▁recorded ▁on ▁ 4 8 ▁tracks , ▁using ▁two ▁synchron ised ▁ 2 4 ▁track ▁Stud er ▁A 8 0 s ▁at ▁Ad vision ▁Studios ▁in ▁London . ▁It ▁was ▁engine ered ▁by ▁Geoff ▁Young , ▁who ▁brought ▁the ▁record ings ▁together ▁with ▁only ▁a ▁ 1 6 ▁channel ▁des k . ▁He ▁later ▁worked ▁with ▁George ▁Michael ▁to ▁record ▁" Last ▁Christmas " ▁and ▁" C are less ▁Wh is per " ▁using ▁the ▁same ▁studio ▁and ▁equipment . ▁ ▁The ▁repet ition ▁of ▁" U lla ! ", ▁the ▁cry ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁Mart ians , ▁and ▁certain ▁musical ▁ref ra ins ▁throughout ▁the ▁musical ▁act ▁as ▁le it mot ifs . ▁ ▁The ▁official ▁album ▁comes ▁with ▁several ▁paint ings ▁by ▁Peter ▁Good f ellow , ▁Geoff ▁Taylor ▁and ▁Michael ▁Tr im ▁that ▁illustrate ▁the ▁story . ▁ ▁Other ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁To ▁promote ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁release , ▁an ▁ab rid ged ▁album ▁containing ▁" Radio ▁ed its " ▁was ▁distributed ▁to ▁radio ▁stations . ▁Special ▁intros ▁and ▁end ings ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁added ▁to ▁certain ▁tracks ▁because ▁they ▁simply ▁were ▁not ▁written ▁with ▁radio ▁in ▁mind . ▁The ▁" air ▁play " ▁album ▁turned ▁out ▁so ▁well ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁CBS ▁decided ▁to ▁release ▁it ▁commer cially ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁High light s ▁from ▁Jeff ▁Wayne ' s ▁Musical ▁Version ▁of ▁The ▁War ▁of ▁the ▁World s . ▁ ▁Two ▁Spanish ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁were ▁released ▁in ▁ 1