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WAYNE, JEFF - JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS


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TITLE:
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds
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CATNO:
88985449431
FORMAT:
Vinyl record
DESCRIPTION:
2x12" LP Represseed Seminal Symphonic Rock / Musical / Spoken Word LP - Gatefold Sleeve Sealed- Inc Booklet

Released 40 years after Orson Welles' infamous radio version of the H.G. Wells tale, Jeff Wayne's musical version of War of the Worlds straddles old-style radio drama and contemporary orchestrated narratives by Rick Wakeman and David Bedford. And while it lacks the sophisticated arrangements of, say, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, it does boast an impressively odd cast -- this may be the only time that a member of Thin Lizzy worked with Richard Burton, and the presence of Julie Covington and the Moody Blues' Justin Hayward in very attractive singing roles attest to its pop/rock aspirations. It's Burton's sonorous tones that sustain this work; his frequent solo narrations are eminently listenable, whereas sections featuring dialogue with other characters often come off as a bit stilted. The music is competent studio rock, and "Horsell Common and the Heat Ray" does strike just the right balance b

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£28.99
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a1
The Eve Of The War
a2
Horsell Common And The Heat Ray
b1
The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine
b2
Forever Autumn
b3
Thunder Child
c1
The Red Weed (Part 1)
c2
The Spirit Of Man
c3
The Red Weed (Part 2)
d1
Brave New World
d2
Dead London
d3
Epilogue (Part 1)
d4
Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA)