OTR Weekend, Vol. II

MPDMedia

(5 stars; 1 reviews)

OTR Weekend, Vol. II 2000 Plus - When Worlds Met Barrie Craig - Tennis Anyone? Bing Crosby - Peggy Lee and Fred Allen Black Museum - Khaki Handkerchief Bold Venture - Tappard of Pizzaro Cavalcade of America - Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell Command Performance - Tallulah Bankhead Dr. Kildare - Angela and Steven Kester Harry Lime - Blue Caribou Jimmy Durante - Lucille Ball Lights Out - Oxychloride X Lux Theatre - It Happened One Night Mercury Theater - Our Town Our Miss Brooks - Weekend at Crystal Lake A selection of fourteen old-time radio files, run through an audio editor to remove background noise, pull up volume where needed, and bring the voices of past stars back down to earth, victims of inept compression.  There are two hour-long theatricals and 12 half-hour productions to parse out over a two-day weekend, i.e., six halfs topped by one hour-long show. Four comedies (Bold Venture's dry humor included) / variety shows.  A couple of detective shows. Two sci-fi, one biography, a classic play, and a classic movie, so something for everyone.  I would have put in a western, but so many of those files are in relatively good shape due to the enduring popularity of the genre.  Orson Welles fans rejoice: three of these shows feature his immortal voice. The Bold Venture, Black Museum, and Lux Theater episodes were chipmunked, needing speed decreased to normal, so Ms.' Bacall & Colbert, and Mssrs. Gable, Bogart, and Welles got their natural deeper voices back.  Barrie Craig, Harry Lime, and Dr Kildare suffered low volume.  All tracks got the background noise of old LPs reduced as much as possible.  Our Miss Brooks was a challenge; did the best I could.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

License