Lyrics Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Early Version) - Jeff Wayne
[Journalist:]
Next
morning,
a
crowd
gathered
on
the
Common,
hypnotized
by
the
unscrewing
of
the
cylinder.
Two
feet
of
shining
screw
projected
when,
suddenly,
the
lid
fell
off!
Two
luminous
disc-like
eyes
appeared
above
the
rim.
A
huge,
rounded
bulk,
larger
than
a
bear,
rose
up
slowly,
glistening
like
wet
leather.
Its
lipless
mouth
quivered
and
slavered
- and
snake-like
tentacles
writhed
as
the
clumsy
body
heaved
and
pulsated.
A
few
young
men
crept
closer
to
the
pit.
A
tall
funnel
rose,
then
an
invisible
ray
of
heat
leapt
from
man
to
man
and
there
was
a
bright
glare,
as
each
was
instantly
turned
to
fire.
Every
tree
and
bush
became
a
mass
of
flames
at
the
touch
of
this
savage,
unearthly
Heat
Ray.
People
clawed
their
way
off
the
Common,
and
I
ran
too.
I
felt
I
was
being
toyed
with,
that
when
I
was
on
the
very
verge
of
safety,
this
mysterious
death
would
leap
after
me
and
strike
me
down.
At
last
I
reached
Maybury
Hill
and
in
the
dim
coolness
of
my
home
I
wrote
an
account
for
my
newspaper
before
I
sank
into
a
restless,
haunted
sleep.
I
awoke
to
alien
sounds
of
hammering
from
the
pit,
and
hurried
to
the
railway
station
to
buy
the
paper.
Around
me,
the
daily
routine
of
life
- working,
eating,
sleeping
- was
continuing
serenely
as
it
had
for
countless
years.
On
Horsell
Common,
the
Martians
continued
hammering
and
stirring,
sleepless,
indefatigable,
at
work
upon
the
machines
they
were
making.
Now
and
again
a
light,
like
the
beam
of
a
warship′s
searchlight,
swept
the
Common
- and
the
Heat
Ray
was
ready
to
follow.
In
the
afternoon,
a
company
of
soldiers
came
through
and
deployed
along
the
edge
of
the
Common,
to
form
a
cordon.
That
evening,
there
was
a
violent
crash
and
I
realized
with
horror
that
my
home
was
now
within
range
of
the
Martian's
Heat
Ray.
At
dawn,
a
falling
star
with
a
trail
of
green
mist
landed
with
a
flash
like
summer
lightning.
This
was
the
second
cylinder.
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1 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
2 The Eve of the War
3 Breathless Out-take (from Dead London)
4 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
5 Epilogue 1 (Early Bird Take)
6 The Four Narrators (Epiliogue)
7 Forever Autumn
8 Unused Alternate N.A.S.A. Epiliogue Out-Takes
9 Thunder Child
10 NASA Epilogue Spanish Version
11 The Red Weed, Pt. 1
12 Spanish Narrator Out-Takes
13 The Spirit of Man
14 The Eve of the War (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
15 The Red Weed, Pt. 2
16 The Falling Star (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
17 The Artilleryman Returns
18 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Original Narration and Acting Parts)
19 Brave New World
20 Dead London
21 Epilogue, Pt. 1
22 Epilogue, Pt. 2 (N.A.S.A.)
23 ULLAdubULLA (Papa Ootzie remix)
24 The Eve of the War (Hybrid's Fire In the Sky Mix -)
25 Forever Autumn (N-Trance remix)
26 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Max Mondo Remix)
27 The Spirit of Man: Spirit of Dub (Tom Frederikse / Gaëtan Schurrer remix)
28 The Eve of the War (Hani Remix)
29 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Max Mondo Remix)
30 Brave New World (Todd Terry Remix)
31 Forever Autumn (Dark Autumn Dub Tom Frederikse / Gaëtan Schurrer Remix)
32 The Red Weed (Mister Joy Boy Remix)
33 The Spirt of Destiny (The Parson Versus Palene) [Cassidy / Langan / Wayne Remix]
34 The Eve of the War (1980 Disco Steve Thompson Remix)
35 The Spirit of Man (Max Mondo Remix)
36 The Eve of the War (Ben Liebrand Remix)
37 Brave New World (Dario G Remix)
38 Dead London (Mister JoyBoy Remix)
39 The Eve of the War Versus Animal and Man (Forrest / Schurrer / Wayne remix)
40 The Four Narrators (opening passage)
41 The Eve of the War (Original Unused Intro)
42 The Eve of the War (Early Band Take)
43 The Eve of the War (Stripped Down Mix)
44 'That' Laugh
45 Out-Takes (From Horsell Common)
46 Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Early Version)
47 Out-Takes (From Horsell Common and the Heat Ray)
48 The Heatray Versus the Jangle Piano (Martian Versus Man)
49 The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Early Band Take,
50 Richard Burton Out-take
51 Lego Toys (Original 1969 Radio Commercial)
52 Forever Autumn (Original 1972 Version)
53 Bar Count - Under Attack (from Forever Autumn)
54 Forever Autumn (Early Version)
55 Bar Count Continues (from Forever Autumn)
56 Paperboys (Original Unused Out-Take)
57 Paperboy Shouts and Panicking Crowd (Original Unused Out-Take from Forever Autumn)
58 "Ugly Brutes!" and "See Them" (Original Unused Out-Takes)
59 Thunder Child (Early Version Version)
60 Thunder Child (Later Version)
61 The Four Narrators (The Earth Belonged to the Martians)
62 The Four Narrators (The Red Weed)
63 The Red Weed (Early Version)
64 Unused Out-Take (From The Red Weed)
65 The Red Weed (Original Unused Parts)
66 Jeff's "Worth A Listen" Red Weed Alternative
67 Original 75" Radio Commercial
68 Parson Nathaniel (2005 revisited version)
69 The Spirit of Man (Early Version With Unused Acting Parts)
70 The Spirit of Man (Early Version Guide Vocals)
71 The Spirit of Man (Jerry, Doreen & Phil Acting Out-Takes)
72 The Spirit of Man (Alternate Version)
73 "Are You Ready Jeff?" (Acting Out-Takes from the Spirit of Man)
74 The Spirit of Man (Out-Takes, Including Original Unused Script)
75 The Spirit of Man (Beth & Parson Out-Takes, Including Original Unused Script)
76 The Spirit of 'Mayan' (Parson outtakes)
77 The Spirit of Man (Beth is killed)
78 The Spirit of Man (Beth Is Killed - Original Out Take)
79 The Spirit of Man (Guitar Solo)
80 'Outcries' (from The Spirit of Man)
81 The Spirited Man (strings and acoustic guitar alternative)
82 The Spirit of Man (Beth Out-Takes)
83 The Spirit of Guitars (guitars and strings from The Spirit of Man)
84 Tea for Two: Jerry & Phil's Late Night Cabaret
85 Parson Nathaniel Scream Out-Takes (From the Spirit of Man)
86 Original Parson Scream Out-takes
87 Original Spanish Parson Scream Out-takes
88 German Journalist and Parson Out-takes
89 Spanish Journalist and Parson Scream Out-take
90 "And There Was Nothing I Could Do to Prevent It" (out-takes and master)
91 Parson Nathaniel (Original Unused Song)
92 "Less Piano and More Air, Please!"
93 The Artilleryman Returns (With Unused Parts)
94 The Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World)
95 The Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World) [Continued]
96 The the Artilleryman's Out-Takes (From Brave New World)
97 Brave New World (Early Piano Demo)
98 Brave New World (Early Band Take)
99 The Artilleryman's "I've Got a Plan!" Out-takes (from Brave New World)
100 Brave New World (Acoustic Alternative)
101 Brave New World (Alternate Version)
102 The Spanish Artilleryman's Plan (from Brave New World)
103 Acting Out Takes (From Brave New World)
104 Original 40" Radio Commercial
105 Regressing Bar Count
106 Dead London (Early Version,
107 Dead London (Early Band Run-Through)
108 Murderous Out-Takes (From Dead London)
109 Bar Count (from Dead London)
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