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Side 1: The Hobbit Read By Merlin! Nicol Williamson reads The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien on cassette!
Hi everyone!
This video is the first in the series of Nicol Williamson (Merlin in Excalibur) performing "The Hobbit", by J.R.R. Tolkien. Specifically this is part 1 of 8.
This is another series inspired by books on tape I took out of the school library and enjoyed when I was a child. Don't worry, I returned them - this version was bought from eBay ;)
Excalibur started life as a slated film version of Lord of the Rings, in which Nicol Williamson would have played Gandalf! The project fell apart, then turned into Excalibur, with Williamson playing Merlin. But we do still have this amazing audio book.
These tapes are very old and the quality fluctuates quite a bit - the first tape actually fell apart after I recorded side 1 and I had to stick it back together before I could do side 2. Overall though, the quality is acceptable I think.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoy these.
Dr Alex
P.S. I am sure BirdOPrey5 will love these too ;)
With thanks to Mindless Entertainment:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaQXDLZoKomiCqjbXS0xH_Q
And her own fencing video with the very kind shout-out at: https://youtu.be/kGALR0rycW8
And thanks to the Anti-trekker for his support and encouragement:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC20_a5xMoC85LQXw17fufEQ
And thanks also to Doomcock for his ongoing encouragement and support:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeCJB88u93eq91U0rlJsW-A
And finally, but not leastly to MechaRandom42 for her encouragement and support:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2KekYVX0xHLa4G9WmcIeJQ/featured
This video introduction was recorded using a Shure Model PG48 mic plugged into a Lenovo X201 running Linux Mint 18.2 via an Edirol AudioCapture UA-20 interface.
Recording and processing of audio performed using Audacity v2.1.2.
Video editing performed using Openshot v1.4.3.
Intro and outro music performed on an Audition semi-acoustic guitar plugged into a Marlin Reverb 50C guitar amplifier mic-ed up to an Edirol AudioCapture UA-20 interface via a Realistic Audio mic in one channel, and directly mic-ed using a Shure Model PG48 in the other channel.
If you would like to support my work financially you can do so via PayPal and if you tell me if and how you want to be known I can give you a credit in the next video :)
https://www.paypal.me/AlexLeithes
You can also support via Patreon, to also gain a credit in videos and other cool stuff ;)
https://www.patreon.com/leithes
With grateful thanks to my Patreon supporters, LifeWithMatthew and Old Media Guy.
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