[78-L] Spoken work records...

[Ted Kneebone]

When I saw the "words on record" line, I assumed the writer meant records of 
the spoken voice.  I was wrong.  But I would like to mention a few spoken 
word records I once owned, some I still have:

RCA Victor demo record with Milton Cross "Wasn't that glorious music?" And 
his descriptions of the operas on the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts.
"Christmas carol" with Barrymore (MGM) and Ronald Colman (Decca).  The 
broadcast of 1939 with Barrymore.
"Child's Christmas in Wales" with Dylan Thomas reading his own work.
Little Orley. All his stuff with Uncle Lumpy and Fred Waring orchestra. 
Especially "Happy Bird."
Gerald McBoing Boing with Gildersleeve (Hal Peary)
Poetry of Ogden Nash and Carl Sandburg, read by them.
Holy Bible read by Marvin Miller.  Wonderful reading, recorded on some 
strange discs that required a special adapter to play them.  I think 16 rpm.
Franklyn McCormick reading patriotic and religious pieces.
Many newscasters with distinctive voices: E R Murrow, and all the others.
Ben Grauer announcing Toscanini on NBC symphony broadcasts.
Orson Welles, just about anything he did.
There is more, but this should be good for starters.

Ted Kneebone. 1528 S. Grant St., Aberdeen, SD 57401. Phone: 605-226-3344.