What Have You Been Tolkien
Now this is one of those frustrating situations for the Vinyl Junkie (such as myself) here is an amazing audio beauty but it's One volume of a Three Volume set [sort of] OUCH it's half tease and a third job left undone, ya can't really settle it up in the collection.
Now you do have that one and that is good, However it adds two more names to that little scrap of paper that's you've been carrying around for 15 years so when yer out for a wander and stumble across a pile of vinyl you can remember what yer needin' to satisfy the hunger ....
Wait you mean that you don't carry a piece of paper with names of Lp's you want um...you don't know what i mean by hunger..
Why you walking away .... hey come back at least check this out... it's J.R.R. Tolkien reading and Singing his Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers/The Return of the King it's a magnificent piece of audio and was recorded before the books publication.On this Lp Prof. Tolkien reads from his notes for the books as well as sings and chants verses of prose in elfish!, read the books in High School but I'm not a big LOTR fan boy by any stretch yet this recording always amazes me.
[If you are kind enough to link to this Please link only to the post NOT DIRECTLY TO THE SOUND FILES Thanks] [Also this post will only be active for a few days got some great goodies coming on]
Lord_of_the_Rings_side_1.mp3
Lord_of_the_Rings_side_2.mp3
HEY SONICX USERS PLEASE DON"T STEAL BANDWIDTH FROM ME COME TO THE SITE AND LISTEN THANKS
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Hi, what a great suprise again, love the records yer posting thanks !!! but I am noticing an (annoying) extreme slow stream lately or however I should call it. I mean downloading part one would take up to five hours, 1kb per minute, and I don't think it's my connection 'cause I am not having any problems elsewhere?!?? Anyway just wanted you to know...
Posted by: one man | 05/20/2005 at 12:43
Your connection is very slow 1kb per minute
Imposible download. the connection was not thus before. Hopefully it can be solved
Thanks to share your LPs.
Posted by: Francisco | 05/22/2005 at 21:17
hey record bro. this is off topic, but you (and your readers) came through really quick with 96 tears. i've also been looking for walk away renee by the left banke. any chance a brother can hook a brother up?
Posted by: tony | 05/23/2005 at 18:11
Strange, but very good site u have... kind of stumble in here... in the pursuit of J.J.R.TOLKIEN... I'm not a fan but I liked the books when I read them 30 years ago... and I'm curious about the man behind the storys... btw thanks for sharing... obviously ur into vinyl, well, I've got a challenge for u... in the mid or late 60-ties(?) I had a LP called "The Zodiac" or something similar, with some strange music on it... unfortunately I lost it on the path of life but my mind didn't... so untill we meet again... Hej då!
Posted by: R S. MORENO | 05/29/2005 at 02:57
Recpect!
Nice video.
Thx
Posted by: Alex | 06/18/2005 at 05:43
very nice to hear tolkien's impression of gollum's voice
Posted by: nice | 06/22/2005 at 17:07
Cheers, dude, that's great! :))
Posted by: Lucan | 07/02/2005 at 13:21
I live with a Tolkien freak: she reads the trilogy every year. So this was much appreciated. I didn't find the downloads particualrly slow: but all downloads can be crazy-slow with Firefox.
Posted by: snowbag | 07/19/2005 at 23:11
Thanx for the sharing, mister!
Posted by: Sargento.Iceberg.ZO | 05/18/2006 at 14:02
Thanks for sharing! It is amazing to listen to Tolkein himself in this recording...and I concur, I love his impression of Gollum's voice...
Posted by: calencoriel | 05/19/2006 at 11:46
Brilliant! I'm a mega-fan who will deny being a nerd, but I must admit I cryed a couple of times during the moving speeches.
Thank you!
Posted by: Mac | 05/23/2006 at 02:17
thanks very much for posting these. treasures they be, yes, precious. I'm currently working on a project recording songs from the African Veldt from my mom's old 78s. I'm sure you wouldn't be interested in those, so I have nothing to trade, but I really appreciate you posting these. Thanks again!
Posted by: Jenny Blaine | 05/24/2006 at 00:01
Just FYI - that material is available on CD: "The J.R.R. Tolkien Audio Collection". Amazon has it.
Posted by: Jim C. | 05/30/2006 at 19:25
A greater insight to Tolkien can be found in Tolkien is Klone'it @ jtolkien.com
Cheers Martin
Posted by: Martin Michaels | 06/23/2006 at 07:33
hey, I have the same reccord, as well as the edition he did of the fellowship of the ring and the hobbit. I'm trying to find out how much they're worth, any idea?
Posted by: Samara | 08/19/2006 at 08:16
There's a CD set from Caedmon (on Amazon, etc.) that I think is a reproduction of the boxed set that this album came in. I have the boxed set on LP, but (like many!) no longer have a record player to play them on, sigh.
The Amazon listing also has reading from The Silmarillion that Christoper Tolkien did.
Posted by: Fred Kiesche | 09/20/2006 at 12:16