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First, a word about this method of collecting and storing audio - MP3 is a computer file compression method that greatly reduces the size of .wav (audio) files.  This allows many more programs to be stored on a CDR disc or portable playback device.  The compression rate is variable - the lower the compression, the larger the file.
 Old-time radio show collecting has seen a resurgence, thanks to file sharing over the Internet. In my opinion, however, this has led to a loss in audio quality of many of the programs, due to over-compression of the audio in order to save bandwidth.  I am listing the following discs from a number of sources, but I’m grading them as to quality and file size.
 

Note: The program files on these discs cannot be played in a regular CD player.  They can be played on the computer with nearly any audio program, such as Windows Media Player, WinAmp, or RealPlayer, as well as many newer home DVD players, or you can load them into portable MP3 devices.  Special Note: Each disc counts as one selection!

 

 

19 new MP3 selections at music quality rate - 256K
5 to 6 hours of quality programming per disc.

Added July 2005
Dimension X - NBC Science Fiction Series - Volume 1
# 01 04 08 50 The Outer Limit
# 02 04 15 50 With Folded Hands
# 03 04 22 50 Report On the Barnhouse Effect
# 04 04 29 50 No Contact
# 05 05 06 50 Knock
# 06 05 13 50 Almost Human
# 07 05 20 50 The Lost Race		 # 08 05 27 50 To The Future
# 09 06 03 50 The Embassy
# 10 06 10 50 The Green Hills of Earth
# 11 06 17 50 There Will Come Soft Rains/Zero Hour
# 12 06 24 50 Destination Moon
# 13 07 01 50 A Logic Named Joe
Dimension X - NBC Science Fiction Series - Volume 2
# 14 07 07 50 Mars Is Heaven
# 15 07 14 50 The Man In The Moon
# 16 07 21 50 Beyond Infinity
# 17 07 28 50 Potters of Firsk
# 18 08 04 50 Perigi's Wonderful Dolls
# 19 08 11 50 The Castaways 		# 20 08 18 50 The Martian Chronicles
# 21 08 25 50 The Parade
# 22 09 01 50 The Roads Must Roll
# 23 09 08 50 First Contact
# 24 09 15 50 Hello Tomorrow
# 25 09 22 50 Dr. Grimshaw's Sanatorium
Dimension X - NBC Science Fiction Series - Volume 3
# 26 09 29 50 And the Moon Be Still As Bright
# 27 10 28 50 No Contact
# 28 11 05 50 The Professor Was a Thief
# 29 11 12 50 Shanghaied
# 30 11 19 50 Competition
# 31 11 26 50 Universe
# 32 12 24 50 The Green Hills of Earth		 # 33 01 07 51 Mars Is Heaven
# 34 01 14 51 The Martian Death March
# 35 06 03 51 The Last Objective
# 36 06 10 51 Nightmare
# 37 06 17 51 A Pebble In the Sky
# 38 06 24 51 Child's Play
 
Dimension X - NBC Science Fiction Series - Volume 4
# 39 07 12 51 Time And Time Again
# 40 07 19 51 Dwellers In Silence
# 41 07 26 51 Courtesy
# 42 08 02 51 Universe
# 43 08 09 51 The Veldt
# 44 08 16 51 The Vital Factor
# 45 08 23 51 Untitled Story (lesser sound quality)		 # 46 08 30 51 Marionettes Inc.
# 47 09 08 51 First Contact
# 48 09 15 51 Kaleidoscope (poor sound quality)
# 49 09 22 51 Requiem
# 50 09 29 51 Nightfall (last show of series)
Nightfall - CBC - NPR Playhouse series - Stereo - Volume 1
# 01 10 02 81 Love and the Lonely One
# 02 10 09 81 The Body Snatchers
# 03 10 16 81 The Willoughby Obsession
# 04 10 23 81 No Admittance No Exit
# 05 10 30 81 The Repossession
# 06 10 30 81 Wind Chill		 # 07 11 13 81 Last Visit
# 08 11 20 81 Deadly Developments
# 09 11 27 81 Where Does the News Come From?
# 10 12 04 81 Where Do We Go From Here?
Macabre - Eight Episode AFRS complete series
# 1 11 13 61 Final Resting Place
# 2 11 20 61 The Weekend
# 3 11 27 61 The Man In The Mirror
# 4 12 04 61 The House In The Garden		 # 5 12 11 61 The Midnight Horseman
# 6 12 18 61 The Avenger
# 7 01 01 62 The Crystalline Man
# 8 01 08 62 The Edge Of Evil
Final show of series
Midnight - Stereo
# 01 07 13 82 Traffic Incident
# 02 07 20 82 Mitosis
# 03 07 27 82 Dead Shot For A Dead Man
# 04 08 03 82 My Cup Runneth Over
# 05 08 10 82 Details, Details ...
# 06 08 17 82 Mountain Of Solitude
# 07 08 24 82 Second Sunday In May		 # 08 08 31 82 Magic And Mephistopheles
# 09 09 07 82 Sentimental Journey
# 10 09 14 82 A Case Of The Gothic Blues
# 11 09 21 82 Lascar's Hand
# 12 09 28 82 The Lost Cord
# 13 10 05 82 Toltec's Tomb
Candy Matson, Yukon 2-8209 - all existing shows
Audition 04 04 49 The Donna Dunham Case
# 01 07 07 49 The Cable Car Case
# 20 11 10 49 The Devil In The Deep Freeze
# 24 12 19 49 Jack Frost (Christmas Program)
# 25 12 27 49 Valley Of The Moon
# 26 01 02 50 NC9 8012
# 27 01 13 50 Eric Spaulding Concert 		# 49 06 20 50 Symphony Of Death
# 50 09 11 50 The Movie Company
# 54 10 09 50 The Fort Ord Story
# 56 10 23 50 The Egyptian Armulet
# 64 12 18 50 San Juan Batista (Christmas Program)
# 84 05 21 51 Candy's Last Case
 
Crime Classics - Volume 4
# 40 04 07 54 General's Daughter, Czar's Lieutenant, Linon Clos
# 41 04 14 54 James Evans, Fireman: Human Torch
# 42 04 21 54 Cesare Borgia: His Most Difficult Murder
# 43 04 28 54 Widow McGee & the Three Gypsies
# 44 05 05 54 Bunny Baumler: His Close Brush With Fame
# 45 05 12 54 Mr. Clarke's Skeleton in Mr. Adam's Closet		 # 46 05 26 54 The Lethal Habit of Marquise De Brinvillers
# 47 06 02 54 Jonathon Jewett: How He Cheated the Hangman
# 48 06 09 54 The Assassination of Leon Trotsky
# 49 06 16 54 Death of a Baltimore Birdie and Friend
# 50 06 23 54 Ali Pasha; A Turkish Delight
# 51 06 30 54 Good Evening, My Name Is Jack The Ripper
The Lives of Harry Lime - Orson Welles as The Third Man - Volume 4
# 40 05 02 52 Susie's Cue
# 41 05 09 52 Vive Le Chance
# 42 05 16 52 The Elusive Vermeer
# 43 05 23 52 Murder On The Riviera
# 44 05 30 52 Pearls Of Bohemia
# 45 06 06 52 Night In A Harem
# 46 06 13 52 Blackmail Is A Nasty Word		 # 47 06 20 52 The Professor Regrets
# 48 06 27 52 The Hard Way
# 49 07 04 52 Paris Is Not The Same
# 50 07 11 52 Honeymoon
# 51 07 18 52 The Blue Caribou
# 52 07 25 52 Greek Meets Greek- Final Program
Voyage of the Scarlet Queen - Elliot Lewis - Volume 1
Audition 02 02 47 The Death Of David Malone
# 01 07 03 47 The Shanghai Secret
# 02 07 10 47 Report Of The White Jade Buddha
# 03 07 17 47 The Spaniard And The Laskar Pirates
# 04 07 24 47 The Boston Geisha And Chesapeake Bay
# 05 07 31 47 Lily In The Chimoipo Bar		 # 06 08 07 47 The White Cargo Act And Ah Sin
# 08 08 21 47 Story Of The Eight Historic Periods
# 09 08 28 47 Barefoot Nymph & Mother Hubbard Jacket
# 11 09 11 47 Jewel Thieves & The Straw Filled Dummy
Voyage of the Scarlet Queen - Volume 2
# 12 09 18 47 Jewel Thieves & The Straw Filled Dummy
# 13 09 25 47 Shore Leave and the Unhappy Wife
# 14 10 02 47 Fat Trader & Sword Of Apokaezhan
# 15 10 09 47 Tattooed Beaver & Baby Food For Pare Pare
# 16 10 16 47 Ah Sin & The Balinese Beaux Arts Ball
# 17 10 23 47 Grafter's Fort & Black Pearl Of Galahla Bay
 		 # 18 10 30 47 King Ascot and the Maid In Waiting (poor sound)
# 19 11 06 47 Lonely Sultan Of Isabella De Basilan (poor sound)
# 20 11 13 47 Kang's Treasure & Ghost of Tangolan
# 21 11 20 47 Beautiful Girl In The Bargain Basement
# 22 11 27 47 Huntsman's Quarry & The Dead Chinese
# 23 12 03 47 The Green Tourist & The Temple Bell
Voyage of the Scarlet Queen - Volume 3
# 24 12 10 47 Wandering Master & The Warlord At Rest
# 25 12 17 47 Red Beard And The Bag Of Pearls
# 26 12 24 47 15th Llama & The Wise Guy From The East
# 27 12 31 47 Hattie McCormick & The Patient Stowaway
# 28 01 07 48 The Derelict & The Wandering Boy
# 29 01 14 48 Fang Rubies & The Black Siamese		 # 30 01 21 48 Ambitious Hostess On Sough Bridge Road
# 31 01 28 48 The Bubble Dancer & The Buccaneers
# 32 02 04 48 The Pegleg Skipper & The Iberian Blade
# 33 02 11 48 Rocky III & The Dead Man's Chest
# 34 02 18 48 Queen Anne Pistols & King George Dealer
# 35 02 25 48 Winchester Rifle & Ambitious Groom
The Marriage - Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy - Volume 1
Audition 10 24 52 How They Met and Married
# 01 10 04 53 PTA 5th Grade Volunteer
# 03 10 18 53 Emily's First Formal
# 04 10 18 53 An Old Friend of Liz's In Town
# 06 11 08 53 Ben's Shady Client
# 07 11 15 53 Liz Fights for a Traffic Ticket		 # 08 11 22 53 Fred Hertzell Visits From Kansas
# 09 11 29 53 Emily Pledges Omega Chi
# 10 12 06 53 Liz Takes up Painting
# 11 12 13 53 Ben Represents Stan In Juvenile Court
# 12 12 20 53 Liz Gets Christmas Job at Perfume Counter
# 13 12 27 53 Ben and Liz Recall How the First Met
The Marriage - Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy - Volume 2
# 14 01 03 54 Liz Paints the Appartment and Ben Meets Judy
# 15 01 10 54 Ben and Liz Spend Weekend in Vermont
# 16 01 17 54 The Grandfather Clock
# 17 01 24 54 Liz Gets to Know Bobby Logan
# 18 01 31 54 Liz Decides to Get a Job
# 19 02 07 54 Ben's Father Comes for Three Week Visit
# 20 02 14 54 Ben's Law Firm is Desolving		 # 22 02 28 54 Is Liz Pregnant?
# 23 03 07 54 Filling Out Income Tax Forms
# 24 03 14 54 Individuality
# 25 03 21 54 Emily Worships Her Father
# 26 03 28 54 Ben Arranges Date For Emily With Harold
Our Miss Brooks - starring Eve Arden - Volume 1
Audition 06 23 48 Audition Show
# 01 07 19 48 Premiere Show
# 07 09 19 48 Weekend At Crystal Lake
# 12 10 24 48 The Surprise Party
# 13 10 31 48 Clay City Football Game
# 14 11 07 48 The Workhorse
# 15 11 14 48 Babysitting For Three		 # 16 11 21 48 The Model School Teacher
# 17 11 28 48 Sunnyvale Finishing School
# 20 12 19 48 The Magic Christmas Tree
# 22 01 02 49 Old Clothes For Party
# 23 01 09 49 The Heating System
Our Miss Brooks - starring Eve Arden - Volume 2
# 24 01 16 49 Student Government Day
# 25 01 23 49 Head Of The English Dept.
# 26 01 30 49 Custodian Of Student Funds
# 27 02 06 49 Missing Electric Heater
# 28 02 13 49 Stretch The Basketball Star
# 29 02 20 49 The Frog
# 30 02 27 49 Stretch Has A Problem		 # 31 03 06 49 The Hair Do
# 32 03 13 49 Cafeteria Boycott
# 33 03 20 49 Poetry Mix Up
# 34 03 27 49 Clay City English Teacher
# 35 04 03 49 Special Party
The Quiz Kids - Volume 1
# 043 04 16 41 Guest: Jack Benny
# 136 01 24 43 Guest: Sister Elizabeth Kenny
# 140 02 21 43 Guest: Jack Benny
# 145 03 28 43 Guest: Fred Allen
# 301 03 24 46 What Husband Gave Wife Only Name She Had		 # 318 07 21 46 Guest: Vanessa Brown
# 351 03 09 47 Guest: Ambassador Wilhelm Morgenstern
# 361 05 18 47 From Denver, Colorado
# 371 07 27 47 3 Explorers Names, La, De, Da
# 405 03 21 48 Who Hopes to Whip Cream In June?
 
You Bet Your Life - Groucho Marx - Volume 1
09 15 47 Audition Show (16")
# 01 10 05 49 Secret Word: Chair
# 02 10 12 49 Secret Word: Smile
# 03 10 19 49 Secret Word: Clock
# 04 10 26 49 Secret Word: Radio
# 05 11 02 49 Secret Word: Shoe
# 06 11 09 49 Secret Word: Ink		 # 07 11 16 49 Secret Word: Grass
# 08 11 23 49 Secret Word: Sky
# 09 11 30 49 Secret Word: Window
# 10 12 07 49 Secret Word: Dust
# 11 12 14 49 Secret Word: Hair
# 12 12 21 49 Secret Word: Chair
 

 

In Memorium
13 hours at 44/128 MP3 as broadcast over The Golden Age of Radio to honor those we’ve lost.
 
HARRY BARTELL (2 shows) 47 12 10 ESCAPE Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge; 56 06 24 FORT LARAMIE #21 Loving Cup by Katherine Hite

JACKSON BECK (9 shows plus) Brownstone Theater 45 5 16 Prisoner of Zenda; CBS Radio Workshop 57-5-26 I have Three Heads; Hop Harrigan 45 11 08 Prisoners of Hitler; Inner Sanctum 45 4 17 Judas Clock; Man Behind the Gun 43 3 21 and 28 USS Boise Pts 1 & 2; Superman 49 3 07 Mystery of the Flying Monster; Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 52 3 18 and 20 Atmosphere of Death Pts 1 & 2; more

MASON ADAMS (10 shows) Big Town 49 1 11 Nightmare House; Big Town 49 1 18 A Date With Death; CBS Radio Wkshp 56 6 08 Bring on the Angels HL Mencken; Inner Sanctum AFRS #353 48 01 12 Tempo in Blood; Inner Sanctum AFRS #401 48 12 20 Between Two Worlds Xmas; Inner Sanctum AFRS 52 9 14 Til Death Do Us Part; Inner Sanctum 46 05 21 #272 Detour to Terror; Inner Sanctum AFRS #516 52 7 20 The Listener A Moorehead
X 1 #65 56 08 28 Surface Tension; X 1 #86 57 01 30 Caretaker

MERCEDES MCCAMBRIDGE (7 shows) Defense Attorney 1951 Hot Rod; Family Skeleton -2 shows; Inner Sanctum 46 01 29 Blood of Cain; Midstream 39 12 21 Midge; Murder At Midnight #20 47 02 03 Man with the Black Beard; Suspense 57 07 21 America's Boyfriend with Dick Crenna

SAM EDWARDS (2 shows) Meet Corliss Archer Dexter's Rival; Suspense 54 6 29 Too Hot To Live

New for July ‘05 - Frances Langford Shows - 6 Bickersons/Drene shows with Don Ameche and Danny Thomas: 47-01-12 #5 with Pinky Lee;
47-02-09 #9; 47-03-02 #12; #14; #18; #23; Complete stereo LP of The Bickersons - Rematch (4 sides); Command Performance #138 with Bob Hope; Jerry Colonna; plus a large assortment of other radio appearances in lower quality form other sources - jam-packed, full disc.

 

New for 2005 - Kids Shows 44/96 Mono
 
LET’S PRETEND - 12  shows 12/19/42 #5 Prince Gigi and the Magic Ring; 12/26/42 #6 House of the World xmas special (open missing)
5/04/46 Jorinda and Joringal; 8/10/46 Story of Faithful John; (the rest are from Armed Forces Radio Service) #328 The Golden Fleece;
#329 House in the Wood; #330 Song of Hiawatha; #332 Aladdin and His Lamp; #350 Six Swans; #365 Giant Without a Heart;
#366 Six Traveled; #328 The Tinder Box; LAND OF THE LOST-4 shows 10/28/45 Knives of the Square Table; 11/04/45 Mike Pike and Kid Squid; 12/22/45 Blue Pearl of Atlantis; 12/30/45 Ralph Royster the Oyster BUCK ROGERS - 2 episodes 1939; UNCLE JOE’S CURIO SHOP-1929 #11 SubAutoPlane; CHALLENGE OF THE YUKON #313 1/29/44 Stolen Food; (possibly more will be added)

 

New for July ‘05 - Frances Langford Shows

6 Bickersons/Drene shows with Don Ameche and Danny Thomas:

47-01-12 #5 with Pinky Lee; 47-02-09 #9; 47-03-02 #12; #14; #18; #23; Complete stereo LP of The Bickersons - Rematch (4 sides); Command Performance #138 with Bob Hope; Jerry Colonna; plus a large assortment of other radio appearances in lower quality form other sources - jam-packed, full disc.

 

More Great Quality MP3 Discs - 44/192 Stereo
(dates are noted by year-month-day preceding title)
THIS IS YOUR FBI - 13 shows
500818 (281) The Vanishing Witness; 500908 (284) The Swing Shift Racketeers; 500915 (285) Flop House FrameUp; 510810 (332) The Adopted Thief; 510831 (335) Ghost Town; 510907 (336) The Curious Fisherman; 510928 (339) The Harvest; 511005 (340) The Hostage; 511012 (341) The Tropical FrameUp; 511019 (342) The Stranger; 511026 (343) Citizen Caldwell; 511109 (345) The Traveling Bride; 511123 (347) The Flying Felon
 
JACK BENNY - 44/192 Stereo - 14 shows
471116 (07) Cleaning Jack's Den; 480222 (21) From Palm Springs, California; 480229 (22) Jack's Girlfriend Gladys Comes To Rehearsal; 480307 (23) Jack Benny Is The Walking Man; 480314 (24) Winner Of The Walking Man Contest; 480321 (25) The Academy Awards Are Discussed; 480411 (28) Murder At The Racquet Club (Part 1); 480418 (29) Murder At The Racquet Club (Part 2); 480425 (30) Charlie's Aunt; 480502 (31) Guest, Frank Sinatra; 480509 (32) Ronald Colman's Oscar Is Returned; 480516 (33) Robert Taylor Subs For Jack; 480523 (34) The Egg And I; 480530 (35) I Was Framed
 
AMOS & ANDY Disc 1 (VS 01) - 15 shows
441201 The Ink Flow Fountain Pen Agency; 441208 Guest, Frank Morgan; 441215 Fake Suicide; 441222 Guest, Paul Taylor Chorus; 441229 New Year's Eve Show; 450105 Guest, Victor Moore (r); 450112 One Phony Antique; 450119 Adoption Woes; 450126 Lovelorn Column; 450202 The Lawsuit Against Andy; 450209 Andy Plays Sailor; 450216 A Bad Valentine; 450223 Old Boy Friend; 450302 Income Tax Problems; 450309 More Tax Problems
 
AMOS & ANDY Disc 2 - 12 shows
431231 (11) New Years Eve with E G Robinson; 450316 Lecture Bureau; 450323 Prentiss Clothing Company; 450330 Easter Hat; 450406 Place To Call Home; 450420 Second Hand Car; 450427 Marriage Vows; 450504 Beautiful Baby Contest; 450511 The Insurance Policy; 450518 A Case of Bullion; 450525 Andy The Sailor; 450601 Engaged To Hattie McDaniel
 

 

Note for the following three Quiet Please discs (especially the first one): While the files are high quality, the original discs are very noisy - some are quite poor sound, but the best that exists.  The sound improves after Disc One.
QUIET PLEASE  - Disc 01 - 14 shows
470608 (01) Nothing Behind The Door (surface noise); 470615 (02) I Have Been Looking For You (surface noise);
470622 (03) We Were Here First (very rough); 470629 (04) The Ticket Taker (very rough); 470720 (05) Cornelia (surface noise);  470727 (06) I Remember Tomorrow (slight surface noise); 470803 (07) Inquest; 470810 (08) Bring Me To Life;
470910 (14) How Are You Pal; 471006 (18) Not Enough Time; 471013 (19) Camera Obscura; 471027 (21) Don’t Tell Me About Halloween; 471103 (22) Take Me Out To The Graveyard; 471110 (23) Three
 
QUIET PLEASE  - Disc 02 - 14 shows
471117 (24) Kill Me Again; 471124 (25) In Memory Of Bernadine; 471201 (26) Come In, Eddie; 471208 (27) Some People Don't Die; 471215 (28) Little Fellow; 471229 (30) Rain On New Year's Eve; 480105 (31) Little Visitor; 480112 (32) The Room Where The Ghosts Live; 480119 (33) Baker's Dozen; 480126 (34) Green Light; 480202 (35) The Pathetic Fallacy; 480209 (36) A Red And White Guidon; 480216 (37) Whence Came You; 480223 (38) Wear The Dead Man’s Coat
 
QUIET PLEASE  - Disc 03 - 14 shows
480301 (39) Sketch For A Screen Play; 480308 (40) Never Send To Know; 480322 (42) A Night To Forget: 480405 (44) I Always Marry Juliet; 480412 (45) Twelve To Five; 480419 (46) Clarissa; 480426 (47) Thirteen And Eight;480503 (48) How Beautiful Upon The Mountain; 480510 (49) There Are Shadows Here; 480517 (50) Gem Of The Purest Ray; 480524 (51) In The House Where I Was Born; 480614 (54) Not Responsible After 30 Years; 480628 (55) Let The Lillies Consider; 480705 (56) Wahine Tahiti.mp3
 

 

Jean Shepherd MP3
 Great Quality - 44/128 Mono
 
JEAN SHEPHERD Live at the Village Limelight 1967
 Nine newly discovered shows from the end of the run - news and commercials cut
10/7/67 Concrete Mexicans / Shep, the Colonel; and Sweetheart Pillows
10/14/67 Judgment Day / Book Report for Miss Bryfogel
10/21/67 Marching Bands and Dead Chickens
11/04/67 Jobs / 2nd Lieutenant Shepherd
11/11/67 Hobbies, Radar, Beer and Tonsils
11/18/67 Army Movies/Chow in the Mess Hall
11/25/67 Boredom in the Army/USO Pass (this one is short due to a chunk missing in  the middle) 12/09/67 Sunrise Semester/The New York Woman /Gas Masks
JEAN SHEPHERD Syndicated Half Hours ‑ 26 programs 44/128 Mono (except last show)
Salvaged from storm-drenched Broadcast Master tapes in Florida
76‑02‑17 Sociology of Florida
76‑03‑02 SFX
76‑03‑04 Florida Fishing‑Islamorada
76‑03‑12 Brooklyn
76‑03‑18 Scorpion
76‑03‑30 Bicentennialitis‑Celebrations
76‑03‑31 *Block of Ice
76‑04‑01 Boy Scouts
76‑04‑02 Wake Turbulence, Reality Vs TV
76‑04‑05 Illiteracy and Fistfights
76‑04‑07 Tarzan Science
76‑04‑09 Crossword Puzzle
76‑04‑12 Various Subjects		 76‑04‑13 Allied Catalog
76‑04‑15 Distortion
76‑04‑23 38 min Ladies Room, Stripper on Bus
76‑05‑10 Great Sports Events‑Indy 500
76‑05‑12 *Twit of the Year (db)
76‑06‑11 Man's Real Fears
76‑11‑30 Colorado Pt 2
76‑12‑01 Teddy Bears, Shovelling Snow for $$$
76‑12‑06 Automobiles & Horses
76‑12‑21 Pulp Mags xxx
76‑12‑22 Jean in Study Hall
76‑04‑08 Indiana Basketball
7x‑xx‑xx Nesters Vs Movers (low rate)
JEAN SHEPHERD - 17 shows from 1968 44/128 Mono 
From adequate AM airchecks -
6-15-68 Animal Kingdom & Dead Flies
6-18-68 Campaign Cliches
6-20-68 Exciting Places
6-22-68 Dirt Track Racing
6-24-68 More on WWI Planes
6-26-68 Peanut Butter Anonymous - Letter from the Rockies
6-27-68 Dr Fu Manchu
6-28-68 Weird Poetry by T.S. Elliot, Elizabeth Bishop and Kenneth Patchen		 7-02-68 Backsliding
7-03-68 Losing Your Eyebrows
7-05-68 Stuffed Cats and Radio Technology
7-??-68 Trip to Barbados
7-20-68 Going to the Races
7-??-68 Trip to Granada
7-31?-68 Starlings
8-01?-68 The Life That We Live
8-03-68 Fireman Fred the Evangelist (Sat.)
JEAN SHEPHERD - 15 shows from 1976  44/128 Mono
From good AM airchecks -
1/02/76 Hurling Invective
1/06/76 Crime & Punishment; Playing Hooky
1/08/76 Soldering Iron as Gift
1/09/76 Slobus Americanus
1/13/76 Wonderama; Kiddie Show Host
1/15/76 - Service, Winter, Flick’s Tongue
1/16/76 Mythical Countries
1/22/76 The Driver, or Jesus Saves		 1/23/76 Trips Around the US
1/29/76 Kazoo Music and Taxidermy
1/30/76 Witch Doctor Calls
2/02/76  Pepino the Monkey and the Hot Peppers
2/03/76 Reporter with Lion Tamer
2/04/76 Transmitter Maintenance and Old Geography Book
2/05/76 Hot Air Balloon



 

Good Quality 44/48 to 44/64 Mono
 
X MINUS ONE - The complete NBC Science-Fiction Series on 2 Discs 1955-1957 (counts as two selections)
125 shows, plus about a dozen Dimension X and more.
About 80% of these shows are done in decent-quality 64k,
the rest are 32, a few as low as 24.  Too many titles to list.
Counts as two selections.  Thanks to Jim Freund
 
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO - 2 DISCS
mostly 44/48 - Counts as two selections
DISC ONE  1940-45 - 46 shows and even a video clip
DISC TWO 1945-49 - 46 shows plus pictures and documents
 
 
 

 

Mediocre (Standard) Quality - 22/32 Mono
This is the standard sample rate for OTR shows in common usage
For those who want quantity, not quality.
 
VIC & SADE - all existing shows on 2 discs, at least it seems to be!  The quality is overall the best I've heard on many of these shows. This set includes more than 80 recently discovered programs, and all the old ones. Highly recommended!  This despite the fact that some idiot decided to encode most of them at 11/32 Stereo. 
Counts as two selections.
DISC ONE  1937-42 - 172 Shows, 36 ½ hours
DISC TWO 1942-46 - 164 shows, 38+ hours, including the 1945 revival series and ½-hour Summer shows.
 
BOB & RAY - 4 DISCS - The contents of these are all different, although there may be a lot of overlap over the course of the discs.  However, due to the large number of shows, how can you go wrong?  Each disc is one selection.
Vol 1 OTR Shows 1949-1958 - 31 hours
Vol 2 OTR Shows - 34 hours
B&R V1 OTR.net - 33 1/2 hours
B&R V2 OTR.net - 1959-1973 - 31 hours
 
JUDY CANOVA SHOW 22/32 - 33 shows plus pix
 
THE PHIL HARRIS/ALICE FAYE SHOW  22/32 
88 Shows (7 are Real Audio files)
 
HENRY MORGAN 22/32 - 6 Here’s Morgan 15" shows
25 Henry Morgan network shows, 2 1959 WBAI shows
 
DINAH SHORE 22/32 - 61 assorted shows, music and variety, including Birdseye Open House and Command Performance
 
CBS RADIO WORKSHOP  22/32 - 84 shows - nearly complete series (2 missing)
 
NORMAN CORWIN COLLECTION 22/32 - 23 shows: 6 American in England, 2 This Is War, 10 Columbia, etc
 
THE SHADOW - 3 Discs 22/32 - counts as three selections 
Most existing shows, but many mis-labeled shows - repeats often used with incorrect dates to replace missing episodes..
DISC ONE 1937 to 1940 - 34 Orson Welles shows, 44 Bill Johnstone shows, several fakes also (not counted in totals)
DISC TWO 1940 to 1946 - 43 Bill Johnstone shows, 32 Bret Morrison shows, and John Archer and Australian shows.
DISC THREE 1947 to 1954 - c. 65 Bret Morrison shows, plus photos, documentaries, and the Leo 1960s LP. 
 
DARK FANTASY 22/32 and 44/64 - decent sound - 26 shows 1940-42 horror series
 
MOLLE MYSTERY THEATER 22/32 - 57 shows - great series
 
JACK WEBB SAMPLER  mostly 22/32 - Almost 30 hours. 10 Dragnet, 7 Escape, 24 Jeff Regan, 2 Johnny Madero, 23 Pat Novak for Hire, 7 Pete Kelly’s Blues, 3 Suspense, 2 Whistler, more 
 
THAT HAMMER GUY - MIKE HAMMER 22/32
12 shows, original tapes pretty bad
 
THAT STRONG GUY - 7 shows 22/40 - all known shows -
sound not great
 
 


 

A few standard Audio CDs, play in any CD player

JEAN SHEPHERD PREMIUM CDs

Shep CD 1
 6-17-68  Sounds of WWI Planes
Jun 1968 Vote For The Tiger and Raising Worms
Shep CD 2
6-21-68  Krapp's Last Tape
July 1968 The Bumpus Hounds
Shep CD 3
 7-04-68  Ludlow Kissel And The Dago Bomb;
July 1968 Creatures of Nature [first 17" missing]

Shep CD 4
6-18-68 Campaign Speech Cliches
8-03-68 Fireman Fred The Evangelist (Sat show)


MISC
TOMORROW - Amazing ‘50s Civil Defense show, part sci-fi, part propaganda
                           Book by Philip Wylie, Starring Orson Welles  60"
 
NORMAN CORWIN ALL-NETWORK SPECIAL 
12/15/41 We Hold These Truths - With an All-Star Cast  60"
Planned for the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, but then Pearl Harbor happened. Thrilling and patriotic as hell.
 

NORMAN CORWIN ALL-NETWORK SPECIAL (60)
May 08, 1945 On A Note of Triumph - Martin Gabel narrator
(Both of above also available on the Norman Corwin MP3 disc above)