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SUSPENSE PREMIUM #392, 394, 395
New season, Elliot Lewis - Producer
True Report 8-31-50 Pat O’Brien
Over the Bounding Main 9-14-50 Dan Dailey
The Crowd by Ray Bradbury 9-21-50 Dana Andrews
SUSPENSE PREMIUM #396-#398
Fly by Night 9-28-50 Joseph Cotten
Rose Garden 10-05-50 Miriam Hopkins
Rave Notice 10-12-50 Milton Berle
SUSPENSE PREMIUM #399-#401
The Wages of Sin 10-19-50 Barbara Stanwyck
Too Hot to Live 10-26-50 Richard Widmark
The Victoria Cross 11-02-50 Herbert Marshall
SUSPENSE PREMIUM #402-#404
Blood on The Trumpet 11-09-50 William Holden, Barton Yarborough; Trumpet Effects by Ziggy Elman
On a Country Road 11-16-50 Cary Grant, Cathy Lewis
Going, Going, Gone 11-23-50 Ozzie & Harriet Nelson
SUSPENSE PREMIUM TAPE - JANUARY 1998
Donovan’s Brain - Orson Welles - May 18 & 25, 1944
The 13th Sound w/Agnes Moorehead - Feb 13, 1947
LUCILLE FLETCHER "Sorry, Wrong Number"
SUSPENSE 5/25/43 First radio broadcast,
starring Agnes Moorehead
LUX RADIO THEATER 1/09/50 The movie version Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, William Conrad
LUCILLE FLETCHER PREMIUM October 2000
MERCURY SUMMER THEATER
7/02/46 Search for Henri LeFevre
SUSPENSE 1/27/49 Thing in the Window
with Robert Montgomery
SUSPENSE 9/02/42 The Hitchhiker - Orson Welles
GUNSMOKE PREMIUM (90)
4/26/52 The First Show - Billy the Kid
4/02/55 Bloody Hands - Matt quits
2/19/56 The New Hotel (X-rated rehearsal)
Plus- Mel Blanc Cisco Kid rehearsal - Filthy!
WILLIAM CONRAD TRIBUTE (90)
7/04/50 ESCAPE Sharkbait - Gun running
and treachery on fishing vessel in Central America.
8/18/50 ESCAPE "The Footprint" Desert Treasure hunt
8/06/51 ROMANCE "Pagosa" by John Meston
This series is comparable to Escape, the story is a forerunner of Gunsmoke, and the Escape version of this story is one of the few episodes missing from the series
ESCAPE - Classic CBS Adventure Anthology (90)
4/04/48 "Action" with Joseph Kearns
4/11/48 "The Brute" by Joseph Conrad
4/18/48 "Drums of the Fore And Aft" by R. Kipling
ROMANCE - CBS - Tape One
6/02/52 Monte Carlo
6/09/52 Madam 44
6/16/52 Murder Island
ROMANCE - CBS - Tape Two
6/23/52 The Glass Wall
6/30/52 I'm Not a Stranger
7/07/52 Red Angel
ODD COMBO - 2 ESCAPE AND JACK BENNY
ESCAPE 6/02/50 "Mars is Heaven"
Bradbury via Morton Fine & David Friedkin
ESCAPE #121 7/28/50 "Poison"
by Roaul Dahl, starring Jack Webb
JACK BENNY 2/01/42 "The Frightening Murder Case" with Humphrey Bogart
GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO "Saps at Sea"
Set sail for adventure with Cap'n Jack & Max!
The complete 90" broadcast of June 22, 1985
AUDITION - Voyage Of The Scarlet Queen 2/02/47
"Death of David Malone" w/ Howard Duff, Elliot Lewis
MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER #66
"Death Comes for Adolph Hitler"
LATITUDE ZERO #1 2/11/41 w/Howard Duff
GALE GORDON Tribute Material (90)
THE SHADOW OF FU MANCHU - 1934
#138 "Purple Blotches" - as Dr Petrie (15)
FLASH GORDON #1 - 1935 - As Flash (15)
CASEBOOK OF GREGORY HOOD - as GH
#1 "3 Silver Pesos" 6/03/46 w/Bill Johnstone
OUR MISS BROOKS - Mr Conklin, Principal
1/22/50 "Walter's Weather Report"
Fibber McGee & Molly (Various roles) 1940
THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN - Tape One
3 hours on two 90" tapes
Audition Shows Chapters 1& 2 - The Origin (15" each)
1939 Magazine Distributor Promo (10") w/Bud Collier,
and writer Jerry Siegel interview from lost Fred Allen Show; Bill Johnstone Superman Audition 9/26/47
1940 Superman Kiddy Record
PROFESSOR THORPE'S BATHYSPHERE
Complete 1940 Story
#85 8/26/40 Monday, #86 8/28/40 Wed
#87 8/30/40 Friday, #88 9/02/40 Monday
THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN Tape Two
PROFESSOR THORPE'S BATHYSPHERE (90)
#89 9/04/40 Wednesday, #90 - 9/06/40 Friday
#91 9/09/40 Monday, #92 9/11/40 Wednesday
#93 9/13/40 Friday, #94 9/16/40 Monday
#95 9/18/40 Wednesday, #96 9/20/40 Friday
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (90)
A fine, rare 1983 program of unknown origin, possibly NPR, this production uses the soundtrack of the Disney film starring Jason Robards and Jonathan Pryce, and adds a linking narration of the author's prose from Orson Welles. Introduced by Ray Bradbury.
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES by Ray Bradbury
Produced by Paul Wunder and Max Schmid.
3 hours on 2 90" cassettes - counts as two selections
All of the radio versions of stories from The Martian Chronicles woven into continuous form. Comprised of the following broadcasts:
DIMENSION X #20 8/18/50 - The Martian Chronicles
ESCAPE #159 7/25/51 - The Earthmen
DIMENSION X #14 7/07/50 - Mars Is Heaven
ABC RADIO WORKSHOP (aka THINK) - Mars Is Heaven
DIMENSION X #26 9/29/50 - ...And the Moon Be Still As Bright
DIMENSION X #40 7/19/51 - Dwellers In Silence
To round out the full three hours, I have added the following
Bradbury science fiction shows:
DIMENSION X #11 6/17/50 "There Will Come Soft Rains" and SUSPENSE 5/18/58 "Zero Hour"
THE MACHINE AGE IN AMERICA 1918-1941 (90)
Produced by Max Schmid for The Brooklyn Museum show on view from October 17, 1986 to February 16, 1987, before touring the country. This program was continuously played in the radio listening room. Plus R.U.R. on side two.
This documentary collage has highlights from many programs of the era, including Behind The Mike, KDKA election returns, first NBC network broadcast, 1927, with Charles Lindburgh and Calvin Coolidge, Flash Gordon, first Fireside Chat, Will Rogers, Harry Richman Dodge Show, Mae West with Charlie McCarthy, The Norge Musical Kitchen, Hindenburg Crash, Uncle Joe's Curio Shop, Gangbusters, J. Edgar Hoover on scientific detection, The Shadow, Buck Rogers, Cavalcade of America, Grand Central Station, Building of the 3rd Ave El 3/16/37, Edward R Murrow, Valiant Lady, Pearl Harbor, and "The Five O'Clock Whistle". Narrated by Kathy O'Connell.
Side 2 contains the rare WPA Federal Theater of the Air program "R. U. R." (Rossum's Universal Robots) based on the play by Karel Capek. About 40".
HUMPHREY BOGART FRIARS ROAST - Plus '50s Party Records XXX Rated (90) Red Buttons, Lauren Bacall, Alan King, Charles Coburn, Chevalier, Phil Silvers, Jan Murray, Solly Violinski, Bogart. Christmas 1955 PLUS: Farting Contest; Martin & Lewis 1953 "The Caddy"
DON RICKLES STAG LUNCHEON (90) 13 minutes of Dirty Party Records; then Jack E. Leonard introduces Flip Wilson, Jackie Vernon, Ed Sullivan, Johnny Carson, Bernie Allen, Pat Paulsen, William B. Williams, Norm Crosby, and Rickles (70"); More Dirty Radio Bits
HARRY JOE BROWN STAG & JERRY LEWIS TV ROAST (90) HJB at The Masquers: Host George Jessel, with George Burns, Art Linkletter, and Jack Benny! XXX Rated
Jerry Lewis Friars Roast TV sound c. 1968 - Kraft commercials cut. (52") Host: Johnny Carson, with Alan King, Milton Berle, Rex Reed, Jack Carter, Don Rickles
JACK BENNY ROAST - For the Heart Fund - Three hours on two 90-minute cassettes (2 x 90) - counts as two
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DETECTIVES
SAM SPADE PREMIUM #1 (90)
SUSPENSE 1/10/48 "The Kandi Tooth" Starring Howard Duff
as Sam Spade, in the one-hour version of Suspense. Plus:
RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE
#6 5/29/49 "Betty Moran" Dick Powell, with Hans Conried
SAM SPADE PREMIUM #2 (90) "Sam and the Shrinks"
8/02/46 "Death of Dr. Denhoff" aka "Sam and Psyche" ABC
11/09/47 "The Bow Window Caper" CBS
4/17/49 "Subject: Edith Hamilton" AFRS
SAM SPADE PREMIUM #3 (90) "Sam's Wildest Capers"
4/10/49 "The Stopped Watch Caper"
1/16/49 "Betrayal in Bumpus Hell"
12/04/49 "Flopsy Mopsy and Cottontail Caper"
SAM SPADE PREMIUM #4 (90)
7/25/48 "The Mad Scientist Caper"
8/28/49 "The Prodigal Daughter Caper"
11/06/49 "The Cheesecake Caper" - Contains
the funniest line ever to slip past a censor!
TALES OF TERROR PREMIUM (90)
Inner Sanctum 10/16/45 'Til Death Do Us Part
Molle Mystery Theater 3/29/46 "The Creeper"
Suspense 6/14/55 "The Whole Town Sleeping"
by Bradbury, w/Jeanette Nolan and Bill Conrad
plus The Dark by Arch Oboler.- in stereo
DRAGNET Starring Jack Webb-NBC (90)
#12 8/25/49 Police Academy-Mario Koski (aka Blitz Bandits)
#13 9/01/49 Myra, the Redhead (aka Auto Thieves)
show moves to Saturday
#14 9/03/49 Eric Kelby (Missing Women)
YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR (90)
#01 The McCormick Matter 10/03-07/55
Dick Tracy - Audition Show??? Mid 1930s
YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR (90)
#12 The Nick Schoen Matter 12/19-23/55
Dick Tracy 3/18/47 Graveyard Watch
YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR (90)
#18 The Flight Six Matter 01/30-02/03/56
Jack Armstrong 7/27/45 The Black Vulture
YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR (90)
#22 The Fathom Five Matter 02/28-03/02/56
New Johnny Dollar Serials for 2004-05!
Daily five-part serials starring Bob Bailey (90)
#02 The Molly K Matter 10/10-15/55
#03 The Chesapeake Fraud Matter 10/18-22/55
#04 The Alvin Summers Matter 10/24-28/55
#05 The Valentine Matter 10/31-11/04/55
#06 The Larco Diamond Matter 11/07-11/55
#07 The Broderick Matter 11/14-18/55
#08 Amy Bradshaw Matter 11/21-25/55
#09 The Henderson Matter 11/28-12/02/55
#10 The Cronin Matter 12/05-09/55
#11 The Lansing Fraud 12/12-16/55
#13 The Forbes Matter 12/26-30/55
#14 The Caylin Matter 01/02-06/56
#15 The Todd Matter 01/09-13/56
#16 The Ricardo Amerigo Matter 01/16-/20/56
#17 The Duke Red Matter 01/23-27/56
#19 The MacLean Matter 02/06-10/56 (missing Ch. 3)
#20 The Que Bono Matter 02/13-17/56
#21 The Bennett Matter 02/20-24/56
BROADWAY IS MY BEAT #1 (90)
Starring Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover, Elliot Lewis, producer/director, and Morton Fine and David Friedkin - writers - Poetry meets murder in one of the finest cop shows ever!
5/01/49 Mary Murdock (might be 1/07/50 repeat)
3/27/49 Eugene Bullock
3/13/49 Gordon Ellis/Tommy Mannon
BROADWAY IS MY BEAT PREMIUM #2 (90)
6/09/51 Frank Lawson; 9/16/51 Frank Dunn; 6/23/51 Ruth Larson
BROADWAY IS MY BEAT PREMIUM #3 (90)
6/30/51 Boy's Club (Muggles story!) w/Dick Crenna
Moves to Sunday for Wrigley's Spearmint Gum
7/08/51 Armed Robber; 7/22/51 Mr. Blaine Blows His Brain
BROADWAY IS MY BEAT PREMIUM #4 (90)
5/05/51 Harry Foster; 5/12/51 Charlie Crandall
9/15/51 Ann Compton Shot in Car - Wrigley's Gum
BROADWAY IS MY BEAT - JAN 2002 - Tape Five
#92 12/12/51 Buddy Malpaugh & The Jeweled Scimitar
#94 1/05/52 John Dobson; #95 1/12/52 Larry Moore
BROADWAY IS MY BEAT - JAN 2002 - Tape Six
#114 05/24/52 Alice Mayo; #115 06/02/52 Harry Moore
#118 06/23/52 Joey Croft
RADIO ON THE RADIO PREMIUM (90)
Lights Out 7/13/46 "Coffin In Studio B"
#2 of 8 in summer revival series on NBC
The Whistler 9/11/49 Brief Pause for Murder
Adv of Ellery Queen Armchair Detective Murdered on the Show
MOLLE MYSTERY THEATER (90)
4/05/46 Murder in the City Hall (repeat of
Spanish Blood, by Raymond Chandler)
4/12/46 Night Must Fall with Ian Martin
Sept '47 Zelma's Boy with Bette Garde
JOSEPH COTTEN ON SUSPENSE (90)
1/17/46 The Pasteboard Box
12/19/46 The Thing In The Window
1/28/52 Carnival (by Fine and Friedkin)
I LOVE A MYSTERY (90)
"The Pirate loot of the Island of Skulls" The longest surviving storyline from the original run of this classic adventure series. These are the only segments of the 12 weekly half-hours of this epic adventure to be found.
4/20/42 Chapter 2, part 2; 5/25/42 Chapter 7, Complete;
8/01/42 Chapter 8, Complete; 6/15/42 Chapter 10, pt. 2.
I LOVE A MYSTERY One-of-a-kind episodes. (90)
SIDE ONE - The Original West Coast Run
1/18/39 Case of the Roxy Mob - 3rd show of series
12/01/41 Secret Passage to Death
3/30/43 Girl in The Gilded Cage (#7 of 15)
SIDE TWO - NYC Revival Shows
5/19/52 Hermit of San Felipe Atabapo (first chapter)
6/13/52 Hermit of San Felipe Atabapo (last chapter)
11/16/52 I Am The Destroyer of Women
11/17/52 I Am The Destroyer of Women (last chapter)
I LOVE A MYSTERY - First Run Episodes (90)
Side One: Million Dollar Curse 1/10/40 #8 of 15 (15")
The Tropics Don’t Call It Murder 11/18/40 Ch 8 Pt 2 (of 13)
The Tropics Don’t Call It Murder 11/25/40 Ch 10 Pt 1 (of 13)
The Tropics Don’t Call It Murder 12/09/40 Ch 11 Pt 1(of 13)
Monster in the Mansion- 2 segments from Oct/Nov 1941
COMEDY
JACK BENNY 1937 PREMIUM (90)
3/21/37 From The Hotel Pierre, NYC #25 of season
4/04/37 Springtime in Hollywood #27 of season
4/11/37 Buck Benny Rides Again w/ Burns & Allen #28 of season
JACK BENNY 1940 SHOWS (90)
11/17/40 # 7 of season with Mary Martin (east coast)
11/24/40 # 8 Don Wilson Just Got Married (east coast)
12/01/40 # 9 Jack Is Sick In Bed
JACK BENNY 1940 SHOWS (90)
12/08/40 # 10 Packing For New York
12/15/40 # 11 From The Ritz Hotel, NYC
12/22/40 # 12 Christmas Shopping in NYC
FRED ALLEN SHOWS (90)
2/03/46 "Picadilly" (Oklahoma Parody) w/ Bea Lillie
5/12/46 "Casablanca Spoof" w/S. Greenstreet (AFRS)
3/23/47 Rogers & Hammerstein, who sue Fred for previous week’s show
TEXACO STAR THEATER Fred Allen Tape 11 (90)
(commercials and music removed at time of recording)
11/20/40 Captain Knight and Eagle Return, Radio Shows
11/27/40 Dance Teacher, Department Store Dilemma
TEXACO STAR THEATER Fred Allen Tape 12 (90)
(commercials and music removed at time of recording)
12/04/40 Adelaide Bishop-Child Soprano, Fetlock Bones
12/11/40 Prof. Hechler-Flea Trainer, Doc Allen-Dentist
TEXACO STAR THEATER Fred Allen Tape 13 (90)
(commercials and music removed at time of recording)
12/18/40 Stewart Canin-Boy Violinist, Paul Revere
12/25/40 Otto Hoffendorf-Baloney Stuffer, Metro Univ.
FRED ALLEN SHOW PREMIUM (90)
3/20/40 Town Hall Tonight 60" A Classic!
Captain Ramshaw, the Eagle, Escapes
10/21/45 Guest: Frank Sinatra
BOB AND RAY PREMIUM (90)
12/12/49 Matinee with Bob& Ray WHDH-Boston (30")
1953 NBC Morning Show -with live audience
9/29/59 B&R Present the CBS Radio Network
And 2 more shows from the Fall of 1959, One Feller's Family, etc.
MEL BLANC TRIBUTE PREMIUM (90)
Audience Warm-up, followed by an episode of Mel's Fix-It Shop
Burns & Allen highlights - Happy Postman
Abbott and Costello -Alaska sketch
GI Journal - Tarzan sketch with Groucho Marx, Lucille Ball, and Johnny Weissmuller
Judy Canova Show 8/31/46 highlights
GI Journal #87 with Jack Benny
LUCILLE BALL COMEDY Premium (90)
Screen Directors' Playhouse #20 5/22/49 "Her Husband's Affairs"
With Elliot Lewis, Director Sylvan Simon
My Favorite Husband 3/24/51"Shopping for Dresses"
I Love Lucy - First Radio Show 2/27/52
LUCILLE BALL ON SUSPENSE Premium
Orson Welles Almanac - an early appearance, reading
Dorothy Parker poems (5")
1/13/44 Dime A Dance; 10/25/45 A Shroud For Sara
10/14/48 A Little Piece of Rope
HERE'S HENRY MORGAN April 20, 1985 (90)
Week One - Interview including many highlights from Morgan's career,
from WOR staff announcer to his own daily 15" show, WWII service in the AFRS, weekly network comedy series, later radio and TV work, and much, much more. Originally broadcast on The Golden Age of Radio
Produced by Jack Shugg and Max Schmid - 2 parts - get both tapes!
HERE'S HENRY MORGAN April 27, 1985 (90)
Week Two - Conclusion of the interview - don’t forget - get both tapes!
BEST OF VIC & SADE Vol One (90)
6/04/41 Grand Old Lodge Lady; 7/12/43 Lodge Regalia
2/04/44 Sleepers Beware; 5/01/44 Lodge Holiday Home Visits
3/12/42 Little Tiny Petite Pheasant Feather Tea Shoppe
(RUSH) Letter To Walter; 8/06/42 Christmas Cards C.O.D.
9/29/44 Goodbye (Final Broadcast)
SMILE AGAIN-VIC & SADE Volume Two
8/18/42 Attic Cleaning; 11/20/42 Smelly Clark The Barber
1/04/43 Honorary Lodge Titles For Sale; 12/15/43 Color of Gumpox' Eyes
1/25/44 Missouri State Home for The Tall
9/22/44 Vic's Unheard News; 9/28/44 Vic Duns Kleebergers
Date? TV Soundtrack - New Lodge Catalog
VIC & SADE Volume Seven - The Sacred Stars of the Milky Way (90)
6/05/39 YY Flirch in Town Looking for Vic
2/16/41 Manual For Wives of Skybrothers (aka Wive's Rule Book)
12/27/42 Lodge Regalia Out on Loan; (Rush) Lodge Speech Rehearsal
1/07/43 Fred Might Join Lodge; (Russell) Lodge Robe Alterations
1/26/43 Honorary Lodge Member - Pom Pom Cordova
10/27/43 Thimble Club Ladies Meeting
VIC AND SADE PREMIUM TAPE - MAY 2001
10/01/42 Cherry Phosphates; 10/11/43 Vic’s Dinner Guest
10/15/43 Sewing Buttons; 12/27/43 Invoice Preparations
2/03/44 Fifty Pairs of Pants; 3/01/44 The Joke on Sade
JEAN SHEPHERD 2005 "EXCELSIOR YOU FATHEAD"
COMPANION CD (or tape upon request) - Sampler compiled by Eugene Bergmann to illustrate Shep’s work, from his start at WOR in the '50s to the '70s, and beyond
JEAN SHEPHERD Live at the Limelight #19 (90)
WOR-AM - July 09, 1966 - The Great Ice Cream Riot
JEAN SHEPHERD 100 Series #106C
12/23/74 Pipe for Christmas; 12/24/74 Red Rider BB Gun Story
JEAN SHEPHERD - WOR-FM #107 (90)
Feb 03, 1965 WWII - Nostalgia Vs. The Way It Was
Feb 04, 1965 Pigeon Company - Old WWII Cruiser
JEAN SHEPHERD - WOR-FM #109 (90)
February 12, 1965 Rude Noises in Company K; Latrine Duty
February 18, 1965 Midwestern Drugstores and Drive-Ins
JEAN SHEPHERD - WOR-FM #141 (90)
7/23/65 Tennis Date with First Love; 7/26/65 Americans and their Cars
JEAN SHEPHERD - WOR-FM #164 (90)
November 02, 1965(?) American Dream Sales Pitch
November 08, 1965 Success Through Spells (noisy)
JEAN SHEPHERD - WOR-FM #150 (90)
August 20, 1965 The Edge of Nowhere - Fired from WOR
August 23, 1965 Exporting The Real American Culture
JEAN SHEPHERD - WOR-FM #76 (90)
1/16/64 Probable (Thurs) Great Indiana Blizzard
1/17/64 (Fri) Big Snow Hits NY; Indiana HS Basketball
JEAN SHEPHERD-WOR-FM #89 Thurs AM & PM (90)
Aug 13, 1964 AM (no op.) Vic & Sade Quiz, Morning People,
Morning Exercise show; Insults MacAlear & WOR at end
Aug 13, 1964 PM Bearded Shep At Business Lunch, Brits in Ad World
JEAN SHEPHERD-WOR-FM #90 Friday AM & PM (90)
Aug 14, 1964 AM (tape warp at top) Last Fill-in show; Baseball,
Radio Trivia, Heinz Air Show Aviator (ends on side 2)
Aug 14, 1964 - Night (no op.) - No Talent; Army Piano Prodigy
JEAN SHEPHERD - WOR-FM #93 (90)
Sept 15, 1964 World’s Fair Remote; Sept 18, 1964 More World’s Fair
ON THE ROAD WITH JEAN SHEPHERD - TAPE #25 c.1969
Remote From Agra, India; From the Dining Car on the Last Ride of the Domeliner
JEAN SHEPHERD SYNDICATED SHOWS - 1966 - FHC
1. The Yellow Brick Road to Oz; 2.Harmony - the Master Plan
HISTORICAL
New for 2005 - See MP3 section for these and more Children’s shows
LET’S PRETEND #1 - CBS (80) (Cassette or CD)
12/19/42 Prince Gigi and the Magic Ring
5/04/46 Jorinda and Joringal
8/10/46 Story of Faithful John
LET’S PRETEND #2 - AFRS (80) (Cassette or CD)
#328 The Golden Fleece
#330 Song of Hiawatha
#332 Aladdin and His Lamp
POLITICAL RADIO PREMIUM - Tape One (90)
10/27/38 The Columbia Workshop "Air Raid"
by Archibald Macleish, starring Orson Welles
1942 Paul Robeson sings "Battle Hymn" (14")
8/14/45 "14 August" Norman Corwin's prayer of peace for the end of WWII, read by Orson Welles. (15")
9/27/45 Arch Oboler's Plays #24 of 26 "The Family Nagashi"
Japanese-American war hero Ben Nagashi comes home
to confront the racism that led to his family's internment. Starring Elliot Lewis
POLITICAL RADIO PREMIUM - Tape Two (90)
1943 CBS Special "An Open Letter on Race Hatred" by William N. Robson. Stars Jackson Beck - Winner of The Peabody Award
10/26/47 "Hollywood Fights Back" (Against The House Un-American Activities Committee) Week One of Two - 50 Stars speak out as they leave for the hearings in Washington DC that resulted in the blacklist of The Hollywood Ten.
11/02/47 "Hollywood Fights Back" Week 2
The hearings have been suspended, but the outrageous actions of the committee are reported by it's many opponents from Hollywood, Broadway, and Politics. Among those heard are Charles Boyer, Judy Garland, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Groucho Marx, Keenan Wynn, and dozens more.
DESTINATION FREEDOM - WMAQ, Chicago - NBC (90)
7/04/48 "Railway to Freedom" Harriet Tubman
8/28/49 "Segregation, Inc." Washington DC
10/10/48 "Little David" Joe Louis
NORMAN CORWIN PREMIUM TAPE #1 (90)
4/18/44 Columbia Presents Corwin #7 "Untitled" w/Fredric March
Moving portrait of slain soldier Hank Peters.
5/13/45 All Network Special for the end of WWII in Europe (60")
"On A Note of Triumph" Narrated by Martin Gabel,
music by Bernard Herrmann, song by Woodie Guthrie
NORMAN CORWIN PREMIUM TAPE #2
Columbia Workshop 4/10/39 They Fly Through the Air
Columbia Presents 26 by Corwin
#1 5/04/41 "Radio Primer" #5 6/01/41 "Appointment"
THE COLUMBIA WORKSHOP - CBS - 1942 (90)
1/18/42 "At the Sign of the Lark" John McGovern
1/25/42 "Man without a Shadow" Lureen Tuttle
2/01/42 "Jenny, the Bus Nobody Loved" by Robert Nathan
DISASTER ON THE AIRWAVES (90) - Golden Age of Radio 2/01/86, the day after the Challenger explosion. A review of tragedies that touched our lives, from the original broadcasts. Produced by Shugg and Schmid. Includes the following: Will Roger's last broadcast, Lux Radio Theater 6/28/37 with no-show guest Amelia Ehrhart, Hindenburg Crash 5/07/37, USS Squalis 1939, Pearl Harbor, Glenn Miller Tribute, FDR Death April 1945, Empire State Building Crash 7/28/45, Buddy Clark 1949, Cuban Missile Crisis 1962, JFK, Malcolm X, Gus Grissom, Martin Luther King, RFK, Lunar Landing. The show also includes X Minus One #15, 8/25/55 "The Cold Equation" the tragic story of a stowaway on a space flight.
HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WAR-ARMED FORCES RADIO
Mail Call # 91 5/17/44 Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante
Mail Call #130 Bergen & McCarthy, Ingrid Bergman, Marion.Hutton
G I. Journal Bob Hope, Bette Davis, J Colonna, A Treacher, Mel Torme
WWII IN THE PACIFIC - FROM PEARL TO PEACE (90)
A collage of actualities and radio drama, produced by Shugg and Schmid,
for The Golden Age of Radio on December 7, 1983. Plus: Mutual News
2/10/45 Interviews with Purple Heart Winners (15)
STAGE DOOR CANTEEN (90)
All existing segments of rare show from the archives of the American Theater Wing*
12/03/42 with Louella Parsons, Bob Benchley, Benny Goodman, Connie Boswell, Eddie Green - Heavy click pt 2; * Date? (1st half only) with James Melton (Donkey Serenade), Brian Donlevy, Gregory Ratoff, Jeanne Cagney
* 8/12/43 "Oklahoma" with Rogers & Hammerstein, Mary Martin, Una Merkel,
Jack Smith (rough open); *12/03/43 (first half only) Dame May Whittey, Eric Blore, Ginny Simms, Tommy Dorsey "I Got Rhythm"
NBC BIG PARADE OF STARS - Promo Discs For 1942-43 Season Intended for use with live continuity, these short highlights and cast messages were provided by the sponsors to promote the new season. Includes: One Man's Family, Mister District Attorney (7 segments), Truth Or Consequences with Ralph Edwards, Abie's Irish Rose, John W. Vandercott News of the World, Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou (2), Maxwell Time w/ John Conte, Frank Morgan and Meredith Wilson (4), Aldrich Family (8), Joan Davis with Rudy Vallee and Billie Burke (2), Telephone Hour (2), Doctor I. Q. (5), John L. Sullivan on the Victory Tax, Mel Allen introduces Truth or Consequences, Jack Benny Show, "Meanest Man in the World" plug. Total time 73 minutes.
Plus, from transcription: 12/07/41 Jourgens Journal - In this rare historic program, Walter Winchell reports on Pearl Harbor, as it is happening. (15")
ONE MAN'S FAMILY by Carlton E. Morse (90) Early Wartime Episodes
4/25/43 Bk 46 Ch 3 "Poisoned Cattle" 2nd half only
5/02/43 Bk 46 Ch 4 "Reunion with Marine Jack Barbour"
7/25/43 Bk 47 Ch 3 "Further Information Concerning
a Secret Mission" - 1st half only
8/29/43 Bk 47 Ch 8 "Claudia Says Goodbye to Her Family"
One Man's Family by Carlton E. Morse - The Classics (90)
5/27/45 Bk 54 Ch 9 "Jack Barbour Leaves for the Pacific" Heartwrenching drama of wartime separation.
4/27/47 Bk 62 Ch 5 "Fifteenth Anniversary Special"
Nov/Dec1947 segments - Complete organ theme and music bridges
plus show excerpts featuring Clarence Hartzell as Cousin Jediah
One Man's Family by Carlton E. Morse - Holiday Shows (90)
All feature Clarence Hartzell, who was Uncle Fletcher on Vic & Sade,
as a very similar member of the Barbour Clan, Cousin Jediah.
12/14/48 Bk 64 Ch 12 "Conclusion of a Treasure Hunt"
12/21/48 Bk 64 Ch 13 "Twas the Night Before Chrstmas"
12/29/48 Bk 64 Ch 14 "New Years Eve with the Barbour Clan"
One Man's Family by Carlton E. Morse - continuation (90)
1/04/48 Bk 65 Ch 1 "The Dying Fires of Europe"
1/11/48 Bk 65 Ch 2 "Teddy Barbour After 2 Years"
1940's Radio Premium 78s - Program Highlights "One Man's Family Looks At Life"
One Man's Family Premium - The Book of Pinky
4 1/2 Hours on three (90) tapes. The complete story compiled from 22 consecutive episodes of the daily 15" show.
Monday, Oct. 23, 1950 to Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1950
Book 79, Chapters 11-15; Book 80 Chapters 1-17
The saga of Pinky's fall from grace, as he quits school and is forced to go to work for Father Barbour to pay his debts, and his scheme to marry a rich girl to bail him out. Funny and touching. NOTE: The first tape contains 6 complete episodes. The other two tapes contain all the dramatic elements, but several repetitive commercials have been removed to fit it all on three cassettes. Trust me, if you've heard one Tabcin commercial, you've heard them all! Ditto Alka-Seltzer!
NIGHTWATCH: A LOOK BACK - Two 90" tape set (counts as two selections)
2 -hour documentary on the first radio program to feature real police in action in the field. Original WBAI broadcast date March 19, 1982. Produced by Jack Shugg and Max Schmid 3-hour package will include two complete episodes from the series.
FUNNY BUSINESS - STEVE ALLEN INTERVIEW June 6, 1983 (2x60)
Produced by Jack Shugg and Max Schmid. Includes several cuts from his records Funny Fone Calls, with Jerry Lewis, Mel Brooks, Red Skelton, Johnny Carson, as well as an oral history of the start of The Tonight Show, the story behind Schmock!, discussion of his cohorts on television, and other aspects of Steve's varied career. He also analyzes the great radio comedians (with soundbites). 2 hours - counts as one selection.
MP3 List
NEW FOR 2004 - GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO PREMIUM LIST
MP3 Files on CD-R discs
First, a word about this method of collecting and storing audio - MP3 is a computer file compression method that greatly reduces the size of .wav (audio) files. This allows many more programs to be stored on a CDR disc or portable playback device. The compression rate is variable - the lower the compression, the larger the file.
Old-time radio show collecting has seen a resurgence, thanks to file sharing over the Internet. In my opinion, however, this has led to a loss in audio quality of many of the programs, due to over-compression of the audio in order to save bandwidth. I am listing the following discs from a number of sources, but I’m grading them as to quality and file size.
Note: The program files on these discs cannot be played in a regular CD player. They can be played on the computer with nearly any audio program, such as Windows Media Player, WinAmp, or RealPlayer, as well as many newer home DVD players, or you can load them into portable MP3 devices. Special Note: Each disc counts as one selection!
Best Quality (overkill) - 44/192 Stereo
(dates are noted by year-month-day preceding title)
THIS IS YOUR FBI - 13 shows
500818 (281) The Vanishing Witness; 500908 (284) The Swing Shift Racketeers; 500915 (285) Flop House Frame-Up; 510810 (332) The Adopted Thief; 510831 (335) Ghost Town; 510907 (336) The Curious Fisherman; 510928 (339) The Harvest; 511005 (340) The Hostage; 511012 (341) The Tropical Frame-Up; 511019 (342) The Stranger; 511026 (343) Citizen Caldwell; 511109 (345) The Traveling Bride; 511123 (347) The Flying Felon
JACK BENNY - 44/192 Stereo - 14 shows
471116 (07) Cleaning Jack's Den; 480222 (21) From Palm Springs, California; 480229 (22) Jack's Girlfriend Gladys Comes To Rehearsal; 480307 (23) Jack Benny Is The Walking Man; 480314 (24) Winner Of The Walking Man Contest; 480321 (25) The Academy Awards Are Discussed; 480411 (28) Murder At The Racquet Club (Part 1); 480418 (29) Murder At The Racquet Club (Part 2); 480425 (30) Charlie's Aunt; 480502 (31) Guest, Frank Sinatra; 480509 (32) Ronald Colman's Oscar Is Returned; 480516 (33) Robert Taylor Subs For Jack; 480523 (34) The Egg And I; 480530 (35) I Was Framed
AMOS & ANDY Disc 1 (VS 01) - 15 shows
441201 The Ink Flow Fountain Pen Agency; 441208 Guest, Frank Morgan; 441215 Fake Suicide; 441222 Guest, Paul Taylor Chorus; 441229 New Year's Eve Show; 450105 Guest, Victor Moore (r); 450112 One Phony Antique; 450119 Adoption Woes; 450126 Lovelorn Column; 450202 The Lawsuit Against Andy; 450209 Andy Plays Sailor; 450216 A Bad Valentine; 450223 Old Boy Friend; 450302 Income Tax Problems; 450309 More Tax Problems
AMOS & ANDY Disc 2 - 12 shows
431231 (11) New Years Eve with E G Robinson; 450316 Lecture Bureau; 450323 Prentiss Clothing Company; 450330 Easter Hat; 450406 Place To Call Home; 450420 Second Hand Car; 450427 Marriage Vows; 450504 Beautiful Baby Contest; 450511 The Insurance Policy; 450518 A Case of Bullion; 450525 Andy The Sailor; 450601 Engaged To Hattie McDaniel
Note for the following three Quiet Please discs (especially the first one): While the files are high quality, the original discs are very noisy - some are quite poor sound, but the best that exists. The sound improves after Disc One.
QUIET PLEASE - Disc 01 - 14 shows
470608 (01) Nothing Behind The Door (surface noise); 470615 (02) I Have Been Looking For You (surface noise);
470622 (03) We Were Here First (very rough); 470629 (04) The Ticket Taker (very rough); 470720 (05) Cornelia (surface noise); 470727 (06) I Remember Tomorrow (slight surface noise); 470803 (07) Inquest; 470810 (08) Bring Me To Life;
470910 (14) How Are You Pal; 471006 (18) Not Enough Time; 471013 (19) Camera Obscura; 471027 (21) Don’t Tell Me About Halloween; 471103 (22) Take Me Out To The Graveyard; 471110 (23) Three
QUIET PLEASE - Disc 02 - 14 shows
471117 (24) Kill Me Again; 471124 (25) In Memory Of Bernadine; 471201 (26) Come In, Eddie; 471208 (27) Some People Don't Die; 471215 (28) Little Fellow; 471229 (30) Rain On New Year's Eve; 480105 (31) Little Visitor; 480112 (32) The Room Where The Ghosts Live; 480119 (33) Baker's Dozen; 480126 (34) Green Light; 480202 (35) The Pathetic Fallacy; 480209 (36) A Red And White Guidon; 480216 (37) Whence Came You; 480223 (38) Wear The Dead Man’s Coat
QUIET PLEASE - Disc 03 - 14 shows
480301 (39) Sketch For A Screen Play; 480308 (40) Never Send To Know; 480322 (42) A Night To Forget: 480405 (44) I Always Marry Juliet; 480412 (45) Twelve To Five; 480419 (46) Clarissa; 480426 (47) Thirteen And Eight;480503 (48) How Beautiful Upon The Mountain; 480510 (49) There Are Shadows Here; 480517 (50) Gem Of The Purest Ray; 480524 (51) In The House Where I Was Born; 480614 (54) Not Responsible After 30 Years; 480628 (55) Let The Lillies Consider; 480705 (56) Wahine Tahiti.mp3
New for 2005 - Kids Shows 44/96 Mono
LET’S PRETEND - 12 shows 12/19/42 #5 Prince Gigi and the Magic Ring; 12/26/42 #6 House of the World- xmas special (open missing)
5/04/46 Jorinda and Joringal; 8/10/46 Story of Faithful John; (the rest are from Armed Forces Radio Service) #328 The Golden Fleece;
#329 House in the Wood; #330 Song of Hiawatha; #332 Aladdin and His Lamp; #350 Six Swans; #365 Giant Without a Heart;
#366 Six Traveled; #328 The Tinder Box; LAND OF THE LOST-4 shows 10/28/45 Knives of the Square Table; 11/04/45 Mike Pike and Kid Squid; 12/22/45 Blue Pearl of Atlantis; 12/30/45 Ralph Royster the Oyster BUCK ROGERS - 2 episodes 1939; UNCLE JOE’S CURIO SHOP-1929 #11 SubAutoPlane; CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON #313 1/29/44 Stolen Food; (possibly more will be added)
Jean Shepherd Live at the Village Limelight 1967 (44/96 Mono)
Seven newly discovered shows from the end of the run - news and commercials cut
10/7/67 Concrete Mexicans / Shep, the Colonel; and Sweetheart Pillows; 10/14/67 Judgment Day / Book Report for Miss Bryfogel
10/21/67 Marching Bands and Dead Chickens; 11/04/67 Jobs / 2nd Lieutenant Shepherd; 11/11/67 Hobbies, Radar, Beer and Tonsils
11/18/67 Army Movies/Chow in the Mess Hall; 11/25/67 Boredom in the Army/USO Pass (this one is short due to a chunk missing in the middle); 12/09/67 Sunrise Semester/The New York Woman /Gas Masks
Great Quality - 44/192 Mono
JEAN SHEPHERD - 17 shows from 1968 44/128 Mono
From adequate AM airchecks - 6-15-68 Animal Kingdom & Dead Flies; 6-18-68 Campaign Cliches; 6-20-68 Exciting Places; 6-22-68 Dirt Track Racing; 6-24-68 More on WWI Planes; 6-26-68 Peanut Butter Anonymous - Letter from the Rockies; 6-27-68 Dr Fu Man Chu; 6-28-68 Weird Poetry by T.S. Elliot, Elizabeth Bishop and Kenneth Patchen; 7-02-68 Backsliding; 7-03-68 Losing Your Eyebrows; 7-05-68 Stuffed Cats and Radio Technology; 7-??-68 Trip to Barbados; 7-20-68 Going to the Races; 7-??-68 Trip to Granada; 7/31?/68 Starlings; 8/01?/68 The Life That We Live; 8-03-68 Fireman Fred the Evangelist (Sat.)
JEAN SHEPHERD - 15 shows from 1976 44/128 Mono
From good AM airchecks - 1/02/76 Hurling Invective; 1/06/76 Crime & Punishment; Playing Hooky; 1/08/76 Soldering Iron as Gift; 1/09/76 Slobus Americanus; 1/13/76 Wonderama; Kiddie Show Host; 1/15/76 - Service, Winter, Flick’s Tongue; 1/16/76 Mythical Countries; 1/22/76 The Driver, or Jesus Saves; 1/23/76 Trips Around the US; 1/29/76 Kazoo Music and Taxidermy; 1/30/76 Witch Doctor Calls; 2/02/76 Pepino the Monkey and the Hot Peppers; 2/03/76 Reporter with Lion Tamer; 2/04/76 Transmitter Maintenance and Old Geography Book; 2/05/76 Hot Air Balloon
Good Quality 44/48 to 44/64 Mono
X MINUS ONE - The complete NBC Science-Fiction Series on 2 Discs 1955-1957 (counts as two selections)
125 shows, plus about a dozen Dimension X and more.
About 80% of these shows are done in decent-quality 64k,
the rest are 32, a few as low as 24. Too many titles to list.
Counts as two selections. Thanks to Jim Freund
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO - 2 DISCS
mostly 44/48 - Counts as two selections
DISC ONE 1940-45 - 46 shows and even a video clip
DISC TWO 1945-49 - 46 shows plus pictures and documents
Mediocre (Standard) Quality - 22/32 Mono
This is the standard sample rate for OTR shows in common usage - For those who want quantity, not quality.
VIC & SADE - all existing shows on 2 discs, at least it seems to be! The quality is overall the best I’ve heard on many of these shows. This set includes more than 80 recently discovered programs, and all the old ones. Highly recommended! This despite the fact that some idiot decided to encode most of them at 11/32 Stereo.
Counts as two selections.
DISC ONE 1937-42 - 172 Shows, 36 ½ hours
DISC TWO 1942-46 - 164 shows, 38+ hours, including the 1945 revival series and ½-hour Summer shows.
BOB & RAY - 4 DISCS - The contents of these are all different, although there may be a lot of overlap over the course of the discs. However, due to the large number of shows, how can you go wrong? Each disc is one selection.
Vol 1 OTR Shows 1949-1958 - 31 hours
Vol 2 OTR Shows - 34 hours
B&R V1 OTR.net - 33 1/2 hours
B&R V2 OTR.net - 1959-1973 - 31 hours
JUDY CANOVA SHOW 22/32 - 33 shows plus pix
THE PHIL HARRIS/ALICE FAYE SHOW 22/32
88 Shows (7 are Real Audio files)
HENRY MORGAN 22/32 - 6 Here’s Morgan 15" shows,
25 Henry Morgan network shows, 2 1959 WBAI shows
DINAH SHORE 22/32 - 61 assorted shows, music and variety, including Birdseye Open House and Command Performance
CBS RADIO WORKSHOP 22/32 - 84 shows - nearly complete series (2 missing)
NORMAN CORWIN COLLECTION 22/32 - 23 shows: 6 American in England, 2 This Is War, 10 Columbia, etc
THE SHADOW - 3 Discs 22/32 - counts as three selections
Most existing shows, but many mis-labeled shows - repeats often used with incorrect dates to replace missing episodes..
DISC ONE 1937 to 1940 - 34 Orson Welles shows, 44 Bill Johnstone shows, several fakes also (not counted in totals)
DISC TWO 1940 to 1946 - 43 Bill Johnstone shows, 32 Bret Morrison shows, and John Archer and Australian shows.
DISC THREE 1947 to 1954 - c. 65 Bret Morrison shows, plus photos, documentaries, and the Leo 1960s LP.
DARK FANTASY 22/32 and 44/64 - decent sound - 26 shows 1940-42 horror series
MOLLE MYSTERY THEATER 22/32 - 57 shows - great series
JACK WEBB SAMPLER mostly 22/32 - Almost 30 hours. 10 Dragnet, 7 Escape, 24 Jeff Regan, 2 Johnny Madero, 23 Pat Novak for Hire, 7 Pete Kelly’s Blues, 3 Suspense, 2 Whistler, more
THAT HAMMER GUY - MIKE HAMMER 22/32
12 shows, original tapes pretty bad
THAT STRONG GUY - 7 shows 22/40 - all known shows -
sound not great
A few standard Audio CDs, play in any CD player
JEAN SHEPHERD PREMIUM CDs
Shep CD 1 6-17-68 Sounds of WWI Planes
6-19-68 Vote For The Tiger and Raising Worms
Shep CD 2 6-21-68 Krapp's Last Tape
7-??-68 The Bumpus Hounds
Shep CD 3 7-04-68 Ludlow Kissel And The Dago Bomb; July '68 Creatures of Nature [first 17" missing]
TOMORROW - Amazing '50s Civil Defense show, part sci-fi, part propaganda -Book by Philip Wylie, Starring Orson Welles 60"
NORMAN CORWIN ALL-NETWORK SPECIAL
12/15/41 We Hold These Truths - With an All-Star Cast 60"
Planned for the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, but then Pearl Harbor happened. Thrilling and patriotic as hell.
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Vintage broadcasts from the 1930s, '40s, and
'50s, laughs, love, thrills and adventure in the theater of the mind.
Host/producer profiles: Your host, a mysterious character who aids
the forces of law and order, is in reality Max Schmid. A man of
wealth, a student of science, and a master of other people's minds,
Schmid devotes his life to righting wrongs, protecting the innocent,
and punishing the guilty. Years ago in the Orient, Schmid learned a
strange and mysterious secret, the hypnotic power to cloud men's
minds so that they cannot see him. Never seen, only heard, as
haunting to superstitious minds as a ghost; inevitable as a guilty
conscience, this man of mystery strikes terror in the very souls of
sharpsters, lawbreakers, and criminals.
