Single:
Forever Autumn entered the Australian singles chart* 21 August 1978 and peaked at #33.
Album:
The song is on Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds which entered the Australian albums chart* on 31 July 1978. It reached #1 on 2 October 1978 and remained there for 7 weeks.
Songwriters:
Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne, Paul Vigrass
Producer:
Jeff Wayne
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
BONUS TRACK BELOW – The Eve of the War
Wikipedia – the album:
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a double album that retells the story of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. A concept album and a rock opera, its main format is progressive rock and string orchestra, using narration and leitmotifs to carry the story and rhyming melodic lyrics that express the feelings of the various characters.
It features spoken words by Richard Burton (the journalist: the narrator-protagonist). Also spoken words and song vocals by Justin Hayward (the sung thoughts of the journalist), David Essex, Chris Thompson, Phil Lynott and Julie Covington.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne’s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds
Wikipedia – Forever Autumn:
Jeff Wayne chose Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues to sing Forever Autumn, saying that he “wanted that voice from Nights in White Satin“.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Autumn_(song)
Lyrics:
The summer sun is fading as the year grows old
And darker days are drawing near
The winter winds will be much colder
Now you′re not here
I watch the birds fly south across the Autumn sky
And one by one they disappear
I wish that I was flying with them
Now you’re not here
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The single version of Forever Autumn is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
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BONUS TRACK
The Eve of the War from Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
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