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The Coming Of The Martians
1-1	The Eve Of The War Featuring – Justin Hayward, Richard Burton	9:06
1-2	Horsell Common And The Heat Ray Featuring – Richard Burton	11:36
1-3	The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine Featuring – David Essex, Richard Burton	10:36
1-4	Forever Autumn Featuring – Justin Hayward, Richard Burton	7:43
1-5	Thunder Child Featuring – Richard Burton	6:10
The Earth Under The Martians
2-1	The Red Weed (Part 1) Featuring – Richard Burton	5:55
2-2	The Spirit Of Man Featuring – Julie Covington, Phil Lynott, Richard Burton	11:41
2-3	The Red Weed (Part 2) Featuring – Richard Burton	6:51
2-4	Brave New World Featuring – David Essex, Richard Burton	12:13
2-5	Dead London Featuring – Richard Burton	8:37
2-6	Epilogue (Part 1) Featuring – Richard Burton	2:42
2-7	Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA) Featuring – Jerry Wayne	2:02
The New Files 95
2-8	The Spirit Of Man (Dubulladub) Featuring – Julie Covington, Phil LynottRemix [Uncredited] – KCWWritten-By – Gary Osborne, Jeff Wayne	4:14
2-9	Dark Autumn Dub Co-producer – Frederikse / Shurrer*Featuring – Justin Hayward, Richard Burton Written-By – Gary Osborne, Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass	8:51
2-10	Forever Autumn (Remix 95) Featuring – Justin HaywardWritten-By – Gary Osborne, Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass	4:21
2-11	Epilogue (Part 2) / The Eve Of The War (Remix 95) Featuring – Jerry Wayne, Justin Hayward, Richard Burton Written-By – Doreen Wayne, Jeff Wayne	5:33

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Sony Music
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.

Credits

• Adapted By, Written-By – Doreen Wayne
• Art Direction, Design [Logo] – John Pasche
• Artwork [Illustrations] – Michael Trim
• Artwork [Paintings] – Geoff Taylor , Michael Trim, Peter Goodfellow
• Backing Vocals – Billy Lawrie, Gary Osborne, Paul Vigrass
• Bass Guitar – Herbie Flowers
• Composed By, Orchestrated By, Conductor – Jeff Wayne
• Directed By [Dramatic And Narrative Sections] – Charles Dubin, Jerry Wayne
• Drums – Barry Morgan
• Engineer – Geoff Young
• Engineer [Assistant, Compact Disc Cut By] – Laurence Diana
• Executive-Producer – Jeff Wayne (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11), Jerry Wayne (tracks: 1-1 to 2-7)
• Guitar – Chris Spedding, Jo Partridge
• Keyboards, Synthesizer – Jeff Wayne, Ken 'Prof' Freeman*
• Lyrics By – Garry Osborne* (tracks: 1-2 to 2-7), Jeff Wayne (tracks: 1-1), Paul Vigrass (tracks: 1-4)
• Mastered By – Bill Foster
• Percussion – Barry Da Souza*, Ray Cooper, Roy Jones
• Producer – Jeff Wayne (tracks: 2-8, 2-10, 2-11)
• Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By – Kipper (tracks: 2-8, 2-10, 2-11)
• Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By, Mixed By – Gareth Cousins (tracks: 2-8, 2-10, 2-11)
• Voice [Epilogue Voices By] – Jerry Wayne
• Zither, Tar (Drum), Santoor – George Fenton

Notes

Large 'fatbox' jewel case with 36 page booklet in windowed card slipcase.
TCX

Category CDX 96000 on sleeve; CDX96000 on CD labels.

booklet-info:
Story adapted from H. G. Wells novel "The War Of The Worlds"

Phil Lynott appeared by courtesy of Phonogram
Julie Covington appeared by courtesy of Virgin Records, Ltd.
Justin Hayward appeared by courtesy of The Decca Record Company Limited
Chris Thompson appeared by courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Musical Co-ordination by Music Activity Management
and The General Booking Company
Published by Jeff Wayne Music Ltd. except
"Forever Autumn" published by Jeff Wayne Music Ltd. /
Duchess Music Inc.

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

To my father, this rendering of his idea

The War Of The Worlds Re-Mastering
Equipment used at mastering stage:
Acoustic Environment designed by S.W. Davis Ltd.
Modified A.T.C. studio monitors with C-audio power
amplifiers and B&W CDM 1 monitors.
Studer A80 ¼" replay machine with 'Timelord' replay electronics.
Dolby 361 decoders.
Analogue processors: Focusrite Blue 315 Isomorphic Mastering
Equaliser. Focusrite Blue 330 Compressor.
Analogue interconnects: EMT Barco.
Prism Dream AD-1 20-Bit A-D Convertor.
Optical interconnect to Sonic Solutions Digital Workstation
Additional digital processing TC M5000 Mainframe.
Mastered direct to CD by Sony CDW 900E CD writer with Super-Bit Mapping.
The War Of The Worlds Original Master BASF tape Dolby ¼"

Information about the original 1978 recording
Quad 8 Recording Console
Studer and MCI 24 track tape machines locked using Maglink
synchroniser, using Neumann Condenser Microphones.
Original mixes mastered onto a Studer 2 Track ¼" Analogue Tape Machine
Richard Burton's voice was recorded in Los Angeles and London (Advision Studios)
Strings were recorded in No.1 Studio, EMI, Abbey Road.

SBM™ Super Bit Mapping
© 1995 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.

disc-info:
Made in Austria
Original Sound recording made by Ollie Record Productions
disc 1: ℗ 1978 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
disc 2: 1-7 ℗ 1978, 8-11 ℗ 1995 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 5 099709 600098
• Barcode (String): 5099709600098
• Rights Society: SACEM / SDRM / SACD /SGDL / MCPS / BIEM
• Label Code: LC 0162
• Matrix / Runout (CD1, variant 1): Sony Music S0109600011-0102 54
• Matrix / Runout (CD1, variant 2): Sony Music S0109600011-0102 44
• Matrix / Runout (CD1, variant 3): Sony Music S0109600011-0102 21
• Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variant 1,2,3): Sony Music S0109600011-0202 34
• Mastering SID Code (CD1 (Variant 1,2) CD2 (Variant 1,2,3)): IFPI L554
• Mastering SID Code (CD1 (Variant 3)): IFPI L551
• Mould SID Code (CD1 and CD2 (variant 1)): IFPI 945C
• Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 2): IFPI 94W2
• Mould SID Code (CD1 and CD2 (Variant 3)): IFPI 946C
• Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 2): IFPI 94V5
• Other: 01-096000-11

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