Description
Title: Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds – Deluxe Collectors Edition 16CD Incl. 2 Blu-Ray, 156pg Hardback Book
Artist: Jeff Wayne
Label: Madfish Records Imp
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 636551924252
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2025-11-14
Number of Discs: 18
Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM – IMPORT, BOXED SET, DELUXE EDITION, WITH BLU-RAY, WITH BOOK, HARDCOVER
Limited 18 disc (16 CDs + two Blu-Rays) set. For over four decades, Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds has remained a landmark in musical storytelling-boldly blending orchestral majesty, progressive rock, and literary drama. Put together with Jeff Wayne’s full cooperation, this exquisite 18-disc set chronicles every stage of the album’s evolution, from it’s landmark 1978 debut to spectacular live performances, bold re-imaginings, and never-before-heard archival treasures. Relive the gravitas of Richard Burton’s narration, the seismic intensity of the Martian invasion, and the powerful performances of both the original album and 2012’s The New Generation, featuring the talents of Liam Neeson, Ricky Wilson, Gary Barlow, Jason Donovan, Joss Stone, Maverick Sabre and more. Included in this set: 156-Page Hardback Book – Featuring a comprehensive new essay by acclaimed author Peter Doggett, stunning reimagined artwork, and an in-depth look at a treasure trove of rare memorabilia. 24-Page Jerry Wayne Book – A fascinating insight into the creative journey of Jeff Wayne’s father, whose vision played a pivotal role in bringing this masterpiece to life. 12-Page Script Book – A faithful reproduction of the original script – a unique glimpse into the musical’s narrative and dramatic construction. Detailed Story Map – A beautifully designed visual representation of The War of The Worlds storyline, charting the Martian invasion and human struggle for survival. Two Exclusive Art Prints – High-quality prints featuring newly commissioned artwork. Certificate of Authenticity – Officially verifying this as an authentic edition. Encased in luxurious packaging, this is Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds as it has never been experienced before-a remarkable release that brings new life to one of the most ambitious musical creations ever.
Tracks:
1.1 The Eve of the War
1.2 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
1.3 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
1.4 Forever Autumn
1.5 Thunder Child
2.1 The Red Weed
2.2 The Spirit of Man
2.3 The Red Weed
2.4 The Artilleryman Returns
2.5 Brave New World
2.6 Dead London
2.7 Dead London
2.8 Epilogue
2.9 Epilogue (Part Two)
3.1 The Four Narrators (Opening Passage)
3.2 The Eve of the War
3.3 The Eve of the War
3.4 The Eve of the War
3.5 The Eve of the War
3.6 ‘That’ Laugh
3.7 Out-Takes 1
3.8 Out-Takes 2
3.9 Out-Takes 3
3.10 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
3.11 Out-Takes
3.12 The Heat Ray Versus the Jangle Piano
3.13 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
3.14 Richard Burton Out-Take
3.15 Lego Toys
3.16 Forever Autumn
3.17 Bar Count – Under Attack
3.18 Forever Autumn
3.19 Bar Count Continues
3.20 Paperboys
3.21 Paperboys
3.22 Paperboy Shouts and Panicking Crowd
3.23 Paperboy Shouts and Panicking Crowd
3.24 Ugly Brutes!’ and ‘See Them
3.25 Forever Autumn
3.26 Thunder Child
3.27 The Four Narrators
3.28 The Four Narrators
3.29 The Red Weed
3.30 Unused Out-Take
3.31 The Red Weed
3.32 The Red Weed
3.33 Jeff’s ‘Worth a Listen’ Red Weed Alternative
3.34 Original 75′ Radio Commercial
4.1 Parson Nathaniel
4.2 The Spirit of Man
4.3 The Spirit of Man
4.4 The Spirit of Man
4.5 The Spirit of Man
4.6 Are You Ready Jeff?
4.7 Are You Ready Jeff?
4.8 The Spirit of Man
4.9 The Spirit of Man
4.10 The Spirit of Man
4.11 The Spirit of Man
4.12 The Spirit of Man
4.13 The Spirit of Man
4.14 The Spirit of ‘Mayan’
4.15 The Spirit of Man
4.16 The Spirit of Man
4.17 The Spirit of Man
4.18 Outcries
4.19 The Spirited Man
4.20 The Spirit of Man
4.21 The Spirit of Man
4.22 The Spirit of Man
4.23 The Spirit of Man
4.24 The Spirit of Man
4.25 The Spirit of Man
4.26 The Spirit of Guitars
4.27 Tea for Two: Jerry ; Phil’s Late Night Cabaret
4.28 Parson Nathaniel Scream Out-Takes 1
4.29 Parson Nathaniel Scream Out-Takes 1
4.30 Original Parson Scream Out-Takes
4.31 Original Spanish Parson Scream Out-Takes
4.32 German Journalist and Parson Out-Takes
4.33 Spanish Journalist and Parson Scream Out-Takes
4.34 And There Was Nothing I Could Do to Prevent It
4.35 Parson Nathaniel
4.36 Less Piano and More Air, Please!
4.37 The Artilleryman Returns
4.38 The Artilleryman’s Out-Takes
4.39 The Artilleryman’s Out-Takes
4.40 The Artilleryman’s Out-Takes 2
4.41 Brave New World
4.42 Brave New World
4.43 The Artilleryman’s ‘I’ve Got a Plan!’ Out-Takes
4.44 Brave New World
4.45 Brave New World
4.46 The Spanish Artilleryman’s Plan
4.47 Acting Out-Takes 1
4.48 Acting Out-Takes 2
4.49 Acting Out-Takes 3
4.50 Acting Out-Takes 4
4.51 Acting Out-Takes 5
4.52 Original 40′ Radio Commercial
4.53 Regressing Bar Count
5.1 Dead London
5.2 Dead London
5.3 Murderous Out-Takes 1
5.4 Murderous Out-Takes 2
5.5 Breathless Out-Take
5.6 Epilogue 1
5.7 The Four Narrators
5.8 Unused Alternate Nasa Epilogue Out-Takes 1
5.9 Unused Alternate Nasa Epilogue Out-Takes 2
5.10 Unused Alternate Nasa Epilogue Out-Takes 3
5.11 Nasa Epilogue
5.12 Spanish Narrator Out-Takes 1
5.13 Spanish Narrator Out-Takes 2
5.14 Spanish Narrator Out-Takes 3
5.15 Spanish Narrator Out-Takes 4
5.16 The Eve of the War
5.17 The Falling Star
5.18 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
5.19 The Fighting Begins
5.20 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
5.21 The Exodus from London
5.22 The Thunder Child
5.23 The Red Weed
5.24 How I Fell in with the Parson
5.25 The Days of Imprisonment
5.26 What We Saw from the Ruined House
5.27 The Artilleryman and the Brave New World – the Spirit of Man
5.28 Dead London
5.29 The Epilogue
5.30 Nasa Epilogue
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
6.3 Ulladubulla
6.4 The Eve of the War
6.5 The Spirit of Man
6.6 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
6.7 Forever Autumn
6.8 Forever Autumn
6.9 Thunder Child
6.10 The Eve of the War
6.11 The Red Weed
6.12 The Spirit of Man
6.13 Brave New World
6.14 Dead London
6.15 Dead London
7.1 The Eve of the War
7.2 The Eve of the War
7.3 The Eve of the War
7.4 The Eve of the War
7.5 Dead London
7.6 Brave New World
7.7 Forever Autumn
7.8 Forever Autumn
7.9 Brave New World
7.10 The Red Weed
7.11 The Eve of the War
8.1 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Everybody Gather)
8.2 The Eve of the War
8.3 The Spirit of Man (The Spirit of Dub)
8.4 The Eve of the War
8.5 The Eve of the War
8.6 The Spirit of Man
8.7 The Eve of the War
8.8 The Spirit of Destiny
8.9 The Eve of the War Versus Animal and Man
8.10 The Spirit of Man
9.1 The Eve of the War
9.2 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
9.3 Forever Autumn
9.4 Thunder Child
9.5 Inside the Handling Machine
9.6 Brave New World
9.7 Dead London: The Aviation Lab
9.8 The War of the Worlds Tour Play Out
10.1 Prequel
10.2 The Eve of the War
10.3 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
10.4 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
10.5 Forever Autumn
10.6 Thunder Child
11.1 The Red Weed
11.2 The Spirit of Man
11.3 The Red Weed
11.4 The Artilleryman Returns
11.5 Brave New World
11.6 Dead London
11.7 Dead London
11.8 Epilogue (Part Two)
12.1 The Eve of the War
12.2 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
12.3 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
12.4 Forever Autumn
12.5 Thunder Child
13.1 The Red Weed
13.2 The Spirit of Man
13.3 The Red Weed
13.4 The Artilleryman Returns
13.5 Brave New World
13.6 Dead London
13.7 Dead London
13.8 Epilogue
13.9 Epilogue
14.1 Prequel
14.2 The Eve of the War
14.3 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
14.4 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
14.5 Forever Autumn
14.6 Thunder Child
15.1 The Red Weed
15.2 The Spirit of Man
15.3 The Red Weed
15.4 The Artilleryman Returns
15.5 Brave New World
15.6 Dead London
15.7 Dead London
15.8 Epilogue
15.9 Epilogue (Part Two)
16.1 The Eve of the War
16.2 Forever Autumn
16.3 The Red Weed
16.4 Brave New World
16.5 Forever Autumn
16.6 With Joy, Hope and Wonder
17.1 The Eve of the War
17.2 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
17.3 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
17.4 Forever Autumn
17.5 Thunder Child
17.6 The Red Weed (Part One)
17.7 The Spirit of Man
17.8 The Red Weed (Part Two)
17.9 The Artilleryman Returns
17.10 Brave New World
17.11 Dead London (Part One)
17.12 Dead London (Part Two)
17.13 Epilogue (Part One)
17.14 Epilogue (Part Two) (Nasa)
17.15 The Eve of the War
17.16 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
17.17 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
17.18 Forever Autumn
17.19 Thunder Child
17.20 The Red Weed (Part One)
17.21 The Spirit of Man
17.22 The Red Weed (Part Two)
17.23 The Artilleryman Returns
17.24 Brave New World
17.25 Dead London (Part One)
17.26 Dead London (Part Two)
17.27 Epilogue (Part One)
17.28 Epilogue (Part Two) (Nasa)
17.29 Deconstructing Jeff Wayne’s the War of the Worlds
17.30 An Interview with Jeff Wayne – 2025
18.1 Intro (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.2 Prequel (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.3 The Eve of the War (Part One) (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.4 The Eve of the War (Part Two) (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.5 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.6 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.7 Forever Autumn (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.8 Thunder Child (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.9 The Red Weed (Part One) (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.10 The Spirit of Man (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.11 The Red Weed (Part Two) (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.12 The Artilleryman Returns (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.13 Brave New World (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.14 Dead London (Part One) (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.15 Dead London (Part Two) (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.16 Epilogue (Part One) (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.17 Epilogue (Part Two – Nasa) (Live on Stage!, 2006)
18.18 Carrie and the Cannons: Behind the Scenes on the Cgi Sequences
18.19 Bringing Back Burton
18.20 Making a Martian Fighting Machine
18.21 An Interview with Jeff W
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