Like many others, my first experience with Caedmon Lps was listening to
Dylan Thomas. A later release I acquired in the mid-60s was Terry-Thomas
and Roger Livesey in two Wodehouse Bertie and Jeeves stories. Together with
Stephen Fry's later one, Livesey's Jeeves was the finest impersonation I
ever heard.
I listened to spoken word recordings the way I listened to every other
record, I played it and listened to it, then put it away when I was done.
If one listened with others, we all listened quietly, usually refraining
from comment or discussion until the recording was over. Lps weren't
considered breakable but they were easily damaged through careless
handling, so there was an element of ritual essential to their use by those
who valued them, even if they were not collectors. Not owning a changer, I
was never tempted to listen to a stack of discs while doing something else,
and an Lp side was usually too short for listening while engaged in a
complicated or lengthy task that would not easily bear interruption. For
that, FM classical radio was the ideal choice. Many a project was done to
the accompaniment of a Saturday Met Opera broadcast.
DDR
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Matthew Rubery <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Did anyone out there listen to Caedmon’s records in the 1950s, 60s, or 70s?
> If so, I’m curious to know how people actually listened to the spoken word
> recordings. Did you sit around the record player in the living room? Did
> you do other things while listening? Did you listen alone or in a group?
> Any recollections would be very welcome.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
> http://www.sed.qmul.ac.uk/staff/ruberym.html
>
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