2009 A Rare Recording of JRR Tolkien

Release Date: 2009.01.01
Reader: JRR Tolkien
Language: English
Organisation: Listen & Live Audio
Catalog: PL077
ISBN: 9781593166137
Duration: 42 minutes
Unabridged: n/a
Country: USA
Licenced: ?
Formats: CD, Digital

Publisher’s Description

JRR Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor best known as the author of fantasy works like The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.  Listen as Tolkien reads The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, The Mewlips, The Hoard, Perry-The-Winkle, and The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon.  Also included is a reading of A Elbereth Gilthoniel in Elvish and The Road Goes Ever On, sung by William Elvin with music by Donald Swann.

There have been numerous versions of this over the years. It is not clear if all of these versions are by Listen and Live or copies. What we can say is that there is nothing rare about this recording. The material on this disc was initially released on 1967 Poems and Songs of Middle Earth, then released in the Soundbook and remastered for the Audio Collection release.