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Title: CBS Radio Workshop, Volume 2

Author: William Froug

Narrator: full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-28-16

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Comedy & Variety

Publisher's Summary:

The age of classic radio was a time of innovation and experimentation, especially in terms of radio drama. A program that took the best of what had come before it and succeeded even further in production, performance, and storytelling actually debuted at the end of Radio's golden age. A direct descendant of the Columbia Workshop, CBS Radio Workshop not only continued to push boundaries in terms of utilizing story, music, voice, and more in exciting, modern ways, it broke new ground in radio drama, from having author Aldous Huxley narrate the adaptation of his Brave New World for the show's debut to producing an interview with William Shakespeare to turning a stirring folk ballad into a mix of rhyme. With a performance by William Conrad in The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes, the CBS Radio Workshop set the standard for modern audio drama. The man behind CBS Radio Workshop, which debuted in 1956, was William Froug.

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Title: CBS Radio Workshop, Volume 1

Author: William Froug

Narrator: full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-28-16

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Comedy & Variety

Publisher's Summary:

The age of classic radio was a time of innovation and experimentation, especially in terms of radio drama. A program that took the best of what had come before it and succeeded even further in production, performance, and storytelling actually debuted at the end of Radio's Golden Age. A direct descendant of the Columbia Workshop, CBS Radio Workshop not only continued to push boundaries in terms of utilizing story, music, voice, and more in exciting, modern ways, it broke new ground in radio drama, from having author Aldous Huxley narrate the adaptation of his Brave New World for the show's debut to producing an interview with William Shakespeare to turning a stirring folk ballad into a mix of rhyme. With a performance by William Conrad in The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes, the CBS Radio Workshop set the standard for modern audio drama. The man behind CBS Radio Workshop, which debuted in 1956, was William Froug.

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Title: Big Bands on One Night Stand, Volume 3

Author: Radio Archives

Narrator: full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 10 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 10-28-16

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Comedy & Variety

Publisher's Summary:

Whether you remember the big band era yourself or appreciate the timeless music of the war years and beyond, you'll find many treasures in this collection, offering 20 half-hour broadcasts dating from 1943 to 1952 and featuring 20 of the top bands and musical groups so popular at the time. In addition to performances by orchestras that are still well remembered today - Jimmy Dorsey, Harry James, Stan Kenton, Ray Anthony, Louis Prima - this collection also features broadcasts by several lesser-known but equally talented ensembles. In rare wartime broadcasts, Charlie Spivak, Lee Castle, and Sonny Dunham demonstrate their individually unique trumpet styles; the hotel-based bands of Gay Claridge and Leighton Noble display their knack for gentle but effective dance music, as was so often featured in stylish high-end nightspots like New York's Waldorf Astoria and Astor Hotels; and Jan Savitt, originally a classical violinist, integrates smooth strings with jump tunes in arrangements.

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Title: The CBS Radio Workshop, Volume 1

Subtitle: The Classic Radio Collection

Author: Hollywood 360

Narrator: full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-24-16

Publisher: Black Eye Entertainment

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Comedy & Variety

Publisher's Summary:

The CBS Radio Workshop regularly featured the works of the world's greatest writers, including Ray Bradbury, Archibald MacLeish, William Saroyan, Lord Dunsany, and Ambrose Bierce, among others. The radio series aired from January 27, 1956, through September 22, 1957, and was a revival of the prestigious Columbia Workshop from the 1930s and 1940s.

Creator William Froug launched the series with this powerhouse two-part adaptation of Brave New World and booked author Aldous Huxley to narrate his famous novel. The Columbia Workshop radio drama was innovative in giving authors, directors, sound engineers, and composers many opportunities to experiment with the use of sound as a device for enhancing narrative. Columbia Workshop received a 1946 Peabody Award for Outstanding Entertainment in Drama.

This eclectic collection of The CBS Radio Workshop shows includes the following episodes: "The Storm" by George Stuart, starring William Conrad (2/10/56); "Season of Disbelief" and "Hail and Farewell" by Ray Bradbury, starring John Dehner (2/17/56); "An Interview with William Shakespeare", starring Hans Conried (2/24/56); "Voice of the City", starring Clifton Fadiman (3/2/56); "Report on ESP" by Leonard St. Clair, starring John McIntire (3/9/56); "Cops and Robbers" by Stanley Niss, starring Larry Haines (3/16/56); "The Legend of Jimmy Blue-Eyes", starring William Conrad (3/23/56); "The Ex-Urbanites", starring Eric Sevareid (3/30/56); "Speaking of Cinderella; or, If the Shoe Fits", starring Vincent Price (4/6/56); "Jacob's Hands" by Aldous Huxley, starring Hans Conried (4/13/56); "Portrait of a Tycoon", starring Martin Weldon (4/20/56); and "The Record Collectors" by William Woodson, starring John Dehner (4/27/56).

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Title: Fibber McGee & Molly, Vol. 2

Subtitle: The Classic Radio Collection

Author: Hollywood 360

Narrator: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan

Format: Original Recording

Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-19-16

Publisher: Black Eye Entertainment

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Comedy & Variety

Publisher's Summary:

Fibber McGee & Molly had a long and successful run on radio from 1935 to 1959, featuring its creators and stars, married couple Jim and Marian Jordan. Living in the fictional Midwestern city of Wistful Vista, Fibber was an American teller of tall tales and a braggart, usually to the exasperation of his long-suffering wife, Molly, who tried to keep him out of trouble. Fibber's weekly schemes would be interrupted by, inspired by, and often played upon the people of Wistful Vista, a set of regular players and characters that were as beloved as the stars of the program.

Life in their town of Wistful Vista followed a well-developed formula but was always fresh. The show began as a comic reflection of Depression-era America, but as time went on and the shadows of war came over the nation, the show again caught the mood of the country. World War II was fought on the home front in Wistful Vista as surely as anywhere else in America, but here they had the benefit of Fibber's somewhat addled perspective on life.

The episodes in this collection are: "Molly's Ex-Boyfriend Comes to Dinner" 12/26/39, "McGee Builds a Dog House" 1/2/40, "Tickets to See Gone with the Wind" 1/9/40, "McGee's Car Is Stolen" 1/16/40, "Gildersleeve Girdle Show" 1/23/40, "Fibber's Old Blue Suit" 1/30/40, "Fibber's Birthday" 2/6/40, "Egyptian Good Luck Ring" 2/13/40, "Nothing but the Truth" 2/20/40, "Molly's Fur Coat and Fibber's Allergies" 2/27/40, "The Hall Closet" with guest Gracie Allen 3/5/40, "Make a Pal of Your Wife Week" 3/12/40.

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Title: Open the Door to Smile [Russian Edition]

Author: IDDK

Narrator: Vladimir Lebedev, Arcady Volgin, Rafael Klejner, Maria Mironova, Arcady Rajkin, Larisa Mandrus, Lyudmila Gurchenko

Format: Original Recording

Length: 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-02-16

Publisher: IDDK

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Comedy & Variety

Publisher's Summary:

Al'manah satiry i jumora. Korotkie veselye zarisovki v ispolnenii velikih masterov sovetskoj jestrady i teatra.

Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

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Title: Birds Eye Open House

Subtitle: Starring Dinah Shore

Author: NBC Radio

Narrator: full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-19-16

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Comedy & Variety

Publisher's Summary:

The series was a star vehicle for Dinah Shore, the Tennessee-born pop vocalist who'd climbed steadily up the ladder since her network debut in the late 1930s. Shore blended a jazz-conscious approach to the pop hits of the day with a breezy, easy-to-take microphone personality that made her a sensation on radio and records - and her sense for comedy, honed by an early apprenticeship with Eddie Cantor, helps her carry off the non-musical portions of each week's program.

She's accompanied by announcer Harry Von Zell, a practiced foil who'd worked with her on the Cantor program, and the lush melodies of an orchestra conducted by Broadway melodist Robert Emmett Dolan. But the real interest in the Birds Eye programs is in the guest stars, drawn from the top ranks of Hollywood comedy talent. No less a personality than Groucho Marx appears as a semi-regular on the show - and while his characterization is somewhat muted by the demands of a scripted series, the programs offer a rare chance to hear the foremost Marx Brother experimenting within the framework of a wide assortment of sketch ideas and comic settings.

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Title: The Big Show, Volume 4

Author: NBC Radio

Narrator: Tallulah Bankhead

Format: Original Recording

Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-12-16

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Comedy & Variety

Publisher's Summary:

The Big Show presented a weekly mixture of comedy, drama, and music from such guest stars as Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman, Danny Thomas, Groucho Marx, Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Rudy Vallee, Judy Garland, and Fred Allen - the latter graduating to semiregular and contributing writer status. In fact each program found the guests introducing themselves by name; the introductions completed with a husky voice intoning, "...and my name, dahlings, is Tallulah Bankhead".

Bankhead, a celebrated stage veteran renowned for her work in plays like The Little Foxes and The Skin of Our Teeth, served as the show's mistress of ceremonies - proving to be both an apt foil for the program's guests and a self-deprecating good sport for an endless series of "rivalry with Bette Davis" jokes. In explaining her motivation for agreeing to host a weekly radio series, she told Newsweek Magazine, "I have to live in the style, dahling, to which I'm really accustomed."

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Title: The Big Show, Volume 3

Author: NBC Radio

Narrator: Tallulah Bankhead

Format: Original Recording

Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-12-16

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Comedy & Variety

Publisher's Summary:

The Big Show presented a weekly mixture of comedy, drama, and music from such guest stars as Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman, Danny Thomas, Groucho Marx, Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Rudy Vallee, Judy Garland, and Fred Allen - the latter graduating to semiregular/contributing writer status. In fact each program found the guests introducing themselves by name; the introductions completed with a husky voice intoning, "...and my name, dahlings, is Tallulah Bankhead".

Bankhead, a celebrated stage veteran renowned for her work in plays like The Little Foxes and The Skin of Our Teeth, served as the show's mistress of ceremonies - proving to be both an apt foil for the program's guests and a self-deprecating good sport for an endless series of "rivalry with Bette Davis" jokes. In explaining her motivation for agreeing to host a weekly radio series, she told Newsweek Magazine, "I have to live in the style, dahling, to which I'm really accustomed."

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Title: The Big Show, Volume 2

Author: NBC Radio

Narrator: Tallulah Bankhead

Format: Original Recording

Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-12-16

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Comedy & Variety

Publisher's Summary:

The Big Show presented a weekly mixture of comedy, drama, and music from such guest stars as Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman, Danny Thomas, Groucho Marx, Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Rudy Vallee, Judy Garland, and Fred Allen - the latter graduating to semiregular/contributing writer status. In fact each program found the guests introducing themselves by name; the introductions completed with a husky voice intoning, "...and my name, dahlings, is Tallulah Bankhead".

Bankhead, a celebrated stage veteran renowned for her work in plays like The Little Foxes and The Skin of Our Teeth, served as the show's mistress of ceremonies - proving to be both an apt foil for the program's guests and a self-deprecating good sport for an endless series of "rivalry with Bette Davis" jokes. In explaining her motivation for agreeing to host a weekly radio series, she told Newsweek Magazine, "I have to live in the style, dahling, to which I'm really accustomed."