schwartz@aecom.UUCP (Yosef Klavan) (05/16/85)
About 2 years ago, I heard on National Public Radio, a really
terrific sci-fi, sci-fantasy, radio production called 'The Adventures of
Jack Flanders', or 'The 4rth Tower of Indvernez : Adventures of Jack Flanders'.
It was a really terrific show, and NPR has not been of any help. Any info.
on this, name of a book it came from, or anything.
Thanks in advance.
Yosef Klavan
UUCP ...{philabs|cucard|pegasus|rocky2}!aecom!klavan or schwartzDave-Platt@LADC (05/21/85)
From: Dave Platt <Dave-Platt%LADC@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA>
"The Fourth Tower of Inverness" is a 13-week radio serial produced by
ZBS Media (now The ZBS Foundation). Written and produced by one
"Meatball Fulton", it aired originally back around 1970 on a number
of NPR/PBS stations. A semi-sequel (also involving Jack Flanders,
with a cameo appearance by Lady Jowles, and using many of the same
actors and actresses) was released a couple of years later; entitled
"Moon over Morocco", it was a 10-week, 10-minutes-per-day series
utilizing background sounds that Meatball Fulton recorded live during
a trip to Morocco.
ZBS has recently produced another series, of horror and mystery stories
by authors like Steven King. This series takes ZBS's quest for
realistic and interesting sound effects to a new height, according to
what I've read of it... I believe that they may be using binaural
recording techniques.
It was (and probably still is) possible to purchase copies of the
Flanders serials on cassette tape for a very reasonable price. Try
writing to:
The ZBS Foundation
Box 1201
R.D. #1
Fort Edward, New York 12828
Ask for their catalog. You might want to send them a buck or two to
cover their postage costs. Be prepared to wait a while... the mystery
series (and the fact that it is available for purchase) was mentioned
in _Heavy Metal_ a few months ago, and I suspect that they have been
swamped with queries (I send them a request for a current catalog a
couple of months ago and haven't received a reply yet).