Jeff Wayne
music producer
/ songwriter / conductor
/ keyboard
The War of the Worlds
1st July 1943 -

      sessions with Spedding
The War of the Worlds The War Of The World
Collector's Edition (6-CD and 1-DVD)
The New Generation

TWOTW Live album Alive On Stage recorded in Dublin, Ireland on 7th June 2009
Alive On Stage recorded in Aberdeen, UK on 10th June 2009
Alive On Stage recorded in Newcastle, UK on 12th June 2009
Alive On Stage recorded in Liverpool, UK on 14th June 2009
Alive On Stage recorded in Manchester, UK on 18th June 2009
Alive On Stage recorded in Birmingham, UK on 19th June 2009
Alive On Stage recorded in London, UK on 20th June 2009
Alive On Stage recorded in Bournemouth, UK on 22nd June 2009
Alive On Stage recorded in Brighton, UK on 27th June 2009
Alive On Stage recorded in Amsterdam, Holland on 30th June 2009

TWOTW Live DVD Live on Stage!
The New Generation - Alive from the O2

Justin Hayward Forever Autumn (TOTP 1978)

TWOTW review/photo in Nottingham on 20th Apr. 2006
in Glasgow on 22nd Apr. 2006
in Manchester on 23rd Apr. 2006
in London on 25th Apr. 2006
in Birmingham on 7th Dec. 2007
in Newcastle on 8th Dec. 2007
in Manchester on 9th Dec. 2007
in Brighton on 27th June 2009
in Brighton on 28th June 2009
in Amsterdam on 24th Nov. 2010
in Amsterdam on 25th Nov. 2010
in Birmingham on 7th Dec. 2012
in Manchester on 8th Dec. 2012
in Sheffield on 9th Dec. 2012
in Liverpool on 28th Nov. 2014
in Glasgow on 29th Nov. 2014
in Manchester on 30th Nov. 2014
in London on 22nd Apr. 2016
in London on 23rd Apr. 2016
in Nottingham on 7th Dec. 2018
in Birmingham on 8th Dec. 2018
in Bournemouth on 29th Mar. 2022
in Bournemouth on 30th Mar. 2022
in Cardiff on 16th Apr. 2025
in Cardiff on 17th Apr. 2025

Albums, singles and others Jeff Wayne produced. Chris Spedding are on some. And △ means he could be on it.
45Jane RelfGone Fishing
LPVigrass & OsborneQueues
45Vigrass & OsborneMister Deadline
45Vigrass & OsborneTake It Away
LPDavid Essexselftitled
LPDavid EssexAll the Fan of the Fair
45Tony ChristieEasy To Love
CDMarianne SegalGypsy Girl
CDMarianne SegalFly on Strangewings
45Billy LawrieNow My World Is Yours
45Herbie FlowersDon't Take My Bass Away
45Herbie FlowersMr. Moonlight
45Jeff WayneGet Movin'×
45Vigrass & OsbourneGypsy Woman×
45David EssexOoh, Love×
    jingles
45ChesterfieldChesterfield Theme
45TurnstileAngela
45Hollick & TaylorBittermen Theme
45PepsiPepsi
45FabergéFabergé for the Love of Life
45USYou're Ok With US
45The UnityThe Unity
45PledgePledge
45Father WilliamGet Moving
45Associated WeaversAssociated Weavers TV advertising
45CastrolKeeps The Pressure Up×
45EssoThe Great Blue Singer×
45Gordon's GinThe Gordon's Gin Theme×
    movie / OST
The Anatomy of a Pin-UpThe Anatomy of a Pin-Up
The KnowledgeThe Knowledge
links The War of the Worlds (official website)

               Spedding recalls
I've heard Jeff Wayne doing lots of TV commercials, jingles,
as we call them before I worked with him with David Essex,
and he's a very, very original arranger, his concept of sound is
- he's the first person I've worked
with who worked with a synthesizer.
And in those days, you couldn't program synthesizers, you had to
adjust every day and every day the sound would be different,
because the electronics would change with the tempertures and stuff,
and you couldn't get a preset where you'd get the same sound day after day.
It would use incredible patience and also could only do one tone
at a time. So if you wanted a harmony part, you would have to do it twice.
So he used to work with very original, primitive synthesizers in the mid 1970's, and he was a pioneer of that - also lots of strange effects.
I remember once he had Ray Cooper lowering a gong into a tank of water
just to get an effect, and of course he recorded live on the tracks
when we were doing the rhythm section.
And he is full of interesting ideas and his arrangements in the records
he made with David Essex are really great to my ears.