Spoken

Five classic dramas from French literature. These episodes of Theater Royal were first broadcast in 1952-3. This was the only radio series in which Laurence Olivier took part and these vintage adaptations find new life with each new generation of fans...

First time on CD for this 1978 release. Mel Brooks is best known as one of the top comedy movie producers in the history of cinema. This unique album highlights all the essential themes from all his greatest movies, featuring the fabulous film scores of...

First time on CD for the full-cast audiobook of "The Colonial Keystone," the 1976 bicentennial album by this beloved actor ("Bonanza," "Battlestar Galactica"). Interestingly, the bonus disc here-a 1951 reading of the Joseph Conrad classic "Heart of...

Featuring highlights from Billy Connolly's incredible concerts at the Cambridge Theatre in London, England. POL. 2005.1. (A) Scottish Highland National Dress (B) the Welly Boot Song 2. When in Rome 3. Sexy Sadie and Lovely Raquel 4. Ivan the Terrible 5...

Features incredible jokes such as "Reagan's Gang, Church People, and American Values," "Keeping People Alert," "People I Can Do Without," "More Stuff on Cars and Driving," and many more!!1. Reagan's Gang, Church People, and American Values 2. Keeping...

Experimental radio programs from San Francisco's KPFA station produced this series of "audio collages," which includes an eclectic mix of electronic music, a "sonata for loudspeaker," a polyrhythmic improvisation created by sampling "primitive percussion...

Excerpts from a speech given on May, 1964 in Cincinnati.1. The Richard Allen Story (2:05) 2. Battle Hymn of the Republic (2:11) 3. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Speech) (13:51) 4. We Shall Overcome (3:13) 5. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Speech) (12:09) 6...

Except for the "Complainte Ruteboeuf," which would be incomprehensible to present-day French speakers, the poems here are recited in their original versions to highlight linguistic variations through the centuries. Dating from the Middle Ages to the...

Everyone loved Allan Sherman and you can probably still sing the opening lines of "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda", In working with his son, you can finally hear"Seventy-Six Sol Cohens" and other previously unavailable songs. These tracks were from his private...

E. L. Wisty was a fictional character created and played by the comedian Peter Cook on and off throughout his career. A bland, monotonal know-it-all, Wisty usually appeared in monologues, or in two-handed sketches in which he bores the other person1...

During the Nazi occupation, some French writers refused to submit to the invaders and fought to preserve France's cultural inheritance. Each in his own way, the four writers presented on this CD were deeply influenced by their resistance to the Germans...

Dropping Anchors is a comedy album that boasts a satirical salute and final farewell to the era of thetelevision news anchor. Much of it based on material from his nationally (and internationally) syndicatedweekly radio hour, Le Show, but adapted,...