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Title: The Adventures of Frank Race, Volume 1

Author: Joel Murcott, Buckley Angel

Narrator: full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-29-15

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Crime & Mystery

Publisher's Summary:

Frank Race is a cultured and sophisticated investigator who, in his world travels, encounters equal measures of crime, espionage, violence, and attractive but suspicious women. A dashing combination of Johnny Dollar and James Bond, Race began his professional career as a successful attorney, but, after a stint with the OSS during World War II, he found his former profession to be far too dull and predictable. Adventure had become his goal - and it quickly became his business.

Heard today, The Adventures of Frank Race remains engrossing, action-packed entertainment reminiscent of shows like The Man Called X and Counterspy - Cold War-era series that say as much about the paranoia of the postwar world as they do about their audiences' love of action and suspense.

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Title: The Falcon, Vol. 1

Subtitle: The Classic Radio Collection

Author: Hollywood 360 - producer

Narrator: Les Damon, full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-18-15

Publisher: Black Eye Entertainment

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Crime & Mystery

Publisher's Summary:

The Falcon radio series aired from 1943 until 1954. "The Falcon" was an alternate identity for detective Michael Waring. Like the Falcon movies, the radio plots mixed danger, romance, and comedy in equal parts. Each show began with a telephone ringing and Michael Waring, the Falcon, answering the phone. Speaking with a woman whose voice was never heard, Waring would explain that he had an urgent situation he had to deal with. This led into the standard opening, followed by the week's tale of adventure. Often, incompetent police were unable to solve the mysteries without his help.

Waring was billed on radio as a freelance detective who was "always ready with a hand for oppressed men and an eye for repressed women". Berry Kroeger, James Meighan, Les Tremayne, Les Damon, and George Petrie portrayed the Falcon during its radio run.

The 12 episodes included here, which aired in 1950 and 1951, are" "The Case of the Carved Ham", "The Case of the Gangster's Girl", "The Case of the Mighty Muscle", "The Case of the Invisible Thug", "The Case of the Raw Deal", "The Case of the Harried Husband", "The Case of the Stooge's Errand", "The Case of the Puzzling Pinup", "The Case of the Widow's Gorilla", "The Case of the Rich Racketeer", "The Case of the Double Exposure", and "The Case of the Disappearing Doll".

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Title: Casey, Crime Photographer: Blue Note

Author: George Harmon Cox

Narrator: Staats Cotsworth, Jan Miner, Bernard Lenrow

Format: Original Recording

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-30-15

Publisher: Radio Spirits

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Crime & Mystery

Publisher's Summary:

Hard nosed, hard drinking, but never hard boiled - here's the crusading cameraman of the Morning Express hot on the trail of 16 rip-roaring cases: It's Casey, Crime Photographer! Staats Cotsworth stars as Casey, with Jan Miner as Ann Williams, Bernard Lenrow as Captain Logan, and John Gibson as Blue Note bartender Ethelbert - who doles out the drinks while jazz great Herman Chittison plays the piano. Maurice Tarplin, Mercedes McCambridge, Parker Fennelly, Elspeth Eric, Santos Ortega, Ted de Corsia, and more populate the city and perpetrate the crimes - including cases of kidnapping, corruption, arson, blackmail, robbery...and murder.

Episodes include: "The Reunion", 06-03-46; "The Handkerchief", 09-05-46; "Pick Up", 05-22-47; "Miscarriage of Justice", 10-02-47; "Wedding Breakfast", 10-09-47; "Too Many Angels", 11-13-47; "After Turkey - the Bill", 11-27-47; "Hot New Year's Party", 01-01-48; "Queen of the Amazons", 01-08-48; "The Piggy Bank Robbery", 01-29-48; "Witchcraft", 02-19-48; "The Fix", 02-26-48; "Fog", 03-11-48; "Cupid Is a Killer", 05-19-49; "The Upholsterer", 11-17-49; "The Disappearance of Mr. Dizzel", 04-13-50.

Members Reviews:

Classic Crime Adventure with a sultry twist

Just finished listening to "Casey, Crime Photographer - Blue Note" released by Radio Spirits.

One of the most intriguing aspects about this particular collection of adventures of Casey, Anne Williams, and head bartender Ethelbert of the Blue Note Cafe is the underlying tone of overt sexuality that is laced throughout each one of the sixteen adventures of Casey and company. Make no mistake - this isn't the overt and open sexuality of the radio version of Gunsmoke where you here the bed springs creaking when Matt Dillon gets out of the bed he was sharing with Miss Kitty. In this collection of Casey adventures, it's an open secret on the airwaves, but a quiet one, you know it's there. The episode "Queen of the Amazons" is the best example of Casey using sexual seduction and a willingness to go all the way in order to solve a mystery. There is even use of the catch phrase, "I hope we'll be real good friends Mr. Casey,if you know what I mean." by the Queen of the Amazons.

Even the episode, "Pick Up," makes the suggestion that Casey has a habit of regularly picking up pretty women for one night stands.

Even though the name of this collection is after the cafe where Ethelbert works, "Blue Note," does seem to take on another meaning, once the sexual bantering between everyone in the series starts.

The best episodes are: "Queen of the Amazons," "Pick Up," "Wedding Breakfast," "After Turkey - The Bill," "Fog," and "The Reunion," and "The Disappearance of Mr. Dizzel."

Strongly Recommended.

Five Stars!

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Title: Let George Do It: Cry Uncle

Author: Original Radio Broadcasts

Narrator: Bob Bailey, Wally Maher, Frances Robinson

Format: Original Recording

Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-30-15

Publisher: Radio Spirits

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Crime & Mystery

Publisher's Summary:

He'd rather use his head than his fists or a gun, but sometimes you can't be too choosy! Bob Bailey stars as freelance investigator George Valentine, roaming postwar California in search of adventure, mystery, and more! Wally Maher plays his contrary police contact, Lieutenant Riley, alongside many of radio's usual suspects: Joseph Kearns, Gloria Blondell, Howard McNear, Virginia Gregg, Larry Dobkin, Lurene Tuttle, and more. Come listen to 16 digitally restored and remastered episodes of this favorite - as George and Brooksie (Frances Robinson) get in over their heads with mobs and murders, with rescues and rackets, with people who are missing and people who might not be all there!

Episodes include: "Death in Fancy Dress", 12-27-48; "Murder and One to Go", 01-03-49; "The Corpse on a Caper", 01-10-49; "The Payoff Is Murder", 01-17-49; "Destination: Dead End", 02-14-49; "Journey into Hate", 02-21-49; "Your Money or Your Life", 02-28-49; "The Roundabout Murder", 03-07-49; "The Motif Is Murder", 03-14-49; "The Four-Sided Triangle", 03-21-49; "The Elusive Hundred Grand", 04-18-49; "Lady in Distress", 04-25-49; "Stranger than Fiction", 05-23-49; "A Matter of Doubt", 05-30-49; "Death in Blue Jeans", 06-06-49; "Serenade to the Southern Star", 06-13-49.

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Title: Adventures by Morse, Volume 2

Author: Carlton E. Morse

Narrator: full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-18-15

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Crime & Mystery

Publisher's Summary:

Captain Bart Friday, a globe-trotting San Francisco-based private detective, investigates espionage, kidnapping, and murder along with secret Nazi bases, snake worshipers, and voodoo. It aired from 1944 to 1945 for a 52-week run.

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Title: Adventures by Morse, Volume 3

Author: Carlton E. Morse

Narrator: full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-18-15

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Crime & Mystery

Publisher's Summary:

Captain Bart Friday, a globe-trotting San Francisco-based private detective, investigates espionage, kidnapping, and murder along with secret Nazi bases, snake worshipers, and voodoo. It aired from 1944 to 1945 for a 52-week run.

Members Reviews:

Fabulous fun!

I listen to audio tapes on my 30-minute drive to work. After the thrills and joy of "I love a mystery," I had to have more Morse, and this series is just as exciting and brilliantly done as the former. Almost every episode includes an incident that has me on the edge of my seat, or that causes me to jump in surprise. The script, the acting, the sound effects, the timing--everything is perfect. I can't recommend this series highly enough.

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Title: The Man from Homicide

Author: Louis Vittes, Dick Powell

Narrator: Dan Duryea, Larry Dobkin, Joan Banks, Gloria Blondell, Arthur Q. Bryan, Herb Butterfield, Lamont Johnson, Charles McGraw

Format: Original Recording

Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-30-15

Publisher: Radio Spirits

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Crime & Mystery

Publisher's Summary:

"It's the beginning of a dirty, dangerous job that doesn't end until the killer is found. I don't like killers!"

Always handy with a pack of gum - and a set of keys that allowed him entry to any premises at will - Lt. Lou Dana had a reputation for playing rough. Relying on uniformed officers, police photographers, and the beloved "lab boys", he often apprehended the killers singlehandedly...and at great personal peril.

Dan Duryea stars as Dana, with Sgt. Meyers portrayed by Larry Dobkin. The cast is completed by Gloria Blondell, Arthur Q. Bryan, Joan Banks, Herb Butterfield, Lamont Johnson, and more.

This set features eight digitally restored and remastered episodes, including rare broadcasts and the series audition recording featuring Charles McGraw as Dana.

Episodes include:

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Title: The Tale

Author: Joseph Conrad

Narrator: Ralph Richardson

Format: Original Recording

Length: 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-15

Publisher: Divine Art/Heritage Media

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Crime & Mystery

Publisher's Summary:

The Tale was Joseph Conrads only story of the First World War. Written in 1916, it was first published the following year in The Strand Magazine. It was then published again posthumously in 1925 in Tales of Hearsay. The Tale is a story of duty, war and horror. During the early days of the bad war, a commanding officer the narrator himself is taking his ship past a dangerous and rocky coast.The weather is foul, a thick, impenetrable fog obscuring the rocks, so that the commanding officer can see nothing and only sense the danger before him.

"Theatre Royal" was first broadcast in the UK in 1952 and chielfy featured Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier as narrators of classic fiction, adpated for radio.

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Title: Bartleby

Author: Herman Melville

Narrator: Laurence Olivier

Format: Original Recording

Length: 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-24-15

Publisher: Divine Art/Heritage Media

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Crime & Mystery

Publisher's Summary:

Laurence Olivier plays the narrator, a successful Manhattan lawyer, in this adaptation of Herman Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street, first published in Putnam's Magazine in 1853. One day, he recruits a new clerk for his growing practice, the strangest man he has ever met.

"Theatre Royal" is a series of radio dramas first broadcast by the BBC in 1953 and in the USA soon after. Starring many of Britain's finest actors, it was the only radio series in which Lord Olivier took a major role.

Members Reviews:

We are the hollow men, we are the stuffed men.

A clarion call to us who are the nameless masses of data-enterers and coffee-makers! We'd rather not, we'd rather not, we'd rather not!

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Title: Box 13, Vol. 1

Author: Hollywood 360

Narrator: Alan Ladd

Format: Original Recording

Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-01-15

Publisher: Black Eye Entertainment

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Nostalgia Radio, Crime & Mystery

Publisher's Summary:

Movie star Alan Ladd played Dan Holiday, retired newspaperman turned fiction writer and adventurer extraordinaire. To gain ideas for his books, Holiday placed an ad in the Star-Times newspaper: "Adventure wanted - will go anywhere, do anything - Box 13." It wasn't long before his Box 13 became jammed with adventures galore.

Holiday always had more adventure than he had originally sought because those who responded to his ad never revealed all of their glorious, unusual, and sometimes sinister details until they met in person and the adventure had already begun. Silvia Picker played Holiday's scatter-brained secretary, Suzy. Suzy added touches of humor to the mystery-adventure and nail-biting storylines.

Box 13 was produced by Mayfair Productions, a company run by Alan Ladd and Richard Sandville. The name came from Mayfair Restaurant, which Ladd and Sandville owned during World War II. In addition to producing Box 13, Ladd also wrote some of the scripts.

Episodes include:

Members Reviews:

A Box of trouble.

I always liked Alan Ladd. This was a great show for him. A writer looking for martial for his novels, places an ad in the newspaper. The ad says he is looking for adventure and will help anyone who answers his ad. Of course this is a recipe for disaster, because he doesn't know what kind kooks will answer his ad. Some of them are good people needing help. But some the others are bad guys wanting to use the writer as a fall guy for their schemes. In one case a serial killer answered his ad. Lads character is probably not the smartest detective on radio, but the show is still very entertaining. I hope they will release more of this show soon.