tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39487006713894393412024-02-08T13:28:12.399+00:00Voice On RecordTuesdays at 5:30pm on Resonance 104.4 FM or <a href="http://podcasts.resonancefm.com/archives/category/shows/voice_on_record">resonancefm.com</a>. One hour of spoken word recordings from a gigantic range of fascinating, famous and ordinary people recorded on vinyl.To contact us send an email to the name of the show (no spaces) @gmail.com.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-56966635986525949652010-12-07T21:12:00.000+00:002010-12-07T21:12:08.644+00:0057. Listener's ChoiceBroadcast on 7th December 2010<br />
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details coming soon...Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-679662502107732010-11-30T23:21:00.002+00:002010-12-01T10:44:02.243+00:0056. Aldous Huxley - Visionary ExperienceBroadcast on 30th November 2010<br />
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The author of <i>Brave New World</i>, <i>The Perennial Philosophy</i>, <i>The Doors of Perception</i>, <i>The Devils of Loudon</i> and more delivers a superb lecture to an audience at Los Alamos laboratories, effortlessly drawing on art, science and mysticism to express his ideas with tremendous eloquence.<br />
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<i>Speaking Personally...</i> Aldous Huxley<br />
Lansdowne, 1975<br />
<a href="http://artifactrecords.com/images/covers/cover_huxley.jpg"><img src="http://artifactrecords.com/images/covers/cover_huxley.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
Here's a short extract from this wonderfully recorded album released on Lansdowne as a taster of Huxley's voice and engaging charm as a speaker.<br />
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Aldous Huxley, <i>Visionary Experience</i><br />
A series of talks on The Human Situation, Recorded Live from The Lecture Hall<br />
Volume Two.<br />
Laura Archera Huxley/ Gifford Associates, undated but suggested as 1969.<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/huxley_visionary.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/huxley_visionary.jpg" width="100" alt="Aldous Huxley" /></a> <a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/huxley_visionary_back.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/huxley_visionary_back.jpg" width="100" alt="Aldous Huxley" /></a><br />
This is the entire lecture. Check out the back of the sleeve for his notes for this lecture.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-86943975199239824622010-11-22T20:52:00.002+00:002010-11-22T20:53:18.561+00:0055. Ludwig KochBroadcast on 23 November 2010<br />
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Ludwig Koch was the first person to record the voice of an animal, recording an Indian Sharma bird in 1889 on an Edison Cylinder. His interest in sound recording led him to make some of the most amazing field recordings over many decades, and we present excerpts of two records in which he is interviewed and some of his recordings are played and remarked upon.<br />
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<i>A Salute To Ludwig Koch</i> and a selection of some of his finest recordings<br />
BBC Wildlife Series No. 1<br />
BBC Records, <br />
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Adapted from a BBC programme "The Best of Ludwig Koch" originally broadcast on 11th November 1968 in "The World Of Sound" series in honour of his 87th birthday.<br />
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<i>Ludwig Koch - recollections and recordings</i> The pioneer of nature recordings looks back over his life. With a further selection of his unique recordings.<br />
BBC Wildlife Series No. 6<br />
BBC Records, <br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/koch_recollections.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/koch_recollections.jpg" width="100" alt="koch_recollections" /></a> <a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/koch_recollections_back.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/koch_recollections_back.jpg" width="100" alt="koch_recollections_back" /></a><br />
A longer version of a BBC programme produced by John Burton and originally broadcast on 14th November 1969 in the Radio 4 series "listen" to mark Ludwig Koch's 88th birthday.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-46663593139642618022010-11-22T20:12:00.002+00:002010-11-22T23:52:34.830+00:0054. JB Priestley and Gerard HoffnungBroadcast on 16th November 2010<br />
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The warm Bradford tones of Priestley reading from Delights, finished off with the effusively rumbunctious mirthfulness of the inimitable Gerard Hoffnung.<br />
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<i>An Informal Hour with J.B.Priestley</i><br />
<i>DELIGHT</i><br />
Spoken Arts, undated<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/priestley.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/priestley.jpg" width="100" alt="JB Priestley" /></a><br />
<i>Introduction<br />
Fountains<br />
Orchestral Conductors<br />
Smell of Tahiti<br />
Smoking in a Hot Bath<br />
Not Going<br />
Blossom<br />
Wood<br />
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No School Report<br />
Long Trousers<br />
Pleasure and Gratitude of Children<br />
The Mineral Water in Bedrooms of Foreign Hotels<br />
Orchestras Tuning Up<br />
The Delight That Never Was<br />
But This is Where We Came In</i><br />
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<i>Hoffnung</i><br />
BBC Records, 1973<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/hoffnung_importance.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/hoffnung_importance.jpg" width="100" alt="hoffnung_importance" /></a> <a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/hoffnung_middle.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/hoffnung_middle.jpg" width="200" alt="hoffnung_middle" /></a><br />
Two excerpts:<br />
<i>The Film Fan</i> recorded in 1955 and broadcast originally on "Talking About Films".<br />
<i>My Life</i> recorded in 1953 and originally broadcast on "Woman's Hour" thus earning it, in my humble opinion, clearly the best ever Woman's Hour broadcast honours.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-81909558948347736052010-11-12T11:54:00.000+00:002010-11-12T11:54:08.503+00:0053. Sherlock Holmes and the Redheaded LeagueBroadcast on 9th November 2010.<br />
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Here is an entire Sherlock Holmes story along with a selection of Aesop's Fables read by Boris Karloff.<br />
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<i>Stories of Sherlock Holmes</i>, Basil Rathbone<br />
The Redheaded League<br />
Caedmon, 1963<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/holmes_2.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/holmes_2.jpg" width="100" alt="Sherlock Holmes 2" /></a><br />
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<i>Aesop's Fables</i> - read by Boris Karloff<br />
Wing, 1967<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/aesop.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/aesop.jpg" width="100" /></a>Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-67756611270622484162010-10-31T20:29:00.001+00:002010-11-12T11:49:06.808+00:0052. Science Fiction - Science FactBroadcast on 2nd November 2010<br />
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A story from the pen of Ursula Le Guin read by the author, the dulcet and infinitely reassuring tones of Peter Jones as the Book in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and a comprehensive account of the theory or relativity by Dr Edward Teller - easy reading for your ears!<br />
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<i>Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy</i> by Douglas Adams<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/hitchhikers.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/hitchhikers.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
I have loved the work of Douglas Adams since I watched the very first episode of the BBC TV production of Hitchhikers Guide as a small boy. Peter Jones' voice is one those very special voices that send a tingle up the spine when I hear them. I wish I could play more of this.<br />
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<i>The Size And Nature Of The Universe. Relativity</i> Dr. Edward Teller<br />
Spoken Arts/General Dynamics Corporation, New York, c1957<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/teller.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/teller.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
This time we hear all about Relativity. If you're not interested in Relativity then marvel in the germanic accent that Dr Teller rolls around his tongue. Informative <i>and</i> entertaining! Notably this record was also directed by the fabled Arthur Luce Klein who was responsible for most of the Spoken Arts recordings, many of which we have played on the show.<br />
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<i>Gwilan's Harp and Intracon</i> read by the author Ursula K. Le Guin<br />
Caedmon, 1977<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/leguin.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/leguin.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
Here's an author I'm not that familiar with, but since finding this record in a junk shop in Portland round the corner from Matty and Kimberley's place, I will be looking out for some of her novels. The sleeve notes to this record are priceless and written with true wit and style. I will try to scan them or get a good quality photo and will post them here at some point soon.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-11141692573689902092010-10-31T20:14:00.000+00:002010-10-31T20:14:17.379+00:0051. Comedy and ComediansBroadcast on 26th October 2010<br />
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Ooops, left it a bit late to update this page and can't remember the strapline or running order, so below is subject to change or correction.<br />
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Several comedians and comic actors at work.<br />
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<i>Steptoe And Son</i><br />
Pye Golden Guinea, 1962<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/steptoe.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/steptoe.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
Wilfred Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold in this excerpt from <i>The Diploma</i> entitled <i>The Gentle Art Of Totting</i>. Vintage double act from the BBC series, music by Ron Grainer of Doctor Who theme-tune fame.<br />
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Scott Dobson's <i>Larn Yersel' Geordie</i> with George Russel and Mike Neville.<br />
MWM Records, undated.<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/geordie.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/geordie.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
Should have been a double header with <i>Teach Thissen Tyke</i> but I only just found this at the car boot sale last week. Hello to Bennett Hogg and all at the Toon Uni.<br />
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<i>Watch Out For The Bits!</i> The explosive exploits of Blaster Bates volume four.<br />
Big Ben, 1971<br />
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Blaster tells the tale of the Butterless Butty and dispenses other pearls of northern wisdom. Sorry about the swearing but it's all good fun.<br />
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Barry Humphries by permission of Dame Edna Everage PROUDLY PRESENTS <i>Housewife Superstar!</i><br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/humphries.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/humphries.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
Actually, we don't hear from Dame Edna herself but the fellow who introduces her show with a warm act of his own as his capacity as the Australian Cultural Attache to the Court of St James, Les Patterson.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-12943017485327515842010-10-22T10:41:00.000+01:002010-10-22T10:41:58.520+01:0050. Betjeman and LarkinBroadcast on 19th October 2010<br />
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Welcome to our landmark fiftieth show. Standing back for a moment that suddenly seems like an awful lot of broadcasting and all the effort that has gone into the show has, I hope you will agree, been absolutely worthwhile.<br />
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I am delighted to present two wonderful recordings of the late poet Laureate John Betjeman and the late refused-Poet Laureate Philip Larkin, together with Michael Hordern reading Kipling and the weird world of Arthur Lipsett.<br />
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<i>John Betjeman reads selected poetry</i><br />
Argo, 1959<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/betjeman.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/betjeman.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
Directed by Arthur Luce Klein, recorded by Spoken Arts but released in the UK by Argo, with a photo on the cover by Cecil Beaton. Also features Betjeman introducing each poem and providing some rare and illuminating extra details.<br />
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Philip Larkin, reading his own poems, soon to be released on <a href="http://trunkrecords.com/intro.shtml" target="_blank">Trunk Records</a> but at the moment I have no further information...<br />
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<i>Arthur Lipsett, Soundtracks</i><br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/lipsett.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/lipsett.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
Globala Records, 2003<br />
This is a reissue but from an undated original, and I played the track <i>Very nice, very nice</i>. I guess strictly speaking, it's music, but since there is so much spoken word in it I thought it would be very nice to play it for you. Seems to originate from the National Film Board of Canada - if you listen carefully you can hear someone say "aboot". Sadly the sleeve has almost no information on it at all.<br />
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<i>Just So Stories vol.2</i><br />
Readers, Michael Hordern, Barbara Jefford, Richard Johnson.<br />
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Argo, 1973<br />
This is a double album box set but I played only one side, so more later...<br />
We played you <i>La Crabbe qui jouait avec le mer</i> in about episode 12 in the show on Musique Concrète, and here is the original English version read by (Sir) Michael Hordern.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-83328530153832401812010-10-12T11:24:00.000+01:002010-10-12T11:24:29.909+01:0049. ScotlandHaving made three shows each on Wales and Ireland, and one on English dialect through the ages, it is only fitting that we should make a show about Scotland, especially given that the show is written, recorded and produced in Edinburgh. Some might say that the Shetland episode counts as a Scottish episode and some might take umbrage at such an outrageous suggestion. Nevertheless, here it is. Scotland.<br />
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<i>Paisley's Own WILLIE McCULLOCH "The Story Teller" OOR WILLIE "The Man With Many Voices"</i><br />
a product of S.M.D.Recording Studios, Paisley.<br />
Scotia, 1973<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/willie.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/willie.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
Originally recorded in 1947 and transferred from 78s in 1973, produced by Reta McColl, engineered by J.B.Wallace.<br />
I found this in the car boot sale last week. It absolutely reeks of stale fags giving that authentic Glasgow experience, and you can see the encroachment of tar and nicotine around the edges of what used to be the white sleeve. I know nothing about the man himself, but this must be one of the very few records from the 1940s that we've played on Voice On Record, and it's a good document of attitudes and humour north of the border in the mid 20th Century.<br />
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<i>English With A Dialect - and Irish, Scottish and Welsh Accents</i><br />
BBC Records, 1971<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/dialect.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/dialect.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
Examples from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, and Ayrshire.<br />
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William Shakespeare <i>Macbeth</i><br />
The Shakespeare Recording Society<br />
Caedmon, 1960<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/macbeth.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/macbeth.jpg" width="100" alt="Macbeth" /></a><br />
The final part of the Scottish Play.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-83773880722019236732010-10-02T16:12:00.001+01:002010-10-22T10:28:30.513+01:0048. Planes, Trains and Wes HarrisonBroadcast on 5th October 2010<br />
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I came across this record in Amsterdam whilst doing a short intro at STEIM. My interest in sound design was the reason for buying it and I was amazed when I got it home and listened through to it. Despite the questionable taste of some of his jokes, Wes manages to recreate certain sounds with an amazing aptitude for detail, and there are many lessons here for sound designers in any medium.<br />
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Also on today's show is the third part of our four part serialisation of <i>Macbeth</i>.<br />
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<i>The World Of Steam</i> Steam locomotives heard at work on railways in Britain, Germany, Spain and Turkey.<br />
Argo, 1970<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/world_of_steam.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/world_of_steam.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
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<i>Salute In Sound</i> Aircraft of the RAF, specially recorded in Stereo, introduced by Group Capt. Douglas Bader CBE, DSO, DFC.<br />
Music For Pleasure, 1968<br />
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<i>You Won't Believe Your Ears</i> Wes Harrison<br />
The Comedy And Sound Effects Of America's Funniest Man.<br />
Philips, undated<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/wes_1.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/wes_1.jpg" width="100" /></a> <a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/wes_2.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/wes_2.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
I just played side 2 of this record - <i>The Duck Hunt</i>.<br />
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William Shakespeare <i>Macbeth</i><br />
The Shakespeare Recording Society<br />
Caedmon, 1960<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/macbeth.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/macbeth.jpg" width="100" alt="Macbeth" /></a><br />
With a cast including Robert Hardy as Duncan, Ian Holm as Malcolm, Stanley Holloway as the Porter, Jill Balcon as Lady Macduff and Anthony Quayle in the lead role. Another cracking production under the direction of Howard Sackler on Caedmon.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-53773709333412409122010-09-26T14:22:00.003+01:002010-09-26T16:01:52.846+01:0047. WorkBroadcast 28th September 2010<br />
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Three perspectives on work including the radio premiere of <a href="http://www.sarahroberts.net/talking" target="_blank">Sarah Roberts</a>' piece <i>The Bloody Avant-Garde</i> delivered in Sarah's own inimitable style - think Matthew Collings meets Les Dawson and you're a quarter of the way there!<br />
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The second half of the show is the second part of our four-part serialisation of Shakespeare's <i>Macbeth</i>.<br />
<i>The Dialect of the Black American</i><br />
Western Electric, 1970<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/black_dialect.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/black_dialect.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
Interesting linguistics record which presents different (staged) examples of African American dialect (as well as some cod-Scottish) and presents the linguists' perspective that such dialects are simply different and not inferior.<br />
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<i>The Bloody Avant-Garde</i> written and performed by the artist and cleaner Sarah Roberts.<br />
<a href="http://www.sarahroberts.net/talking" target="_blank">http://www.sarahroberts.net</a><br />
A witty and incisive investigation of art as a job of work from the perspective of someone with a far deeper insight than the subjects of her monologue. Great stuff!<br />
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<i>Cotswold Craftsmen</i><br />
Saydisc, 1973<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/cotswold.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/cotswold.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
Totally absorbing accounts of crafts and occupations, most of which have now died out, at least in their pre-industrial form. Voices from a different era, interspersed with questions from a very BBC-voiced interviewer, which conjure visions of a very different world.<br />
<br />
William Shakespeare <i>Macbeth</i><br />
The Shakespeare Recording Society<br />
Caedmon, 1960<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/macbeth.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/macbeth.jpg" width="100" alt="Macbeth" /></a><br />
With a cast including Robert Hardy as Duncan, Ian Holm as Malcolm, Stanley Holloway as the Porter, Jill Balcon as Lady Macduff and Anthony Quayle in the lead role. Another cracking production under the direction of Howard Sackler on Caedmon.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-53037091180344743512010-09-20T10:06:00.002+01:002010-09-20T10:13:02.649+01:0046. Shetland with Christine De LucaBroadcast 21st September 2010<br />
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We welcome our very first studio guest to Voice On Record, the Shetland poet Christine De Luca. Christine reads some poems from <i>North End Of Eden</i> in English and in the Shetland dialect, and talks to me about a record I found in Orkney, a copy of which she hasn't seen since she was a child growing up in Shetland.<br />
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Also, to stick with a broadly Scottish theme, we begin our four part serialisation of Shakespeare's <i>Macbeth</i>.<br />
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<i>Eftir Da Hümin</i> Words and Music of Shetland<br />
Presented by the Shetland Folk Society<br />
Waverley, undated (post 1945)<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/shetland.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/shetland.jpg" width="100" alt="Shetland" /></a> <a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/shetland_landscape.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/shetland_landscape.jpg" width="100" alt="Shetland Landscape" /></a><br />
<br />
<i>North End Of Eden</i><br />
Christine De Luca<br />
(2010) Luath Press Ltd., Edinburgh<br />
recorded for the show by Sean Williams<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/deluca.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/deluca.jpg" width="100" alt="De Luca" /></a><br />
For more information please visit Christine's website <a href="http://www.christinedeluca.co.uk" target="_blank">www.christinedeluca.co.uk</a><br />
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William Shakespeare <i>Macbeth</i><br />
The Shakespeare Recording Society<br />
Caedmon, 1960<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/macbeth.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/macbeth.jpg" width="100" alt="Macbeth" /></a><br />
With a cast including Robert Hardy as Duncan, Ian Holm as Malcolm, Stanley Holloway as the Porter, Jill Balcon as Lady Macduff and Anthony Quayle in the lead role. Another cracking production under the direction of Howard Sackler on Caedmon.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-74598543207302427622010-09-16T10:17:00.000+01:002010-09-16T10:17:45.826+01:0045. Sherlock Holmes 1Broadcast on 14th September 2010<br />
Two stories featuring the famous resident of 221b Baker Street read by Basil Rathbone. I picked up two of these records in Millenium Music in Portland Oregon. This is a shop I've spent many hours in over the past 10 years and has changed with the times but still manages to stock a load of cool second hand vinyl and CDs as well as staying on the pulse of current releases. And it's open til 10 o'clock at night!<br />
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<i>Stories of Sherlock Holmes</i>, Basil Rathbone<br />
The Adventure of the Speckled Band<br />
The Final Problem<br />
Caedmon, 1963<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/holmes_1.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/holmes_1.jpg" width="100" alt="Sherlock Holmes 1" /></a><br />
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<i>Alec Guinness, A Personal Choice</i><br />
RCA Victor, 1965<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/guinness.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/guinness.jpg" width="100" alt="Alec Guinness" /></a>Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-7005705809759698942010-09-08T10:47:00.001+01:002010-09-08T15:27:07.812+01:0044. Voice of the TheatreBroadcast on 27th July 2010<br />
Voices of incredible actors talking about the craft of the theatre.<br />
<br />
<i>talking about Theatre</i><br />
Noël Coward, Albert Finney, Peter Hall, Sean Kenny, Siobhan McKenna, Harold Pinter, Sybil Thorndike, Kenneth Tynan, Peter Ustinov.<br />
Argo, 1962<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/theatre.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/theatre.jpg" width="100" alt="Theatre" /></a>Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-37952419651192038672010-09-08T10:46:00.003+01:002010-10-03T18:11:13.505+01:0043. Rime of the Ancient MarinerBroadcast on 20th July 2010<br />
Richard Burton's reading of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic poem.<br />
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<i>The Rime of the Ancient Mariner</i> by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, read by Richard Burton with John Neville and Robert Hardy<br />
An Argo recording, Spoken Arts, undated<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/mariner.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/mariner.jpg" width="100" alt="Ancient Mariner" /></a><br />
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<i>Animal Sounds - Fishes</i><br />
Commentary by Peter Scott, script by Cathy Jarman.<br />
Produced for Purnell's Encyclopedia of Animal Life and MacDonald Junior Reference Library by Procaudio Ltd.<br />
BPC, 1970<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/animal_sounds.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/animal_sounds.jpg" width="100" alt="Animal Sounds" /></a>Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-66307319114191807072010-09-08T10:45:00.001+01:002010-09-08T15:32:40.076+01:0042. John ArlottBroadcast on 13th July 2010<br />
My favorite voice ever to grace the airwaves, and a great friend of Dylan Thomas, John Arlott was the quintessential cricket commentator, bringing a poet's mastery of the <br />
English language to elevate the wonderful game to new heights of aesthetic pleasure. Sit back and marvel in John's consummate skill.<br />
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<i>John Arlott talks Cricket</i><br />
Charisma, 1982<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/arlott.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/arlott.jpg" width="100" alt="John Arlott" /></a><br />
1. Early Memories<br />
2. May's Bounty<br />
3. Mead/Brown/Tennyson/Strudwick<br />
4. The Golden Days<br />
5. Laker/Hobbs/Sutcliffe/Fry<br />
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<i>The Lord's Taverners: Best of Test Match Special</i> featuring Brian Johnstone, John Arlott, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Fred Trueman and Trevor Bailey.<br />
Haven Records, 1984<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/tms.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/tms.jpg" width="100" alt="Test Match Special" /></a>Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-54735605182334810832010-09-08T10:41:00.003+01:002010-09-09T10:44:42.083+01:0041. Wales part 3. Land of My Fathers.Broadcast on 29th June 2010<br />
Rounding off our Welsh trilogy with another tale from the Mabinogion, more Dylan Thomas, and finally, Oliver Postgate's famous creation, Ivor The Engine.<br />
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<i>The Mabinogion</i> extracts from the four branches.<br />
read by Gwyn Jones<br />
A Welsh Arts Council Oriel Record, 1976<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/mabinogion.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/mabinogion.jpg" width="100" alt="Mabinogion" /></a><br />
<i>Pryderi Lost and Found</i><br />
<i>The Sorrows of Branwen</i><br />
<i>Catching a Mouse</i><br />
<i>Lleu and the Flower-Bride</i><br />
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<i>Poets of Wales</i> John Ormond, Raymond Garlick<br />
Argo, 1971<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_ormond.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_ormond.jpg" width="100" alt="Poets Of Wales" /></a> <a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_ormond_rear.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_ormond_rear.jpg" width="100" alt="Poets Of Wales cover" /></a><br />
Some more Raymond Garlick poems.<br />
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<i>Under Milkwood</i> by Dylan Thomas with Richard Burton and all Welsh cast in the original BBC production.<br />
Argo, 1954<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/milkwood.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/milkwood.jpg" width="100" alt="Under Milkwood" /></a><br />
Quite possibly the finest spoken word recording of all time. If you don't already own this it can be purchased on CD and should be a part of your collection.<br />
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<i>R.S.Thomas</i> reading his own poems, recorded at the poet's home, July 1976<br />
Welsh Arts Council Oriel, 1976<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/rs_thomas.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/rs_thomas.jpg" width="100" alt="RS Thomas" /></a><br />
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<i>Ivor the Engine</i> reading his own poems, recorded at the poet's home, July 1976<br />
Trunk Records, 2006<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/ivor_the_engine.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/ivor_the _engine.jpg" width="100" alt="Ivor" /></a><br />
With music lovingly composed by Vernon Eliot, who also plays the bassoon which is Ivor's voice. This always brings tears to the eyes. Oliver Postgate's amazing work continues to make so many people so happy. We love you Oliver.<br />
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And another thing that always brings tears to the eyes, especially during the Six Nations is <i>Land Of My Fathers</i> despite not being at all Welsh.This is one of the truly magnificent songs. You could count on the fingers of one hand the number of audio experiences in the same league as this song sung by a stadium full of Welsh voices or a small church choir.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-16551265956128094742010-09-08T10:40:00.001+01:002010-09-09T10:35:45.788+01:0040. Wales part 2Broadcast on 22nd June 2010<br />
Welsh poets including three Thomas'<br />
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<i>Poets of Wales</i> Dannie Abse, Leslie Norris<br />
Argo, 1971<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_abse.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_abse.jpg" width="100" alt="Poets Of Wales" /></a> <a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_abse_rear.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_abse_rear.jpg" width="100" alt="Poets Of Wales cover" /></a><br />
Some of Leslie Norris' poems including <i>Skulls, A Girl's Song, Ransomes for Edward Thomas.</i><br />
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<i>R.S.Thomas</i> reading his own poems, recorded at the poet's home, July 1976<br />
Welsh Arts Council Oriel, 1976<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/rs_thomas.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/rs_thomas.jpg" width="100" alt="RS Thomas" /></a><br />
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<i>The Rime of the Ancient Mariner</i> by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, read by Richard Burton with John Neville and Robert Hardy<br />
An Argo recording, Spoken Arts, undated<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/mariner.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/mariner.jpg" width="100" alt="Ancient Mariner" /></a><br />
Richard Burton reads <i>Frost at Midnight</i> from this record.<br />
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<i>The World of Dylan Thomas</i> in Poetry and Prose with excerpts from <i>Under Milkwood.</i> Richard Burton, Emlyn Williams and other readers.<br />
Argo, 1971<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/dt_world.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/dt_world.jpg" width="100" alt="World Of Dylan Thomas" /></a><br />
<i>The Hunchback in the Park</i> and <i>Fern Hill</i> read by Richard Burton, and <i>In My Craft Or Sullen Art</i> read by Richard Bebb.<br />
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This is followed by more poems by Dannie Abse and Leslie Norris.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-38633878076992252732010-09-08T10:39:00.003+01:002010-09-09T10:17:57.353+01:0039. Wales part 1Broadcast on 15th June 2010<br />
The first in our Welsh trilogy - a land that hasn't featured too much yet but which we will now address.<br />
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<i>Children Talking</i><br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/children_talking.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/children_talking.jpg" width="100" alt="Children Talking" /></a><br />
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<i>English With A Dialect - and Irish, Scottish and Welsh Accents</i><br />
BBC Records, 1971<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/dialect.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/dialect.jpg" width="100" /></a><br />
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<i>The Mabinogion</i> extracts from the four branches.<br />
read by Gwyn Jones<br />
A Welsh Arts Council Oriel Record, 1976<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/mabinogion.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/mabinogion.jpg" width="100" alt="Mabinogion" /></a><br />
<i>Pryderi Lost and Found</i><br />
<i>The Sorrows of Branwen</i><br />
<i>Catching a Mouse</i><br />
<i>Lleu and the Flower-Bride</i><br />
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Not all these stories are played in this episode but I'll work out which was and update this page eventually.<br />
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<i>Poets of Wales</i> John Ormond, Raymond Garlick<br />
Argo, 1971<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_ormond.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_ormond.jpg" width="100" alt="Poets Of Wales" /></a> <a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_ormond_rear.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/poets_ormond_rear.jpg" width="100" alt="Poets Of Wales cover" /></a><br />
I played some of the Raymond Garlick poems only from this disk.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-19761587913134617272010-09-08T10:38:00.001+01:002010-09-08T16:10:46.834+01:0038. Peter Scott part 3.Broadcast on 8th June 2010<br />
Probably the last Peter Scott programme based on a collection of 7" singles that accompanied a children's encyclopedia.<br />
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<i>Animal Sounds</i><br />
Commentary by Peter Scott, script by Cathy Jarman.<br />
Produced for Purnell's Encyclopedia of Animal Life and MacDonald Junior Reference Library by Procaudio Ltd.<br />
BPC, 1970<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/animal_sounds.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/animal_sounds.jpg" width="100" alt="Animal Sounds" /></a><br />
5 7" records<br />
Birds<br />
Insects<br />
Amphibians and Reptiles<br />
Mammals<br />
Fishes (see episode 43 for this record after the Ancient Mariner)Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-50832240752193828562010-09-08T10:36:00.001+01:002010-09-08T15:34:57.773+01:0037. Wildlife In DangerBroadcast on 1st June 2010<br />
Voices from the conservation bodies as well as recordings by some of the greats such as Ludwig Koch, Eric Simms and the like of many species which were endangered in the 20th Century, some of which are doubtless now extinct.<br />
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<i>Wildlife In Danger</i> BBC Wildlifre Series No.8<br />
BBC Records, 1971<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/wildlife_danger.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/wildlife_danger.jpg" width="100" alt="Wildlife In Danger" /></a><br />
One of the excellent records in the BBC Wildlife Series produced by Eric Simms.Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-91554672111204065582010-09-08T10:34:00.002+01:002010-09-08T16:00:51.011+01:0036. Peter Scott part 2 - Sounds of the SerengetiBroadcast on 18th May 2010<br />
<br />
<i>Grahame Dangerfeild brings you Sounds of the Serengeti</i> Incredible live recordings of wild life from the heart of Africa. Narration by Peter Scott.<br />
Music For Pleasure, 1970<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/serengeti.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/serengeti.jpg" width="100" alt="Serengeti" /></a>Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-83312934921226336072010-09-08T10:33:00.001+01:002010-09-08T16:02:41.419+01:0035. Peter Scott part 1Broadcast on 11th May 2010.<br />
The first of three, possibly four programmes featuring the voice of Peter Scott and many of his colleagues and feathered friends. I can heartily recommend his autobiography <i>The Eye of the Wind</i> Hodder, Stoughton & Brockhampton, London, Leicester 1961-77.<br />
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<i>Sounds of My Life</i> Peter Scott talks about his eventful life.<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/ps_sounds_life.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/ps_sounds_life.jpg" width="100" alt="Peter Scott" /></a> <a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/ps_sounds_life_rear.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/ps_sounds_life_rear.jpg" width="100" alt="Peter Scott cover" /></a>Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-14767429087977777662010-09-08T10:24:00.002+01:002010-09-08T15:39:43.063+01:0034. Horror 3 Arch Obelor presents...Broadcast on 4th May 2010<br />
Arch Obelor presents two weird 50s horror/terror stories that take you right back to the 1950s and the fear of total atomic destruction so characteristic of the period.<br />
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Arch Obelor's <i>Lights Out Everybody</i><br />
Nostalgia Lane Inc, 1978<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/lights_out.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/lights_out.jpg" width="100" alt="Lights Out" /></a><br />
<i>Oxychloride X</i> (The Ultimate Hole).<br />
<i>Rocket From Manhattan</i> (The play that anticipated the Sputnik).Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3948700671389439341.post-22868359818373688002010-09-08T10:19:00.002+01:002010-09-08T16:35:33.696+01:0033. Horror 2 Bela Lugosi and Peter LorreBroadcast on 27th April 2010<br />
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<i>Suspense</i> Bela Lugosi, with narrative introduction by Bela Lugosi jr.<br />
Mark56, 1973<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/bela.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/bela.jpg" width="100" alt="Bela Lugosi" /></a> <a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/bela_back.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/bela_back.jpg" width="100" alt="Bela Lugosi still" /></a><br />
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<i>Peter Lorre, Master of mystery and suspense</i><br />
The Queen of Spades<br />
Nostalgia Lane Inc, 1978<br />
<a href="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/lorre.jpg"><img src="http://sbkw.net/images/vor/lorre.jpg" width="100" alt="Peter Lorre" /></a>Sean Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388061834622984396noreply@blogger.com0