The Tale of Ears includes an incredibly detailed look at the publishing history.

onthetrail wrote:

The Tale of Ears includes an incredibly detailed look at the publishing history.

That's a good resource.

The 13 1 hour episode version was first broadcast in 1987 on BBC Radio 4 on Sundays at 2.30 pm from 8th of March to the 31st of May. I probably still have these on tapes recorded from the radio, but god knows where they are...

MOD EDIT: See https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/n ... t_id=69662#forumpost69662 for details on the first 60-minute episode broadcasts

dlloyd wrote:

The 13 1 hour episode version was first broadcast in 1987 on BBC Radio 4 on Sundays at 2.30 pm from 8th of March to the 31st of May. I probably still have these on tapes recorded from the radio, but god knows where they are...

That was a repeat. They were first broadcast in 13 episodes from 17th July to 9th October 1982.

dlloyd wrote:

The 13 1 hour episode version was first broadcast in 1987 on BBC Radio 4 on Sundays at 2.30 pm from 8th of March to the 31st of May. I probably still have these on tapes recorded from the radio, but god knows where they are...

I still have 'em in the loft on Maxell tapes in boxes with inlays that I printed on dot-maxtrix. Was a ritual recording them each Sunday lunchtime in 1982.

The late Stu wrote:

I still have 'em in the loft on Maxell tapes in boxes with inlays that I printed on dot-maxtrix. Was a ritual recording them each Sunday lunchtime in 1982.

Whereas some of us were far too young to claim that distinction 😜

onthetrail wrote:

The late Stu wrote:

I still have 'em in the loft on Maxell tapes in boxes with inlays that I printed on dot-maxtrix. Was a ritual recording them each Sunday lunchtime in 1982.

Whereas some of us were far too young to claim that distinction 😜

I am quite old, and I feel older even than that. Sigh.

The funny thing with the LoTR recordings is that my Dad's radio-cassette used to make a loud interference noise every few minutes, so that was on the recordings. When I listen to the mp3s taken from the CDs, I still "hear" a loud buzz at some of the same points. I listened to my cassettes SO many times. I owe Brian Sibley a debt of gratitude for this adaptation.

onthetrail wrote:

[That was a repeat. They were first broadcast in 13 episodes from 17th July to 9th October 1982.

I stand corrected! Thanks

The late Stu wrote:

The funny thing with the LoTR recordings is that my Dad's radio-cassette used to make a loud interference noise every few minutes, so that was on the recordings. When I listen to the mp3s taken from the CDs, I still "hear" a loud buzz at some of the same points. I listened to my cassettes SO many times. I owe Brian Sibley a debt of gratitude for this adaptation.

I still have recordings from the radio when I was a kid that had talk over the ends of songs and still to this day can't listen to some songs without feeling that something is missing.