Highlights from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Highlights from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Highlights from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a 1981 compilation album by Jeff Wayne, highlights of the 1978 concept album, retelling the story of "The War of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells. It was released by Columbia Records. In order to cater to casual consumers who liked the music of "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds" but did not want to sit through all the dialogue, Columbia Records issued a single-disc abridged version. It focused on the
The War of the Worlds (radio 1968) The War of the Worlds (radio 1968) The War of the Worlds was a radio drama, originally aired by Buffalo, New York radio station WKBW 1520 on October 31, 1968. It was a modernized version of the original radio drama aired by CBS in 1938. Danny Kriegler served as the director of the radio drama while Jefferson Kaye served as its producer. The broadcast, its subsequent re-airings and remakes, and multiple airings alongside the original 1938 radio drama made Buffalo, New York the "War of the Worlds Radio Capital of The World" in a 2009 resolution by the New York