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Music : War of the Worlds |
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Amazon.com's Price: $6.97 Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0090431854426
Format: Limited Edition
Label: Collectables
Manufacturer: Collectables
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Collectables
Release Date: June 28, 2005
Sales Rank: 43232
Studio: Collectables
Disc 1:- War of the Worlds
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A masterpiece.
Seventy years after its broadcast, Orson Welles's rendition of "War of the Worlds" is as fresh and invigorating as ever. I grew up hearing about it--a sort of psychological experiment, a source of mass hysteria. It's amazing how, listening to it now, you can understand why people were genuinely afraid. The play is masterfully put together: the mysterious background noises, the conversational tone, the improvisational-sounding panic in the voices. Welles was a master at making people feel ill ... Read More
Rating: - A 70-Year Old Piece of History
This product is a faithful presentation of the original 1938 Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast of "War of the Worlds". It provides the complete program (except for the station breaks & commercials).
I was pleasantly surprised to hear how clear it is, considering that the original medium is now 70 years old! I am very happy with the product & would recommend it to anyone interested in this little piece of American history. Except for the fact that it was a regularly-scheduled ... Read More
Rating: - Holds up well
I was running errands on a Saturday with my 13 year old son. We had WOTW in the car CD player, and after some silence, he suddenly remarked, "I can't believe I'm being drawn into this". He and I realized that we would actually stop breathing, listening to the story unfold. A great father/son moment, like watching "Casablanca". With material like this, you can't miss. It still has the power to grab you, if you let yourself go for an hour. This truly was a "Golden Age".
Rating: - This Is the Original CBS Radio Broadcast (October 30, 1938)
This is the original Orson Welles "Mercury Theater on the Air" production of October 30, 1938, that fooled so many CBS radio listeners. Even though Welles announced at the beginning of the program that it was only a fictional dramatization, many people tuned in late, and hearing what sounded like legitimate live news reports that killer Martians were attacking the United States, thousands panicked. The broadcast prompted a suitably contrite apology from Welles -- just 23 at the time -- on behalf ... Read More
Rating:  - MP3 artifacts ruin an otherwise terrific tale.
I won't discuss the content of the mp3 file, as if you are reading this then you probably already know that this is one of the most entertaining and convincing products of the entertainment industry in history.
However, in addition to the obvious artifacts of 1930's era recording technology (cackling which do not distract from the content), there are many metallic whistling mp3 artifacts as well. If this were available in another format, such as an uncompressed wav or possibly a lossless ... Read More
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