CBS Master Sound 2xLPs H2C-45290 Jeff Wayne - The War Of The Worlds, 1978 Canada
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Apr 6, 2022
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Background -
Vintage audiophile LPs are getting harder and harder to find as inventories disappear. This vintage 1978 issued 2xLP set is in collector's grade NEAR MINT condition! NO splits, NO writing, NO discoloration, virtually NO wear - see pictures with this listing as they are of the actual item. Don't miss your chance at getting a superb copy for your collection.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. Overall, it's pleasant as a period piece, and still a fine way to introduce younger listeners to Wells' classic tale. (And if you can find it in a vinyl, it comes with a nicely produced narrative booklet with gloriously lurid illustrations by Geoff Taylor.) The album was actually appealing on too many fronts for its own good in many ways -- the Justin Hayward-sung ballad "Forever Autumn," extracted from a much longer piece on the double-LP -- showed some signs of appealing to AM radio listeners and climbed to the Top 40 based on airplay alone, but by the time Columbia Records in America (missing this boat entirely) got copies of the single into stores so that people could actually buy the record, the song had dropped back down; in the meantime, the record became a favorite of discos and dance clubs in New York and elsewhere, where its extended, highly rhythmic, synthesizer-driven sections delighted deejays and audiences, and Columbia missed another bet by not releasing an instrumental-only assembly of those long passages. (In New York, for years after it went out of print on vinyl, the album was sought after by club deejays eager to spin it). - Paul Collins
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CBS MASTER SOUND (Audiophile 2xLP set) Record LP item
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Records Made in CANADA
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Pressings are in STEREO (half speed mastered)
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Limited Edition LPs
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Record Speed: 33 1/3 rpm
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Records Made / Issued in: 1978
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Record Catalog Number: H2C 45290
Featured on this item:
Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Phil Lynott, Justin Hayward, David Essex, etc.
2-LP Title -
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds
Track Listing -
The Coming Of The Martians - 20:48A1 The Eve Of The War
A2 Horsell Common And The Heat Ray
The Coming Of The Martians - 24:29
B1 The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine
B2 Forever Autumn - Written-By – Gary Osborne, Paul Vigrass
B3 Thunder Child - Written-By – Gary Osborne
The Earth Under The Martians - 25:13
C1 The Red Weed (Part 1)
C2 The Spirit Of Man - Written-By – Gary Osborne
C3 The Red Weed (Part 2)
The Earth Under The Martians - 24:42
D1 Brave New World - Written-By – Gary Osborne
D2 Dead London
D3 Epilogue (Part 1)
D4 Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA)
Other Information / Performers / Credits on this LP include -
• Featuring – Chris Thompson, David Essex, Jo Partridge, Julie Covington, Justin Hayward, Phil Lynott, Richard Burton
• Written-By – Jeff Wayne
Gatefold double album with accompanying 16 page booklet and triple-gatefold insert explaining the CBS Mastersound Recordings and listing other releases to date.
©℗1978 CBS Records.
• Out of Print
• Half-Speed Mastered Extended Range Recording
• CBS Mastersound Audiophile Pressing
• Barcode: none on the jacket or LPs
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1): HAL 45291-1G Columbia NY
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2): HAL 45292-1G
• Matrix / Runout (Side 3): HAL 45292-1G Columbia NY
• Matrix / Runout (Side 4): HAL 45291-1H2 Columbia NY
CONDITION Details:
LP Jacket:-
The GATE-FOLD LP Jacket is in near MINT minus overall condition - NO seam splits, NO discoloration, NO cut out marks!
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The jacket has NO splits of any kind - it is completely solid and intact.
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It has NO cut out marks of any kind.
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There is NO writing on the front or back of the jacket.
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The cover has clean and sharp colors and it comes with the paper insert describing the CBS Master Sound series of LPs.
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The LPs are in near mint minus overall condition, with no serious marks on the vinyl. The LPs are super clean with perhaps a very light spider mark or two and the odd finger print and dust. This is a very nice, very rare and collectible audiophile LP item. As these are vintage LPs, some extraneous sound is inevitable and should be expected for a vintage LP. The LPs retain much of the original gloss and sheen! There are NO serious spindle marks on the record labels either.
A Short Note About LP GRADING -
- Mint = Only used for sealed items.
- Near Mint = Virtually flawless in every way.
- Near Mint Minus = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
- Excellent = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
- Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.
For best results, always properly clean your LPs before playing them, even for brand new, sealed titles.
The LP is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).
Do not let this rarity slip by!
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