Jeff Wayne - The War Of The Worlds

Booklet Info:
Story adapted from H. G. Wells novel "The War Of The Worlds"

Phil Lynott appeared by courtesy of Phonogram
Julie Covington appeared by courtesy of Virgin Records, Ltd.
Justin Hayward appeared by courtesy of The Decca Record Company Limited
Chris Thompson appeared by courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Musical Co-ordination by Music Activity Management
and The General Booking Company
Published by Jeff Wayne Music Ltd. except
"Forever Autumn" published by Jeff Wayne Music Ltd. /
Duchess Music Inc.

A 48 Track Production recorded at Advision Studios, London,
May 1976-July 1977
Mastered at Tape One, London
Compact Disc cut at CBS Studios, London 1985
First released in the U.K. June 1978

To my father, this rendering of his idea

The War Of The Worlds Re-Mastering
Equipment used at mastering stage:
Acoustic Environment designed by S.W. Davis Ltd.
Modified A.T.C. studio monitors with C-audio power
amplifiers and B&W CDM 1 monitors.
Studer A80 ¼" replay machine with 'Timelord' replay electronics.
Dolby 361 decoders.
Analogue processors: Focusrite Blue 315 Isomorphic Mastering
Equaliser. Focusrite Blue 330 Compressor.
Analogue interconnects: EMT Barco.
Prism Dream AD-1 20-Bit A-D Convertor.
Optical interconnect to Sonic Solutions Digital Workstation
Additional digital processing TC M5000 Mainframe.
Mastered direct to CD by Sony CDW 900E CD writer with
Super-Bit Mapping.
The War Of The Worlds Original Master BASF tape Dolby ¼"

Information about the original 1978 recording
Quad 8 Recording Console
Studer and MCI 24 track tape machines locked using Maglink
synchroniser, using Neumann Condenser Microphones.
Original mixes mastered onto a Studer 2 Track ¼" Analogue Tape Machine
Richard Burton's voice was recorded in Los Angeles and London (Advision Studios)
Strings were recorded in No.1 Studio, EMI, Abbey Road.

SBM™ Super Bit Mapping
© 1995 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.

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