Beginning in February 1952, Dylan Thomas made a series of memorable and
historic recordings for a new record label called Caedmon. In fact,
Dylan Thomas was the first to record for this new label, started by two
22-year-old women, Marianne Roney and Barbara Cohen. Little did they
know that in addition to capturing a part of history they also launched
an industry of spoken-word recording.
This collection not only contains the incredible Caedmon recording
sessions, but also recordings from the BBC, CBC, and other archival
material Caedmon originally published in the 1950s and 1960s.
Highlights include: "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and "Five Poems"; "Do
Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night", his prose: Adventures in the Skin
Trade and Quite Early One Morning, and his final work - Under Milk Wood,
a play.
With stunning original album cover art, and an introduction read by
former poet laureate Billy Collins, this unique collection includes not
only Dylan Thomas reading his finest works, but also rare recordings of
Thomas reading his favorite writers, including W.H. Auden and William
Shakespeare.