	Australia	1978