CD-Charts Position 41
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Old Time Radio: Comedy & Laughter

CD-Charts > Music > Radio Shows
from: Radio Spirits

Release Date September 15, 1998
Thank You to the people who decided to recover all these great memories of the past.When I was a child we sat in front of the radio for hours and listened to these wonderful broadcasts!
WONDERFUL!

CD-Charts Position 42
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Best of Radio Comedy

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by: Jack Benny & Fred Allen

Release Date November 21, 1995
Thank You to the people who decided to recover all these great memories of the past.When I was a child we sat in front of the radio for hours and listened to these wonderful broadcasts!
WONDERFUL!

CD-Charts Position 43
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Radio Stars of America

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by: Burns & Allen

Release Date August 23, 2005
I was disappointed by this CD. I am going to have to hunt for a better selection of Burns & Allen.

CD-Charts Position 44
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Best of the Marx Brothers

CD-Charts > Music > Radio Shows
by: Marx Brothers

Release Date June 27, 2005
I was disappointed by this CD. I am going to have to hunt for a better selection of Burns & Allen.

CD-Charts Position 45
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A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry

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by: Charles Mingus

Release Date October 17, 1995
1957 was a prolific year for Charles Mingus: He recorded "The Clown," New Tijuana Moods," "East Coasting" and this, "A Modern Symposium of Music and Poetry" (all following his breakthrough album Pithecanthropus Erectus the year before.) This album features such great Mingus players as Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Shafi Hadi on sax, Bill Hardman and Clarence Shaw on trumpet (with Bill Hardman on "Nouroog"), Horace Parlan on piano (alternating with Bob Hammer), and the indispensable Dannie Richmond banging the drums.

"Scenes in the City" (11 minutes, 49 seconds) is probably Mingus' most successful integration of words and music. Much credit goes to Melvin Stewart's compelling narration: His beautifully spoken words capture the anger, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 46
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Who's on First: A Collection of Classic Routines

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by: Abbott & Costello

Release Date September 15, 2000
Abbott and Costello are comedy classics. Their fast-paced dialogue will keep you laughing even if you've heard the routines before. The quality is tinny and sounds scratchy if you're used to the smoothed out quality of digitized recordings, you may not like this CD; however, if you remember listening to the duo on scratched vinyl, this may be your lucky day, because the CD sounds like their originals. This is a lot of fun for the whole family.

Rebecca Kyle, August 2008

CD-Charts Position 47
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The Golden Age of Comedy

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by: Bob Hope & Bing Crosby

Release Date April 14, 2003
Abbott and Costello are comedy classics. Their fast-paced dialogue will keep you laughing even if you've heard the routines before. The quality is tinny and sounds scratchy if you're used to the smoothed out quality of digitized recordings, you may not like this CD; however, if you remember listening to the duo on scratched vinyl, this may be your lucky day, because the CD sounds like their originals. This is a lot of fun for the whole family.

Rebecca Kyle, August 2008

CD-Charts Position 48
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Les Miserables

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by: Orson Welles

Release Date January 01, 1995
The copyright has expired on this program

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CD-Charts Position 49
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A Prairie Home Collection: Great Moments From the Original Radio Show

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from: MISC

Release Date 2006
The copyright has expired on this program

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CD-Charts Position 50
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Detectives and Crime Fighters

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by: Various Artists

Release Date April 06, 2004
This set and the Old Time Radio: Master Detectives (ISBN: 1570193649) set are nearly identical. Both sets have 10 CD's and 9 of those 10 are the same. The only difference is that the older Master Detectives set has a disc devoted to Jeff Regan, Investigator (a pre-Dragnet show staring Jack Webb), and this newer set has The Shadow instead of Jeff Regan. And since The Shadow is a true classic of old radio, that makes this newer set clearly superior.

The episodes of the Shadow on this set are very good (both staring Bill Johnstone). But my favorite episodes are from Sam Spade and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. Sam Spade was the greatest of the hard-boiled detectives, with most of the toughness of Philip Marlowe and a far better sense ... Read More: