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The Coming Of The Martians
1-1	The Eve Of The War Lyrics By – Jeff Wayne	9:06
1-2	Horsell 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	6:10
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

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, Percussion [Tar], Santoor [Santur] – George Fenton

Notes

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.
The CD's are pressed in Japan on this original issue.

Mastering LabelCode DIDP 10413 ( CD 1 )
Mastering LabelCode DIDP 10414 ( CD 2 )

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: none
• Label Code: LC0149
• Rights Society: BIEM / STEMRA
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): DIDP-10413 21 +++++
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): DIDP-10414 11A1 +++++
• Matrix / Runout (CD1, Variant 2): DIDP-10413 11A1 +++++

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