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It was a favorite of mine back in the day, blending the best of audio drama and progressive rock music, narrated by richard burton. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by pearsons magazine in the uk and by cosmopolitan magazine in the us. The war of the worlds, with ebook audiobook listen instantly. Waynes wotw has more text reading than music, compared to the wakemanverne recording but thats fine. The life and inebriated times of richard burton, richard harris, peter o. War of the worlds richard burton narrative by richard. The war of the worlds 30th anniversary edition wayne, jeff. Audiobooks read by richard burton richard burton 19251984, born in wales, was a renowned, awardwinning actor of stage and screen. You must remember now that this was originally produced to lp back in 1978.
Wells was published in 1898 at a time when he wrote a series of novels related to a number of historical events of the time. Listen to the best djs and radio presenters in the world for free. No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. A mysterious stranger in a longsleeved coat, with a bandaged face and widebrimmed hat, arrives in a small english village. A 48 track production recorded at adivision studios, london, may 1976 july 1977. I remember buying this album back in 1979 i still have it in almost new condition i couldnt get enough of it for months. He was one of the great british actors of the postwwii period and at one time the highestpaid actor in hollywood. The result was a double lp of slick liteprog laced with discos rhythmic tropes, featuring the voices of sir richard burton, thin lizzys phil lynott, the moody blues justin hayward, andsurprise. The eve of the war jeff waynes war of the worlds narration. Wells 1866 1946 war of the worlds by herbert george wells h. G wells story of the war of the worlds put to music with an all star cast including richard burton. This is the jeff wayne musical version of the war of the worlds.
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Wells wrote the war of the worlds in 1898, when there was much speculation about life on the planet mars. The war of the worlds, with ebook audiobook listen. You must remember now that this was originally produced to lp back in. The novels first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher william heinemann of london. Thunderchild jeff waynes war of the worlds narration. Epilogue jeff waynes war of the worlds by alex mcculloch. Richard burton the journalist julie covington beth david essex the artillery man justin hayward philip lynott parson nathaniel jo partrige the heat ray chris thompson jeff wayne. War of the worlds browse all war of the worlds audio book.
I have edited out all of the songs in order to have the incredible voice of richard. The story, written in a semidocumentary style, is told in the first person by an unnamed. Forever autumn richard burton naration jeff waynes the war of. Oct 12, 2011 richard burton narrated a musical version of the war of the worlds. Richard burton narrated a musical version of the war of. The spirit of man album version wayne, jeff burton, richard lynott, philip. Wells first published the war of the worlds in 1898, the novel quickly became a scifi classic. The book is considered to be one of the first science. The unseen panoramas of the western front by peter barton and richard holmes nov 11, 2005 5. But his incongruous appearance is nothing compared to the secret of the.
Wayne was able to parlay that massive success into the rights to create a war of the. This novel is written in two parts narrating how aliens from mars invades england and how hey become power center of the earth and ultimately getting killed, not by explosives or deadly weapons rather by bacteria to which their bodies were susceptible. The war of the worlds was immortalized as a halloween prank in a radio show that aired on cbs on october 30, 1938, causing widespread panic and chaos as listeners across the united states tuned in. Richard burton the journalist for three days i fought my way along roads packed with refugees, the homeless, burdened with boxes and bundles containing their. This version endeavors to retell the basic story through musical numbers and features richard burton in one of the more interesting roles of his later career. Jeff wayne musical version of the war of the worlds. Also love david essexs voice and of course justin hayward he lived about three quarters of a mile from me when we were all growing up but i think how lucky we all were to be around in the famous sixties and experience all the musical talent then. I love the classic version with richard burton but this is just brilliant. The war of the worlds audiobook free download one of the bestloved works by mercury theatre on the air, this popular, renowned radio audiobook is now available for free download from spotify, deezer, and in high quality from audible as well. War of the worlds browse all war of the worlds audio.
It was a favorite of mine back in the day, blending the best. It just doesnt get better than richard burtons incredible voice scaring the beejabbers out of. If you like war of the worlds then i suggest you but one of these used but good condition cd s. The war of the worlds audiobook free download one of the bestloved works by mercury theatre on the air, this popular, renowned radio audiobook is now available for free download from spotify, deezer. Richard burton the war of the worlds video dailymotion. Wells war of the worlds by jeff wayne combines original music with readings of the text. I was the music director for the radio station back then and of course i had to have this. The story of extraterrestrials from mars invading earth captured the publics imagination, inspiring a famed 1938 radio broadcast with orson. The war of the worlds by richard burton 20802 amazon.
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