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Dylan Thomas - In Country Heaven - The Evolution of a Poem Mp3

Dylan Thomas Caedmon Records 1971

Performer: Dylan Thomas
Album: In Country Heaven - The Evolution of a Poem
Label: Caedmon Records
Catalog #: TC 1281
MP3: 1714 mb | FLAC: 2579 mb
Released: 1971
Country: US
Rating: 4.7/5
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Category: Sounds & Audiobooks

Dylan Thomas - In Country Heaven - The Evolution of a Poem Mp3

Tracklist

1	Introduction to his reading of OVER SIR JOHN'S HILL	6:35
2	Various revisions of IN COUNTRY HEAVEN which resulted in the final version: Worksheet variations of the first two stanzas of IN COUNTRY HEAVEN	8:21
3	Reminiscing
4	Worksheet variations of the next two stanzas
5	IN THE WHITE GIANT'S THIGH	5:31
6	IN COUNTRY SLEEP	9:03
7	The voice of Dylan Thomas	2:02
8	Dylan Thomas reading the three completed poems which would have formed part of IN COUNTRY HEAVEN: OVER SIR JOHN'S HILL	4:19
9	First three stanza in final form (October 1951)
10	Final form of the first two stanzas
11	The first eight stanzas and first two lines of the ninth stanza of IN COUNTRY HEAVEN	2:11

Credits

Introduction, Reading – Douglas Cleverdon (tracks: A1, A4a, A4b, A4c, A4d)
Reading – Basil Jones (tracks: A4a, A4b, A4c, A4d), Dylan Thomas (tracks: A2, B1, B2, B3), Hugh Griffith (tracks: A3, A4a, A4b, A4c, A4d)
Reminiscing – Humphrey Searle (tracks: A4e)

Notes

When Dylan Thomas died in 1953-just a few days after his thirty-ninth birthday-he was already legendary. Spectactular anecdotes of drunken, skirt-chasing raids on American campuses contended with equally spectacular accounts of the eloquence of his public readings. Everyone who had met him (and many who had not) had a story to tell.

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- John Unterecker

This recording was released by arrangement with BBC Radio Enterprises.

Cover: Photograph by Rollie McKenna
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Library of Congress Number 70-751792

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