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An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements. Spoken audio has been available in schools and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops since the 1930s.
A sound archive, also known as an audio archive, [1] [2] is a collection of official records or files of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances. Often these kind of archive consists of radio programmes. [3]
Meanwhile, Georg Solti's recording of Wagner's complete Ring Cycle is approximately 15 hours in duration, [115] Alexander Scourby's recitation of the King James Bible is over 80 hours, and Lyndon B. Johnson's recordings are nearly 850 hours in length.
This includes audio recordings that were leased from the Gramophone Company's recordings catalog. (Sources: Sony Music Entertainment Archive and the University of California, Santa Barbara). [6] Recordings for the Columbia Records label, made between 1901 and 1934. (Source: Columbia Master Book Discography by Tim Brooks and Brian Rust).
45 rpm record: Analog often around 4 minutes (EP: 7 minutes) per side, up to 6 per side, in some cases even a few minutes longer. LP record: Analog typically 15–25 minutes per side (30 minutes per side for classical & spoken word), although 45 minutes is possible with tight groove spacing and no spacing between tracks. Audio cassette: Analog
American Radio Archives and Museum offers one of the largest collections of radio broadcasting in the United States and in the world. [12] It has a collection of 23,000 radio and TV scripts, 10,000 photographs, 10,000 books on radio history, and 5,000 audio recordings.
From 1992 to 1997 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album; From 1998 to 2022 it was awarded as Best Spoken Word Album. In 2020, spoken-word children's albums were moved here from the Best Children's Album category. [1] From 2023 it has been awarded as Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording. [2]
The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: That's What Happened 1982–1985 is a three-CD box set, compiling studio recordings and a live set by Miles Davis recorded between 1982 and 1985. The anthology was released by Columbia in 2022.