Dylan Thomas:The Caedmon CD Collection

by Dylan; Dylan Thomas Thomas

On February 22, 1952, Dylan Thomas made his first recording for Caedmon Records, "A Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems. It was the first of many albums Thomas was to record for Caedmon. This recording launched not only Caedmon, but the spoken-word industry as well.Here, at long last, in celebration of 50 years of spoken-word publishing, Caedmon presents "Dylan The Caedmon Collection.This collection includes Thomas' "Fern Hill" and "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," his "Adventures in the Skin Trade and "Quite Early One Morning, and his final work -- "Under Milk Wood, a play. The recording of "Under Milk Wood included here is the only one in existence with Dylan Thomas in the cast. It owes its remarkable existence to the serendipitous placement of a microphone at center stage minutes before the curtain was raised.

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published February 1, 2002

Reviews

[Brian MacAskill · Rating 5 out of 5]

How many of your heroes will you hear? Most are dead.

This one was still alive, not in my lifetime (though terribly close), but through the wonders of modern technology I understand more of him, because I have heard his voice alive.

[Pelican Rapids · Rating 3 out of 5]

only listened to first couple of discs because they were out of order