Jeff Wayne ORIG OZ 2LP War of the worlds NM 1978 Phil Lynott David Essex Jeff Wayne War of the worlds

Original OZ 2XLP released in 1978 on CBS Records. Cat: S2BP220201. This album has a gatefold sleeve. Comes with16 page full colour booklet which is in Excellent condition. 

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 between Burton's narration and an accompaniment built around a buzzsaw guitar riff.

Tracks: The coming of the Martians/ The eve of the war/ Horsell common and the heat ray/ The artillary man and the fighting machine/ Forever autumn/ Thunder child/ The earth under the Martians/ The red weed and Parson Nathaniel/ The spirit of man/ The artillary man and dead London/ Brave new world/ Dead London/ Epilogue/ 
Records are in Near Mint condition. Cover has some ring wear and is in VG+ condition.

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