Published in 1995, a year prior to the birth of Archive.org (and all that has meant to access to classic radio drama), the “The Smithsonian Collection – Old Time Radio Science Fiction” is a collection of radio dramas likely never to see physical production again. This out of print collection from Radio Spirits, featured a detailed “60” page history booklet on the history of SF in radio, and uniquely, a Ray Bradbury essay as a foreword. Here it is:
Here too are all the radio dramas included in the release:
The Mercury Theatre On the Air – The War Of the Worlds |MP3|
Suspense – Zero Hour |MP3|
Lights Out – The Meteor Man |MP3|
X Minus One – Mars Is Heaven |MP3|
The Mysterious Traveler – Operation Tomorrow |MP3|
Lights Out – Rocket From Manhattan |MP3|*
Escape – The Time Machine Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|
Family Theater – Twenty thousand Leagues Under The Sea |MP3|
Suspense – Donovan’s Brain Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|
Dimension X – The Martian Chronicles |MP3|
*I have substituted the Arch Obler’s Play version of Rocket To Manhattan for the Lights Out version, but the original Arch Obler’s Plays version is HERE.
Posted by Jesse Willis
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