I love this and I agree about wishing more copied this concept! I'm a little younger than you, and I when I used to go to summer camp, I would tape the audio from my favorite movies and TV shows onto cassette so I could listen to them. Years later, I discovered old radio shows from the 1940s- Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life, Gaslight, etc all with the original casts (but read live before an audience). It's niche, but very cool!
Retroist, your expressively-written, evocative piece has enabled me to imagine myself cozied up to my trusty record player, whisked away to the jungles of Peru. While I may never listen to the vinyl version of this recording, my eager ears can't wait to hear of Dr. Jones' daring exploits via a purely audio experience. Thanks for sharing!
I am jealous. I didn't know this existed back in the day. I would have loved this. Fortunately, the local library stocked both the records for Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Life of Brian.
Wow - amazing how you can follow along with just the audio. I haven’t heard an album like this before but certainly recall listening along to soundtracks of songs while picturing the scenes. I would have loved this in the days before home video and prefer it to the Star Wars radio play which was good but not the same as the movie. Thanks for introducing this!
I have always found narration on these type of things intrusive, so this is a breath of fresh air. I imagine it was the availability of VHS that made this sort of record less desirable in the marketplace.
I love this and I agree about wishing more copied this concept! I'm a little younger than you, and I when I used to go to summer camp, I would tape the audio from my favorite movies and TV shows onto cassette so I could listen to them. Years later, I discovered old radio shows from the 1940s- Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life, Gaslight, etc all with the original casts (but read live before an audience). It's niche, but very cool!
Retroist, your expressively-written, evocative piece has enabled me to imagine myself cozied up to my trusty record player, whisked away to the jungles of Peru. While I may never listen to the vinyl version of this recording, my eager ears can't wait to hear of Dr. Jones' daring exploits via a purely audio experience. Thanks for sharing!
I am jealous. I didn't know this existed back in the day. I would have loved this. Fortunately, the local library stocked both the records for Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Life of Brian.
I was thrilled when I discovered my local library had records and tapes.
So awesome. DIdn't know this existed. I like listening to audiobooks to fall asleep. I'll dial this one up tonight.
Hope you enjoy it. If you have watched the movie often, it is amazing how well it works despite editing out a good amount.
Wow - amazing how you can follow along with just the audio. I haven’t heard an album like this before but certainly recall listening along to soundtracks of songs while picturing the scenes. I would have loved this in the days before home video and prefer it to the Star Wars radio play which was good but not the same as the movie. Thanks for introducing this!
I have always found narration on these type of things intrusive, so this is a breath of fresh air. I imagine it was the availability of VHS that made this sort of record less desirable in the marketplace.