I hope that those who listen to this superb recording by Nicol will also be interested in reading his biography, Black Sheep, which was published to glowing reviews last year. Nicol has a true love for the works of J.R.R. I got a friend to record it on cassette tapes for me and I listened to it over and over. Get hold of whoever did the music for the Hobbit recording also, as it was a perfect union. I have a slight prejudice against audio books because, like flicks, they can be used as a replacement to guide. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Yet ultimately, the birth of the story was oral in nature: going to bed tales Tolkein told his kids. My Dearest! I am offically adding my vote for a re-release in CD format. Required fields are marked *. Total running time is about 3½ hours The narration is entirely by Nicol Williamson and his use of regional British accents and tones brings the characters alive in a way that nothing else even approaches. It never gets old. What happened?! I too, would LOVE to have this redistributed. In 1974, Nicol Williamson recorded an abridged reading of The Hobbit for Argo Records, authorization for the abridgement having been provided by Tolkien’s publisher. The you-tube version is quite nice but it is not sufficiently portable. I see from the remarks here that I am not the only one to search in vain until now. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Sheep-Authorised-Biography-Williamson/dp/0750983450/. Nicol’s reading of The Hobbit looms large in my memory of growing up – it gave much delight and in many ways was responsible for waking a (Tookish?) Had the Vinyl record - and this is that recording in mp3, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 May 2020. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 September 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2019. What’s great is you can hear that distinct record “noise” on the CD’s. I was brought up on this recording, and still have the cassette tapes, but no way to play them. Join our community. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2020. I WISH the complete original recordings were available commercially on CD and/or for download. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. What an absolute treat to have this in it's full glory again. … the greatest actor since Marlon Brando. There's a problem loading this menu right now. They should have cast Nicol as Gandalf in the film! Since I have the amazing opporunity of speaking to the narrator, I fear I must also take issue with his intonation in the phrase “on an eagle’s back this time”, where Nicol stresses the eagle, but the point of the sentence is that he’s riding on the eagle’s _back_ instead of being seized by terrible talons. Nichol’s reading of The Hobbit gave me so much pleasure as a child – my parents had the LPs on almost perpetual loan from our local library back in the ’80s, but as I unfortunately never owned a copy myself, I hadn’t heard it for nigh on twenty years until I found my way here by accident. Nicol (not Nicole) Williamson's performance is sensational. I have it on an original set of audio cassettes and was most put out some years ago when the first tape snapped and shredded the first couple of paragraphs. It is wonderful to hear it again. We built a radio station that pulls from our favorite films, stories, musicians, and artists who have adventured into, and sometimes out of, the mythical and historical worlds that inspire all of us. I looked for a new version but was always disappointed until now. The Hobbit Audiobook Free. Besides, I got to the point that I didn’t really need the tapes as every word and accent is embedded in my memory! Can anyone confirm that I have the complete version in both the MP3’s and the 4 tape set (I believe there was a shorter 2 tape set released?) Nicol Williamson and the Definitive Hobbit December 13, 2013 Joseph Susanka Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! We were talking recently about his doing the same thing with Lord of the Rings, I think he would enjoy recording it immensely. I cannot advocate this too extremely. Being that The Hobbit is Bilbo’s own journal, this mode makes sense. 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