Despite popular opinion, Jeff Wayne’s work encompasses much more than “Musical Version Of ‘The War Of The Worlds'” that became his magnum opus and that, turned into a stage spectacle, has been packing arenas for a couple decades now.
Jeff’s story started much earlier, though, and without what went before he transformed H. G. Wells’ novel into melodic novelty on a grand scale he wouldn’t be able to do it – his entire previous experience as a writer, arranger and producer had paved the road to that project – but Wayne didn’t stop there. And this is why we decided to venture beyond the 1978 classic, and find out how it fits in the overall scheme of his life.
