lah%miro@BERKELEY.EDU (12/27/85)
From: lah%miro@BERKELEY.EDU (Commander RYN Leigh Ann Hussey)
Recently, my husband played for me a tape which he had recorded from
a radio broadcast of Nicol Williamson ("Excalibur"s Merlin) reading
the complete Hobbit. Wonderful characterisation, with Beorn having
a strong Scots burr, Bilbo with a West Country (Dorset, Cornwall)
accent, the Dwarves sounding Yorkshire/Norse and Gandalf as a nasal-
twangy Oxbridge scholar.
Unfortunately, David's tape is not complete. Where can we find this
recording these days? Is it the set boxed in what looks like a salt
cod box that is available in some bookstores? Is it actually a record
set rather than a tape set? Does anyone know anything about it? Help?
Thanks,
Leigh Ann
farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) (12/27/85)
In article <846@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>, lah%miro@BERKELEY.EDU writes: > Recently, my husband played for me a tape which he had recorded from > a radio broadcast of Nicol Williamson ("Excalibur"s Merlin) reading > the complete Hobbit. Wonderful characterisation, with Beorn having > a strong Scots burr, Bilbo with a West Country (Dorset, Cornwall) > accent, the Dwarves sounding Yorkshire/Norse and Gandalf as a nasal- > twangy Oxbridge scholar. > > Unfortunately, David's tape is not complete. Where can we find this > recording these days? Is it the set boxed in what looks like a salt > cod box that is available in some bookstores? Is it actually a record > set rather than a tape set? Does anyone know anything about it? Help? The recording you heard was from a record set available from Argo Records, and as far as I know, it's still available. The salt cod box version is a set of cassettes from the National Public Radio broadcasts, and I can't vouch for it's quality, having never heard it. The same people (NPR) also did a complete Lord of the Rings, available in a larger box... -- Mike Farren uucp: {dual, hplabs}!well!farren Fido: Sci-Fido, Fidonode 125/84, (415)655-0667 USnail: 390 Alcatraz Ave., Oakland, CA 94618