THE HOBBIT - JRR Tolkien. Read Nicol Williamson-Abr-{FerraBit}
- Type:
- Audio > Audio books
- Files:
- 65
- Size:
- 294.21 MB
- Spoken language(s):
- English
- Tag(s):
- JRR Tolkien Nicol Williamson The Lord Of The Rings The Hobbit Conifer Records
- Quality:
- +10 / -0 (+10)
- Uploaded:
- Feb 3, 2009
- By:
- FerraBit
This is a TPB listing of an existing torrent - I did not create it.
Thanks to the original (unknown) poster of the torrent
I post it here (and Demoniod, Mininova) to encourage a longtime healthy seed.
I grew up listening to this recording (Conifer Records 1973) and hence, prefer it to all other versions, even though it is abridged.
I literally wore out my original LPs of it.
It is in wma format- if you want MP3's, iTunes or others will convert the files for you (you might want to adjust your import settings down - 96kbps mono is usually fine for audio books, although there is some nice music in this recording).
The entire recording (in 10 minute segments) is also available on/watch?v=fihFNfmZ4u4
Cheers, FerraBit
January 2009
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From the included info file:
Type.................: Audiobook
Platform.............: CD (encoded to WMA)
Number of Parts......: CD1 (16 Files) CD2 (17 Files) CD3 (18 Files)
Title................: The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
Artist...............: Read by Nicol Williamson
Album................: The Hobbit- A Demetriou Production
Year.................: 1973
Genre................: Spoken Word (children)
Comment..............: 'The Hobbit' Read by Nicol Williamson.
A Demetriou Production adapted and directed by Harley Usill.
Released by Conifer Records 1973.
Type.................: Abridged
Duration.............: CD1 (1 hr 12 min) CD2 (1 hr 12 min) CD3 (1hr 9 min)
Number of Tracks.....: 51 tracks
Audio Format.........: Windows Media
Ripper...............: Windows Media Player
Encoder..............: Windows Media Encoder
Bitrate..............: 192 (CBR)
Hz...................: 44,100
Channels.............: Stereo
Source...............: CD [from LP]
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This CD was created using the audio cassette release of the original recording.
I personally believe it to be of excellent quality as making a copy using the
original LP source is prone to sounding crackly and scratchy.
I have not sought to tamper with the audio in any way to reduce tape hiss etc
because again I found that it muffled the original audio somewhat. As such, no
noise reduction (Dolby B/C or other) has been applied. If one should choose to
do so subsequently- that of course is entirely up to you.
I have trasferred all 3 cassettes to 3 CDs. For ease in uploading the CD has
been condensed and encoded in WMA format (192k). I have incorporated my own
chapter points- each track approximates to around 4-5 minutes. I have labelled
the chapter points in accordance with the actual chapters of the book.
I hope you enjoy this recording for it is by far the best audio reading of the
book and indeed outstrips any known dramatisation of the work to date- a
testament to the vocal abilities of the performer Nicol Williamson. Each
character he voices- though there are many- all are given a unique identity.
This together with incidental music throughout the recording adds to its
perfection and all credit should be given to the Director Harley Usill.
[?: Anyone think it's worth it to post a MP3 version of this? -FerraBit]
Thank you very very much.
Awesome, thanks FerraBit!!
I personally convert everything to .m4b anyway, so mp3 doesn't really matter to me.
I personally convert everything to .m4b anyway, so mp3 doesn't really matter to me.
FerraBit at 2009-04-21 23:20 CET:
Y'all are oh so welcome!
Thanks for the feedback.
And thanks to all the seeders.
"Good heavens"
"Good gracious me!"
Thanks for the feedback.
And thanks to all the seeders.
"Good heavens"
"Good gracious me!"
thank you my friend : )
stuck at 99.4% 8 files on 99%. a fue min of seed FerraBit and it should be done, i can seed after that.
i own thi book but id pefere to listen to is because i like the voices the reader makes and i like walking as i listen to it. :0
see here for the mp3 version: http://audiobookcorner.blogspot.com/2008/06/jrr-tolkien-hobbit-1974.html
"This is, hands down, the best of ALL audio versions of The Hobbit. It puts the full cast BBC version to shame because Williamson is a master storyteller and truly a master of voices.
He must have done a couple of dozen different character voices for this recording, and they're good --much "closer to Jackson" and, somewhat ironically, more authentic sounding than the BBC radio play performances."
He must have done a couple of dozen different character voices for this recording, and they're good --much "closer to Jackson" and, somewhat ironically, more authentic sounding than the BBC radio play performances."
yo i listened to the whole thing and its missing some of the story either that or the modern books are bonkers bassically it doesnt have the bit with cakes and how they wanted cake anyways thanx nicol williamson rules but the scotch are gay even though im part scotch
FerraBit at 2009-10-04 03:03 CET:
Thanks again for the feedback!
@Lutanist - uh, in case you missed the title and description, it's abridged (with Tolkien's input input & blessing I think)
@PenniesOS - woot!
@kiwidalan - yeah, sorry about the poor seeding.
my uTorrent cycles through ~100+ of my torrents.
I think TPB now adds it to all torrents, but it's becoming standard to manually add [ http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce ] to all (old & new) torrents nowadays.
Peace ye Pirates.
@Lutanist - uh, in case you missed the title and description, it's abridged (with Tolkien's input input & blessing I think)
@PenniesOS - woot!
@kiwidalan - yeah, sorry about the poor seeding.
my uTorrent cycles through ~100+ of my torrents.
I think TPB now adds it to all torrents, but it's becoming standard to manually add [ http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce ] to all (old & new) torrents nowadays.
Peace ye Pirates.
Hands down indeed, the BEST version of The Hobbit read by "the man with a thousand accents" or thereabouts. I found this elsewheres but the kb rate was rather low and I am delighted to have found your offering. I too enjoyed this 'un tremendously as a child and cannae wait to listen to it again. And at 192 kbs no less. Much better than 24kbs I can tell you.
And thank you!
i just love it, u made me go back to my childhood
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