David Holt is a Grammy award-winning multi-instrumentalist, historian, television host, teacher and entertainer. As a child his father taught him how to play bones and spoons, a skill that had been passed down in his Texas family for five generations.
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Rolling Stone magazine founding editor and publisher Jann S. Wenner's historic interview with John Lennon, conducted in December of 1970.
John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview (1970) Part 1
John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview (1970) Part 2
John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview (1970) Part 3
John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview (1970) Part 4
John Lennon: The Rolling Stone Interview (1970) Part 5
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Slipstream is a radio drama written by Simon Bovey, broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in March 2008 in 5 episodes. This wartime tale tells of a British commando raid on a German experimental aircraft development site, following reports of a new German aircraft capable of fantastic speeds, which shot down 150 Allied bombers. It is described as silver and disc-shaped: have the Nazis built a flying saucer?
- 1of5 Into the Wolf's Lair (25.6Mb)
- 2of5 The Eagle's Nest (25.5Mb)
- 3of5 The Tomorrow World (25.6Mb)
- 4of5 This Island Earth (25.6Mb)
- 5of5 Fight for the Future (25.9Mb)
Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the first century. His old friend, Messala, arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. They become bitter enemies. Because of an unfortunate accident, Ben-Hur is sent as a slave in the mines, while his family is sent to leprosy caves. As Messala is dying from being crushed in a chariot race, he reveals where Ben-Hur’s family is. On the road to find them, Ben-Hur meets the Christ as he is on the road to Golgotha to be crucified. That day changes Ben-Hur’s life forever, for that is the day he becomes a believer.
CAST
Ben Hur ...... Jamie Glover
Messala ...... Samuel West
Angel ...... Deborah Berlin
Amrah ...... Phyllis Calvert
Mother ...... Margaret John
Arrius ...... Derek Waring
Tirzah ...... Natasha Pyne
Chief of Rowers ...... Don McCorkindale
Man 1/Servant ...... Joshua Towb
Man 2 ...... Michael Tudor Barnes
Man in Boat ...... Gavin Muir
1. A Friendship Betrayed
Two men's lives run almost in parallel. One is a prince of Jerusalem, Judah Ben Hur.
The other is known as "He that was born to be King of the Jews."
2. Son of Arrius
Judah Ben Hur has been falsely accused of attempted murder, sent to the galleys and rescued by Arrius of Rome.
He now returns in search of his mother and sister.
3. The Chariot Race
The biggest day of Ben Hur 's life dawns -the chariot race with Messala.
Each has staked his fortune on the outcome. Each has everything to lose.
4. The King Comes into His Kingdom
After the prince's victory in the chariot race, news arrives of his mother and sister.
- A Friendship Betrayed (70.9Mb)
- Son of Arrius (77.8Mb)
- The Chariot Race (70.7Mb)
- The King Comes into His Kingdom (77.7Mb)
Two one-hour documentaries on The Byrds, the continuously groundbreaking band who bridged the gaps between The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, the Beach Boys, the Los Angeles psychedelic underground and classic country. Their memorable music set the stage for everyone from the Eagles to Tom Petty to R.E.M.
THERE IS A SEASON covers 1964-1967, the all-too-brief hitmaking years of the Byrds' original five members - Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark and Michael Clarke. They were an electrified folk band who topped the charts with some of the decades' most innovative singles and albums. By 1967, their musical harmony was engulfed by the off-stage disharmony that pushed them to reach those heights. Instead of being directed by the singular vision of one leader, The Byrds were consistently led by everybody's contributions - from their original five members to the musicians involved with their later years.
Despite the inner turmoil that resulted in a revolving cast of characters, the Byrds always used those changes as opportunities to further their musical evolution. "They all brought something new and something defining," says journalist David Fricke, "and it all became part of the Byrds sound. They didn't change the Byrds to the degree that it changed the sound. What they did became the Byrds."
Both segments feature the wide range of music that made The Byrds of the 60s most influential bands, along with comments by its two longest-lasting members: Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman. Writers David Fricke, Anthony DeCurtis, Lenny Kaye and Byrds historian Sid Griffin are also interviewed.
The Byrds (part 1) There is a Season.mp3
The Byrds (part 2) Farther Along.mp3
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Texas troubadour Willie Nelson will celebrate his 90th birthday with his friends and family at an all-star two-day concert at the Hollywood Bowl this April. The Grammy-winning country icon’s milestone birthday party will take place on April 29-30 and feature Nelson and dozens of performers, including Neil Young, Chris Stapleton, Lyle Lovett, Miranda Lambert, Rosanne Cash, Snoop Dogg, The Chicks, Kacey Musgraves and many more. Six decades into his career, the singer-songwriter, author and activist is still going strong, with a new album — “I Don’t Know a Thing About Love” — coming in March and a five-part documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. He’s also nominated for four Grammys this year. Some of his biggest hits include “On The Road Again,” “Crazy” and “Funny How Time Slips Away.”
He was abandoned by his parents as a toddler. As a young struggling songwriter, he crisscrossed the country playing honky tonks and selling encyclopedias door-to-door just to feed his family. Today, Willie Nelson is an American icon and a true Texas iconoclast--but how he got there is a tale that's little-known. Join Kris Kristofferson, Norah Jones, John Mellencamp, biographer Joe Nick Patoski and many others as we trace the life and times of a Texas legend. It's a one hour special from KUT's Texas Music Matters. Amazing Grace: The Story of Willie Nelson.
Springbok Radio was the first commercial radio station of South Africa. It closed down in 1985, but not before broadcasting memorable content that stays until today with several generations of South Africans.
From The Adventure of Jet Jungle, a programme for children, to the police drama Squad Cars and many other dramas, soap operas, game shows, documentaries and comedy shows, brought to the public through the voices of legendary radio personalities and presenters, this radio station's programming is part of South African history.
In 2008, Springbok Radio Preservation Society Archive together with SABC Radio Archives started working together to keep this legacy alive by restoring and preserving these old broadcasts. The result was the launch of Springbook Radio Revisited in that same year, an online radio station where the restored programmes are streamed.
You can tune in anytime from the link on main page of Times Past under LIVE RADIO STREAMS
Four-part radio documentary celebrates Johnny Cash
Each episode presents a unique thematic portrait of his great career.1. "Ring of Fire" -- Johnny Cash the American Dream2. "How Great Thou Art" -- Johnny Cash's spiritual quest3. "The Man in Black" -- Johnny Cash's politics and influence 4. "The World Needs a Melody" -- Johnny Cash the storytellerI nterview subjects include Roseanne Cash, John Carter Cash, Earl Scruggs, Cowboy Jack Clement, Larry Gatlin, Marty Stuart, Rolling Stone critic Anthony DeCurtis, and Cash biographer Patrick Carr.
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In Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, strong sled dogs were in high demand. Buck is stolen from his comfortable home in California and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs.
Sold to a group of inexperienced gold hunters, he is eventually saved by John Thornton, with whom he forms a deep bond.
Exciting and action-packed, The Call of the Wild explores the timeless relationship between man and dog, and the draw of primitive instincts that pull Buck away from humanity towards the wilderness.
Starring Robert Jack, Finn Den Hertog, Robin Lane, Nick Underwood and Melody Grove.
Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these definitive BBC radio dramatizations of Dorothy L. Sayers' bestselling novels. Whose Body? first introduced Lord Peter to the world, and begins with a corpse in the bath of a London flat. Clouds of Witness finds Wimsey investigating murder close to home, and in Unnatural Death he investigates the suspicious demise of an elderly woman. First broadcast on BBC radio in the 1970s, and presented here in their entirety, these full-cast adaptations are admired by fans of the genre worldwide.
The Body in the Bath.mp3
Disappearance of a Financier.mp3
Lunch at Lady Swaffham's.mp3
Shellshock.mp3
Bunter Brings a Letter.mp3
The Riddlesdale Inquest.mp3
Mudstains and Bloodstains.mp3
The Diamond Cat.mp3
Mary Quite Contrary.mp3
The Morning After.mp3
In a Fog.mp3
The Barometer Falls.mp3
The Speech for the Defence.mp3
No Sign of Foul Play.mp3
Death In Epping Forest.mp3
The Will.mp3
Hallelujah.mp3
The Property Act.mp3
Vera Findlater.mp3
Miss Climpson Investigates.mp3
Imagination Theatre has been producing and broadcasting full cast audio dramas on affiliate radio stations all across America since 1996. Featuring great radio mysteries and dramas of our classic character creations, Detective Harry Nile, Kincaid the Strangeseeker, The Hilary Caine Mysteries and more, Imagination Theatre also has exclusive rights, granted by the estate of Dame Jean Conan Doyle, daughter of Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to create and publish "The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" and "The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" with all original stories and adaptations. Jim French’s Imagination Theater is produced by Aural Vision, LLC, a professional production company, under an agreement with Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG- AFTRA), the union for on screen and voice actors and performers. Every actor we use is a member of that union and a professional talent.
Most Old Time Radio enthusiast already have a huge collection of shows collected or downloaded to listen to, but sometimes it is just nice to listen to the radio around the house, while working, or just relaxing. Whatever the occasion, a favorite streaming internet radio station to listen to is the Pumpkin FM Old Time Radio Network. They offer not one, but eleven great old time radio channels for your entertainment. Each channel plays a mix of the best British and American classic radio shows.
Ten episodes of approximately 30 minutes each in high quality MP3. Each episode is prefaced by an introduction by Nicholas Utechin - Editor of 'The Sherlock Holmes Journal' - the official voice of the 'Sherlock Holmes Society of London'
The Copper Beeches:
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Violet can work at the sinister Rucastle home on the condition that she cuts her hair. Holmes is intrigued.
Thor Bridge:
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A governess working for an American magnate is accused of his wife's murder. But did she do it?
The Three Garridebs:
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Will John Garrideb inherit a fortune if he finds a man who shares his surname? Or is he lying to Holmes?
The Sussex Vampire:
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Robert Ferguson's wife is suspected of being a vampire. But is she?
The Red-headed League:
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Wilson is asked to copy out the Encyclopaedia Britannica for four pounds a week. But is it an elaborate hoax?
The Three Gables:
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Why would a house buyer also want to acquire every single item in the building? Holmes and Watson investigate.
The Retired Colourman:
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An apparently simple case of adultery and theft turns into something much more sinister for Holmes and Watson.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery:
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Holmes investigates a murder in Herefordshire - but the roots of the crime are on the other side of the world.
The Crooked Man:
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Holmes investigates a death in Aldershot, but this tale of love and treachery begins during The Indian Mutiny.
The Final Problem:
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Moriarty pursues Holmes across Europe and the ultimate confrontation.
THE BEATLES: The Days In Their Life
A thirty-hour chronology tracing the life of four musicians who had a dramatic effect on directions taken by others. The group that inspired and redefined the boundaries of contemporary music.
Below is the press release accompanying the set from TM Productions at the time of release in 1981:
"The Beatles: The Days In Their Life" is a 30-hour chronological study of the band that did more to change the scope of popular music than any other force of the 1960's.
During the first 24 hours of the special, every song ever recorded by The Beatles is played, including several numbers never released. Because the producers have gained access to the original EMI masters, some songs previously heard only in mono are now in stereo.
The final 6 hours of the show trace the direction each of The Beatles took after the band dis-banded in December 1970. All information is completely up-to-date as of the date of release in 1981.
"The Beatles: The Days In Their Life" includes hundreds of interviews with The Beatles themselves and their associates, many of which have never been heard.
While "The Beatles: The Days In Their Life" is 30 hours long and is designed to run as a blockbuster, the show may also be stripped into one-hour segments if so desired.
This twenty-one volume set contains the entire Days In Their Life program as it was originally broadcast in the early Eighties. The Days In Their Life was originally pressed onto thirty vinyl LP records. It was these vinyl LPs that radio stations used as a source for their broadcasts. The collection presented here is sourced from one of these original broadcast vinyl LP sets.
Sample VOL 1:
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 1
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 2
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 3
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 4
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 5
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 6
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 7
The Beatles: The Days In Their Life vol 8
All 21 Vol here in higher quality encodes.
During Yuletide, Holmes and Watson face several Dickensian Londoners, a dusty hat, a famous gem - and a goose! (One of Arthur Conan Doyle’s rare comic tales.)
Raffles was a gentleman thief, invented by the early Edwardian author E W Hornung. Hornung killed off his creation by having him join the army and die fighting in the Boer War.
In 1975 however, Graham Greene decided that Raffles had faked his death and returned to England, to set out on one final crime with his friend Bunny. This is a radio adaptation of that play.
Has anyone got a copy of Greg Bear's Blood Music that CBC radio put out in the 80's.
Just wanted to pass on information about The Wireless Theatre Company. They are an award-winning leading UK audio drama production company.
They have hundreds of original, multi-cast audio dramas and audio plays to stream or download, completely free.
You can choose from a huge range of top quality full cast recordings featuring well known and talented actors. All free to stream and download.
You have to register but it is free.
Just choose the audio programs that you would like to stream and enjoy.
You can also download the audio if you would like. Just choose the audio you would want and add it to the cart. The audio is free at no cost. Once you 'purchase' the audio then the download links will appear.
George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last twenty years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Country music scholar Bill Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved." Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "It's Alright": "If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones." The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum".
Saturday Night Theater was a long-running radio drama strand on BBC Radio 4. The strand showcased feature-length, middle-brow single plays on Saturday evenings for more than 50 years, having been launched in April 1943. The plays featured in the strand included stage plays, book adaptations and original dramatizations. For most of its history, programs ran for 90 minutes and were largely entertainment-centred, such as thrillers, comedies and mysteries.
Saturday Night Theater was noted as the major drama of the week on BBC Radio 4, until it was scrapped as a program strand in 1996. Shorter plays continued to be broadcast on Radio 4 on Saturday evenings from 1996 until the relaunch of the channel's schedule in April 1998 by James Boyle, when single dramas were removed from the Saturday evening schedule. Since 1998, the main weekly play on the station has been The Saturday Play, a daytime program that runs for 60–90 minutes.
There have since been campaigns to bring back Saturday Night Theater, but in the context of BBC budget cuts, that have included the 2010 axing of Radio 4's Friday Play (established in 1998, when Saturday Night Theater was abolished), any return looks unlikely.
Several episodes are back in the OTTR library now.
