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War of the Worlds Remastered 1938 Broadcast

(4,783 Sterne; 23 Bewertungen)

A remastered Orson Welles Mercury Theater radio play "War of the Worlds" broadcast from 1938 I did a remastering, restoration in late 2018, but that was done from previously released copies of the broadcast. I was able to secure an unheard, cleaner copy from a private collector of old radio shows. Targeted EQ was added to give the broadcast a more full and modern sound. Gone is the "radio in a can" sound of the original. Sound leveling was added to reduce some distortion and increase some very low parts of the original audio. Unfortunately some crackles and pops could not be eliminated because they occur during dialogue and trying to eliminate them would ruin the performances. Enjoy this new 2020 Edition. You can find more remastered classics from radio and TV at my Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@boomerrocksUSA

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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One of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE OTR Shows

(5 Sterne)

This REMASTERED version is cleaner and crisper-sounding than the original copy, and it sounds JUST LIKE it (presumably) did on the radio, back in 1938! If I were ONLY allowed to listen to just ONE OTR show, I'd make THIS show THE ONE to listen to, because it's STILL one of my all-time favorite radio shows, which I will keep on cherishing...UNTIL THE VERY DAY I DIE! THANKS A MILLION TO WHOEVER UPLOADED THIS FINE PIECE OF AMERICAN RADIO HISTORY, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS MOST RICHLY!

Cleaner but audio full of clipping

(3 Sterne)

I applaud the efforts to restore this, however, unfortunately the audio was saved at too hot of a signal, resulting in clipping throughout the file, which can be heard as a glitchy distortion in the audio. For some reason the first 37 seconds of the right channel is almost completely too hot, during the introduction, with almost continuous distortion. To get around that, as the recording is mono, using software such as Audacity, one could delete the R channel, repair the clipping in L channel with the Clip Fix plugin and replace R with a copy of the L channel, Here's a fixed version: https://archive.org/details/orson-welles-war-of-the-worlds-radio-broadcast-1938-10-30

Nicely remastered!

(5 Sterne)

This is the best cleanup of this classic recording I have been able to find anywhere. Great job on that!!!

Thank you

(5 Sterne)

this is well done, much better than the original show I downloaded years ago. Thanks

The BEST version.

(5 Sterne)

Nothing else needs to be said! 🙋‍♂️

Excellent!

(5 Sterne)

Impressive job of cleaning this up. Thank you!