Customer Reviews

The War of the Worlds [Orson Welles]

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Bearing in mind that this is a 1938 original radio broadcast, the poor sound quality adds to the authenticity of the piece. In order to fully appreciate how this broadcast caused a nationwide panic, it helps if you can imagine that the year is 1938 and you are listening to the radio in a time when the radio was the main source of home entertainment. It has to be said that the overall broadcast is amazing, the news reports, interviews, and eyewitness accounts are so well created that it is hard to believe that they are completely ficticious. It really is no wonder it caused such a panic, particularly for listeners who tuned in mid-way through the broadcast.

Listening to this i can really see that people thought it was for real back in the USA! Well worth a listen and adding to your collection assuming you like War of the Worlds and H G Wells stories.

This is wonderful. My family are fans of the story and Jeff Waynes musical version so we were interested in hearing the orginal broadcast. Best listened to in a quite room without distractions to get full effects. Wonderful orginal quality, you can imagine what it must have been like to hear this and understand the panic it caused.
As long as you remember that this is the orginal then you won't be disapointed, also works as a listening book!

I don't know whether anyone has ever tried to clean up the sound of this broadcast, and I haven't heard the Pickwick release of this disc (easily findable on Amazon) but here the sound is acceptable at best. However, the worst aspect of this CD release is no indexing. It's just one long 57 minute 34 second track. It's definately worth a listen, but unless you do it in one stretch you're going to have problems!

what a fabulous story. the origanal radio broadcast! i felt like i was there and like many people in the past it seemed so real, although i think you need a really good imagination. if, like me you like your scifi stuff, be it movies, stories etc, i think you'll love it, for me 10 out of 10. good listening.

never listened to this before, so life like, you can understand how people turning on the radio mid transmission panicked thinking the earth was being invaded. i reccommend this recording, excellent

The production standards compared to those of today stand up pretty well - definitely worth a listen for HG fans.

This is brilliant and scary. I was riveted. I can see how it scared a nation. Anne

I love this version of The War of the Worlds not because of the controversy it caused when it was broadcasted in 1938 but the way it was dramatized by Orson Welles. I have no dislikes and I recommend it any sci-fi fan.

I knew since many many years these recordings has to be somewhere! This radioplay is fascinating me since childhood. When I discovered on Ammazon this CD-edition I didn't hesitate to order! This is incredible! Flash back in time and trying to feel wahat these listeneners in 1983 must lived trough when they put up they tube-radio's at that time. Nice! Very nice!