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»Jeff Wayne + various Artists @ his direction — Thunderchild« , from »Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War of the Worlds« … which I reckon I can safely say is my introduction to *full-on* Prog-Rock …
… and is a colossus of musical genius!
I choose the song Thunderchild as it's the one that for me exceeded all others on the Album for the poignancy & tragedy of it … but any track could've been selected, & it would have epitomised the quality of the album just as well. It's a wise choice, ImO, on the part of the Author of the Youtube Channel to include somewhat of the precursatory music just before the song proper. I think my close second choice would be the duo of Phil Lynnott & Julie Covington depicting a crazy Preacher in despair @ the destruction of - & what he figures is the judgement of divine wrath upon - his World, & his wife's ultimately futile attempts to remonstrate with him.
Such a great album. I know it is an oddity, but if you ever get the chance to listen to the 5.1 mix of this album, it is ASTOUNDING!!
I've no idea about the variant on it you mention, there. Sounds mighty interesting, though: I'd certainly be interested in checking-out somekind of variant on it.