1990 The Lord of the Rings (Rob Inglis)

Release Date: 1990
Reader: Rob Inglis
Language: English
Organization: Recorded Books Inc
Publisher: Recorded Books Inc
ISBN: See Below
Duration: 53 hours 55 minutes
Unabridged: Yes
Country: USA
Licenced: Yes
Formats: Cassette, CD, Digital

Rob Inglis was chosen to narrate The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit due to his previous work performing J.R.R. Tolkien’s material. Inglis was noticed by the production company, Recorded Books, through his one-man stage dramatisations of both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in the 1970s and 1980s.

A year after this recording, Inglis was back in the studio in New Year, recording The Hobbit for release in 1992. While not the first English language commercial unabridged reading, it was for many decades the only version available to buy and is for many the definitive reading.

As a result of these acclaimed performances, he was asked to narrate the unabridged audiobook editions of The Lord of the Rings, in 1990 and the following year, The Hobbit.

Release History

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