The Begatting of the President - Orson Welles

Mediarts 1969

"This is an oddity, but an amusing one. The great Orson Welles dramatically reading this slightly sacreligious yet scathing pseudo-Scriptural account of the rise of Richard Nixon and the LBJ years. 

SIDE ONE: L.B. Jenesis / The Defoliation of Eden / Burn, Pharaoh, Burn / The Coming of Richard
SIDE TWO: The Pacification of Goliath / Paradise Bossed / The Raising of Richard / The Book of Hubert / The Ascension"

Begatting of the President (side 1).mp3

Begatting of the President (side 2).mp3

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  • Ought to interesting, thanks

  • This is really excellent. Not that I understand the US politics at all. I just like the satirical nature of it. Hardly sacreligious. It just uses a style - just reminds me of an LP I have of a reading by Laurence Olivier of the King James.

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