KFC Training Video (Audio Only)

Vintage Radio Jingles

Retrospace has posted a link (with some samples) to a fantastic collection of vintage radio jingles.

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The Monster of Frankenstein (Book and Record)

Link (posted at the Crosseyed Cyclops)

24 hour High Quality Internet Old Time Radio Station

Radiooncemore is now producing a very high quality old time radio station (on live365.com). For some reason the audio is stuttering for me (but I am used to many things just not quite working correctly on my Ubuntu computer).

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Jean Shepherd on Archive.org

I don't know how long he has been there but archives of Jean's WOR shows are now available on archive.org. Who is Jean Shepherd you may ask? Have you ever seen A CHRISTMAS STORY? He is the original author/scriptwriter/narrator of the movie that is based on vivid retellings from his childhood memories. Highly recommended.

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(Compilations of holiday episodes which include many of the stories that inspired the movie can be found here (and here) (and here).)

A Christmas Carol - FREE Audio Books, Old-Time Radio, and Ebooks

Pick from a few different audiobook versions of this Dickens classic (or pick them all):

Narrated by Antonia Bath
Narrated by Kristen McQuillin
Narrated by Patrick Stewart

Bonus:
Download the eboook (many formats from manybooks.net
BBC Old-Time Radio Version (Ralph Richardson as Scrooge)
Sleeping Dogs Radio Playhouse Audio Drama Production
12 Different Old-Time Radio Versions of the Story

Jack Benny Christmas Shows (Old-Time Radio)

The humor is sometimes corny - after all it has been 70 years since many of these shows originally aired - but I always enjoy this show. There are about 14 episodes to choose from and I don't think that you can go wrong with any of them.

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Creeps By Night (1944 Old-Time Radio Series)

Boris Karloff hosted the West Coast version of this show (some of these episodes are the east coast version hosted by Dr. X).

Boris Karloff Narrates Rip Van Winkle

Follow this link to download your own copy.

Listuniverse's Top Ten Audio Recordings of All Time

What I thought I was going to find when I clicked on this link: The Hindenberg, the Cubs win, Kennedy's 'ask not what you can do for your country'.

What I found: Jim Jones last 30 minutes of life in Guyana as he ordered everyone to drink the cyanide laced kool-aid (I can't believe this sicko actually recorded this event!), the first recorded pope, a vintage Russian excorcism and more.

Highly recommended. I am just about to start listening to Jim Jones and I have to say I have quite a bit of trepidation about doing so!

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Jim Jones/Jonestown/Guyana - Streaming Audio


First Recording On a Phonograph - Streaming Audio

The Secret Cavern of Read Along Treasures

I think that I may have highlighted this site before but if so it has been a couple of years and I have lots of new readers since then.

If you grew up in the 70's or early 80's you are sure to remember these read along/Power records things. The idea is that there is actual audio from your favorite tv show or movie on a record that you can play at home - - and usually these things also came with a read-a-long book illustrated with either photographs or artwork similar to that found in most children's books. It may sound kind of silly to today's kids but remember that this was the pre-VCR/DVD days in which the actual experience of watching anything that you want to watch again without being at the mercy of your local tv programmers was nearly unimaginable. The Secret Cavern of Read Along Treasures has probably over a hundred of these releases available for your downloading pleasure representing almost every genre - movies, tv, comic books, cartoons, sports heroes, etc.

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The Six Million Dollar Man Book and Record Set

1 - The Birth of the Bionic Man


2 - Bionic Berserker


3 - The Man From the Future


4 - The Iron Heart




Download the complete set (audio and book) (mp3 files and .pdf book scan)

40 Years Ago - the Lunar Landing

I got a USB record player yesterday and just finished transferring this limited edition souvenir record from 1969. I was going to wait to post this until the actual 40th anniversary but there is actually some JFK audio included so it still fits. Enjoy.

Side 1 (streaming)


Side 2 (streaming)




Link (direct download MP3's from Rapidshare)

Blaxspoitation Movie Ads For the Radio

Dr. Forrest's Cheeze Factory has posted a really cool set of radio spots (ads) for Blaxsploitation movies from the 70's. Highly recommended!

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Classic Arcade Sounds from 1982

Picture this - it's 1982 and this guy takes his tape recorder into the arcades to record the ambient sounds. At the time most people probably looked at him as if he were some rare form of geek but today his audio recordings are somewhat priceless as they capture a bygone era. Follow the link below to hear literally hundreds of audio samples.

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Drop Dead! by Arch Oboler (mp3)

Most of you will be saying 'who?' but those of you really in the know, the true pop culture junkies (ok, old time radio may be pre-pop culture so you are excused) will immediately recognize the name from the classic Lights Out radio (and tv) show.

Click here to download from WFMU.

Click here to download Lights Out from archive.org.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater (OTR MP3)

In the 1970's, CBS attempted to revive the radio drama with this great show. Similar to the old radio broadcasts The Mysterious Traveler, The Whistler, and Suspense, the series normally focused on the macabre with an occasional foray into other genres. Broadcast nightly, it ran from 1976-1982 and totalled 1799 episodes. This show was very well produced and is a great example of radio drama at it's finest.





Download at archive.org:

Set 1 - 65 episodes
Set 2 - 59 episodes
Set 3 - 30 episodes