J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings His The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring

Overview:

  • Title: J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings His The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Year: 1975
  • Publisher: Caedmon
  • Binding: audio LP
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: J. R. R. Tolkien Reads and Sings His The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Notes:
    • Selections read by J. R. R. Tolkien. From a tape recording made by the author in August, 1952, at the home of George Sayer in Malvern, Worcestershire, England.
    • "© Caedmon Records, Inc., 1975"
    • 1 LP. Side 1 timing 29:43, side 2 20:23.
    • No price code on cover. Unknown pressing.
    • Descriptive notes by George Sayer on rear cover.
    • Cover art credited to Tolkien on the rear cover.
    • Contents Side 1: Selection from The Hobbit. Chapter 5, Riddles in the Dark: "Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum."
    • Contents Side 2: Selections from The Fellowship of the Ring. Book 1, chapter 2, The Shadow of the Past: "I cannot read the fiery letters"; Book 1, chapter 3, Three Is Company: "The road goes ever on and on"; Book 1, chapter 3, Three is Company: "Upon the hearth the fire is red"; Book 1, chapter 3, Three is Company: "Snow-white! Snow-white!"; Book 1, chapter 5, A Conspiracy Unmasked: "The voice of Pippin"; Book 1, chapter 5, A Conspiracy Unmasked: "Farewell we call to hearth and hall!"; Book 1, chapter 6, "The Old Forest: "Hey! Come merry dol!" and "Hop along, my little friends"; Book 1, chapter 9, At the Sign of the Prancing Pony: "There is an inn"; Book 1, chapter 11, A Knife in the Dark: "Gil-galad was an Elven-king"; Book 1, chapter 11, A Knife in the Dark: "I will tell you the tale of Tinúviel"; Book 1, chapter 12, Flight to the Ford: "Standing up, with his hands behind his back"; Book 2, chapter 1, Many Meetings: "They got up and withdrew"; Book 2, chapter 4, A Journey in the Dark: "The world was young, the mountains green"; Book 2, chapter 6, Lothlórien: "An Elvin-maid there was of old"; Book 2, chapter 7, The Mirror of Galadriel: "When evening in the Shire"; Book 2, chapter 7, The Mirror of Galadriel: unpublished poem; Book 2, chapter 8, Farewell to Lórien: "Ai! laurië lantar."